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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19

nearly ruined their clothes kneei-
inE In We sand and sometimes
even wading right out into the
water without botherinE to take
OF their SHOES IS = race got
especially hot. Al other times
they we're The most stGffy old
gents YOU could expect 20 meet
Thus II II with model sail
boaterS. The grand little sport
makes the whole world kin.
Oh YES. over A. the fair in
the hobby building Is a. exhibit
o. some pretty fine little vessels
is OF them.
They are there Tor the oeca-
SION through the courtesy o. the
Seattle Model Yacht club. which
is an organization every bit IS
efficient and interesting as any
yacht club boasting bigger fleets
OF bigger boats. Dr. T. " Houk
Is commodore OF the group. and
is also the vice president Of the
Model Yacht Racing Association
OF America.
And right here wei mention
that the SMYC cancelled one
o. It's major annual regattas Just
No that the fleet could make a
good showing at the fair for
your edification. sir.
Many OF the boats on display
hold national honors. by the way.
all OF which details may be Oh
tanned II YOU happen to get the
chance To chat with him during
your meanderings around the
exhibit from Charles Simpson,
who IS in charge OF the setup,
who is official measurer for the
SM.Y.C.. and who furthermore
is the proud owner OF the trig
little Enterprise. twice winner of
the Pacific coast championship.
ERRAND
Who SAYS sailor is always
broke That's the question the
lads are asking each other these
days around headquarters Of the
18th naval district.
Seems that one Of the blue
jackets thereabout requested
some extra time off: said he
wanted to deposit a check in the
bank.
The officer TO whom he re-
ported pointed out. with a Ger
tain amount OF logic, that the
gob could more easily put the
check IN the office safe until
whenever he was to get his next
liberty during banking hours.
But when the bluejacket shook
his head more than a little en-
phatically and said not this one.
sir the officer asked to see IL.
The check was for SS2, 900.
The owner declared II was hi.
semi-snnual private income.
They swear II actually hap
pened, but won't 60 into details
about their shipmstes personal
affairs. P.S.-the seaman was
given the liberty he wanted.
SuIppU-ru nTN-H
What with ali this talk about
shipbuilding - two ocean navy,
need for speed, and so on-we
are reminded:
The first battleship the Amer
lean navy owned was the U.S.S.
Michigan. She WAS built of iron.
Point of 10 all, however, Is
that II required az years to
complete her.
AS we once mentioned in this
department. the very first Amer
lean battleship was built Of
bricks atop piles driven into
Lake Michigan and her crew and
wooden guns helped the Chicago
worlds fair and so forth-but
she wouldn't have amounted 10
much in battle and so doesn't
count
Keel for the Michigan was
laid in 1892 and the big warshIp
was commissioned for service
with the fleet in 1854. And II
still requires almost FIVE years
10 build q dreadnaughtD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19

r d. r. was told by insiders
whose sincerity he could not
question that the general staff
and its aides have been wrong
on almost every point since the
war began. At first they UNI
derestimated the power of the
Hitler war machine. Now they
are completely under the spell
OF the Germans demonstrated
efficiency. and their decisions
are influenced by that complex.
They gave Russia no more than
two months Of survival when
der fuehrer crossed the border.
and they still cling to the be
lief that 1t is silly to divert arms
10 Moscow
On the domestic front, their
lack OF imagination has led
them TO underestimate the num-
bers OF planes, tanks and guns
we need. and also the amount OF
industrial expansion necessary
TO supply those needs.
The revelations shocked even
Under-Secretary Patterson. who
hitherto has defended his ad-
visers against public and private
satigation. Patterson. who is the
real head OF the war depart
ment, conceded that his critics
were correct The president has
ordered the generals to get go
ing. II they don't. there NAV be
shakeup from top TO bottom
In Henry Stimsons haihwick.
BRIGHTER SIDE
The brighter side OF the re-
armament program was pictured
for the harassed president in q
confidential report submitted by
s.P.A.B. and commerce depart
ment statisticians.
These researchers informed
FDR that the nations 1871 out
put OF durables for producers.
consumers and the armed forces
will set an all-time record. eN-
ceeding the 1929 peak. Con-
struction 81 all kinds will total
$4,000 DOC, 600 New machinery
and equipment for production OF
civilian and war stuff will in
volve 1850. 600 600. Durable
consumer goods TO the extent Of
$4,000 10000 Will be manufsc-
tured. and inventories Will add
up 10 about $500, 0OO. 600. TINS
amazing expansion makes the
current production plant greater
than 1925 by one fourth IN
terms Of dollars. and by one
third in its ability 10 turn out
disable goods.
FbRs advisers point out that
TINS industrial growth adds ire
nendouSly 10 our "war poten-
iial' and assures for 1912 and
subsequent years the greatest
arms output in history.
Whereas only twelve percent
Of this plant will be utilized for
war purposes during 1871. the
planners forecast that bv the
END Of the year IS percent will
be devoted 10 supplying the mill
tary arms.
HITLER QUEST To FAIL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19
PLANT SHINE

