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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Wickard Would
Abolish Slums
In Rural Areas

PEORIA. Il-secretsry - AZ
riealtnrs Claude wickard reeom-
mended Monday that the nations
agricultural manpower shortage
and rural Sums b. abolished sim
nitsaeousiy BY migration Of 1000. :
600 ''under-empioyed farm fsml-
les 10 better land.
The ever-growing lack Of man
power in L. s. agriculture" Wick
ard said. -offers an opportunity 10
abolish the rural Sums Of America.
An. family that moves to better
land and farms u well. viii b
making a direct contribution 10
winning the war. The small farm
er viii have 70 come through next
year II We are going 10 maintain
our food production"
wiekard addressed the National
Catholic Rural Life conference.
He said that meeting the prob
lem OF sub-marginsl farmers had
become = pressing wartime neees-
sity."
Most OF the nations under-sm-
poyed farmers need 10 make =
fresh start on better land and on
larger tracts In order 10 have =
real chance Of farming successful
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Raiioning Of Rubber
Boots, Shoes Starts

WARRINGTON - The Office OF
price administration Monday b.
gan rationing rubber boots and
rubber work shoes 10 workers US
ing them in jobs essential to the
wsr effort or 10 the protection Of
public health or safety"
All sales Of the six types Of
footwear covered BY the ration
ing program. selected because Of
their high crude rubber content.
had been prohibited for a fiye-dsy
period ending last Midnight
Local rationing boards Monday
began acceptance Of applications
for ratloning certificates.
Rubber footwear made largely
Of reclaimed rubber may be par-
chased as usual. These include
rubbers and overshoes commonly
used.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Conducts Tests
On Fuel Savings

How much f0i can be saved ~
lowering thermosfst settings IT
night How much ~ lowering
the thsrmostat setting for . -.
hour period-
The University AZ Illinois has the
answers n these auestlons - .
result OF research work carried On
during the ie<i-<7 heating season
In the IiB-R research home. spon-
=ored BY the Institute Of Boiler and
Radiator Manufacturers.
Tests were conducted vita the
thermostst set At ~ degrees from
$50 =. m. until 10 .. m. and At 90
degrees from 10 p. m. until $50 =.
m. The results indicate that the
drop In temperature of ak degrees
at night effects q saving in fuel
from q 10 10 per cent.
Lowering the thermostat setting
by five degree. for an entire a.
hour period results In = saving Of
1s.7 per cent in fuel consumption
or . saving Of IT per cent per de-
gree reduction In temperature.
The rapidity at which the indoor
temperature drops At night de-
ponds on the severity Of the out
door temperature and ths ooustrue-
ton of the house. The I-B-R re-
search home. which 10 one OF ths
best equipped houses In the eoun.
try for research work, IL thorough
~ insulated. Consequently the
drop in Temperature 1T night Ia
less rapid than II would be In .
house not 80 well constructed.
The university points out that.
during mild weather. the indoor
temperature did not 70 down 10 a
degrees after 10 o'clock at night
and consequently the eireulator,
which forces hot water from The
boiler to the rsditors. did not 20
on during the entire period from
10 o'clock In the evening 10 30
In the morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Find Spray That
Can Stay Thrips

Thrips. a tiny pest
that annually ruins thousands of
greenhouse carnations in Eastern
Washington. can be controlled at
low cost through use Of a tartar
emetie-sugsr spray, specialists at
the Washington Agricultural Ex-
pertinent station announced.
Laboratory work al the station
by r. ID. Eichmsnn. assistant ento-
mologist. followed by lsrge-scale
tests in greenhouses. showed that
tartar emetic at the rate Of one
10 one and one-hslf pounds plus
three pounds Of white sugar per
100 gallons of spray gave excellent
results.
The spray costs from 10 TO so
cents per 1000 square feet OF
bench space per season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

chance TO concentrate on your
fayorite hobby. Whether you savs
stamps. putter around . work.
bench. stuff birds. or mount butter
flies. q basement hobby room.
away from other household aetivi-
ties where you can make noise or
. mess without bothering others.
IL q desirable addition 70 your
home plant.
A hobby room Ia inexpensive TO
build. The only materials needed
are the boards for walls and floors.
The tables. benches. cabinets. etc.
that constitute the furnishings Of
a hobby room can be built AZ home
with a minimum OF lumber. II you
have no skill with tools, . car
penter can build them for a few
dollars.
No priority 10 needed 10 buy
these materials. n you keep the
cost under $500. and any retail
lumber yard can supply them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Urges Priority
For War Workers

