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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

The number Of u. S. merchan,
ships now In foreign commerce,
the minimum number which would
have TO be armed. n any were
armed, is about 500. This includes
ships In the South American trade
and ships on the Pacific. II, In
addition 10 these. IL was deemed
advisable to arm u. s. ships In
coastwise and intercoastal trade,
guns and gun crews would have
TO be produced for another 700
vessels. On top of that. there
would have to be arms provided
for the l.40o ships now being built
by the maritime commission.
Shortage of naval rifles OF cali
bers large enough 70 sink a sub
Is acute. Any shooting on sight
done In the immediate future
would have TO be done by destroy
srs or cruisers actually conveying
the merchantmen.
There is limited supply Of deck
guns left over from the last war.
and while they might do in
pinch for surface craft, this pres
ent war has one real hazard which
was merely nominal IN the last
war--the danger from aircraft
bombers and dive bombers. To
fight off bombers effectively takes
considerable fire power in anti
aircraft weapons, and as the world
well knows. the United States Is
woefully short on anti-aircraft
guns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
MANY OVERLOOKED

One of the greatest points of
inadequacy protested by the inves-
tigating pension advocates is in
the number of persons missed alto
gether by the present program.
This committee finds that our
present provisions for old-age
insurance and assistance have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

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invasion Of Europe 10 relieve the
Red army has been considered but
not settled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
When teacher
gi;ues YOU
q BIG APPLE
DEMEMBER HOW YOU

IN worked all year TO make
an impression on Miss Smith,
the beautiful teacher of the fifth
grade? Do you recall how you
walked on air when she told
you on the day school was OUT
that you might eventually be-
come a credit to the town?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
WASHINGTON COLUMN
Lack Of Guns Is Moin Problem
OF Program to Arm u. S. Vessels
By PETER EpSok
Tacoma Times Special Correspondents

WASHINGT0N-Principa difficulty in considering any
" program of armng L. S. merchant vessels sailing the
seven is simply lack of guns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
CAN'T EAT AVERAGES

TN the face of these estimates
Of the absolute minimum cost OF
living. both the old age insurance
and assistance systems pay aver
age amounts Of only $50 per month
to individuals, and IS to 90 per
cent of the recipients in both sys-
TENS receive less than the $50 per
month which this committee be-
lieves is the irreducible minimum
that should be provided for the
subsistence of our retired work
ers.
Academic statisticians can per-
form mathematical miracles with
averages. but they have not yet
perfected formula by which av-
erages can be used for food, shell
ter, or clothing by those on the
under side of the median line"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

For example, the Foothill
Garden Club of Monrovia, Cal
ifornia, recently gave one of
our stations a plaque represent
ing the National Council of
State Garden Clubs award-for
cleanliness, absence of unnec-
essary signs, color harmony, and
gardening. Ii was Like getting.
in school, that extra 10 for
form and neatness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

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measure Of success In a promise
Of hearing before the senate
finance committee some time be
tween now and November.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01
TOO LITTLE. THEY SAY

Woeful inadequacy is the Dow
ney committees first charge
against both the present old-age
assistance and old-sge insurance
programs.
The most reliable estimates
available" the committee states.
show that an urban couple re-
quires from $50 TO S65 per month.
depending on the part Of the coun-
try in which they are residing, TO
provide for their minimum costs
Of living, while single persons
would require perhaps $50 to $35.
For farm couples or single persons
the amount required is only about
10 per cent less than that for city
jewellers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

For years Standard has been
working to make its service
stations a credit to their COM
munities leaving no stone un-
turned, no leaf unraked. With
increasing frequency this effort
is being recognized in ways
which make US feel as if we
had received a smile from Miss
go,sfh
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-01

Confdentially, we're iokled
pink at this recognition of pol
ICY and leadership. Its mighty
pleasant TO know, TOO, that the
Judgment is backed up by thou
sands of individual motorists
who assume on entering any
community that Standard Sta
lions will be clean, attractive,
and q credit 10 their own fas-
tidiousness. That's like getting
= big red apple from teacher.
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The Arkansas Traveler.... .HcDoasic
British Foik-Music Settings. .Gfsinser
Country Gardens
Londonderry Air
Shepherds Hey
Ieonore: Overture No. 8. .Beetkoyen
Prince Igor: Polovefzian Dances
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05
HOmemakers Chorus to
Practice for Festival

