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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-13
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-13

i1| Help Buy lO1s More.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25
Sovsoro

to break down the Japs' high-handed attitude.
In 1888 the bark John Rowland under Captain
Whitfield, sailed from New Bedford for the Pacific
Grounds. She took whales just north of the Phil
lipines and was weathering to the east when she
sighted distress signals from small, barren island
which Captain Whitfield had always thought to be
uninhabited.
Backing his mainyard he sent a boat and
brought off four Japanese fishermen darn near
starved to death, who'd been cast ashore during
storm some weeks previous.
One of them boy Of fourteen. He said
his name Nakahama Maniiro. But that was
too much of a mouthful for the whalers so they
christened him Mungo John.
Knowing he dared not try to return the Japs
to their own country, Captain Whitfield took them
all to Honolulu, but Mungo John begged SO hard
TO go to America that Whitfield took him as cabin
boy.
The Jap was educated in New Bedford and
brought up by the captains family. He learned the
coopers trade and mighty near everything he got
a chance at. BY the time he grown up he
wanted to go back to Japan and tell his country
folk something about the wonderful country of
America.
Well eventually he was taken back by friends
of Captain Whitfield and given whaleboat and
guns and instruments and don't know what else
But they couldn't take him into port they dropped
him with a few Jap friends about twelve miles off
shore.
They pulled into the land but when they hailed
some people they ran like rabbits Manjiro was
scared to land for some time, but it was getting
rough SO they CHANGED it. Soon some soldiers came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

kissing and scraping and he said he was going
off but he'd be back. And when he got back they
were ready with treaty. And Manjiro had lot
to do with it.
Amt many people know that Manjiro Wn.
But there's club in New York, called the Nippon
club where all the little Jap spies used to hang
out. In that club is picture of the first Jap
embassy to this country and among those Jap big
wigs is the grinning face of Nakahama Manjro.
Now Mani ro had another thing and that was
Bowditch. The Navgator's Bible That book is
thicker than the Manhattan telephone book and full
of writing and tiny figures that give more than one
sangmaster a headache. Yet that little Jap
mastered it. And he told the others that that was
the magic book that showed the Black Ships how
to cross the seas without marks.
They made him professor and he had to
translate the whole business into Japanese. Then
he got twelve copyists and had twelve copies hand
made (they had no printing-yet-no time to copy
us-yet) one for each university in Japan. And
they still have those twelve hand-printed Bow
bitches!
Now dyou begin to understand why those ape
ing, little imtators have gone so far since they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

outsider was allowed to land and any Jap who left
his country was forbidden to return A few tried
1t and got their heads cut off.
Sometimes whaleships or merchantmen were
wrecked on the rocky coasts of japan and cast
aways got hard deal. They were made to spit on
crucitlXes and trample on religious pictures. Then
they were tortured and beheaded At that time the
Japs hated and feared everything that was foreign
Funny, isn't it? Because ever since the island
kingdom opened to the rest of the world
they've done nothing but copy foreign things They
never invented thing of their own never anv-
thing; they just copied and adapted then said
they'd thought of it first All their art even is lust
inferior copies of the Chinese.
Well, America had been getting reports of
sailors cast away on Japan and never being heard
OF again. Besides, there talk of coal and good
trade.
Commodore Bidde was chosen to call on the
japanese. And to show his good feeling he took
along some Japanese fishermen he'd found in a
wreck. He made his first call at Toxic or Yeddo
as it was called then.
The shotgun, or head of the Army ran the
country in those days pretty much as Premier Toto
runs it now with the Mikado just figurehead and
back number.
Well the shotgun took his presents looked over
the big ships, Kissed like gander and had the jap
castaways heads chopped off right before the
commodore's eyes.
The commodore got out of there but he kent
his eyes open and passed on his information to
Commodore Perry who decided to call, too but
with different story.
But meanwhile another influence was working
October ~. 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

same was done with the seXtant and other Things,
although without Manjiro they didn't know what
to do with them.
And Manjiro stayed in Jail. He was forced to
do the usual things to indicate he wasn't Christ
ian, although he was. He had to trample on
cross and spit on holy picture-and he did it.
Then the shotgun got few ideas He wanted to
know about those navigating instruments. You see
he hadn't yet figured out how those great ships
under Commodore Bddle had managed to find
their way across the to Japan. The Jap
fishermen never went outside sight of land if
they could help it. How then, could foreign devil
manage to find his way when there were no marks
on the ocean?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

