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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11
Two Firms Low
To Supply Pipe

Hunt a Mottet Co. was low with
a bid of s2.572.02 Monday after
noon on a contract for supplying
the Tacoma water department
through 1912 with wrought iron
and steel pipe. On a similar prop
osition for the years supply Of
fittings for the department. the
Crane Co. was low with a bid of
S1.24e.75.
Other bids on the pipe were Ia
coma Plumbing Supply Co. S2.-
se3.45; Crane Co. s2.9e347; 9TH
ers on the fittings. American
Plumbing 4 steam Supply. ST.
47312; Tacoma Plumbing Supply
Co, si,502.is; Hunt a Mottet.
S1,e141i.
Bids on the light departments
annual supply of electric meters
were received from Westinghouse
Electric supply Co. and Love Elec-
trio Co. both Of Tacoma. but had
not yet been broken down into
comparable totals.
Only one bid. for S2.095 so, was
received on a 2ia -ton dump truck
for the light department. Irwin
Jones Co. submitted the bid on a
Dodge truck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11
Mr.. Kosselmon
Elected President

At their monthly meeting held
Friday evening al the Sunshine
Community hall. the Sunshine
Community organization elected
Mr.. Russel Kasselman as presi-
dent. Others 10 assist him dur
ing the coming year are Harry
c Hitch. vice president; Mrs..
Waldo Selden. secretary. and Otto
Damkier. treasurer.
Trustees chosen were Messrs.
Ray Renwiek. c. L. Paulson and
Keith Selden.
Preceding the election and bust
ness meeting, the group gathered
for the monthly dinner. with Mes
DANES John Hotes. William Turner
and Morris Ford az hostesseN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11
Japanese Nearing
Singapore City

Continued From Page One)
japanese aerial and artillery bonn
bardment.
Powerful west coast forces under
protection Of the gun and airplane
bombardments were steadily push
ing back the imperial forces
through the swampy jungle and
the rubber and pineapple planta-
tons along the west coast.
Civilians Helpless
Throughout the long night. the
portentious rumble of the artillery
grew steadily louder In the ears
of the helpless hundreds of thou
sands Of civilians in the city, and
In mid-morning the chatter of ma
chine gun fire became audible m
the extreme western suburbs.
The Japanese planes were
concentrating their attacks In
the battle areas, and during
the one alert In the morning
the only bomb explosions came
from the distance.
As the ground troops came TO
close grips in the late forenoon.
the artillery fire diminished some
what.
Evacuation Possible
/ vacated my plaster strewn
house and took up an emergency
camp in my city office building.
The landlord said there might be
vacant flat within the next few
days. but it Is questionable whether
] Will require II.
This ominous sentence evident
~ referred 10 the possi bilify that
Guard may b compelled 70 svzc-
uats the city,
II wss admitted that reports
from the front lines said nachins
gun bullets merely splsttered
harmiessiy on the enemy invasion
craft, in indication that they wer.
srmored. apparently with sheet
iron.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11
Canada Spikes
Tire Rumors
u. S. Motorists
Have No Edge"

VANCOUVER. r. CA war.
time prices and trade board
spokesman here Tuesday denied
that American motorists can come
to Canada and buy as many auto
mobile tires as they want.
The spokesman said that the
sale Of new tires Ii under strict
control and only motorists
coming In q preferred class of
Essential services. such rs
the armed forces and doctors
may buy them.
In each case, they must submit
an application to the board through
. dealer and must obtain the
boards approval before the tire is
sold.
The sale Of new tires to pri-
waite motorists and even taxi
cab drivers. bakers and other
civilian delivery services Is
banned.
The spokesman said no special
provision has been made for
tourists.
They do not come under any
preferred class and there is no pos
sibility that they can buy tires as
EASY as that" he added.
The spokesman said that the
only tires American motorists
could buy in Canada without diff
ficulty are the odd" types which
fit only old types of automobiles
and the sale of which is not re-
stricted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11
PUD Salary
Case in Court
Legislative Act
Is Up on Appeal

OLYMPIA - The question oi
whether the 1871 legislature
legally could allow public utility
district commissioners UT 10 $40
a day salaries while working was
before the state supreme court
Tuesday on appeal.
Gus J. Jsspers . Wahkia-
KUN county PUD commits
sioner. brought the suit Ia
force County Treasurer Jamea
G. West ex-officio treasurer
Of the district TO pay him and
other commissioner % . day
while they were In business
session.
West contended the commits
sioners were not entitled TO the
money because the state consti-
tuition prevents increasing or cut
ting a municipal officials salary
during his term Of office. Jsspers
held the 1871 law did not violate
the constitution. He said IL could
not be increasing his salary be-
cause before the law passed he
had no salary.
Also on the Tuesday docket
was the appeal Of Alaska Steam
ship Co, against a s7s6 Judgment
granted Herbert Finnemore. Fin
nemore injured leg muscle
while descending a gangplank.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-11

