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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
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MISSOuLA. Mont - Firemen
battled in below-zero weather to
extinguish a fire which broke out
IN the shapsrd hotel here Thurs
day morning. There was no esti-
mate of damage.
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nese.
Japan has been fighting China
for more than four years and many
Japanese filters have four years of
war experience behind them. War
In Europe has shown that a pilot
with war experience has a decided
advantage over an inexperienced
one. II would therefore be n mis-
take 10 underestimate the qualities
OF Japanese fliers.
On the other hand. II would
also he . big mistake 10 under
estimate the fighting qualities
VI American soldiers. sailors
and fiiers. Despite Japan's ST.
cr~t weapons and the Advnn-
taKe Of surprise. the Ameri-
cans fought braveIy and eff
csenily once they got To their
gums and planes.
When the bsttleship Oklahoma
capsized. her gunners plunged into
the oil-eovered waters and swan to
other ships TO help man their anti
aircraft guns. Hours after the at
tack had started they could still
be seen at gun positions. black
with oil from head to foot and
oblivious of their wounds.
Remarkable Workmanship
With only one .s0-caliber ma
chine gun loaded. American pilots
hoped off and shot down Japan
csc planes armed with cannon and
machine guns.
A u. \. army officer seized
. rifle and shot q japanese
pilot through the head. bring
Ing down his plan~-an almost
incredible feat Of msrksman-
ship.
Wounded sailors and marines to
whom ! talked were eager to get
back and have another crack at
the Japs"
These men and others who saw
the raid, however. admitted that
Japanese equipment had surprised
them. The Japanese used types Of
monopiane fighters and bombers
about which little had been pre-
yiously known.
Barely Distinguishable
The bottom Of the wings and
fuselage were painted light blue
80 that observers In ships or ON
the ground could hardly distinguish
the attackers against the sky. The
top was dark blue. 80 that It was
difficult to see them from above
against the dark blue Pacific.
The planes had sir-eooled en-
gines built ON patents Of the Amer
lean Pratt 4 Whitney Co. They
used American Hamilton propel-
lers or a Japanese copy of them.
Each plane carried beneath the
fuselage a belly tank" OF extra
gasoline to GIVE II longer range.
The Japanese typ o" Tight
er. which first appeared In
China In 1910. was known to
be one Of the longest range
fighters In the world. With It's
''belly tank" which could be
jettisoned when n went Into
combat. II could stay In the air
six hours.
American and other observers
were skeptiesl about the armament
and performance of this plane until
one was shot down in the spring
of 1871. Then they discovered that
II carried two 20-millimeter cannon
and two machine guns heavier
armament than any American
fighter in service nj the time.
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MRS. HEDwIG FAULKNER

Mrs. Hedwig Faulkner. rs,
widow Of Alfred Faulkner. died
Wednesday night Mt her home, 40
ST. Helens ave, ending a residence
OF IS years In Tacoma. She was
native of Germany. Surviving
are her daughter. Margaret Faulk-
ner and two sons, John and AL
fred, and one grandchild. all Of
Tacoma; and a sister, Mrs. Moore.
residing In India. Funeral ar
engagements will be announced by
Buckley-king.
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The bitter
underestimated the Japanese fighters
Some Japanese fers daring One plane
which had minutes
flying. hardly sufficient take II 10 carrier
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INFANT VALENTINE

The infant son OF Mr. and Mrs
Harry Valentine died In u local
hospital "Wednesday. The parents
reside at 2602 No. 18th NJ Sur
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MRS. NETTIE RICE

Mrs. Nettie Rice. 81. died Thurs
day at her home in Puyallup.
Surviving her is a son, Fred Rice,
of 1928 So. 18th St, Tacoma. She
was born in St Louis. Mo, and
came to Tacoma in 1924. She
was a member of the Christian
Science church. Buckley-king
will announce funeral arrange
menta
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siste Regulated Lender.


promptly on a business
Ike bass without uetifFiuE frlfncs.
relatives o. employer = Tou need
money. phone o. cal TO-DAY
Cash Monthly Payments !.
Loan eMaz Il Max Noss
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Obituary N Offices
CHARLES \. OSBORN

