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Evening star., 1942-08-29
McKendree Methodist

Rev. Lemuel S. Eichner, of the
Frederick Avenue Methodist Church,
Baltimore, Md, will preach at IL
am. on Solid Rock"
The Youth Fellowship of Brook
land Methodist Church will join the
Youth Fellowship of McKendree in
a picnic supper at pm, at Barnard
Hill, to be followed by services at 7
pm. Miss Mary Galley will have
charge of the devotions.
The Philathea Sunday School
class will hold a business meeting
at the home of Miss Clara Jeffrey,
on Wednesday at pm.
The choir is sponsoring a dinner
at the Fairfax Hotel on Tuesday at
$3.50 pm. Proceeds will be used to
buy new music.
The Rev. Charles F. Phillips will
return from his vacation next week
and occupy the pulpit on September
9Th.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
New Thought Alliance

The final sessions of the Con-
gress of local Teachers and workers
Of the International New Thought
Alliance will be held Sunday after
noon and evening at 1927 H street
NV.
Those taking part are: 4;30 pm,
James MCGUIRE, president of Wash
ington Theosophical Lodge, Sound
ing the Note of Harmony; $50 pm,
Swami Premananda, Self Realiza-
tion Fellowship, 'Ideaism Amidst
War; 8 pm, Robert Grove, CO.
founder, Universal School of Truth,
your Garden of Thoughts" Rev
Grace L. Faus, Divine Science
Church, God" and Florence E
Frisbie. district president, "All Out
for Spiritual Victory"
Evening star., 1942-08-29
HyottsviIIe Pastor
At Tukomu PRESBYTERIAN

At IL am. tomorrow the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church will have
as its guest preacher the Rev. D
Hobart Evans, pastor of the Hyatts-
vile Presbyterian Church. His SUBJ
ject will be "Fairest Lord Jesus"
On Tuesday evenig the Christian
Endeavor Society has workshop
program.
The Red Gross chapter meets or
Thursday at 9 am.
The young people will meet at
the church today at 7;30 pm to &c
bowling. Afterwards they will &c
to the home of Miss Margery Colds
worthy for refreshments.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Tent Meetings to Close

The gospel meetings being con-
Quoted by DR.. Harry Vom Brecht
under the auspices Of the Laymen's
Eyangelistic Association in tent
at Thirteenth and X streets Sc.
will close next week.
He will speak tomorrow at 3 pm.
on Present Day Conditions" and
ut 7:30 pm. on Gods Plan for
Man" Services will also be held
each night next week.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Rev. Mr.. SwuIes' Theme
is This Gods World

The Rev. Thomas G. Swales, of
Athens, Pa, will speak on rs This
Gods World?" at ii am. tomorrow
in Petworth Methodist Church
Thomas Mears will sing.
The combined evening service at
7:30 o'clock will be led by Sarah
Inman. The Scripture lesson will be
read by Leonard Fulton. Miss Har-
roliese Brown will speak on Per
sonal Aspects of Peace" and Mr.
Swales will have as his sermon sub
ject Touches of Power" Charles
Hitler will sing.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Fellowship Broadcast

The Fellowship Hour will COM
plete it's summer broadcast with. a
special youth rally broadcast from
the studios of station WINK at BIOS
to $50 am. on Sunday. This pro-
gram was produced from the tai
ents Of a group of young people
from various churches of Arlington,
Va, and Washington. It's speakers
have been from various colleges In
Virginia and Maryland and District
of Columbia and other talented
young Christians
The speaker tomorrow will be
Lloyd Gochenour. Subject, "They
Had a Mind to Work"
Evening star., 1942-08-29

I u n q a m e ntal
change in most
of us ere we are
fit for a new
W orl d ord e r.
Jacob was nat
urally a rascal,
crafty, sly, guile
full. de C e i t f u !
and sophisticat-
ed. His m | n d
easily turned to
tricks and STRAIT
agems. for the
promotion Of his
own profit. He
d e c e i v e d his
r4I L1 Ia
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Calvary Methodist
To Heor Scientist

At the IL am. service tomorrow
DR.. Hugh l.. Dryden, scientist at
the Bureau Of Standards and local
minister of Cavalry Methodist
Church, will be the guest speaker
His topic will be "A Pilgrims Prog
ress in World at War"
The BIS am. service has been
discontinued
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Pastors Exchange PuIpits

