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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Two Tacoma
Riddles Die
In Flames!
ny CLIFFORD THRASHER
Tacoma Time. staff Writer

Death Of two Tacoma children
by fire Tuesday night resulted
from children playing with
matches. Fire Inspector Robbie
Larson announced Wednesday az
ter investigating the fatal blaze
which swept the home Of Mrs.
Ellen Magruder. 20. al 2iist. So.
Yakima ave Tuesday night.
Trapped IN the blaze and burned
10 death were Janice Marie Ma
gruder. three. and doc Magruder,
Is months old.
Two other children. orville La
Verne tJackie). who u ohserv-
ing his sixth birthday wednes.
day. and June Rosalee. four and
one-half years old. escaped a sim
liar fate when they ran from the
burning building TO seek the aid of
their mother. who was at the home
of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Pearl
Neros of 2o02 So. ] st. Larson
said.
SECOND FIRE IN DAY
The fatal fire was the second In
the home during the day The
first. which started about 4 p m.
when a candle ignited cotton I'm
der the Christmas tree, was ex-
tinguished without damage
Larson said the second fire
started IN Christmas decorating
cotton on the dining room table.
The four Magruder children were
alors in the house when the second
fire started. After trying to put
the fire out with a broom. ss he
had seen his cousin. Angelina
Neros. ID Of 2002 So. I st. do 10
the previous fire. Jackie told
Janice to stay with the baby while
he and June went To tell Mrs.
MaRruder OF the fire.
MOTHER RUNS TO HOUSE
Mrs. Magruder had started for
grocery store at So. 2ist and J
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WARRINGTON - Th~ nssr u
~on ths si<ft- wsansssisy for any
pssssbis Isp<ness thfuss Il ALASKA
90 lhs Alsufisn lslsnds
Thss go ls11snen1 - -
saws ~ssssng - usssehess
ships - h~~sss - Sapnns~s
vs~ssSs ~ vte>n1ty ~ nN1onh.
impssssss ssssi ~ 49, ~
the sssshsss Aiashs e~asl
Ths nssy gave 70 lndiesthen
shsfh<F TIA jsp~s<ss vessels wsrs
wsrshfps. Nor 1id q say ~h~th<v
th< Isp.nsss vessels hsd h~sn
sighted ~ United states s4rfses
vessels o. sifefsft
nut sns thing Uss esftsla A
snsmy vessel coming withia akht
II The Alasksn bssss 90 pstrnis
operating ffom fh<ss 70 80 fa< .
ssrm. bssi snhssIthy. rs<srtsnA-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Main Street

Word has been received by MIR.
and Mrs. Roy kllby. 66i2 So.
Junett. that their son. Walter q.
kilby, a marine at Pearl Hsrbor.
is well and safe at the Hawaiian
naval base. Young kilby enlisted
in the marines in November. 1910.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Grow and
daughter. Betty, Ri Z. Tacoma,
were holiday visitors At the nome
Of Mr.. Grows brother-in-law and
sister, MIR. and Mrs. William A.
Reynolds OF Aberdeen.
Miss Pauline Camp, stenogra-
Continued on Page 5. Column q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
STATE EDITION
American Troops Driven
Back on Two Fronts: Foe
But 20 Miles From Manila

air Mss>~d tasks esa err
msred carr are rsppsss late
the tenneas ttses ~htrA
Am~sicsa ,reer. srv hsIasrs.
nav esis 10 wsit~s fram shs
capital ~ The s~ervst pcsst
90 tho .a.sh.
Behind the tanks and sfmorsd
cars are thousands upon thousands
of japanese roeo, infsntFym~n.
faceless mon walking upright into
machine sun fire. picking their
way among The bodie. ~ their
dead which are thick IN the coco
nut groves. N the fields and on
the slopes 81 tho hills.
ENEMY CLOSING IN
A communlaue of the command
% the United states forces In the
Far East. issued at ii2o q m.
900 .. m, Tuesday EST from
the field headquarters Of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur said
The enemy u dfisisg IN
great force from both north
and south.
III. dive bomt~rs prse-
tieaii, control the roads from
the air.
The Japas~.~ ere usiaG
great quantities ~ tanks and
arusored units.
"iAs~s are being pushed
hack"
In the north japanese forces
sxhlch rad ,irfvsn ACROSS ths Afns
(Continued on Page .. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