Charles y. Osborn. 10, Of Ho-
quiam. died Dec. 81 in an Aber-
deem hospital. He was native
of Wisconsin, and il survived by
four sons. l.. X. Of Tacoma, NJ. D.,
Port Angeles. w. B., Humptulips,
and Neil of the u. s. army. sta
toned in New Jersey. and three
grandchildren. Funeral services
at Pinnick-Coleman mortuary, Ho-
GUAM. at 1870 p. IN. Saturday.
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Honesty Always Paws

FINDERS OF lost articles adyer-
tised below please take notice
After you have returned the
articles 10 the loser 90 to The
Tacoma T1mes office, els Nal
ket. where YOU Will be pre-
scented with tRo guest tickets TO
the Temple theater
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viving also are a brother. David.
and the grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Williamson, all Of Ia
coma. c. c. Mellinger Co. will an
oounce th, funeral
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Mrs. Emma sundemark. 20, died
in a local hospital Wednesday
night. She was the wife of August
Sundemark and resided at Rt. 8.
Box 426. Besides her husband she
leaves u daughter, Shirley, and
son. Bobby; her mother, Mrs. Julia
Satiacum: two brothers. Chester
and Elton Satiacum. and q sister,
Mona Satiaeum. all of Tacoma.
Funeral services will be held at
1:so Friday at Cushman cemetery
under the direction Of Cassidy a
Allen. Rev. Father Anselm of
Holy Rosary parish will officiate.
PERCY l.. WRIGHT
Percy l.. Wright, 81, died at q
local hospital Wednesday. He was
resident of Snoqualmie where
he had been n telegrapher for the
Northern Pacific. He is survived
by his wife. Marguerite. of the
home. a daughter, Mrs. Dora
kolars Of Walla Walla, and two
grandchildren. The body was sent
by Gaffney's to Walla Walla for
burial.
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FOR BARBER JOBS. earn with Day
a. holsrs ColleEs. i2is Pacific.
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H Apply
Ri;rthday

THURSDAY. JANUARY I. 1912
Charles A. lChuckl Schu-
mann. 1904 ~. >tatr II.
Corinne Harris. nj. q, Box IS.
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Instruction
ATIENnONI

Many Jobs available IA local snip
yards and private industry We
have trained several hundred men
Who are nov WORKING We own and
operate one o. the largest and best
equipped shops IN fne Nor hNesr
NORTHWEST WI DING SCHOOL
17i5 SOUTH TACOA WAY
rhons Garland Sz2s
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Female Help Wanted

GIRL for housework two children.
$50. STAY nights close in. Main
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Day and Contract Work

GENERAL housework J children $50
month References MAln sA21
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Rubber From CeyIon

With the occupation of British
Malaga and the Netherlands Indies
by enemy forces, Ceylon is now the
most important source of natural
rubber still available to the United
Nations. The island is the worlds
third largest producer, and before
the war supplied about 7 per
cent of our imports of crude rubber.
In 1910 Ceylon produced approx
mately $4,000 tons of rubber, as COM
pared with $4,000 tons in British
Malaga, and about $4,000 tons in the
Dutch East Indies.
Since the output of the producing
areas, before the war in the Far East,
was regulated by international agree
mentS, 1t seems reasonable to assume
that Ceylon rubber production could
be increased, at least temporarily, by
maximum tapping of the trees on its
plantations. Even without an ex-
pansion in output, however, the is
lands supplies will be of great value
to the United Nations in view of the
shortage of rubber which faces them
as a result of the loss of British
Malaga and the Netherlands Indies.
Both for economic, as we'll as stra-
tegic reasons, it is thus of vital i'm
portance that they prevent Japan
from extending her conquests to
Ceylon.
Japan's advance into the Indian
Ocean not only jeopardizes future
shipments of rubber from Ceylon, but
threatens also our supplies of several
other strategic products. India is the
principal source of mica used in the
manufacture of electrical machinery
and of many types of munitions. 1t
is also used for the insulation of air
plane motor spark plugs. About IA
per cent of our imports of man
ganese come from India, and we
largely depend on that country for
our supplies of jute and several other
strategic materials. Loss of India,
therefore, would be another setback
to our war production.
Evening star., 1942-04-09