DR.. Henry B. Wooding, pastor Of
the lexington Presbyterian Church,
will be the guest speaker at II am.
in Gunton Temple Memorial Presby-
terrain Church in exchange with
DR.. Braskamp. His text will be "I
Was in the Isle of the Patmos and
in the Spirit
The Sunday Evening Club will
meet at Gas pm. and will be led
by Miss Jennings, whose subject will
be Wider Horizons.
The Senior Young Peoples So
ciety will have a picnic and an out
door meeting.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
BrookIund Methodist

DR.. S. Paul Schilling will preach
at II am. on REST Unto Your
Souls There will be no evening
service or mid-week service. AT
S pm. the Youth Fellowship will
unite with the young people OF
McKendree Methodist Church in an
outing and vesper service on Bar
nard Hill.
Boy Scout Troop No. 81 and Cub
Pack No. 407 will return today after
three weeks Of camping near Syria
Va, under the direction Of Harry
Scott. scoutmaster.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
A Lesson for the Week
Changed Men Only Hope for
Changed World After War
BY WILLIAM r, ELLIS.

There periods in historyand this of he-when
made whole
illustrative
represented old fresh
conception of life That
these three
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8rirrna
FRIENDs MEETING 9oRT10D;

FRIENDS MEETING 1ORTnODOxJ.
18th and Irving Streets NV.
IL AM
Meetins For Worship. AL welcome.
Friends Meeting Of washington
gill Florida Ave.
Meeting for Worship First Day Sunday
81 II am All interested are veicorn ..
Young people, $40 pm
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Antteh prrahytrrtan
prfHhytrrtat1
The covenant-First
PRESBYTERIAN Church

Conn. Ave. ot N St. NV.
Albert Joseph Mccartney. d. D., Minister.
David De Forest Burrell, d. D., Senior
Assistant Minister.
George H. Yount, Junior Assistant
Minister.
9:45 ar1.--Covenant Summer Bible Glass
Studies in Genesis.
IL am.-Morning worship. Dr.. Burrell
preaching with Sword and Trowell."
Covenant Fellowship Young People s
Group ZOO pm.
Vespers Thursday BIS pm. preceded BY
15-minute organ recital.
Evening star., 1942-08-29

The Sunday school lesson for
August 30 Is Jacob Seeks Gods
Help."-Genesis, xxxii.31-33.
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May Ration
Butter Soon

CHICAGo-HstionsI butter ra-
tioning BY Jan. and subsequent
rstioning Of other dairy products
were predicted Friday by mem
bers of the Mercantile Exchange.
Traders slso foremw rstioning
Of cream with high buttsrfat con-
tent. reduction Of the butter con-
tent In fluid milk and Ice cream.
and sppcftlonment 81 cheese and
eggs 10 buyers az shortages IN
crease.
Reasons given for the shortages
we're greater consumer spendinE
power and the publieized nnfrision-
for health program. lend : lease
shipments, the trend Of the farm
era To eapitsiizs on the Increased
profit from fsttsned livestock. the
eulIing Of dairy stock and lack u
farm labor.
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HarryJohnsion
Named in Suit

william l.. Wolten. organizer
and manager of Wolten's Whist
club. filed suit In superior court
Friday for $4,000 damages for
defamation OF character agains,
Harry II. Johnston. former Pierce
county prosecuting attorney and
critic of police administrations.
Woiten's action l. based on
n letter written by Johnston
to Mayor Harry r. Cain on
Oct. IL and letters written 60
and published In Tacoma daily
newspapers Oct. 20. attacking
Molfen's club and Its opera
ton.
wolten. denying the truth OF
Johnston's charges, alleges the at
torney's accusations are libelous
and slanderous and calculated to
ruin his reputation In this com
munity and in Port Angeles where
he was formerly In the grocery
business for many years.
In his complaint, Wolten as
serts he has heen In business
In Tacoma since 1888 and has
enjoyed an excellent reputa-
ton as an honest, Law abiding
citizen
On Nov. -. 1871. with Others
he organized and later ineorpor'
ated "Wolten's Whist Club" 'foi
amusement and entertainment Of
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u. S. Destroyer,
Cruiser Damaged

