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ASSETS.

l. Loans and discounts Tin
cluding S195.32 over
=, draftsl s1,5o2 1857
obligations, direct and
guaranteed 1.s77,1so 90
3. ObliRations OF States and
political subdivisions 4s1So 40
4. Other bonds, notes and
debentures 17s,s4o 90
8. Corporate stocks tinclud-
ing $4,000 stock of
Federal Reserve Bank $4,000 90
8. Cash, balances with other
banks, including reserve
balance, and cash items
in process Of collection 3,3O1,e1533
Z. Bank premises owned
S155.ss315. furniture
and fixtures S13.704. "a l6p5sT.es
IL. Other assets ------- 3,o6S.67
IL. Total assets s7.oas.lze.3s
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NEW YORK, July 9 tF).-Dividends de-
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Stock and Sales
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IL. Total assets
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13
First Lecture
Monday Night
Dr.. Engle to Talk
At Tolmud Torch

First Of the Tslmud Torsh lee
tnre series vii be given at SIS
=. m. Monday with Mayor Harry p.
Cain bringing greetings and Prof.
Nathaniel II. Engie appearing As
quest lecturer. A brief musical
program viii preeede the address
General title Of the series Of
seven lectures on contemporary
world affairs viii he The World
We Want to Live In" Dr. Engle
will speak on Economic Factors
and Power Politics"
DR.. Engls. who is = director Of
business research AZ the University
Of Washington. came to Seattle
last fall. He was previously on
the faculty OF the Universities
Of Michigan. Brown University:
Bookings Institute. He was asso-
oiated with the United States cen
sus bureau. was assistant director
of the U. S. bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce and has served
a. economic adviser. national de-
tense advisory commission. He
served overseas during the World
War /.
Discussion will be led by Eugene
White, manager of the Tacoma
smelter. and Prof. Charles T. Bat
tin Of the College of Puget Sound.
Rabbi r. /. TRIGGER will preside.
Tickets at a nominal fee for the
entire series may be purchased,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13
IAkE Is CAkEEaTER

Vercnlcs Lake eats tao home
made Chocolate eAkes each week
The tiny Paramount star weiEhs
- pounds and wants - at = hskh
e 100 ~ ne time This Gun Tor
Hirw~ starts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13

Continued From Page onel
success The cause Of ciN
liberty must not be surrendered
AZ the end Of one. or even 100
defeats.
The times arr dark. and the
spirits of ruin are abroad in
all their power >. BUT the
result IN not doubtful. We
shall not fail. Wise counsels
may accelerate. or mistakes
delay. II. but, sooner or later.
the victory h sure 10 come -.
To war power alone can we look
yet for q time. to give confidence
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13
French Liner Escapes Japs

LONDON TIE French II 30
toa linsr Marschal Jcffre escaped
frnm Naniia win : crew e a.
rrsneh officers sna men snd =
number 81 Ann~ricsn merchant ma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13

TO the people in the contested re
eions that the insurgent power
viii not again oyerrun them. Tn
I'll that confidence shall h. esiah-
lished. little can BE- done anywhere
for what is called reconstruction.
Hence our ehiefest care must stlll
be directed to the army and navy
who have thus far borne their
harder part 50 nohly and well
! would like 10 speak in terms Of
praise due to the many brave
officers and men who have fought
in the cause Of the liberties
Of their country since the begin
ming Of the war.
NV hopes generally prevail
above my fears for our repub-
lie Here. without contem-
plating the consequences. be-
fore heaven and In the face Of
the world. I swear eternal ~
deity 10 the Just cause. ~ I
deem II. Of the land Of nv life.
my liberty and my love
that this nation. under God.
shall have a new birth of fre~-
dom; and that government Of
the people. b, the people. for
the people. shall not perish
from the earth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13
II 4 X Els MORE ABOUT
Singapore Defenders


