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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
CLAIM L. $ TO EvACUATE
SHATTERED" AIR FORCE

Japan claimed Monday its Ma
Mia attack was so heavy that the
United States army was reported
planning To evacuate the shat
tered remnants of its Far East
air force 10 the Netherlands East
Indies and Australia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
WINSTON CHURcHiLL
KNOCKED OFF BALANCE

At Ottawa. the crowd greeting
Winston Churchill broke out of
police control in trying for a close
up Of the British prime minister.
For a moment. Churchill and his
famous cigar were buried beneath
the crowd. and the prime minister
was knocked off balance. Royal
Canadian mounted police officers
plunged into the crowd and got
Churchill clear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
Mrs. Baumbach Passes

Funera arrangements were be-
ing made Monday for Mrs. Maude
z. Baumbach. 81. well-known in
civic and lodge affairs in this city,
who died at a Seattle hospital Sat-
urday afternoon.
She came to Puyallup Is years
ago from Seattle. and was a mem
Der Of the Women's Chamber of
c cree and Rhododendron
court No. s. Order of Amaranth.
Surviving are her husband. Au-
gust, of the home, 327 Sd st, S. E.;
daughter. Mrs. Bernice Sanders
OF Puyallup: a brother. George w.
Hoffman of Seattle; sister, Mrs.
L. r. Lyler; a niece. Mrs. J. M.
Davis. and three nephews. Roland
and Marland Lyler and Loren Da-
Wis, all of Seattle. Wrigley and
Clements will announce ten fu-
neral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
JAP PARAcHUTIsfs
On NFDAN UNyERIF1FD

The British radio. heard by the
United Press listening post at New
York. broadcast a Dutch Batavia
communique asserting that reports
that Japanese parachutists had
landed at Medan. on the coast Of
Sumatra. was due 10 a misunder-
standing"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

PUYALLUP- While roller skat-
ing Sunday afternoon at ID ST and
9th ave. S. ". John Ennis Ste
venson. eight-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. r. Stevenson Of 500
So. Meridian st. accidentally fell
and sustained = fractured skull
He was rushed to Puyallup Cen
al hospital but vas pronounced
dead on arrival by Or. Kenneth
Sturdevant He was a pupil in the
second grade at Meeker school.
Besides his parents. the child
leaves two sisters. Marjean at
home. and Mrs. Shirley Deering Of
Enumclsw: his grandmother. Mrs.
Ella NJ. Grain of Elma, and three
uncles. Frank, Walter and Charles
Stevenson. all of Puyallup. Hills
funeral home Will announce ar
rangements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
KITCHEN CHAIRS TAKEN

Two kitchen chairs were stolen
from the second floor of 1921
Broadway, according TO q report
made 10 police Saturday by Sol
Epstein Of 1926 Commerce ST. Two
padloeks were pried from the
door.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
FILES IN RANkRUPTCY

a petition for bankruptcy was
filed in federal court Monday ~
Henry John Wuest, Centralis coal
miner. listing assets of $751;. 20.
all claimed exempt, and Liabilities
totzlng S1,T35.10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

other states showed an increase Of
1913 percent. with 2e1.e4s barrels
being sent out Sales TO military
or naval reservations in the state
are classed as out Of state sales
since the state does not collect its
81 barrel tax on them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
NURSE LOSES WATCH

Joan Baber of St Paul. Mimi,
a nurse for the Great Northern
railroad, reported to police the
theft from the Union depot Of her
wrist watch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

You help yourself when you buy
u. S. Defense Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
HERE'S MORE BOUT
The War Digest
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

on axis units in the Jedabaya area,
90 miles south of Benghazi. lost
six tanks and was forced to re-
treat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

u sPEEDERs BOOKED
Twelve motorists were booked
for speeding over the weekend.
police files revealed Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30
New Years Eve
Celebranis Warned

WORDS OF caution to New Years
I've celebrants given Monday by
Bert Bradley. Tacoma emergency
defense commissioner.
Bradley warned: f eryone
should be on the alert. Don't be
compliment. Hold traffic TO a
minimum. Turn out all lights be-
fore leaving your home. or place
Of business. else be certain they
may be switched off at a mo-
ments notice. Be ready for the
AFRAID signal N IL should sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-30

Clyde Gregory, chairman of
third ward air raid wardens, has
called a meeting of all wardens in
his district to be held in the cham
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Picturesque Characters
Give Vitality to Story
Of Vanderbilt Family
Col. Thomason Tells Brilliant
Tales of Fighting Preacher
With Confederate Army
The Vanderbilt Leqend
BY Mmp-CWfer Roberts.
Bu Wayne AndrelUS.

