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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

Mr.. Isul. stein. Lincoln ave
Dash Point. Wss enc % the out-ofs
town guests Wha attended the
Christmas eve wedding - Niss
Funice Neldrum and Robert Davis
AZ Rremcrfnn.
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STARTS TODAY

The annual event you homsmsksp IN over the NORTH
vast eagerly await Because II means uentw savings
for you in things you nssd for your homs because
you ehooss from the largest and mast eomples sssee
tons In the entire Northwest bseanss. - aIwaya
your credit II good" and you buy aehoea~
fields easy tsrms. Plan 10 rs-fusnIsh yoss hone
at dramatic savings sale starts todayt
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IL. Grenvilie Porter. Lincoln
high and Washington state col
lege graduate. wired Thomas n
Michigan Monday from the Philip
pine islands that he was safe and
well. 1t. Porter il the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Porter. ssto SO.
Thompson 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

Wy fUh u fNftFfFH " tN6"IF7H
has been assigned 10 air corps
station at Wichita Falls. Texas.
for duty from the deception center
at Fort Lewis
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ELMER CARLSON

Elmer Carlson. 81. OF Rt. 8. Box
633. died Sunday In a local hos
pital He was born in Sweden.
and had been In Tacoma 81 years
Cassidy and Allen viii announce
the funeral arrangements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

Erret Deck. IT,. American Pot
ash Institute research specialist.
with headquarters IN Puysllup.
spent Christmas Sith hss father.
Err-t Deck. walls wsllA Canning
company executive. The young
man also visited his sister, >ettie
Mar Deck. who Vas in the hos
pital
Evening star., 1941-01-10
Richmond Bank Elects

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 10 LP.-
Directors of the State-Planters'
Bank & Trust Co. yesterday re-
elected Julien H. Hill president and
other officers. The board declared
a semi-annual dividend of ~ per
cent on the banks preferred stock
and semi-annual dividend of 40
cents per share on common stock.
Evening star., 1941-01-10
Strategy Of Terror
Employed by Hitler
To Good Advantage
Use Of Filthy Pictures
Typical Of Germans
Psychology Tactics

The iDriter OF this article, Wal
lace r. Deuel., has Just returned
to America from Berlin, lDhere
TOR the last sir gears he has been
Berlin correspondent for the Chi
cdqo Daily NetDS.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Prises TOtaling IS
offered for Best
Contributions

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and including high school age are
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Evening star., 1941-09-14
Wings for Youth
BY 1. r. HEGEL.
GLIDING.

AS I glanced through the news
paper one morning, I saw that Sen
ator Pat McCarran of Nevada was
introducing a bill to organize glider
clubs by giving the c. A. A. an
annual appropriation of S500,000.
If this bill passes, it means that
you boys of IA and Is who are still
too young to become pilots can or
game glider clubs. Then, by paying
dues OF around SO a month, you can
learn to pilot a glider. The best air
training any boy can ask for Avia-
ton experts are generally agreed
that the glider r-trained pilot is far
superior to one who has received
only dual-control instruction.
In 1888, we had Sc licensed glider
pilots. This year, the Department
of Commerce licensed 200. Regula-
tions under the C. A. A. say this:
For student glider rating, an ap-
plicant shall be at least IA years OF
age. If applicant be less than 21,
he must submit with his application
written consent of either parent or
guardian to the issuance of glider
rating sought.
For private glider pilot rating,
two glider flights of one minute dur
alton, an s. turn and normal land
ing are required.
Glider training is done in easy
stages. A student learns to control
his ship on the ground at the end
of a tow. After this come the little
hops into the air (still on the end
of the tow and the landings. The
tow rope then becomes heightened
and higher hops are made, until the
rope is dropped entirely for the first
simple maneuvers. Sounds safe yet
thrilling. doesn't it? 1t is!
Answering Your Questions.
Martha V. Alta Girls is the name
given to the woman ferry pilots OF
England. The Alta comes from
the Air Transport Auxiliary, OF
which they are members.
Want to know how you may MT
into the national defense aerial eX-
pansion? Write I. r. Hegel, care OF
this newspaper, inclosing 3-cent
stamp, for a personal reply.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
The
Reviewing
Stand
FICTION.

