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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

Here 10 my day-by-dsy accom-,
- the night.
Aug. AT the fixed zero hour
~ landed on the beach of cuadal-
canal Island saw no Jsps at
that time. We got our batteries
into position on the edge Of a
sccoanut grove. Enemy patrols
were spotted near us during the
night.
Aug. Early In the afternoon
] saw anti-sircrsft fire from the
direction Of our transports. learn
ing later that enemy planes had
attacked our shipa. All the en-
envy planes were shot down. Late
IN the afternoon our battery went
forward TO = new position.
Aug. s-we've determined def
initely that the enemy went back
into the hills. Our battery went
into . new position and we no.
tioed an intermittent tapping
from several points.
Aug. ls-The laps apparently
infiltrated all artillery positions
last night. causing us 10 fire all
night. Tracers from automatic
weapons w'histled over me all
night at not more than five feet
off the ground.
AUG. live continued TO i'm
prove our positions to defend the
beach head we have established.
just before dark the laps fired
from the positions In front Of us
and received 4 return fire. The
firing lasted the rest of the night
and tracers screamed over my
head all night long. However.
felt a little safer In my newly
dug fox-hole.
Aug. 1.-THE usual daily pa
trolls were sent out 10 round up
the laps. Several were captured
In the jungle at the rear Of our
battery positions. One Jap was a
graduate Of Ohio state univer-
sity.
Aug. IA patrol found q Jap
about \ mile In the rear Of our
position. He had n small bag
tied around his neck. In the bag
were two rocks--these were what
made the tapping noises we had
heard.
Aug. live now expect the
landing Of fresh enemy troops In
order To recapture Guadsicsnal.
We are on. the alert.
Aug. ls-Just marking time.
Aug. 1s-Nothing unusual.
Aug. 1e-An air raid killed one
marine and injured eight others.
No damage was done to our air.
field. This morning three Jap
ships appeared off Tsalagi. A cruis-
~ shelled Tulagi while two de-
strcyers slowly proceeded toward
Florida Island. The two destroy
ers eventually disappeared and
the cruiser headed for Florida
Island. One Of our bombers flew
over the cruiser. circled around
h once. and dropped one bomb on
the cruisers AFT deck. Smoke
poured from the cruiser. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
COLLECTORS TO ELECT

The Tacoma Collectors club will
meet at 8 .. m Wednesday, Sept
"a, in the Medical Arts bldg. when
officers will be elected. stsup,
q France viii Be shown BY r. p
Fhieis- All stamp collectors in
Tseons ard vicinity gill b. wei
come 20 attend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
Price Of Butter
AGAIN Advanced

Butter was raised one-half cent
on local markets Tuesday morn
ing At the start Of trading. Butter
fat was raised one cent. Business
was brisk.
Slight changes in grain and feed
prices were noted while trading
on eastern markets showed grain
and feed TO be in a minor slump.
On produce row merchandise
WAS moving lively although no
new fruits or vegetables were
offered.
All prices listed are wholesale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

cruiser was finally beached on
Florida Island.
Aug. live made q small at
tack on Pont Cruz today against
the remaining laps. Our infan-
try suffered approximately so
casualties and one officer was
killed.
Aug. 70 - Preparations were
made for an enemy landing. Capt.
Charlie Brush took out patrol
and encountered Is laps IN rub
Der boats. He killed all IS and
lost three of his own men. Our
fighter planes came in this after
noon.
Aug. 1l--There was report
from the - marines that the
Japs were attacking our positions
from the mouth of the Tenaru riv-
er and beach The laps got into
our positions along the river and
turned machine guns on our men.
The artillery neutralized area af-
ter area but more laps moved
into them. Then Col. c. h. Gates
decided TO sweep around the flank
Of the enemy Approximately Ia
miles inland) and close off the
Japs remaining in the cocoanut
grove on the side of the river.
The marines closed OFF all means
Of escape for the Jsps. As the
marines approached the fighting
became more intense. We trap
ped about 100 Japs In a rsvine.
whereupon our tanks wiped out
the remaining enemy either by
gunfire. or simply by running
over them.
They landed On Guadaicsnal
''where the mountains meet
the sea," ~ one said. on the
18th at August. We figured
that they had landed about
Is miles from cur positions ON
. very narrow strip Of beach
Thy rubber boats from the
destroyers we had seen near
Florida Island on the 18TH.
These Jap "Commandos" hid
during the day and marched
81 night.
They fought like demons. They
loaded themselves with mines and
hand grensdes and ran right into
our tanks and machine gun po-
sitions. when II was obvious to
us that they were licked. they
wouldn't surrender. The prison
ers told MS II was a disgrace to be
captured. They had been told they
would be shot by the Americans,
and they had also taken an oath
never 10 he captured.
They are very dirty fight
ers-they like 10 pretend
they're dead when they fall.
They catch You off guard.
Our corpsmen went through
all the areas occupied by the
Saps 60 give first aid TO any
wounded. There were num-
hers Of instances In which the
Saps threw hand grenade~ nj
our corp~men. The laps just
can't b. given . break.
Our total casualties were IS
killed and 30 wounded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
Never Give a Jap a Break"
That's Marine WatchWord
Enemy Tries Numerous Tricks

