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one division each (about half of the
total force) Of Australians and New
Zealanders.
He said that of this number there
were about 5000 casualties (killed
and wounded and missing). about
As. 900 got away to fight on other
fronts" and IL, 900 we're still un-
accounted for. This. presumably,
included those left to screen the re-
treat (suicide battalions); and those
lost at sea in sunken transports.
The prime minister said British
losses we're small compared to the
losses inflicted on the Germans, who
on some occasions for two days at
a time were brought to a complete
standstill by forces one-fifth their
number"
He said, further. that the conduct
Of the troops, especially the rear
guard. merited the highest praise,
and that the British demonstrated
that prolonged air bombing by day
and night had no power to shake
their discipline or their morale.
Some members of the house want
ed to know if the 5000 had fled to
Crete or had reached their own
bases. Churchill said he believed
the latter to be the case. He ad-
mitted that the army in Greece had
been forced to abandon or destroy
all Of its heavy equipment. which
could. of course. not be removed.
He was highly positive, however.
not only Of the escape Of As. 900 men,
but limited that the other IL. 900 "un-
accounted for" probably would die
or be taken prisoners-but might.
possibly. escape somewhere else
temporarily.
The Nazi communiques announced
the Greek war over, the formation
of a new government similar to
that Of occupied France. ard the af-
fair officially at an end.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-08
RUSSIA:
At Crossroads

Indication that Soviet Russia is
facing a situation that is becoming
less and less healthy for the Soviet's
peace If mind came when it was
officially announced by Moscow that
$4,000 German troops. well equipped
with tanks and heavy artillery. had
moved into Finland by water with
the evident intention Of staying
there.
The official announcement coupled
with this move by the Nazis. at
least former allies of Russia, with
the decision by Russia not long ago
not to permit further shipments of
arms and munitions over her rail-
roads, or through her country by air
or land.
Just what the German objective
was In Finland was not Immediately
apparent, but it was evident that If
the Germans intend to 60 on SOUTH
ward through Turkey and Syria into
Iraq and Iran. the Germans will
certainly bottle up the Black Sea
for Russia, and few believed the
Soviet would stand for that without
fighting. perhaps on the side of he
Turks, perhaps alone.
This Is the eventually that most
friends of an eventual defeat for
Hitler and Mussolini and Japan
have looked forward to. and Church.
i'll limited at it not long ago.
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under the lend-lease law, and Leon
Henderson, officer of price admins
tration and civilian supply.
The two men are alike in few
characteristics except that both
were poor farm boys, both have a
New Deal slant on life, and neither
has much interest in the art Of a
Fifth avenue tailor.
There Is no doubt that the defense
program, II we must still use that
euphemistic label for this anything
but negative undertaking, has passed
out Of the joint power Of the dollar
a-year men and into control Of these
two staunch supporters Of the
Roosevelt administration.
The rise Of Harry Hopkins infiu-
ence has been steady. interrupted
only by periods of ill-health. His
relationship with the President start
ed from a sympathy of viewpoint
concerning the duty Of government
toward its underprivileged. It has
grown into an intimate friendship,
Fashioned by p%ropinquity that comes
from sharing the same rooftree and
many leisure hours. before nine in
the morning and after six at night,
since May Of last year.
That was when Hitler's blitz
across the low countries showed the
President that the possibility Of
peaceful Intervention in the cause
Of democracy in Europe was over.
In his despair, he called his friend
to the White House for a weekend
Of comfort and counsel. Hopkins
has been there ever since.
Perhaps the barefoot boy driving
a neighbor's cows up a dusty lane
some four decades ago dreamed Of
the White House-every boy has a
chance to be President we know.
But how many boys dream of being
a Presidents chief advisor and boss
ing seven billion dollars. worth of
supplies for democracy?
Harry's father was a harness
maker. He had a harness shop in
Grinnell. Iowa. and it was in Iowa
because Mrs. Hopkins was am.
bilious for her children and there
was a college there. Harry earned
some nickels and dimes herding
cows. and then worked in the shop.
Later he worked his way through
college. Money never meant much
to him. He never handled much of
his own. But he has bossed millions
for other people-in the Red Cross
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-08
INVASION:
'Bugbear'