PLANT SHINE
Growing plants absorb radia-
tion from the sun. Excess rs-
diation Is lost as heat. or given
off as fluorescent radiation Of
longer tred) wave length, which
can be observed with the aid Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19

No matter who wins the present Italy will be out
of luck and caught in the midde-Dr Ross Ettare physl
clan of Italian descent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19

We resist the enforcement of the sword the
ruler of the world-Senator Connaly. Texas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-19
HITLER QUEST 10 FAu

Hitiers war quest for food in
the Ukraine vii prove disap-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Curbs On Walkouts
In Defense Industries Talked

WASHINGTON, Jan. o. Up -
Talk Of drastic curbs on strikes in
defense Industries was heard on Cap.
ito Hill today after Rear Admiral
John H. Towers told the house naval
committee that a threatened CLIO
strike at a Farmingdale, L. l., plane
engine factory would seriously
hamper national defense.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) was out
spoken in his criticism and ex.
pressed belief President Roosevelt's
recent declaration that "the sover-
eighty of government" would be
used to save government if other
methods failed was applicable in
such situations.
Towers, chief of naval aviation,
testified that the Ranger Engineer
ing division of the Fairchield Engine
and Airplane corporation at Farm
lngdale was making about 1000 en-
gines for the Army and Navy and
that a navy contract for some 900
additional was pending. He previous
ly had said that a shortage of air.
craft engines appeared likely to con-
tinue for another IS months, at least
so far as spare engines were con-
cerned.
In response to questions, he warn.
ed the committee that large eXpen-
ditures for further plant expansion
probably would not help the immedi-
ate situation because I'VE are fac.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Morgenthau And Eccles
Feud Brought Into Open

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. - Up -
A treasury charge that the federal
reserve board caused an unwar-
ranted decline in the government
bond market brought into the open
today a long-standing feud between
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., and Chairman Mar
riner S. Eccles of the board.
Morgenthau, speaking at a press
conference, said that the publication
by the board on January 1 of an an
ti.inflation plan was "entirely respon-
sible'' for the recent decline. He
declined to explain in detail how the
boards action influenced the bond
market.
A treasury index of representative
long, m government bonds showed
that on December 80 their average
price per 800 par value was $111.66.
They declined to $109.74 from that
date until last night. and recouped
to $110.21 today. News dispatches
from New York also said govern
ment bonds rose after the Morgen-
thau remark.)
Eccles declined to make any re-
ply to Morgenthau. at least for the
present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Higher Tariff On Jap
Grab Imports Urged

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. - Up -
stabley G. Harris of Beaufort, S. c.,
chairman of the American Grab
Packers committee, told the tariff
commission today the industry could
provide thousands of new jobs and
increase the national income" if
tariffs were increased on japanese
imports.
Il believe. he declared. that the
crab canning industry could increase
1000 per cent in the next four years
if given a reasonable opportunity to
compete in the market"
Harris, president of the Blue Chan
mel Corp, %Centreville, Nd, testified
that the output of his packing COM
pany increased from 36.100 pounds
in 1888 to 251,543 pounds in 1910. but
that he was unable to sell the 1910
production and about 48 per cent re-
NAMED on warehouse shelves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Walkout OF Chicago's
Union Workers Auerted

CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-R-An agree
ment to accept pay cuts ended a six
hour strike of union employees of the
city today after the brief dispute
kept 5,194 workers away from their
jobs most of the day.
Labor chiefs who sponsored the
walkout at 8 a. m. reached an I'm
Outstanding with Mayor Edward ].
Kelly at LAS p. m. and quickly Or
dered their followers to esum their
tasks.
Shortly afterward traffic lights
that had been darkened at so inter.
sections in and near the loop flashed
again, city hall elevators renewed
their trips, garbage trucks trundled
through the streets, bridge spans
rose and closed anew and boats
steamed up and down the Chicago
river in normal fashion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Dr.. Wilson Resigns As
Edgecombe Health Officer

TARBORO, Jan. 9. - Up - DR..
Frank E. Wilson rendered his resig-
nation today as Edgecombe county
health officer, effective Immediately.
DR.. W. W. Green, chairman of the
county health board, said he pre-
sumed the resignation would be &C
cepted since DR.. Wilson was plan
ming to go to Chapel Hill for post
graduate study in public health
work, beginning Monday.
DR.. Wilson came to Tarboro a
V ar ago from williamson, where
he had been Martin county health
officer. Prior to that, he had been
in public health work in Mooresvllle
and Winston-Salem. He was popu-
lar here, where he became secretary
of the County Medical association
and a director of the Tarboro Rotary
club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
ADMIRAL STIRLING
WILL SPEAK HERE
Will Discuss Challenge Across
Pacific At High School
On February "a

Admiral yates Stirling, Jr., former
.,,ae Of staff of the United States
,oat. Kill speak in the New Hanover
high school auditorium on Monday,
February "a under the auspices of
tho Anericanism committee of the
wilmington Post No. 10. American
1sojon. w. r. Dosher. commander
If the post, announced last night.
"rhe Challenge Across the Pa
oific' will be the subject of his ad-
dress.
Admiral Stirling is coming directly
from, New York to Wilmington. this
city being his first stop on a lengthy
eo,,+harn tour as a lecturer on for
eisn affairs.
Now retired, Admiral Stirling is
the author of naval articles now ap-
nearing in 1,400 newspapers. He is
also the author of an a%utobiogra-
nhv-"sea Duty" or 1.-THE Memoirs
of a Fighting Admiral" Other books
include THE Fundamentals of Naval
service and How to be a Naval
officer."s In addition he is planning
to publish within the near future a
hook by the same title as his lee
t,,re. The Challenge Across the Pa
cific."
A graduate of the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1892, Ad-
riral Stirling is the son of Admiral
Stirling, ST., who commanded the U.
8. Asiatic fleet during the Russo
Japanese war. He has seer active
service in every engagement in
which the U. S. Naval forces have
participated. During the Spanish
American war he va engaged in the
dangerous work of sweeping up
Spanish contact mines in Guantana-
mo Harbor and in the blockade of
the Spanish fleet. Later he served
as flag lieutenant with his father
and saw wal with Japan tremble in
the balance when his father cleared
his ships for action to prevent the
japanese from carrying the war into
the International waters of Shang-
hal.
During the World war he COM
manded d transport ship. He has a
first-hand Knowledge of the crucial
Naval situation in the Far East, hav-
ing served as commander of the
Yangtze patrol during the days of
the Nationalists revolution under
General Chang Kai-Chek. Later he
commanded the naval base at Pearl
Harbor in Hawaii.
Commander O. F. Cooper, retired,
of Wilmington, saw service under
Admiral Stirling, who is recognized
today as an International authority
on naval affairs.
Tickets for the lecture will be
placed on sale within the near fu-
ture. Commander Dosher said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Mysterious Aiment
Claims Third Victim