released by Spain in 1880. 1t shows the
monument against background of lofty
peaks with an airplane in the upper
righthand corner and portrait medal
lion of Dagoberto Godoy in the lower
lefthand corner-25c, ultramarine.
The same conception was employed by
Argentina in a stamp commemorating
the 32nd International Eucharistic Con-
gress, October 10 to IA, 1884 Rose and
brown in color, 10c in denomination, this
beautiful adhesive offers a closer view
of the Andes Christ with His cross and
His gesture of blessing.
Also in 1884 the postal authorities of
Brazil depicted Christ on stamps pro-
duced for special occasion-the visit of
Cardinal Pacelli, now Pope Plus XII, to
Rio de Janeiro. One value is 300r, dark
red; another. 700r, ultramarine Both
carry noble efdgy of Jesus with hands
outstretched in benediction.
Stamps in homage to the Madonna and
Holy Child have been used by Liechten-
stein, 1920; Hungary three different
designs-1s2l, 1926, 1892; the saar,
1925. and Belgium, 1893.
At the farther extreme of the pill
grimage of Christ in this world, the last
named country has reproduced on q
stamp Peter Paul Rubens' magnificent
painting, The Descent From the Cross
-5fr plus SIR, slate gray, 1889. F.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Defeat on Butuun

The news that the japanese prob
ably have smashed the defenses OF
Bataan is not unexpected, yet it
comes as a distressing blow to the
people of this country and to our
allies.
To an extent out of proportion to
It's strategic significance, Bataan had
become a portentouS symbol of the
Allied cause. Probably because there
was so little from which they might
derive encouragement in other areas,
the people of the United Nations had
been inspired with hope for the
future by the grim, dogged resistance
which the hopelessly outnumbered
American and Filipino defenders had
maintained in the face of the in
evitability of ultimate defeat.
The announcement from the War
Department said Lieutenant General
Wainwright had reported that the
defending east flank had been en-
veloped by the enemy and that
counterattack by the First Corps had
failed due to the complete physical
exhaustion of the troops This
tells its own story. The men have
been fighting without relief since war
burst upon the Philippines four
months ago. For more than three
months they have been isolated on
Bataan Peninsula, and during the
past five days they were subjected
to ceaseleSs attack by superior enemy
forces. In addition to their absolute
command of the air, the japanese
we're able to make good their losses.
Casualties meant nothing to them
because fresh troops were available
to fill the ranks. But not so with the
defenders. When an American or
Filipino fell there was no one to take
his place. Thus, the numerical
superiority which the enemy enjoyed
at the outset increased as the fight
ing progressed, and under those con-
ditions, however valiant the defend
Clo, uClCdI 10 OIlly d quCSIlOll VI CllllC
and of the attackers willingness to
pay the price of victory.
1t is indicated that General VAIN
wright and some of his men may
have fallen back on the harbor forti-
fications, but this, if true, should not
be permitted to arouse undue opti-
mism. If the peninsula has been
lost. the battle, for all practical pur-
poses, Is over, and the japanese have
acquired another vital outpost, while
we have lost base of operations
against their supply lines.
But the loss of a battle is not an
irretrievable disaster And the mag
nificent conduct of this fight, even
though defeat has come, demon
strates that the fighting qualities of
the American soldiers are second to
none. Bataan stands as a bright
promise of what we may expect when
it becomes possible to engage the
enemy under conditions of equality
In numbers and equipment.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
A Good Example

