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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Guiding Star
In Ceremony
Sumner Chapter
Instolls Officers

sIMNfh-0uidinf Star chap
ter No. 90. Order Of the Eastern
Star has installed the following
officers for the ensuing year;
Mrs. Robert Pankey, worthy ma
iron: Ernest Gupui. worthy pa
iron: Mrs. Howard Nuttall, associ-
ate matron; V. r. Dudley. associ-
ate patron: Mrs. John Davis. sec
rotary; Mrs. George Adams. treas
urer: Mrs. Rex Weick. conductresx;
Mrs. V. r. Dudley, associate con-
ductress; Mrs. Paul Martin. chap
lain; Mrs. Fred Pyfer. marshal
Mrs. Lloyd sones. organist; Mrs.
Glenn Schneider. Adah: Mis Ma
dine Friedline. Ruth; Mrs. June
schlauch, Esther: Mrs. r. J.
Boyle, Martha; Mrs. Thomas Kon-
kle. Electa: Mrs. John Baumbach.
warder; Robert Pankey. sentinel;
Mrs. Mark Carey. Bible bearer,
and V. r. Dudley. flag bearer.
The installing officers were Mrs.
d. w. Williams and L. A. Peterson.
retiring matron and patron. assist
ed by Mrs. Ernest Guptil, Mrs. A.
r. Conant, Mrs. V. r. Dudley.
Mrs. A S. Harmer. and Mrs. D. B.
McGregor. Hostesses for the eve
ming included Mrs. Wade Calavan
assisted by Mesdsmes Fred Mat
son. Ivan Putnam and Everett Nc
Colley.
Preschool TO Meet
DR.. A. c. Stewart, Of Tacoma,
will speak on Psychological Diff
culties Of Childhood" at the meet
ing Of the Summer Preschool
Thursday at 7:s0 p. m. in the high
school home economies room. Mem
bers are asked to bring their
articles for layettez.
b. & p. W. Club Entertained
Miss Evelyn Jacobson and Miss
Emmaline Schlauch entertained
the Sumner Business and Profess
sional Women's club at the
Schlauch home Tuesday evening.
At the short business session April
IS was chosen as the date for
the annual Mother and Daughter
banquet, and on May IL the club
will give a dinner party in honor
of the girls of the Sumner high
school graduating class. A social
hour concluded the evening. Those
present were Sarah Jane Huson,
Martha Ludlow, Helen Nix. Mary
Tebb. Doris Content, Rachel Cain,
Margaret Bowen, Frances Nc
Clane, Jeanette Fraser, Beulah
Myers, Hazelverne Funk and EN-
ma Jane Schrengohst.
Induction wednesday
The Sumner Boys Hi-Y club is
inviting the public to attend its
first open induction services, to
be held Wednesday evening at
7:30 in the Presbyterian church.
The Lincoln Hi-Y of Tacoma win
be IN charge of the ceremony as
sisted by George B. Cole, director
of the valley Y. NJ. c. A.
Mechanics Glasses
Boys between the ages of is
and "a who wish to enroll in gen.
eral mechanics course are asked
to contact Wade Calavan at the
Sumner high school. Glasses will
be started as soon as sufficient
number are enrolled. The work
will include the use of tools, work
in metals, electric and acetylene
welding. and Will be taught In the
evening over period of eight
weeks. The high school has insti-
tuted a registry of boys available
for work. Persons needing help
for regular or occasional work may
call the high school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Thus are some OF Tacomais
citizens preparing themselves
for things 90 come.

At various unsnnounced times
each Of the several companies Of
auxiliary police stage their prse-
tice incidents" They devote their
time and energies TO the project
and it's not much fun At best.
A tolerant and obliging motorist
is welcome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Preschool 10 Meet

DIR. A. c. Stewart, Of Tacoma,
will speak on Psychological Diff
culties Of Childhood" at the meet
ing Of the Sumner Preschool
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. in the high
school home economies room. Mem
bers are asked to bring their
articles for layettez.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Induction Wednesday