The Homemakers chorus which is
to perform with the Choir Festival
and possibly at other programs of the
Maryland Chautauqua at Mt. Lake
Park during the summer, will begin
it's series of rehearsals on Monday
June 16, at o'clock, in the City Hall,
Rev. Felix G. Robinson, director, an
nounced.
An invitation is being extended to
all choristers to join this group, and
male members are especially wanted.
Members of the group will use the
Homemakers' music books and they
are requested to bring them to prac-
tice sessions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05
PAGE FIVE

ionships, it was announced by Foster
o. Speicher, chairman of the games
committee. The meeting is to be held
Saturday but there are no accommo-
dations there for sleeping.
Mr.. Speicher stated that principals
who are taking their winners to
Westminster must first secure partic-
ipants' cards and lunch tickets from
the office of the Board of Education
in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05

He attended the Lindsay Wilson col
lege at Columbia, KY, and for the
past three years has been employed in
the Celanese plant at Cumberland.
Mrs. Beamer expects to continue her
studies at Pittsburgh for the present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
of the Supreme Court, will retire
July l.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05
Athletes Not to Go to
Meet in Group This Year

County winners in the Garrett
County track and field meet are not
being taken as a group to West
minister for the western shore champ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-05

BEAMER- GORTNER Announce
ment was made Saturday of the mar
riage of Miss Margaret Jane Gortner,
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Gortner, Grantsville, and M.
Frank Beamer, Jr., Cumberland, son
of M. Frank Beamer, Bluefield, W..
Va, and the late Mrs. Beamer
The wedding took place Saturday,
May "a, at Chesterfield, S. Carolina,
with Rev. w. Cannon, pastor of the
Baptist church, officiating.
The bride is a native of Grants
vile and was graduated from Grants
vile High last June. She took a
semester's work at the University of
Maryland, after which she entered a
business school at Pittsburgh.
The groom was born at Columbia,
KY. His father is president of the
Flat Rock Coal company at Blueficld
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
Introducing the Mysterious Gus West
Whose Status Worried Def. Counsel,
In Trial OF Mrs. Hart For Perjury
BY E. I. R.

att, did bring out that he, Hiatt,
did question Mrs. Hart about pro-
lection, while she was in his office
last June.
Mrs. Hart remains at liberty on
her present bond of$5, 900.
We Subpoena Gus West
All the world has its unsung
heroes. Were it not that we are
forbidden to tell the secrets of
their gifts to charity, their pleas
to remain unknown, their refusal
to permit civic leaders to aid in
adjusting their difficulties, we
could unfold revelations which
would make you, too, feel:
There is so much good in the
worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it doesn't behoove any of us
To talk about the rest of U.S."
Gus West and three or four
others, including the woman whose
fate rests with United States Dis
trict Judge John c. Bowen, have
never failed to make their contrib
utions to worthwhile racial needs,
their names unknown.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
A Jewish Disgrace

Appearing before Governor
Eugene Talmade of Georgia in a
three hour clemenly hearing for
six Klu Klux Klansmen serving
one to three year sentences for
flashing of several pro-union mill
workers in an Atlanta suburb in
1888 was a Jewish attorney, Ike
Wingrom, in behalf of the Klans-
men. Jewish Attorney Wingrom
said:
II am Jew and proud of it"
Wingrew stated. ut may seem
strange for Jew to say this, but
1 honor the Klu Klux Khan. I hon
ored them in the old reconstruc-
ton days, and honor the Klu
Klux Khan today.
These Klansmen were trying to
do the right thing, even if they
used the wrong methods"
Wingrow charged Atlanta news
papers were trying to win Pull
tier prizes in pushing the case
during the past two years and in
urging clemency now. He was Bit
terly criticized by chur C h m n
present at the hearing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

