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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-05
Mrs. CorYdon Wagner to Be
Hostess to Junior League
PROFESSIONALS TO Be Named by President at October
Session tuesday Afternoon at 2:3o

Provisional members of the Tacoma Junior League will
be named at the October meeting and tea of the group
Tuesday afternoon at 230 o'clock at the lovely Gravey
lake home of Mrs. Corydon Wagner The president Miss
Kathryn King, will welcome this group whose
will be added to the roster of of the cys active
war-time-service organizations.
Mrs J. Arthur Thompson will be the tea chairman for
the day and she will be assisted by Mrs Harold Deerng
Mrs Frederick Mackle ir. and Mrs Joseph Henderson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-05
St. Msresret's Guild 10
Have October MEETING

The October meeting Of st.
Margaret's guild Of Christ Epis-
copal church will meet Monday
afternoon for 1890 luncheon at
Wells hall. Mrs. Gilbert cormier
and Mrs. Ivan Ginrieh will be host
esses for the luncheon.
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Miss Kirkebo
Betrothed
Msrises 10 Follow Fisncs's
Graduation From Training

On Oct. 80, the day Of her
fiance's graduation from .
u. s. air corps training school
At Victor vile. Calf. Miss
Bernice kirkebo will become
the bride of Mr.. Lawrencs b.
HOMELAND. She plans 10 70
south for the autumn esFs-
mOny.
Mlss KIFksbo u the daughter II
NJ. ana Afs. Gerhard l<irkehs If
Tacoma and her prospective hus-
hand IL the son n Mr.. and Mfs
r. n. HoysIsnd ~ Seattle.
Tho hrlas-sisct attended Laneoln
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libra Club TO Have
First Meeting tuesday

Mrs. Cecil Neideffer win be
hostess 70 members Of Libra Study
club Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
John Kennedy viii discuss the
Hawaiian Islands and Mrs Paul
Pearson viii review The Days Of
ofelis," by Gertrude Diamant.
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Mrs. Snyder VIII Be
Day Nursery Hostess

Day Nursery club will meet sdth
Mrs. o. v. Snyder a. Day Island
Thursday for ] o'clock luncheon.
Mrs Calvin " Stewart viii pre-
aide.
Assisting h0stesses are Mrs.
Leslie Tuttie. Mrs @. n. Hanson.
Mrs. Roy Funk and Mrs.. Guy
Sheldon.
The Day Island bus on Broad
way leaves from downtown Al
I2.4g.
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Mrs. Hicks Joins Daughter
For Visit in Seattle

Mrs. Grant Hicks has been in
Seattle visiting her daughter and
son-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Kachlein, jr., for the past 10 days.
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Mrs. Burkey 70 Entertain
Mothers Club

The first fan meeting Of the
Mothers club Of the Sigma MI
Chi fraternity Of the College Of
Puget Sound will be held Monday
at the home of Mrs. J. f. Burkey,
1907 No. Prospect ST. Coffee viii
be served at / O'Clock. members
bringing their own sandwiches.
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Norma Auxiliary TO Have
Luncheon Wednesday

Mrs. Ward Arneson. 1856 So G
st. will be hostess to members Of
Norma auxiliary on Wednesday
afternoon al 1880.
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hlEh rhoal IN Tseems and spenk
>ome tins ~ Washlnstoa STATS
c'nilsss ~neF< she Nns asemtef
~ spurs. snasfelaxs ~om~n's -
tivlty honorary tfef flares 80
graduated firm Lln<ets hiah !
school In H<&ffi< sna sff~naad ~
University ~ washlhsson.
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cello drive. sumner Mrs Stanley
staatz, Mrs, Marvin Lynn ard
Mrs. w. y. woodburn viii assist
the hostess.
Ellen Satteriee Guild will meet
at the home Of Mrs John y. Hunt,
sos 80. NJ. for 1880 luncheon.
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PEG. Chapter VII Have
Evening Meeting

