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Evening star., 1942-02-10
Van Hyning Forecasts
Postwar Welfare Needs

Conrad Van Hyning. District d.
rector Of public welfare. told the
Kalorama Citizens Association last
night that the population increase
in the District of Columbia would
not exert great pressure on public
welfare at the present time, but
would at later date when employ
ment decreases.
Mr.. Van Hyning outlined the work
Of his bureau and told of the aid and
rehabilitation children were re-
ceiving.
Albert J. Obert. representing the
Junior Board Of Commerce, empha-
sized the necessity Of salvaging all
scrap metals and papers which
could be used for defense purposes.
Monte Sanger, representative to
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tior, suggested the association go
Evening star., 1942-02-10

on record as opposing the Govern
ment taking over schools without
first consulting the Board Of Edu-
cation.
Mrs. Frank Slinslu1 reported for
the Membership Committee and
Mrs. Marion White gave the treas
urer's report.
Evening star., 1942-02-10

Medan Is the only Netherlands
Indies city where rickshaws are q
part Of the street scene.
Evening star., 1942-02-10
American Industry Goes to War;
American Industry Goes to Wor-
Plenty Is Assured With Nation
Producing 800 of Own Food
AZ Expected to Be Bonner Farm Year;
CurtoiIment in Variety Expected
By THOMAS r. HENRY,

NEW YORK. Feb ioThe United States will to bed
without its supper in this
It produces about 80 its food Only 10
cenfor the most part from abroad lot
Of that imported from Latin America where production has not
been decreased. although transportation may offer major
problem
Still the food habits of the country due for major
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10
Platoon To Meet

The 2nd Platoon Of the Civil Defense Corps will meet at the residence of J. A. Cichoski, pla- toon leader, near AIS Chicken inn at 10 a. m. Sunday morning.
 Men living from the hospital on out Mission road are eligible to join this group, and even those who have not volunteered are invited to attend the meet ing. Instructions will be given in handling rifles and plans worked out for the defense of Mission road district.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10
Cor Rulings Given

Latest rulings effecting the sale f ears and trucks were received | his week by Mayor R H. had lick from Governor Gruen,ng, b take effect immediately The | |rder from the Office of Produc- lon Management said;
 "It is hereby ordered that un-
 l January Is, I942, no produc-
 dealer or other authorized bannel of distribution of pas en- rger automobiles. light and eayy trucks, shall sell, lease, rade, lend, deliver, ship or tran Ter any passenger automobiles, lght or heavy trucks, except to kher producers, dealers or other klthorized channels of distribu- lon and resale. No person. with be exception of other producers, |ealers or other authorized chan |els of distribution or resale, ball accept any such sale, lease 
 Eade, loan, delivery, shipment transfer ot any passenger aut-. mobile, light or heavy trucks.
 "For the purpose of the order assenger automobiles, light and |esyy trucks mean 1942 models
 any sLcl vehicles which has |een used less than 1000 mi es. |"
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10
Registrants Must
 Report Moving

Registrants for Selective Ser vice were reminded today in a statement from Gov. Ernest Cru ening that they must keep in touch with their local boards.
 Any change of address must be reported immediately, as the mailing of any order, notice, or blank form by the local board to a registrant at tbe address last reported by him to the local board shall constitute notice to him of the contents of the com munication, whether he actually receives 1t or not. The Governor further stated that under the Sel- ective Service act any registrant who knowingly fails or neglects to perform any duty required of him under or in the execution of the Act, or rules or regulations made pursuant thereto, shall, up- on conviction in the district court Of the United States having jur-
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10
News Round Up (continued from page 9

hxes plus an unprecedented am unt of borrowing.
 The budget, it's magnitude and bmposition, depend on events b the battlefronts of the world, said. Nothing short of the laximum will suffice.
 "I cannot predict ultimate bsts, because 1 cannot predict be changing fortunes of war. I kn say only that we are deter hined to pay whatever price Fcessary."
 At the press conference the resident said it was the biggest Edget in the history of the |Orld. It is estimated to be near
 double Germany's annual war Ipendjtures. He said it called fr stepping up the rate spend bg from the current ? billion a Lonth to 5 billion a month.
 It also meant, he added, that |kople will have to do without |many conveniences and luxur- s, so the nation may shift labor, Iateria1s and facilities of pro- |lction from civilian articles to fOduction of weapons and other Ar supplies"
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10