The end Of the Greek campaign
and the slowing down Of the North
African fight. if it was not at the
stalemate point. brought the old
British bugbear Of an invasion at
tempt to the fore again.
1t was a bugbear but a bugbear
with a silver lining. il that was pos
sible. for most of Britain dreaded
the days Of waiting more than the
actual attempt SO sure were the
people that 1t would be smashed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-08
Early Morning
In a Nations Capital
Six o'clock in the morning

Six o'clock in the morning.
From a Saturday to a Monday
spring changed to summer in Wash
ington. buds turned to blooms and
bare branches burst out into full
leaved green.
In a city. the first walk under
this newly spread canopy of green
is a strange delight. There is
nothing quite like it. Leafy curtains
shut out the harsh. cold stone and
steel about you as a drawn shade
shuts out the night from a lamp-lit
room.
Washington does not wake early.
At six in the morning there are so
few people on the streets that the
folks you pass seem as friendly as
a neighbor you meet on a lonely
lane. The red and green traffic
lights still have their eyes closed
and only the yellow bulbs blink sleep
lily at you al they have all night. But
these days the sun is well up and
as you walk west to east the light
strikes you square in the eyes. 1t
always reminds me Of a prairie
town and that always reminds me
Of how I was reminded Of my prairie
town when we used to be marching
eastward in the dawn of a murky
French morning when the sun sud-
denly burst on US and made us long
for the old, wide-brimmed cam
paign hat instead of the little cloth
rag Of an overseas cap. You don't
see many campaign hats any more.
AS I came down the avenue this
morning almost-empty buses passed
me. I saw a colored man watering
a pathetic little patch of lawn in
front Of his two-story cottage. The
rest Of the family were still asleep,
the bedroom windows were open. I
saw an old-fashioned ornate oil
lamp in one.
All rooms seem to be bedrooms in
Washington. The fine old resi-
dences n turned into rooming
houses-many Of them-and early in
the morning the windows are open.
In an hour thousands Of govern
ment workers will be hurriedly
dressing behind carelessly drawn
shades, then jamming the now
empty buses with all the roomy
comfort Of steers in a %cattlecar.
Between old. transmogrifed resi-
dences rise the new apartments.
Here and there are a few that
sprang into being when 1917 filed
the city with war workers.
They r frequently impressive
looking on the outside. built to sug-
gest a French chateau. Inside, tiny
little boxes of rooms with low cell.
ings that the third floor windows can
hardly see over the stills of the Sec
ond floor Of the residences uext
door.
But the modern apartments that
are springing up like dandelions
these days do not 60 in for French ia.
cades. They r the same boxes in
side. Outside. there are ugly fiat
walls with plenty Of glass. the whole
entrance is glass. They look too
much like modern Moscow to please
my old-fashioned eyes.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-08
u DRAFT BOARDS

The problem Of industrial man.
power has become so acute that de-
tense chiefs have complained to Sc
lective service officials that some
local boards are too tough" about
granting deferment to skilled work.
men.
Ohio draft boards, for example,
are ordering the induction Of crafts
men badly needed for the crucial
machine tool program. Similar
complaints have been made against
Michigan draft authorities for TAX
ing specially skilled men needed by
the Packard plant. now producing
Rolls-Royce airplane engines for
the British.
From Virginia have come reports
that the draft is hampering the vast
naval and shipbuilding program at
Newport News.
The problem Of labor supply is
also hitting agriculture. Agricul-
tural officials fear that SO much
labor is being drained off farms that
some Of them want to bar any more
defense plants in midwestern dairy
and pork sections.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-08
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Tall. fast-moving Rep. Lyndon
Johnson is going to let no grass
grow under his feet in his campaign
for the seat Of the late Sen. Morris
Sheppard Of Texas. The young New
Dealer. who has the public blessing
of the President, plans 208 speeches.
an average Of three a day.
George Brooks, executive assist
ant in the OPM labor division. is
able to keep two secretaries busy
taking dictation and at the same
time carry on a telephone CONVEX.
Gation.
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q The emergency has brought so
many extra workers to Washington
that office space is at a premium.
In spite Of new buildings in the Dis
trict Of Columbia two federal build.
ings are being erected in adjoining
Maryland and Virginia. These
buildings provide a million addition.
al square feet Of Office space to meet
the increased demand,
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b X | f. + S By Baukhage

q One OF the most important fac.
tors in settling a strike, according
to William H. Davis, vice chairman
of the National Defense Mediation
board, is public opinion. Both sides
know that the people are back of
the board.
q City symphony: The squeak of
a brake. a bird and a baby. all in the
same key.
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And FDR

