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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
To Charge Fee
For Inspection

ASHINGTON-Motorists viii
be required to pay a nominal fee
to ACKNOWLEDGEMENT inspec-
tors-filling station operators
TO make periodic checks of their
tires. II was learned Wednesday.
The charge win probably range
from IS cents to about $50. de-
pending on whether the inspector
finds II necessary to remove tires
from the rims TO determine their
condition
The tire-check was decreed by
Price Administrators Leon Hender-
% ~ part Of the program for
nation : wide gasoline rationing
which goes into effect Nov. ~.
After that date. it win be illegal
for q passenger car with more than
five tires TO be on the road.
Plans for government-purchase
Of excess tires win be disclosed
Thursday and IL Is expected that
car owners win receive the estab-
iished ceiling prices for used tires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15

Fall activities of the We-50 club
will get under way Saturday. Oct.
"a. when members and their friends
will enjoy their First of the Sea-
son Party" at Fircrest Golf club.
Dancing will begin at 10 o'clock.
New officers of the club. recent
" Installed. will be guests Of honor.
Clarence F. Erickson is president,
Stan j. Frederick. secretary. The
board of trustees is composed OF
Fred T. Treichel, Charles F. Wolf,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15

gasoline rationing, which becomes effective
lay BY Floris Nagelvoort. state rationing officer. OPA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
We-5o Club Party On Saturday Night

John Gushing, Charley F. Mueller,
William II. Ball and Bill van Well.
Van Well is the retiring president.
Committee in charge of the
First of the Season Party" con-
sists Of Bell. chairman, Wolf. Harry
]. Lynch. Mueller, C. NJ. Gillespie
and van Well.
The next meeting of the club
will be held Tuesday. Oct. 20. at
6 p. m. in the dining room of the
Bonneville hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15

soon. The tire inspection report
sheet which also win carry tire
serial numbers. win be returned to
the applicant for keeping . record
Of his periodic tire inspections.
Details on the periodic tire inspec-
ton program also viii be announc-
ed within . few days.
All car owners when registering
next month win receive "A" books,
containing coupons for mileage at
the rate OF 2.ss0 per year. Case
line and tire rationing regulations
provide penalties for drivers who
exceed the 35-mile-an-hour speed
limit. Local boards will be su-
thorissd to reduce. or revoke. ~
tons held by speeders reported to
them by local and state enforce
ment officialsL
PROCEDURE OUTLINED
In issuing the gasoline rations
and the tire inspection sheetS. THU
procedure will be followed:
Local war price and ~rationinf
boards will make copies OF sppli'
cation form available in such con
veniently located places As service
stationa, tire shops and garages
Autoists may pick up copies from
these places on or about Oct "a
or a. soon ~ the forms are avail
able locally. In filling ii on
completely. an applicants prin
cipal Job win be to get the seria
numbers Of his tires. These mum
bers are imprinted in the side
wall Of each tire. oPA official
warned. and are not to be con
fuBed with any raised number
appearing or the tire.
In addition to the numbers o.
all tires mounted on the vehicl
for which . ration IL sought. a
unmounted tires In the possession
Of the car owner are TO be listed
RATION
II the applicant feels that IN
"A" book ration viii not meet hi
driving needs he may obtain fron
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
Musical Instruments
Needed by Air Corps

TWO pianos and musical instru-
ments IN any kind OF shape or
size are needed by the so2d base
headquarters and air base squad
ron at Gray field. Fort Lewis. for
their two new day rooms. accord
ing TO Capt Chester c. Bonner,
commanding officer. Lack OF
funds hinder the outfit from pur-
chasing the equipment Donations
will be picked up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
pic. Elects
Year S Leaders
Elmer Erickson
Senior Gloss Head