The Northwest Enterprise Cooking and Homemaking
Fir Street
Because of the vast amount of alterations necessary
to comfortably accommodate the large crowd expected at
the initial session of school, it necessary change
the location to the Washington Hall 14th and Fir St.
one block from the Yessler Iine
The change of location was necessary to meet the
many requirements of the firms contributing to its sue
well accommodating those who plan attending
the school.
Better Accommodations
Better Display Rooms.
Meet us at Washington Hail. 18th and E. Fir ST..
Monday and Tuesday, December 1916 from to o'clock
p. M. and get your prize
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

For 8 years, Gus West has
owned and operated the Night and
Day Fuel Co., 1896 Jackson St.,
employing five or six men. In the
building of his business, you could
never tell who was the owner
he was his own best workman. He
is the past exalted ruler of Puget
Sound Lodge of Elks and present
Grand District Deputy, I. B. P. o.
e. w. of Elks. He has no police
record aid enjoys the respect and
confidence of his fraternity as well
as all the citizens of Seattle.
West Makes Mistake
And we personally know, Gus, of
families to whose homes you
brought warmth, and the North
west Enterprise didn't howl you
out in order to have you do it.
We know of some other good deeds
and some day we are going to tell
them to the world.
Defense Counsel George H.
Crandells request that Judge b.
wen issue subpoena for Gus West
was most unusual. All he need dc
was to subpoena Gus West him.
: self. Cranell's continual efforts to
find out the status of West could
in no way affect the case at bar.
It was his consolation" to the de.
PENDANT and to distract the jury
from the center of attack. All law
yers, good and bad who face an
air tight case, try to interest the
/ jury in everything except the case
at bar. The magic attorney fur
Their engulfs Gus West in Mystery
The truth is and it was known
Gus West was always within call
ing distanct or five inmates tele-
phone to the defense attorney ant
he needed no subpoena.
The Northwest Enterprise issue.
subpoena for Gus West and ask!
him to make statement for pub
LEGATION. He does SO and admit,
his mistake. It follows:
/ Like many other men in Sc
attic, I voluntarily visited the in
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
Hitch Hiking Cops Thumb Ride To
Olym., Fight To Drive Langlie's Car

wolves reinforced by the very OPP
position he beat down in the cleo
ton, dare track him down even in
Olympia.
Doubtful and other Republicans
climbed into Dills Immortal cinch
bandwagon." They We're ditched.
And now some of them are thumb
ing rides to Olympia, telling the
driver what it is all about.
The people are aware of this
plot to wreck the administration
OF Governor Langlie. And the
people will not linger when the
time comes to smite.
The most disgusting fiasco ever
staged in the state of Washington,
took place in Seattle last Satur-
day. Politicians seldom see their
mistakes till the deed is done. Mr..
Ralph Horr, seven times county
chairman, muffed a brilliant OPP
portunity to become a real Re-
publican leader. Instead, his
thumb remained on his nose. His
failure to appreciate the power
of a united party, once lost to
him the opportunity to return to
congress.
All Negroes in Seattle are
friendly to Mr.. Ralph Horr. But
all Negroes do not appreciate Mr.
Horr's worship of strange gods.
Not that they love him less, but
they love the Republican party
more.
Negroes appreciate the very best
government they can get. No for
mer government was operated on
a basis of economy, and efficiency
without regard to race, creed, or
color, as now being done by Gov
ernor Langlie.
Who ever heard of any admins
tration sending out of the state
and asking a Negro engineer to
return and accept position to
undo the wrong when he was de-
MED a position because of his Co
Tor. just so long as Gov. Langlie
and his executives play ball like
that, few Negroes are going to
suIk in their tents. We are I'M
equivocally for Governor Langlie.
If the mountain couldn't come
to Mahomet, Mr.. Horn, then Mo-
homet should have gone to the
mountain.
Never again should the Negroes
of King County, Republican or
Democrat, permit themselves to be
chided by white political leaders
for failure to keep political peace.
You have just as much right to
the devil as they.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