Unless war housing is to be an
other case Of too little and too
late ways and means must be
found Immediately 10 secure for
private construction Of war work.
ers' dwellings lumber and priority
ratings of the same value as those
recently assigned TO $50 public
housing projects. The Home Build
ers' Emergency committee. follow
Ing a two-day session in washig-
ton this week. appointed a special
committee which already is hard
at work in conference with federal
agencies to find these ways and
means. II Is recognized this must
include means for cutting TO the
bone all use of critical materials.
War production is already be-
Ing impeded in some centers be-
cause we are far behind in war
housing. WPB's officials have
been unable to give definite assur-
ance that private housing con-
struction would receive the same
priority as given to public hous-
ing. In this situation, the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
and its Home Builders Emergency
committee point out the very
great importance of giving war
dwelling construction a priority on
a par with that given the construc-
ton of war plants, Of which it Is
indeed an essential part
Industry, it is recognized, would
lose efficiency if. in the expected
about employment of msnpower.
workers were separated from their
families. Family dwellings sup
piled by private home builders.
with production focused squarely
on Immigrant workers, continue
to be MAS program to take
care, so far as possible, of this
type of housing need.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Divorces Husband
Who Didn't Baihe

SEATTLE - Mrs. Lucille l..
Newbury Tuesday won divorce
on testimony that her husband.
Kenneth c. Newbury. wouldn't
take baths.
Mrs. Nswbury. ~, told the court
she repeatedly asked her husband
to battle but he would not do 20
for weeks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

uO9TON - pefsnse Transports.
tion Director Joseph =. kAntsusn
warned Monday that Tho nses~sity
for rstioning general passenger
traffic on rail and bus llnss may
arise sosnsr thss 80 think
Addressing the nostsn ennfer-
snes on distribution. he suggested
three ''slmris r,iss' fpr the public
10 foliow In avoiding rationsd trsss
FL. fhey wsfsi
I. DO not travel any mere thss
yeu can help,
2. Trsv~i light. villa - Iltfie
baggage - possible.
D. shun the wees ends .nd ~
your travelling IN tn< middle II
the week n you cen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Keep Your Home
In Good Repair

rhs n>>d az H>>plss - r<pelrs
- NJ hone - greater 80 -
rr<r b>fpve
t<swevss. - NJ lnlexpre1 f1e1
st.s<mset 10 meas 90 snsaI1 ~
nuf and hire . ronlroc1w ~ hnve
year house overloaded enmplelelg.
nat INT ths saee ~ -
chances ere you wcaissn't - -
u Get u anos anyway.
MT n n impe<sssl. enlremeIy
ianpoxtsst that IN r>paIro 49,
s~>sry 70 hssp ysar heme = =
god. <rzsnd cnodltlon a1eu11 -
attended % wstksus ssiax ~
pairs that are next><ted rrsw 80
isiy IN siss. and ~ &C., u men1.
M cuel
ALI. rouIl. nave
There ere not mary 49, hesnen
h~lnx h<sit to-day. eeiy theee nee-
e.~&ry 10 houss the wersats "
wsF industry plants: - lane gpsd
cars n the hons you hey>.
n you've spettsd litSie Ionn IN
the roof. get after q Immediately.
n water 10 b<e,nnlss - p><p Inta
the cellar throuah : efaen n N
cellar vail. don't put Il 81 anill
The first a The msnth n ysu'se
noticed . brsek that's h>sinnlns .
work loose ~ he shimner. Inon
up the stone mssen's t<iepease
number. and dan't let Il slcf
tAsre either So hin - ne
pbens.
rSux vunNACE Too
n that f,ifnses whish xsvs you
trouble ali lsss winter hasn't b>sn
attended to yet. get after Il nsw.
You only have . fsw more weshn
until fan. YOU knew. Thers sss
just few of the many repairs
necessary 10 kssp = home IN Eosd
working condition. Tnsy ere jsst
: few ~ The places wheFr truuh,s
can develop. And they should
not b~ neglected..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
Man Follows Wife
By Taking His Life
NEW YORK