WASHINGTON - The cruiser
San Francisco and destroyer Blu
chsnan were damaged while par
ticipating with other u. 5. naval
vessels in a devastating l0-hour
BON bardment Of Jap shore posi-
tons on Guadfcsnsl. the navy
announced Friday.
The cruiser suffered only slight
damage. when a disabled, burning
japanese plane crashed into the
ship. Thirty Of the San Fran
cisco's crew were killed.
The Buchanan was hit BY a
shore battery shell which killed
five Of the destroyer's crev.
she bombardment. which began
at dawn Thursday (island time).
was interrupted at 2:i5 p. m. BY
a japanese air attack In which the
enemy lost 30 planes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14

Ths Locked gate controversy
a Northwest Door Co. which
caused . two-dsyT work skopp@Es
al tina plant last week. vili h<
settled pssesfnily. without fsrt1~f
loss u man hours. according 70 an
order hand<d down ~ Ben n.
Kizsr, ehslrnss q the West
Coast Lumb<r commission, II
Portland.
me gate in question 1ss sald
70 nave elss<d . shortcut from
the employer psfkiHg area % the
Interior Of the plant The work
era rsportsdly refused 70 walk
around tbs fence surrounding the
plant 70 the front gate. When
they protested. the management
maintained the gate would re-
main locked. according TO the
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Bullet Pierces
Officer S Cap as
Pair Surprised

A bullet hole in his cap was
acquired Thursday night in line
OF duty by Policeman Ray Gerrit-
zen as the most tangible souvenir
Of a brisk encounter with two
burglars he surprised at work.
Gerritzen had the following
story TO tell Friday:
He and his prowl car partner.
J. S. Miller. about . p. m. Thurs
day discovered that a service sta
ton at 1855 Pacific ave. was not
locked as IL should be.
As they Investigated the
vicinity afoot, Gerritzen saw
two men flee from the rear
Of the building and he pursued
them into q nearby guiiey.
While searching the ravine,
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School Employees
To Get SIS Pay
Boost in July

Flat salary increases OF SIS per
month for Tacoma school, district
employees will become effective
next July. the school board pointed
out Friday following q review OF
the success OF the 5-mili extra levy
campaign In the Nov. , election.
Although the extra miiisEe
has been voted. u VIII not be
available until the beginning
Of the new school year July ].
and there can BE- no immedi-
ate extension or restoration Of
services before then. secre-
tary Carl q. Caddey said FRI
day.
The board at It's meeting Thurs
day afternoon directed the admin
is.rative officers 10 see that pro-
per acknowledgement and thanks
be extended TO committees. press
and others for assistance given In
the success Of the election cam
paign for the levy.
A joint statement from caddey
as secretary and business manager
and Howard n. Goold. superin-
{ CONTINUED on Page II. Column ~
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WOULD JOIN IN CITY sAlloTiNe
School Election
Change Will BE
Asked of SOlOmS
SAVINGS TO DISTRICT IS CITED

In the 1871 legislature. Laws
were passed TO throw the park
board and port commission cleo
tlons into the same dates ~ the
city and state general elections:
the school boards q Tacoma and
Spokane did not ask then for .
change
However. Csddey pointed out
Friday. the Tacoma school district
now faces the burden OF the full
expense Of = spring election this
next year; possibly a. much -
1900 10 elect one director.
u win be proposed. he said.
that the school elections hers
be made 20 coordinate With
spring city elections every iva
years.
Spokane school district said
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Dispute Over Locked Gais
Stopped Work al Door Plant

vsfsies e ths 1isDafs ree>tse9 ~
kiz<s.
Ths plass - - ~ ~
a. - Ge1oe6ny, ~ -
nuea re1osno1 = uees 49,
oay.
me commisslon seat t&IeGrouo
10 th< mansesmen< ard = fho
Lumb<r and 1ewmLu Workers
fAFLl union. o<dsr1nG = peocofu1
s<fflement q the dispute. ~
The company was dIrec<e6 q CO.
The controversial gate pendlaG -
ludieakioa.
Employers and employees wero
advised Friday thai 4 ~ dirZo<e
could not b settled u way -
commlssion ADVISED = refsree VI
be named 70 hear the cas- -
recommend a adnstmenk
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Truck Owners
Get Good News