STA TS ON PAGE ONE
that at the hour the last direct
news was received the imperial
forces were holding a stabilized
line extending approximately from
the naval base at the northwest
! corner OF the island thence across
most Of the area In which the
northerly water reservoirs are
situated, and from there to the
old race course IN the western
suburbs and on TO Passir Pan1ang.
on the coast west of Singapore
City.
This eoincided with Japa-
nese claims to the capture Of
the race course hut 10 did not
coincide with japanese claims
that enemy troops had all
hut taken the whole city.
The japanese. their landing
operations across the strait from
Johore now unimpeded. were
known 10 be using medium as
well as light tanks and IL was
admitted that they undoubtedly
were now using the dynamited
eauseway which connects the
island with Johore.
British Lose Gains
A British eountsr-attack had
thrown back the japanese But
I Thursday the commentator said
the japanese had thrown in such
powerful reinforcements that the
British forces had again been
forced back on the west part OF
their line.
All airdromes on the island
were under fire bs either the
Japanese or the British, and
were untenabls.
The commentator said merely
Z that he had no confirmation OF
F japanese claims that IS 600 Brit
ish troops had been killed OF made
prisoner
Britons had given up singa-
pore A. lost, 10 all purposes,
and we're prepared TO hear the
worst At any tinle.
The situation was nov At
phase where Il might change rsdi-
cslly-and tragicslly -- at any
moment and the immediate situs-
ton admittedly was not known.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13

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water n - ee~kn - : t<wFer-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13

ns I'D ~ nssl. tale
Wet al ~ rts n.nv
fo0s -'h her,sfv
fe<ks - heid wasos zee
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-13

A fcvofiis from or Asrl-
tire efa,lp -. be- n,sss q
slips info % rsang sosFasfs,
hoids 70 Hsons fhsrss yo.I
wort - nsl' e.0Y Selected
sablnes WOOD. fesH sso~sra.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Henderson Doing Well
To Peg Price Jump 10 Pct.
BY PAUL MALLON

TIiE Roberts report placed the
L blame for Pearl lIafbeF on
unpropared Admiral kimmcl
and General Short but il Is APP
parent no one above or below
them really expected a Jap at
tack from the air at that time.
SaddeSt note Of all was the
news that our Counter-espionaGe
Of the JapS was 50 deficient We
thought her aircraft carriers
were still in Japan when the
blow struck
That BODIES i'll for the rest Of
the war But the lieutenant
who received alr-detcCtion warn
ing that planes were coming
from the north did not believe
il. and the sinking of Jap sub
marine IN forbidden waters Off
shore was not understood as
forccaSting the attack which
came.
These were human failures 50
complete as 10 suggest The fateS
were conSpiring 10 teach Us
bitter lesson Take nothing for
granted IN this War.
I'VE Norgcnihau scheme 10
Il create special International
trade money IS an old idea that
has been running around the
treasury ScCretarN'S thinking
apparatus for many years. II
pops out occasionally. Financial
and monetary experts of the
other departments did not know
II was coming this time IN con-
ncCtIon with the RIO conference.
and doubt that 1t Will 60 very
far here or there.
II Is a great ideal 10 have in
ternatlOnal money worth the
same amount everywhere But
no one 50 far has been able 10
get around the law OF supply
and demand
Mr.. MorGcnthau'S oneY
would merely add one more
transaction 10 compllcate inter-
national exchange An Amcrl-
can importer would have 10 buy
this money with dollars,
Brazilian importer with mllrciS.
The dollar and the mllrclS
would still depend for their
value upon whether this country
or Brazil owed much money
abroad tor importS, that Is
upon the law Of supply and de-
mand.
In effect, therefore. Mr. Nor
Ccnthau'S currency would only
bc a paper form OF the inter-
national Latin-AmeriCan bank
idea which has Slumbcrcd in the
Senate banking and currency
committee many an unnoticCd
month, and may nc there for
ever.
Distributed by King Features Synd Inc.
Reproduction IN whole or in part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
DAVE FRANKLIN.
I172I Harper avenue.
'AERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
Salute for Legion
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER"

consider the American Legion the finest defense force
in the world admit that bit the alkaline side
with touch Of asthma
The boys trihe old for puptcnting the old
camp ground The average is around "a they tell
hat VIC can still show the youngsters how to handle
think the American Legion should be in uniform all
the time until the ends I'm asking any spe-
ca favors. They make a colonel the start and
III work my way UP.
Distributed by International News seryo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
First TaIkie
Too S+ar+Iinq
To Release
Ru0yo0 DiscIo5es Story
ToId by Producer
BY DAMON RUNYON

