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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
By LELAND STOWE
SPeeioI By Wireless. CepYriaht 1917

WITH THE RED ARMY ON THE RZHEy FRONT
wherever We have travelled up and down the Rzhev front
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headquarters dugout fired his question almost
saan as | sat down:
When you Americans going to helm us
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
WANT TO KNOW WHEN 1T WILL CONE
Russ Still
Hope for
End Front
CHARGE OUR LEADERS LACK SPIRIT

aS IS me nineteenth Of a series Of exclusive articles By
s1ad Store leriten about the nine days he has Just
spent ri the Red Army at the front This is the LONGEST
period Of time foreign crter has been trth the Russians
IN the battle zone)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
CALL 1T DISAPPOINTING

Our soldiers are very disap-
pointed about the second front"
one of them said 10 me. They
say the British and Americans are
very late. II they don't start
soon. then well have 10 fight the
entire war by ourselves. It's very
difficult TO convince the soldiers.
For us commissars. It's very diff
cult 10 persuade them that the
British and Americans really In
tend TO fight In Europe"
Another young eommissar said:
From reading your literature. !
feel I know the American people a
little bit. know Americans are
honest. very energetic. valiant and
very capable businessmen. They
don't only talk. but they act. Nov
the Americans only talk. Why ?"
had heard this same reac-
tion from Gen. TshantshebadxA
and from countless other Rus
sian officers. Since the Amer
leans are stiil not fighting on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
WHAT ABOUT BRITISH

Haven't the British got an
army of 5000. 900 men they've been
training for more than two years
now"
I didn't try 10 answer that one.
II seemed to be something that
should be relayed TO London. ]
merely pointed out that the Amer
lean army had 10 start the war
with very few professional officers
and that perhaps some time had
been needed to complete the train
ing of our reserve officers.
The best education for officers
in wartime Is war ITSELF" remark
ed the general bluntly.
explained to the general and
brigade commissar every conceiv-
ably valid reason for the failure OF
British and America TO create a
second front this autumn. every
reason that has reached my ears.
Just the same, It's indie
cision that dominates the
British and American high
commands" insisted the COM
mlssar.
He was extremely courteous
but also very realistic, like all
Soviet officers have met dur
Ing these nine days.
President Roosevelt himself
said that the worlds destiny would
be decided in Europe" he con-
tinued. IF your American lead
ers had the spirit of decision, there
would be no obstacle that couldn't
be overcome. II you were really
in the war, great country like
the United States should certainly
have been able 10 send 1000. 900
men to Europe in the first u
months of hostilities."
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SPEAK THEIR MINDS

81 don't count the little ones,"
he says. He's from the Don. A
heavy-set, brown-eyed man, very
energetic, direct and open-faced.
he is the kind of army command
er with whom you know. where
you stand very quickly.
The general wears the Order Of
Lenin, the Red Banner and the
Red Star on his tunic. The bri-
gade commissar has the coveted
Hero Of the Soviet Union decora-
ton and the Order Of Lenin. These
are both outstanding leaders in
the Red army-and, like all mill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14

I had already learned from IN.
men who fight in them that such
American tanks as have yet seer
action in Russia are the most in.
flammahle, and in many respect.
the poorest. tanks in use anywhere
on either side Of the Russo-Germar
front. / also knew that the mum.
Der Of Airacobras or other first
class American warplsnes availa.
BILE to Russian pilots is still COM
paratively small.
These facts explain why the
phase American help" really
means only one thing to any Rus
sian soldier or officer. II means
help through an American expe-
dictionary force fighting on Eu-
ropean soil
WHEN DOES HELP COME
In the lull between rounds of
firing at Fritz across the volga,
the tall, twice-decorated young
corporal from Krasnodar, COM
mander of this gun crew. jumped
at the chance to talk with an
American. Like the whole Soviet
army, he had only one dominating
interest in any American or Eng
lishman at the present moment. II
you're an English-speaking citi-
zen you need to bring your think
ing cap with you If you're going to
visit the Russian army these days.
"Why have you still not
started q second front ?" asked
the corporal-and every man
in the gun crew was watching
my face intently rs he spoke.
I'VE are fighting, and we
know that you In America
want to help US, but We don't
know how or when"
The artillery battalion's
communicable. Col. Anatole
Smirnov, that six-foot Ukrain-
ian mass Of Drawn and gnsto-
made his outfits inquiry COM
pletely unanimous from the
bottom rank to the top.
Its clear that Hitlerism will be
defeated" doomed 1t. Col. Smir-
nov, "but the whole world will
never pardon America II she has
no real part in the defeat Of the
Fascists."
On the second morning. after
riding all night. we had breakfast
with the major general and the
brigade commissar in a snug tent
tucked away In grove Of pines.
The general is fighting his third
major war.
SPEAK THEIR MINDS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14

