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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Hold Privote Rites
For Worren Brokuw

Private funeral services for
Warren Edwin Broksw, superin-
tendent Of the Northwestern
Wooden Ware Co. who was burned
to death In flames which swept
through his home at the Tacoma
Country club Thursday morning.
were held Saturday from the
Buckley-king chapel.
Rev. Harold b. Long officiated.
and burial followed In Tacoma
cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
MOMAN,s HAND HURT

Mrs. Ella Martinson. 10. of ia
No Junett St. WAS taken by police
TO Tacoma General hospital Sstur-
day afternoon for treatment of in
juries 10 her hand. Officers said
one of her fingers was caught in
an electric food mixer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
ACTIONS IN DIVORCE

New divorce actions were filed
in superior court Saturday by
Hazel against Charles W. Fowler,
alleging cruelty; and by Kathryn
against Edgar r. Tyler. alleging
desertion. Suit OF Bernice against
Henry SchiermRn was dismissed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Candidacy Papers
Token by Milestone

DR.. L. 3. Whetstone called for
declaration Of candidacy" blanks
ct the city hall Saturday. accord
ing to Miss Cenevieve Martin. city
clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
INVESTMENT TRUSTS
L. :. TAKES oyEJ

NEW YORK - The Mcre-Mc-
Cormsek lines told 200 persons
scheduled 10 sail on the 26l4-ton
liner Argentina for Sout Amer
lea today 10 look for anoier ship
the navy had taken tn Afgen-
tina for use as an auxilry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05

Sam J. Anderson Of thcorthern
Pacific hospital complaed come
one entered his room i the hos
pitsl and made away sh q pair
Of barber shears.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
H Apply
Girthday

SATURDAY. JANUARY s
Mrs. William Recks. S53s So.
L 1t.
Daniel J. Matz. 1901 SO. WASH
ington IT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05

Sales were $50. 900 shares against
1.1eo.o 900 q week aeo. Curb sales
w>re $1,000 against Dos. 900 last
Saturday.
NEW yORk-Railroad shares
Led . ne in the stock market TO-
day with volume increasing ever
the pace Of the previous session.
Gains ranged to more than a
point In Atlantic Coast Line.
Union Pacific was Up more than a
point AZ its high and smaller gains
wsre made by Southern Pacific.
New York Central. Southern Rail-
way issues and Erie certificates
Buying Of carriers began yes
terday when 1t was announced
automobile production for all but
defense purposes may be elimi-
mated after January 81. Traders
concluded thi. would increase rail
traffic. csrloadings were released
today for last week. showing
smaller than seasonal decline.
Railroad equipment issues were
frm- shipping issues were higher.
SATURDAYS QUOTATIONS.
eouotstions courte~y n<an witter q
Co. washington Bldg. members
New York Stock ExrhsnReD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
BANKRUPTCY ACTION

Theodore storaasi, 1l10Is So. X
St. Saturday filed a bankruptcy
petition in federal court here, HIST
ing debts totalling A.s24.50 and
no assets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Takes Out Permits
For 8 New Houses

All the building permits issued
on Saturday were TO John Ander-
son for the construction Of six new
residences. five Of them 81. 900
dwellings at 1875. 1880. 1875. 1T42
So. Anderson and an IS. 900 dwell
ing at 4lll No. 30th
You help yourself when you buy
L. s. Defense Bonds.
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please notify the bureau at Br.
1886 No that the files may be kept
up ~ date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
CLOSING BOND AVERAGES
BANK CLEARINGS

SEATTLE - Bank olesrings:
S12,447 .e3s.02; balances. &3.O4e,-
223t5; transactions. S2e 454 900.
PORTLAND - Bank cleannss,
So,4l0.e7e; balances. SI.724.435s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05

Your postmaster C. tell YOU
how 70 invest in U. Defense
BondA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Stock Market Rise Led by
Railroad. Equipment Issues
Morkets ot q
Glance

Stocks Higher and moderately
active.
Bonds Firm.
Curh stocks Fractions higher.
Cotton ne much as IS cents
a bale.
Wheat and Cerp-Up fractions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
BRITISH TAuNf HITLER

