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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
. The Vine Stands Alone

Remember when woman was the cling
Ing vine and man the sturdy oak? Those
days are gone forever. The vine has be-
come perfectly able 10 stand alone.
Trade and labor statisticians estimate
that by the end Of 1913. 1s,000. 900 women
will be engaged in war industries. An in
teresting disclosure in one Of the reports
Is that fifty per cent of the crew engaged
in making Flying Fortresses-the big Boe-
ing fighter planes that are doing so much
damage TO the Axis forces-are women.
A year ago only twenty-five per cent
Of the workers employed At the Boeing
plant were women. BY the end of next
year the percentage is expected TO 20 up
to sixty or seventy.
II was this increase in the number of
women in industry that induced the WLB
to 90 into the matter Of equal pay for
equal work. q theory with which no fair
minded person viii quarrel. Care must be
taken, of course. to make sure that work
done really is the same. The women must
earn equality. They must produce as
much as men. As far as one knows condi-
tons in factories. they have been able
TO do this on an amazing number of indus
trial jobs. including many delicate hand
operations. large number of machine OPP
erations and even such tasks rs assembly
work on engines and tanks, truck-driving
and crane manipulation.
The last war sent about 2,000.000
American women into war production.
Mrs. Elinor Herrick former regional d.
rector of the NLRB, recently predicted
that this war might recruit as many as
100000. II this happens, good deal of
patience and common sense will be re-
quired for readjustment after the war ends.
Al present there is urgent necessity to
bring women into industry. The final argu-
ment for equal pay is that it will attract
them and that it will make their presence
more acceptable to male workers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
War Jobs

Editor The Times: Referring to
the need for more women workers
in war plants. Paul McNutt,
manpower administrator. is quot
ed as saying that employers
must use more Negro women and
loyal aliens. That is a wholesome
philosophy. Many capable Negro
women have been rejected by
employers on account of race and
color. The same is true of loyal
aliens. of whom there are many.
II is time this country adopted a
different policy.
RAYMOND SCOTT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
Traffic Lights

Editor The Times: The police
traffic division performed'a great
service when a three-way light
was placed at the intersection Of
Yakima and Division avenues. To
keep up the good work let US
have a light at Sixth avenue and
X TO check the speeders who
threaten pedestrians and need
lessly burn up rubber. Another
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

AscDonalds words viii burn
holes In their ears.
Under-Secretary Of War Robert
p. Patterson. In the latest issue
Of the army and navy Journal.
writes that while the average
work week now Is 42.s hours. the
equivalent Of i.50o, 600 more IN
dustrial workers would be sup
piled II the average were In
creased TO IS hours.
IL II Of interest to note that
the monthly average man
days Lost through strikes In
now at the lowest level I'm
five years and that strikes
In war-producing plants at
no time advanced above one
tenth Of one per cent Of the
number Of man days worked
War Production Board Chair
man Donald NJ. Nelson did ap-
prove that all workers take off
Christmas Day and enjoy a good
rest But he calls upon every
employee in all the nations war
plants 20 put In . full work-day
on New Years Day:
Every American worker In .
war plant can do his and her
share to AXE America
strong by recognizing the
fact that American ends with
the werds Il cam
More than 1900 600 women
viii be employed In American
industries by the end Of Ie4s.
say trade stztisticians. And the
women are not avoiding heavy
work Old and young. as wei as
poor or rich. are applying for
Jobs either because OF the wages
being paid or the desire 10 do
their share.
Question: WI women workers
entreneh themselves in factories7
The answer Is that manufacturer
ike their work. And Il Is 70 be
recalled that in World War One,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

viii reach SO. 600 600: double that
Of 1e41 White Motors Liked
on postwar sales prospects: has
lightweight door-to-door delivery
truck -. Great Western sugars
current profits averaging that Of
last year Allis Chalmers rea-
sonsbly priced on price-to-esrn-
ings ratio and postwar sales
volume this year: rated as semi
investment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
Thoughts

Editor The Times: A newspaper
clipping sent me by q friend in
San Francisco has these sugges-
tons for thoughts that might fit
the minds Of certain world
characters:
Hitler: Now is the winter of my
discomfort,
Hirohito: The melancholy days
have come. the saddest Of many
years.
Mussolini: It might have been.
C. A. BURKE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
Sion Your Nome