den L. wnlkie. fresh from Amer
lea. says 80. Very well"
When We had worn out this sub
Jet. We relaxed and talked Of
many other things Everything
was straight from the shoulder
which Is one Of the things I like
most Of all about these Red army
men and Russians in general-snd
everything was friendly. just once
the general came back TO the orig
inal discussion In his energetic
two-fisted manner.
we must hit the Germans
he said with great earnest
ness. we must do ~ before
It's too late. We Russian. shall
fight. anyway. but unless the
British and Americans act
soon the war ut best win he
very long and terribly costly
20 all concerned. When you TO
home. tell your people they
must hit the Germans now"
On my first night In the front
zone I talked after dinner with a
colonel and several other officers.
and. Of course. the first thing they
asked OF me, as an American.
was: WHY" They wanted to
know how many American troops
I thought would be in II whenever
the second front did start. II we
had 100000 men IN France in
1918. how long would be II before
we'd have 1000. 900 fighting In Eu-
rope this time? Finally. the colo
mel said:
In one year Of this war. In
1910. the British fought. But this
is now the fourth year of the war"
ALL RUSSIANS HOPE
During our night In a captured
German dugout in the headquar-
tiers of front line Red army unit.
Regimentai Commissar Pavlov
shook his head sadly and said: Il
had hoped for August and then for
September. Every Russian soldier
waits for the hour and every Rus
sian soldier asks when the day
will come.
They ask me every day. !
can't escape II. When try 10 talk
Of something else, they don't want
to listen. They want an answer"
Il wish to God I could give 1t 10
you, commissar." I said.
That concluded my contribution,
such as IL was.
In another sector I met q
group of war commissars.
These commissars. before
Stain had ordered their re-
classification n regular army
officers, had one Of the most
dangerous jobs and certainly
the most humanity trying and
complicated task In the entire
Red army. They had 10 be
leaders In battle, teachers,
PREACHERS, efficiency experts
and first class psychologists
and morale builders, all In ono
and most Of them had 90
know n good deal of military
science In addition.
The eommissars were hand
picked men. and these young COM
misssrs. all in their 20's. were
definitely outstanding. especially
in intelligence and in their deadly
earnestness.
CALL 1T DISAPPOINTING
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Just the Core
BOY SUFFERS BURNS

Severe burns we're suffered by
four-year-old Lloyd Pelant when
his pajamas caught fire while he
stood In front of the fireplace at
his parents home in Auburn. He
was In Tacoma General hospital
Friday.
Watch Tacoma grow and JEFF
ferson Square leads the way ~ II
has the largest vehicle traffic In
this state. Last week the Cow
Butter Store. Pacific and Jeffer-
son, had orders from places ~
far apart as Santa Barbara and
Philadelphia. Penn.-Adv.
Just arrived, New shipment
IMPORTED HERRING. ? for 2se.
Horn Holmes Co. 1000 Center st.
Main 722i.-sdv.
10 PAYS IN JAIL
Charged with disordsriy con-
duet. is-year-old Wilma y. Bans.
Ii03ls Broadway. was given q 10
day jail sentence when hailed into
police court late Thursday.
always better butter a, IN.
Cow" adv.
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tary commanders anywhere who
are worth their salt. they speak
their minds. lGod save America
from army officers with the diplo-
matte approach.)
Wherever In this war I have
met officers who were In
gratiating and sillsy-yoiced or
who hem and haw when one
asks their opinion. another
military disaster has been
chalked up very shortly. I
don't think it's an accident.
You don't meet commanders
without opinions in the Russian
army-nowhere that I've been. at
any rate. So we sat In the tent
with the guns rumbling along the
front and devoured huge Russian
pancakes stuffed with chopped
meat as the general and brigade
commissar asked 'Why7" and
spoke their minds. Lack of ships I?
Perhaps the need OF more Ameri-
can motorized divisions
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-10
Freedoms Textbook