III lION.
Hello. Judy, by Charlotte Becker
(Scribner)-Attract and clever
picture book for the very young.
Should help pre-school boys and
familiar objects.
Through the Ant Hill, by Amelia
Brookes GippincotD-One hot aft
ernoon. Peter finds himself sud-
denly shrunken to such size that he
can explore the ant hill that has
fascinated him for months. To his
surprise. the hill is really tiny
castle guarding the entrance to an
amazing kingdom of ants. An exclt-
ing adventure that is also educa-
tional.
NV Dear Patsy, by Ann We'll
(Bobbs- -MerrilD lD-Lively novel about
Thomas Jefferson's two daughters,
especially the older one, Martha,
whom he called Patsy. A charming
book about a charming girl.
Peter and Cynthia, by Grace Irwin
Gothrop, Lee & Shepardl-A con-
tinuation of the story of the Abbot
family, familiar to many boys ana
girls Adventures at home and IN
school, all presented in Miss 1rwin's
usual interesting style.
Parachute Pup, by Decie Mer-
win Nippincott)-Aerial adventures
of Paddy the Pup, whose boy mas
tiers set him afloat in parachute.
Rudi Finds a Way, by Jolanda
Foldes UippincotU-A Hungarian
boy and his uncle encounter count
less adventures when the uncle.
while they are on vacation, loses his
wallet.
Treasures Long Hidden, by Ar
thur Bowie Chrisman Dutton)--n
Virginia author presents a flne COL
lection of Chinese folk tales.
Ching-Li, by Martha Lee Poston
Thomas Nelson & SonS)-Story OF
the mishaps that befell a stupid Chi
nese boy-with happy ending.
NON-FICTION.
Rem Franklin, Printers Boy, by
Augusta Stevenson CBobbs-M -MerrllD
The story of Poor Richards boy
hood, told Interestingly by the au-
thor of ABE Lincoln, Frontier Boy"
George Washington's World, by
Genevieve Foster (Scribner In
many respects, the best book to come
to this reviewers attention for
long time. Big (348 pages, inter-
esting, informative, generously Illus
trated, it ought to make a valuabls
addition to any young readers Ii
brary. 1t represents the efforts OF
the author to show the events OF
Washington's life in their true rela-
tionship to the era in which they
occurred. A difficult writing assign
ment, but Mrs. Foster, mother OF
two children whose questions in
spired the work, has carried it out in
commendable fashion.
Mozart, the Wonder Boy, by Opal
Wheeler and Sybil Deucher Dut-
ton)-New, enlarged edition of q
book that has been popular since
1884. Thirty-five pages Of Mozart
music have been added. A fine work
Evening star., 1941-09-14

owned by gold mine operator and
consists of four or five one-story
houses for the miners. their supplies
and guests. The mine is nearby.
Mary's favorite pastimes were fish
ing, taking airplane rides and going
into the mine in tram cars These
are small cars that run into the
mine on tracks to bring out the
gold ore.
Mary has some snapshots that
prove the fallacy of the popular
belief that Alaska is extremely cold
at all seasons. One shows her stand
ing in the sun with play suit on,
and another pictures her in SWIM
ming During the summer the heat
is intense. The winters, however,
are plenty cold.
The miners taught Mary how to
row a boat by tying one end of a
long rope to the boat and the other
end to the shore. In this way she
could row as long as she liked with
no danger of being carried out to
sea.
Mary has a number of souvenirs.
| Among them are miniature totem
poles, match box covers and bear
teeth. She also has a bullet
or rather, what is left of one-that
killed bear. 1t is more a mass of
lead and bone than a bullet. The
miners, Mary said, would not kill a
wild animal unless they needed meat
or an animal was causing a dis
turPance in the camp.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

One night the miners heard a
noise. and one of them fired at a
moving object. The next morning
they found dead polar bear and
some honey and butter missing from
the kitchen.
Mary told how even the mosquitoes
kill bears. Masses of the insects
will attack a bear and bite him
around the eyes. This makes the
eyes swell and the bear then will
claw out his own eyes. After this he
either starves to death or falls of
a cliff. The camp, however, is well
protected from mosquitoes.
Two whales once came into the
harbor, Mary continued, and made
so much noise that it sounded like
an earthquake. They stayed sew
eral days. and we were glad when
they left" she said.
The weather determines how often
a plane flies over the island. When
we want it to STOP she said, I'VE
put a big square board at a certain
spot and the pilot lands on the
water.
Mary was the first of four Robbins
children to go to Alaska She would
like to live there forever If mother
and daddy and all the family were
there. too"
Evening star., 1941-09-14