Class elections held Monday at
Pacific Lutheran college resulted
in election Of George Sofa Of Ever
EFT. freshman class president; Gus
tav Anderson Of Bow. sophomore
class president. Gerald Lider OF
Seattle. junior class president ana
Elmer Erickson Of kspowsin, SEN
ior class president. Alpha Psi
Omega and me Choir Of the West
announced leaders to be Miss Ur-
sula Mcdonald Of steilscoom and
Gerald Lider of Seattle. respec-
lively.
Officers chosen to assist Sofa
with freshman class activities were
Miss Betty Hatlen Of Everett, vice
president: Miss Joan Satern of Sill
verton, Ore. secretary: Miss Eu-
nice Torvent of silverton, Ore,
treasurer. and Alvin Bodvig OF
Everett. sergeant-at-arms.
Sophomore class elected Miss
| Nancy Lund of Mount Vernon, vice
president; Miss Anne Nelson OF
Seattle, secretary-treasurer. and
Kermit Dubois of Sumner. SER
geant-at-arms.
Juniors Elect
Assisting Lider with junior class
duties are Dick Langton of Ia
coma. vice president; Miss Georgi-
ana Atkinson of Sumner, secre-
tary-treasurer, and Waldo Elefson
of Stanley, N. D., sergeant-at-
arms.
In the senior class Wenzel Tiede-
man of Everett is vice president.
Miss Doree Sachs of Tacoma, sec
retary-treasurer, and Miss Noreen
Stendal of Kent. sergeant-at-arms.
Leaders of Theta Pi cast Of
Alpha Psi Omega, national dra-
matte fraternity. have been an
nounced. Miss Ursula Mcdonald
of Steilacoom is cast director,
Miss Doree Sachs of Tacoma is
cast stage manager, and Jimmy
Peterson of Ungs. Alaska, is cast
business manager.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
Hold Juveniles
Theft Of Car

Alert police work Tuesday we
ming apprehended two 14-year-old
auto thieves within 80 minutes
after a car owned by Robert
Bailey. Ri. s. Box 1873. had been
taken from in front of the Capitol
theater. So. 4sth st. and Yak
ina "
Prowler Car Officers Lee knight
and Bob Drost waited at So. 74th
and So. Tacoma way for the car
after receiving the flash by police
radio. Spotting the auto. the Off
GERS gave chase as the youths
attempted to speed away. How
ever, two shots halted their flight.
Capt. Fred NJ. Gardner. chief
Juvenile officer. said Wednesday
that one of the youths had just
been released from Chehalis boys
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15


the registrar an application for a
supplemental ration.
Applications for supplemental
rations. which may be filed any
time after the basic a" rations
are received. VIII get most careful
scrutiny before they are issued.
Ration boards. wherever possible.
will have the counsel of trans
p~ortation experts Facilities Of
the local rationing boards win be
supplemented by transportation
committee in practically all estab-
lishments employing more than
100 persons. Car sharing. except
where proved impossible. win be
one Of the requirements for "A"
ration In addition TO the "A" book.
. An employe OF an industrial
establishment hiring 100 workers
or more viii be expected TO sub
NIT his application first 10 a
transportation committee In that
shop. The committee will study
the application In detail TO e
that the applicant has stated his
mileage requirements correctly.
and that he has formed a proper
car sharing club to carry three or
more persons TO and from work
in addition TO the driver.
HAVE APPEAL RIGHT
II this committee approves the
application 1t viii then go To the
local rationing board. It may
disallow the application or request
changes before approving 1t. The
applicant. II dissatisfied with the
transportation committees action
may. of course. appeal to the
rationing board.
All other applicants for supple
mental rations will mail their APP
plications. or present them in per-
son to a local board. The board
win have the assistance of a panel
Of transportation experts.
The "A" book provides gasoline
for 1850 miles a year at the rate
Of Is miles to the gallon of
gasoline. The holder must regard
1900 miles of his ration as avail
able for occupational driving. The
remaining mileage. which amounts
to 90 miles q month, may be re-
served for necessary family driv-
ing.
TRANSPORTATION RATIONs
Commercial vehicles, including
trucks and buses. will be eligible
for transport rations. which on
Nov. 20 will replace all outstand-
ing service rations. Transport
rations will be issued only to We
hicles with a certificate of war
necessity and ~gallonage authorized
by the certificate Of war necessity.
Applications for renewal OF
transport rations shall be presently
ed local rationing boards ever
three months and must be acco1
panied by the certificate of "
necessity and the tire inspect
report.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
lUBBER CONSERVATION STARTS nov. "A
0ss CONSERVATION sTAKIS nov.
mberS on Tires
Required for Gas
RatiOnins Books
PLANS o NATIONWIDE PROGRAM REVEALED