As the years pile up, we
n suppose the story Of the first
feature length talking picture
VIII take on variations. A. such
stories always do, but we are
going 10 tell YOU the tale as We
heard II from Bryan Lincoln
Fitzgerald Toy, whose right 10
fame As the pioneer producer
Of that type of picture, which
was 10 rcvolutloni2e the movie
world. is undisputed.
There had been much CAB
about the possibilities of the
talking picture and much en-
perimcntlng along that line prior
To 1927. but il was the opinion
IN movie circles that the idea
was scarcely feasible as far As
feature length pictures were
concerned.
In that year Warner Brothers
bought some apparatus designed
for making talkieS which was
turned over 10 FOy with lnStruC-
tons 10 make two-rccl sketches
and II does not appear that there
was any thought that II could
be used for anything more
pICtCntlOuS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Ineffective Price Control

THE CONGRESS- after SIX months, has enacted price
| control bill which viii not control prices
Il establishes a federal licensing system for business
and industry legazes the fixing Of maximum prices for
the products of and industry and provides severe
penalties for violation.
OF course any effective price control bill would be
oxneated To include those provisions and would have to
90 SO, N.|"
But that IS only one Of the essential elements of an
effective price control bill.
Unless an arbitrary ceiling fixed by Law on the price
Il product takes account Of the actual cost of the
product the purpose of the law is defeated
TOR instance wages paid labor part of the cost of
product, always important part and often major
pant.
But the so-callcd price control bill enacted by Con-
.rcss makes provision for the control of labor or
wages.
For further instance the cost of materials which are
utilized in product be reflected in and largely
govern the final cost of the product.
But the so-called price control bill enacted by Con-
cress puts what best rubber ceiling, and probably
no ceiling at all, materials stemming from agrcu-
tural enterprise.
Thus the inevitable situation arises IN which labor
may be rampant and material costs may be ungov
-erHabe.-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
Jan. 81, 1917

Empress of Autiralla British
troOpshlp carrying troop, 20
Egypt RATIOS for holm. claims
she is bong torpcdocd and
Shcllcd by a German U7boat of
the west coast OF Africa.
British forces claim fhry uc
making Roadway ON -four 'ron'
.n Lihya TritTca. Italian Saw4h-
land and Ethiopia
RAE planes bomb ifaso5cr.
Germany.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
We Have One Job to Do