Chapter BK. p. Il. O.. viii meet
on Tuesday evening for dinner
al $50 Al the home Of Mas Julia
Blair. $50 No. Mason ave. Miss
Alberta Neff will BE- the assist
lng hostess.
A business meeting xlil begin
AZ 8 O'Clock with an Informal social
hour following. A part u the
work ~ the club this year VII be
toward the war effort. Mrs.
Franklin O,Nsel il president Of
this chapter.
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-Photosraph by Krus-LutE studio.
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Photograph by Smith Studio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-19
Christian Church
Needed as LIGHT

'The only nations worth living
in today are those In which the
Christian church In the guiding
light" was the statement made by
Evangelist c. +. Gates Of Seattle
Tuesday night at the revival at the
First Evangelical church. So. X
and 18th sits,
The biggest mistake that peo-
pie can make Is TO give themselves
TO community and national defense
work to the point where they neg
lect the church. II we win the war
and have no church left, the war
will not be worth winning. The
world il in its present mess because
of its attitude toward Jesus Christ.
We have not followed His teach
ings. We are suffering for our re-
lection of Christ. Christ in his
fourfold personality is the hope of
the world. He is presented in the
gospels as the King. the Servant.
the Son of Man and the Son of
God"
Nightly crowds are on the in
crease, according 10 the report of
the pastor. Rev John Henry Solt-
man. The services begin each eve
ming at 7:30. The sermon topic
Wednesday night Will be -Four
Steps to Power"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-19
Wholesale Market Prices
Reported Steady Locally

Tacoma wholesale food markets
were unmarked by price changes
Wednesday, according TO dealers.
who said trading was being con-
Quoted on normal mid-week
basis.
The feed and grain market APP
parently has settled down to a
stable level. unchanged the past
several days. Flour also was
steady.
Fruits were popular. as were
various items of produce. Beef
and pork held previously quoted
prices. The one exception, lamb.
was off one cent to % cents per
pound.
Ouotat ions re wholesale
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THURSDAYS TIDES
(paeific STANDARD Time !
Marriage
licenses

Marriage license applications
were received Wednesday by the
county auditor from the following /:
Ubaldo Cordovs, rs. and Jessie
Esquiyel, 80. both of Los Angeles
Frank II. Shaw. %, Fort Lewis,
and Yvonne Patricia Henzel, 10.
Lakewood center, Arbon Earl
Grace, "a. Fort Lewis and Grace
Laura Fewkes. 20, Burley. Idaho;
Walter +. Pouch. As. Roy. and
Anna Victoria Periman. ~, of
1882 So. Warner st; r. M. MeDon-
aid, IS, and Margaret II. Graves.
30. both of goo So. J st: Calvin r.
Pieren. n. Fort Lewis, and Cath
arine r.. Stevens. Is. Portland:
Alvin ii. Stroud, 80. Fort Lewis,
and Marguerite l.. Harvey. 25. San
Francisco. Vance Glen Mckillips,
20, Fort Lewis. and Olivia NJ. Sura,
%. Seattle; Lawrence Panieo. %,
of 2l22 So. 18th ST. and Bernice
Il. Bray. II. OF 2o5 No. Tacoma
ave: Clinton G.. Fillion. 80. Fort
Lewis. and Helen e. Galunas. 20.
Detroit. Mich: James Duncan
Clark, %. Fort Lewis. and Eliza
beth Ann McDade. 20, Long
Beach. Cal
Jennings f. Schsefer. 81. Fort
Lewis, and Lee Westlske, 81. Sc
attle: Arnold X. Sanchez. %. Fort
Lewis, and Mildred ID. Siler. 10,
Puyallup: Lawrence Russell Green,
rs. Fort Lewis. and Lois Lynn
Lloyd. ~. of 3i2 So. Tacoma ave:
Herbert Jay Hickman. p, Fort
Lewis. and Jsnette Boyer 20. of
1885, Pacific ave-: Wayne Allen
Thorpe and Lauretta Aileen De-
Chon. both of Seattle: Left Theo-
dore Vogter, "a, of 2340 So. Hos
mer st. and Anna Catherine
Flynn, 30, OF 2iOs No. Prospect
st;
William MacLean Somerville. %.
of APP So. J st. and Helen A. Ost-
berg, %. of 3205 So. 18th st:
Robert David Straster. 21. Fort
Lewis. and Lois Nj. Miller. 81,
Spokane: Lawrence J. Lewis. %.
Fort Lewis, and Claretta Fave
Liebel. 25. Big Timber. Mont:
William Zilch Conner. 81. Fort
Lewis. and Gsynelle Bernice Ha-
gen. 20. Canton. Mo: Ronald At
wood Hinzpeter. %. Fort Lewis,
and Twila A. Hopkins, 10. Tilla-
NOOK. Ore: Paul Bull. p, and
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LEGAL Notices