The Sumner Boys Hi-Y club is
inviting the public to attend its
first open induction services, to
be held Wednesday evening at
7:3o in the Presbyterian church.
The Lincoln Hi-Y Of Tacoma win
be IN charge Of the ceremony as
sisted by George B. Cole. director
of the valley \. NJ. c. A.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
Weeky mai
AnNaz Unity in Norway Denmark Brings War Threat Sweden
BY Edward G.. Wayne

the work week at straight time
should not exceed 40 hours.
The President had maintained his
position as squarely behind the 40
hour week, and while some sena-
tors and congressman fought against
excess profits by employers, others
were busy going after labor's over
time.
Senator George of Georgia was a
leader in the battle, suggesting that
the 48-hour week be adopted and the
sixth day Of work be called "vic-
tory day." the workers passing up
their overtime. but to be paid it if the
seventh day were worked.
He had suggested sounding out
labor leaders to see what they
thought Of it. But the labor leaders,
already having given up holiday
overtime when it fell within the
week, were cool if not cold to the
proposed loss of what they felt was
their greatest of all social gains.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
CORRECIDOR:
Nipping off Japs

Despite the widely increased pres
sure on the Bataan lines Of General
Wainwright and the almost constant
attacks by Jap planes on Corregidor,
American fighters continued to take
their toll of Jap planes.
Just as the British on Malta had
held out through the entire war
against hundreds of attacks from the
air, the anti-aircraft gunners on Cor
regidor were getting from two to
four enemy planes a day with
machine-like precision.
They were only counting those
they dropped. Many more were re-
ported badly damaged and probably
disabled.
A sharp land counterattack had
turned a Jap thrust into trap on
the land
General Wainwright was continu-
ing the tradition set up by Mac
Arthur.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

Both nations were finally realiz-
ing that all German promises of
postwar freedom were obviously
false, and that occupation and pup
pet government meant simply con-
quest.
The Danes were united behind two
national heroes, the king and the
minister to the United States. Hen
rik de Kaufman, the latter, one Ger
man had been angrily quoted, was
the No. l Danish Hero in the eyes
of the people.
AS to the Norwegians, their re-
sistance to the Quisling government
had solidifed until no risk was too
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
INDIA:
On the Fence

Several occurrences had contrib
uted to the continuance of CONVEX
sations among Indian leaders with
Sir Stafford Grips, General Wavel
and American representative as to
the question of the Hindus' part in
the defense of their homeland.
Among these events had been the
perhaps fortunate mistake Of Chi
nese spokesman, who had given out
incorrect information about the
Japanese occupation of the port of
Akyab. This port, SO close to Cal
cutta, had actually not been taken,
but the mere thought Of it for sew
eral days had made the Indians
realize the war was at their door.
This alone gave Grips a big adj
vantage. Also the timely interven-
ton of Chang Kai-shek, and the
arrival in India and on the Burma
front Of stable force of American
planes and fighting pilots were tell
ing circumstances, and played big
part in the keeping open of negotia-
tons.
Indians, with the exception of the
Mahatma Gandhi and some others
among his immediate followers and
disciples, were beginning to realize
that they were faced with bullets
and bayonets, and that if they were
going to get ready to fight, they
had better be getting on with it.
The Mahatma was counseling mo
violence" and was continuing his
lifelong policy Of a passive resist
ance to the invader. The Moslems,
100000 of them out of 800, 1000, 900
total population, were perfectly will
ing to fight, but were demanding
their right to a separate government
of their own.
Nehru, past president Of the In
dian congress, had seemed to be
the toughest nut to crack. He had
seemed to be holding out for the
right of the Indians to do their own
drafting of manpower, their own
training, while conceding the right
of Britain to do the leading.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
CRITICAL YEAR:
Var Tempo Speeded

The World could feel, with the
quickening Of life in springtime
fields and trees, the speeding of the
tempo of the war on half a dozen
fronts, and the vigorous battering of
nation against nation that was to
make 1912 the critical year of the
World war.
In the land down under" the
seasons were reversed, with Aus
tralia moving into the fall season,
but as the threat was to the tropical
north Of the continent, weather made
little difference.
But in Russia, in occupied Eu-
rope, and on the embattled oceans
the changing weather was bringing
faster reports of action afoat and
in the air.
Across the English channel had
been moving huge flights of bomb
ing planes, of late more often than
not accompanied by high and low
squadrons of fighter planes, giving
the "big berthas' protection from
the defending Nazi ships, and they
were dropping death and destruction
over widening area.
The Japs were ripping at full
speed into India's tanks, the Nazis
on the eastern front were rebuilding
their pressure against the Soviet,
and were said to be rushing 100000
new troops into action. The Russ
were countering, SO it was reported,
with upward Of 1000, 900 men, many
of them fresh troops.
Temperatures had gone above
freezing on much of the Russian
front, and the torrential rains of
springtime had been falling. The
battle of the central and southern
fronts in Russia were expected to
be the most bitter of the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