A recent check by city police of a random number of men on the streets of Kodiak disclosed many unable to produce regis tration cards, and others who claimed they were unaware of the necessity of informing local boards of having moved. Every change of address must be re- ported.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-01-10

dsdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for hot more than five years or a fine Of not more than S10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
BUILDING PERMIT

Union Pacific Railroad Go.
obtained q building permit Wed
nssday 10 repair buildings dam
aged by fire al i7oi Commerce 81
The permit called for $500 tn
repair work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Censorship Of Alaska Mail
Defended by Byron Price
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Director a.
Censorship Byron Price Nednes.
day defended censorship Ct mail
between the United States ard
Alaska - = Necessary exercise %
general var powers.
Chairman FREDERICK Van Nuys
D Ind. 81 the senate judiciary
COMMITTEE. after hearing Price IN a
closed meeting. asserted. however.
that he stin believed such censor
ship violated the law. he an
noanced that department Of Jus
tee representatives. would pe
called to testify on the matter
next week.
Van Nays said Price refused 10
answer questions from committee
members as to what government
agency had told him to proceed
with censorship Of mail between
the United States and its terri
tories. When asked whether the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
It's Wards
Move Next

WAsHI>GTO>-It was Mont
gomery Ward and Compsny's next
move Wednesday in its dispute
with the war labor board over
labor relations in its Chicago
stores.
The board. in a new directive.
has ordered the company to sign
forthwith" a collective bargain
ing agreement with its employees
including a revised maintenance Of
union membership clause which
the company already has rejected.
II the company again declines
10 sign the WLB will for the sec
ond time within two months refer
the case To President Roosevelt.
There has been no indication 10
what lengths he is prepared to 20
in such a case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Last Income Tax
Insfallmeni Is
Due Dec. 18th

Final income tax instalinents
VII be due Dec. i. Collector Of
internal Revenue Clark SQUIRE
announced Wednesday. Ne urged
tax payers 10 help themselves and
department clerks who take their
payments hy presenting the state
naent received BY mail several
weeks ago along with their re-
mittance.
Failure 10 de- this aftea
nece>sitstes checking in sew
eral different rooms and
wastes valuable time unneces-
ssrily," he said.
When returns were first filed IN
March. about 10000 persons in
the district of Washington and
Alaska were paying their income
tax in quarterly installments: in
June 10000 paid up in full. and in
September another 10000 cleared
their accounts.
On Nov. Is the remaining 100
600 were notified of balances and.
although payments are coming in
now. a last minute rush Is ex-
peeted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10

Your postmaster can tell you
how 10 invest In u. .. WAR
BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
II ERE'S MORE ABOUT
Two Tacomans Shot

ceiving Q cali about . week
ago from The Cabsli home. A
frightened voice said . murder
had been committed. ard IN
ambulance and hear.e were
sent No murder wns COM
mitted that time. however.
hut ~ evests unrolIe<i. n was
merely postponed.
Officers reconstructed the crime.
Macabeo entered the house. He
shot cabeil. Screaming. Mrs. La
gsscs ran out the hack door. Mac
sbeo In pursuit He cornered her
between q garage and a fence and
shot her four times.
Macabeo. police said. was con-
victed In Seattle in 1873 under the
firearms act and given . six
month jail sentence. which was
suspended.
Pstrolman Chester A. Reyes and
c. l.. Petersen were dispatched
To the garage.
They arrived lees than .
minute after Macsbeo. who.
"a policies Jog and astonish-
meat, preferred 20 return HE
hired automobile and thea
make Ms escape.
NJ. J. Gladstone. owner Of the
Baker-U-Drive. told what hap
pened At. the garage.
This Filipino brought the
car In. He acted . iittIe nerv-
ous and jumpy. Ne went hack
10 the rest rom 81 the hack
Of the garage and locked him
self In.
About that time the police
came. They asked II I had rented
out a car 70 q Filipino and ! told
them, sure. he's night back there
in the rest room.
hoy. those police didn't
monkey around with him. Tn
telling you, and wondered
what WAS up. Well. they drew
their guns and ordered the
Filipino 10 eome out.
HE cam. out and one Of the
cops covered him while the other
frisked the Filipino. Took q re-
volver and q knife off him Then
they snapped the cuffs on him
and took him away"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10

