The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-03

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Sometimes my son Eces n Ire
attack beside ne. Then you
should see the soldiers uhen they
see mother ard son gong fer
ward together. Twice. before my
husband was killed. Al three q
"a went into battle side ey ssde
There waz : sudden pause. snd
I knew this Vas something which
did not bear tsskinE about.
Once befeFe Capt. Emma
had told mr.. homh> and gun
fire really dent bother me.
almost always sleep veil n
the frnnt. too. II was only
after nv husband dled that I
couldn't sleep. For me shale
month. then. I could scarcely
sleep Al all. Thes finally
realized I must concentrate
all my strength and al my
thought On zach days hattie.
must onl, live for winning
the war.
- We talked about Emmass
son, Vladimir. now IL. Who
fights - . soldier hut also
writes articles and poems for
the divisions daily news
paper.
Yes said Capt. Emma It's
fine To have my boy in the same
division with me. But sometimes
It makes II harder. Too = when
I know he Is In an attack. some
where not far away. but | cant
be with him. And I know I can't
do my Job right II let myself
keep thinking about him or won
dering If he VIII come hack. Then
lis really hard.
FEAR FOR LOVED ONE
You know" Capt. Emma added
earnestly. ITS not difficult 10
have no fear about yourself. But
It's much different. much more
difficult. not to have fear for
someone you love. Yet one must
remember that any ones life does
not matter Just as one must re-
member that this war Is moi Fas-
eism or BolsheYism. This war
Is only one thing Faseism or
humanity
Sitting across the table from
me in tent. she Was just >
slender. little woman-who might
have been sitting at home except
that she. Emma Wolf. could not
possibly be sitting anywhere 80
long as this war Is on. She did
not dramatize herself. She did
not indulge in gestures or post
ures. She was simply here al
the front because that Was the
place she wanted 10 be and
because she knew why. II enough |
people understood why. how much
sooner this war might be won
"Fascism OF humanity
ON another day I asked
Capt. Emma N she thought Of
anything she wondl like to
say To American women.
II would like American NO
men To know she ssld.
'fhat We have fought n very
hard war for 10 months nov:
yet, despite our great losses
In dead and wounded and
despite all the suffering which
We must yet endure. the Rus
sian women have never lost
their courage.
Each Russian woman knows |
the meaning Of the words Of the
Spanish patriot. Dolores ibarruri.
1T Is better 10 die standing up |
than 10 live on your knees.
Then Capt. Emma said some
thing that Is one Of the trnsst |
things which can be said about |
Russia At war. yet have never
heard IL expressed 20 snpremsly |
we'll. All the sacrifices which our
women make are made modestiy |
without big words"
HEROIC RUSS WOMEN
was reminded Of the millions
upon millions Of Russian women /
Who labor 10 or u hours daily. |
and often more. In factories Of
AL kinds. Of other millions Of wo-
men ~ho planted. tended and have
just harvested all Of the Soviet |
Unions crops and food supplies
Of women train conductors. trolley |
and bus and subway drivers. Of
the army Of young women who
have chopped millions Of cords Of
wood in the past few months to
fuel Russlas War efforts this
winter. Of girls Who police the
roads and those who man AL Of
the antl-aircraft batteries around |
MOSCOW and other cities. and Of
the many other Russian women
who nave enabled millions u men
70 take their places IN the army
ard similar active war positions.
But Capt Emma had not quite
finished: They Do this. she aid