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 9-tR-A
mysterious ailment killed its third
victim by slow strangulation today.
The victim was Mrs. Gladys
Cook. Her sister, Miss Laura Cor
don, Portland telephone operator,
and Fred Thompson, SO, Ontario,
Ore, sheep man, died Sunday,
their tongues so swollen they were
unable to talk.
A crime detection laboratory
spokesman said all three cases
Showed typical symptoms" of bo-
tullnus or food poisoning, although
Psychologists were unable to find
traces of poison in tissues OF the
bodies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
EVE

ment three months ago issued pre-
cautionary advice to nationals in
the Far East to come home.
Fewer numbers have left China
and other parts of the Orient but
the homeward movement is still
under way and officials said evac.
uation would be carried out now
in the Pacific with far less con-
fusion and difficulty than the gov
eminent has experienced in get
ting Americans out of Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

ing the risk right now of running
head-on into the law of diminishing
returns"
Efforts at greater expansion, he
said, might result in slowing down
the output of engines at this point.
When Representative Mas (R-
Mimi sought to elicit recommended
lions from Towers as to what the
government ought to do about strikes
in defense industries, Vinson cut in
to declare that the remedy was con-
gress' responsibility.
I'm not going to shirk my re.
s~ponsibility,' Vinson declared. I'm
not going to sit idly by and see this
program delayed. Strikes and other
things must stand aside and let this
program go through"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

now is that everybody should be
registered and fingerprinted - not
just aliens SO we'll know who's
who"
Davis made clear that he him
self is working. He sells razor
blades-and exhibited a handful of
dollar bills earned by a days sale.
1--WE hoboes, we're showing the
way" he exclaimed proudly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
NURSERY STUDY
PLAN DISCUSSED
M. E. Gardner Talks At Final
Session Of Annual Course
A. N. C.. State College

RALEIGH, Jan. 9.-R-North
Carolina nurserymen today conclud.
a two-day short course at N. C.
State college, after hearing M. E.
Gardner of the college horticulture
department explain what would be
done with a request for &c. 900,
which now is pending before the
legislature.
If the appropriation is granted, he
said, the money will be used to meet
the greatest immediate needs in a
program of nursery crop research"
The nurserymen went on record as
approving a plan which would en-
able the horticulture department to
obtain a tract of land near Raleigh
a research program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
King Oh Hoboes' Pledges Help
Ut Followers In Armin9 Nation

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9.-LR-The
Hoboes Of America, Inc, announced
today Inc start of a campaign tc
put the nations ESQ., 900 ''tramps and
BUNS to work, as a further con.
trlbution to the defense program.
1T will be the best house-clean-
ing the United States ever had," de.
clared Hobo King Jeff Davis
who dropped into Pittsburgh from
his home town of Cincinnati, O., for
a special meeting of hobo officers.
First" he said, "all hoboes must
get off the road this year. They must
settle down to real jobs. Thousands
have already done this, many tax
ing defense jobs in industry, or join.
ing the Army or Navy.
That will leave on the road only
tramps and buns, 100, 900 tramps
and 100000 bums-none of them
ever worked. Then, the police can
easily arrest these and make them
go to work. There are enough me.
NAL tasks for all of them"
Davis, a baldish man of So with
CRAVING sideburns, long has GRATED
on the fault of those he calls tramps
and buns while praising the quail
ties of the hoboes, who boast the
distinction of working as we tray
ell"
"Tramps and buns are chiselers
of the worst kind" he said heatedly.
"They think the world owes them
living. The draft took the cream
of our young men and left the buns
The time for giving charity to able.
bodied people is past.
Another idea we're putting across
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
NAMED

ROME, Jan. g. LR Premier
Mussolini has named four new in
spectors and IA new provincial
secretaries of the Fascist party to
replace officials who have enlist
ed for military service. Five pro-
vincial secretaries have been as.
to special duties" An
nouncement of the changes was
made last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
LIMIT RELAXED

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. e.-LR-
Kentucky's highway truck load
weight limit was relaxed today in the
interest of the national defense pro-
gram. Thomas H. Cutler, state high
way engineer, ordered that special
permits be issued for single truck
units up to $4,000 pounds o load
and for semi-trailer trucks up to 3d.
900 but only if the "entire cargo
carried was for government agencies
or for persons or firms working I'M
der government contracts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not Embarrass

Many wearers of false teeth have suf-
fered real embarrassment because their
plate dropped, slipped or wabbled at
just the wrong time. Do not live in
fe;r of this happening to you. Just
spril- kle a little FASTEETH, the aka
line (non-acid) powder, on your plates.
Holds false teeth more firmly, so they
feel more comfortable. Does not sour.
Checks "plate odor" (denture breath).
Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
All But 1900 Americans
Haze Moved Out Oh japan