Whether a receiver shall be APP
pointed for the Helen Davis shops
Of Tacoma. Seattle and smaller
towns rested Wednesday in the
judicial lap of Superior Judge
r. C. Remain.
He had taken under advise
ment his decision IN the suit
concluded before him Tuesday.
The suit against Miss Davis was
brought by Frank J. johnson.
prominent local business man and
former husband Of Miss Davis.
who charged she was mismsnag-
ing the business and wss not Civ
ing the Tacoma store enough of
her personal attention. He par
ticulariy disapproved Of the estsb-
lishment Of a new store. In the
chain Of women's wear shops. at
Astoria, Ore.
The testimony brought out that
johnson had approximately
S33,000 interest in the business
and that their partnership agree
ment provided for her TO draw
$3.50 a month and expenses II
was one of Johnson's allegations
that she was overdrawn several
thousand dollars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Pierce County Solons Favor
Shorter Time for New Bills

toward elimination q TIE tsx bur
den e. much - possible. The dele
gstion favored the present sales
tar and did not see any need for
an Increase.
ser. Nalstrom explained the par-
pose a the mestings u he held
weekly until January. Il q discus.
problems relating 10 Pierce county.
The group. she explained. was non
partisan In nature. she further
said that members would weicems
any organized group. By appoint
ment. to discuss possible lesisla.
tive problems.
The NEXT meeting Vas scheduled
for Tuesday. Dec. Is. ~ Hotel
Winthrop.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10

Pierce county delegation 10 the
less state legislature held its ftrst
II a series 81 meetings Tuesday
night. The group reelected sens-
tor Kathryn Maistrom chairman
and also re-appointed Representa-
tive Hugh Rosselini as secretary.
Legislators passed = resolution
fsvoring q change of house rules
10 limit the time 81 introducing
bills to 40 days Present rules
allow 50 days Members also
pledged themselves 10 give fun
consideration and help 10 the
civilian defense program. The
matter Of giving financial aid TO
cities was also discussed.
There was agreement TO work
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
To Pay Loggers'
Fare Both Ways

The War Manpower Commission
will pay transportation Of lumber
workers to year-around camps in
the Pacific Northwest when jobs
In camps they are now located are
closed because Of snow. Maj. Gen.
H. G. winsor. district manpower
director. declared.
Transfer of the loggers will be
paid to the new camps with fare
guaranteed back when the loggers
camp opens again in the spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Dried Egg Shortage
Now Threatening

WASHINGTON - To meet a
threatened shortage of dried eggs
for the armed forces. the Office
Of Price Administration has ex-
empted from maximum price
regulations during January and
February, 1e43, dried whole eggs
sold 10 the government.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Torrid Sieppers
In Temple Musical

Those torrid tsrpsiehoreans.
known a. the Nicholas Brothers.
really give out 10 the accompani-
ment Of Glenn Miiiers' arrange
msnt of Gal From Kalamazoo
In goth csntury-Fox's sparkling
musical "Orchestra Wives" now
at the Temple Thester. co-stsrred
with Miller are George hontgom-
cry and Ann Rutherford
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10

department Of justice I'D tcld
aim tkss legal authority existed
for censoring mail Price replied.
according 70 Van Nuys:
-Yoa.n havw u ask re depart
ment ahcut that"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Suit Against Helen Davis
Taken Under Amusement

II Was shown that the partner
ship agreement gave Mins Davis
wide latitude in the management
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
Brenda win
You u'' Step out out
With Me Tonight?

know I've been an awful Crouch not taxi
ing you any place lately. But after sta ndins
ell day at my new Job, my feet darn near
killed me with eallouses and burning. Nov
I've reformed = or rather my feet have -
thanks TO the lce-Mint You advised Never
tried anything that seemed 10 draw the
pain and fire right out % fast and the
way IL helps soften callousss IL nobody's
businessi Been able 10 ret some extra over
time money 90 what do you cay, let's -
dancing tonight. You can step on nay lee
Mint feet all you want. sd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10
City Officials Join
Services In Unison