The Lone Eagle" Charles Au-
gustus Lindbergh. once more land
ed on Page One as the first Ameri.
can news story.
Lindbergh, who had first associat-
ed himself with the non-intervention.
lists and later with advocates of the
theory that British victory was i'm.
possible and German victory Ger.
tain, carried his views to the Ameri-
can public until finally Presiden,
Roosevelt took cognizance of them
in a press conference, mentioning
Lindbergh by name, and in no
complimentary terms.
Indy countered by resigning his
commission in the air corps reserve.
and accompanied it with a personal
letter to the President which he re.
leased to the press as soon as it was
written. and long before the Presi.
dent received it.
The war department accepted the
resignation. The President received
the letter. Lindbergh received from
Presidential Secretary Early the
hint that perhaps he would like also
to return to Hitler a decoration he
had received from Der Fuehrer
some years back.
The open controversy had its
hackers on both sides. both public
and private. The non-intervention.
lists Immediately made of Indy a
martyr, and at a subsequent public
meeting. Senator Nye, leader of the
keep out of war" bloc in the senate,
along with Senator Wheeler, made
capital Of the incident by address,
ing his hearers as 'fellow-C Copper
heads"
The copperhead reference was
President Roosevelt's, used in the
press conference anent Lindbergh.
Lindy's name was cheered to the
echo at each Of these meetings. and
the leaders Of the movement were
quick to seize on him as a martyr.
Opponents of Lindbergh's attitude
wer glad he resigned his commits
sion but took the stand that he ought
to be silenced and deported, in fact
there were few limits in the sugges-
tons that. emanated from various
sources backing up the President
in his questioning of the flier's patri-
otism.
Along came the Hugh johnson in.
cident to fan the flames and to give
the anti-administration movement
more stature. General Johnson,
holding. like Lindbergh, a reserve
army commission. was denied a re-
appointment by the President. John.
son had been a%uthoring an anti-ad-
ministration column which had been
widely distributed in the press.
He, a former New Dealer and a
former head of the NRA in the early
Roosevelt days. had been busy in
anti-Administration circles, mostly
in magazines. prior to the last cleo
ton. and had continued with a news
paper column.
The army had certified johnson
for reappointment. so in refusing
to allow the commission to 60 out,
the President went against his army
chiefs advice. and further stated
that as there was no likelihood Of
Johnson's actively serving, he want
ed to spare the commission for
somebody that would.
Lindbergh, in his letter to the
President resigning, had made quite
a point Of the fact that as an in
active army officer. he had felt per.
mitted to use the freedom Of speech
in attacking the administrations for.
eign policy. but that if the Presi.
dent was going to impugn his pa.
triotism-why then he was going to
resign.
INVASION:
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Mrs. Dena Shelby Dieh Of
Danville, KY, by marriage a
great-great granddaughter of
Isaac Shelby, Revolutionary
Uar hero and first governor of
Kentucky, is the american
Mother Of l94l. She ,Uas ex-
tended this honor by the
american Mothers commit
tee of the Golden Rule founda-
ton, which annually sponsors
the american Mother. Cited
as oeing Representative OF the
best there is in motherhood"
Mrs. Dieh is the mother of
four gro,on children-aH girls.
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Selfish Fear

What each man feared would
happen to himself, did not trouble
him when he saw that it would
ruin another.-Vergil
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward c. Wayne
"GGNI' WGWS AWAI 90 by coward Y. wayne
U. S. 'Aid-to-B Britain Shipping Losses
Brings Convoy Issue Into Open Debate;
$4,000 British Soldiers Are Saved
AS Nazis Complete Balkan Campaign

M sED thSsa 8, NS 1S.Iy nGpMons are e.prssse in these columns, they
-rRe ased by Western Newspaper UnionD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-16
County Gets
Half Of Fund
S2.400 Contributed
In Paralysis War

Pierce oounty's net share Of the
is41 drive against infsntile par
slysis vas 81 200 or 50 per cent q
the countys total contribution q
s. 400. 1t was announced Tuesday
by John n Binns. chairman Of the
Pierce County chapter, National
Foundation for Infsntile Paralysis.
Inc.
A committee composed Of Dr..
Burton n Brown. Or. y +. Mag
nussen and Rinns has been sp-
pointed by the local chapter to
take care of unusual cases and pro
vide immediate assistance.
Anyone knowing Of persons
needing treatment as result Of
infantile paralysis is requested 10
notify DR.. Brown al the Pierce
County hospital.
George Davis heads a COM
nittee, consisting OF Mike OCon-
nell and Freeman Cochran. which
IS conducting a drive for new men,
bers.
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Pierce Go. Youth
Given Long Term