An example of wartime co-opera-
ton that demonstrates anew the
practical value of the Good Neigh
Dor" policy developed In this coun-
trys relations with the other Ameri-
can republics for the past decade is
afforded by the agreement just
reached between the United States
and Mexico.
Fulfllment of the program agreed
upon by Acting Secretary of State
Sumner WelleS and Mexican Foreign
Minister Ezequiel Padilla should
, bring benefits to both countries.
Broadly, it involves financial and
material assistance from the United
States in the development of Mex
ico's vast resources for the urgent
purpose of helping to supply this
Nations war needs for strategic ma
terials and such industrial products
as steel and ships. 1t gives promise
of constructive long-range results
that will carry over into the post
war period through putting Mexican
economy on a Sounder basis.
The building of cargo vessels in
Mexican shipyards, construction of
steel and tin plate rolling mill and
a high octane gasoline refinery in
Mexico, expansion of Mexico's rail-
way system and establishment of
number of other basic industries"
in the neighboring republic are en-
visioned by the agreement. Negotia-
tionS for a reciprocal trade pact are
to be speeded A joint statement by
Mr.. WelleS and Dr. Padilla empha-
sized that the program mot only
will develop the economic life of
Mexico and the United States but
will greatly speed the war effort of
the United States"
This is but a sample of the COL
laboration being practiced by most
of the twenty-one American repub-
lies in meeting supply and other
problems raised by the war. To
understand the value of this Good
Neighbor" spirit 1t Is only necessary
Evening star., 1942-04-09
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles Z. Trdce1Dell.

at some distance resembling q robin, as
strange as 1t may seem.
Many mother cardinals have been
mistaken for that famous first robin"
No doubt reports of robins long before
any one else has seen one may be ex-
planned in this way
1t is very easy to mistake a mother
cardinal for robin at 100 feet.
~ ~
1t has been reported that cedar wax
wings will pass a cherry along from one
to another and back again, without eat
ing it.
Some observers believe that this means
they have eaten all they want.
Others feel sure that this bespeaks
high degree of intelligence for the bird.
GLADDEN., writing in Birds of America, :"
quotes Fortush as follows:
who can describe the marvellous
beauty and elegance of this bird? What
other is dressed in robe of such delicate
and silky texture? Those shades of
blending beauty, velvety black, brighten
Ing into fawn, melting browns, shifting
sanrons, quaker drabs, pale blue and
slate with trimmings Of white and golden
yellow, and the little red appendages on
the wing, not found in any other family
OF birds-all. combined with its graceful
form, give the bird an appearance of
elegance and distinction peculiarly its
own"
The waxwing is Slightly more than 7
inches long.
The blending of the color of the
feathers is marvelously contrived.
The general effect is of pinkish gray
brown. with yellow on the abdomen and
tip of tail.
The red bits of wax" on the wings
will be missed at little distance
In different parts of the country the
bird Is called variously the cherry bird,
Southern waxwing, Carolina waxwing,
Canada waxwing and cedar bird.
1t seems as If every species which ever
appeared in the great Carolinas had the
States name hitched onto it, as If it
showed up no place else. This is State
pride, surely.
At one time the fruit growers of Ver-
mont had a bill passed through the
House which would permit them to shoot
this bird.
In the Senate of the State the bill was
defeated.
This result was attained by showing
the legislators mounted specimens of the
bird. (We would have thought a pair
of live ones in a cage would have been
better)
At any rate, the beauty of the wax
wings won the day.
The Senators voted and the bill was
defeated
Any householder who is fortunate
enough to have a visit from these
beauties will understand
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Wartime Needs

The program of public works, as
distinct from housing, which the
Commissioners will submit to the
Federal Works Agency for approval
under terms of the Lanham Act,
gives an indication Of the nature and
size of the burden which wartime
expansion has placed upon the Ma
tion's Capital. With veritable new
city rapidly being superimposed on
Washington and its environs, there
has arisen urgent need not only for
office space and living quarters but
for all the sundry municipal services
which the enlarged populace re-
quires.
With 2o,OoO,0OO Of the $50 900 900
Lanham fund made available by
Congress for public works, the Com
miSSioners have decided to ask for
more than $13,0OO,OO0 for such
pressing immediate needs as water
and sewerage extensions, school ia
cilities and hospital additions. Al
locations for nearby Virginia and
Maryland areas are yet to be dis
cuSSed.
The allotment to the District of
Lanham appropriations will involve
the question of how much of the
funds sought should be in the form
of outright Federal grants and how
much should be in the form of loans
to be repaid by the District. The act
leaves to Federal authorities the
decision on this important point.
In allocating sl,562,35O to Wash
ington recently out of an earlier bill
for emergency public works in de-
fense areas, the Government directed
that $572 1000, or about 27 per cent,
be paid back by the District. 1t is
understood that this apportionment
was the result of studying the sew
eral projects-seWers, water mains
and Schools-and deciding in each
case the extent to which Federal
activities contributed to the need.
This would seem to be fair yard
stick, and, if conscientiously ap-
piled, should protect Washington
from unfair burdens traceable di-
rectly to Federal war needs. For
many years Congress required its
Capital to operate on a pay-as-you-
go basis, which trained the local
community to avoid bonded indebt-
edneSS.
In recent years, however, this
policy was dropped, partly because
of the depression and partly to de-
velop comprehensive park system,
and today the District has debt of
approximately $12,894,O which it
is paying off in substantial annual
sums. Washington is willing to meet
its fair proportion of unusual cur
rent needs, but it does not want to
be left with too large a debt when
the war is over and thousands OF
temporary war workers have re-
turned to the States.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
"TAKOMA PARK, Nd.

