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Evening star., 1942-02-16
Ships Dash Aided
By Artificial Fog,
German Reports
BY the Associated Press.


BERN, Switzerland, Feb. 16.-
Artificial fog spouting from German
escort ships aided the audacious
dash OF the German fleet through
the English Channel, the Berlin cor
respondent Of the Basler Nachrich-
ten quoted an eyewitness account as
saying yesterday.
For days speedboat flotillas were
made ready at the occupied French
port Of Brest. starting point of the
Sortie, and the crews themselves
didn't know what was up, this &C
count said.
The day of the start the speed
boats put out in heavy seas and were
joined soon by minesweepers, then
the battleships Gneisenau and
Scharnhorst and the cruiser Prinz
Eugen.
A few British planes were sighted
over the convoy during the first
part OF the voyage and only when
the procession had reached the mar
rowest part Of the Channel opposite
Dover did British shore batteries
open up, the correspondent said.
But then," he added, "the chance
Of their success was lost as the Ger
man ships enveloped themselves in
deep artificial fog"
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Prevailing Wage
fCoptip,1ed Troy,, First pape)

of work they are engaged in. This
line of reasoning, of course, is not
in accord with the Bacon-Davis
Act. which states that the depart
ment, in setting scales, must fix
the wage which prevails for COM
parable work.
On Ridge road Sc. the Alley
Dwelling Authority is completing
Stoddert Dwellings, 200-unit de-
velopment for Navy Yard workers.
This is a defense project, built with
funds from an early Lanham Act
appropriation at the highest wage
scale. They are semi-detached
houses, mostly of frame construction.
They are set on piers and have no
Easements. Most of them have. four
rooms, with few in three and five
room sizes The A. D. A. estimates
they will cost the Government 1928
each. exclusive of land, utilities and
development. The complete cost is
estimated at $4.25853 apiece.
S180,00O Saving Offered.
A prominent Washington private
builder, who is engaged in 600
house development of his own, in
spected the Stoddert dwellings He
said he would be willing to build
units of comparable construction
for the Government at $2,327 per
house if allowed to employ the F. H.
A. wage scale. This would represent
a saving of $911 per house, or about
$4,000 for 200 houses He said a
saving of about $512 for each house
would be made at Stoddert by en-
ploying labor at the F. H. A. scale.
The remaining 1899, he said. would
be Topped off by "integrating design
and construction
The Government program, includ-
ing the $50,000,00O Lanham bill
pending in Congress, calls for erec-
ton of about $4,000 family dwelling
units in Washington. 1t does not
necessarily follow, however, that
such a large saving could be made
all the way through.
The builder said in nearby Mary
land he is building houses which he
considers of better construction than
Stoddert for 5000 room, exclusive
of site, and development costs. Esti-
mated costs at Stoddert are $789 a
room.
Labor Apparently Plentiful.
On the question of availability of
labor, the builder said he recently
put a small advertisement in The
Star for boss painter" at 80 cents
an hour. Thirty-five men applied
for the job Painters on Jobs like
Stoddert are paid s1.n 3/7 per hour,
as determined by the Labor Depart
ment, which fixes the wage for the
same craftsman for F. H. A. work
at rs cents an hour.
The Government must pay the
highest wages for Stoddert-type
construction, although in some re-
spects it doesn't meet minimum re-
quirements of the District building
code. The Government is mot lin
tied by Individual building codes"
IN providing defense housing. Stod-
Evening star., 1942-02-16
U. 5. Supplies Undivefed
To Axis, WeIIes Believes

Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles said today that so far as this
Government is aware none of the
supplies sent from the United States
to French North Africa had been
diverted to Axis forces in Libya.
American technical advisers who
were assigned to strategic points in
French North Africa to supervise
and control distribution of the sup
plies from this Government still are
functioning there, Mr.. Welles said.
He added that from all informa-
ton these advisors and other sources,
not a pound of American supplies
had gone to the Axis or been used in
any way except for consumption in
French North Africa.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