Plans have been completed for nationwide gasoline ratiol
Nov. q. It was announced Wednesday by Floris Nagelvoort
Under the mileage rationins program. gasoline rationing viii be-
conc the means used 10 conserve the rubber in our stockple and now
"a running vhees Application forms for basic rations will be avail
able throughout the country about Oct "a. exact dates 70 be an
nounced locally BY ntoning boards. Registration for "A" coupon
books viii take place n school houses beginning Nov. :. and the
uIno Mn n 1nlo effect Nnx d
Evening star., 1942-03-26

PLAN FOR GRAND STRATEGY IN OFFENSIVE AGAINST
JAPAN DEvELOPSRepors from the Pacific Aatc battle
indicate the United Nations grand strategy will be to put
be unable resist effectively. Thruss from Hawaii Cd at
japan, Wake and Marcus Islands the Gilbert and Marsas
and down japanese Guinea would be
path Australia 2) furnishes base for drives at New Guinea
and the Indies and for aid to the Philippines From India 60
would be push toward Thaland and From inter-
Evening star., 1942-03-26

identity while permitting supreme
authority to rest in Gen. Mac
Arthur's hands.
Gen. Macarthur came here by
automobile from his headquarters
somewhere in Australia" Accom-
panying him were his chief OF staff,
Maj. Gen. Richard Sutherland, and
his deputy chief Of staf1, Brig. Gen.
Richard Marshall.
Gen. MacArthur's wife and their
4-year- -old son, Arthur. who came
to Australia with him from the
Philippines, remained behind.
Gen. Macarthur is expected to
remain in Canberra several days.
His trip ended a series of confer
ences at army headquarters with
members of his staff, the Governor
of Victoria, Mr.. Forde and other
Australian leaders.
An Army spokesman, meanwhile,
disclosed that Gen, Macarthur had
a narrow escape from injury in the
Philippines when he was caught in
an air raid with his chauffeur or
derly.
They hurried to the nearest shell
ter, but the orderly was wounded
before they reached 1t. Gen. Mac
Arthur was uninjured and from the
shelter kept a close watch on the
progress OF the raid, checking the
number OF bombers and flights
which came over.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
) D. {. Doctors Honored
For Medical Research

Three District hospital staff Of
flcers today held honor awards for
medical research made by the Dis
trict Medical Society as physicians
agreed the first contest of its kind
here stimulated scientific post grad
uate work.
DR.. Harry =. Dowling. program
chairman at last nights Medical So
ciety meeting, presented first prize
to DR.. Roy G. Klepser, assistant
resident in surgery at Gallinger
Hospital; second prize to DR.. Ben D.
Chinn, junior medical officer at st.
Elizabeths Hospital, and third prize
to DR.. Irving B. Brick, inferno at
Gallinger
DR.. Klepser's paper was on Prob
lens In the Local Use Of Sulfona-
mides" new sulphur compound
drugs: DR.. Chinn's subject dealt
with Influence OF the Bacterial
Flora on the Cultivation of Endo-
mocha Hystolytica, relating to re-
search technique used in studying
dysentery. and DR.. Bricks thesis
concerned Influenza Meningitis:
Evaluation Of Treatment and Use Of
Sulfadiazene," showing how deaths
from this cause have been reduced
by using better serums and a new
drug.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Auto Kills Raid Warden
In New York bIackout
BY the Associated Press,

~ tue ASSOCl9Ueo FIeSS.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Not a
watch was stolen or an ankle
wrenched as Lower Manhattan, one
Of the worlds greatest concentra-
tions Of wealth and population, was
blacked out for 20 minutes last night.
but in test half that long on just
one Bronx street the city lost its
first AFRAID warden in line of duty.
More than a quarter million people
in Chinatown, Greenwich Village,
the Wall Street district with its tow
ering skyscrapers and the teeming
Lower East Side doused their lights
at 8 o'clock and Mayor La Guardia
termed Manhattan's demonstration
"a complete, lc0 per cent success y
But in the Pfonx, Jack Goldstein,
50, a post warden, was fatally in
jured by a llacked-out automobile
driven by J illus Weiner, who was
released aftef he told Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Andrew Mccarthy he
had receive 4 . "go-ahead" order
from another warden.
Mr.. Gold4tein. whose wife Nettie,
IS. also wfs on duty as . warden
when he 1as injured, died In Ford.
ham Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Joint Tax Return Plan
Denounced at hearinq
Dy the Associated Press.

