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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

persons. three of them evidently
shipyard workers. They all ac-
cepted my invitation and rode to
the transfer point on Pacific ave.
That day 1 had to have the back
seat upholstery cleaned where IL
had been soiled by greasy over
alls.
The next day, with the uphol-
stery covered. I picked up another
load. Two Of the men were smok-
ing cigarets. One OF them dropped
the stub on the floor. put his heel
ON 1t but didn't do a good job and
. hole was burned In the floor
covering.
Those who want the automobile
owner TO share the rides should
20 halfway at least. Quite likely
il is impossible for all defense
workers TO wear clean overalls.
but II il possible TO prevent burn
ing the inside Of the car with
cigarets. II q person Is a smoker
the decent thing is to throw the
cigaret away before getting into
another persons car. A great
many persons don't like cigarets.
Hereafter when I pick up a
person who is smoking a cigaret
I am going to tell him that the
price Of the ride is to leave the
cigaret outside Maybe won't
pick him up. n. D. S.
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. HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

Good and evil are discerned in
the planetary aspects for today.
Restlessness and anxiety may be
prevalent among persons Of every
age.
Heart and Home: This weekend
should be suspicious for the enter
tainment Of soldiers, sailors and
air men. The stars encourage
Inequalities extended to strangers.
High cost Of food will be ignored
all through this month owing to
configurations that cause families
to go on the principle that the
best time Is now"
National Issues: Labor comes
under a configuration that prom
ises broad cooperation with gov
eminent aims. Strikes will be
bitterly opposed and legally pre-
vented in the new year. Equality
between the financial returns Of
agriculture and industry will be
finally established, 1t is forecast.
American farmers are to prosper
long after peace is established.
international Affairs: Intense
attacks by the enemy axis powers
will mark the end Of this year
which is the worst In all war rec
ords and should be also the turn
ing point toward final victory for
the United Nations. Unity of COM
mand must be assured in all great
operations. In this conflict bat
ties differ 30 distinctly in char
acter that only experts in each
special branch Of fighting can
achieve success.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is
have the augury Of year of
more than average success. Sud-
den decisions may be unfortunate.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be lucky In winning what
they most desire for they should
be talented and fairly well poised
in character although too I'M
pulsive.
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The Tacoma Times Editorial and Feature Pages
.. Writing 10 Soldiers

Many weIl-intentioned persons, a. q
contribution 10 morale are urging the
writing of letters 20 soldiers. The idea is
commendable. but what these good folk
fail TO emphasize is that indiscriminate
writing can be nuisance. This is particu-
larry true in cases where the letter writing
is promoted through correspondence clubs.
The war department is discouraging
this type Of correspondence for two rea-
sons.
The chief reason is that making ac-
quaintance of soldiers through false or
CARNATIONS is one of the Oldest tricks of
espionage. Genuine activities Of this sort
furnish a front for them.
The second Is that masses Of letters
from unknown correspondents place
heavy and unnecessary burden on protect
i've agencies and also clutter up the army
mail facilities. No good purpose is served.
What the war department recommends
Is that all good citizens who are personally
acquainted with soldiers write often. Com
pliance with that recommendation will
create helpful soldier correspondence.
But writing at random to list of strange
names in the army is emphatically dis
couraged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

Top among the big jobs to be UNDER
taken in Tacoma in the postwar construc-
ton period should be elimination of the
railroad crossing on Pacific avenue. Every
day the movement of trains across the
main north and south thoroughfare Gre
ates a congestion that breaks up schedules
and delays traffic at time the movement
is the heaviest.
Due to the heavy loads, long trains
and steep grade, the movement is exceed
ingly slow. Though the delay be no more
than five minutes, that is enough to pile
up two lanes of traffic on both sides of
the track for from two to four blocks on
each side the crossing.
The Pacific avenue crossing was bad
enough with the ordinary peace time
traffic. Add to that the heavy movement
that has accrued with the increase of war
industry, and the daily traffic snares
create an intolerable condition.
Nothing can be done now, but tlfe sit
uation offers plenty of material on which
the planning commission can work.
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He Knows or Finds
The Answers

they all take time. 1t may be that
your husband has not yet applied
for an allotment. We suggest you
write TO him and explain. He can
get better action II he makes the
request.
II killed, q soldiers pay contin-
ues for six months after death.
Mr.. Fixit: win you tell me n
the Canadian boys from Is TO 20
will be drafted. Even IL they
have lived here for five years?
READER
They are subject to draft and
will be called along with others.
They can appeal, but all may not
20 well II they ever have occasion
to ask for citizenship papers in the
future.
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, Reorganization Mot Scarcity