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
LET EXPERTS RUN THE WAR

There have been constant references.
IN the press and on the air, to what COM
mentators described as lack of an ade-
quate war program and the inference has
been rather freely promulgated that 900
much civilian control is hampering the mill
tary men in the conduct of the war.
We doubt if there is an official. ir
high public office today, either in Great
Britain or the United States, who would at
tempt to tell the admirals and the generals
exactly how the war must be won. The con-
sensus of opinion is that this war must be
left to the experts who understand strategy
and tactics and that civilian officials have
other functions to perform.
Much the same observation applies to
helter-skelter efforts to hasten a second
front, or any other venture on the field of
battle. There was, not so many weeks ago.
something like persistent campaign TO
put the pressure on the Navy to do some
thing III the Aleutians'
There will be similar popular efforts
to prod responsible officers and officials. in
relation to specific objectives, but the aver
age American will do well not TO become
steamed up" over such issues.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
ENCOURAGING WAR OBSERVATIONS

The war outlook is not calculated to
eventual outcome seems to be reasonably
assured unless Hitler can pull few rabbits
out of his hat
There are several encouraging de-
velopments, including:
Q) The clear fact that Germany has
not yet won her campaign against Russia
and that the Nazis must accomplish more
in the last half of the fighting season than
they have in the first period to make the
1912 campaign success
(2) The fact that the United States
Navy is now strong enough to risk deci-
sve sea battle with the japanese fleet. This
was the plain invitation extended to the
Japanese by the attack upon the Solomon
Islands. The quick sweep of the Japs
through the Far East was the result of over
whelming sea control, as much as air power
and trained soldiers.
(3) The increasing activity of Amer
lean aerial forces all over the globe. This
means that certain preliminary work has
been accomplished, that bases, etc, have
been established and that, from now on,
our aircraft will help beat down German
and japanese superiority at places of con-
tact.
(4) The clearer understanding and
growing solidarity that exists between the
United States, Great Britain, Russia and
China as to the strategy of the war and The
goals of the peace to be enforced and main
taine1
Moreover, the U-Boat campaign seems
to be less dangerous, our shipyards are fast
constructing tonnage, our war production
is increasing and our soldiers and sailors
are becoming hardened and ready for any
eventuality that may face them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece Of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions: print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
ACTION ON THE HOME FRONT

AS one by one, or in groups, our men
go forth to face whatever fate may have in
store so that they and we may continue 10
be citizens of a free county, more than ever
a heavy responsibility devolves upon us who
remain at home.
Al that they are fighting for, has for
its only hope of success the right use-the
faithful use-of that cornerstone of all our
liberty, the ballot box
How can we say to that man, facing
dread odds in the jungles, going of his own
will and courage against foe more savage
than ever were our North American In-
dams, suffering untold privations that We
may continue to exercise the right of iran
chise; that we may tomorrow walk 20 The
polling place and while he is absent, eX-
press our will as to how this country shall be
governed, how can we ever face chat man
and say, while you were shedding your
blood that my liberty might not perish
from the earth, | WAS TOO INCIDENT
TO EXERCISE IT."
The right to vote your convictions was
not lightly purchased. Men staked their
Elves, their fortunes ard their sacred
honors' to secure that right.
Deserters at the front are few and far
between.
The number of votes polled here TO-
morrow, compared with the number of citi-
zens eligible to vote, will tell how many de-
serters we have here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Congress has been asked to

Congress has been asked to enact the
Legislation to provide death penalties for
anyone committing acts of sabotage or es-
piOnage, or otherwise aiding the enemy.
The request is from Acknowledgement
Biddle Such a law should be enacted, but
the term otherwise aiding the enemy is
too embracing, and could halt the freedom
of speechs Even just criticism of phases of
war could be construed as aid apd comfort
to the ertemy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Although the Russians owe much 30
their Allies, they do not permit any inter-
should fight the war. They have chosen 90
light the war their own way, which is un-
doubtedly their right. To demand second
front, without giving allied nations full &C
cess to all facts about the war in Russia is
bit unreasonable. 1t might have been bet
ter, and productive of greater cooperation
il Moscow had permitted British and Amer
lean army exports to get the facts at first
hand I'm the Lend-Lease arrangements
with Russia it could have been stipulated
that these privileges be accorded the United
States but probably were thought to be un-
derstoOd-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Todav's Birthdays