the muddy bitches your automobile
had whizzed past. Imagine millions
and millions of mudbaths. Into
all this dump billions Of tons of
grayish snow and stir thoroughly"
That's a thaw in Russia. The Rus
sian mud clings to feet and to tanks.
One correspondent said he saw a
trackwalker on the railroad jump off
the track to let train pass. The
man was buried to his waist in mud
dy slush. His comrades had to pull
him out with rope.
General Weather had smiled q
broad smile on the Russian armies,
for they understand the Russian
thaW.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
PROFITS:
Nav Be Limited

Agreement by senate committee
on the principle of limitation of war
profits by industry had brought to
light reported profits running as high
as 1000 per cent on invested capital.
While, with the government pour
ing capital into essential industry,
such profits always would be great,
the senators felt that a sliding scale
Of maximum permissible profits
might be the answer.
Some companies had returned ex-
cess profits, one check to the gov
eminent amounting to 100000.
The house already had approved
a limitation of per cent on con-
tract amounts, but the senate felt a
sliding scale might be better.
Nelson had offered 10 per cent
when the administration had baked
at the houses limitation of six.
The senate committee then had
agreed on a scale which would be
10 per cent on contracts of $500, 1000
or less, then downward on sliding
scale until at $5O,OOO,OOO the profits
would be only per cent.
Senators Mcclellan and Thomas
were extremely active in behalf of
this proposal.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

child's mother and father came to
the school, and the mother logged
the teacher with a belt while the ia
Their stood guard at the door. They
were each given 80 days.
Neillsvil1e, Wis: A coroner was
sent to states prison for robbing a
dead man of $46 in cash.
Vichy: A French band by mis-
take went through the streets blar-
ing the American song Marching
Through Georgia"-the bandsmen
explaining they thought it was a
song of the Georgian republic.
Brawley, Calf: Four Southern
Pacific railroad trestles had been
burned by saboteurs. Two suspects
were under arrest.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
PRODUCTIONS:
Gets Official Okay

Donald M. Nelson, WPB chieftain,
had placed his official OK on the
war effort Of American industry,
saying ''the war plant of this coun-
try Is now really beginning to roll"
AS to airplanes, he said "sched-
ules for January, February and
March had been met or exceeded.
1t was recalled that the President
was shooting, for $4,000 planes.
Tanks, Mr.. Nelson said, were
ahead of schedule.
Merchant shipping, he added, was
rising rapidly, and this years
schedule should be met"
AS to the production of Garand
rifles, essential to the new draft
arny's equipping, he said "every
one Of our combat soldiers who is
supposed now to have one, has his
gum"
Schedules, he added, for anti
aircraft and anti-tank guns should
be met"
He said: '"This is no time for
easy optimism. We can break every
record we ever made and still fall
short Of the need"
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

All had not been too harmonious
in this country, though in general
the nation was moving swiftly
enough along the path of production
for the war to meet the goals and
schedules set by President Roose-
welt.
But there were manifold bicker-
ings along the pathway. News sto-
ries said that there was to be a
sugar rationing beginning in May.
Then other dispatches cited that the
War Production board and the Of
fee of Price Administration were at
odds on the sugar situation, and the
whole thing might be called Off
that there really was plenty of
sugar.
This was holly and instantly de-
MED by Donald Nelson, who said not
only was there no friction, but that
the sugar rationing was necessary
and would be carried out.
There also was a terrific argument
in progress over the time and half
overtime paid war workers for the
48-hour week, under the law that
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