~ tIC hoeOSlhNo EIces.
Charles E. Dunbar, jr.. of New
Orleans told the House Ways and
Means Committee today that man
datory joint individual income tax
returns by husband and wife would
nullify community property laws Of
eight States.
Mr.. Dunbar. representing the
Louisiana Community Property
Taxpayers Association, said that
requirements, advocated by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau.
would force husbands in those States
to include In their own returns
property and income which under
State law actually belongs to their
wives.
THE proposed legislation" he as
serted. lis not only grossly dis
criminatory and unfair to the COM
munity property States but 1t vio-
lates the Constitution of the United
States"
The States involved are Louisi-
ana, Washington, Texas. California,
New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Ne.
vada.
A parade of woman witnesses told
the committee yesterday that aban-
donment OF the present privilege of
filing separate returns might lead
to divorce and at least would pro-
vide deterrent to marriages.
From Mrs. Harvey Wiley of Wash
ington, representing the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs, came
this warning:
1T will discourage marriage, en-
courage divorce and people to live
as hermits. It is an invasion Of soli-
tude of self"
Evening star., 1942-03-26

China would come the attack to regain coastal
which would furnish bomber bases rhe eastward assault
Japan Russas Siberian Vladivook position
attack Japan the north provide question mark Supply
under followed the line to Australia )
supplies moved Burma and India route
B japanese capture Andaman Islands threatens that
supplies India and China have around
Arabian JapanS shipping freely behind
wall provided by fortified Bonn Caroline Islands
"A. F. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1942-03-26
II Million Pounds Scrap
Collected Here in 7 Months

Scrap collections in the Washing
ton area during December and jan
uary rose to more than 100000
pounds Of paper, metal, rags and
rubber. according to an announce
ment by Horace Walker, secretary
of the Salvage for Victory Commit
tee. Incomplete returns for Feb
ruary showed a slight decline, prob
ably due to cold weather.
Mr.. Walker estimates that only
about 40 per cent OF Washington
homes have been canvassed for
contributions, which are expected to
show a heavy increase this month
and next.
Persons who have scrap material
have been asked to telephone Re-
public 848s, the committees COL
lection department.
If donated, the material will be
collected by one Of four welfare
groups which handle salvageeble
waste.
II the material is offered for
sale, the collection department will
notify the nearest junk dealer.
In either case, It was pointed out,
the salvage material will be returned
to trade channels to aid the war
production.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Scientist Warns World
OF Sun EIectron BIitz
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March ga
scientist warned last night the world
appears to be In for the strongest
electron assault from the sun in
many decades-possibly one that
will outclass the Aurora Borealis
show of last September 16, which
played general hob with radio and
telephone communications.
F. S. McGary, manager of the
Buhl Planetarium, said he has noted
for several days a huge group of
spots or magnetic storms on the
suns face.
The spots. now near the suns
equator, have the highest magnetic
activity of any group on record, Mr..
McGary said.
The unusual part Of the phe-
nomina, Mr.. McGary explained, is
that the world is approaching q
usual minimum period of activity
in the usual l1-year cycle Of rises
and falls by sun spots.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
U. 5. Sailors Mend Ship
While Battle Is Raging

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Jack
Rice, Associated Press photographer,
who was aboard an American war
ship in the Nays recent raid on
the Marshall Islands, described last
night how men on his ship welded
steel plates over a bomb hole in
the deck while the vessel was still
engaged in action.
II found the Navy did . pretty
good Job all around. Of tending to
its knitting" Mr.. Rice said In a
broadcast from Honolulu. II asked
an ohicer why repairs were made in
the midst of battle. Well. if you
don't cover this up. it might rain
in he told me-"
Mr.. Rice took part in q round
table discussion with Foster HALEY
of the New York Times, Keith
Wheeler of the Chicago Times,
Richard Haller Of International
News Service and Bob Trumbun,
city editor of the Honolulu Adver-
tiser.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Moderate Drinking
Upheld as w. A. A. +.
Requirement
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 26.-Sir
Archibald P. Sinclair yesterday
defended the Air Ministry'S
regulation that an applicant
for appointment as police ofncer
in the Women's Auxiliary Air
Force must be able to drink
moderately.
Replying to critics in Com
mons who termed the regulation
most distasteful," the Air Min
lister said an oficer could carry
on her duties more emciently
If she were able to mix with
others who drink.
The w. A. A. r. performs
non-flying duties for the r. A.
F., and its women police func-
ton much as military police IN
other armed services.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
VoPor Explosion Kills
Two at Du Pont Plant
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, March 26.-
Two men were killed and one seri.
ously burned when excessive vapor
exploded in . vat in which a solvent
was being mixed for the manufac.
ture Of dyes at the. Du Pont Co.
plant at Deepwater, N. j., late yes
terday.
The dead men are Joseph Bran
cato, "a, Of Henns Grove and
Charles Cock, u, Of Pennsville, N. J.
John Brennan, 60, was seriously
burned about Ne face and hands.
Six others who were working near
the vat on the third door Of Q
building escaped injury.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Negligent Homicide
Is Traffic Death Verdict