One insonvenient but really unimpor-
tant phase of the current economic adj
justment will be the disappearance of
favorite brands from store shelves. In
most instances this will result not from
actual scarcities, but from a reorganiza-
ton of supply methods which is designed
to tighten the burden on our transporta-
ton system.
So when you cannot find, let US say. the
Excello brand you like best. don't get
panicky. Probably Excello had to be
brought hundreds of miles, and. also
probably, there is something just as good,
just as tasty. just as nutritious, made in
your own vicinity. of which the grocer has
plenty.
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Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to page I
for the answers.
1. Maikop is one Of the three
major oil fields in the Caucasus.
Name the other two.
?. Which baseball teams played
IN the 1871 World series7
s. Which branch Of the army
uses the caduceus as its insignia !?
T. When an American soldier
says he has no pocket lettuce, {"
what does he mean?
5. Name the author Of They
Were Expendabie.
8. OF what nationality was the
author Joseph Conrad,
I. After the first World war.
peace was declared between the
United States and Germany dur
ing the administration Of Wilson.
Harding. or Coolidge7
8. The Danish West Indies
purchased by the United States In
1917. are now known by what
name-
.. A square foot and q foot
square have the same area; Is
this true also Of two square feet
and two feet square,
10 o. what state was De WITT
Clinton governorl
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. Mr.. Fixif

Mr.. Fixit: Kindly tell me what
the salary of q captain Ia IN the
ordnance department Of the army :
What allowance IL he required to
pay to his wife? HIP.
The base pay for a captain Is
$500. plus allowances. He Is not
compelled to give any allotment
to his wife.
Mr.. Fixit: We have n home In
Cosmopolis that we are renting to
friends for SIS per month. Is Il
necessary to register the house
with the rent control office:
ID. Fl.
The local office tells us that
Cosmopolis is not listed as a de-
Tense area and therefore homes
are not subject to registration.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII You please tel
me II the Washington state laws
permit my marriage 10 my fathers
half-brother's daughter:
NJ. L. n.
The state law says that cousins
can't marry. But II gives a long
explanation of what constitutes
cousins. You viii be better off to
discuss this with lawyer.
Mr.. Fixit: My husband has been
In the army since April and stiil ]
don't receive my allotment. Where
can 1 find out why l don't receive
IL? Is IL true II n soldier Is killed
In action that an allotment win
stop Mt once I'm case he did not
take out Insurance: NJ. G. T.
There are a tremendous number
OF allotments TO be handled and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

Editor The Times: The war
emergency has Increased rather
than decreased some Of the prob
lens Of . large segment of Negro
farm families In the South Like
other farmers In low-income
brackets, necessary changes In
the agricultural pattern have ssri-
ously affected their home life
which was already inadequate In
such basic necessities ~ balanced
diets and comfortable clothing.
Government surveys reveal that
the dislocation Of farm labor In
one Of the serious problems af-
fccttng the most advantageous
use Of the Soufh's manpower.
Fathers and older boys are leaving
mother. aged and dependent rela-
tives and younger children to carry
on farming operations. A large
proportion Of these men have been
called to the service. others are
working in war production plants.
and stili others have drifted 70
urban oenters. hoping to get some
Of the high wages" about which
they have heard However. due
10 lack q special skills and be-
cause q traditional barriers TO
Negro employment In many IN
cusfries. . large proportion have
accepted temporary unsldlled work
or are stin drifting"
Those heads q farm families
who are in process OF adjustment
Win find It difficult to provide
adequate necessities fer their
homes. due 70 the scarcity and
high prices Of consumer goods.
Children IN such homes face a
cherries Christmas morning un-
lesk. IN the midst o. other kacri-
fices. those who are more fortu-
nate are willing to select cid wear
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= This Pudding Is 0. K.