In the Superior Court OF the state
of Washington in and for the
County OF Pierce
No. 35234
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
REPORT. PETITION FOR DISTRl-
BUTTON, AND DISCHARGE OF
ADMINISTRATOR
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF @ +. MORGAN and PEARL L.
MORGAN. Deceased
NOTICE - hereby given that
Arthur Morgan Administrator OF the
estate OF G. +. Morgan and Pearl l..
Morgan. deceased. has filed with the
clerk Of the Superior Court OF said
County and State his final report and
petition for distribution OF said
estate. and that saturday. the 2bth
daN OF March 1912. 1t ten O'Clock.
A Nj Department No /. OF said
superior Court. al Tacoma. in said
County. has been duly fixed BY our
Superior Court FOR the settlement OF
the said flnal Report. At which time
the Court l. asked 10 settle such
report distribute the property 20 the
persons entitled thereto. and discharge
said administrator
WITNESS. the Hon. Ernest NJ Card.
jude OF the above entitled Court,
and the seal OF said Court affixed this
Sd day OF March. 1912.
A l. SCOTT
(Sean Clerk OF said Superior Court
BY L. A. Hudson. Deputy.
EDISON NJ CASE
Attorney for Administrator.
Isl 4th Ave. y. W.
Hflvsfiup Wash
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Special Notices

DANCE WITH ST. PATRICK TUES
DAY THE nth. HORSFALL HALL,
ssTH AND YAKIMA. UNDER JOINT
AUSPICES wOMENS MOT o r
CORPS AND PIERCE COUNTY
ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND.
ADM SION soc. TAX INCLUDED.
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
I WILL NOT be responsible for debts
contracted by Others than myself
signed EVERETT SHOWER.
NOT RESPONSIBLE for debts con-
tracted by NV wife tslgnedf
HARLEY X SMITH
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Seattle Men to Tulk
At Ad Club MEETING

Speakers at a joint meeting OF
the Tacoma Advertising and Sales
club and the Advertising and
Business Women's club Wednes-
day evening at the University
Union club will be two Seattle
men. Dinner will be served at
$50.
Pacific Advertising Associa-
ton and Civilian Defense" will be
the topic of Roy 5. Marshall.
Consumer relations will be dis
clissed by Cslire Drew Forbes.
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S.P. Orders Equipment
Nan FRANCISCO Pr,

SAN fhANtt>tO - President
A. T. MERCER of the Southern Pa
oific railroad "Wednesday sn-
nounced orders for 40 new steam
locomotives and 80 diesel-electrie
switch engines costing Il total of
sl2 600. 900. in anticipation of in
ereasingly heavier wartime de-
mands ON rail equipment.
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+. o 3. Tacoma
Poultry-Hens. colored. Az &C
9 lbs. 21G22 cts: Leghorn hens.
more than sis lbs. 17d1s cts. and
under 3ia lbs. 1904 cts; coll
cred friers, 2ld22 cts; roasters.
20 cts; rabbits. IA cts. live
weight; turkeys. 27d2e cts. per
H.. dressed: ducks. more than Al
lbs. II cts
Butterfat-3s cents.
Eggs-Standard, q cts; medium
% cts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-19
Trusts
WEDNESDAY
Survivors Tell
OF Aftock at Sea
AN EASTERN CANADIAN