KENssEI-AER. n. Y. - The
mayor himself started IL and Rsns-
sslasr voters are wondering whsre
IT'S going 10 end. Two days after
Mayor Charles q. haioy an
nounesd be had volunteered for
army Induction with an October
contingent. the city treasurer. Al
bert J. seheibly. told his draft
board chairman that he. too. vas .
volunteer for induction IN October.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

from the owners of &c mansions more than
of which was coming apart at the seams,
to show them inside and out to the visiting
firemen. The visitors gurgled incoherently,
and almost strangled on their "ohs" and
"ahs" The upshot was that the Natchez
Garden Club timidly planned the first Nat
chez Pilgrimage in 1882.
The women divided the mansions into four
groups. They planned four tours, each to- cost
$3.50. Two tours were conducted daily.
In vulgar parlance, the split on the take
was one-third of the kitty TO the Garden Club
and two-thirds TO the owners of the homes
with the proviso that the latter use it TO pay
the taxes, nail down any loose boards and
paint the premises.
BY this time all Natchez was involved in
the project. For the period of the tour the
women Of Natchez abandoned the pencil sill
houette and the Mainbocher drape. They
put on pantalets and hoopskirts,
But the civic unity that had cemented the
community through all the years of adversely
melted before prosperity
The South, which had lived through Sc
cession once, witnessed il again at Natchez
The good ladies of the Natchez Garden Club
split over the diversion of the spols. The
home-owners, through whose property and
gardens the tourists traipsed annually wanted
more than two-thirds share of the proceeds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

didn't help, eltner.
Neither one Of
the swank Garden
Clubs includes Goat
Castle in tn ir
tours. But they
didn't need to! Goat
Castle is a pilgrim
age by itself, and
the tourists love it.
At the Cas- tie
courtly old Richard
Dana shows the
visitors through for
25 cents per head.
Or Miss Octavia,
patting the goats
cluttering up the
house, lectures TO
visitors on the
beauties that still
persist in the man.
sion despite its
squalor.
In q ee q with
neither Of the Car
den Clubs planning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

their pngrimages in 1913 Goat Castle is the
only pilgrimage now on the Natchez agenda
and that unoffically.
But the few tourists who still penetrate
as far South as Natchez still want 10 see H.
Indeed Goat Castle is the last vestige Of
the feud at which the gals can sniff War has
put at least a temporary end 10 the Civic
War OF the Roses The whole town, ladies
included, have joined hands in war work. At
last the women have buried the Ratchet
and, for once-not in each other.
War has brought peace sweet peace, to
Natchez.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

the annual pilgrimages 10 Natchez the feud
merely doomed it, Instead Of one pilgrimage,
the town now had two each Spring. The pill
grimage season, as the rivalry intensified be-
tween the two garden clubs heightened from
# few days to four and then five weeks The
tourists poured in.
This opened up the lucrative profession Of
serving as guides for many citizens, including
members OF both garden clubs.
Brash free-lance guides, without flower
bed with which 20 bless themselves began
horning in on the guides approved by the two
garden organizations Confronted by this
upstart financial menace the ladies got to-
gether long enough to go 20 court TO fight
this threat to their money.
Wen, the clubs got the city fathers to pass
a ruling demanding that all guides pay a Ii
cense fee Of IS and pass an examination in
local historical, horticultural and architectural
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

How and Why the Historic Missis-
sippi Towns Feudin' Ladies Buried
The Hotchef for fhe Duration,
Leaving an Innocent But Unregen-
Grated Bys+onder in Possession Of
the FieId-And the Few Remaining
Tourist DoIIors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