Maj. Gen. Fox Conner, retired,
born Slate Spring, Miss, SO years
ago.
U. S. Senator Richard B. Rus
sell of Georgia, born Winder,
Ga, As years ago.
DR.. Harlow Shapley, noted
Harvard astronomer, president of
the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, born Nashville, Mo-,
81 years ago.
Bishop Adna w. Leonard of
the Methodist Church, born Gin
cinnati, 68 years ago.
Winthrop w. Aldrich, noted
New York banker, born Provi-
dence, R. l., 81 years ago.
George K. Throckmorton of
Camden, N. j., manufactures,
born Romney, Ind, SO years ago.
Sidney Paige of Tenafly, N.
Y, noted U. S. Army Engineers
geologist, born Washington, D.
c., 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
One Reason South Seas
Are Known As Paradise

PAPEETE, Tahiti, Nov. a
Tales of the LATEST men in the
world come from the island Of
Rapa I'll.
Not only do the men folk
make women do all the work but
also feed them.
A traveller reports seeing the
males squatting in a circle with
open mouths. while the women
tossed balls Of taro paste and
morsels of fish to them.
can't join the WAGES before
you're q. nor the WAVES be
fore 20.
Q.-Must I have a Certificate
of Necessity for privately
owned delivery truck?
Ayes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Chicken Time

With fried chicken time drawing
near,
The best time of a fellows
life,
I think that I'd prefer to be
The husband of my wife.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Are you a Square Peg?

Are you Square Peg?
Going into business is not
merely means of gaining a
livelihood. Most of your active
hours and the greater part of
your energy are apt to be devot-
ed to it throughout your produc-
tive years.
Consequently it becomes really
a way of life. Haphazard drift
ing into it, therefore can be
permanently disastrous and is
responsible for some of our great
est economic waste in man-pow-
er, in misspent energy, in wasted
abilities; it also accounts for the
vast amount of discomfort and
unhappineSs which one finds
among people who are filling
JOYS for which they are not fit
ted, either by talent or by inclin-
alton. N.dA't IA 5a3al,tnt"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Lives are more successful,
character is stronger, when chill
dren follow fundamental rules of
good behavior rather than pay
ing strict attention to haty
words shouted down the stairs or
out the doorway as youth goes
out for its, enjoyment Ia / u
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

The Japanese are beginning to feel
The pinch|of American power; later on,
they lget the full impact where it will
hurt the most. Doolittle may start doing
something again very shortly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF NOVEMBER 2. 1892

Chester Thompson, local collec-
tor of marine life and curios
from the sea depths, left this
morning for Loggerhead and
adjacent keys in search of speci-
mems. The trip to Tortugas is
being made p in, company with
Stanley Saunders and Benjamin
Lowe. assistant keepers at the
light station there.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Today's Horoscope

Today's nature is affectionate
yet tactiturn and possibly sar-
castle. 1t is capable of attracting
friends, but is open to attacks of
SANDER and opposition, inimical
to the fortunes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

The next time you hear somebody pro
claiming how correct his prophecy was
about something you will recognize the
amazing achievement which he proclaims
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Today In History

1734-John Peter Zenger of
New York arrested for alleged
libellous printing by British gov
ernor-opening historic colonial
freedom of the press case.
1888 - General Washington's
last General Orders to Army of
the Revolution-"an affectionate,
a long farewell at Fraunce's
Tavern in New York.
1865-Thiso day a national
thanksgiving Sor peace at last
achieved.
az 10 5192 --------
1881-American Association of
Professional Baseball Clubs or
ganized in Cincinnati.
1886-Henry George nominal
ed for New York mayor-lost as
did also Theodore Roosevelt,
running for mayor-marking en-
trance of workingmen into poll
tics.
1889-North and South Dakota
admitted to Statehood, as 39th
and 40th States.
1920-KDKA, East Pittsburgh,
broadcastS election-first such
national broadcast.
1941-U. S. Coast Guard put
under Navy's orders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Good alarm clocks and repair parts
are fast disappearing from the market.
Better get yours fixed before the parts and
the clock-repairers depart
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
ANSWERS TO YOUR
WAR QUESTIONS

Q.-My husband has one bad
eye not correctable by glasses.
Will he be drafted?
Ale might be drafted for
limited service.
Q.-Can a son in the Army
make an allotment to his mother
! if her husband has a job?
A mother may receive al
lotments only if they are really
dependent on her son.
OIL have four tires and one
spare. Must ] turn in my spare?
A.-No.
Q.-My grocer has recently in
creased the price of canned pine
apple. Should ! report him to
the OPA?
Await a minute, lady. In
creases have been permitted on
some canned items. Talk it over
with your grocer.
C.-I am a junior in High
School. Can l join the WAVES
or the WAGES?
A.-Finish school first, sis. You
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

The Spanish conqueror Cortes
founded a hospital in Mexico
City in 1927.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