LONDON-The British radio to-
day tainted Adolf Hitler with hsv-
ing lost two important ports in the
Crimea. five key positions on the
Leningrad front and II on the
Moscow front since he took COM
mand of the German forces.
LOS ANGELES - chungking
radio, heard here by NBC. reported
today American volunteer filters
have shot down 10 Japanese planes
in four air battles over Rangoon,
capital of Burma.
CAIRO - The main street Of
much-captured Bardis. on the Lib
yam coast, Was renamed today for
the fourth time, this time to SHUTS
avenue after the South African
prime minister.
TOKYO - Army advices said
about 5000 Australian, Indian and
Canadian troops taken prisoner at
Hong Kong were being transported
to Kowloon on the mainland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Aunt Het
~ ROBERT CULLEN

"Moybe folks need O differ
emf diet now, but when ! ~os
little we lived on fot pork, Bis
cuts end noolosses. ond the
only trouble we hod wos GET
TIN enough.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
N. Y. CURB STOCKS

Closing Prices Furnished by
Dean Witter IL Company
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
ADMIT BARpIa FALL

BERLIN - The German high
command admitted fall of Bardia,
Libya, in a communique today
which said there was only local
fighting on the southern and north
ern sectors of the Russian front"
TOKYO The official news
agency said. two-thirds of Britain >
forces in Malaga had been an
initiated" after heavy fighting
around kuantan on the east coast.
On the west coast. the British 1.-THE
division was said to have suffered
extremely heavy losses"
MOSCOW - Captured German
troops report lack Of discipline in
German ranks and the loss of as
high as rs per cent in some COM
panies. an army communique said
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-05
Nazi Naval Bases
In France Under
Fire Of British
WAR DIGEST
BY UNITED PRESS

LONDON - British planes at
tackled the German held naval
bases OF Brest and St Nazaire on
the French coast during the night
and laid mines in enemy waters,
the air ministry said today. All
planes returned safe.
ROME-An Italian comnunique
said today that British planes had
raided Naples during the night and
admitted the loss Of Bardis. axis
stronghold on the Libyan coast.
BERLIN-Jspsnese submarines
were reported today to have sunk
a former Dutch tanker being used
by British and American naval
forces so miles off the California
coast.
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aAruRpAYs QUorATIoNs

(ouotations courtesv Dram Witter =
Co.. washington Bldg. members
New York stock Exrhsnse)
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BATAVIA Reduced Japanese
air activity over the Netherlands
East Indies was reported by the
Dutch high command today.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

waste paper in the Federal buildings.
p. B. A. told Mr.. Walker that the
contractor was falling down on the
Job and couldn't handle the rapidly
increasing piles Of Government
trash, Mr.. Walker recounted. The
contractor, on the other hand, told
him, he said, that additional burlap
bags had been furnished on request
to Federal buildings but the con-
tractor wasn't getting any more
trash back than previously.
Would Cost Much More.
Whether through negligence, lack
of suflcient supervision or a short
age of labor, he said, the custodial
force was apparently short-cutting,
dumping the trash into refuse bins
for removal to the incinerator in
stead of bundling it for the salvage.
A. p. B. A. spokesman raised the
point that 1t would add "a tre-
mendous labor cost to put on the
additional help that might be
needed to do a complete salvage job.
w. p. B., however, said P. B. A.
should take on the extra help-which
requires Budget Bureau permission
even II 1t had to take a loss. In
other places, q w. P. B. spokesman
pointed out, salvaging Is being done
at some loss because the paper is
necessary.
Mr.. Walker said he would suggest
at the conference that P. 3. A. in
Evening star., 1942-04-05

wage Committee will have their say.
The War Production Boards Bu-
reau Of Industrial Conservation,
which has been campaigning for
industry, housewives and everybody
else to salvage paper, is also ex-
pected to get involved In the dis
cussion.
Discovered by Dealer.
The failure Of the Government
to salvage all its paper, q failure
which p. B. A. admits, was first
brought to the attention Of the Dis
trict Salvage Committee about six
weeks ago when q refuse dealer
near one Of the city's incinerators
told the committee truck loads Of
salvageable material were rolling
into the incinerator every day to
be burned. The dealer suggested
that the trucks dump In his yards
and he would do the salvaging.
Horace Walker, executive secre-
tary of the committee and the Dis
trict's representative on the Bureau
of Industrial Conservation, took the
suggestion to the Procurement d.
vision which in turn suggested to
the p. B. A. the letting Of supple
mentary contracts.
According to Mr.. Walker, the pro-
curement oficial was informed that
supplementary contracts could not
be let because one contractor al
ready had the right to collect all
Evening star., 1942-04-05
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT

Amid all the confusion, uncer-
tainty and troubles Of our day-to-
day existence, we do not always
realize the very great advances that
have been made in our fighting
power during the past two years.
This Army Day is q suitable oc-
casion to make mention of the re-
narkable achievements of the Army
since that terrible June of 1910 when
the fall Of France began to awaken
the American people to the real
nature Of the danger which con-
fronted them.
At that time, less than two years
ago. the Army did not possess a
single fully-equipped combat division
in the continental United States.
There were on paper three infantry
divisions of the Regular Army, COM
posed of units in scattered posts,
none of them anywhere near war
strength, all of them lacking in
equipment and incomplete in organi-
zation. There was one cavalry di-
vision in similar condition.
Equipment Was Lacking.
AS for armored troops, we had
only one brigade of mechanical cav
airy and some scattered and incom.
plete tank units. Corps and Army
troops did not exist. The air force
suffered from the same ills of scat
tered detachments, lack of modern
equipment and incomplete higher
organization.
None of the overseas garrisons pos
sessed the numbers or equipment
necessary for the proper discharge
of their duties though the forces at
Hawaii and in Panama were per-
haps better off than the rest of the
Army in these respects.
The War Department itself was
organized on peacetime admin
istrative basis and was almost COM
pletely lacking in the proper ma
chinery for the command and con-
troll of large-scale military opera
tions. None of the 18 National
Guard divisions was anywhere near
complete in manpower or equipment.
All this is said in no spirit of
criticism Of those on whom the
responsibility for the command and
direction of our Army had fallen.
Successive Secretaries of War and
successive chiefs of staff, one after
another, had pointed out in their
annual reports and in their testi-
mony before committees of Con-
gress the existing defects and the
conditions which would have to be
faced If an emergency came sud-
denly on the Nation.
The reports Of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. IN particular, during his
tour Of duty as chief of stan from
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-Four Freedoms After War
Pledged Chinese People
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4.-Rear
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell declared
today that although the four free
doms projected by President Roose-
velt and the Atlantic Charter apply
to the Pacific, these statements Of
postwar policy need the supporting
buttress of specific points relating
to the Far East"
In a message to the Chinese peo-
pie prepared for broadcast by short
wave radio, he said that naturally
China will have complete independ-
ence" and that "extra-territoriality,
foreign concessions and all the spe-
cial concessions and privileges OF
past treaties will be abolished"
He added that Korea must be
given her independence" and MAN.
churia and Formosa must revert to
China, since the population is over
95 per cent Chinese" He also saw
it Inevitable that India and Burma
will receive Independence"
Evening star., 1942-04-05
"a Registronts' Confusion on Status,
Who'll Support Dependents Seen Justified

So you're a 3-A regiStrant, de-
ferred because of dependents. and
you want to know how soon you can
expect to be called by your draft
board?
There's reason enough 10 be con-
fused.
On March 20 Brig. Gen. Lewis B
Hershey, selective service director,
made a speech warning that Amer
ica's man power shortage had
reached point where the selective
service system can't recognize de-
pendents as a basis of deferment
unless the registrant is also in an
essential industry.
Then, four days later, granting an
interview in Columbus, Ohio, he
was quoted as saying that regis
trants in their 30s and even In their
20s would not be drafted at once
if they have dependents and do
not need to be afraid that they
will be drafted"
And three days after that Gen.
Hershey was quoted as telling a
Baltimore group that every able
bodied man-young-eventually will
enter the war"
Boards Differ on Deferment.
Selective service officials admit all
this hasn't increased the peace of
mind of men who want to know one
way or another, their chances of
being drafted and how soon, but
the officials point out that the
speeches were impromptu and might
have been misinterpreted.
Up to this writing, local boards
officially are still operating on a
peace-time basis as far as men
with dependents are concerned, ex-
cept that there's a general tight
ening up along the line, with each
board making its own decision with
out specific instruction from Sc
lective Service headquarters.
The regulations, written when
registrants were called for training
rather than war service. read:
"The local board should deter
mine all questions of Class III de-
ferments with sympathetic regard
for the registrant and his depend
ents. Any reasonable doubts in
connection with dependency should
be resolved in favor of deferment,
and in doubtful cases the local board
should be mindful of injuries which
may be expected to result from sep
arating a father from his children
or husband from his wife. The
maintenance of the family as a
unit is of importance to the ma
tional well-being."
That was in peacetime. The
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Great Strides of u. S. Army
Since Fall of France Hailed
Advances Remarkable When Compared
With Weakness in 1910, Maj. Eliot Declares