So Manjiro came to
Yeddo. Matter of fact
he was there when Perry
came and tried to tell his
tale. You see Perry had
to rely on Chinese inter-
prefers. But the Japs
didn't trust anybody,
Chinese, A m e rio a n S,
Dutch or even them
selves. They put Man
iiro behind a screen and
he interpreted while
Perry talked and the
Chinese did their own
stuff.
On his own hook he
told what a fine place
America was and how
rich every b o dy was,
what with stone houses
and carriages and sol
diers and leather shoes,
until the shotgun began
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25
Salty Tales Of The Wholers
in the Days When the Seas
Were Free-und Romance,
Peril and Fortune Beckoned
the D e ep w oter Sailor
From Arctic Ice and Tropic
Island Paradise Alike
BY CAP'N LESTER A. MOSHER

II voyage over the old whaling grounds az
Pearl Harbor used to be the anchor
age of every whaler that cruised the Pacific;
the biggest whaling centre outside New Bed
ford.
In those days oil that was taken in the
Offshore Grounds, the Kings Mill Grounds
and all over the Pacific was transshipped at
the Sandwich Islands, as we called the Ha-
waiian Group, and sent home by clipper around
the Horn or to San Francisco as soon as that
port was opened.
And all the islands that those Japs took
for their secret bases were lovely little Ravens
on the face of the ocean where we put in for
wood and water and to recruit our crews NY,
it seems a shame that those smiling happy
brown people should be kicked around by
them thick-necked, air-sucking monkey men
There weren't many Japs to dirty up the
L. III IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

Matter of fact it was a whaler
that had a lot to do with the so-called
opening up of Japan; although if he
was still alive guess he wouldn't be
happy to recollect it.
He was Captain Whitfield, of
Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
You know. before Commodore
Perry came with his black ships ia
pan had been closed to the outside
world for several hundred years. No
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

October ~. 1912
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
REAL STORY OF THE sHiPYAsp:
Careful Deliberation
Needed by Workmen to
Tackle lob Problems

Continued from Page onel
weiders got to work on EN-. he
was, IN fact, saving time for some
body else later on.
II I had quit after being with
Rusty only a couple Of days. may
be I'd be joining in the chorus Of
folks on the outside who loudly
deplore all the loafing and idllng
that goes on in the shipyards."
STUDY BLUEPRINTS
A lot Of shipyard work is OF
the same order. II has to be
thought out on the job. One Of the
first lessons hammered home 10
trainees in plant shipfitting and
blueprint classes is. Take your
time. Study the blueprint thor
oughly. Be sure first that you
know what you're doing"
Many a shipfitter. eager to make
progress on the job. has had oc-
casion to wish he hadn't been in
such a hurry, wishes he'd taken
more time to study the print,
when he discovers his completed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

out or changed over - radically
its own mother wouldn't know ~.
There ara two schools Of thought
on this problem Most Of us ship
yard men - including thu fellows
who know they're going into the
army or the navy IN = few days.
weeks or months. are all for get
ting these ships on out 20 sea. and
making the changes In the neat
bulls.
The navy seems TO think differ
ent - and the navy IL our boss.
That's a matter Of national poll
cy. or military policy. that tho
commander-in-chie viii have 10
decide. Anyway. that's how We
workers feel about u. Mr.. Rooss-
welt.
NExT--Are shlpyard work.
ers being fabulousiy sver-
paid?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

GUS activity alternating with brief
rest periods.
Take a bunch OF guys on the
hot slab. for instance. II you
chance TO saunter by while big
section Of pipe or girder Is being
heated up for bending. you might
get the idea THAT here Ia the laz-
est group OF human beings you
ever saw. But when the stuff In
hot its a different story. You
realize you're seeing men at work
and how!
Shipyard work Is subject To de-
lay from another source that
doesn't plague the craftsman on
smaller instruments Of battle like
tanks, guns and planes. Once the
design Is set. these babies can 10
rolling off the line. II radical
alteration IL decided on by the
navy or the army. it's Incorporated
in a new model. and a new series
soon starts rolling. This applies
even to cargo ships.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