to pin down the responsibility for
these things and see that they don't
happen again If We are going to win
the war"
Senator Bone said the committees
duty was to uncover the answer to
the doubt and wonderment that is
widespread as to how this thing
could have happened"
Both the Senate and House COM
mittees were ready to take up meas
ures to repeal a section of the re-
cently-enactd Civil Service Retire.
ment Law making Government pen
sions available to Congress members
under certain conditions.
Repeater Approval Forecast.
Some Senators said that public
reaction against such pensions had
had an adverse effect on the sale
of defense bonds and stamps, in
creasing the necessity for speedy
repeal. Democrataic Leader Bark
ley Of Kentucky said he was con-
f1dence the Senate Civil Service
Committee would approve the re-
pealer quickly and that it would be
voted by the Senate.
While leaders were confidence the
pension issue could be disposed of
they felt less assurance about the
success OF their attempts to defeat
q farm bloc move to prevent any
Government sale of surplus crops
that would keep down agricultural
prices.
Scheduled for consideration in
the Senate later in the week was
a measure by Senators Gillette of
Iowa, Bankhead Of Alabama, Rus
sell of Georgia and Thomas of Ok
lahoma, all Democrats, which would
prohibit such Government sales for
this purpose.
While they feared the Senate
might approve the measure, admin
istration leaders were reported to
have been assured that even if it
later passed the House it would be
vetoed by President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
House Urged 10 Grant
$36,oO0,000 10 Train
Civilian Pilots
Committee Roises Budget
Figure to Cover TotoI
Of $4,000 Flyers

A record breaking sum of $685.
100000 to provide for a huge ex-
pansion of the civilian pilot
training program is carried in
the 1943 appropriation bill for
the State, Justice and Commerce
Departments reported to the
House today. Eight million dol
lars is recommended for imme-
diate use. The whole appropria-
ton represents an increase OF
SIS, $50, ,081 over an amount ap-
proved by the Budget Bureau.
Thus far, the training program
has turned out approximately 10000
civilian pilots, the report said, and
more than 81 900 have gone into the
armed services. More than 5000
others, it added, have entered the
fight services of Canada and Eng
land.
The Appropriations Committee
said it had no hesitancy in recon-
manding this substantial increase
and pointed out that IF this war is
to be won, obviously it will be won
with planes and pilots"
Stefan Initiated Raise.
Representative Stefan, Repub-
hcan, of Nebraska took the lead in
the Appropriations Committee for a
larger allowance for training of ci-
william pilots.
I'VE are setting about on a huge
expansion of our air power" said
the committees report. Scores of
thousands of pilots will be needed.
The civilian pilot training program
Is the cheapest and safest program
that has yet been devised for giving
the primary training to those seek
ing to qualify for use in the armed
air services of our country"
Further, the report pointed out
that three-fourths of the flyers in
the R. A. F. American Eagle Squad
ron are graduates of civilian pilot
training schools and that more than
$4,000 flyers who have completed
one or more courses are still in COL
lege and nearly all of them are
pledged to fly for Americas armed
services. This, the report said, is
a splendid reservoir of pilots"
The safety record achieved in this
work, the committee said, is equally
impressive and 1T is worthy of cita-
tlon that since the last trainee
fatality these civilian pilot training
students have flown over 1900, 900
miles in the course of their train
ing"
Provides for 1880.
The committee explained that with
the $36,OOO,0OO appropriation it
would be possible to train approx
mately 49,50O pilots as compared
with 81 900 under the $40, ,069 ,919 rec
commended by the Budget Bureau. .
1T was represented to the COM
mittee," the report declared, that
the Civil Aeronautics Authority
could expand their program of civil
ian pilot training to absorb an ap-
preparation of $50 100000 without
the necessity Of purchasing one ad-
ditional piece of equipment and with
this sum it would be possible to train
$4,000 of the elementary college
group, 10000 of the elementary non
college group, 10000 in the second
ary training course, 1900 individuals
on instrument flying and 5000 or
multi-engined ferry pilot work.
TT Is to be hoped that both the
War and Navy Departments will
make use of every facility for train
ing now available rather than te
incur the additional expense Incl
dent to the purchase of additiona,
equipment and establishment of ad-
ditional training areas"
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Australian Premier
Calls for Total
Mobilization
Attack Is Inevitable
Now Singapore Is Gone.
Government Believes
Ny the Associated Press.