| 1901 1885, appear In the light of
subsequent events almost as in
spired military prophecies. That
the advice was not needed is not the
fault of successive Presidents or
successive Congresses.
1t is fault inherent to the state
of mind Of our people during the
strange and ominous pause of 20
years which followed the last war
condition which need not here be
dwelt on at length.
Chain of Outposts.
What is important Is to realize
how very much has been accom-
plished since our people began to
open their eyes to the facts; awak-
ened by the ominous thunder of the
fall of France
Today we have built up our over
seas garrisons in a chain of out
posts extending in the Atlantic from
Iceland to Dutch Guinea and in the
Pacific from Alaska through Ha-
waii to Australia.
Behind those far-f1ung shields we
have created a powerful Army. Only
81 months have passed since France
went down and in that time the al
most non existent fighting strength
above described has been so tre-
mendously expanded that we could
now put into the field, fully equipped
and reasonably well trained, no less
than 27 infantry divisions, ar
mored divisions and 2 cavalry divi-
sions, with all the necessary corps,
Army and G. H. @. troops and we
possess a replacement system capa-
BILE of keeping this force in opera
ton.
Our Army air forces have been
enormously increased in strength,
organization and striking power.
Behind this Immediately ready
Army, we are creating other forces
more than doubling the striking
power already noted and plans are
under way for yet more to come
An officer training system has been
established to provide leaders for
the millions of young Americans
who have been called and will be
called into their countrys service.
Important expeditionary forces
have been sent out of the United
States to Australia, Northern Ire
land and elsewhere. American
Army aircraft has borne notable
part in the defense of the Neither
lands East Indies and Australia.
Much more could have been done
had shipping been available to
transport troops and planes to that
distant part of the world; much
more will be done as our strength
grows in those parts with the slow
movement of westbound conveys.
The Army has acquired q stream
Mled organization Tor war. With
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Health
Continued From Page B-1l)

health nurses under the Health De-
partment check with the parents
and try to obtain voluntary cor
rection.
13 Full-Time Nurses.
At present, because of other duties
In department clinics and in the
field, there are only the equivalent
of Is full-time nurses for more than
ITO school buildings. Mrs. jose
phine Prescott, director of the nurs-
ing bureau. would like to place q
fun-time nurse in each large school
and follow up for correction of de-
fects if she had the personnel.
Some additional nurses are ex-
pected to be provided in deficiency
appropriation now before Congress
and some relief will probably be
given to this situation. Actually 81
additional nurses for school service
would be needed to carry out fully
the project.
A well-integrated program of five
periods week of physical training
plus medical and dental inspection
and follow-up at Calvin Coolidge
High School has shown what can
be done-more than 10 per cent
of defects noted at the beginning
of the school year corrected volun-
tarily at the end and close to 20
per cent under treatment.
1t has been unofficially estimated
that the entire program for the
school system-geared to war needs
would cost less than $500, 900, or q
little bit more than So per child.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