The state parole board Tuesday
handed q l7-months minimum re-
|formatory sentence 10 J. j. Wra-
ok. former Spokane county deputy
prosecuting attorney. convicted Of
embezzling 81 500 in clients funds
Wrabek, a lawyer. converted to
his own use som $4,000 from the
estate OF an inc mpetent. Maggie
Connect. and $4,000 from another
estate of which he was admins
TRAITOR.
Heaviest reformstory minimum
term went TO Maurice Seton,
Pierce county youth who pawned
numerous radios he was buying on
time payments. to secure cash. He
drew ia years sentence.
Other minimum sentences in
eluded the following:
Pierce county Marvin c. Syfert,
Forgery. Is months: Edgar r.
Tyler. burglary. two years; Will
ham Cyr attic mpte d burglary,
three years.
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TRACK or A
TIREI.ESs WORKER

THOUGH Churchill no longer
i plays polo. which he likes i'm.
msnssly, or plays piqust or back
CANNON. which he doss indiffer-
entity. he ttili takes a keen pride
in his large collection Of swans
and ducks. Ne nov has many rsrs
breeds In his little lake AT Wssisr-
ham and enjoys watching them
almost as much as he likes play
ing with his two cats the one st
Westerhsm and the black kitten
he recently adopted but now has
To keep As a permanent resident
at No. 10 Downing beesuse Old
Tom ct wsstsrhsm wants M part
Of the new feline.
In the country. cburchlirs real
work In done In his study. Its q
long, narrow room. Down one
side s . mammoth table holding
books. notes. newspapers. On the
floor are two vsluAhls rugs The
rugs cause Ars. Churchill consld-
sraols embarrassment, because
rfht down the center from one
end Of the room TO the other runs
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War and Work Cut Into ChurchilTs
Once-Leisurely Family Life
"MR. ENGLAND"
THE LAST OF
THREE STORIES
6y PAUL MANNING

Tacoma Times special Correspondent
| ONION - Wearing an cid
- suit Of boiler overalls fas-
tened up the front by a upper
and carrying a spade in one
hand. Winston Churchill die
tated 10 a secretary in the
garden of his Westerham.
Kent. country home.
He said that Il he had SECOND
chance in life. he might have done
lot OF things differently.
For example. ne might have
placed his money on black IN
stead OF red during his visits many
years ago 10 Monte Carlo. Then
# the ivory ball had dropped into
the black slot (as It so often did
when he was playing red. he
might have made n lot Of money.
Then II he had invested this
money 20 years ago in plots Of
land on the lake shore at Chicago
and had never gone TO Monte
Carlo any more. he might be
millionaire today.
OF course. he said. he might
have become 50 fired BY his good
luck that he might have become
an habitue Of the table. one Of
those melancholy shadows you al
ways saw creeping around the
gaming rooms Of Monte Carlo in
the old days.
So maybe after all it's Just as
well you only have one chance in
life. Il know" said Churchill.
when l survey the scene Of my
past life as whole. have no
doubt that | do not wish to live
it over again. The journey has
been enjoyable and well worth
taking once"
With that he turned and began
spading around pet rose bush.
The scene just described oc-
CURED shortly before the present
war. and before Winston Church
i'll could have known that the most
vital chapter of his life story was
to be vritten-in the prime min
ister's office at No. 10 Downing
street.
TNHE lives Of few statesmen for
i whom the journey has been
enjoyable" have been as closely
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identified with war as has
Churchills. War is literally in his
blood. The inheritance began over
200 years ago with his ancestor
John Churchill. the first Duke Of
Marlborough one Of the greatest
generals Of all time.
Winston Churchill was born ION
Nov. 80, 1870 in magnificent Ben
helm palace. given the first duke
by the nation. and his first years
were surrounded by paintings Of
the duke and Of his famous bat
ties. No wonder young Winston
began to dream Of a soldiers life,
that his early games were war
games. maneuvered by his 1900
toy soldiers, his toy fortress and
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practically every post in the cshl-
net, both as n liberal and tory.
including the job OF first lord Of
the admiralty - from 1911 until
after the disastrous Dardanslles
campaign OF the first World war.
When. for years after 1880. the
services OF Winston Churchill
were not requested by prime min
isters. he used his enforced politi-
cal leisure writing books. articles,
putting up small brick walls and
buildings. painting landscapes un-
der the name Of Charles Marin. "
II was during these s.ttled. easy
years that he was able In produce
enough literary work and fulfil
sufficient lecture engagements "a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-16
Meet Another DeIuy
On Traffic Signals