The most important books in nations
life are it's textbooks. The nation of to-
morrow is determined by what it is study
ing today for textbooks do more than i'm
part information. They mould the very
spirit of the nation for the years to come.
Americas passion for freedom was born
out of century of colonial education CEN
tering in one book - the Bible The sim
pie social structure of those days was
reared upon three Institutions; the home,
the school and the church, in all of which
the Bible was supreme.
The political structure of the United
States Government designed by men
trained in colonial concepts reflects the
teachings of the Bible. There it is in the
Declaration of independence, the Consti
tuition and the Bill of Rights. The attitude
of the United States toward her neighbor
nations has always been more like that of
the good Samaritan than it has like that
of the robber. Today our nation faces not
only her responsibility for Kidding the
world of international gangsters but the
next task of rebuilding the world on the
patterns of her own national structure.
No day in any Of these war years is there
fore any more important than Universal
Bible Sunday, which may serve to remind
the American people of the source of their
nations strength.
The American Bible Society has sug-
gested the slogan "Watch Your Scripture
Reading" for this years observance. We
suggest that among the other wholesome
habits of life to which we are now being
summoned as contributing to the winning
of the war, that every citizen add the reg
ular reading and study of the Text Book of
American freedom.
It is gratifying to know that our men
on the battle fronts are being furnished
plenty of spiritual ammunition. For the
first time, our government is sending out
Books of the scripture by the millions of
copies. Heretofore, the distribution of the
Bible to armed forces has been left UP to
the churches, individuals, Gideons, Amer
y lean Bible Society and similar groups.
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the surplus. Can it be counted on in the
future? 1t is believed that the school
teachers will certainly make an effort to
secure higher pay at this time
While the school board amendment
was adopted in the November elections,
there are still some debatable points about
it as well as some slight changes the gov
ernor will probably ask for.
Liquor control will not be such prob
lem as was thought earlier; for while many
Cistilleries are converted to war alcohol
production, there will be less and less Ii
quor for SALE One issue that will surely
come before the body will be the banning
of the sale of alcoholic beverages in mill
tary post areas The sale of beer and wines
in other special sections will also be
brought to the attention of the legislative
body.
Just how much additional discretionary
power the governor will ask for and will
receive, remains to be seen. Such matters
as the control of motor car speed limits,
beer and wine sales in specific areas, or the
expansion or curtailment of some depart
mental services are expected to be includ-
ed in the problem Of special war powers
for the governor.
In addition to these major problems,
there WILL no doubt, be some others of
statewide interest to come before the Gen
eral Assembly, but none which we believe
will take as much time to settle as these.
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supplying increased labor for
farm work - is expected to be
solved by shifting workers from
non-essential to essential crops,
the use of high school students
and city workers to assist on
farms, deferment from selective
service of essential, trained farm
workers, and moving workers
from one area to another as needs
dictate.
Mr.. Wickard said that the re-
quirements of our own and Allied
military forces represent about
one-fourth of the food production
goals of 1913. In addition to the
needs for the armed forces and
for our own civilian population,
he said, Eve shall have the added
responsibility of furnishing food
for the people of countries freed
from the Axis yoke. We shall
need to use our food to rehabili-
tate the people in these countries
so that they will be able to join
us in the war against the agrees
sors."
Buy War Savings Bonds
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WOMEN ARE ASKED
TO TAKE COURSES

Continued from Page One)
to start. Ruggles had a request
today for five women to take
drafting jobs paying $135 to $3.50
monthly to begin. He was una
BILE to fill the request because the
hundreds of women who have
completed the short courses at
State College already are holding
down essential jobs.
Nearly a score of short courses
have been scheduled to start in a
new series next month, RuggleS
said, urging women to write to
his office for a new bulletin de-
scribing the courses, which last
from 10 to 20 weeks.
All expenses of the training
except students subsistence and
textbooks are paid by the FEEDER
al government through the U. S.
Office of Education. In most
courses, high school graduation
is the only educational require
ment.
Courses IN the new series will
include aerial bombardment pro-
lection, aircraft inspection, archi-
tectural and marine drafting,
chemical testing and inspection,
engineering drawing, engineering
fundamentals, fabric inspection
and testing. fundamentals of
machinery, industrial safety en-
cheering, materials testing and
inspection, production supervi-
sion, war production engineering
and contracting, radio communi-
cation and surveying.
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'":' Wax :" WASHINGTON
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the war and if We are able to
get food more easily to the coun-
tries which have been starving
under German rule, we must have
the food ready to feed these mil
lions of people. In addition, the
needs of our Allies and of our
own armed forces will be con-
siderably greater next year.
Secretary Wickard is therefore
planning as far ahead as possible
and already has outlined the goals
we should aim at and is making
plans to supply the manpower to
achieve those goals.
The goals are built around the
production of foods which are
most valuable for a wartime diet
and which can be produced and
shipped most easily. The program
calls for less production of those
vegetables which are most perish
able and hardest to produce and
greatly increased production of
milk, eggs, meat, feed for live
stock, dry beans, peas and poul-
try. Plans are being worked out
to see that the farmer makes e.
nough profit out of his sales to
make increased production worth
while.
The Greatest problem-that of
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NAZI GAINS ARE
ERASED BY ALLIES
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wiped out several German garri-
sons in the Velilzie Luki area SO
miles from the Latvian border.
and cut down 700 Nazis using on
~ bayonets, the Russians an
nounced early yesterday.
British long-range bombers
were believed to have struck an
other heavy blow at Italian war
factories yesterday.
Planes roared over Geneva,
Switzerland, for more than As
minutes shortly after 8 p. m.
TUESDAY, usually a sign that the
Royal Air Force is en- route to
northern Italy's great Milan-Tu
rin-G Genoa ind Gstrial triangle.
Allied bombers have beaten
back a new japanese attempt to
land reinforcements on the be-
sieged northeastern New Guinea
coast and American and Austria
liam troops have repulsed a
counter-attack in the Buna area,
inflicting heavy casualties on the
Japs, the allied command an
nounced yesterday.
French West Africa has joined
the united nations as an ally in
"the prosecution of the war a.
gainst the axis" and has made
available it's airfields to short
cut the allied plane transit routes
and port facilities and fleet units
at Dakar to end the U-boat men
ace in the South Atlantic.
The attempted suicide of the
French fleet at Toulon left 20
ships apparently intact, Score
tary Knox reported yesterday,
and an unspecified number of
vessels, including three battle
ships, were merely damaged and
might be reclaimed.
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Christmas Shopping