HONOLULU A te<H - Ma
eails army air bnnes o1s<inssd
"Wednesday thsy have h~sn som-
plessly reinforced sed th~if per-
sonnei 10 ready snd eager for
further eombst
Although exact nstaFs u -
rsinforesmsnsz 10 mlllksry s~e1st.
Il may ~ rsvs~ie1 me army -
snosEh plznes 10 keep thsnxs
lively" fer any sasmy. n nGnktsF
how smbstlous its stt4ek
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

HEAIIfK = FIknk 80 HHA<1e
"Wednesday for tn< ssAeuaks19 ~
rs.idsnis from sxpo<<d pozstlons =
ths sssmi ~ ar air raid en- seattle
coslneilman Paul HsssIl<. nsmed
ehlsf ~ svzeastlon N the cisAlAan
proisction proxrsms SAID ne pisas
an inmedlsts survey n tns moe<
vulnsr.hls spots wnsrs bemn&Hxs
are Akaly Y eee.x.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
This Lad Has
Right Spirit

KANSAS CITY. No. alns.
yszr-olc Freddie stfohfs Jr made
ons u ne greatest sacrifices .
b. ear maks hs took ths tzs -
mad SAVED for a bleyeis sn1 turned
4 ever 70 DneAs s4n for a -
fsnA4 bond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

A sharp warning TO New Years
eve motorists that driving after
drinking will not be tolerated by
Tacoma police was issued Wed
nesdsy by Chief Einar IAngseth.
He appealed 10 persons who
feel they must add liquor to their
celebration to leave their cars IN
garages and use taxis.
This New Years eve confronts
as with additional potential traffic
hazards which will result should a
blackOut BE- ordered, he warned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
nv FRANK HEWLETT
United Prs. Writer

MANILA United states and
Philippines forces are retreaiing
though fighting for ctery yard
under the impact Of savage Isps'
ne~ drives north and south III
Manila. II was announced We'd
ncsday.
swarm. ef Japanese dive
bombing planes control the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

WARRINGTON CIO Ffssideht
Philip Murray appealed directly 70
President Roosevelt In behalf %
a union-sponsorsd plan 10 step up
copper and other non-fcrous
metal production after asssiling
"unsxplleabls failure by govern.
msnt officials" 20 accept u.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

NEw YORK Director Fiorsiio
II iaguardia u ths Cffiee ~
CIVILIAN Defense kppsafse 20
Americans 10 f0feEg the slslai
noise making customs fhls Hsw
Years sys fis said hs didnr Nsnt
nolas makers mistaken Tor at raid
signals
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

mated velocity 81 from 20 10 -
miles Per hour Al iss p~sk around
2 q. m.
That wind was cold. drivinn
temperatures ranging down 10 sn
official minimum ~ ~ degrees IN
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Much Colder
Weather Is
Due Tonight

C.~stssed s~s1 Win se@-
p~sesuses w~ss - e~Gssss
sssse n ~ wet p~ssss~ ~
tie state ss< s.~ssss>s ssssas
ssssAess, ~ts~s n espsssa
pisees ~ss WHAT Ts~.sss -
the r~>s ~ ne Puget s~~s1
ss~a fsrsd ~ ne year ~ss
reasasss " . es~ss Ws1sss-
ssy.
n vas not Ton cheering sfsss
this area had n~sn isshsd eli a.Ehs
hy . wind which attained an ssti.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Quariermasier Officer
Al Fort Riley Expires

PORT RILEY, Has Il Co
Louis y Ger0N. -. qgaftsrHastsi
officer A. Forf Riley since 1888
dle6 suddenly Tuesday after klf
fering a heart attack
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Tacoma Has Had Plenty of News This Year,
But Biggest Story of All Was Japs' Attack
BY ED VI EAGHER
Tacoma Times staff Writer

big and
year
b.
. pr lei q a W
n
What shpyard soldiers
o
What but Dec of all
l
month aren't o and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
THOUSANDS CONSTRUCT
BUILDINGS AGAINST TINE
Fort Lewis. McChord Fiels

Camp Murray Millions, prob
ably so million or more dollars
poured into buildings 5000
men working against time .
throwing W thousands Of buildings
other thousands Of men sp-
pesring 70 fiji those structures Of
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

Draft The machinery was
oiled in 1910. but II really rolled
IN Al. Local boards had exhaust
ed their lists Of volunteers Jan.
: and. for the first time, men
actually were drafted in peace
time The 21-yesr-olds regis
tered July !. s44 Of them in Pierce
county Two national guard
units. an anti-tsnk battalion and
q coast artillery eompsny-an Ia
eomans-went into active service
Ar February How strange II
seemed in those days. a trifle ride
Nous even
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
WEATHER FORECAST