Catherine clark. n S b e n
wrought on their beloved city, I
cannot help but think of them as
I knew them, three years ago.
I did not see them as they are
seen by statesmen and commenta-
tors. I saw them as a child. and it
was the simpler things, so many OF
which are entirely overlooked today,
which impressed me, and which are,
more than any number of traditions
and crumbling castles, the strength
of the people of London.
I see my grandmother's house,
brown brick with a green fence in
front, standing in neat row of
similar houses. The tiny garden in
back, an Englishman's pride and
JOY. crowded to overf1owing with
brilliant flowers, and all about me
those people who today are the ad-
miration of the world. Mrs. Atkins,
next door, hanging out the wash and
speaking of a planned picnic to
Southend over the holidays; the
baker from across the street, stand
ing with his basket of hot bread,
talking to Mr.. GooderSon, the IRON
monger, about the recent cricket
matches. Undoubtedly you would
find one of those huge English TOM
cats curled up in the sun, almost
under the shaggy fetlocks of gigan-
tic horse. the like of which is never
seen in the States, hitched to a coal
wagon.
Perhaps you would walk up the
high street to shop for the week end.
Saturday evening the butcher shops
sell out all their meat, and there
will be a crowd there. The green
grocer has in some fresh cabbages,
just the thing for bubble and
squeak" an English dish. and, fur
ther up the street, the fiShmOnger
displays, in his window open to the
sidewalk, rows on rows OF lovely
kippers, grand for Saturday after
noon high tea, or, if you prefer, there
are wrinkles fresh in from the sea.
The things shall always remem-
Der about London are simple things
big black dogs and myriad peram-
bulators, a week end at Southend or
Brighton, tramp on the heath with
a bag of creamy, delicious English
candy; sitting by the Thames and
feeding the swans or watching the
souls race up and down the river,
Saturday afternoon high tea with
salty kippers or little pink shrimps,
or perhaps a bowl of wrinkles, hard,
rubbery and good; tea at four and
pork pies and piccallili and bubble
and squeak and pheasant and
cracking, schoolgirls in wide, ugly
hats and blazers-and last but not
least, London itself. The Strand.
Piccadilly, Charing Cross, feeding
the pigeons at Trafalgar Square,
talking to the bobby outside the un-
derground at Mansion House and
giggling at the great fuzzy bearskins
of the guards outside Buckingham
Palace.
They are not dramatic things.
They would not make exciting read
ing in a book or newspaper, but they
are London as I saw it and as I
shall always remember 1t, no mat
ter how it changes in the days to
come.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

and the panther changed to a white
Steed. The lady told her to go to
the feast but to come back be-
fore the moon appeared. AS she
was hurrying home from the feast,
she lost one of her slippers. The
governor demanded a search for
the owner. because he had seen
Sosana and she had reminded him
of his dead daughter When he
found the shoe belonged to Sosana,
he asked her to come and live
with him. She did, and all Nineveh
rejoiced except her stepmother and
StepSiSterS.
Little Burnt-Face is Cinderella
to the Indians. She lived in a large
Indian village with her father and
sisters. The sisters were vain and
jealous, but Little Burnt-Face was
gentle and lovely. When her father
went hunting, her sisters burned
her face and Scared her body.
At the end of the village lived
Great Chief and his sister The
Great Chief was invisible, and his
sister told the girls of the village
that he would marry any girl who
could see him Immediately the girls
hurried to his wigwam, but none
could see him.
Finally. Little Burnt Face and her
sisters went Her sisters said they
could see him. but when asked
how he was dressed, they could
not answer. However, Little Burnt
Face said she saw him and told
what he was wearing. The Great
Chiefs sister bathed her with dew
until her burns and scars were
gone, her skin soft and lovely, and
her hair long and dark. Then she
gave her a wedding garment. and
the Great Chief and Little Burnt
Face were happily married.
These are only a few of the
similar versions, but they vary
enough to make them very interest
ing.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