Every day interesting letters ad-
dressed to this department are
thrown into the waste basket be-
cause no names are signed, Letters
with obviously fictitious names
take the same course.
For publication In your Opln-
ions, letters must be signed by
the writer. That is required as
an evidence of good faith. The
name will not be published n the
writer requests that IL be with
held.
sign your name n you want
your letters printed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
. Your Opinions
BY John Hir

good place would be at the In
tersection of Tacoma avenue and
Ninth In the morning and late
afternoon a pedestrian take his
life in his hands when he crosses
that intersection either way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

is Dorothy c.
trait on. Do
you know what
her war job is?
2. In soldier
slang. what are
a brown job"
and q % lu e
job" q?
8. an you
give the order
in which these
islands fell 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
. THOUGHTS

rs . vile thing to die. my Era-
cIous lord
WIN men are unprspared and
1ook not for it.
shaksspeare-
n you wish to b good first
bslisvs that you are bad--Epic-
tetna
n song On it, mighty pinions.
Iuok overy living soul. and lifted
= ecnf1y toward heaven
L1ongfeIlow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
. WAR QUIZ

1. This lady is not a WAVE al
though her uniform resembles
that of the girl gobs. Her name
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
BY LOU SCHNEIDER

Despite the transition to arma-
ment production. there is q plenti-
full supply Of consumer goods for
Christmas shoppsrs- In only few
instances are there shortages.
But lift buyers had best make
the best Of what they can get
Most all civilian goods manufac-
turers agree that this may be the
last christmas-of-plenty in heavy
goods and luxury gifts until the
war ends
Trade estimates say retail dol
lar sales volume win average
about six per cent ahead Of last
year because Christmas buying
started early In November % that
gifts could be sent to men
throughout the world The trade
10 convinced that dollar volume
viii Be on the decline through
1elS.
The department. u COM
merce win coafirm that half
Of TIE country's retail estab-
lkahn,enfs are 20 small they
have ~ employees and that
tAree-quaxters Of the fetal
have N annual sAles volume
Of les than see.ooo hut that
these small merchants do ac-
count for almost twenty-five
PER cent Of the nations total
retail sales volume.
Labor leaders say there il no
truth to your correspondent's re-
port that the attitude Of the men
IN the armed services does not
favor the actions Of union men,
bers- Don't you believe IT,
II labor leaders want confirma-
ton they can ask Boeing aircraft
for . copy Of talk given by one
Of its workers recently returned
from ths African mont George
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

the Japs: Singapore, Wake. Cor
regidor, Guam and Hong Kong?
Answers on Page 7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

Mr.. Fixit: Can you tell me
what the county seat of Hamil-
ton. Nebraska, is?
c. j. VI.
The county seat is Aurora.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me about
the African violet. received
one lately and would like to
know how 10 care for II.
A. b. L.
The African violet is a plant
that needs almost jungle-like con-
ditions in order to grow. You
should keep the roots moist but
put no water on its leaves or
stalks. II does not like sunshine
but needs warmth for its growth.
1t should be ported in one part
sand, two parts loan. one part
leaf mold, one half part COW ma
nure and some bone meal
Mr.. Fixit: Does an individual
or . firm who started business
after ceiling prices were set, have
to comply with ceiling prices:
Are ceiling prices subject to
change? All.
All persons in the business of
selling goods have to comply
with ceiling regulations. Ceilings
change from time to time with
approval OF oPA. For full de-
tails we suggest that you write to
the Office of Price Administra-
ton. Seattle.
Mr.. Fixit: Is IL true that the
army doesn't intend 20 induct
men over IS In the army:
For the time being. men over
IS are not being drafted.
Mr.. Fxit: I have q "B" gas
ration card. and rs I understand
IL. that still leaves me 80 miles
Of pleasure driving each month
on the "A" card. I have n tank
fun Of gas that I bought before
rationing and 1 wonder IL I can
use my pleasure mileage and the
tank full Of gas for . trip to
Portland c. b. VI.
II you have that much gas. you
viii have the right to make the
trip, but we suggest that you ask
yourself, rs the trip really neees-
sary-"
Mr.. Fixit: We suggest that
NJ. M. clean her bathinette with
kitchen cleanser. She should fol-
low up by washing it off with
soap and water. ID. H
We hope NJ. N. sees this. II
would seem 10 be the better
method over using gasoline.
Mr.. FIxit: We stiu have n few
ID. A =. II. tags and win register
babies for any one calling US We
can be reached af MA Sass
MRS. II. 4. RHODES.
Thank you for letting Us know.
We are sure you viii be called on.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