6y tne hSSOClhtcu fIcos'
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 49,
Prime Minister John Curtin de-
clared today that "everything we
have, everything which belongs
to us, must now be mobilized"
for the battle Of Australia, as a
result of Singapore's fall.
The attitude of the government
Is that a Japanese attack on the
commonwealth-a large-scale at
tack from air and sea which may
break at any moment-has become
inevitable.
The full federal cabinet will as
semble here tomorrow and Parlia-
ment is due to assemble at Canberra
this week.
Secret moves decided on some
weeks ago on the expectation that
Singapore might not be held. among
them big movements Of troops and
aircraft, already are being carried
out.
Further attempts to procure ur-
gently needed essential materials
from the United States and Great
Britain are certain to be made by
the government.
Time Factor Eliminated.
mo longer is there time factor
IN which we can place reliance"
said the Prime Minister.
The battle of Australia demands
H,bot tho ho ff1o of Rrifoio roo,,irol
We must work and fight as we have
never worked and fought before.
"On what we do now depends
everything we may like to do when
this bloody test has been survived -
The fall of Singapore can only
be described as Australia's Dunker-
que" Mr.. Curtin said. "Dunkerque
initiated the battle for Britain and
the fall of Singapore opens the bat
tie for Australia.
"On this issue depends not merely
the fate of this commonwealth but
the fate of the United States and
all the Americas and therefore in
a large measure the fate of the
English-speaking world. Our utmost
UuSI Oe IIlODlilIcO W tIlc luii
Cabinet Expects Attack.
The Melbourne Herald's Canberra
correspondent said every member of
the full commonwealth cabinet was
convinced Australia might at any
time have to face large-scale at
tack from sea and air.
The war cabinet was expected to
direct the immediate calling up of
large numbers of married men.
The time limit for RECOMMENDATION
of man power and wealth under Aus
tralias new economic policy has
been severely reduced, and the war
cabinet was understood to be pre-
pared to give Mr.. Curtin dictatorial
powers.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
|W.P.B. Seen Withholding
Steel for Auto Plates
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Andersen, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota after talking
with officials of the War Production
Board. said today they had decided
against allocating steel for manu-
facture of 1943 automobile license
plates.
He said on official announcement
had been made, but that the w. P.
B. had decided to limit State allow
ances to small amount of steel
to make a strip to be affixed on 1912
plates, showing that the tax for ls43
was paid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
F ounder Of Graft
Awards Dies Here

Dr. Marc William Graft, of AIS
Borough road. Tacoma dentist for
more than so years. died Sunday
in local hospital at the age of rs.
He will be remembered by gen
erations Of Tacoma high school
students as the founder Of the
coveted Richard Graft memorial.
awarded each year to the senior
boy in each high school who rs
found by the committee 10 best
represent the spirit OF fair play
and clean sportsmanship, not only
on the athletic field but in scholar
ship and respect for authority.
The award was established in
memory OF Or. Crafts son, Richard.
DIR. Graft was born in Richmond.
Ind. and came TO Tacoma In 1889.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. He re-
tired from the practice of dentistry
just last year, and az the time Of
his death was a member Of the
University Union club. and Of the
Christ Episcopal church
Surviving are his son. John Paul.
and two grandsons. John Paul, jr.,
and Marc.
Funeral arrangements viii b
announced by Buckley-King.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

.C;;cen5ey

Marriage license applications
were received by County Auditor
S. Clifford Davis Monday from the
following: Robert G. Van de Velde.
%, Fort Lewis. and Joyce M. Riley,
is. Flint. Mich; Hans j. Scott. 81.
and lngeborg Christensen, 55. both
of Wanna; Thomas b. Sheriff., 81.
of sl2 Fawcett ave, and Ethel b.
Julian. %. of 913 So. Yakima ave.
Jacob l.. Bangert. 40. Quincy. Ill.
and Ethel b. Kennedy, 81, of TAG
Pacific ave. Robert T. Wolf. IS.
Puyallup. and Violet DeFrance, 30.
Kent; Bliss c. Stevens. %. Fort
Lewis, and Elizabeth Jean johnson,
Is, Cleveland, O.;
Clifford W. Noel. AZ. and Eloise
Person, %. both of Seattle; Ole
Perry Nansen, n. of 1915 So. 9th
St. and Swanhild Evelyn Berg. Is
Seattle: julius J. johnson. 20, of
1866 So. AID st, and Ada Lottie
Davis. 26. of AIS Ea. goth st. !.
Stuart Hayden Heyser, p, and
Emma Charlene Henkel. Is. both
Of Nampa, Idaho; Robert d. Sale,
Il, Fort Lewis, and Jean z. Hindes,
1e, Nampa, Idaho.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Answer Filed
By MILESTONE
Fights to Hove
Nome on Bollot