By Wayne Andrews. NeC York: Hdrcourt, Brace d Co.
history we'll into
m % p16s n tribe Te he middle m period Sf % S0Ss takes 'h m
the Vanderbilt
final the day
ol @ ne m % 6 n8 a m 6 a g a Number T most % vor % hsory S
fiction dealing with which the day of the
national marriages the -Four Hundred Saratoga Newport
the elimination Of the fays career Obviously What
tapeing away
Yet picturesque figures certainly have not been lacking anywhere
Sn Se sce bno % o"s0 the years " tamil" p" has take"
Andrews following volume has not
brought
the public prints and only to limited docrntar His dagnos
expended completely family
plies has been original in rather than thought.
He begins his book naturally
here and abroad He traces the
his tribe engaged once he had
Central. of Fisk Jay
Gd Boss S Tweed President Grant and the rest of it. Along with this
e ed M h b oe snoe h to pn3sn @ M v d the Commodore Con
p oaths and religion He never learned spell he
had respect Oldest H
nm nm IN business deal when he opned srdng that Billie might be-
Which he voluntarily took in his youth he made for example
which might well have served his eaph I cared for
doubt that this was e either Yet the c T Rat a his pn @ Us @
unotsinsl pursuit n the World '0
a IA A very different man was MS son william H Mr. Andrews
fortune he
Tine public damned
to his He apogized damnnga the Commodore
certainly
After this Mrs
liam K with Mrs William Astor her chamberlain.
Tilted marriages. chaeauX balls
racing coachngprety much the familiar
vulgar innocence accompanied due
and investments And fnalv We one
to
"Sllu olaS and W. H III
into politics becoming
The
the
from outstanding uncertain as to
what the Maybe
TACT remains that beyond making they
aSmgN memorable Yet they
vitality and dHectness AS Mr. Andrews
ueSQue One this
of
Andrews has hum0
for ITSELF.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Dersu the Tropper

Bu Y. K. Arseuieu. Translated
from the Russian by Malcolm
Burr. Nelc York: Z. P. Dut-
ton Co.
This is a strange charming little
book. coming TO us out OF that past
which. though still within the mem
CRY Of the living, yet seems today
almost prehistoric that past which
knew nothing Of world wars, die
tators or mass threats against civ
ilIzed cultre-the happy unspoiled
wears Of the first decade of this CEN
tury. i is the work OF Russian
geographer. ethnOgrapher and geolo-
els. VINO served ms country under
the Cars with great distinction. A
friend and associate Of FTitJOf Nam
sen and Sven HeG!n, the late Y. K.
ArSeniev devoted much Of his work
10 exploring. surveying and mapping
the Wllds of Eastern Siberia. And
while on such work il the year 1903
he met a native of the. country
named DeTSu. a member OF an al
most extinct Siberian tribe By his
honest dealing and sincere interest,
he made DerSu his friend, On sub
SeqUent expeditions into the "talga.
Or virgin Siberian forest. Dersu aC-
companied him and proved an lnval-
liable assistant. This book is MI.
Aseniev's memory OF his strange
half-pr;mitive friend.
DeIsu in the account. resembles
somewhat the picturesque redmen
OF the Cooper novels. only that his
skill as a trapper. guide and woods
man is atteSted b. a scientist of i'm
peccable integrity. He could read
the trail as a civilized man does
print. he could foretel the weather
"a hours in advance. he spoke in
converse iOnal fashion TO tigers and
bears met along the route of the
party. he saved MI ArSeniev'S life
more than once. He was honest and
faithful in the manner of the say
age'-that is. without the slightest
reservation Withal. he had good
conversation and a sound, serene
manner of wisdom. Mr. Arsenievs
account of him and his beloved for
ests is full of a naive kind of charm
and makes noStalgN reading in this
day when forests are thought of only
as potential sources of wood pulp
and primitive peoples only as fu-
ture ColoniSts. For those who see the
point of it, the little book is rec
ommended NC. R.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
/ Remember: The Autobiography OF Abraham Fiexner

N2lc York: SctuSter.
Abraham FleXnel sol 0
Rockefeller reorganization
a 10
clinic Hospital
siute for Advanced Study Princeton University. The his
financial backing his educational
told autobiography.
Background development
the
return The his mother loyalty Of brothers
University,
theory encouraging young by interesting
them gently them another combines the
Advanced
in each field and them Obligations to write OF lecture
until they proficiency
might
MARION DOYLE
Evening star., 1941-01-26
If You Drink
By Wiltred Funk. Ne2O York :
Wiltred Funk, Inc.

Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Like the weather, lot has been
said and written about alcoholism
since time immemorial, and very
little has been done about it-at
least. very little Of any lasting value.
This new book by Wilfred Funk,
however, is standout in an over
crowded field. Books on drinking
certainly are nothing new. Doctors,
temperance people. ministers and
statesmen have had their fling in
this branch of non-fiction. Mr.. Funk
has read them all, so he says, dis
tilling them down to his own version
If You Drink stands out because
it is refreshing yet factual. humor-
Gus yet serious, book in which the
author has found the line of fairness
and objectivity that runs down the
middle of the literary road. Mr..
Funk, who publishes his own book,
has nothing TO Sell-except good
book He pushes neither prohibi-
ton, temperance nor free drinking
neither saloons, A. B. c. stores nor
SpeakeaSies. The chief value of his
work Is tor those who drink. but
1t is recommended as light and inter-
esting reading for abstainerS as we'll
Ihe illustrations are appropriate and
humorous
The author has a good background
for this book. As a boy. he observed
the activities of his father. DR.. l. K
Funk. internationally known tenn
perance leader and president OF the
famous publishing house, Funk &
WagnallS Co. From the sons book
is this interesting commentary on
his father: His devotion to the anti
liquor forces led him. in one political
campaign, to run for Governor of
New York State on the ticket of the
Prohibition Party.
Robert A. ERWIN.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

u hlA4D4 Z A4as'f''A Va N-AN -H-A-. 800
Merge" ard Garter B. Wooo,on S
The Negro in American History" ."
For the appreciation Of the con-
tribuuous mace by the Negro to
American culture. other titles ~lll BE-
found illuminating. A,a,u Le Roy
Locke. professor ot philosophy a
Howard University. IL Negro Arr.
Past and Present and The Negro
and Hi Music" lntrrprets the VAL
liable gifts N these respective fields.
Maude Cuuev-Hare. in Negro Mu-
scians and Their Music" has done
a scholarly plsCe of research con-
tanning Nttlc Of theory and much Of
fact. The Negro Genius: A New
Appraisal. % tie American Negro in
literature and the Fine AIT" by
Benjamin BraWIey- IS informative
and entertaining. as Is The Nero
Author. His Development, i'll Amer
!ca, b. Vernon Loggins.
In 1923 a Negro was elected from
the frs congressional district OF IL
liuois. This election and other perth
nent political facts are outlined il
Negro Politicians: the Rise Of Ne
gro Politics in Chicago" by Henry
F Gosnel associate professor Of po-
liriCal science at the University Of
Chicago. He characterizes The book
as "A chapter in the local history
OF Chicago ard. al the same time. an
accom- % tn" way in which the
rural Negro came TO the city
and 90; into politics
The story of this migration from
the South and the adjustment to
the Vroan, economic and political
lite. particularly III Southside Chi
Cag0. is related by Waters Edward
Turpin, Negro educator and writer,
Evening star., 1941-01-26
China Shall Rise AGAIN
By Nine. Chang KCi-Shclc.
Ne1r York: Harper d Bros.

~ anne. CNtdRQ n hG}-MPh.
Nelr York: Harper d Bros.
"Rcsurgam"-'I shall rse again
the Latin expression which Sir
Christopher Wren prophetIcal!v gave
a place a1l%e the southern porla!
or bomb damaged ST. Pau.'s Cs,he-
dral il London. IS the ore word
which dominates Mmc. Ch.a9g's col
lection Of short essays in which She
not only confidently predicts that
China Will Use again, but point the
way 20 its resurrection.
The wife OF China's geneyal!ssimo
roundlv condemns seven deadly
sins in the private and Official life
of the Chinese SELF seeking. face,
chquiSm. defeatism. Inaccuracy. lack
of elf-diScipline and evasion Of re-
SponsibilitV: but she trains her guns
most directly on TWO old Oriental
institutions for the destruction Of
which she has set herSelt-the
squeeze" and face.
How Is emma 10 pc leSeNeldJeQ:
She answers in the following words:
The cornerstone of the founda-
tiOnS for regenerated China must
be the naturalization and admin
istration of wise honest ard COmpe-
tent laws and measures for the free
and secure opening up OF our nat
ural resources; for the establish
ment of modern industries: for the
announcement, benefit and proteC-
ton OF workers. as we'll as investors.
There should be no experimentation.
because there is neither necessity
nor time for it. - There are tried
roads for present day ofCialdOm
to follow = -
Unfortunately, Nine. Chang S
portion of the book is limited TO 13
short pieces, which, she writes, she
prepared between conferences and
lectures, during air raids or on in
spectiOn tours. The remainder of
the bI>ok is devoted to 10 statements
by officia11 = charge of various de-
partments Of the Chungking gov
ernment.
ECT(iN D NJTTJ IT ING
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Lone Stor Preacher
By John W. ThOmaSOn, Jr Illustrated bv the Autho
Ne1O York: Charles Scribner'S Sons.