Washington: The government took
over control of the entire national
stock of quinine. Huge amounts are
needed for soldiers in the tropics.
San Francisco: Survivors of the
Langley told odd stories Of what
they saved. One officer said he
showed two oranges in his pockets.
He said he saw Filipino messboy
swimming along with ouija board
on his head.
Washington: Prices on A types
of electrical household appliances
had been ordered frozen over the en-
tire country.
Lafayette, Ind: A schoolteacher,
reprimading pupil, had tapped him
over the head with book. The
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

Second official approval to him.
spite his refusal to allow Laval a
place in the government of Vichy
France, very much on the spot re-
garding his future conduct.
It was the second official approval
of DeGaulle and his followers. Rec
ignition of his control over New
Caledonia had come first. But
French West Africa was a terrific
territory with a population of mil
lions and close to a million square
miles.
Oddly, on the same day, the Vichy
government reported that Germany
had given it permission" to rebuild
its air force, and to this was add
ed the information that Vichy now
had more than 1000 warplanes, or
actually more than all France had
at the outset of the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

great for the people to impede the
puppet leaders. Evidence was that
Germany plans on giving Quisling
enough rope to hang himself.
Sweden was not inclined to view
these developments with joy, but
rather with fear, seeing the day not
far distant when she, too, would be
drawn into the war.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
DE CAULLE:
ImpOrta1lt RECOGNITION

The formal recognition by the
United States of the DeGaullist gov
eminent control over French Equa-
torial West Africa, and the French
Cameroons, strategic territory along
the supply route to the Middle East
had been considered highly impor-
tant.
It brought for one thing, closer
ties between the United States and
the Free French and put Petain, de-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
THAW:
Russian for SIush

Just what the great Russian thaw
had meant was wildly described in
dispatches from Kuibyshev. They
called it more formidable than a
moated citadel"
One writer said: Imagine all the
swamps you ever saw. Imagine all
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16


News, some good, some bad, con-
tlnued from the various battlefronts
on which American troops and sail
ors were meeting the might of Nip
pom.
The navy had admitted the loss
of three Warships, the aircraft tend
er and former carrier Langley, the
navy tanker Pecos and the destroy
er Peary, with the loss Of some 700
lives.
This had been a bitter tragedy of
the waters off Java, adding to the
awful toll of the Battle of Java Sea.
First the Langley, spotted by Jap
planes, had been "smothered in
bombs"
Her crew, all but about a dozen
men, got safely off, swan about,
clinging to debris, until picked up by
destroyers, later transferred to the
Pecos. The latter, trying to escape
to Australia, was caught by flights
Of Jap dive bombers, evaded the
first run but was smashed in the Sec
ond. With two crews aboard one
boat, the loss of life was heavy.
The Peary was done to death in
the Aussies' port Of Darwin, but
went to the bottom with all guns
blazing, her commander dying at
his post.
Not all was to be defeat, how
ever, for our naval forces. Ameri-
can submarines had taken a heavy
toll Of japanese shipping in the
neighborhood of Bali and south of
Java, and in the Christmas island
region.
Following these disclosures, the
navy reported that since the start
of the war AZ japanese ships of war
had certainly been sent to the bot
tom against "a for the American
navy.
More than 200 ships of all types
had been sunk, many of them by
plane action, many by submarines,
many by army planes and shore
guns.
This rate Of loss was deemed GER
tain to be more than the Japs could
stand, while America was increasing
her production average of more than
two ships of war daily going into
the water, and more than this num-
Der of merchant vessels.
With the attack on Australia def
initely turned back, at least for the
time being, military leaders were
taking a more optimistic tone as to
the chances for 1912 offensive in
the South Pacific.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16
UNREST:
In Norway, Denmark

Observers, still writing frankly
and against the Nazis in the Stock
holm press, saw the spring season
bringing even more anti-German
unity to the Danes and the Nor
wegians.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-04-16