ss\VIE HAVE just one job to do-to make enough
w material to lick Hitler and the laps, and
do il in the shortest possible time. Production Chief
Donald NJ. Nelson.
Nothing indicates better the kind Of man Mr. Mel
son Is than those few words quoted above.
Direct pistol shot, brushing aside all eXtraneous
matter he has in 81 words handed out the PROGRAM
OF VICTORY to the administration and to every
and to every industriast and to every labor
ing man in the United States
WYE HAVE time for deals or old deals,
w for politics idle talk.
There is but one job-TO PRODUCE, TO PRO
DUCE, TO PRODUCE
For as Mr.. Nelson very plainly 1t is produc-
ION. and PRODUCTION ALONE. that will win this war.
Pearl Harbor can be avenged only by producing war
aaterial IN the shortest possible time
HiJler be licked only by producing more air
planes than the combined factories Of Germany and
Japan turn out.
And in this "onc job to do" Japan should be
first objective
England and Russia and VIII take care of Hitler
OUR object just now should be to OVERWIIELM
~ Japan, TO save the American British and Dutch
possessions in the Pacific.
To do that must have aIrplanes and STILL
MORE AIRPLANES, submarines and STILL MORE
SUBMARINES, airpane carriers and STILL MORE
AIEPLANE CARRIERS.
Time is of the essencc"-and for this purpose Mr.
Nelson about convert whole industrial life into
the production Of material.
Hc has given the country great slogan. mighty
INT.
Il is now for al Of US who love thus country TO
stand with him To a man-and 10 TAKE HIS ORDERS
FOR he spca4a 70 US in The tones Of COMMANDER
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The
w prlce control biHrcprcsentS
victory for the farm and
labor blocS. Not 50 with bust
ness.
The farm bloc fought for
years for parity prices Now II
wanted 40 per cent of parity
and is getting il. Wheat can 60
10 Sl39 a buShcl. corn. Sl0l;
cotton. 2l4 cents; potatoes,
81 - under the bill These fig
urcS are from price fiXcr Hen
dCrSon'S testimony as 10 what
10 per cent parity would mean.
As prices now generally are
about 90 per cent of parity II
is clear Henderson Will be doing
fairly well If he holds the cost
of living 10 another 10 per cent
increase. The administration is
comforting itself. however, with
the hope that existing SURPRISES
will prevent or delay even that
much of an increase.
NO RESTRICTION on wages
" were placed IN The blll, and
the movable farm parity IS tied
10 wages The agriculture de
partment announces new party
prices from time 10 time. These
arc price goals fixed by the re-
lationShlp of farm prices 10
labor wages in l9li-l9l9. II
wages continue 10 90 up. the
parity will have 10 60 up 10
preserve that old ratio.
The opposite is true OF bust
ness under the bill Henderson
can fix margins Of profits as
we'll as profits. He can issue
licenses and cancel them 10 force
compliance TO his viii There
is no parity for business
Loss cheering is going up
from the congressional leaders
over this legislation than any
passed in this war so far. One
outstanding House leader con-
feSScS he docs not like the lcCl~-
latiOn. Most objective noWSmcn
closely covering the subject con-
slider IT a fairly good bill from
the standpoint of avoiding high
initiation. but a shameful bill for
wartime. The inspiration of IN
dlvidual or class sacrifice for ma
llOnal interest seems 10 have
been below the standard they
would liked to have seen.
TlIE final mitigating over tho
i form of the law was punch
less because the result was fore
ordained by the farm and labor
groups. F'DR was angry a first
about the Senate action giving
Agriculture Secretary Wlckard
some veto power over prlCc-tiN-
ing. but a Republican, Rcprc>on-
tatlNc Clifford. Massachusetts,
was tho only one 10 make a
fight for that point i'm the secret
conference committee
Mr.. Roosevelt and the others
apparently figured the White
House should be able 10 control
Wlckard and his veto, 50 lot the
issue slide Senator Taft did not
press. for his board control tto
Supplant Henderson, because he
knew It was hopeless.
II Is apparent the bill there
fore. is only as good as Mr.. Hen
dorson'S intentions He IS The
No economic director of buSi-
ness. part-dircctor Of farm
prices powcrlcSS on wages
Perhaps titiS-iS- what makes
the congressman uneasy. He has
many of his old NRA friends
around hum IN his new orCanl2a-
uon and they are not sure how
far he VIII 90 IN the direction OF
business Mr. RooSet eli how
ever has unlimited confidence
IN him, viii back him fully.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

CONGRESS has not only consumed and largely wasted
- six months in writing price control bill.
1t has really FAILED to produce measure capable
Of achieving the intended and desirable purposes of the
bill and has lacked the courage if not the patriotism to
lgslate according to the real needs of the nation.
All it has succeeded in doing is to pass a law with
which compliance is impossible and with which attempted
compliance would be disastrous
Enforcement of the law the basis of rigid price
ceiling without recognition of increasing costs of labor
and materials would progressively stfe and suspend
production
CONGRESS has always been willing to put business and
- industry the stocks Of restrictive legislation and
has done extensively in this instance.
But Congress has never had corresponding willing
establish legislative controls labor and agri
culture, for quite obvious reasons.
Labor and agriculture represent tremendous voting
power and there political jeopardy in offending them.
However, the Congress is hardly complimentary to
labor and agriculture in assuming these important ele
ments of the American population unwilling to make
patriotic and essential contributions to the war effort
THE detectives of the price control program include
l the prevention of initiation and profteerng and the
of adequate production and these are surely
patriotic and essential factors in the efort-and
il impugns labor and agriculture assume they do not
wish to contribute to attainment of these detectives
However, if political jeopardy is one of the risks
Congress must take IN order TO give vital strength to the
war effort Congress should certainly take that risk
The enemies of democracy have long said the stresses
and pulls of organized and powerful group interest would
weahcn the effort of a democratic nation
The American Congress should set itself the task Of
r,futng that argument, the American armed forces
are rcfuting expanding battlefronts around the
world and the American people whole are re-
futng their adequate and sacrifcal contributions to
the war program
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

