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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Marines Ready
To Meet Any
Jap Challenge

HEADQUARTERS. UNITED
STATES PACIFIC FLEET-Unit-
ed states forces IN the southern
Solomon Islands - marines. war
ships and land-based plsnes-sre
ready TO meet any japanese ehal-
lenge. well informed quarters said
Wednesday.
Informants laid the Ameri-
can forces unquestionably had
won the first two rounds Of
the Solomons battle.
There Vas no over-confidenoe
here. but Il was said that the
United states forces had held
superiority ever since their first
landings were made Aug. :.
Now, informants said. the
Japanese might hs plotting 10
hurI fleet units into an at
tempt 10 dislodge the marines.
II Was indicated that the
United States fleet command
had foreseen this possibility
and was prepared TO meet IT.
One of the most significant
points OF the marine operations in
the Solomons was that they had
proved American superiority in
hand to hand and guerilla fighting.
II was the first time the
marines had met the japanese
In n real clash on anything
approaching equal terms. and
all reports Indicated that the
marines had had things all
their own way.
The United States forces, il Was
said, had beaten the japanese TO
the punch in every engagement
including such diversionsl actions
as the raid on Maxim island in the
Gilbsrts Aug. II.
There still was a strong
feeling that the Japanese
might be compelled 10 start
diversion of their own To COM
pensate for the Solomons
setback.
II was suggested here that the
landing at Milne Bay in New
Guinea, which Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur turned into a trap. might
have been such a diversion. and
that 1t might have been aimed not
against Port Moresby but against
a possible allied closing in on their
North New Guinea and Bismarck
Island bases from the solomons
and Port Moresby.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Children Spilled
From MOVING Truck

sEATTIE-At least 20 children.
most Of them from Seattle. were
recovering today from injuries SUI
fered when q truck, taking them
from q u. 8. junior employment
camp. spilled them onto the high
way near Auburn.
The vehicle. loaded with 20 boys
and girls ranging In age from eight
to IL. was rounding a turn Mon
day night when the pressure Of
bodies broke one side loose. spill
ing the children onto the highway
among broken milk bottles and
lunch buckets.
Private cars took eight Of them
to Auburn hospitals for treatment.
None was seriously injured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
AT US0 Ceniers
WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. Z

1o6 Rust Bldg .-Registration OF
junior hostesses, . a. m. to 5 ?. m
USO-Travelers' Aid service. 5 &c
10 .. m. Before 5 at 6l2 Proyi-
dent bldg. Information on day care
for children Of working mothers,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
a. m. TO ?. m: Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. 7 TO ..
18th and Pacific-Clubroom IA
cihues. Shopping service. Mailing
and wrapping facilities. Voice re-
cordings Snack bar.
18th and Fawcett- Dance. s ?.
m. Sponsored by Postoffice Clerks
auxiliary: Mrs. Council Wolford,
president.
South Tacoma Horseback rsde.
p. m. Hobby night. Mr.. and
Mrs" evening.
el2 Provident Bldg -USo-Trsy-
elers Aid service. 9 a. m. 10 ?.
m. Information and services to
service men and all strangers IN
the community.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Pair Sentenced
In Lottery Case

sEATTLE-Federal Judge Lloyd
l.. Black sentenced two men who
pleaded guilty here 10 counts on
federal indictments charging them
with fraudulent use Of the mails
In connection with operation Of an
alleged lottery.
The men. among IL indicted
In the case more than n year
ago, were Reuben n. Greiling,
IS. who pleaded guilty to two
Of the ~ counts against him,
and Edmond ,. Ieclerc. who
entered guilty pleas 10 two of
- counts.
Creiling WAS sentenced TO Il
months imprisonment on one
count. with the courts recommen-
dalton the time be verved In Nc
Nell island federal penitentiary.
Imposition Of sentence on the
other count was suspended while
Greiling WAS placed on three
year, thr~s month"; probationary
period which would follow his
term.
Judge Black sentenced I>-
clerc 20 nine months impris-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Bv jim STEVENS