~ LIEUT. JAMES ! DwYER T. q NJ G.
tof Phlsdephia)
As TOLD TO JOE JAMES CUSTER
unted Press
otADAL CANAL. SOLOMON ISLANDS Delayed - Never
give Jap break"
N two weary weeks battling
IN saps have tried al kinds fighting
Fresoenfy they play grenade.
rses who Try 10 end
We have learned
sy and these have been
~ svept the japanese solonons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

Moon Quarter Moon Quarter
Oct Oct ie Sept. a Oct
Under Instructions OF United
states army authorities The Ia
coma Times IL not permitted TO
publish any news Of current
weather conditions In the eight
western states.
Highest temperature on Sept. 20
was es degrees and lowest up until
8 a. m. Sept. Fl was 40.
sam rises at SIS Pacific wartime
Wednesday and sets at FOG.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

pay on the day o. arrival.
"All we ask is I'M ability to do a
days work for a days pay" he
explained. "All we ask is that
they come with an open mind and
we'll teach them. We've taught
everybody else so far"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
TUESDAYS auoTArIoNs

Quotations courtesy Merrill. Lynch.
Pierce, F~nner IL Beane. Washington
Bldg. members New York Stock
ENchAngel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
II APPY--
Hi;rthday

WEDNESDAY. SEPT. ~
doe Palagruti, 40Ss Fawcett
ave.
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PRICES TO FAKhlEls1
- - u TaHlrna

Pouitry-Hens. eolored. Az y
6 lbs, 7id22 cts: Leghorn hena
more than So lbs, 10 cents. and
under So lbs. IS cts: coloreo
friers, 27G2s cts: rabbits. $50 Is
cts per H.: turkey breeder hens.
24d25 cts white Leghorn
broilers. II. 10 : lbs. 81 cents per
10.
Butferfat-49 cents.
Eggs - standard. S2e. medium.
SIC. small. &c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
Investment Trusts
TUESDAY
BANK TRANSACTIONS

seattle = Ceerlnfs SIS. $50. ooo.-
SIS: balances s6.5s7 $500.
Portland -Ciesr1ngs 81. asa .slp.-
II; balances s7,756. exo.sL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

Sales were 521 $50 shares against
800. 290 Monday Curb sales were
81 10 shares against 50,095.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

Your postmaster can tell YOU
how TO invest in Y. S. WAR
BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
Ma
x &c

Maria &c
were receis
tor Tuesds
couples:
James L
r. Hansha
yer. WASH
20. and e
both of
Lower,
and Jes
Ea. SD
NJ. Frof
St.
MINI.
Reynold ~
Chord FielN
beth Roeder,
Delbert W.
Calf and Cat
of 1924 So. ID 81
Fort Lewis an
febvre. Il, of Z.
dore Arthur ri
1907 So. Gunnis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

Moon Quarter moor quarter
Oct. Q Oct 10 sept. - Oct
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Wider Bank Services Urqed
To Assist War Program

proper banking scope; advise with
business customers in planning for
war conversion, in dealing with Gov
ernment agencies and in any other
war problems; to lend to the farmer
and distributor to speed the food
for freedom" program; scrutinize
non-defense loans and discourage
expenditures which might compete
with war production for labor or
materials, and to cooperate with
the Government in the regulation of
consumer credit.
In their relationship to the Treas
ury's war financing, Mr.. Burgess
called on bankers to encourage
thrift to accumulate funds for war;
to push the sale of Defense bonds
and stamps; to subscribe directly
to Treasury issues suitable for
banks; to help maintain a depend
able market for Government securi-
ties; and to advise with the Treasury
and the Federal Reserve System In
planning Government fiscal policies.
Evening star., 1942-03-04