NEW YORK Last week In
Orange. ". j., Mrs. Alexander
Berg committed suicide by gas,
leaving this note to her husband
Il have been a halter around
your neck long enough, keeping
down your talents"
The note was beside Berg's body
when IL was found in mis- room
at the Hotel Nassau here. Both
his wrists were slashed.
Buy u. S. Bonds and Save
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
KEEP AIR FIIrERs CLEAN

n you have a forced air heating
system. clean air filters viii save
= surprising amount Of fuel by
making II easier for the heating
plant 10 maintain the tempersturs
you require. Filters should be
changed az least once q year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
War Brings Progress in
Housing Prefabricaiion
10 Offer Greet Commercial and Social
Opportunity OF the Postwar World

NEW fORk-Home building technques are now being
reSouonized through preabrcaon under the necessity Of
war pressure the Architectural Forum magazine reports
S IN us september issue which is devoted entirely
ideas IN house designs.
mat todays prvfahr quality erected by
often better
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
A PUBLISHING TIP

II the basement Of your home
- too warm you are wasting fuel
Insulation ~ the heating plant IL
one solution
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

Before the war, home was q
place to eat. sleep. and change
clothes before going out In the
evening. Hobbies were for those
rare occasions when we spent an
evening at home.
Auto trips are out. and, with
extra time at home, you have a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

ly and productivity" wickard said
AS . wartime emergency meas
ure. we must help those families
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

The war and shortage q critical materials h.re ii II
bedroom less than ether part Of the house. according
to home furnishing experts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08

Buy U. S. Bonds and savel
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
koBLESSE oBLIGE

The boy who helps tmd woman
to cross troffic artery, the automobile
driver who waits for on elderly pedes-
trion who is caught between the change
Of troffic lights, the girl who is quick
to pick UP poroeI for q shopper with
overloaded arms, the man who gives
quick indication Of willingness to step
aside so that another may oIso have
room on the sidewalk.
The driver who slows down SO that
q commuter may poss safely from the
curb to the street-oor he is trying to
cotch, the troley-cor conductor who
goes to the trouble to reopen his doors
for q lote-comer, the mon-in-o-hurry
who doesn't want q newspaper but still
can remember to be gracious when
telling the newsboy So
People like these make one think
Confuseius did not speak quite in vain
when odxisine us oil to behoxe when
out Of doors as though "entertoinine q
distinguished guest" from The
Christion Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

In a field of 35 other Masters,
Boone made a very creditable
showing. Here is a hand from
the Individual in viii h he over
rode several attempts to swindle
him.
Boone sat East. Notice how
both North and South, bidding
strongly with borderline hands,
attempted to discourage East and
West from entering the auction.
After the bid Of two hearts.
Boone night have doubled
again negatively. But he reason
ed that If West was reluctant to
make a free bid over two dia-
monds, he might leave in two
hearts doubled. which would
probaly result in a poor score.
So he courageously bid tw o
spades on his four card suit.
When South opened the jack
of hearts, East saw that il was
probably a singleton. He saw
that he could probably make
the contract If he avoided the
loss of a trump trick.
To cover the jack of hearts
might lead to the eventual estab-
lishment of a heart trick in dunn
my, but It could also lead to an
over-ruff of East by South.
Then the contract would be set
unless there were lucky breaks
in both spades and clubs.
Boone, therefore, played low
from dummy on the Jack of
hearts. but North read this play.
TIE put up the king of hearts,
cashed the ace and led a third
round.
Now Boone proved adequate
to the occasion, He refused to
trump, discarding . diamond.
Then later. after taking out
trumps. he discarded his second
low diamond on the queen Of
hearts.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
NE YEAR AGO TO-DAY

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
19l1
Over 200 couples attended the
Presidents Birthday Ball ut the
Medea hotel.
Tony Nadile, confessed killer.
was arraisned for murder 1t
Syracuse, N. Y. He was captur-
ed In Macomb county after .
eight year search.
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
A survey by the Monitor
showed that 50 persons lost
their lives in county traffic acct
dents during the past year.
Mount Clemens churches were
planning services for the Lenten
season.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02

Imagination to see beyond narrow per-
sonol or notionoI interests, and the un-
selfishness to cooperate would hove
soved Pearl Horbor. Isolotionist thipk-
ing In Congress is now soyine thot It
equipment had been sent to PeorI Hor-
Dor this would not have happened.
Thdt is q repetition Of the very selfish,
short-siohtedness which has crippled
the Allies time otter time.
The plain foct is thot surprise. not
lack of equipment, was the couse OF
PeorI Horbor. The Roberts report says:
1.-THE forces available. were od-
equote to frustrote surprise dir at
tack or to mitigate its effectiveness"
Equipment was not used because COM
pIocency and unwIlneness to see what
ottocks on other countries meant to
America laid Americans wide open to
surprise-From the Christian Science
Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Newfoundland t1onors
Memory Of GrenfelI