A Police Court jury yesterday
AFTERNOON found Alfred D. Warrick,
27, colored, guilty on q charge Of
negligent homicide in the trafic
death Of Benjamin A. Duckett, 81,
colored, on January 4. 194l.
Mr.. Duckett. who lived in the
800 block of O'Neals court NV, was
fatally injured when struck by an
automobile operated by the de-
fendant in the 600 block of Fourth
street S.W. Mr.. Warrick's address
was given as r. F. D., No. 2, Ana
costa.
Justice Walter J. Casey continued
the case until April 4 for imposi-
ton of sentence The case was
prosecuted by Assistant District At
torney A. j. Mclaughlin.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Flyer Takes Royalty,
Jop PIone in Stride

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Ga, March 26.-
The chronicle of 1t. Ben S. Irwin, jr.,
of this city progressed toward a
climax Of excitement this way:
Last fall he was In England and
had tea with Queen Elizabeth.
Later he was transferred to the
Philippines, saw service there and
in Java.
Now he's In Australia and his
latest message to his parents here
says:
Here after month Of excitement.
Shot down my first bomber"
Evening star., 1942-03-26
ADVERTISEMENT.
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II the Is miles Of kidney tubes and filters
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Evening star., 1942-03-26
Fire Waste Council
Meets Here April ;

The 10th annual meeting Of the
National Fire Waste Council will
meet here in the Chamber Of Com
merce Of the United States on April
3, to study safeguards for Americas
war production.
1t. Col. Carl 9. Richmond Of the
War Departments Internal secur-
tiles Division, will be among the
speakers.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
F. D. Roosevelt, Jr., Back
In Naval Hospital
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Lt.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr., was re-
ported by Navy spokesmen to be
resting comfortably today after being
taken to the Naval Hospital in
Brooklyn yesterday with bronchial
infection.
The Presidents son, whose illness
was announced as not serious. was
released from the same hospital only
few weeks ago after an appendec-
tOf11y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14

at Is interesting. I must go by
the iewe1ry shop to see her father.
he has maybe late news"
mood that had possessed Paris
for weeks melted and fell away.
He relaxed and rested his head
on his hand. The Professor
played for him several little tunes,
with such simplicity and such art
leSsness that Paris had to make
some effort to keep back tears.
Drake and RaAiy prospered dur
ing the next year. Paris watched
over Drake with an anxiety that was
not apparent to anyone except
Randy. One thing she noticed par
ticularly: Paris always led Drake
away from Renaissance by appear
ing uninterested. More and more she
saw Drake live in the present, and
look with something like eagerness
and faith to the future.
One evening as he was leaving
he stopped at the door and looked
Quizzically at Randy.
do you suppose you could give
me a cup Of coffeeP It's pretty
cold"
In the kitchen Paris laid his
hand on her arm. Don't bother
to make it. just wanted to talk
to you for minute, anyhow"
Her eyes darkened a little.
Drake"
Hes all right. I just wanted
to say that I think we've won in
very ticklsh fight. I didn't
know a year ago whether we
could bring Drake back or not.
! think we have"
Bring him back? I don't un-
derstand, quite, Paris. Was he
p"
Drake was more shattered in
not in his mind exactly-I guess
I have to say in his soul than he
was in body. Our job has been
to bring him back to himself.
You've done the biggest share of
it yourself"
II did just what you told me -
as nearly as I could"
you've been pretty wonderful,
Randy. He's all right. He's Just
Drake, now. AS normal as any
body can be expected to be. We
can go on from here now treat
ing him pretty much like anyone. !"
Randy began to cry, softly.
Ito Be COntinued)