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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
FRANK ROSS
CELEBRATES BIRTH

Editor, Tn. Times: ! eele-
brated my birthday today
March 20. with Jerry Meeker at
his home at Browns Point
(Jerry's s0th birthday will be
April g.. We have been warm
friends since 1886.
] received from my life long
friend. George N Talcott. Jewel
err at Olympia, Wash. formerly
of Pittsfield. Pike county, M
the following lines of poetry
which he composed:
From 1883 To is4a
Here is to you. Frank c. Ross
Born sucker, In eighteen
hundred
And fifty-eight. in the County
of Pike.
Corn fed and husky, that is
right.
TN eighteen hundred and seven
ty-nine
You came to Tacoma.
A town on Puget Sound.
That had stumps and timber all
around.
Those stumps and timber are
no more.
And you have seen a City grow
up where they We're before.
And today. March 20, nineteen
hundred and forty-two.
Is an eighty-fourth birthday
for you.
"Birthdays-msy you have many
more.
And on those flats. see Tacoma
grow,
A large commercial city, for
which you worked,
Many and long years. know.
With broad streets. protection
you see
To health and from fire, they
Will be;
With their width from eighty
To two hundred feet.
There will be no congestion
when traffic meet
FRANK <. ROSS.
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. Mr.. Fixit

Mr.. Fixit: Would you have
ANY information about tanning
rabbit hides a. ] would like to
make a coat: The information
i seek il To leave them soft and
pliabIe as cloth. BELLE s.
The tanning method we keep
on file is as follows: Open the
skin and scrape the flesh side
to remove all flesh. For tanning
liquid use one quart Of salt and
a half ounce of sulphuric acid to
a gallon Of water. Keep il in
glass or wood container and
soak skins three or four days.
More won't hurt them. Wash
several times in soapy water,
wiring dry. rub flesh side with a
cake of hard soap and fold, hair
side out. over line 10 dry.
When dry outside but moist on
the interior, put on a smooth
board and scrspe flesh side with
a worn flat file To take off the
inner tissue. Stretch. rub and
twist dry. A little butter on the
flesh side keeps skin phable.
MIR. Fixit: ! am senior high
school girl graduating IN June
and would like to know II
there is any possibility of get
ting into training school for
welding which would eventually
lead TO n defense position.
You can apply at the office OF
the L. s. Employment Service,
112 So. 18th St, which is listing
some women for training in de-
tense trades like aircraft rlvet-
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A Book a Day
BY JAMES 4. HELBERT

Joshua Vidal. son of Morde-
cal the money lender. worked at
the Hebrew ledger in his fathers
counting house In Jews Street
and yearned after freedom for
MS people. Voltaire and Rous-
seau had burned Age Of Reason
and the common humanity
into his hungry mind.
The time was coming, surely.
when men would forget the scar
let patch, the yellow hat of Avi-
gnen. the eer-driven exile OF the
Children OF Israel They are
heralding IN the spirit Of liberty,
father The old world IS
dead forever more.
We are here on suffersnce.
said Mordeeai sadly
Il marvel" said Patriarch
Ventura. Joshua's grandfather.
at your simplicity"
Ludwig Lewisohn sets his deli
cate stage for Renegade" Dial:
250l IN the profhgate Paris Of
duBarry and her doddering
LOUIS, when the poor had less
orusts and ladies had two lovers
in every plot
Into this world Of peoples"
Joshua ventures as the Cneva-
lier Jean de Vidal. Yes, d better
age will come says Nsldes. him
self a renegade meshumad -
as he charges the runaway 1907
200 llyres Tor petit palace near
Versailles and a forged patent Of
nobility But II viii not be the
peaceful sluicin1 away VI truth
and freedom and fraternity al
the rotten foundations OF Europe
Il VIII come with fire, with rope
and scHffolds. and high heads
rolling IN the dust
But Joshua's IS the hope OF
youth and gentle spirits. He
finds CLEANS OF II echoed in the
tolerance Of England and Hoi-
land. none IN Polish persecu-
tons. little IN the Prussia that
has accepted Moses Mendelssohn.
less IN a Paris that considers
brotherhood PHILOSOPHERS chic
SO long as they DO not gnsw
a. prejudice or pocketOook.
Beautiful. and a balm 70 brok-
en- hopes. Is the romance Of
Joshua and Marguerite. confess
de Saint-Floreutin. who takes
his faith before she becomes hls
wife But LeWlsohn > yine-cov-
cred denouement is gsrish slid
ing FOR an otherwise flsWless
flower The forces with which
he deals in Renegade" are too
timeleSs Importance. for the
reader 10 De convinced that
Love Conquers AL.
A. a-nH
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nuential officials at the capital
He has precipitsted another
clash whose outcome may DEM
onstrate whether he Ia the
growing top dog In the economic
branch OF the wsr-msking es-
Enlistment.
The Price Administrator took
the lead in opposing Congress
sional moves designed TO boost
farm levels. He fought openly
with Secretary Wickard and
finally won President Roosevelt
10 his side And Il required
pressure craftsmanship to per-
susde the higherups to buck the
powerful agricultural bloc. Now
the man unsfraid has taken on
the labor lobby. He insists that
q ceiling must be placed on
wages In order 10 level off the
present inflstionary spiral. He
could not force the War Labor
board into swinging behind him.
But II looks NJ II he has caught
the Presidential ear once again.
y. d. r. may yet apply a check
rein TO the gRiioping Lewis
Green crowd.
To make his conquest COM
plete. Leon was dispatched TO
South America 10 discovt
whether Henry A. Wallace fine
promises about rubber potent
slities In that area will bear
hsrd-boiled investigating. A
suspicion exists here that the
Economic Warfare General has
been overoptimistie.
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WE CANNOT AFFORD
To TAKE CHANCES