and every one wondered who she
was
On the third Sunday that this
was repeated, the son of the King
of Omanya stayed outside the
church and followed her. He caught
her by the foot and pulled off one
of her shoes. Trembling ran away,
and later he began to tour the
country to find her. When he came
to Trembling's home, he found her
foot fitted the shoe perfectly, and
he knew she was the one He
married her, took her away and
they lived happily ever after.
Persian children are told this
story of a little girl named Sosana.
She lived in Nineveh with her
father, stepmother and stepsisters.
She had to work hard and always
had a dirty face. The governor of
Nineveh gave a feast in honor
Of his army's victories, and every one
was to go but her.
AS she went to look out the
window to watch the festivities, a
beautiful lady approached on a
panther She gave Sosana a dress
embroidered in gold and pearls,
Evening star., 1941-09-14


made pottery. AS we went in the
main house or store, we saw pretty
jewelry, baskets and pottery, dozens
of these beautiful pieces which the
Indians had spent hours making.
A sign over door read, work
room, come in and see the weaver
at work" In here, an Indian was
winding bright colored yarns on
shuttles, preparing to weave a rug.
Mother and daddy thought he was
an Iroquois or Mohawk indian,
as they had lived in that part Of
the country many years ago. The
Indian surprised us when he told US
he was a member of the Pueblo
Tribe and had come from Santa
Fe, n. Mex. He had been cere-
monial dancer. His name Is Lupe
Doree, which means something
about the sun.
Lupe showed us pictures Of his
two children and told us their
names, as well as some interesting
stories about them. He showed us
now Il6 IIldOt lllc lOtlIl OIl "llANlA 4AN
was weaving the rug. 1 enjoyed
watching him weave. The rug was
a large one with pretty designs
which he said told an old Indian
story. Next the Indian showed US
his war bonnet and some of his
ceremonial dress. He even stepped
outside so We could make pictures
of him. We made both movies and
still pictures, He put beautiful
robe and war bonnet on daddy, and
we made pictures Of him. Then
he dressed me up in the war bonnet.
What a thrill TO have a real Indian
let you wear his war bonnet.
We could have stayed there a
long time, there was so much to see
and learn, but we were many miles
from home After buying a few
Indian things, We told Lupe eood-by
and that we hoped to see him again.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Birds Warned bv
Cats Collar Bell
BY PAT JACOB, IL,
Gordon Junior High School.

There once lived a cat named
Sing, but she was not an ordinary
cat. She had many friends-dogs,
cats and people. In fact, she liked
almost everybody except birds. Sing
would go out and catch the baby
birds.
One day she caught a little bird
and was taking it off when the maid
came after her, and she put it
down. The bird was taken into
the house, but later died After
this her mistress decided that some
thing must be done. So they bought
Sing a bell and tied it to her collar,
so the birds could hear her coming
Sing tried to catch more birds, but
the bell would scare them away.
This ended Sings catching birds,
and I am sure everybody likes her
better for 1t.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

hAooert W. STe"hs. llle opportunity
to learn from veterans. His BROTH
ers, as they became proficient at
the game, helped him along, and by
the start of the last school year, he
was championship timber.
while I have never had a lesson"
Alton said, Il think all boys and
girls who take up golf should take
a few lessons from any good profess
sional. This will work out of their
game kinks they might otherwise
keep for a long time"
When Alton entered Bethesda
Chevy Chase last year, he quickly
won a place as second man on the
varsity golf team. second only to
Carroll. senior. Alton went
undefeated in eight varsity matches
during the high school season, and
the Bethesda team was runner up
for the Metropolitan team cham
pionship.
In May, Alton decided to enter
the Metropolitan Interscholastic
Golf Tournament. He qualified at
the KenWood course, and in the
tournament he won his first two
matches at the Manor Club and his
third and fourth at Congressional
vanquishing the previous champion,
Earl Skinker, in the finals. Alton
had a score of 30 in the champion
ship round.
The Maryland Junior Golf Tour
nament was held at Annapolis in
June. Alton did not win, but he
was second among the Washington
boys competing for that title.
Alton, who lives on River road in
Bethesda, is a Junior at Bethesda
High this year, which will be his
second on the varsity.
Wherever there is a golf tourna-
ment in the Metropolitan Area, the
name of Willett is usually found
among the contestants,
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Did You Know