Attorneys for DR.. Leland s.
MILESTONE. candidate for public
safety commissioner. filed for
him In superior court Monday an
answer 10 the charges Of J. B.
Carlton. citizen. that milestone
In ineligible TO be a candidate by
reason Of residence In Broo<daIe
precinct. outside Tacoma.
On application Of Attorney Leo
A. McGavick. Judge r. NJ Card
entered an order making whet-
stone an additional respondent" in
Cartons suit directed against
City Clerk Genevieve Martin.
Admits Land Purchase
DR.. whetstone's answer admits
purchase OF q tract of land in
Brookdala- precinct In 1888 but
denies other allegations surround
ing that purchase; admits he
registered Jan. IS. 1888 in the
city Of Tacoma rs a resident at
1924 Broadway in Precinct IS
For affirmative defense II il
held that he " a citizen Of the
". s.. the state of Washington
and an elector Of the city of Ia
coma. and AZ the time Of filing
his declaration Of candidacy, Jan.
10. he held no public office and
for more than three years prior
g. was and now Is a resident
Of Tacoma"
Claims Conspiracy
MILESTONE then goes on to
charge that the relator. j. B.
Carlton. lis not the real party In
interest" and that "this action is
being brought in furtherance of
conspiracy to prevent l.. S.
milestone from being elected TO
the office of commissioner of
public safety"
The further charge II made by
MILESTONE that the application
for the writ Of prohibition now
pending was mot timely brought"
and that "the so-called emergency
vas due TO REALTORS (Carlton's)
intentional laches (laxness) in
waiting from the 10th day of
January to the goth day Of Janu-
airy when these proceedings were
instituted"
Makes Other Charges
Carlton, he charges, waited 10
days before the time incumbent
upon Clerk Martin to make
certification of the names Of
making the writ re-
turnable on the 2eth, the day Miss
Martin Is required by law to
certify candidates names.
The court is asked To dissolve
the writ and permit Whetstones
name to be certified. and to
award MILESTONE judgme
against Carlton for costs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Soldier Is Hurt
AS Car 0verturns

A spectacular automobile ac-
cident at Sand and South Tacoma
way Sunday evening In which one
car overturned sent TT. Lewis
soldier to Pierce County hospital
for treatment of bruised left
shoulder and later TO the city jail.
where he was being held Monday
on charge Of drunkenness, pend
ing investigation Of the accident.
In jail was Corp. Clifford o.
Flaten. &c, driver of the car which
turned over. Police said he
collided with another car which
its driver. Laverne Lambert. also
of FIT Lewis. had stopped at the
traffic signal Fiaten told police
his car rolled over when he
turned out TO pass another vehicle
and skidded on the loose gravel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

SPRINGFIELD, III. - Dr. Will
lam Pankhurst. pastor Of the Con-
gregationsl church Of Jacksonville
NJ, declared at a city-wide open
forum Of springfields First Con-
gregationsl church here that "the
church should furnish chaplains
and religious services TO men in
camps at its own expense. to avoid
implication that 1t rs tied up with
the war program"
Outlining a defense effort which
the church can approve, DIR. Pank-
hurst contended the church should
take no position on the military
program: that IL should be free 10
bolster the morale of the people
and TO urge its members to study
tine causes and effect of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Sfroy Bullet lips
Into Tocorno Home

Residents Of 1888 Ia. sest st
were startled over the weekend
when { bullet came through the
screen and window of their home
Investigating police said the bullet,
Judging from the angle which II
entered the window. was apparent.
~ . stray. The occupant of the
house assured police he had no
enemies and there was no indi-
cation Of foul play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
~ AIR R AID.
~ MEETIN GS|

Precinct los will meet Monday
at $50 p. m. in Stanley school
Residents Of precinct IS are to
meet at 80 p. m. Tuesday, Jan.
p. in Gray school.
Precinct II, Monday night at
7.3o O'Clock. Old Tacoma sls-
woman hall: speaker viii discuss
incendiary and gas bombs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

Mary Mckinney. 50. of Seattle.
Was accused by police Monday of
running her automobile into pole
near 18th IT. on South Tacoma
way Sunday night. She was treat
"a 1t Pierce County hospital for
minor bruises after the accident
and booked st the city Jail for
drunkenness and investigation of
the accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

SAN FRANCISCO-B ank of
America Monday reported its index
Of far western business reached a
new high in December. rising TO
155 per cent of the 1859 aver
age. a rise o. five points over No
vember and of IS points over De-
cember, 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
TUESDAYS Tides
Lettuce Prices
Lowered Locally