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst, and not
necessarily of this newspaper.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-06-13
HUGHES WORKS
ON THE BLUES
FOR YALE u.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-(ANP) -
Langston Hughes, blues poet, has
recently been employed by the
Yale university library to tram
scribe on paper the words of some
OF the more difficult Negro blues
records in the James Weldon John
son Memorial collection now IN
formation.
Carl Van vechten has donated
to this collection one OF the most
complete Libraries Of Negro records
in America, including all Ethel
Waters, Bessie Smith, Paul Robe
son and Marian Anderson. as well
as such folk singers as Blind Lom-
on Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Ma
Ralney, and Victoria Spivey.
In order that these records may
be preserved for posterity. it is
stipulated that they are TO be play
ed only twice year for future
students OF the Negro musical
idiom who may come to Yale for
study and research.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-06-13
iaman1ck Housing and Rent Information Topics For Mee
Peoples Daily Doings

ing 10 take TO lick the Axis powers
-wc all must work together.
Since girls OF all races began the
march to Washington TO work In
the various Government depart
ments. there has been much con
and pro printed In the colored
newspapers about the treatment OF
colored stenographers and typists
in the nations capital. In most
cases( the blame lis placed on
their superiors, or someone who
had charge OF the hiring and fir
ing OF these girls.
However. last week, Roy Will
kins, noted race columnist for one
of the big colored weeklies was in
Washington, and made an investi-
CATION into the matter. According
TO Mr.. wilkins, in many cases, he
finds some of the trouble lies In
the girls themselves. Some OF them
20 around with "chip-on-their
shoulder" and 1t can be easily
knocked off. He related how one
race girl picked an argument VITA
another male employer whom she
thought to be white: she claimed
that he did not give her enough OF
the corridor, later, she discovered
that he was colored and not white.
Some OF the girls, says the column
list, who work on nightshifts, will
use their desks TO eat their
lunches. but will not clean away
their "left-overs" when they are
through. When the white girls
leave notes reminding them to leave
the desks as they found them-the
colored girls answered by telling
the white girls TO "clean up the
desks themselves--if they did not
like the condition in which they
were left" Some of the girls do
not know how to dress, and most
OF them have not had the neces-
sary training to work In big Of
flee"
The writer is passing this infor-
nation on for the benefit OF col
ored girls who may 60 to Wash
ington in the future job hunting.
Colored citizens OF Louisville,
Kentucky started fight last week
for unlimited use OF the public
library. At the present time, our
group is not allowed TO go in
the main library and browse
around. If they desire research
material. they must apply at the
desk OF the Main library and have
1t brought to them at a special
table.
Another battle we all are pray
ing that shall be won. II can be
done-it must be won.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-06-13
Neiehborhood
Flashes
BY MRS. LUCY DAVIS

Well. Summer is here again, also
commencement time, vacations and
picnics.
Many things are happenin in our
country and throughout the world,
and as We stand at the crossroads,
We cannot help wondering what
will be next.
Detroiters who recently visited
Nashville, Tenn, include Mrs.
James Black. OF Watson street;
Mrs. Margaret Hamiel, of 6i9 AL
fred. is also back home from ST..
Louis, where she visited relatives.
Albert Larkins is home here on
furlough.
Mr.. Williams, a grocer OF the
Mack Avenue market, is a Tribune
reader and booster. He says this
home town paper Is not only full
gof news, but 1t a credit to the Mo-
tor City. He invites the public TO
visit his store and take advantage
OF his low prices.
Little Misses Berta and Sudie
Davis accompanied their mother 10
the Masonic Temple recently. where
they witnessed the review, Defend
America"
Mrs. Mabel Logan, 1920 Brady
street, is much improved and con-
valescing at her home.
Mrs. Gilchrist. R.N.. OF this city
Is on the nursing staff at the Wayne
hospital.
s. A. Gibbons, progressive local
business man. recently lectured "a
a group OF cadets at Brewster cen
ter. All enjoyed his talk.
The Detroit tribune., 1942-06-13

TO divide the city into the number
OF districts that II has members OF
the legislative body on strict pop
ulation basis. People OF that dis
trict would then have a better
means OF knowing the character
and reputation OF the candidate
therein. At the very least. they
would kyow him. Under the non
partisan AT large method It is very
doubtful II / per cent OF the pop
ulation actually knows the mem
bers OF the legislative body.
4. The wolverine Bar Associa-
ton has no objection 10 the fourth
reason given above provided the
offices proposed 10 be eliminated
are set out and not left TO the
whims and caprices OF 10 persons,
II OF whom are elected al large
from the city OF Detroit.
s. Our reasons for opposing the
fifth argument above are the same
as the argument against non-par-
tisan at large elections as set oat
above.
(Signed)
John 3. Morris, President
Francis NJ. Dent, Chairman, Comm.