What he really means Is that he
doesn't feel he's accomplished any
thing. BECAUSE he hasn't much 10
show for his effort. lie has spent
the day or night. maybe. estab-
fishing working lines and planning
the whole job. Tomorrow he'll be
working at Il with his hands and
tools.
Tomorrow night he'll say; I
really got something done today. =
Actually. he got half Of the Job
done today. when he didn't do q
thing"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
FIRST TIME

fngrid Bergman for the first
time In her career was given q
stars chair with her name painted
on II when she arrived at Para
mounts For Whom the Bell Tolls
location to play the Maria role.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
Woman sSlayer
Now faces Life

foRTLAND-Jcseph {. Coch-
ran. 81. Thursday faced : msnda-
tory life Imprisonment term for
the staying % Mrs Marie Gross.
Ss-year-old proprietress II = con
valesccnt home here.
IN a 10 20 verdict. Cochran
eas found guilty 81 second degree
murder BY a circuit court jury.
Judge Charles W. Redding gave
the defense 10 dayu IN which q
file = motion for = new trial.
Sentence Was 10 be passed Oct Il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

Job IL an eighth or a quarter o.
an inch of, and must be largely
redone.
And many a shipfitter has had
occasion 10 cuss the snowy haste
Of some fellow workman who has
set a eulkhead just fraction Of
an inch out Of place. creating a
tough problem for the next crew
Of filters who must install some
foundation. or piece Of equipment
in a space that isn't big enough.
In a case like that. some fel-
lows start puttering around right
where they are. Others 20 up on
deck or invent some trivial errand
somewhere else In the yard. 30
they can have a chance to think
out the problem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
INTERMITTENT EFFORT

People who work mostly in Of
fees and stores. I've discovered.
have one profound misconception
as to the nature OF physical la
Dor, whether around machinery
or otherwise. They don't realize
its necessarily intermittent. char
acter; periods Of intense or strenu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

OLYMPIA = Cnnflss = He'd.
assistant secretary ~ state -
rknea hs position THURSDAY =
enter private employment BE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
SHOULD KNOW BETTER

Almost any night you can hear
some guy whom you know TO be q
good. conscientious shipworker.
say: Il haven't done a thing all
day"
He knows better than that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
SOON GIVEN THE AIR"


The peculiar nature Of shipyard
work makes II possible. Of course.
for a few shlftiess. lazy rats 10 do
nothing deliberately and get away
with it-for a short time. But they
soon fade out of the picture.
The other 90 per cent Of ship
yard guys feel nothing but con-
tempt for these buns. They won't
stool on them 10 the bosses, but
they have no use for them.
Pride Of workmanship. eagerness
to keep the Job moving. and deep
down desire TO serve their coun-
try the best they know how
these are the ruling motives Of
shipyard workers today. But they
don't wear their slogans on their
sleeves.
NATURE TO BEEF"
We shipyard workers do a lot
of beefing. It's the nature of man
To beef. Twenty-four years ago In
the navy, / heard a lot Of II. and
did my share of squawking. It's a
good old human custom, I guess.
British Tommies grouse when the
marmalade runs short; Yam IS
have sneered so heartily at army
beans that mess cooks shndder 10
serve that delicacy any more: and
shipyard guys moan over parking
problems, any sudden change in
yard regulations. delay. inactivity
and red tape.
But when they're put to the
acid test, shipyard workers are
Just like everybody else-they're
up and at 'em.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
MAY NEED CHANGE

SO while shipfitters. machinists,
electricians and yard officials
swear. some precious stuff already
installed may be ruthiessly torn
Evening star., 1942-07-28
How Did Ii Start2