WASHINGTON, Jan. g. R -
The exodus of Americans from the
Orient in response to state depart
ment advice has brought all but
1900 out of Japan, officials dis
closed today, and those remaining
are prepared to leave quickly in
event of a serious emergency.
More than 5000 American were
in Japan when the state depart
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
L SHIP SUNK

DUBROVN1K, Yugoslavia, Jan.
9-R-Unconfirmed reports heard
here today said another Italian
ship carrying war supplies to Al
bania has been torpedoed off the
Yugoslav coast-the fourth report
ed sunk in the last 10 days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
FARLEY SAILS

NEW YORK, Jan. 9-LR-Form-
er Postmaster General James A.
Farley sailed for South America
today to be gone until March 10 on
a purely business trip
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
LASH MINIMIZED

LIMA, Peru, Jan. 9-tR- The
PERUVIAN foreign Office today min
mlzed as ''unimportant" a clash
between Peruvian and Ecuadorean
border detachments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
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Evening star., 1941-03-05
Night Club Singer
Signs for Films

Columbia Pictures has signed Joan
Merrill, popular Broadway night club
singer, to term contract. A COM
parative newcomer to Broadway,
Baltimore born Miss Merrill will
leave soon for Hollywood to appear
in her first Columbia film, an out
standing musical now being readied
for early production. Her Columbia
contract will mark her first appear
ance in motion pictures.
Unknown to Manhattan's anluse-
ment-seekers year ago, the bru-
nette Miss Merrill flashed into fame
when an appearance on a Rudy
Vallee program brought her offers
to sing at the swank Hotel Pierre
and Broadway's Hurricane Restau-
rant. Her unusual voice, which
covers the range from contralto to
soprano with ease and fiexibility,
contributed to her quick success.
Born in Baltimore, the youngest
of seven children, Miss Merrill
started her theatrical career in
Washington, where she appeared in
various night clubs. An offer to
appear on the Vallee program fol-
lowed-and her career from that
point on became almost Cinderella
like in its meteoric rise. Miss Mer-
rill's recordings Of Miss johnson
Called Today" and How Did He
Look7" for Bluebird Immediately hit
the best-selling class, despite the
fact that it is the singers first record.
Evening star., 1941-03-05

Ida Lupino asked John Garfield to
teach her a Brooklyn accent for her
role in Gentle People" but John is
trying to lose his Brooklyn accent,
and Ida must find another professor
Garfield will not be murdered in the
movie version of the Irwin Shaw
play. Franchot Tone, who played
the gangster role on the stage, was
clubbed and pushed into river from
boat-by two sweet old gentlemen.
But if Thomas Mitchell and John
Qualen-the gentle people in the
fllm-Were to murder the gambler,
they would have to be punished.
It's a rule of the Hays code. So
instead, Garfield will lose his bal
ance and topple off accidentally.
Garfield and Miss Lupino are
looking a little green when I come
on the set. They have been eating
shrimps and mayonaise sauce for
the past three days and both loathe
shrimps and mayonaise sauce
Leo Gorcey (ex-Dead Ender) is in
the picture, or rather just about to
leave the picture. He gets pushed
into the river. This is where I
came in five years ago." says Leo,
who was pushed into the Dead End"
water front. Gorcey, by the way, is
about to become q papa for the
second time.
Tyrone Power compares the vamp
Of today with her sister of 1922 on
the Blood and Sand" set at Fox.
In the remake OF the Rudolph VAL
entino starrer, Rita Hayworth Is
playing the siren role Nita Naldi
portrayed. 81 saw the picture the
other day" says Tyrone. Girls
work slightly differently now. They
are more subtle--to put 1t mildly"
Tyrone regards Hedy Lamar as the
perfect screen type of modern vamp.
She was wanted for the picture but
Metro said mo"
Linda Darnell is again playing
Mr.. Powers wife. But at this par
ticular moment she is holding up
the picture for an entire afternoon.
She is at school in her dressing
room and every once in a while
peeps wistfully through the window,
then buries her head in a book.
Linda's schooling adds an average
of $25.000 to the cost of her pic
tures-through time wasted while
she is at her lessons. When she is
graduated next october. Boss Daryl
zanuck plans huge Thanksgiving
party.
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