The Rev.
Lit ThOmaSOn tells brilliantly
the tales which
the New Testament
soft moods" He
unecclesasical place
he
put Texas and Jimmy behind him
member of Hoods
He rode of the
valuable advice The Texans
anda line and they built their huts beside Qunto
IAN Bible
but he he
stopped fight by picking aWa
At Gaines Mills in the
OF the assault which broke FitzJohn rallied
thereafter chaplain fighting
Across the land he had youth. Capt
ing fought
ness SpottylVanla He knew this Virginia
ne was IN the front lines in charges he rallied
o alerWard: We all
some OF us came back from there that's
The bat efedS
Virginia well Cpnaps better legendary hero could have
known them tell the
thrust OF the Conede1acy and thrilling
himself lighting writes about the battles
accuracy After short Introductory chapter
about the battesso
written IN good oy-prose with realism and humor
Col Thomason admres the Confedeacv as men and
there them who were con-
Swan
is at
-'1e
Evening star., 1941-01-26
CRESTGN B. MULLINS
The Living Tradition
BIZ Simeon StrunSEy. Ne1C
York: Doubleday, Dordn d

Americans. especially since 1929,
have INDUCED in a lot of harsh self
criticism.
We. ourselves, in the persons of
the "intellectuals.' have voiced
more cauStic critique of our own
ways of life and the unparalleled
mechanistic culture which we have
developed than have most of our
foreign detractorS. There has been
a vigorous revolt against the OBJ
noxious "habbitry" which, at the
turn of the century, was almost
Sanctifed.
To a certain extent, this is a just
and healthy reaction. We are not
the only people on earth. Our values
are not the only values. Our ways
of life have their shortcomings One
can have little sympathy with the
fellow who says, when any criticism
of this country is voiced. IF you
don't like it. go somewhere else
We need a healthy balance be-
tween self -derogatiOn and self-glori-
flea ton. The United States is not
all wrong" 1t is, despite all argu-
ments to the contrary. the healthieSt,
cleanest, most moral most honor
able. most charitable nation on
earth We have been a little better
able to appreciate this in the past
tragic year or SOTO know what a
blessing it was to have been born
under the Stars and Stripes.
Mr.. Strunsky. one of the editorial
writer's of the New York Times, pic
lures in this volume the progress
of the nation in the various fields
| of human culture and economics
from the days of the Revolution.
| He gives a sane, balanced account
of the growth of the American
| Nation and shows that everything
has progressed according to a pat
tern which might we'll be a design
of destiny.
One lays the book doWn-and
| there is not a sentence of flag
waving in it-pretty we'll satisfied
to be an American and a part of
this destiny.
THOMAS r. HENRY.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Best Sellers

The following list Of best
sellers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in WASH
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Amer
lean Newspaper Alliance.
FICTION.
For Whom the Bell Tolls"
by Ernest Hemingway tSCrih-
nerD.
"Sapphira and the Slave
Girl" by Villa Gather 'Knopfp.
oliver Wiswell," by Kenneth
Roberts Doubleday, Doranl.
"Raleigh's Eden" by IngliS
Fletcher ,Bobbs- Merrill.
Mrs. Miniver." by Jan
Struther tHarcourt. Brace.
NON-FICTION.
white Cliffs" by Alice Duer
Miller Coward -MCCannb.
TREASURY of the Worlds
Great Letters" edited by NJ
Lincoln Schuster Simon &
SchuSterl.
Il Rode With Stoncwall,' by
II. K. DOUGLAS University of
North Carolina.
Pilgrim WAY" by John
Buchan CFOughtOn, Mitninl.
Prom Many Lands by
Louis AdamiC Harper.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