Geld wave tonight. FRIDAY.
Temp High 81 iss -. saR rises
: so, sets fssz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Admiral Nimiiz
Now in Command

noSOf.CI-U AdfniFsi Chester
". Ni1itx assumed command q
ths Unltsd states Pacific fiast ~
tina Pearl HarboF submsfins haze
"Wednesday. tbe nssy announced,
he relieved vlse-Admifsl William
= Fys. who has been serving a.
acting eommander sncs ths navy
department replaced Admirsi Illus
band n kimmsi after ths Jap
snsss snesk aItsek Dec. 7.
sANg TRANSACTIONS
Tse.ssa ...............k a.o1AJ 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

Your postmaster can tell you
bow 20 invest IN L. s. Defense
Bonox-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

By U. q BonAs and s@vss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01

Nineteen hundred and forty one, what year, big
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Drive Opens Tonight
To Raise 100000
For Police Boys Club
Gen. Hershey, Maj. Kelly
And Ernest w. Brown
Among Speakers

An address by Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, director of selective serv-
ice, at the Willard Hotel tonight will
mark the opening of the annual
drive to collect 100000 for the Met
ropolitan Police Boys Club.
The District Commissioners issued
a proclamation today urging public
support of the campaign. 1t read in
part:
THE club gives to thousands of
boys of the city an opportunity for
development, mentally, morally and
physically, and tends to create in
them the fullest values of citizen
ship. 1t is a civic endeavor
worthy of the support of every resi-
dent OF Washington, and we urge our
residents to contribute to the Boys
Club to the end that this service to
the youth of our community may be
continued
Appearing with Gen. Hershey at
tonight's rally will be Mai. Edward
]. Kelly, superintendent of police;
Ernest w. Brown, former police chief
and leader in the boys club move
ment, and James E. Colliflower, for
mer club president.
Morris Cafritz. president of the
club, will preside. Details of the
campaign will be outlined by Ralph
Goldsmith, chairman of the cam
paign committee, and L. Gordon
Leech, campaign director.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Mass Production Of '105'
HoWitzer Announced

The Army announced yesterday
that its 105-millimeter howitzer, in
the process of development for sew
eral years to replace the familiar
World War type 75's, is now in mass
production.
Possessing characteristics Of both
a gun and a howitzer, the los was
designed as divisional light artil-
lery weapon. Mounted on a pneu-
matte tired carriage, it is highly
mobile, and its firing range is ap-
proximately one-third greater than
the old rs.
Some of the new howitzers have
been in service for some time, but
this was the first announcement
that quantity production had been
achieved.
Evening star., 1942-01-28

In addition, 1t has reached volun-
tary price agreements with about
100 individual producers. frozen
some prces, and listed others at
what it considered fair"
Control Widespread.
In all, about IS per cent of the to-
tai value of wholesale goods is al
ready under price control, as is al
most half the field of metals and
metal products.
The scope of price control is en-
larged tremendously by the new
measure. Here are its principal
provisions:
A single administrator Is author
lied to fix price maximums on
selected commodities whenever he
believes prices are excessive and
threaten the war production pro-
gram.
Except as to farm prices, the
levels between October l and Is,
194l, would be used as standard.
Before farm prices could be limited,
they could rise to ITO per cent of
parity, the average price between
1929, or the level on October l
or December Is, 1941.
Farm price orders would be sub
ject to approval of the Secretary
OF Agriculture. The administrator
also could buy and sell commodities
to stimulate production and control
prices, and would have the power
to check profiteering and boarding.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Nazi Libyan Drive
Now al Impasse,
British Declare
Gen. RommeI's Columns
Stopped for Two Days,
Cairo Command Says
By the Associated Press.