Editor. The Times: Since read
ing the article by Mr.. Larson and
Mr.. RAwson. ] am filled with
fear. Not so much because OF
their opinions but because there
may be other complacent indi-
viduals who feel the same way.
Don't they realize that this is
war timeg That the dead at
Pearl Harbor do not eat vege-
tables? That enemy agents are
too smart to show their hand
before they are ready TO strike?
That no widespread plot was I'M
covered at Pearl Harbor until
Dec. 7, 1e41'
Most OF the japanese are
probably good citizens. but how
can we be sure which Of them
are not I would not want 10
see them harmed or cheated in
any way. but they certainly are
not being harmed by being
evacuated 10 a place safer both
for themselves and for US.
How can our civilian defense
workers protect US from both
bombs and enemy agents. We
know where the bombs are
coming from and can take the
necessary precautions. but the
most honorable. hopeful friendly
Japanese may prove TO be the
most efficient agent Of the
enemy.
l believe both Larson's and
RRwson's opinions are based on
fear OF higher vegetable and
berry prices Would they and
others whose minds run To the
monetary end sell their birth
right for a mess Of pottage?
MRS. MARGARET MCKEE.
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. Your Opinions

To correspondents. Because of
the lack Of spsre. letters for publ
cation must not exceed 4oo words.
This rule viii be strictly enforced
except In some possibly rare IN
stances when In the judgment of
the editor the public interest viii
be served by = longer letter.
Letters exceeding the limit NAV
be re 1ected entirely or excerpts NAV
he used when In the Judgment of
the editor u NAV he done Without
impairinr the meaning.
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eles when any consideration OF
the Philippines is going on Is
J NJ. Elizalde Who is he?
3. II you were on n Navy
ship and heard the clock strike
four bells, what time would It
be?
Answers on Page
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shift for one man. You can see
what we are up against Were
il not for few good loyal
Americans we would be still sit
ting sucking our thumbs. I
think II time we started to
make them do something.
JAMES CRAWFORD,
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insignia on his
sleeve won all
the prizes at
I n e 2 a n Z 2.
Why =?
2. Prominent
in " sshington
diplomatic cir
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. Capital
Comment
War Departments
Reorganization WORKS
Service OF Supply
Te Be Great Factor
Beat Coneressnen
To Punch on job
Nv rETER EDsoN