Nevertheless ] ~ Ferse-ker
- ss.sssss -ish fhss = 80 Ssys
81 fay ysssh. end ! I'll esssblisk
ssss skss o. s-sslssfiss ssxsne.s.
-Erekisi 1850.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18
. Mr.. Fixii
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

Mr.. Fixit: Can you tell me
what the county seat Of Hamil-
ton, Nebraska, is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me about
the African violet I received
one lately and would like to
know how TO care for II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

Mr.. Fixit: Is IL true that the
army doesn't intend TO induct
men over IS In the army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

The county seat is Aurora.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-18

For the time being. men over
IS are not being drafted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Arch Richards
Heads Rotary
Named President
for New Term

Arch N. Richards, veteran
Mount Clemens miller, will head
the Mount Clemens Rotary club
for the ensuing year, succeeding
George c. Hargreaves, Of the
Detroit Edison 60. in the post, it
was announced following the
annual election held yesterday
afternoon.
AS vice president, the club
elected Oscar 'Vatz, veteran
Mount Clemens merchant of
electrical goods, and contractor.
He succeeds p. K. McWethy,
who resigned when he joined
an engineering department in
Detroit.
Directors Of the club will meet
Monday to elect a secretary and
a treasurer for the club, posts
now held by I. A. Hartung and
@. Donald Smith respectively.
Directors other than the officers
present and uture ar Sherwood
Bennett, county contoller; Paul
Benz, of the Mount Clemens
pottery; j. Randolph Doll, also
of the pottery; Stanley Peltier,
with the county laboratory; and
Harold Lindsey, chairman of
local Civilian Defense.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
S(0ui0ran1a
Awaits Curtain
Bombing Sequence
Provides CIimox

The Boy Scout Emergency
Corps is expected to bring the
the Scoutorama to smashing
climax tonight in the Mount
Clemens High school auditor
ium.
The Scoutorama itself will
start at 1880 p. m, preceded a
half-hour earlier by a period of
organ music by Ted Leonard, an
accomplished organist.
The Emergency Corps led by
O.. Donald Smith VII present
the last scene of the last act, de
picting Scouting and war work.
An actual bombing sequence
will be included.
Scoutmasters of 20 troops in
Macomb county are cooperating
in the program for tonight.
Tickets will be available at the
door.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
8OPer Cent
BMckout is
Expected Here

Mount Clemens is in shape to
have a blackout that will not be
100 per cent effective but that
probably would hit 80 per cent
of being that, Harold Lindsey,
civilian defense chairman for
the county, declared this morn
ing.
His outlook in regard to the
proposed metropolitan district
blackout that Detroit is seeking
is shade pessimistic.
"They set up a metropolitan
district and appoint coordinate s
but we haven't had a single, gen.
eral meeting of all the coordin-
ators in the district to make sure
that everyone understands just
what it is proposed to do" he
declared. "In the matter of air
raid alarms, for instance, the
alarm was supposed to be re-
ceived through the state police.
That was fine, but the boys at
Romeo and down below didn't
know a thing about it. Every
See BLACKOUT-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
* Eranshmar
~ vss sss"V1 I
are Executed
Germans Exoct
Grim ReprisoIs

VICHY, Unoccupied France,
April 17-(P-The German au-
thorities announced today that
35 hostages had been shot in &C.
cupie dFrance in reprisal for at
tacks against Germany occupy
ing troops.
A first group of Is was shot
April IA, according to n German
announcement published in the
newspaper Courier De Pas De
Calais, published at Calais. This
followed attack on railroad lines
the night of March IS.
A second rroup of 20 was shot
the same day in reprisal for at
tacks against German soldiers at
Bruay, Mericourt and near
Lens, the announcement said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
No. 1 Naval
Air Hero
Back Home