~ sire ard BY tsistyps Friday
came good news for truck opsf-
atofs
Ths mileage r.fisniaG prs-
sr.m for esmn~felsl sehieies.
seseasled 10 70 ists effect
Nov. rs. has bees postponed
unili Der. ! ~ Jss~ps 3. East
mae. dlreefsr Of the sff1<s -
ssfssss tfssspsffsflsa.
Jay w. Mccupe. traffic manager
Of fhe Taeoms Chamber q Com
msfes. and Congressman John n,
coffss. who have been a. De-
nonnelng the handing and % de-
rnanding an extension On tbs
mileage rationing program. we're
pleased.
McCuns and Coffs< had
asked for ga sxieDsioa 81 -
70 80 days. certainly moi les
thsa tbe latter. bal. - ME-
cnse pointed out Friday. rs
days IL IS days
Under tina new program. all
trucks. Including such vital ma
chimes as fire engines and post Of
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Rush action Of the next iegis-
lature. meeting In January. will be
asked 10 head off the necessity OF
a school election in Taco
ma next March. Carl. G. caddey,
the school district seoretary-man-
ager announced Friday.
Caddey said that pursuant
10 action of the school board
Thursday. he WIS entering into
correspondence with the spc-
kane city school hoard Co see
N they win Join In the same
sort of bill.
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WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - A companion
Of Capt. Eddie Riekenbseker has
been rescued under circumstances
indicating there may b. other sur
vlyors from among the eight men
reported missing when Rieken-
hackers plane was lost Oct Il,
the war department revealed FRI
day.
The department disclosed that
Capt. william T. Cherry. Jr., U. >.
A. who was aboard the plane with
the noted World War I flier. was
rescued Nov. II In the South Pa
eifie.
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Companion Of Eddie Rickenbacker.
Missing Since Oct. Il, Rescued

Cherry IL In good condition. al
though weak. according 10 al a1-
vice from the navy 70 the var
department. His early eompIsts
recovery IL expected. His wife.
who lives IN Abilene. Tex. has
been advised of the rescue.
Prom such Information -
Capt. Cherry Uas able 70 furnish.
IL IL believed possibls that other
survivors may be On liferzfts IN
the same general vicinity the
war department said. An intsn-
sive search Of the area IL being
made By surface vessels and long
range planes"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14

Immediate construction OF the
Fort Lewis motor base housing
project-300 dwellings which may
be OF masonry rather than wood
has been approved by John b.
Blandford. jr.. direcor Of the Ma
tional Housing agency in Wash
ington, d. C., II was revealed Fri
day.
Assignment to 20 forward with
the project was received Thurs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
May Liberalize
Sales Of Liquor

Customers possibly will be able
to purchase more than one quart
Of liquor per week al Washington
state stores in the near future.
Evro NJ Beckett, board chair
man. revealed that the state has
Si2 600 600 worth Of liquor on or
der. He said II IL very likely We
viii be able 70 liberalize the alIot-
ment per customer.
Beckett declared board men,
bers also hope 70 "iiberaiizs
Christmas ssles-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14

SEATTLE -A Catalina flying
boat. with nine men aboard,
crashed Friday on the shore Of
Lake Washington while on a rou-
tine flight from the operstional
training unit AZ the Sand Point
naval air station.
The fate of the four officers
and five enlisted men was not
immediately known
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BOISE, Idaho - Starting Mon
day. liquor in Idaho viii Join the
list Of rstioned commodities Gov.
Chase A. Clark announced the
state-Operated liquor stores viii be
allowed 10 sell only two quarts
Of distilled spirits per day per
person.
The present limit Is "A gallons
per person per day.
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Postpone Hearing
On Milk Ordinance

Because Mayor Harry y. Cain
and other council membsrs slfi
~ out o. the city on Tuesday. tbs
hearing on ths standard milk
ordinance was postponed 70 ths
following DAY. "Wednesday.
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MELBOURNE - Fra n eli NJ.
Forde. minister for the army an
nounced that Australian casual
ties in the British offensive against
the Afriks korps in Egypt totaled
about 1000, most Of them neing
wounded.
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Russ Flank
Drive Stops
New Thrust