Arizona and California lettuce
was cheaper on local wholesale
markets Monday with new quo
tation Of S1.7b TO So per crate.
Mondays price marked a decline
of 80 TO rs cents under previous
quotations.
Other produce remained I'M
changed, as did fruits.
Eggs. butter, cheese. flour and
sugar also held 10 previous prices.
Listed quotations are whole
sale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
CAIN TO SPEAK

Mayor Harry p. Cain will De the
guest speaker at the luncheon Of
the Business and Professional
Nomen's club Tuesday noon at the
Model Grill. He will speak On
Washington IN Wartime The
meeting In open to the public
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Just the Core
oDIN TO SPEAK


Reno odlin, president Of the Pu-
get Sound National Bank. VIII be
the Tacoma Kiwsnis club speaker
Tuesday noon al the Hotel Win
throp. Also on the program viii
be the Pacific Lutheran college
girls sextette.
For ACTION NOT TALK -
VOTE for COLYAR. Adv.
GARD To LECTURE
How the u. s. and Britain Can
and VIII Absolutely Guarantee
Victory will be the topic which
Conrad Gard viii discuss Tuesday
night at a meeting sponsored by
the Anglo-Saxon Federation at Ho-
tel Winthrop.
Eggs are dropping fast at Cow
Butter Store. (adv)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

Seattle - Clesrings si2. sSe. o06.-
66: balances Ss.oos. sTs.os: trans
actions SIT SIS. o0o. 90.
Portland ss.Te3. SOL
90: balances 1921. s33.72.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Wants Church Free to Negotiate
Peace When Time Comes

When the time comes. he said.
and IT seems propitious to insu-
tute peace negotiations. the church
should be free to make proposals.
The timing Of peace an. the kind
Of peace should not be left entirely
10 the politicians. the commercial
lists and mllitarists but the church
should be able to express itself.
The church shoul- be free al
ways to maintain its universal out
look. 1t Is not primarily con-
cerned with national security but
with worldwide human justice. II
is not in business for any Caesar
but always In in the service of
Christ"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
-HAPPY--
Hirfhday

MONDAY. IAN. -
BsA J. tSal<e) Jacobson, zoos
- Dlvisiea Lane.
rhyllis Graves. 1911, So. sSth.
MONDAY. JANUARY -
Phyins Graves, 1871 10. ssth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27
Rails Gain Strength in Firm.
Moderately Active Market


Stocks: Firm and moderately ae-
tive.
Bouds: frregularly higher.
Curb stocks: Irregular.
silver: Unchanged in New York.
Cotton; Reaches highest levels In
more than Il years.
Wheat: Up !. 20 \ iscent
Corn: Up y to = cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

Stock sales Appropriated eoo. ooo
shares. compared with $50. 900 on
Friday. Curb volume was los. ooo
shares against 5000.
NEW yoRK-strength in rail.
road and commodity shares fea-
tured a firm. relatively active
stock market Monday.
Sugars were features early in
the session and rails added to
recent gains. Later, steels. auto
mobiles and mail order issues
picked up.
Some leather. tobacco and alco-
hol stocks were In demand. Rub
bers were firm. though dull. Cop
pers had gains ranging 10 more
than . point in cerro de Pasco.
Lead issues were steady to firm.
Oils were slightly higher. Farm
issues moved up fractions 10 two
points in Case on outlook for early
passage Of the price control bill.
improvement was based on bet
Der war news over the weekend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-27

eouotatlons courtesv Dean Wltter q
Co. Warrington Bldg, members
New York Stock ExchanRe)
HIUh I.au- DIrxxn
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eeOf
the po e in eli will eo~edto
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-04
Wor Labor Board Orders
Ship Union Agreement

Washington. u. {. GLNSD. - The
National War Labor Board has ordered
the United States Lines Company IF
New York to make Il collective bar
gaining agreement with Local IS.
Masters, Mates and Pilots Of America.
AFL affiliate.
The board gave the company two
choices of hiring procedures under the
union security clause approved by it,
Under M procedure the company may
make its W selection of men To fill
vacancies for licensed deck officers,
even though those selected are not
union members, provided they become
members of the union upon employ
ment.
Lon negotiations between the com
pany and the union Yer u collective
agreement. the board said. have pro,
duced feelings between the parties
which are quite regrettabIe. particular.
ly during this war period