PHOENIX, Ariz., April II -
(4J - Back in war conscious
America today, husky handsome
29-year-old 1t. Edward H..
O'Hare, the Nays No. / air
hero, found many peace time
memories in the Salt River
Valley Of Arizona, where he
wooed and won his bride of sew
en- months, the former Ritak
Wooster of Muscatine, la.
I'm on a vacation, and boy
does it feel good" declared
o Hare, after he and his wife
fondly embraced at the airport
when he arrive. by airliner
fom San Francisco last night.
Tears shone in Mrs. O'Hare's
eyes as she greeted her husband,
whom she had not seen since the
wars outbreak. They were tears
of happiness, though.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU
"Oh, Butch, it's so good to
have you again." she said.
Modest Butch, the one-man
naval force whose exploit of
downing six japanese planes in
one afternoon off the Gilbert
Islands brought him world re-
nown, was anxious for some
rest and relaxation.
Let's not talk about my ex-
periences,' he said, this is
family reunion, you know"
One of his first questions was
for the health of his sisters
children, born since his depar-
ture from the States. The sisters,
Mrs. Paul Palmer and Mrs. Phil
Tovrea both of Phoenix, accom-
panied Mrs. O'Hare to the air
port.
SCOUTS HEROES
There was much speculation
among members Of the family,
just before O'Hare's arrival. as
to his Washington, d. c.. mis-
sion. Belief was expressed that
he might be in line for a high
Navy decoration, but O'Hare
only laughed when this was later
suggested to him.
He declared he had no idea
why he had been summoned
from the Hawaiian Islands TO
Washington, adding:
"In the Navy, you 60 where
you're ordered"
O'Hare's home Is in st. Louis,
but Phoenix and the Salt River
Valley have fonC memories for
him.
Here he used to spend his
leaves duck hunting. 1t was here
See O'HARE-Page :
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17

u. :. Offensive
is preditted
British 10y
Waste Mammoth
Burmo Oil Fields
BY the Associated Press

War Secretary Stimson an
nounced today that 80 far as
the Army is concerned we are
getting pretty near to the stage
of being ready for an offensive,
however difficult it may be-"
while on the action front, the
Allies suffered a grave new re-
verse in Burma.
Cutting off China's main
source of oil supplies, British en-
siNesrs apH!y.r,ss ~ "sse-~t>"f1 &!
earth policy were sHrced 10 de-
stroy 5000 oil wells in the va
nangyaung fields in western
Burma as out-numbered British
troops retreated anew under the
fiercest japanese assault of the
campaign.
BEGINNING TO MOVE
In Washington, Stimson dis
closed preparations for a mighty
United Nations offensive with
the declaration:
Things are beginning to
move and to move in the right
direction.
Il am now more than ever
convinced that we are going to
get on the offensive and to do so
at the earliest practicable mo-
ment."
Stimson also declared that
Gen. Douglas Macarthur was in
C o m p e tie overall strategic
command" of the allied war eff
fort in the southwest Pacific and
in charge of practical coordina-
ton" in that area to defeat the
Japanese invaders.
The war secretary described
confusion over Gen. MacAr-
thurs exact status as "a tempest
in a teapot" and said he had the
same type of command as for
merly was held by the British
Gen. Sir Archibald p. Wavell.
DUAL THREAT
simultaneously, British Min
lister Richard G.. Casey warned
that the Allies must assume ia
See STIMSON-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
j. :. 10 Probe
Social justice
BiddIe Announces
Jury Action

WASHINGTON, April II -
P)-Attorney General Biddle
announced today that & federal
grand jury in the District of Co
lumbia would investigate every
phase of the Social Justice Ma
tional Weekly, founded by the
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, and
which has been temporarily bar
red from the mails for allegedly
seditious statements.
At the same time, the attorney
geenral said that the government
would take all necessary steps
to prevent distribution of the
magazine outside of the mails,
such as by express shipments.
The matter will be taken be-
fore special grand jury next
week and will be handled by
William Power Maloney, a spe
cial assistant to the attorney gen.
eral, who has been conducting
such Investigations eve a !
months, and by Lieutenant Ed
ward j. Hickey, Jr., who is be-
ing loaned by the navy. Hickey
worked on such cases for more
than a year prior to being call
ed into active service a few
weeks ago.
Asked whether he would be
inclined to call Father Coughlin,
a Detroit priest, before the grand
jury if he were conducting the
investigation, Biddle said he
thought that he would.
He said that the entire own
ership supervision of policy,
writing, publication and distri-
button of the Social Justice
magazine would be put before
See GRAND JURY-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
laps Capture
$4,000 in
Bataan Drive
l6 U.S.. Generals
are Included
Among Missing