CLOSELY allied with the devel-
~ opment Of Labrador and New.
.oundland, the name Of Sir Wilfred
r Grenfell Is known to every
sailor. hunter, trapper and school
boy Of those rugged northern
coasts.
The stamp above, issued in
io4l. . year after Sir Wilfred's
death. pictures the physician on
the steamship Strathcons II look
ing across the water at his hos
pital ship Maraval.
Sir Wilfred was born In Eng
land In 1865 He graduated At OK
ford and studied medicine 1t the
London hospital, Whitechapel.
After his studies were completed
he devoted himself 10 reform work
among the sailors Of the North
Sea, establishing homes on land
and mission vessels at sea.
In 1892 Sir Wilfred went TO
Labrador to continue his work. He
erected hospitals. cooperative
stores, factories, an orphans home,
end . school. He extended his
efforts to Newfoundland and In
1919 opened . seamsn's institute
at Saint Johns.
A doctor IN land whore doc-
tors were scarce. 0renfell soon
achieved wide tame. He. laid groat
stress On improving the physical.
social, end economic conditions Of
The soomon e The coast
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
High|ights from
the Latest Books
He is a big man with a big lob,

He is big man with a big job,
and Philip Guedalla lengthens
his stature, if possible, in "Mr.
Churchill" (Reynal & Hitch
cock: $3), a plain statement of
facts concerning the man Of
blood, sweat and tears"
Gedalla, whose eminence as q
biographer was established many
years ago, carefully refrains
from falling upon his knees to
adore the prime minister as q
combination of King Alfred,
Queen Elizabeth, Gladstone and
Lawrence of Arabia. He states
the plain truth with diverting
sidelights which should make
this one of the most discussed
biographies of the year.
BY this time most Americans
are familiar with Churchill's
background as the son of bril-
liant, aspiring father whose in
dependence was his political un-
doing, and of beautiful, intelli-
gent American woman.
Guedalla, however, adds such
personal touches as these:
Churchill as q child first express
ed aversion for the Prussian
type because of cartoon
showing the mighty Hun stand
ing on the body of La Belle
France. He couldn't or wouldn't
master Greek SO never went to
Oxford or Cambridge. His elm
satiable passion for seeing what
was going on" often landed him
in hot water with his political
friends and enemies, the latter
usually being most numerous.
As home secretary, Churchill
displayed some traits of our own
Mayor La Guardia by personally
leading some police raids. And
despite his long association with
the Conservative party, he cham
pioned unemployment insur.
ance, prison reform. higher tax
es on wealth, more freedom for
India and South Africa and
home rule for ireland. He found
time to raise q family, write sew
eral books and serve In various
cabinets ~ undersecretary for
colonies president Of the board
of trade, home secretary, NUM-
tions minister, war secretary and
twice % first lord Of the admir-
atty.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

It's likely Clark Gable will 60
on a Defense Bond tour soon,
flying all the way The odds
are growing against an immedi-
ate marriage of Orsen Welles and
Dolores Del Rio. -. They're
saying that even If the Japanese
succeeded in invading California
they'd never get into the studios
under the present iron-clad rules
against visitors.
The Hays Office seems to be
getting little sensitive about
the ribbings 1t used to take good
naturally. In whispering
Ghosts" Brenda Joyce and Mil
ton Berle mistake John Cara
dine for a ghost until she OBJ
serves: That's just a man-he's
in his underwear. And Berle
whispers, well, he'd have to be
wearing son ething. Do you want
the Hays Office after us?"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

One of the most recent pam
phlets on contract bridge is
Stepping Stones to Sterling
Bridge" by L. D. Boone of
Grenda, Miss. Tomorrow will
review the pamphlet. Today l
want to tell you why think any
thing written by L. D. Boone
must command attention.
Boone halls from a section Of
the country which only recently
has developed any considerable
number of Master Point tourna-
ments. Two or three years ago
players in the South had little
chance to win Master Points.
Yet Boone won enough points
to receive an invitation to play
in the Master Individual last
year. This Is the most select
event in the whole bridge cal
endar, open only to the top ex-
perts.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
, SO THEY SAY
BARBS