AN EAS TERN CANADIAN
PORT-A submarine q Ia Ike q
their ship for three days before a
torpedo finally crashed into the
hull and doomed the vessel, a.
survivors Of an Allied merchant
man revealed when they arrived
here Wednesday.
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Market Dull as Stocks Make
Slight, Irregular Decline
Markets at q
Glance

WEDNESDAY
stocks: Irregulsrly lower and
quiet.
Bonds: Irregular: L. 5. govern
ments higher.
Curb stocks: Mixed.
silver: Unchanged in New York.
Cotton: Steady.
Wheat: OF = TO : cent.
Corn: Unchanged TO off y cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-19
TOWNSEND MEETINGS

Following Is list OF scheduled
Townsend meetings:
Thursday = Hawthorne club AUX
Hilary. meeting 1880 n. m. AT
26l0 Ia. { 81. Sumner club aux
Hilary. meeting 1880 n. m. at
Sumner. Harmony club No. 30.
meeting 5 p. m. at knights of
Columbus hail. 9th ave. and Steele
ST: regular business. games. cards
aud refreshments.
Friday -All-City club No. "a
meeting p. m al Macesbee hall,
ll2ia So. 18th ST; business. cards
and refreshments. Fern Hin club
No. 4. meeting Townsend hall, So.
SD and Yakima ave; regular
business. cards and refreshments.
South Summit club No. 80. regu-
lar meeting at Community hall.
South Tacoma club No. s. meet
ing at Msnitou hall: regular
business and dancing.
Saturday -Fawcett ave. club
No. 10. meeting Carpenters hall,
So. 10th and Tacoma ave-; regu-
lar business and dancing.
BANK TRANSACTIONS
seattle - Clesrings s15l4o s24.-
ss: balances s7.s5s. 55s ~: trans
actions SaS la 600 90.
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II APPY--
M;rthday
.DNESDAY, MARCH Is

WEDNESDAY. MARCH Is
Dixie Lee Bailey, 1901 SO.
SSth st.
Miss Anna Holt. 905 East Di-
vision lane.
Nelva Grunert, 6442 So. Ju-
nett ST.
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pared with 5000.
NEW YORK - Stocks made a
slight irregular decline Wednes-
day in duh turnover.
No particular pressure was APP
piled to any section. although
there were few individual weak
issues. Demand dried up as traders
attempted to appraise the market.
Small amounts of profit taking
were sufficient TO bring declines
into most leading issues.
International Harvester common
etock made a new low for the year
at <3i., off 81. before meeting
support. Selling followed an
nouncement that block OF $780,
600 shares in Mccormick estates
will be liquidated next month.
Other farm implement shares were
down fractions to a point in J. l.
Case.
Steels at one time had losses
ranging to i. points IN Bethle-
hem Part of this was made up.
Chrysler rallied after selling at
S554. off IL. Rails, oils. mer-
camille shares and utilities stesdied
1t small Losses.
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WEDNESDAYS QnorAruoNs

Quotations courtesy Merrill. Lynch.
Pierce. Fenner a. Beane. Washington
Bldg. members New York stock
Exchangel
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N. Y. CURB STOCKS

Closing Prices Furnished by
Merrill. Lynch.
Pierce. Fenner a Beane
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-clearings $40. So7 $751;
81: balances s3.2l0. 330.o7.
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. Dec