WASHINGTON - Just ROW
thoroughly the War Department
has grabbed itself by its own
bootstraps and given itself =
severe shakeup won't be sppre-
ciated tin fun details are an
nounced on the Army general
staff reorganization.
Most sensational. Of the shifts
concerns the new Service OF
Supply which now swallows COM
pletelv the old Quartermaster
Corps, the Ordnance Depart
ment, the adjutant generals de-
partment. and the whole admin
istrstive and supply functions OF
the Army. Only two combat
branches of the Army-the air
forces and the ground forces
ara excluded from the Service ~
Supply and the commanding
general of the SOS, Ma. Gen.
Rrehon p. Somervel, thus be-
comes one of the most import
ant men in the Army. being ex-
oeeded in Importance by only the
chief Of staff and being OF equal
position with the two lieutenant
generals commanding the air and
ground forces, though Somer-
veil is only a major general, as
yet
Gathering all these miscel-
laneous departments into
one administrative basket -
n tremendous move towards
simpIification of Army pro-
eedure. 1t has potentialities
for tying in a lot of red tape
which has bound up Army
routine for many years.
over-simplifying. the SOS will
aim TO do everything for a SOL
der except fight
Exclusive Of aircraft and fly
ing equipment, which will still
he ordered by the air force, the
SOS will determine the soldiers
requirements for food, clothing,
shelter. health, equipment, wea-
pons. ammunition. This was for
merly the job Of Ca, the supply
section of the general staff.
Once those requirements are
determined, the SOS will take
care of Observation-Disclosures
ing where and how all these re-
quirements can be met. II is at
this level that the SOS will tie
in with the activities OF the War
Production Board which, though
still outside the War Department
as a civilian organization will
act as the go-between for the
Army and civilian industry TO
insure the soldiers getting what
they need when they need it.
SOS TROOPS
Facilities for procurement de-
tsrmined. the new SOS will let
the contracts for equipment.
Contracts let, the SOS will
supervise the production for
the Army. Here Beut.-Gen.
William :. knudsen, a. d.
rector of production for the
Army, will he In command.
Peculiarly, General Knudsen
will be- the highest ranking
officer In the SOS. serving
under Major General Somer-
veil.
Storage and distribution be-
comes the next function Of the
SOS and here again the new
far-reaching authority Of the
SOS becomes apparent for all
the corps area commanders OF
the Army have been brought
under Service Of Supply admin
istration. The whole SOS. in
fact, becomes an organization To
supply fully equipped fighting
men and 70 keep them supplied.
Continued m Psf. 7. Column 8
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Perhaps the secret Of General MacAr-
thurs success against the laps is that he
believes in firing before he sees the whites
of their teeth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
He Knows or Finds
The Answers
BY John Hin

ing. Since your letter was so
neatly typed, IL might seem bet
ter advice that you take further
stenographie training, since ste
nogrsphers seem much in de-
mand now and good ones will be
long after the war Is over.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tell me at what cantonment the
famous WOO hoo" soldiers were
stationed . Wish To get a stamp
cancellation from there.
X. II. A.
The soldiers who "yoo-hooed"
at the girls in shorts on the golf
course with General Lear were
on their way back TO Camp
Robinson, Ark.
Mr.. Fixit: Would a man he
drafted in the army, II his wife
worked about three months .
year: II Is seasonal work. There
is one child. MRS. VI.
The draft boards don't have
any definite rules right now. II
is conceivable that some boards
might determine that a wife in
your situation IL capable Of
working full time and the hus-
band accordingly a draft ehgi-
bic. The local boards here,
however. have received no ord
ers to reclsssify their HAS,
which would include the man
in this case.
MIR. Fixit: Could you tell me
where q person could find out
about getting started In restau-
rant work: DO they take ap-
prentioes in any Of the restau-
rants here p. VI. II. 90
restaurant help works
through the Cooks and Walters
union, 50 you probably should
inquire st It's office, a55 Com
mercs 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21
. WAR QUIZ

/. The concessionaire at u
rifle range at country fair
wasn't surprised when q sailor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

Your postmaster can tell you
how 10 invest in u. s. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

Making good excuses Il a swell
way not 70 make good.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-21

look o. every ere tnot :
proud. ond bring Inn lo~.
enc freoo Gown ire wicked
n their plocs.-Joo 40. Il.
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Leon Henderson 10 emerging
A. one of the sblest and most in
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-08
Ldbor's Wake Island
Heroes Are Eulogized