San Diego: What is the origin Of
the expression ITO get ones goat"7-
L. G..
Answer: Several theories are men
toned by H. L. Mencken In his ad-
nairable book. The American Ian
guaSe," including: Il have been told
that the locution originated, In
America, IN the fact that the CID
time hnrxe-txainezs, having . nerv-
Gus horse to handle, put q goat In
its STAN to keep it company. When
the goat was taken away, the horss
yielded to tie heebie- jeebies and 50
was easily beaten on the track"
Correction. In q recent article on
the dominions. I listed Newfound-
land as q dominion. am now in
formed by . member Of the British
Consulate that Newfoundland lest
dominion status In. 1888. and that
administration Of is affairs is vested
In q commission until slch time q
the island again becomes :elf-sup-
porting.
Do you know the rules q pre-
cedenee, and the prsDer way to
address Army and Navy sAseerA.
gevernmeat officials, minisGeSA
etc.? Send . stamped (3-cent),
self addressed envelope to Frank
Cslby, in care ~ The Evening
Star. Ask for FORMS OF AD-
DRESS Pamphlet.
tHeleased BY the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1942-07-28
BY Lillian Cox Athey

that were armed with poison darts
for paralydng small prey for the
owner Of the crest. Sometimes these
streamers are from 40 to 50 feet
long. Swimmers who have been
badly styyng have often been made
very Ill by the experience.
The Portuguese man-of-war is
quite remarkable. Actually it con-
sists Of several types Of individuals
that develop from . single egg and
form a colony. The szoup works to-
gether Is II It were q single trdivid-
ual. Some mennbers Of the group are
short and blunt with the mouth in
the end for engulfing small marine
animals and flsh. These are cap
tued by the long, nat tentacles
which are armed with batteries Of
po&snn darts that shoot cut and
render helpless their victim. The
tentacles then contract 50 as to
hiring their prey within the grasp Of
the mouth. the lips spread over 1t
and form = digestive sac. The long
tentacles, when not fishing, are
eWled up IN bunehes of two to four
and emerge from . common stem.
Clusters of smaller tentacle5 alter
nate with the laYgeT ones but grow
somewhat closer to the pointed end
OF the 1oat. These are the locomo-
tive organs. There are two smaller
sets Of appendages Of unequal size
which are the nutritive organs Of
the community. These are clus-
tered together on the stem, too. The
appendages of the third kind are
small and resemble punches of
grapes and hang down among the
greedy mouths and singing tenta-
cles. These are the reproductive
zooids Of the community.
There Is 4 small fish known as the
man-of-war fish that darts In and
out among the stinging lassoceIk
and Is unharmed. It may be q decoy
for other fish.
Few animals 20 low In the scale of
life can furnish per square inch so
much detail and points of interest
for study. The strong winds and
heavy seas toss these frigates upon
the beach. II you step upon one of
these gAs bass it goes on with a
loud report. The long streamers ire
harmless now as they lay In the blaz-
Ing sun. With . slender stick you
can move them sboat, examine the
various types and realize what 4
EeanaTkahae colony Was once riding
the waves.
Evening star., 1942-07-28
Uncle Roy's Corner
BY RAMON COFFMAN.


When Queen Elizabeth mt On the
throne OF England. there was pony
in the country which performed
tricks. The pony went by the name
Of Morocco"
The owner Of the pony WAS a
Scotsman named Banks, and he
earned his living by showing what
his animal could do. 1t performed
in London and In several other
English cities, and In various vii
lagos. A booklet was written about
It. and described 1t As - young nag
Of chestnut or hay color"
Morocco could stand up and kap
around on hts hind legs. We also
are told that he could dance"
The poet Shakespeare WAS living
at that time, and in one OF his
plays spoke OF the dancing horse. !"
It II believed that he meant Banks
pony.
When . show was being given,
Banks would toss . glove on the
Ground, and would say, Take this
to the lady who wears . green
mantle" or Give this to the gen
tleman in the large ruff" Sure
enough, the pony would pick up
the glove with his teeth and would
carry It to the proper person!
If coins were placed In the glove.
Morocco would tell their number
by tapping on the ground with one
Of his frcnt feet. In the same way
he told the numbers on dice which
were dropped on the ground.
1t may be that Banks gave sig
oals to his pet. In any case the
Evening star., 1942-07-28