New First pun Last
Moon Quarter Nioon Quarter
Apr IS Mar "a Mar 80 Apr. 7
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 March
l6 was 81 degrees and lowest up
until $ a m. March Il was Al.
Sun rises at 7:15 Pacific war
time Thursday and sets at 7:21.
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Situations Wanted, Female

wONEN's EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
At Lutheran Compass Mission i525
Pacific ave 10 n % . n
MA 64ee. except Saturdays
GIRL for general housework IN Ts-
coma. Write Route !, Box %
Puyallup
EXPERIENCED stenogrspher willing
and capable References. Call Main
1888 Room II.
LADY IS wishes house Keeping or
practical nursing. sood references
write Ga Tacoma Times
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Gard Of Thanks

GEORGIANA LIBERTY-We wish 10
thank our friends for their kind
ness. words of sympathy and beau
tiful floral offering extended in our
late bereavement in the passing OF
our beloved mother and grand
mother tSigned) MRS. CLARA
HICKEY WEST and FAMILY.
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BANK TRAN>ACTIoNS

Seattle - Clesrings Sl5l4o. s24.-
IS: balances s7.sss $50 ~: trans
actions SIS. la 600. 90.
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GENERAL office worker Draft tx-
empt y years experience. Best OF
references Granite 1886
EXPERIENCED SHOEMAKER wants
work TIA South 3sth CA plso
NOW is the time 20 do your pruning
and spraying GA 024a
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Day and Contract Work
Situations Wanted. Male

EXPERIENCED accountant. book
keeper prize clerk. desires position
ia Tacoma or vicinity viii travel
Il necessary Two years university
training, can type Honorably DIS
charged from U. 5 army and not
subject 10 draft. age 70. P o Box
6l3 Tacoma
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Flowers and Plants
TRANSPORTATION

FREE EATS TO THE EAST-s p
ss35: L A ti4s5: Chi. t43 as
n. Y. s5isi. Daily.
CROFT HOTEL MAin eo6l
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Help: Male and Female

IMMEDIATE employment available
with large established msnufactur-
ing company in city. Good wages
Steady work. Write H-5. Tacoma
Times.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Miss Betty Curran
HOnOred at Party

Miss Betty Curran was the guest
of honor at party given Friday at
the home of Miss Margaret Ida
Jones. Miss Curran is an officer
candidate in the WAVES and is
among the group who leave this
week for Smith College for training
The group of friends who showered
Miss Curran with parting gifts were
former classmates at Eastern High
School and Wilson Teachers College
Those present were Mrs. Grace New
some, Miss Rita Leiper, Mrs. Elsie
Num-, Mrs. Doris Monger, Mrs. Eve
lyn Henderson and Miss Ethel Ber-
nard
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Adelaide I. Bodle
And r. X. Casey
Are Married

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira L.
Casey, in Takoma Park, was the
scene of the wedding Sunday after
noon Of their son, Mr.. Raymond
Knight Casey, and Miss Adelaide
Isabel Bodle of Auburn, N. Y. Palms,
white carnations and dahlias made
an attractive setting for the cere-
mony, at which the Rev. Charles
S. Longacre ofaciated at O'Clock.
Mrs. Thomas C. Cunningham
played the wedding music and ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Eldridge, who sang appropriate Sc
lections, and the sister of the bride
groom, Miss Marilyn Casey. was the
brides only attendant. Mr.. James
Casey of Norfolk served as best man
for his brother.
The bride was costumed in blue
with light brown accessories and
a corsage Of gardenias and her at
tendant wore green with black hat
and black accessories.
Following the reception held after
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Casey
left for Portsmouth, Va, where Mr..
Casey Is an assistant leader of the
United States Navy Band. and they
will make their home at 1906 Coun-
ty street in that city.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Sandy Spring Couple
Observe Anniversary