WASHINGTON, April 17-(P
- The War Department an
nounced today that more than
$4,000 troops and civilians in
Guiding Is generals, lad been
unreported for more than a
week on Bataan Peninsula and
were presumably in the hands
of the enemy"
This figure included approx
mately $4,000 combat troops,
about $500 sick and wounded, a
number of supulv and other
fon-combatanu troops, and some
$4,000 civilians, a communique
reported.
No reports of casualties in the
last few days of fighting have
been received, the communique
said, but it was believed likely
that losses were heavy on both
sides.
There were SO army nurses on
Bataan, and all of them were
evacuated to Corregidor Island
on April 8 along with a rela-
lively small number of troops,
the communique said.
Secretary of War Stimson
told his press conference today
the War Department lacked
convincing information that
the japanese were treating pris-
oners and interned civilians in
full accord with the Geneva con-
vention laying down rules Of hu-
name treatment.
"For ourselves, we are going
to follow the convention" the
secretary said.
Stimson announced that in
recognition of the steadfastness
and courage shown by the Fill
ipinos in the defense of their
native land, the army had made
Filipinos eligible with American
citizens for training as aviation
cadets.
This is in recognition of the
bravery and loyalty of the Fill
ipinos, particularly of the air
men, who have shown great
skill and courage" Re said.
AS former governor general
of the islands, Stimson said that
the Filipinos' part in the de-
Tense of the islands seemed to
seal the United States 40-year
objective to help create a nation
there based on the same rules
of freedom and self government
as are followed in the United
States.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
By FRANK I. WELLER

WASHINGTON, April II
wide World)--Brig. Gen. Ralph
Royce did a bigger job for this
country than just wreck four Jap
bases in that surprise bomber
raid on the Philippines from
Australia.
He gave thousands Of Ameri-
can air corps cadets a war
time tonic described by brother
officers here as "hell-fire and
birthstone. The morale Of ev-
cry youngster in the service,
they said, has been popped TO a
peak of pride, spunk, conf
dence, and combat spirit.
The dose didn't hurt the old
sters any. either. Sure, they
knew Royce had something like
that up his sleeve all the time!
And gold braid strategists
were stomping around air corps
corridors with the same new
zest as the boys who had just
won their wings.
CONTAGIOUS
The psychological lift was
contagious. Australian news
papers say Royce's feat cut
through a long run Of bad news
with a clear call 10 courage
among United Nations troops
and struck a heavy note of dis
may in Axis camps which at
last have learned the Allied pow
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Synthetic Tire
Experiments
Held Near City

Note TO South River road resi-
dents: Those speeding cars that
flash past each morning are op-
Grated by skilled drivers testing
synthetic tires for the U. S.
Rubber company.
If you've been alarmed by
the sound of squealing tires on
those dangerous South River
road curves, rest easier because
each of the three drivers is a
veteran with q minimum of
seven years experience.
Acting on the complaint of j.
r. James, $50 South River
road that three cars were racing
past his door each morning,
Deputy Sheriffs Harold Engel-
man, Arthur Swain and Richard
Deketelaere laid a trap for the
men this morning.
At 8:55 a. m. three cars,
spaced about 100 yards apart,
came roaring down the road.
Engelman in one scout car and
Swain and DeKetelaere in an
other gave chase, and the test
drivers pulled up at the Sell
fridge Field entrance
They told Engelman they used
the jefferson avenue-SouthR iv-
err road route because the many
curves amply test the synthetic
tires.
After checking their story
with ". S. Rubber Company of
ficials, Engelman released the
trio with the admonition that
they drive more carefully.
The men are Clayton Argyle,
of Birmingham. Charles Black,
Of 2655O Waldorf. East Detroit,
and Louis Selthoffer, 23028 Nine
Mile, East Detroit.