it's var lumber. Among fhs 500
soldiers ef ~er production OF shs
s.. Peul & Tseoms Lumber COM
pony, big mill. such men os Monte
Pulley. ereps epsretor, end Fred
kIssnsr, eerr,sr driver. end John
Rebsrs-on ,hs lumber pae--tssp
IL going up end coming down.
All the lumber produced in ,hs
Toeomo district in 1910 end ls41
would woke o pile 400 BY 400
tsst end 900 feet high. OF lsm-
bs,-thet', o mesrsois. The greet
psr Of thof production ~os for
defenss snd ~er sses. In 1912 she
government Is de~ondins every
thing fhs semps ond willis cor log
end svf.
kotionel Isrbsr p~odvetio. FOR
yhs yeor is esfimoted OF Is billion
boerd feet. There's o moortoin FOR
yes! Piled vp within 1000 By
1000 feet. il would tower 1000
feet elotf.
The eye, OF me ~ss'en's ~er
Issdsrs ore on Tssome, es key
sector ef the terst front. Army,
navy end ~sr production board
Isedsn ore sIermed BY the widen
ing wsnpo~er shertess in the IN
dus.ry. They sHiwsss thot. OF the
present rots st netionoI lumber
production. lumber supplied BY shs
end OF ths ysor will be sin billion
feet sherf Of the smovnf Of ~er
ivr,bsr needed.
Two ysen ego Tseeme's SOW
willis rushed production TO meet ths
Ssmends Of shs ssnso~ment pro-
srem, sor fhs housing OF Q miil'on
new seidier.. More eenstrsetiea
ssins svsrydsy LUMBER he's been
required during she post months.
os fhs srmy hos increased 70 .
teyes OF more fhen t~o end one
holt WILTON men-ho~ meny mers
10 not being feld. The ~er ~sn-
power eemmission predicts we'll
hove On srmy o. seven miliien By
fhs end o. ls43.
Thst ~eess more ismber-mers
moossein, Of lumber The soldiers
bed 10 now reds Of wood in piece
OF Steel. So ere fhs bodies OF army
trucks, mekins Q sewing in stesl
OF 7sS,ooo tons. More berseks.
more warehouses;. more ermy corr
srvetion OF oil types.
Monte Pulley. Fred klesnsr end
John Rsbsrs will hove reny more
vps end downs before their war
JOB 70 done.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

cnment In n federal road
camp. Sentencing on the sec
cnd count WAS postponed for
one year. with three months
probation to follow his term.
Several OF the defendants in the
indictments have been sentenced,
others are awaiting trial. and the
district attorney has Indicated a
probable motion for dismissal in
the case OF one defendant. Mar
shall Huffine Of Seattle. 30 that he
may enlist in the army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Kingsley Sears
Regional Manager

CHICAGO - X. w. Kingsley.
general manager Of Sears Roe
buck and company's mail order
plant at Los Angeles, has been
appointed regional manager of the
company's Pacific Coast territory
Arthur S. Barrows. newly elected
president, announced Wednesday.
The territory consists of II re-
tail stores in Washington. Oregon.
California. Arizona, Nevada, Utah.
and Honolulu and two mail order
plants at Seattle and Los Angeles.
Kingsley will maintain headquart-
srs at Los Angeles as did Bar
rows, his predecessor.
Kingsley. who has been with
the company for 20 years. started
in a shipping room in Chicago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

WASHINGTON - The federal
trade commission here issued
complaints charging the American
Tobacco Co. New York city. and
tn. American Cigarette Il Cigar
Co, Durham. n. c, with misrep-
vaccinations in advertising their re-
spective brands OF cigarettes,
Lucky Strikes and Pail Mall.
They were given 20 days IN
which to file answers. Similar
charges recently were brought
against the manufacturers Of Philip
Morris, Camel, and Dunhill cigar
cites.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Hurley Wants
More Active
Role in War!
BY n. q. THOMPSON
United Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Brig. Gen
Patrick J. Hurley. the American
minister to New Zealand who alsC
In fighting man from Oklahoma
wants a more active role in the
war.
Hurley. who accompanied
= Prime Minister Peter Fraser
Of New Zealand 60 this coun-
cry. said Tuesday the only Job
20 concentrate on now h 70
win the War and that he wAnis
- ~ sent where he can eon-
tribute n,cre toward that end.
Hurley. former secretary Of val
who " now 80 years old. wss sent
20 New Zealand when that area
was In the thick of the Far East
err war. He also was given the
tob a getting supplies to Gen
Douglas NacArthnr's beleaguered
forces in Manila He performed
both jobs with credit
Future Indefinite
His immediate future il indef-
finite and depends upon whether
President Roosevelt decides 10
give him q broader field.
He enlisted In the United
States cavalry NJ the age Of
~ and has served NJ rvery
rank In the army from private
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Walla Walla Man
Runs for Office