f1aal action IN awarding con
tracts for tbs rev dONntOsn traf-
&c eon,roi lights wAs s1spsnas1 ~
,hs board u contracts and awards
Tuesday e. they s<i an hour later
Ia the day for = hearing
" appeared their Sas soIns dss.
erspNney concerning which firms
had submitted ths lowest and tsst
ID and concerning me materials,
and ], zzs Indicated that since
STATE gas tAx monsy IL hsing used.
state rules regarding b.as might
nave 10 "a followed.
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Delay Opening Bus
Bids Until April q

Instead 81 opening bids for three
new city bolt line buses wsdnss-
day. ,hs board ~ contracts ard
awards decided Tuesday N pos,-
pons the opening until April ~
10 permit manufacturers ~ this
type 81 equipment more time In
which To prepare their figures
The board ~ss advised bidders
have been 90 rushed with national
defense orders and defense activity
congestion they ~srs ~ prepared
70 submit proposals By this ssss-
Tn. council mas appropriated
$50 600 for purchase 81 tbs new
bussss
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Store Building
To Be Erected
Will Be on Site OF
Old Poppy's Cabin

A t~e-s,ery sac 90 store build.
ing wfli use On tnr southeast eaF-
nsr e 10Th ard Pacific ave ~hsr~
the remnants 81 raprys Cabin
and its sdjeininr two story build.
ms ar, now beng esrted away.
Representatives If Mrs r. "
Andersen obtained ths kailding
permit fer the nsw structure Tues.
day, with q y larson a son rs
contractors
Ths building all be 81 firerrcof
construction and viii contain Is
600 square feet % floor space. ae-
eording to the permit
Another permit Of special inter
est Was one for $1,000 granted
Bruce lAndquist for demelishins
the old chapel and building No.
Is on the Il. = Indian hospital
grounds ms 10 first step In
preparation 81 the -lte for the new
building program for the hospital.
The buildings being demolished srv
part OF the group originally used
in IN. CushmAn Indian school lay
out eefor. the property wss com
verted TO hospital use
Other permits included tho fol-
lowing John " Anderson. 5000
residence at ea22 No. Hale 81 T.
Fred Burns. $1,000 resldsncs at
1901 Mckinley ave y. Oeerhofer.
81 1000 residence. 1901 So. Fife u .
and Roy Fowler 81 500 store alter.
stions st 2eoi So. 18th 81,
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make 800 600 a year
TO-DAY there Is little tine for
rIeh profitable leisure. bit
Winston Churchill doesn't mind
Hes delighted 01th N. fart that
hs has losf some weight since
assuming the premiership. Hls
Job. dsspits iis szhsusslvs sehsd-
lie and grave responsibilities. 10
~ intsresting 70 MIN that hs fssis
no sense % personal sacrifice
Naturally the prime minister's
family life has suffered some
what No longer are there the
famous county dinner tzbl. gath
erings Of family ard guests. where
Il was the Churchill standing rule
that Il you had anything 70 ssy
II must De tossed into The center
q the table for .ysryOns %
pounce on
Churchill always enjoyed this
general conversation game. but
not - the feminine part q his
family When Churchill got THIS
eonysrsstiou game rolling Hrs
Churchill ssouid begin nsryo,lsiy
fesrrsnginE and polishing silver
around her plate Daughters sarah
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u. S. Jurisdiction
Would Be Extended

WASHINGTON - ser. Ma q
wsnkfen. n. wasA. Iatreducei
IN. Tuesday II extens federal
ilrisslctlcn ever Isn.is within th<
Olympic Sstinnsi psfk. Ths his
pfuxllis - sppaantment u rsFs
cnmnssssinnef ~ me 4. \ district
eaart fef western Wzshtastea.
urn Fec-umena.tissn - ne s~cf<
tarv 81 re interior