BS the ASSOclate0 fIeSS.
CAIRO, Jan. 28.-Gen. Erwin
Rommels armored columns,
which showed the British back
$50 miles in three days, have
been stopped for two days and,
apparently, have come to an i'm
passe in their J.ibyan counter
drive, British headquarters re-
ported today.
The communique placed the Brit
ish defenders on a 50-mile line from
Soluch, near the eastern shore Of
the Cult of Sirte, to point just
north OF Msus.
This was the same zone as the
British announced Sunday, when
the communique said the Germans
had pushed north and northeast OF
Msus in a 40-mile advance from the
Angelat-Agedabia- -Saunnu triangle,
where a heavy tank battle was
fought over the week end.
Some British patrols still are op-
Grating forward of that line, the
communique said, and R. A. F..
bomber and fighter forces are in
flicting great havoc" on Gen. Rom
mels troops and equipment in day
and night assaults.
Clear Picture of Fighting.
"The situation generally remains
unaltered and with the conclusion
of what may be the first phase of
the present operation 1t is now pos
sible to give a clear picture of the
fighting which has taken place
during the past week." the COM
munique said.
For seven days highly mobile
German columns have operated
with skill and determination over
a wide area from Ell Agheila to
Msus, the main axis of the advance
being along a road joining these
places.
During this phase, the heavy
going of the road caused by abnor-
NAL rain, together with the fluid
character of the fighting made it
impossible for us to concentrate in
any one area and the operations
resolved themselves into series
of engagements between the en-
emy'S columns and our own, which
have fought with equal tenacity.
Exploiting his initial success on
January 2l-22, when strong columns
penetrated our light screen and re-
occupied Agedabia, the enemy re-
gained local initiative in this area.
Air Force Cooperating.
Enemy troops are in Msus and
our mobile columns and patrols
are in touch with the enemy on
a general line from Soluch to just
northeast of Msus with patrols we'll
forward to the south.
Throughout the operations the
cooperation Of our air forces has
been magnificent day after day
and also at night heavy toll has
been taken of enemy vehicles.
January rs was a particularly
successful day for our bombers anG
fighters, both Of which returned
again and again to the attack.
Great havoc was observed among
enemy mechanical transport be-
tween Antelat and Msus. where
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Henderson Is Granted
Authority 10 Ration
Retail Commodities
Price-ControI Measure
Passed, Goes to President;
Signature Expected
By the Associated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
Everything that Americans buy
at the stores became liable to
rationing today, and legal price
fixing was only one short step
away.
The War Production Board dele
gated to Acting Price Administrator
Leon Henderson full power to ra-
ton retail commodities, only a short
time before the Senate completed
congressional action yesterday on a
much amended price-control bill
and sent it to President Roosevelt.
Democratic leaders said they ex-
pected the Chief Executive to sign
the measure, although some of its
farm price sections we<e known to
be distasteful to him. He had asked
for the legislation more than six
months ago, as check against inf1a-
ton.
Living costs have risen more than
IL per cent since September, 1899,
Government economists say, and
parallel price rises have added sew
eral billion dollars to the cost Of
the Nations armament program.
Henderson Retention Conceded.
The Capital generally conceded
that Mr.. Henderson would be re-
tanned in the price administration
post he now holds by virtue of an
executive order. The added ration
ing authority, given him by Mr..
Roosevelts approval, virtually guar
anteed that the name of Henderson
in the next few weeks would become
a by-word in the kitchens, corner
stores and Offices of America.
Further rationing, the w. P. B.
observed, Seems inevitable"
Signature of the price fixing meas
ure will not necessarily mean an i'm
mediate flood of price fixing orders,
said one of Mr. Hendersons lieuten-
ants, who declared that situations
will be met as they arise.
Relying almost entirely up to now
on voluntary arrangements and or
derS without the specific support of
law, the o. P. A. has fixed price
ceilings on 72 commodities ranging
from washed cattle-tair hair to steel.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
u. ). Must Mobilize All
lis Resources 10 Win
War, Engineers Told
Army and Navy Officers
Speak at Annual Dinner
Of District Society