The Christmas shopping season is here
and local merchants are ready for 1T.
Throughout this paper today will be found
hundreds of advertised values and in the
stores will be found even more
There are some gift items including
nylon hose and automobile tires that are
not so plentiful! Other items have under
gone changes. But in most cases where
duplication of last years items is not to be
had, there are good substitutes.
Local merchants have made every Ell
fort to secure good selection Of Christmas
merchandise and we believe this year have
as good an assortment as can be found
most anywhere. We are fortunate to have
so many really fine gifts here at home.
Do your Christmas shopping now and shop
with your home merchants for Merry
Christmas!
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Washington, D. G. - Following
their first taste of victory with
the powerful war machine built
in the short period of year, our
war chiefs are rapidly formula
ting plans to make 1925 record
achievements seem small by
comparison with what we will do
in 1913.
Part of our efforts in 1912 were
concerned with the construction
of camps to train men, the cree
ton of buildings and the manu-
featuring of tools to produce
arms, the building of additional
shipyards, and the setting up of
systems for supplying our armed
forces, our Allies and our civilian
population with their needs.
Now a large part of the ground
work has been completed. In
1943 a much higher proportion
of labor can be utilized for in
dressing production of tanks,
planes and ships, fighting men
can be trained faster and our
whole war program can be speed
ed up and operated with greater
efficiency.
Two of the major problems
during 1943 will be to make the
greatest possible use of all of our
manpower for fighting and for
war production, and to produce
enough food to supply the in
creasing needs of ourselves, our
Allies and the countries which
fall into Allied hands during the
coming year.
The manpower problem is ex-
pected to be put entirely in the
hands of the department of labor
under Harold Ickes, present Sec
rotary of interior. Five different
congressional committees have
approved a plan for putting all
agencies dealing with manpower
under this one leadership. If
the plan is adopted, Mr.. Ickes
will have control over selective
service, over the United States
Employment Service, and will d.
rect the work of the presnt Man
power Commission as we'll as
other agencies that have to do
with supplying men for war jobs.
The department of labor would
also formulate regulations for the
deferment of skilled production
workers and men needed on
farms.
Although some congressman
were surprised at the recommen-
dation of Mr.. Ickes for this post,
realizing that there had been con-
siderable criticism of his handling
of the petroleum situation, it is
apparent here that the great ma
jority have a good deal of faith
in his ability. Criticism of his
actions regarding the petroleum
situation has been counteracted
by the faith which the leaders
of the petroleum industry itself
seem to have in him, the industry
having urged President Roosevelt
to retain Mr.. Ickes as petroleum
co-ordinator of war.
One of the most vital programs
for the coming year is to assure
the greatest production of food
ever achieved in our country.
New goals, considerably higher
than the record production for
1912, have been set by the secre-
tary of agriculture, who realizes
that we will be called upon to feed
more people than ever before
next year and that the feeding
of these people will be an i'm
portant step. toward victory
If the French begin fighting
again, il the italians drop out Of
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A Safe Christmas

This year when our armed forces are
fighting in the air, land, and sea, for world
wide ''peace on earth, good will toward
men,, here on the home front, we should
make every effort to make this a safe and
sane Christmas as far as traffic accidents
are concerned.
The holiday season last year was any
thing but a peaceful white Christmas of
many North Carolina families saddened
by highway fatalities. And, as usual, many
of these accidents were unnecessary
This year, more of us will probably be
staying at home, through necessity Many,
who are travelling will probably be doing
so on tires that are not so safe. This is
something that should be guarded against
Moderate speed and special care should be
exercised at all times, and particularly
during the holiday season, when weather
conditions, as we'll as heavy travel, serve
to increase hazards.