Dear Sir:
IL recently had a visitation in the back
yard which I would like to share with
you and your many readers.
"A flock of cedar waxwings came to
a tree there the other day. They made
one of the most beautiful sights I have
ever seen.
There must have been so of these
birds, all of them perching quietly, and
not frightened away by any one coming
comparatively close to them In the yard.
It am sure that these must have been
cedar waxwings. Do the Bohemian wax
wings come this far south? recall them
as a child, when I lived in Connecticut
with my parents.
"I could easily see the bits Of red at
the end Of their wings.
Sincerely yours, B. N. L."
The cedar waxwing sometimes lives
here the year around.
In the spring it appears in certain 10
calities in small hocks, from 80 to so or
go birds. 1t is seldom seen In summer.
AS far as we know, the Bohemian wax
wing does not come here.
These waxwings are unusual looking
birds. There are only three species OF
them. One lives In Japan, the second
. in the far north, not far from the Pole,
and the third in this country.
This, the third one, is the cedar wax
wing
1t is classed with the singing birds,
hence is called "songbird," but only
because it has the vocal apparatus OF
singing bird In reality it does not
sing in any generally accepted sense.
We have heard of one other appear
ance of these birds.
1t might have been the same flock.
About so Of them appeared one after
noon in Bethesda, Md, not far from
Wisconsin avenue.
child called to her mother.
"Oh. mother, come see the baby car
dinals!'
These birds are not cardinal-color
however, but rather of wine color.
The red tips on the wings some
what resemble old-fashioned sealing
wax
With it's black and red and gray
and yellow, 1t is one of the most beau
tiful OF all birds.
Its fine crest makes 1t slightly resem-
BILE male cardinal, but its coloration
is really more like that of a female
cardinal. that is, good specimen with
plenty OF color in her.
Not all female cardinals are colorful,
by any means.
Persons who have not seen really good
specimens may wonder at the praise
which is sometimes given to the female
cardinal
Often the female is rather nondescript,
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Night Along the River

Night sounds are many here along
the riUer;
The ear is sharp to every change
or break
Always there is the fall OF water
The rocks, NTH deadwood Drift
ing in their 1Ddke.
An eerie ,Dind has settled in the
1Oillo1OS,
Holding the heart in ponder at
the sound,
And from the iOooded bluffs across
the hollolDS
There comes the mourntul bay
ing OF a hound.
Night sounds are lonely here; the
riuer mumbleS
Around the horseshoe bend, firm
in its course,
Lapping the bank until the worn
soil trembleS,
And earth surrenders to a stronger
force.
One WalkS alone beside the riper
here,
Quiet OF heart among the night
sounds, knoDing
This clay must cramble, too, year
after year:
Always, for man, there is river
fotping.
BLANCHE STEWART.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Symbolic SALVAGE

A curious accident, it has become
known, will make possible the re-
building of the meeting place of the
House of Commons exactly as it was
before it was burned in the German
blitz of London last year. The
original drawings for the hall, pre-
pared by Sir Charles Barry in 1910,
have been found; and the story of
their recovery is being cited as an
example of the providential fortune
which appears to favor England even
in the darkest times.
Sir Charles came to the end of his
career without warning in 1860, leav-
ing his papers in confusion. His son,
Edward Middleton Barry. also an
architect Of great distinction, COM