1892-Alice Brday, star of stage
and screen, daughter of the fam
ed producer, born in New York.
Died there, Oct. %, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Brazil does not mean much in the war
effort, but it is the worlds fourth largest
country, having an area of 100000 square
miles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

circulate among StuuentS IN
high school, ask them what they
fare thinking about after they
graduate-many of them no
doubt would say, 1.-THE thing that
interests me most is how to get
"a job"
The emphasis was always on
the get-get job-get some
thing. A few whose attitude
was, Il want to find a spot, where
I can begin to be useful" No,
the emphasis is always on some
body else giving. Not on their
giving something and somebody
else getting something, too.
Do you realize that the person
who earns between twelve and
Ieihteen hundred year feels
that someone whose income is in
the hundred thousand or millions
are being overpaid for what he
does.
Nevertheless it is a fact that
there is a larger percentage of
men in the fifty thousand dol
lar and up class who are being
underpaid for what they contri-
butte than there is in the twelve
hundred and eighteen hundred
dollar group.
One of the reasons for this is
that these superior individuals
have the imagination and the
capacity to build great organiza-
tons.
A surprising number of men
of real ability fail to progress as
far as they should and remain
in subordinate positions when
their talents were such that they
could have gone far. Why is this?
In too many cases it is simply
because they did not make an
effort. Suppose you found your
self in a fifty dollar a week job,
and you said, 'Pl just give the
boss fifty dollars worth of my
services"
Il l am paid only fifty dollars
week-Tll give them only fifty
dollars worth of work
You were a man with poten-
tialities for four or five times as
much work, but you went on the
theory that it was not fair to ex-
pect more of you than you were
paid for sdemgz Ta fllzJ
In the meantime your abilities
were wasted, worthless to you as
well as to your employer. What
you overlooked was the fact that
by doing more than you were
paid for you would, in time, be
paid more for your services, with
the result of a profit all around.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

FOhECAST
Key West and Vicinity: Little
change in temperature tonight.
Florida: Little change in tenn
perature tonight, except slightly
warmer in extreme north por-
ton.
Hatteras, N. c., to Apalachi-
cola, Fla: No small craft or storm
warnings have been issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

1865-Warren G. Harding,
Ohio newspaper publisher, sena-
tor, 29th President, born Morrow
Co.. Ohio. Died Aug. 2, 1923.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Subscribe to The Citizen-20c
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Amputation of both feet, just
above the ankle, was deemed
necessary in the case of r. Bar
reto, employe of the FEC Rail-
way Co., who was injured yes
terday at Homestead, Fla. Taken
to the hospital at Homestead an
examination of the injured man
was made. Both feet were so
badly crushed that complete
amputaEon was decided neceS-
sary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Admiral Darlan stresses Da-
kar's sea and land defenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY TIE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2. More Hotels and Apartments
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
4. Airports-Land and Sea.
5. Consolidation of County and City Gov
ernments.
6. A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
Today's
Anniversaries

1734-Daniel Boone, pioneer
and Indian fighter, Kentucky's
builder, whose courage, endur-
ance, woodcraft, craftsmanship
and serenity made him the hero
CT the West, born near present
Reading, Pa. Died in Missouri,
Sept. 26, 1920.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

NOOd NUMBERS TO play III C0mDrrOW
c.ecticn: l, 2, 3, 5, T. They are sure win
mel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02
FROM The NORTHROPS'
SCRAPB0OKS

When people living in a Won
derful Country disobeys the LAW
start early in enforcement.
MAKE 1T @DRASTIC-and put
fear in them.
CROOKS ARE ALWAYS IN
FEAR OF THE Law, except
when the officials take BRIDES.
WHY DO WE let crime, vice,
disease, poverty and crooked
politicians flourish? Booklet
free. "Betterment League,
Glasgow, Mo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

1795-JameS K. Polk, TenneS-
See lawyer, congressman, COVER
nor, 18th President, born Meek
lenberg Co, N C. Died June IS,
l849.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

1833-Horace H. Furness, noted
Philadelphia Shakesperean schol-
or and father of one, born in
Philadelphia. Died Aug. Is,
1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

1820-Benjamin Perley Poore,
popular Washington, D. c., journ-
alist and author his day, born
Newburyport, Mass. Died May
90, 1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Today's Editorial: 'The Miami
Herald uses $4,000 pounds of ink
yearly, while the Miami News
uses 10000. That may or may
not be an accurate way of ar
irving at circulation figures. The
Chicago Tribune uses 2,5O0,OOO
pounds of ink to make the mil
lions think"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Arthur johnson, now an in
mate of the. Good Samaritan
hospital at Los. Angeles, Calf, is
believed to be Enslow Sawyer,
wanted here on a charge of arson
and jumping bond of $500. In-
formation was first received from
a woman who saw the man in
the hospital. She recognized
the similarity between Johnson
and a picture of Sawyer publish
ed in one of the detective maya
zines published in New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-02

Beginning tomorrow morning
80 more women will be employ
ed in sewing garments for the
poor and needy from the mate
rials provided by the Red Cross.