MOSCOW Il powerful flank
drive BY the Russians already has
thrown . new German offensive
against stallnKfsd out u gear and
forced tho Hsxl@ 10 divert bis
forces ia defense positions battle
front dispatches said Friday.
The new offensive ragged over
frozen ground IN sub frss<ink
weather. but tho Germans appear
10 have bsen checked and 20 have
lost twice ~ much ~ they gained.
Unit. NJ five German divisions.
supported BY dive bombefs and
tanks. opened the main thrust
Thursday against thu central Soc
tor Of stsiinErsd's dsfensss
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Other German forces simuits-
neo,lsiy attacked on all other see.
tors. suffering heavy losses The
Germans managed 10 gain 100 10
200 yards ON the central sector.
hut the Russians. IN = counter
drive on the northern sector.
hurled the Germans bark 600
yards.
Hastily ths Germans diverted
big forces from the central .retof
and rushed them 10 the northern
sector In an effort 90 halt ths
Russian advances. weakening their
main drive.
RECArTunE VILLAGES
Meanwhile. tho Russians wers
increasing the soors ~ their side.
Radio Moscow reported thsy had
taken q village northwest u stsi-
lngrsd. and Red army forces offi-
easlly we're reported 10 have taken
two villages southeast ~ Hsishlk.
in the Csueasus
They destroyed ITO trucks. and
rstresting. ,be Germans transport
begged down In roads transformed
into fnires By rain. They ssfs re-
ported burning them b~fors ths
advancing Russians could ssptufs
them.
The noon eommaniqus reported
only artillery duets today so.iih-
east Of Nsiehik. whsfs Adolf Hitler
had suffered another biE defeat IN
trying 10 s~izs shs grDzny eii fields
and ths Georgian military hiEb-
say.
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War Curtails
Of
Tacoma Mail

The armed forces. laying a
heavy hand on postoffice person
mel. had forced the Tacoma post
office TO limit residential mail de-
liveries to one a day in some sec
tons OF the city. IL was revealed
Friday.
Aud. meanwhile. the first
Santa Claus letter had ar
rived At the postoffIce as .
cogent minder that the
Christmas mailing rush IL on.
Postmaster George T. Fish,
burne, thoughtful and inclined 10
worry over what's likely in store
this year. said that. beyond ques-
ton, Christmas mailing would be
heavier than any previous year In
local annals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
Cuadalcanal
Air Activity
Increasing

wAsHrNoroS-Tempo Of the
battle Of the solcmons 10 ineress.
ing again today after . hull az
barely three weeks and there are
signs the Japanese have fscrEsn-
ired and reinforced 10 some extent
the forces which were badly bat
tered last month.
Enemy dive nombers have re-
turned 10 the battle Of cusdai-
canal
Crowded transports are in vicin-
ity Of Rougsinville island. soms
200 mile. north Of caadaleansL
nag ~ RAIDERS
But the dive bombers met their
match over Guadslcanai and ~
out Of 81 raiders were destroyed
and five more probably destroyed.
II was the first time In weeks the
Japanese have used dive bombers.
indicating aerial endorsements
have arrived.
North Of Cuadalcanal army Fly
ing Fortresses under Gen. Douglas
MaeArthnrs command nlppe
what may have been the beginning
OF another malo invasion attempt.
Roaring over the Buin-Falsi naval
anchorage At the southern ZIP Of
Bougainvllle island st dawn. the
big army bombers scored hits on
four japanese transports which
we're loaded with many Troops and
equipment. and probably inflicted
heavy lo~sea.
START FIRES
MacArthurs medium bombers
attacked the enemy airfisid al
Buin-Faisi earlier. catching enemy
planes on the ground. starting
eight fires and lnfilctlng damage
that was believed to be heavy.
The Macarthur attack came
Thursday Solomon islands tlmel.
The previous day---Armistics day
--Gruman Wildcat fighter planes
took their high toll OF enemy dive
bombers which came over in two
waves. but the American iosses
were seven planes. the highest ra-
ito 10 date.
Return Of dive bombers 10 tbs
battle of Gusdalcanal indicated
the Japanese again are trying 10
knock out the landing strips on
the Jungle slrfisld Dive bombers
are more effective for blasting ape
cifie targets than the high-level
horizontal bombers tina Japanese
have been using Of late.