In view Of the frequent and sometimes
justified criticisms that have swirled
about the heads Of other departments
concerned with the conduct Of the war, Il
is noteworthy that nothing is said about
the ordnance branch. That becomes sur
prising when il is remembered that this
is the department which designs, services
and purchases tanks. guns, munitions,
combat and staff vehicles. and most Of the
things with which men fight except
planes and water vehicles
The ordnance department has big job.
When the British evacuated Dunkirk, and
scurried back to their island sanctuary
without arms. cartridges. or anything
much except their fists, we hastily sent
them just about every weapon and mu-
milton IN our almost bare cupboard.
II was the task of the Ordnance depart
ment with utmost haste, TO replace those
guns, that powder. and the other material
of war out of an economy which. during
years of pacifism, we had deliberately
demilitarizedsby malnutrition.
The way that job has been done is
tribute TO the quiet devotion of the little
ordnance nucleus which the Army man.
aged to maintain through lean years. How
little, you may be the Judge. There were
just 275 officers in the entire establish
ment.
Rearmament has been achieved with
little publicity because it has been done
well. Criticisms have been few and for
the most part badly founded. When the
story Of our tanks, our anti-aircraft and
anti-tank guns, our Garand semi-automatic
H.. - al - II
Campbell and his devoted little staff will
be in line for public gratitude rs great as
that to which our heroic combat units are
entitled.
Much of that success is attributable TO
the caliber Of the men involved. Much
is due TO the decentralization program
planned during the first World War, ex-
tended during the lean years of peace, and
now being completed by General Campbell.
The Ordnance chief is something of a
paradox-a Naval Academy graduate
holding major rank in the Army. He was
our leading tank designer in the between
war period. He thinks of himself ms a
factory manager for the fighting units.
He is foe of red tape. He conceives it to
be the job Of q military administrator to
get things done fast and right.
Therefore he has decentralized his
work to the limit Planning and design
ing inevitably are centered in his own
office in Washington. Procurement and
inspection are done in the field. Any of
his IL districts is authorized to buy up to
a S5,000.000 order without even a sigma
ture from Washington. Larger orders are
handled in the field, though the forms
have to 60 TO the capital for formal
approval.
The proof Of the pudding is in the eat
ing. Ordnance department pudding has a
sweet and spicy taste for Americans, bit
ter one for the Axis. We commend the
Ordnance departments example to some
other Washington war agencies.
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our best, sir" The next morning
the cripple. to everyone's amaze
ment. rejoined the convoy. A few
hours later she was badly hit
again and the convoy had to leave
her. However, 80 near were they
to Malta that British destroyers
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stood by. AT sunset she was hit
again and set on fire, but the
crew extinguished the dangerous
flames. Then, taken in tow by
H. NJ. destroyer Rye. she limped
into Malta with her valuable fuel
safei
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= Your Opinions

Ing apparel. discarded toys, etc.
and make them available to the
children Of cabins and rural slums.
For many years Tuskegee Insti-
tute has been privileged to be a
medium through which devoted
friends In all parts of the country
have sent GIFTS direct TO such
homes. Experienced members OF
our staff. whose regular activities
take them into remote rural areas.
visit many homes where our hu-
man reserves for national defense
are greatly impaired by made
quste diets. insufficient clothing
and miserable shelter. They know
where the need is most acute and
distribution Of gifts il made by
them.
We. therefore. renew cur APP
peal for donations OF clothing.
books. toys. candy. pictures. etc.
Some friends prefer TO send
money with which to purchase
gifts. and in such instances the
donation Is spent as directed
#. ID. PATTERSON.
President Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala.
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The American-built Ohio was
left behind the convoy with the
words from Admiral Burrough.
Make the short route II you can
on your own and slip across to
Malta. She needs you badly"
The tanker answered: Wen do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

Ambitions are lawful unless they are
built on the miseries of others. That
definition disqualifies Hitler as it did
Napoleon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

tentially dangerous situation" I'M
perils the German armies In east
ern Europe. according to the re-
cent Owl report?
Answers on Page
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21
. WAR QUIZ

1. This flag flies over q South
American good neighbor. Bottom
band Is red. middle blue, top yell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

No man lives without jostling and being
jostled; in all ways he has to elbow his
way through the world. giving and re-
ceiving offense.-Carlyle.
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: CIappper