Eastern wsshington's candidate
for iudgs ~ tire supreme court
mad. rs viexs and feelings pub
lie 10 newspaper readers on We'd
nssdsy.
FL. Casey. pioneer resident OF
waus Wslls. Is asking for the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
World War
A Year Ago
Sept. z, lAl

Royal Air Force Ferry command
plane. en- route from Canada TO
Great Britain. crashed Sept / into
q hillside in Scotland. All 10 occu-
pants killed. including two Amer
cans.
In Italy. Premier Mussolini's
newspaper asserted that he ana
Adolf Hitler. in five-day confer
ence on Russian front aug. 1922
had decided on the unlficstion Of
Europe in one Axis-dominated
state
Portugal sends another eontin-
gent Of troops TO Azores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
Former Merchant
Seomen to Register

WAsHIN6roN-The war ship
ping administration will conduct a
voluntary registration Of former
merchant marine sesmen and off,
GERS Sept sis in search Of eNren-
enoed men u sail new ships. Ad-
ninistrstor Emory s. Land an
nounced Wednesday.
Registrations will be accepted
at all L. s. employment service
offices. Land said 100000 sesmen
and officers viii be needed TO man
the $500 ships that viii be built
by the end Of 1912.
Walla Walla. where he also owns
CITY and rural property.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

suppfnE q single grade.
When he yss sent to New
Zealand early this year. Hurley
was ordered to take charge Of the
effort to relieve Macarthur in the
Philippines. Macarthur then was
battling against overwhelming odds
and was holding out heroicslly on
Batasn peninsula.
Notable Success
Secretary of War Henry L. stim-
son told OF the efforts OF Feb. 2.
Hurley was notably successful and
secured several ships OF supplies
which got TO the Philippines. Slim
son said. Part OF those supplies
were transported to Corregidor and
Batsan- But for every ship that
arrived. stimson said, two ships
were lost.
Hurley said that he was
receiving too much credit for
his efforta. He said that Vice
Admiral Herbert y. L~ary and
Lieut.. Gen. George Brett, In
charge Of naval and air opera
tons In the southeast Pacific.
were ~ largely responsible for
his limited achievements ~ he
wAs.
Hurley WAS wounded three times
during his exploits in the south
Pacific. He refused TO discuss his
wounds. saying he had been mere
ly scratched and bruised. II was
known. however. that Hurley was
wounded In the head during q
Japanese air raid on Port Darwin,
In Australia. In the shoulder at
soersbsja in Java. and In the leg
In the Tmor sea.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
The New Wealth

Shortly after the war started in
1889, the financial capital of the
world shifted from London to New
York; and now with America in
Volved, it seems to have shifted still
farther west-to Iowa. That is. if
actual wealth. not mere paper GER
tificateS, is meant. In the vaults Of
banks in two small Iowa towns re-
poses in majesty the entire spare tire
stock of large trucking company.
Tires keep better in dark, cool
places explained the trucking off,
cials, and especially when those
dark cool places are barred"
The guardians of this priceless
wealth are grim Tipped and steadfast
in their determination to protect it,
No snow nor rain nor thieves will get
in to their precious cargo of mileage.
Slowed away in metal boxes along
the walls is quite an accumulation
of stocks, bonds. money and other
junk; but piled up on the floors is a
veritable treasury. 1T beats gold a
mile" say it's custodians. Gold has
already been devalued; but show us
any one who can devalue rubber, no
matter how much it stretches. 1t is
the absolute ideal in elastic cur
rency"
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Musuryk

March is an anniversary Of hope
In the Nazi-blighted regions of Cen
trail Europe On March 7. 1850. the
late Thomas MaSaryk was born. We
identify him now with the history of
Czecho-Slovakia, sleeping country,
drugged by the German FaSciSts, but
as he is A symbol, he shines over all
the lands around his own country,
reminding the peoples there that
freedom will come to those that want
1t. At the same time he reminds us
in this country and in England that
there is deep sense of independence
In Europe which it is honorable for
us to encourage by battle to the end
against the enemy of independence,
the Axis.
MaSaryk, the political writer dur
Ing the last war, gave the world
warning which might we'll be needed
when the peace for this war is writ
ten. ITO overcome the peril of
pan -Germanism," he wrote in his
The New Europe" "the Allies need
determination. The principal task is
to compel the German nation to rely
on it's own strength and to make it
impossible for the Germans to exploit
the neighboring non-German ma
tions, especially the smaller nations
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Appeals, to Congress for Equipment
To Use in Afraid EMERGENCIES.
To the Editor OF The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
I am an afraid warden in Arlington
County, employed in the District. We
have been putting in night after night
of training. learning how to protect
ourselves and our neighbors against air
raids. We have been taught how to
combat incendiary bombs without seeing
one. We have been taught how to COM
bat a gas attack without knowing what
the various gases actually smell like.
In fact, our training has been all theory.
This is not the fault of the training
officials, because they have no funds
available. All of our instructions end
up with: 1--WE hope to have this equip
ment sometime"
My purpose in writing you is, to urge
your paper to do all it can to jar Con-
gress into realization OF the fact that
there are thousands of volunteers who
are waiting for equipment with which to
save lives and property. Get us our
supplies and equipment. Yes. they have
appropriated s10O,OO0,OOO for National
Defense. but how are they following
through? LOUIS A. BANKS.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Wants More Ambition
To Aid In Superb Victories"