HOME OWNERS LOAN.
3s 1944-52 ------- 104.17 104.17 104.17
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
IS 1890 100a, 10OM 1OOlI
Evening star., 1942-03-04
N THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE


Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. 90 High Low Close Chge
Ygstwn S D .25e IL 10h l0h
Zenith Radio L. 2 9h 9A 9A
Zonite .15g---- 4 2h 2 2h
Approximate Sales To-day
11:00 AM 10000 1900 Noon 100000
100 Pm 100000 200 PM 280.000
Total $4,000
fUnit Of trading, ten shares; sales
printed in full In bankruptcy or reeeivef-
Act, or securities assumed BY such com
panies. Rates of dividend in the FOREGOING
table are annual disbursements based On
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. xd u
50 far this year Payable in stock. 9 Paia
last year h Payable in Canadian funa.;
extras. d Cash or stock. Declared or Dsid
this year
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Chicago Grain
BY II. ALAN NOLKMAR
Associated Press Stat Writer.

CHICAGO, March LACK Of
Washington developments regarding
pending farm legislation and weak
ness in securities impaired an easier
tone to the grain markets at the
close today.
While the undertone was firm at
the start and wheat prices at times
advanced as much as p cent. in
terest in the market was lacking
and the volume of trade was light.
Around midseSsion most prices
were at or slightly under the pre-
vicus close. Most traders appar-
emily took to the sidelines to await
Developments and the market
drlfted gradually lower.
Wheat finished unchanged to Il
cent lower than Tuesdays close.
May, 1.29is; July, 1307s-a,: corn
unchanged to 80 off. May. 87as
July, 89'S-ai; oats. a to as down,
soybeanS, Is to is lower: rye. off
"a to y. and lard advanced 21A
to 5 cents hundredWeight.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. March Nv. Ran
dolph Burgess, vice chairman of the
National City Bank, today advised
bankers to help business and indus
try take part in the war program
and to broaden their services beyond
mere extension of credit.
Speaking before a war credit
clinic of New England and Middle
Atlantic States bankers, sponsored
by the American Bankers Associa-
ton, Mr.. Burgess said banks we're
the principal links between the
Treasury and the investor and be-
tween Government and war indus
try.
To aid war production, he urged
banks:
To assist small businesses which
have war orders; finance war in
dustry in both plant construction
and in current production; partici-
pate with Federal agencies where
financing needs extend beyond
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Profit Taking Halls
Stocks Effortto
Extend Upturn
Fractional Losses Prevail
At Close; Roll Bonds
Make Slight Goin
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
Associated Press Financial Writer

4 q
NEW YORK. March 4.-Stocks
made brief try today at extending
Tuesdays upturn, but encountered
profit taking resistance and finished
moderately lower.
Rails, rubbers and an assortment
of industrial specialties gave a good
account of themselves at the start.
The forward tilt received little sup
port from motors, steels and air.
crafts and by midday many of the
gains had been washed out. F'rac-
tional losses predominated at the
close.
Dealings again Jagged with the
total at around 100000 shares.
Buying was held at low ebb,
brokers said, by fears of new COM
pllcations in international affairs
as a result of British bombing of
Paris suburbs and the critical posi-
ton of Java.
American Telephone suffered a
sharp reversal which eliminated YES
terdays substantial advance. In the
first hour Santa Fe edged into new
high ground for the last wear but
fell back when the general list wa
vered.
Cement Survey Studied.
Holders of building euuipment
shares were heartened by a survey
indicating demand for cement this
year which might exceed the peak
Of IT'S 100000 barrels reached in
1923.
A big volume of construction for
military purposes, authorities point
ed out, would offset a general de-
cline In residential and other civil
ian building activity
Latest defense appropriation Of
Congress allocated $500 100000 for
new construction.
Students of business trends noted
that electric power output for the
final week of February showed a
less than seasonal recession.
Rail Bonds Improve.
! Railroad bonds showed modest i'm
provement in today's market while
small changes either way ruled in
other groups as the session neared
the final hour.
/ Well up in front most Of the time
were New Haven collateral 6s. Wis
( consin Central Is. PENNSYLVANIA
412s. Missouri Pacific IS. Nickel
Plate 4l2s. Rock Island general 4s.
st. Paul AIS and Abitibi Paper g.
/ Power SIS.
Moving narrowly from one side
/ to the other were Pacific Gas 3a.s
Southern Railway Is. Western Union
5s, International Telephone IS,
Consolidated Oil 3l2s and American
Telephone IS.
United States Governments we're
/ steady on both the Stock Exchange
and over the counter, but changes
in both markets were generally
! small.
Further demand lifted some South
American loans moderately higher.
These included Argentine AIS and
Panama GAS.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
CHICAGO CASH MARKET