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-Warm
tribute to building trades workers
who aided in the heroic defense of
Wake Island against Japanese attack
was paid by Albert N. Dennis in the
38Sth Labor News Review" program
of WJSV, of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System. Mr.. Dennis, conductor of
the program, said
"Wake Island, little patch of
green foliage and white coral sand,
set far out in the blue Pacific Ocean,
has earned it's page in the history of
mankind. It's defenders fought valiant
ly, against great odds; and, though
they finally lost the battle, they won
the admiration of all loyal Americans.
"There, at Wake Island, 3S8 United
States Marines, Including 13 officers,
aided by about 1,,500 A. F. of L. build
ing tradesmen, who had been doing
construction work on the island, held
off for many days vast hordes of we'll
armed Japs-and inflicted terrific
damage upon the foe.
"News dispatches have very proper
ly praised the splendid showing of the
3SS gallant Marines, but little has
been said about the LOCO workmen,
who fought bravely by their side. The
final story will tell of heroism unsur-
passed, on the part of both Marines
and workmen.
eyes, the Marines and the work
men, too, were awake on Wake Island!
Still, there are many of them lying
tonight in that great long sleep which
is death, just because American work
men, everywhere, as well as the
armed forces of this great nation, are
imbued with patriotic spirit which
knows no limit Of service-no limit of
sacrifice"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-08
New Officers Named For
International Labor Press

The international Labor Press Of
America held it's annual meeting in
Seattle in October during the A. F. L..
convention and elected officers for the
ensuing year. Under the constitution
these officers take their seat on the
first day of the new year. Owing to
the death of Thomas Burke, third vice
president, which occurred following
the meeting in Seattle, referendum
vote was taken among the executive
board and Harvey f. Garman, editor
of The Citizen of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, was elected ninth vice presi-
dent to fill the vacancy.
The International Labor Press
starts out the new year with men,
bership of 151 of the leading bona
fde labor papers Of the United States
and Canada.
Matthew Woll is president and R..
E. Woodmansee, secretary-treasurer
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-08
MANY UNPAID FOR
CHRISTMAS SEALS

F. M. Gardner, Liverpool Township
chairman Of the Christmas Seal cam
paign urged that desk drawers and
tables be searched for unpaid for
Christmas Seals.
Every often these Christmas Seals
are forgotten or get buried in a
welter of Christmas wrapping paper
and are out of sight until the owner
thinks it too late to pay for them,' y
Mr.. Gardner said.
"These seals were mailed to resi-
dents of our community in November.
Our county tuberculosis association
must draw up it's budget for twelve
months Of work during the coming
year. 1t needs all the support we can
give for an effective program"
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See 48-Hour Week
As Most Productive

New York City QLNS).-Officials
of labor departments from New York
and eight other states agreed here
that the most productive working
week is limited to 48 hours for any
one worker. They met at the Hotel
Commodore to formulate policies for
maximum production Of war ma
terials.
The program approved by the Off
cials will be considered by representa-
tives of the Labor, War and Navy De-
partments and of the Office of Pro-
duction Management.
A telegram from Secretary Of Labor
Frances Perkins to the conference said
that the recent request of the War
and Navy Departments for 24-hour,
seven-day week was "only to main
tain production at the maximum in
essential war industries and have not
requested any blanket suspension of
state laws"
Mrs. Clara M. Boyer of the Divi-
sion of Labor Standards said the dele
gates had been unanimous in their
opinion that maximum war produc-
ton could be achieved only if basic
labor standards were maintained, ex-
cepted only in specific cases where
temporary relaxation of labor laws
/ was necessary to realize immediate
war output.
She cited the experience of indus
try in the last war as proof that ex-
cessive working hours lessen output.
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Consumers Pledge
Full Aid In War

"For Americans as consumers -
along with Americans at producers
personal interests must be subordinat-
ed to the needs of the whole people
at war" This statement is made in a
resolution just adopted by the Board
OF Directors of Consumers Union, at
a special meeting to consider the war
emergency in relations to consumers.
"For consumers" declared Gus
board, "there is now an absolute OBJ
legation to spend their family earn
ings in such a way as to maintain
health and efficiency at peak while
putting the minimum strain on vital
materials and services.
Because it was established for the
very purpose Of aiding families to
buy wisely and to avoid waste and
to maintain health and living stand
ards, and because it is the largest
technical organization providing such
guidance, Consumers Union recog-
nizes a special responsibility to the
nation. In full awareness of that re-
sponsibility, Consumers Union pledges
itself to do everything in its power
to help Americans as consumers make
the greatest possible contribution to
the national need"
Copies of the resolution have been
sent to President Roosevelt and Price
Administrator Leon Henderson. Con-
sumers Union is already carrying out
it's pledge by making changes in its
testing and publications program to
bring consumers advice and informa-
tion suited to wartime conditions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-08
Norwegian Sedrnen Desert
Ships Token Over By Axis