be specific enough on occupational
deferments in wartime, and a mem
orandum on that went out weeks
ago.
Answer on Capitol Hill.
But there 1t didn't have to answer
the question the 3-A men are ask
ing themselves-who Is going to
take care Of my wife and children
II I go to war?
The answer to that, one way or
another. depends largely on the
fate Of bill stalled on Capitol Hill
since January.
The proposed legislation, intro
duced by Representative Edmiston,
Democrat. of Virginia, requires en-
listed men in the armed forces to
allot SIS of their monthly pay to
dependent wives and children with
the Government matching or bet
tering the SIS.
In committee, the amount of
money a dependent family might
get may be raised or lowered. Either
way it would affect the number of
men who could be released for
service. Before the bill passes, If
1t does pass, there might be other
changes or restrictions on who is to
get the money.
Selective service can't make any
drastic changes In its policy until
it knows what is going to happen
to that bill.
Reports "Being Discussed"
Right now, the bill Is sitting in
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee, where 1t has been since jan
uary, The committee asked the
War and Navy Departments and the
Veterans Administration for their
opinions of the bill and all of them
where the reports are being dis
cussed."
Sooner or later, the reports will
go back to the departments and
ultimately reach Capitol Hill. The
committee. meanwhile. has sched-
uled no meetings for two weeks,
and it would meet only at the call
OF Chairman May, who is out of
town until Wednesday.
After it gets the reports the COM
mittee has to hold hearings and the
matching Senate committee has to
hold hearings. All of this is OBJ
viously no overnight process.
In other words, you'll know a lit
tie more about your chances of
being called If you're a ga man
when selective service sends out its
memorandum, but a lot more when
Congress gets through with the
compulsory allotment bill.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

It's ground forces, its air forces
and its services of supply each
grouped under a single commander,
under the supreme direction of the
chief of staff.
Remarkable Accomplishments.
It's only by comparing what we
had in 1910 and what we have now
that we may realize the full extent
of the remarkable accomplishments
of the Army during those crowded
and hectic months. Only those who
have some acquaintance with mill
tary organization and training can
realize the full measure of the &C
complishmentS which have given us
so much today from so little then.
The names of the men upon
whose shoulders the burdens of this
responsibility have fallen and who
have carried those burdens so well
should ever be gratefully remem-
bered by the American people-in
particular we should bear in mind
the wisdom, foresight and calm
ability of Secretary of War Stimson
and the soldierly gifts and fine lead
ership of Gen. George G. Marshall,
chief of staff.
There have been many others who
have done their work well. But
these men bore the burden and the
responsibility when the going was
tough. They endured the blasts of
unjust criticism and unreasonable
impatience. The job was theirs,
they did it, and they did it we'll.
AS we pay tribute on this Army
Day to the growing power Of the
Army, let us remember those who
laid the foundations upon which
this structure of military power is
being erected. Let us remember
them now in the day Of trial when
the work they have done will come
to a splendid fulflment amidst the
battle smoke of victory.
Copyright, 1912, by New York Tribune, ,Inc)
Evening star., 1942-04-05

local boards varied. Some deferred
every married man, whether his
wife was working or not. Some
took men whose wives were work.
ing.
New Instructions Are Due.
Now some are stepping down hard.
Most of the boards are going
through their lists with an eye to
reclassifying. If they can, to I'LL
ever-increasing quotas.
A few days ago, Selective Services
own newspaper came out with a
story that local boards soon would
be given instructions covering the
reconsideration of all deferred reg
istrants from q wartime point Of
view.
The story carried few words Of
caution from Gen. Hershey against
any hysteria or misguided zeal in
classifying or reclassifying regis
trants, but said that every local
board acting under the new instruc-
tions will make a searching
scrutiny" of the case Of every de-
ferred registrant.
That story said many whose
claims for deferment were justified
under a more liberal policy for
peace time training that sought to
disturb our normal life as little as
possible now must be reconsidered. "
Elsewhere, 1t said definitely that AL
agencies of Selective Service will
continue to defer for the time being
those men having bona fide de-
pendents."
Financial Matter Involved.
The promised instructions, how
ever, aren't going to clear up the
matter once and for all even when
they do come out-and they're due
in the near future.
Here's the point-there's a fnan-
cial matter involved. In other words,
Selective Service isn't going to take
a man away from persons depend
ing on him if there is no one else to
support them.
The instructions may lift a lot of
men out of ga. men who have al
ready been lifted out in some COM
munities-men with working wives,
men who are supporting relatives
not living with them and able to be
supported by someone else-but the
main idea appears to be to get some
uniformity among the boards.
OF course. local boards are auto
unconstitutional Selective Service
can't make up their minds for them,
but it can recommend and. as it
puts it, clarity the national view
point"
National selective service could