But he had to believe them, for
there was no mistaking Old Man
Coyote. And there he was trotting
of across the Green Meadows just
as If there was no such thing in the
world as a trap. It was too much
for or Mistah Buzzard. and he new
away to his special dead tree in the
Green Forest to think it over and
wonder how Old Man Coyote ever
succeeded In getting out.
Now, If it had been any one but
Old Man Coyote he would certainly
have been caught. Even Granny
Fox, smart as she Is, probably would
have stepped into one Of those
traps. had she been In his place.
But Old Man Coyote Is one Of the
smartest and craftiest of AL the
little people who wear fur. He
knows all about tYaps and Just how
they are set. When he heard
Evening star., 1942-07-28

Late that afternoon when he got
ready to 60 out Old Man Coyote
very carefully cravled up one OF
his halls until he was almost to the
doorway. He could look out and
nowhere was a trap or a sign Of a
trap to be seen. Inch by inch he
crept forward. his keen nose sniti-
ing every bit Of the ground.
"Ah, I thought sol" exclaimed
Old Man Coyote at last and stopped.
Then very carefully h began to
dig down. Little BY httle he due
forward from this first little hole,
all the time taking the very greatest
care. BY and by just what he ex-
pected happened. Something hard
and cold dropped down. It was .
trap! Old Man Coyote grinned
again. Just as I thought" said he.
digging the sand out from around
the trap. Then carefully he iifpped
Evening star., 1942-07-28

Farmer Browns Boy at work outside
his house he guessed right away
what he was doing. He heard him
first at one OF the three doorways.
then at another, and finally at the
third. Old Man Coyote grinned.
Hes setting traps as sure as
meadow mice are good eating"
thought he. He thinks that because
he has put trap in each doorway
] can't get out without getting
caught. One Of the frst things my
mother taught me when ! was a
little cub was the danger Of traps
and how to avoid them. am afraid
that some one Is going to be dread
fully disappointed. ] believe I'll
take q nap now and attend to
those traps later"
He yawned lazaly and curled up
quite rs II there were no such things
as traps.
Evening star., 1942-07-28

This picture ts taken from
Doodcut made IN 1895. 1t
sho1Ds Morocco performing
tricks at the command OF his
master.
training was good. and people
looked on with open mouths.
In 1896 the owner took Morocco
10 Scotland, and showed him to
the public. People stared, the same
as In London, and some of them
said, This beast must have . spirit
tn i'll"
That gave Banks an idea. Going
across the English Channel with
Morocco, he held performances in
France. He told the French that
the pony was really a spirit"
The idea added to the size of the
crowds, but 1t came near to bring
ing an end to both the animal and
the master. In those days there was
q widespread belief in witchcraft.
and . cry was raised against the
performing pony.
At that point Banks proved what
q clever fellow he was. He trained
Morocco to bow in front of q cross.
When the French saw the honor
given to the Christian symbol, they
decided that the pony must be
good, not evil.
sEor general interest section a your
Evening star., 1942-07-28
BY MiIburn kosses.
BY Art Huhto
Fronk WilIsrd
, w Eis.sr
-By Bsd FislAer

1t upside down, which caused the
wicked hooking jaws 10 snap to-
gether, and then it was quite harm.
less.
Old Man Coyote promptly crawled
out and pulled the trap out after
him. One entrance to his home was
clear, anyway. He knew that be-
yond doubt Farmer Browns Boy
had set other traps about, 50 not
once did he put q foot down until
his nose told him that II was quite
safe to. In . little while he knew
where every trap was. At first hs
was tempted to dig all Of them out
Just to show Farmer Browns Boy
how httle he feared them. Il was
just at that very minute thst ints
his crafty brain an idea came. He
left the traps alone and still grin.
ming trotted away across the Green
Meadows
Evening star., 1942-07-28
oke Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
nnro.n&;uA
Decorative

The word DECORATIVE is heard
frequently as "DEK-ruh-tive," but
American authorities do not sane
tion the telescoping to three sylla-
bleA. Several other "-Ative" words
likewise suffer the amputation Of .
syllable: initiative becomes "in- -ISH-
.uh-tive," authoritative becomes
"uh-THAWR-uh-tive," interpreta-
tive becomes "in-TER-pruh-tive."
and 50 on.
Best American usage rronounces
the words thus:
DaK'oh-RAY-tive
in-I8H'ee-AY-tive
aw-THAWRi-TAY-tiv
ER'pree-TAY-tive