Christmas Day is the red let
ter day on everyone's calendar for
the month of December but there
are two other days that readers
of the Mort Invest Enterprise
should circle-Monday and Tues
day, December 10 and 16, North
west Enterprise = Puget Power
Cooking School days!
With Mrs. Edith Rauch, head of
Puget Powers Home Service De-
partment conducting the school,
The Northwest Enterprise feels
pretty good about the whole thing.
Breathes there a housewife who
to herself has ever said, II know
all there is to know about cook
ing"
The answer is definitely NO!
The school will be held at the
Washington Hall, 14th and E. Fir
st. and will start promptly each
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
High spot of the two-day term
in cookery will be cake baking
contest and some cake is going to
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

For more than eight years the
only attraction Olympia had for
Republicans was that it was about
so miles from Seattle. That for
them it was their capital of the
state of Washington. That it was
the shrine Where Democrats wor-
shipped.
Last November, Governor Ar
thur B. Langlie, then mayor of
Seattle, young ambitious, an I'M
blemished record, with little
appeal to party affiliations, was
named the standard bearer of the
Republicans. He made his appeal
direct to the people, His SINGER
ity won them and he was elected
governor without having made any
concessions to any party or any
group, not even to Mr.. Dave Beck,
the boss of the present chairman
of the Republican party of King
County.
The day of miracles has not
passed. Langlie won the confid-
ence Of the people and the COVER
norship of the state. Frankly, his
only pledge was to the people who
elected him to office.
He appealed to the Republican
party to join hands with the peo-
pie and save Washington from the
various pressure groups which
hanged kissing at it's throat. The
people saw, they heard, they be-
Ieved him and he was chosen gov
ernor in one of the most dramatic
political races ever recorded.
The government today rests OF
a higher plane than ever before
in all its history.
Today predatory Republican
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
Emmett Chainey
Leads Local Elks
For The 9th Time

Puget Sound Lodge No. 100,
Elks, at their annual election of
officers last Monday night, named
Emmett R. Chainey, the Grand
Old Man of Elkdom, as their lead
er. For the 9th time, local Elks
have chosen Chainey as their ex-
allied ruler. A veteran of the craft,
he is well fitted to guide the herd
through all its vicissitudes.
Puget Sound Lodge has again
regained its former standing. We
safely weathered the worst de-
preston in the history of our or
der. Our membership has been
doubled. Our financial standing
is no longer a worry. While many
lodges were forced to give up
the struggle, we never lost faith,
Our influence will be felt in CIV
ic affairs. No finer set of officials
ever graced any lodge, than those
elected last Monday night, said E
r. Chainey, the exalted ruler ell
ect.
The following officers complete
the roster:
L. J. Conway, E. L. K, Gus
West, E. 10y. K, Geo. Dougherty.
e. Lect, X, w. E. Vrooman, Fin
Sec., A. A. Purnell, Asst. Sec.
w. H. Banks, Treas, S. Jones
Tyler, DR.. w. H. Calhoun, Phys
ician, Trustees, L. Byers, S
Groves and f. D. Wright.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

Mrs. Lille Hart was con-
victed on two counts of a per-
jury Indictment by a jury In
Judge John G. BOwen's court,
last Saturday, 5 p. m.
Perjury Is a felony and the
maximum penalty is $4,000
fine and five years imprison-
ment on each count.
She will be sentenced Mon
day, Dec. 8, by Judge Bowen
and motions heard for a new
trial.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
Statement of Charge