The dissidents within
the club seeded to form
the Pilgrimage Garden
Club. Nineteen of the
original 26 houses in the
tour seeded with the dis
sident faction.
Furthermore, the Pill
grimage Gu b claimed
that as the pageant grew
in popularity more and
more nouveauX shall we
say joined the Natchez
Garden Club until the Old
Guard was swamped.
Even the control of their
own homes appeared TO
be slipping from their
grasp,
The result has been a
furious feud of hoop
skirts and hot-heads. The
two factions drew a bead
on each other, and the
hapless bystanders headed
for the fox holes. The
men-folk Of the town, try
ing hard not TO become
involved in the feminine
fightin', Jared just about
as sadly as most neutrals
i'm this embattled world.
Once the ladies got their
feud going, it expanded
like a SNOWFALL on the
down grade. 1t even in
fected the servants wing
and seeped into the col
ored community.
But far from wrecking
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

NAICHEZ, Miss.
1T HAS taken World War to bring civic
\ peace TO the once-embattled community
y of NatcheZ, Miss. Now that the nation
and the world are embroiled in a gargan-
tuan struggle for survival this little Southern
city high above the rolling flood Of the Mis-
sissippi River has quit its feudin for the
duration. BY common consent, Natchez's war
Of petticoats and petunias is in allegiance.
Peace has lovely sound to the men-folk
Of Natchez. Theirs has been the difficult
task Of keeping open anlicable lines Of bust
ness and social communications between
themselves while their women-folk tended to
the fightin'.
For this Civic War below the Mason Dixon
line has been from the beginning an Amazon
affair and the hostilites mainly horticultural
Because war broke out in that community
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

over NdltilcL uuIlNdlcQ
group Of gardens surround
ing her unrivaled collec-
ton OF beautiful ante bell
lum Southern mansions.
In pre-Civil War days,
when a young and ebullient
nation was just beginning
TO understand its own pow
er and riches, seventy-five
Americans had already
accumulated enough Of the
worlds goods to be listed
as millionaires.
Twelve Of that glittering
IS lived in Natchez. which
had been a thriving COM
munity up the Mississippi
when New Orleans was a
mud stockade. Natchez's
twelve milloinaires were
merely her most conspicu-
ously rich citizens. She
mum erred many more
wealthy planters. For cot
ton was truly king in
Natchez.
When the Civil War was
finally ended, Natchez was
no longer rich in anything
but architecture. But at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

Clubs. both Dana and Miss Dickery belong 10
Natchez's arstocracy, even though they al
lowed their beloved herd of goats to swarm
through Glenwood, chewing the once magnifi-
cent oriental carpets and the priceless rose
wood furniture.
Miss Dockery and her father, the late
Confederate General Dockery, once came to
visit Dana They remained for years and
when the General died, Miss Octavia stayed on
as housekeeper Dana, the thwarted must
clan, and Miss Octava the thwarted poet, let
the stately Glenwood sag into sad decay.
hundred goats chasing through the house
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

lore before a COM
mission from both
garden clubs.
Alas. the ladies
were soon forced 10
ask the obliging city
fathers TO repeal
this civic statute
Imagine! A goodly x
number of those up \
start guides passed
the quiz, while a b
corresponding num- III a~Ss|
Der of approved -
guides flunked it, 4
but flat!
On only one issue
other than the ~
licensing and UNI
licensing of guides
has the member
ship of the two
clubs even seen eye
to eye. That is in
their mutual dis
taste for Natchez's prime tou
list attraction, Goat Castle, al
it's uninhibited inhabitants.
Goat Castle climbed TO n
tional .ame and has new
climbed down-in 1882, Il
year of the first Natchez ga
den pilgrimage. The old ma.
sion. inhabited by its eccentr
owner. elderly Richard Hem
Clay Dana, and his guest-cor
panion, elderly Miss Octav
Dockery, and their dozens
goats, became famous owe
night when Dana and Mi
Dockery were arrested in q
Merrill Murder Mystery.
Both were soon release
and exonerated. and no one h;
ever yet solved who killt
their next-door neighbor al
Natchez's rich spinster, Mi
Jane Merrill. But by the tin
the two were released, reportei
had told the world the story +,
the faded. shabby mansion one
proudly known as "Glenwood
but renamed Goat Castle.
Like members Of the Garde
Clubs. both Dana and Miss III
Natchez's aristocracy, even I
- - $3.50 Lo~J - ,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16


Garden Clubs held It's annual convention in
Natchez in the Spring of 1881
Everyone coopcrated in this great civic
event according to tho generally accepted
legend, except nature. She froze up and LIKE