New York City QLNS).-Deser-
tions of seamen and officers from
Norwegian ships taken over by the
Nazis are reported in ever increasing
nu m bers, says the international
Transport Workers Federation branch
here.
Severe penalties ranging as high as
three years of Imprisonment have
been decreed to cope with this mass
Fight, but the effect has been nil, the
Federation adds.
Threatening the Norwegian people
for their "lack of cooperation" with
the Germans, the Nazi Commissioner
Terboven declared in a recent message
that "those who stand aloof shall not
eat. Only the section of the Nor
wegian population which works posi-
lively for the party, will be privi-
legged and have prior claims to food"
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Secretary Perkins
Thanks Readers
For Cooperation
Coming Year Will Demand
Toll And Sdcrifice
From All

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-In a
communication to editors of the labor
press, Secretary of Labor Frances
| Perkins asks the editors to extend her
appreciation to their readers "for the
aid, counsel, cooperation and encour-
agement the U. S. Department OF
Labor has received from so many of
them during 1941 and to convey to
them my very best wishes for 1912"
Secretary Perkins goes on to say
that the New Year will demand much
of every American and adds:
"The year will demand toll and sac
rifce from all of US so that Our Amer
lean way of life may be preserved, our
American institutions safeguarded and
freedom of speech, freedom of press,
freedom Of religion, freedom of as
sembly and equal justice to all be
maintained as noble heritage and as
a sacred trust.
"That toll will be gladly given by
the workers of the United States at
all times and under all conditions.
Theirs is the job of bringing us more
and more of the guns, the planes, the
tanks and the ships that are so vital
to the preservation of American lives
and homes and all that great and
courageous people hold dear.
''1hey can be counted upon to do
that job thoroughly and in all speed
They can be counted upon to cooper
ate with every other responsible
group of Americans at all times in
the defense of our beloved country
and in aid of democratic institutions
the world over"
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: OBITUARY :
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MRS. J. C. ANDERSON

MRS. }. 4. ANDERSON
Mrs. Stella Anderson, 6S, wife of
J. C. Anderson, died Sunday at 1850
p. m. in her home at 313 Harrison
street, Newell.
Mrs. Anderson was born July 18,
1873, in Wood County, w. Va.
Besides her husband she leaves four
daughters, Mrs. Marion Parsons, Mrs.
Earl Wilson, Mrs. Bernard Sebold and
Mrs. John Smith, all of Newell; two
sons, Delmar Anderson and Lester
Anderson, both of Newell; two broth
ers, c. D. Eckleberry Of Newell and
w. A. Eckleberry of Talmadge, O.;
two sisters, Mrs. Eph Wells and Miss
Alice Eckleberry both of Akron, and
10 grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day at 2 p. m. in the Newell Metho-
dist Church by Rev. Anna B. Potter,
the pastor. Burial was in Locust Hill
Cemetery.
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The preacher was having a serious
chat with one Of his flock about her
son.
"Tom needs educating, Mrs. Jones"
he said; "it is very important. l had
to pinch like anything to send my
sons to college, but it was worth it"
Maybe" reeplied Mrs. Jones, "but
my husbands too afraid of the law TO
do ANYTHING like that"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-01-08
JOSEPH A. MANYPENNY

Joseph A. Manypenny, 70, was
found dead in bed Sunday morning in
his home at 1908 Dresden avenue,
East Liverpool. Death was due to a
heart ailment from which he had been
suffering for several months.
Mr.. Manypenny was employed by
the Hall China Co. and had been work
ing last week. He was a member of
Local Union No. 16 of the National
Brotherhood Of Operative Potters and
st. Stephens Episcopal Church. He
was. a lifetime resident of East Liver
pool.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Sarah
Robinson Manypenny; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Thelma Watson, Mrs.
Geraldine Gatrell and Mrs. Jane
Burke, all of East Liverpool; two sons,
Joseph Manypenny and John Many
penny, both Of East Liverpool; sis
ter, Mrs. George Smith of East Liver
pool; brother, Thomas Manypenny
of Lisbon, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day at 2 p. m. in st. Stephens Church
by Rev. r. K. Caulk, the rector Burial
was in the Columbiana County Me-
mortal Park