Wheat. No. red. 2S74. No. = hard
LIS: No > red, ol.29i7. Corn. No 3
mixed. 79o34; No 3 yellow. SO-Sllt: No,
No. 3 white. 95s4: No l. 92Ia-95t4'
oats No | mixed; So; No i white,
4. 81. Barley mailing. 5000 nominal:
feeo and screenings. 57-67. nominal: No
> mating barley. 90. Soybeans No. )
I.Sl,l 50 =; sample grade yellow. i.77i5.
Field seed. per hundredweight nominal:
Timothy 5i50-7.75: ,slsike 1901 90:
red top SoO-S.T5; red clover l6OO-lS 90:
sweet clover. 4.5O-9 90
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Bonds

BY private wire direct 10 The star.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
BONDS
STOCKS

lSCELIANEOOS.
Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4As 1915 1927
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas com.-10 at 18.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas pfd.-3 at l00l2.
Capital Transit Co.'S at %, at %
City & Cuburban mod. 3s. @S1 900
at 1861.
Evening star., 1942-03-04

T R z A S u r Y.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Baltimore Stocks
PUBLIC UTILITY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. March A.
Sales STOCKS High Low. Close
so Baltimore Trans 70 70 70
35 BALTIC Trans pfd 43I 434 "A.
210 East Sugar AS VT 13 12i2 13
130 East Sug pf VT AZ AZ AZ
20 Mt Yer w Nils pfd rs 16 rs
200 Fidel g. Guar 247s 2434 o4s.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK: March 4-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index ~
IS commodities today. advanced to 81 80.
prevlouS day 1 97:07: week ago. a7.o5:
1912. 1871. 1910. 1a33-3o
High aS,O6 q5 IL 1sH5 oSIa aos'
Low a554 n O3 Ss So 1I4I
O926 average EQUALS 1OOO
Evening star., 1942-03-04
New York Bur Silver

NEW YORK. March 4 (P.-Bar
silver. 35ls. unchanged.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
A New War

Our Navy has declared war on
three more enemies-bureaucrats,
red tape and paper work.
The opening gun, fired by Admiral
King, was directed specifically
against the third enemy, paper work.
Bureaucrats and red tape addicts
are all in a dither. And why not?
Is not paper work their main means
of carrying on? Does it not consti-
tute the sole aim and end Of their
existence? They point with pride to
the powerful armament of our Navy.
Until now, the complement of
battleship consisted Of flfty-nine
typewriters. An aircraft carrier had
almost as many-fifty-five. A cruiser
did not do so badly with thirty. And
all of them were busy most OF the
time in chattering out endless
streams of reports, orders, and cor
respondence. The red tapers and
the bureaucrats are expected to re-
sist disarmament; but soon they may
expect q direct attack, pressed vigor-
ously home by practical Navy men
who see no possibility Of slapping a
Jap for keeps with q typewriter.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce1Uell.