That plants prefer certain colors?
Yellow light will stimulate some
plants. while blue light will retard
them and ultraviolet light may act
ually kill them.
That the American flag once con-
tanned 20 stripes as well as 20 stars?
This occurred in 1918, after which
Congress decreed that the stripes
should be Is in number. Each year
on the Fourth of July new star
Is added for any new State admit
ted during the year.
That the earth is not perfect
sphere? Because of its daily revo-
luton on its axis, it has come to be
larger at the Equator.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
The Junior Stars
Radio Program

Boys and girls who write for
The Junior Star have a radio
program all their own-the
Junior Star of the Air" broad
cast at 11:15 m. every Saturday
from WMAL through the CO.
operation of the National
BroadCaSting Co.
The program is adapted from
the stories. articles and poems
submitted to the editor of The
Junior Star under the rules of
the weekly contributors con-
test. These rules are published
elsewhere on this page.
Remember. boys and girls
the Junior Star of the Air
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Evening star., 1941-09-14

ing.
This was true
with Mary Eve
lyn Robbins. ITO
Madison street
NV. who re-
turned recently
from a two-year
stay in Alaska.
With her aunt
she went to Sc
attic, Wash, by
train, then to
Camp Cobol, on
Chichagof Island
in the Gulf of
Alaska, by boat.
The camn ic
Evening star., 1941-09-14

had gone to
church. the old
hen-Wife came
and told Trem-
bling she would
give her a fine
dress to wear
and a mare to
ride on so she
also might go.
She made Trem-
bling promise to
stay out Of the
C h urch and
hurry home as
soon as mass
was over. Trem-
l1. 11
Evening star., 1941-09-14

Wnen we saw a
sign that read,
See real In
dians at work
t W o m / l e S
ahead"
Daddy" speed
up a Bit" I said.
Let's hurry to
the Indians"
We found them
at the foot of a
long hill. Out
side a big build
ing was a shell
t ere pl a C e
where the In
dian WON q n
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Riddles

l. Why is a man running for the
1880 train likely to be late?
2. What has two backbones ana
millions of ribs?
3. Why can't your nose be IL inch
es long?
4. Why is hat like a nail in your
foot?
5. Why is a side saddle like four
quart measure?
Evening star., 1941-09-14

raised near near
the K e n W o o d
Club, and one by
one, beginning
with Ray, they
W e mt to h e
KenWood course
to watch adult
golfers play and
then to become
caddieS.
Alton took to
golf like a duck
TO water and
f oil ow e d the
game closely. AS
a caddy, he had
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Summers Passing
nv nnpIS SEVERE IA

Kensington CMdl Junior High School.
! looked out of the window in a
crisp, September day,
I saw the men working and stack
ing up the hay.
7 saw sweet summer passing on her
way across the lea.
She stopped right by my window
and bade farewell to me.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

ting up against
the forces of ag-
gressicn. T h e
people OF London
have e q r n e d
everlasting glory
in their brave
resistance to the
horror of war in
the air. When
I hear them
praised and see
pictures of the
calm, courageous
faces. gazing at
the t erri b ! e
damage which
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Prize Contribution
BY ANNA E. MOORE, Is,

story but all that
France different from the versions of
other
instance Ireland the children learn that there were three
Trembling Trembling had 10
beautiful
sisters feared that she would marry:
o,a +,a ,or+bor or,onoed n uloie
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Girl, Z, Spent Two Years
In Alaskan Mining Camp
Prize Contribution.
BY CHARLES STEBBINS, II.
Central High School

When a 7-year-old girl can stay
away from home for two years with
out ever feeling homesick, the place
she visits must really be interest
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Prise Contribution
BY ROBERT w. CREMINS, 18.
5ethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

beginner golf the of Metropolitan Ineholastic
Wet High
School junior.
becoming golfer followed footsteps of his three
Colbert d. Kenwood Country Club until he
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Meets
Pueblo Indian
In Mountains
Ceremonial Dancer
Puts War Bonnet
On Young Guest
Prize Contribution.
BY RUSSELL MORSE, s,
Tayavnt4. caLt
Lafayette School.

We were driving through the
beautiful Pocono Mountains of
Pennsylvania, coming home after a
nice trip TO my grandfathers farm.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Daily Life in
PeaCetime
London
Girl Recalls Home
# Grandmother
And Tiny Garden
Prise Contribution
By CATHERINE CLARK, Is,

There is not person in the United
States who does not see and hear
daily of the wonderful defense the
people of the British Isles are put