in his novel. oh. Canaan He has
given . striking picture OF the lie
q, Tie Ncggoce on tha uelchborlne
Fas-crn Shore IN Thee Low
Grounds. Problems arising II The
lie OF vuuug Nero ere presented
1.'h stark realism IN a best seller OF
1910. Native Sou. b. Rl"Aa-d
Wrght.
T!Tcc Tecau' a'3tJb.ograp-Ie~ are
~ign.G.an'. Laugsc0u FUehcs The
Nr-ro poe. novelist ana playwright.
has ca.aI lis The Ptg Sea" L
covers - wears q als lie aad mieht
be q. .rl-CG as d chronicle Of ad-
venture. a story cI success, or an
example Of the strUgg.e for intel
Icctua! liberty III tGeIica. Dusk Of
Dawn An T-s3E Toward AZ AUTO
biography OF Race Concept by VIII
IAN EdUM Eg~gNa.d- Du BOlS. the
Negro editor educator and writer,
is an authentic picture OF the chang
ing social scene. Tie struggle and
success OF dlstWgu he'd woman,
enc who has served as a member
Of the D.srlc. Board of Education
for II wears and whose husband was
i judge Of the Municipal Court. Is
recCUucod by Mary Church Terrell
IL A Colored Woman in a White
World" L Is not only her history,
but that of her race.
ChrIs,y Bor,h. authO" O: "Pio-
neers Of Plenty. in a chapter en-
titled The First and Greatest
CAemW2ist, pays tribute 10 George
Washington Carver. tie eminent
scientist. born a Save. VINO is known
internationally for his discoveries OF
The ereat number Of uses Of the
peanut, sweet potato and pecan.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Brief Reviews

Anthology.
THE MOTHERS ANTHOLOGY.
Edited by William Lyon Phelps.
NelC York: Doubleday, DOrGn.
Prose and poetry throughout the
ages. Good selections.
Biography.
L. EMMETT HOLT. By r. L. Duf-
JUS and L. Emmett Holt, lr. NelU
York. Applston-CentHry.
Biography Of the author Of Care
and Feeding of Children" Inter
esJing.
A JUDGE CONES OF AGE By
John c. KnoL. NeU York Serb
nerS.
The autobiography OF the senior
United States Judge for the South
ern District OF New York Inter-
esting.
History
IN THE WAKE OF TIE SEA
RAIDERS AND THE MER-
CHANT NAVY FIGHTS. By A.
D. Diuiue. NelC York: DuttOn
A mine OF information for those
interested IN the maritime phases
of the war.
Opinion.
THE CARIBBEAN By W. AdOlphe
Roberts. Ind ana pOllS BObbS-
Merrill
Interesting and timely study OF
America S Mediterranean
Evening star., 1941-01-26

permanent exile by the rivers Of
Babylon
This exposition. dipping into class
ical allusion, rich with historical
and literary illustrations, literally
quotes from the SageS of the law,
especially that giant, Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Prof. Radin eXtOlS the
research carried on by the Seturi-
ties and Exchange Commission, the
Tariff Commission, the National
Labor Relations Board and other
groups: he also discusses problems
of damages, corporate structure, CO.
meStic relations and criminal law
and conjures up a new type of tri-
bunal in which trained enonomists
will have a major role.
This is indeed a learned work,
replete with thought, entertainingly
written-with depths where even
lawyers might founder. but possess
ing pleasing shadows where the
layman might wade profitably.
WILLIAM A. MILLEN.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
The Human Side of Great
ness

ness
BIZ William L. Stidger. Ne10
York. Harper & Bros.
1t is inevitable that book of this
type should harp on the home
and mother" theme. but it is inter-
esting that the variety and caliber
of persons interviewed should grant
sucn interviews ana allow them 10
be published in the first person.
While the very number of the inter-
views and the sameneSs of the testi-
mony makes them seem rather sane
timoniouS. there is little doubt Of
the sincerity of the interviewer and
his subjects. Henry Ford, Fritz
Kreisler, Cecil de Mile, Frank Muir.
ply, Angela Morgan, to mention a
few, all speak of the help. conscious
or unconscious, that they received
from others, generally their mothers.
Only one-Morris Frank, founder Of
the American Seeing Eye Institute
gives his story startling individ-
uality. and he does it by showing
the physical and spiritual help he
received front dog. R. r. T.