BARBS 80. .. .. $500. 800
Coughing Il dangerous-calla
doctor II you give . whoop!
Premier Toto calls China .
spoiled child-but II having .
tough time giving It . licking.
-
Fines of 200 speeders arrested
In q Nashville, Tenn, suburb
were turned over TO the infantile
paralysis fund. That's coming
through In . pinch.
"Arizona Hermit Lives on
OnionS''-headline. One good
reason for being . hermit.
No home b complete without
. man-but every kitchen r.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
BY PAUL HARRISON


HOLLYWOOD, Feb. z - The
last picture made by Carole
Lombard will be released. of
course, just as were Will
Rogers Steamboat Bill" and
Jean Harlow's Saratoga" af-
ter the deaths of these
stars. Not only are theater men
and fans making impatient in
quiries about the recently COM
pleted ITO Be or Not to Be-" but
there's a revival of old Lombard
films for strictly morbid inter-
ests.
Two changes have been made
in the new movie-the addition
of a special dedication to the
dead actress, and the deletion of
a line of dialogue in which she
inquired: What can happen in a
plane?"
DISNEY DIGS
Five artists on the Disney lot
now are employed exclusively
on the designing of war insignia.
About 125 military trademarks
have been finished-for every
body from the Free French to
the Tiger Squadron patrolling
the Burma Road, and more than
800 requests remain to be filled.
Almost every sea. air and land
unit of our forces seems to want
a sassy insignia, and the hardest
job of Disney's designers is to re-
duce the complicated requests r.
something simple. For instance,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02

one outfit asked for mosquito
sitting on the back of an eagle in
flight and firing a machine gun
at a fleeing buzzard wearing the
Nazi emblem. Try putting all
that on a two-inch circle of felt!
The more critical attention
turned on "Suspicion"-With
highest praise for the perform
ance of Joan Fontai.le and for
most of the picture-the mad
der Alfred Hitchcock gets. The
director agrees with the critics
that the conclusion is unsatis-
factory, and his annoyance is
with the studio which insisted
on the happy ending for the pic
ture. He originally filmed it
with the husband numbering
the wife, but RKO decided on
the less logical ending because it
was feared that fans wouldn't &C
cept Cary Grant as a killer.
BOYER TO BOSS
Charles Boyer, whom nobody
had suspected of having execu-
tive embition, has signed a pro-
ducer-actor contract with Uni
versal and expects to boss not
only his own pictures, but others
in which he will not appear -.
After his next film at Columbia,
Bill Holden goes into .he Army.
:. Deanna Durbin'c holdout at
Universal has reached such
stalemate the head men are look
ing for substitute-maybe
Kathryn Grayson of Metro.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
COMPETITION PROTECTS US ALL

In recent statement, Or. F. V.
Waugh, q Government economist, had
this to say: ut seems doubtful whether
the farmer or the consuming public
can, in the long run, get any benefit
from legislation which has as its sole
purpose to prevent innovations in mar
ketine or to prevent the lowering Of
marking charges through competition
;. An effective marketing program
which would make it possible for the
entire American public to maintain q
satisfactory diet and to buy adequate
clothing may do more than any other
one thing to accomplish adjustments
which are needed in agricultural pro-
ducton."
For good many years the American
people have been SUBJECTED to COMPETE
tion-destroyine laws Of one kind or an
other-sueh as, for example, the puni-
tive taxes levied against chain systems
in certain states. The general result Of
this kind Of legislation has been to
artificial increase prices, and to lessen
the market for formers and all other
producers. In effect, these laws place
q premium on waste and inefficiency
land the public does the poyine.
Open competition provides best pro-
lection either consumer or producer
can have. The chain stores, for in
stances, compete with independent
stores for business. Both kinds of
stores also compete within their own
ranks. New and progressive innova-
tIons are adopted. Overhead expense
is reduced. Unnecessary middIemon
operations are eliminated. Volume Of
business is increased making possible
q reduction in unit profits. And all
kinds Of stores prosper.
Competition makes for progress
for better service-for lower price, In
these war days, with problems Of pr-
critics and scorcities offecting every
home, the more competition we have
in retailing the better off we will be.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-02
IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Louis Allor leaves Jos. Ions
by to take charge Of Capt. Du.
laos lumber yard.
Mrs. Jacob Roessell II visiting
friends in Buffalo.