Two Word Wars IN One
Generation Too Much
Earnest Men Cropping
Without Blue Prints
Way Is Hard. But
Why Givs Up7
~ RAYMOND cT.APPER
WASHINGTON = Those pso-
nsers who are cropping 10 find a
wsy Of preventing q third World
war are undergoing some of the
uams kind Of punishment that
pioneers must endure.
They Awavs encounter frusfra-
oon- early failure and ridicule.
nlny NGitcbeH was court
mnrtaa1ed by Ire military
bureaucrn1a hut they couldn't
ceurtwaruas mis- tueax. A
bullet got lincoln hut %
eou11n't Nm what he stcod for.
10 when people get funny about
Henry Wallace and his quart Of
nix = day. It 10 part Of the game
fon cnn bury Vice Presi-
Dent Wallace under a pile Of
sldicule but you can't burr
the common sense that says
people scho are acilling to
work should hare enough out
Of this srorid's goods TO feed,
ciofhe and shelter them.
Yon can't bury the COM
mon sense that says a ciriii-
cafion intelligent enough TO
conquer nature as ours has
ought to try to prevent q
third world scar.
For the first time our side II
feeling the mt Of military sue
ooaoes. Al President Roosevelt
nayn n looks a. II the turning
poinf q the war has been reached.
Every military man that I hear
discuss the subject II positive that
much hard fighting stiIl lies ahead.
Many moro American lives. and
thousands Of lives on both sides
= this war. viii be paid before IL
- rwnr We know n little of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

Your postmaster can tell you
how to invest In U. 8. WAR
BONDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

try
2. When is the
term skipper
sed in he
army?
o una ~
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, SO THEY SAY

II U-boats found attacks upon
our forces dangerous last year.
think they are finding it douely
dangerous this year. New meth
DDS have been developed and new
devices are in action. - A. v.
Alexander. first lord Of the Brit
ish Admiralty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

c.ps 30. ~ unss.s r-.s-rs sy.as--as. i-s.
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Editor The Times: ! have been
much interested In the sugges-
tons about automobile owners
sharing rides a. a solution % n
traffic situation that promises TO
become worse. Some Of these sug-
geztions have been combined with
severe criticisms Of those who do
no voluntarily pick Up riders on
the street.
A couple Of weeks age I de-
cided 20 be hig-hesrted and share
my car with the first persons I
saw waiting for transportation.
At my first stop there were five
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21

We have been able 70 furnish 10
our enemies in the Solomons and
in Tulsgi area a sample a what
they are going to get. - Admiral
Ernest J. King. Y. S. Navy.
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- ~ - . psspas 60 sffer
~ = : s1Eoag puh1le sent1-
- = suppert sur govern
- - trytng - keep -
~ wea- Ne can'f Nh Il -
- ~ euns11lns ~ ~ can't
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mnny a1Er1nnes - hew much
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- unn11sn o.ooo m1les - innd
1Bou6norB - 1S.ooo nnLles q
49, onnrf1Ene-
1rcbo1y can b specific shout
ono<ho6s It this time. We can b
GVur1Eie shout he purpose
apsclcIs \ Insisting that thu heavy
- ~ be1ng paid won't b
1hEUun away o. crnck-pot ideas
11nk H. ru1k q lie world can "a
- per1lf1on without taking NJ
The future outlook., 1942-10-03
Owl Will Radio
News To Soldiers

IN uu "ffpi &" prNidr American
trH'I's Ia rciuul" stations with w.,
Mind ~ coutact They want with huiu,
the office Of war information niI.
nouneod to-day that II would pur'
chase minimum of eight hours rn.
dio time daily hrsiuulnc n,,nut Oc
tober ! 10 pipe u,Vs and sn'vinl
progrnns ia service men IN AlW'u.
Commercial shows taken from t.t
three uujur radio uciWorks also W.l'
hc transmitted The programs win
lr pila-l fton san Francisco tu four
Alaskan stations ~ l'nlfmu's
(kFARO. Jnnrnu tklNN). k",cll.
kan (KTKN) and Anchorage
tKfQD) ana rcbroadcasi over med
Inn wave trnnSmiitcrs
As equipment becomes HynIlHhl"
the OWL, In conjunction with th,
Army Sletnl corps. VIII ihSihll low
powered transultters at Nonr. hutc',
llnrhor aud HodInk
The owl already Is hroadeHsline
news aud variety progrnms fnr ~"
iufornutinu ana entertainment 90
American troops on overseas duty
The schedule of Alaskan broadcasls
was arranged by Nlurry Brophy.
chief of the Rurcnn of Comnunict-
tons Facilities Of the OWrs Over
seas Branch.
The future outlook., 1942-10-03
2 Negro Ministers
Assaulted On
Train
Continued From PAGE onel