The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Christian
Young celebrated their golden wed.
ding anniversary Sunday at the
Olney Inn. Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Vertrees Young, who came
from their home in Louisiana for the
occasion, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Vel
lott Candy of Sandy Spring and
their two children. Mrs. Candy il
the daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Young
DR.. and Mrs. Young will move
shortly to a new home in Takoma
Park.
Mrs. Washington B. Chichester re-
turned Monday from Wilmington
Del, where she has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Frederick Klutsy, and
her son, Mr.. Richard Dupont Chi
chester. She also spent some time
with her daughters, Mrs. Philip D.
Laird and Mrs. Hugh Galloway OF
Newcastle. Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin E. Scheidt
returned Monday from Springer, N
Mex, where Mrs. Scheidt and her
two children spent the summer on
her mothers ranch.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Virginia Birkby
Weds 1t. ROGERS

The marriage Of Miss Virginia
Birkby. daughter of Mrs. William
Thomas Birkby, to 1t. Hatton Brown
Rogers, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers, took place Sunday afternoon
in the Chapel at Fort Myer. where
Chaplain T. w. B. Magnan ofnciated
at o'clock before an altar deco
rated with lighted tapers and white
gladioluses.
A blue suit trimmed with mink, a
blue hat, brown accessories and a
corsage of white orchids was worn
by the bride, who was attended by
Mrs. Denbigh Matthews.
1t. and Mrs. Rogers left immedi-
ately after the ceremony for Florida,
where he Is on duty.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
London Times Hints
Dissatisfaction With
|Lease-Lend Flow
Reports U. S. Army and
Navy Chiefs May Have
Own 'IsoIutionism'
BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,

BY WILLIAM II. SIONEMAN,
Foreisn Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, Oct. THE suggestion
that "isolationism" on the part OF
the American Army and Navy chiefs
may be affecting the possibility OF
launching a second-front offensive
is given in dispatch to the London
Times from its able Washington cor
respondent
1T is, in fact, the administration
of the Lease lend Act which holds
the key to American grand strategy y
he writes and he proceeds to 1ndi-
cate the belief that the act, as 1t
has been administered since Amer
ica's entry into the war, may not
have brought that flow of arms and
supplies to Americas Allies which
would enable them to cooperate to
the best advantage in an all-Anied
drive against the enemy.
Now certain things have changed.
he says. The United States is IN
the war and is raising huge Army
and Navy with which to compete
more strongly than ever with the
needs of those who have become
Allies, and compete the more ef-
fectively since those who command
the two services are. in preponderant
measure, the judges of ALLEGATION OF
military material.
Not Americas Job Alone.
ITO what degree" he asks, do
those professionals believe that
equipment of large forces at home
and the establishment of separate
expeditionary forces abroad should
take immediate precedence over the
claims of the Allies upon the arsenal
of democracy. Certainly such a
belief cannot be total for that would
imply abandonment Of the lease
lend and the determination OF the
United States to do the job alone
which is, or should be. unthinkable
But it is still possible that American
soldiers and sailors, or many OF
them. are willing to practice their
own form of isolationism.
These considerations affect the
conduct of the war and might power
fully affect the nature Of the peace
to. come. They certainly have an
intimate relation to the development
of the second front for which Stain
made his appeal
Comment Withheld.
The more responsible British news
papers still refrain from comment
ing on Premier Stalin's statement
to the Associated Press, largely be-
cause they feel that any comment
would be superfluous. Official circles
refuse to make any statement for the
same reason. 1t is understood in
London that the reported meeting
of the British and American Am
bassadors in Moscow yesterday oc-
CURED on their own initiative and
that no instructions were sent them
to pursue the matter further.
If reply to Premier Stain were
considered to be in order, it would
probably be simply this: That all
commitments entered into by Great
Britain and the United States, at
the time of Foreign Commissar
Vyacheslav M. Molotov's visits to
London and Washington. were put
down in writing and that they did
not include commitment by either or
both of the two western democracies
to launch second front in Europe
this year.
(Copyright. 1912, by Chicago Daily News.)