Expressing the view that too much
emphasis has been laid on our sue
cesses, and not enough on our re-
verses, Capt Lewis B. Combs, as
sistant chief of the Navy Bureau
of Yards and Docks, warned last
night that the United States must
not underestimate the strength OF
its enemies. In addressing a dinner
of the District of Columbia section
of the American Society OF Civil
Engineers at the Washington Hotel,
he said that a complete, all-out
mobilization" will be necessary to
win victory.
Pointing out that this is an "en-
gineers' war" Maj. Gen. Eugene
Reybold, chief of Army engineers,
declared that one of the reasons
why ultimate victory will be our
is that our engineering profession
is stronger, more progressive, more
vigorous than that of our enemies"
Gail A. Hathaway, president OF
the section, presided at last nights
dinner, which was attenede by
about 300 persons. T. Keith Legare.
executive secretary of the National
Council of State Boards of Engi-
neering Examiners, was another
speaker. Representing the Rough
Element" was his topic.
Engineers Role Discussed.
eve may as well face the fact.
that, for long time to, come, there
will be no engineering as usual in
this country" Gen. Reybold de-
olared in discussing the role OF the.
civil engineers in the war. The
demands of the war effort have
taken. and must continue to take,
precedence over everything else"
"Priorities are with us for the
duration. There is also a priority
on engineering talent. and the en-
gineering talent of America is one
of the greatest of our resources"
Capt. Combs outlined the func-
tions of the Civil Engineer Corps in
the Navy and reviewed the part that
it had played in the development
of the Navy.
Mobile Bases Needed.
Because of the changing require
ments of modern war. it has been
found necessary to provide facili-
ties for the quick construction and
operating of mobile bases. The
Nays Civil Engineering Corps, he
said, is now organizing naval con-
struction battalions for this purpose.
Prior to the dinner reception
was held for the national officers
of the American Society of Civil
Engineers. These included Ernest
B. Black, president; Frederick Hall
Fowler, past president: Charles H.
Stevens, vice president; Gustav j.
Requardt, director; George T. Sea-
bury, secretary, and Hal Hale,
Washington representative.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
ALL. JurisdictionaI Strike
Delays Plant for Navy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PONTIAC, Mich. Jan. 28.-A. F.
L. building trades mechanics today
halted work on the new naval ord
nance plant of the Pontiac Motor
Co.. now 80 per cent completed.
Victor c. SWearingen. State labor
conciliator. said he planned con-
ferences later today to seek settle
ment.
The same group returned to the
Job last Thursday after a two-day
strike. That stoppage resulted from
Q dispute over who was to handle
the installation Of machinery, which
Is being set up as fast as sections
Of the building are completed.
The A. F. L. -Riggers' Union and
Millwrights of the A. F. L. Car
penters' Union both claim the right
to install the machinery. The COM
pany has been using it's own en-
ployes, who are members of the
rival United Automobile Workers.
G. I. O., to do the work.
Other A. F. L. unions sided in the
dispute, and today A. F. L. truck
drivers also refused to enter the
plant.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Churchill Defended
By Son in Parliament
Debate on War

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-Amid the
voices raised in criticism
against Prime Minister
Churchill in the House of Com
mons today was one in his
defense, that of his son, Ran
dolph.
After listening to the long
chorus of criticism of his
fathers war leadership, Ran
dolph asked the House, al
though this might not be
very good government, ought
we not ask ourselves is it a
very good House of Commons?"
Young Churchill, a major in
the army, is on leave from the
Middle East. He is Conserv-
ative.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
British Retreot Continues
In Libyo, ItoIions Soy

ROME (from italian broadcast) -,
Jan. % (R.-British forces are con-
tinuing to retreat eastward across
Libya before counterattacking Axis
forces, the Italian high command
said today.
(The German high command
made mention of further Axis
advances.)
Contact with the British rear
guards was maintained all day yes
terday by German and Italian
armored units while Axis planes
supported the advance with con-
tinuous machine-gunning and
bombing assaults, the daily war
bulletin said.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Mississippi Blue Laws
Upheld Despite Army Plea
BY tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 28-De-
spite an Army plea, Mississippis
120-year-old Sunday blue laws re-
manned on the books today.
The House of Representatives
yesterday voted 66-63 against bill
to legalize Sunday motion pictures
and ball games. The action killed
the move for this biennial session.
Proponents read the legislators a
letter from Maj. Gen. Dan I. Sultan,
division commander at Camp
Shelby, urging passage as an aid
to soldier morale.
Opponents arguments closed with
a plea by a minister-member. Rep
resentative J. D. Holder of Lee
County. to vote negatively for just
one reason-it violates the law Of
Almighty God; it's morally wrong"
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Enlisted Man
Saves and Buys
$1,000 Bond
BY the Associated Press.


FORT BLISS, Tex, Jan. %
Oscar A. Elizondo of San Antonio
has $1,000 Defense savings bond
to prove what thrifty fellow can
do with his Army pay.
When Mr.. Elizondo entered the
service he decided to salt away
part of his earnings. His father
agreed to match those savings, dol
lar for dollar. During each of his
first four months Mr.. Elizondo re-
ceived $2l, but managed to put
$40 OF it in the sock. He was
made sergeant. His salary was
Increased to $40. He banked most
of it.
In due time he had s375. His
dad contributed a similar sum. Mr..
Elizondo bought a bond with
$1,000 maturity value for $3.50.
HIS new goal: Another bond
seven or eight months hence.