Music stores will tell you that 1t has
almost disappeared, in q general sense.
Yet 1t is q very good instrument, and
should not be confined to use in hill
billy" ensembles.
There is no reason why the rise in
popularity of the guitar should put the
mandolin on the shelf completely.
1t is true that the guitar is a vastly
superior instrument. The variety of
effects, the real music, which may be
secured by a master Of the guitar is ex-
ceptional in every way. Beethoven
likened 1t to symphony orchestra. A
virtuoso is able to carry melodic line,
while at the same time he puts in
complete accompaniment. But this is
not all there is to guitar. 1t is an
instrument with voice and a character
all its own. The basic characteristic is
a gentle melancholy which is there, no
matter how gay the tune or rapid the
lingering. This is in keeping with music
In the Spanish idiom. Perhaps it is
more than that, and lies also in the very
quality of the strings used. Who can say
eiidt SCi tnhl AlCIdAS, QUILL do IllOoC uoCu
in guitar strings. do not have tones Of
their own. speaking their souls out Of
the dark earth?
Metals, II they had hearts and brains,
would resent the improper uses to
which they have been put, especially
In recent years. One may feel sure, with
that certainty which comes at times,
tLot zS ,I
far better as guitar string than as a
bomb casing.
Wakefulness is not altogether bad
habit, the experts tell us, especially if
we wakeful ones are able to keep from
worrying.
They say that it Is the worry, rather
than the lack OF sleep itself, which is
harmful
However that may be, there is an
other aspect to wakefulness which must
be kept in mind. 1t is the opportunity
to hear the nocturnal voices OF nature.
Spring peppers abound in the suburban
sections. These peppers are small frog
like creatures with voices which can be
iiCdiN lOi OCopltC IIlC Llk
quality. and the incessant sounding, 1t
is noise which is not unpleasant, and
will end suddenly in a week or two.
Insects voices often sound at night,
since many OF these are nocturnal. There
is a great deal Of fun to be had in lis
tening to them. Various beetles and
locusts put on regular concert. 1t Is
interesting to pick out the different
voices and to try to imagine the sort of
creature which makes each in turn.
The dawn chorus OF the birds merges
little by little into the waning insect
chorus and then takes over completely.
These persons who boast that they go
to sleep the moment their head touches
the pillow are missing something They
do not even hear the full bird chorus,
unlike anything else on earth. They miss
a great deal. Certainly. they have no
chance of ever hearing the birds sing
ing softly to themselves and their nests
in the dark.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Provides President With Answer
For His Partisan Critics.

For his PartlSAn Cr1tlcS.
To the Editor of The Star:
Napoleon Bonaparte, then First Con-
sui. in May, 1903, made ready for the
invasion Of England All OF Britain was
prepared to give him a hot reception.
The general disposition among honest
and patriotic men was to forget old quar-
rels. coalition of all the best minds,
irrespective of party, was being con-
templated"
. But the King George IID held back.
He refused 10 appoint cabinet Of all
the talents" only yes-men' need ap-
ply" AS 1t happened. the invasion was
a false alarm. and shortly after the great
Pitt the Younger was returned to power
once more.
This brings to mind similar situa-
Frank Kent and others are up in arms
against the President. Why? Because
he does not select high-class men OF their
choosing-simply for the reason that at
one time or another these had failed to
go along with him.
Here, in rebuttal. the Chief Magistrate,
no doubt, could offer this. In sub
stance: Il am no King George. A con-
siderable majority of the citizens chose
me to guide the Nation through welter
Of dificulties. The burden is mine, and
so is the responsibility. 1t is for me
to pick my tools as I see fit"
To many of us such an attitude seems
apparently is not in the humor to well
come lot of unsought advice.
FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1942-06-11
Nuzi 'Abschrecken'

It is hard to find words adequate
to describe the infamy of the latest
Nazi reprisal for the assassination
of Heydrich the Hangman. Indeed,
1t is difficult to believe that such
barbarity could be committed in this
era OF supposed civilization. But in
eXacting vengeance through the
ruthless destruction of an entire
Czech village, the execution of every
male citizen of the town and the de-
porting of women and children to far
places, Germany is reviving a policy
of terrorism which she followed in
the early days of the First World
War and which she defended as
dictated by military necessity"
The Germans have word for such
brutality. 1t is "Abschrecken," which
means the setting of an awful exam
Pile" The Abschrecken policy of the
First World War led to the Belgian
atrocity stories. some of which un-
doubtedly were fictitious and some of
which were accepted as authentic by
the celebrated Bryce Committee, ap-
pointed to investigate the charges.
This committee came to the definite
conclusion" that there were in many
parts of Belgium deliberate and
Systematically organized massacres
of the civilian population, accom-
panied by many isolated murders
and outrages"
Zeitung. defending certain reprisals
in Belgium, declared I'VE all made
one fundamental principle clear: For
the fault of the individual the COM
munity must suffer" And the Ger
man government in its White Book
of May, 1915, asserted that the shoot
ing of civilians and the destruction
of towns where sniping had occurred
was forced upon the German Army
as military necessity"
History now repeats itself in re-
voting fashion against a Balkan
background. But Germany'S Absch-
recken policy of World War II is as
futile and as senseless as the awful
examples" of 1914. The Nazis are
grossly mistaken if they assume that
such savagery will quench the fires
of revolt which surely are gaining
headway in sundry corners of oc-
cupied Europe. Actually, they are
but adding fuel to the flames that
eventually will bring just retribution
to the perpetrators of the outrages.