Mrs. Hart, operator of the Ruth
Rooms at 2325h First Avenue,
was charged with having told
agents of the internal revenue in
telligence, under oath, that she
had not purchased any real es-
tate, and the government con-
tends that she actually had paid
$10,500 for the premises at HOY
7th Ave. w. and had spent near
ly $4,000 in furnishing the place.
Mr.. Kemp o. Hiatt, special
agent for the government, testified
he was present when Mrs. Hart
was questioned last June. During
the testimony of Special Agent
Hiatt, Attorney George H. Gram
dell, defending Mrs. Hart, un-
leashed a barrage of questions
aimed at determining the status
of a Gus West" Hiatt admitted
that West had been in the office
on two occasions with other wo-
men, but could only recall one
named Edmonds. He denied that
West had been directed to herd
Mrs. Hart and other women into
the office" Mr.. Hiatt was sub
jected to lengthy questioning in
order to disclose the identity of
this Gus West" During the
questioning, Attorney Crandel, de-
Tense council for Mrs. Hart, APP
pealed to Judge Bowen to issue a
subpoena for West. The court,
Judge Bowen, told Attorney Gran
del to issue the subpoena in the
regular way and if he failed to
get West or locate him, to report
to the court.
During the testimony and cross
examination of Mrs. Corinne
Gamble, sister of Mrs. Hart, At
torney Crandel again sought the
status and whereabouts of the
elusive Gus West" by question
ing Mrs. Gamble and asking her
to repeat conversations she had
with West. Sustaining the objec-
lions of U. S. Attorney Hile, West
still remained an enigma to De-
Tense Attorney Cranden. Mrs.
Gamble, a witness for the gov
eminent, proved a valuable aid to
the defense by testifying that she
was the legal owner of the prop
erty in question.
Mrs. Hart, the last witness, took
the stand. She acted only as an
agent in the purchase of the pro-
perty and furnishings. She failed
to remember what she testified to
during her examination before the
special agents last June. She adj
mitted many previous convictions,
vagrancy, running a disorderly
house, soliciting, and other Of
fenses. Asked who this Gus West
was, she answered "only an ac-
quaintance, not a friend"
Defense Attorney Crandell,
cross-examining Special Agent Hi
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

Golden to you, just the fiftieth
anniversary of the First A. M. E.
Church to the Methodists of Sc
attic, December 10, 1941.
The event, marking the half
century of continued fellowship in
Seattle will herald three days ce-
LIBERATION beginning Wednesday,
D m be r 10th and continue
through Friday night, closing
with a grand reception at 8 o.
clock p. M.
The Rev. l.. r. Hayes, pastor,
and Mrs. Anna Bagley, chairman
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
Want Ad, P.-I. Issue
Of November IL, 1911

WRAPPERS for Xmas season,
experienced and inexperi-
enced, age Is to 45. White
applicants only. Personnel
office, Frederick e. Nelson.
Mr.. Layton, personal manag-
er of Frederick and Nelson, de-
clared the ad did not apply to
Jewish people. 1T just isn't in
the picture to hire Japanese or
Negroes.
The Catholic Worker in last
weeks issue, protests the adj
vertisment, and asks Catholics
to refrain from making further
purchases from the store of
Frederick and Nelson.
Japanese and Negroes can
take it or leave it.
Our advice is to spend your
money with friendly merchants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05
win handsome prize for the bak-

win handsome prize for the bak-
er.
But that's not all of the sur
prizes the Northwest Enterprise is
preparing. There are other prizes
aplenty baskets of groceries,
sacks of flour, pounds and pounds
of coffee and other grocery arti-
cles needed on the kitchen shelf
of every homemaker.
Now let's not forget the dates
December Is and 16; the place,
Washington Hall, 18th and E. Fir
ST., the time, 2 o'clock each after
noon.
OF course, you know there is
absolutely no charge for any of
this fine two-day entertainment.
Yes ma'am, it is absolutely free
to everybody, so bring along your
pencils and some paper so you will
be able to better your skill with
the skillet.
Everything is set to go, ladies.
Are you ready?
The Northwest Enterprise is!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

musical which Joe Pasternak is
planning for a Broadway present
alton. When Duke Ellington opens
his engagement at the Palomar
theater, seats will remain at a
premium and the SRO sign will
greet you at the door.
The Duke is a member of the
antlered herd and many of the
boys will be sure to watch the
Duke manipulate the worries.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

of the Committee of Arrange
ments extend a cordial invitation
to all Christians and friends of
the church to join in making their
fiftieth anniversary an epoch in
church history in Seattle.
On the threshold of another
year we stand today; who knows
what another fifty years may
bring said Chairman Mrs. Anna
Bagley.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-12-05

First A. M. e. Church cele-
brates so years of Christian
service, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday, Dec. 10-11-12 at
eight p. M. each night. Surely,
you are welcome. Come on
over.