Rev. MIR. Jackson, who In presi'
deut OF the New England Negro Bnp-
tIst convention, charged that he WIS
similarly attacked short time later
when lie attempted to return Ia ms
Pullman reservation after visiting
Negro delegates IN the forward day
coach. The TG.yrnr.old minister
stated that his eye g!asScs were
broken. his face cut and his lips
bruised. 4 train conductor aud nj
t,ndant lnteryen,-i IN the dispute
The future outlook., 1942-10-03
Leaue for College

The following students left sun
day September l3. FOR State Teach
crs College. FnyettevlllG:
Miss Edna briggs Rowland, CAT
Irrtln and Ella Alnr jordan. Max
ton. Miss Ellen Brown and sarah
Mickey. Of Muxton. Miss Mary Kat"
McEachin. Rowland. David Mall"t'
Maxton
The future outlook., 1942-10-03

time. the boiler will he large enough
q How can n conversion. job '"
fiunucd?
A. Conversion jobs have l"S'n 10
nnN,d from the crcdit.tinc resiric
lions of the Federal l,,rrrvr linud
Owners uuw cnn apply Ia u l"aI
bank and arrange TO finance the cost
OF the conversions
Dealer and Wholesaler Questions
And Answers.
q | am IN the heating business
nnd want 10 buy some CRATES, hut my
Iuhblng house viii not sell them tu
me withou, a preference rating
Whnt should ! do?
4. The sale OF rrutcs Is not re-
strictcd. aud no rutlng Is necessary
II you viii let us hive the name Of
your jobber. we viii @ glad to call
him aud explain this to him.
G. Can use order PSI 70 get
CRATES for conversion?
A. %o You do not need amy prefer
cnce rating 10 buy these CRATES. PSI
Is only to be used FOR Replacement
aud repair purposes,
q am a Wholesaler lf sell my
crate stock without ratings, how nln
roIng to replncr ~
A. You may file a special furn
npDlN) showing whit ratings son
have IN CRATE stock for replacement
aud repair ana showing the balance
as CRATE oil conversion sales.
O. want to put stoker on u job
to convert from oil to coal The
stoker manufacturer tells me that he
needs II preference rating. thought
that stokera could be- sold without
preference ratings.
4. II u stoker has capacity ot
,css ,hun 90 pounds per hour. rat
Ing * no, needed to get II. II oV"t
CO pounds, the manufactures has to
have the rating of defense plants ar
others with high priority ratings to
assemble IL, and sou VIII have I"
get your customer 10 file nn aprli'
cation for rating on n special
form (PD.1A),
O. | have lots OF jobs signed M io
put In grntes Tor conversion purposes
can get the CRATES, but need some
bolts. riyets. nuts, aud pins 10 Install
II. What can | do about thisi
A. file special application tPh-
1A) giving complete information re
intlng 10 the plnnned conversion and
send II To Operations Section,
Plumbing aud Heating Branch, Wl'l'.
.. AIN n jobber and can't buy an
adequate supply OF CRATES 10 take
care OF what the demand will he this
winter. What should | dot
A. You should file an appeal, nd
dressed TO the WPB, Washington
u. c. Show In the appeal that you
need this equipment for anticipated
conversion jobs.
q. How about CRATES for fireplaces
A. Portable CRATES for frcplaces
Gun he sold without Il preference
rating. However. their manufacture
was prohibited September 3, 49,
l
The future outlook., 1942-10-03
Daughters of Zion
To Meet October 8

The Daughters OF Zion OF Provi'
dcnce Bapts; church win meet
Thursday, October 5 nt the home of
Mrs. y. X. ponnell.
The future outlook., 1942-10-03

An ltnlIan.born Oregon stone
cutter contributed ! 800 pounds ot
fine steel stonecuttlng tools 10 the
local scrnp campaign.