hoy made several shorts
Il week usually picking mp
acts playing the Los Angeles
thcaters, the talk being put on
wax records, after which the
performers would be photo
graphcd I'm action and the talk
and action then Synchronizcd
The sound on film was Of
course yet 10 be perfected. Toy
recalls that one of his first
sketches with talk was called
Pullman PorterS' with four
colorcd chaps as the actors.
Another was "a -NIght-in
Coffee Dams" featuring Bill
DcmareSt. who still Is a we'll
known movie actor
From these shorts, Toy got
the idea that he could make
full length picture with talk but
ne hcSltatcd 10 spring the
thought on his superior. 1t
seemed too utterly fantastic in
those days.
Finally he took advantage OF
the absence abroad of the boss
and made a fivc-recl talkle
-wAieh-he-ealled The Lights of
New York.
The story was written by
Hugh Herbert, the comedian,
and Murray Roth. a director who
died some wears AGO.
hoy remembers that Cullen
L Lands, Helene Costello,
Tom Dugan and Eugene Palette
were IN the cast and that Larry
CeballoS, a. we'll known dance
director. staged the dances.
The picture was made in a
week and cost $4,000 and the
day il was finished Toys father,
The great Eddie, died in Kansas
City.
The producer locked up the
film and went east for the
funeral and by the time he re-
turned 10 Hollywood his superior
was also back and Toy con-
feSScd to him:
II OyershOt twO-reeler."
How much ." he was asked.
and Toy admitted TO a threc-reol
excess.
Cant YOU cut IL back ," in
Quircd the boss. somewhat
aghaSi.
LOY thought not and tho film
L lay IN the vault from Feb
ruary 10 June No one wanted
10 look AT H. Then one day Tom
DuGan of the cast. also still
active IN the movies. came
around with a hacker and an
offer of $4,000 TO buy the film.
However. the studio officials
decided 10 ship the film east and
let the New York executives take
a peek abit and the New York
erS invited some exhibitors in
and midway of tho showing the
exhibitors started bidding on H.
f'oy says ne heard the film
was stopped right there lest il
Get worse as II went along and
discourage the bidders and a
deal was made 10 open IL at the
Strand ThCatcr on Broadway.
The first week II crossed
$4,000 and wound up gathering
n total of S2,0OOOOO. a far sort
of profit off an $4,000 invest
mont as Won can 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
le++efss+o
The Editor
TO TIE EDITOR

WHY Is 50 trusted a group Of
" mon as cnmpu>e-nur-d de-
Tense boards using such stu
pldUy in it's selection Of
draftccSo The draft boards
arc continuing 10 overlook the
fact that skilled men. men with
experience and training in de-
Tense work, are more needed in
the plants than IN the field.
But for the man IN the plant,
the man IN the field IS helpless.
Can a trained and experienced
chemist, metaIlurgl>t, drafts
man or engineer, who is
thoroughly familiar with the
requirements and needs OF has
respective work, be replaced
without great loss OF time. ma
torial and efficiency?
The robbInG of our plants Of
men whose work cannot be rc-
placed without the waste Of
much needed t,wo and ma
'aralS. produces am inolGr.oncy
which Is entirely contrary 10 tho
total war effort of the Amer
lean people.
Are the draft boards and the
government gong 10 awaken IN
umc 10 stop this WaStctulncSS ?
VIII they realize that every
man has a niche and should be
retained in the niche for which
he has the greatest experience
and training in our about
effort?
or is the government going
10 continue the depletion of our
factories, so that within the
next six TO - months when our
plants are supposed 10 be work
ing at top speed, they viii not
be operating a. highest eff
cheney and speed and viii be
unable 10 make our President $
production figures a certainty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
u. ALE.
2itS Clements avenue
TO THE EDITOR:


NO DOUBT every motorist in
y the United States has. at
some time or another. seen a
fellow motorlSt parked along
the pavement or curb changing
q flat or changing a tire Under
this Subterlugc. no doubt a good
many tires Will be stolen
A person parking his car on
the street and entering a thcatcr
for couple of hours may come
out 10 find some one has
changed 4 tire for him
would suggest that the
police require every person
changing a tire" 10 show that
he is the owner OF tho car.
DAVE FRANKLIN.