To the Editor Of The Star
Before we really begin to win this war.
we must get over our negative defensive
attitudes. We must want to do more
than merely to hold our own. We must
went to do more than to preserve de-
mocracy. We must 60 all-out. We must
seek to democratize the world. We must
have plans for the setting up Of demcc-
racies in Japan, Italy and Germany.
We must not become nostalgia over the
past We must think Of a greater and
a more glorious future. We must think
of Americas democratic empire and Of
Americas democratic golden age. We
must think of the days when Washing
ton, D. c.. will be the Capital Of the
world. Only when the great mass of
Americans have this idea will America
begin to take it's rightful place in world
history Only when the will to power
and action In the average American is
brought out and purposefully directed
will we begin to have great and superb
victories. HENRY STONER.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Federal BIuckout

The attitude Of the Public Build
ings Administration regarding Fed
eral participation in Washingtons
blackout preparations is surprising
and puzzling. 1t is hard to reconcile
Acting Federal Works Administra-
tor Snyders skepticism regarding
gravity Of the AFRAID situation with
Civilian Defense Director Landis'
eXhortations to citizens to make all
out, immediate preparations for any
emergency-including prolonged ae-
rial attacks.
Mr.. Snyder says there are funds
which could be used to equip the
city's multitude OF Government Of
fees with blackout curtains and
other facilities, but he declares the
P. B. A. does not think the danger OF
prolonged air raids is great enough
to warrant the cost Of such installa-
tions at this time The cost would be
about Sl,000,00 he said. Even as he
spoke, President Roosevelt was pre-
pairing to allocate Sl0O, 100000 to va
rious communities for purchase OF
gas masks, fire-fghting apparatus
and other equipment on the theory
that air raids on major scale are a
distinct possibility. If it is worth
$l00,O00,000 to provide our cities with
such realistic facilities as those au-
thorized under the o. c. D. appro-
priation, surely it is worth whatever
is necessary to take the same precau-
tions for public buildings that are
demanded for private buildings.
According to Mr.. Snyder, the
P B. A. favors lights-out policy for
Government buildings, unless there
should be extended air raids. Private
citizens, too, would prefer not to go
to the bother and expense of INSTALL
ing special curtains and lighting
equipment unless there is actual dam
ger of bombardment. But they have
been warned over and over again by
responsible officials that the danger
is real and that adequate arrange
ments must be made to protect the
National Capital, whatever the trou-
BILE and cost to houSeholders and
business establishments The citizens
have complied wholeheartedly, as
was demonstrated dramatically last
Tuesday night. Their cooperation
will be less enthusiastic If the Fed
eral Government itself belittles air
raid hazards and ignores the rules
which it has laid down for private
residents.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trace1oell.
We must remember that birds are
real help to agriculture. The more farm
products, the more birds we need.

real help to agriculture. The more farm
products, the more birds we need.
*+*&
Our correspondents martins. evident
ly, are on the Eastern Shore. We under
stand they are a regular feature of life
there.
May Thacker Cooke, in her mono-
graph on the birds OF the Washington
region, says that purple martins are
summer residents, "tolefably common,
but local" BY this she means that they
occur only here and there.
For many years" she continues, "a
box at the engine company on Delaware
avenue. near the Capitol, has been oc-
cupied by colony. In spring one or
two individuals sometimes come as
scouts, ahd none are seen for week
or two thereafter, when focks begin to
arrive
For the last dozen years large roosts
have been formed In the city; for a
couple OF years in trees opposite the Red
Cross Building, and since then in the
vicinity Of New Jersey avenue and P
street. The local birds begin gathering
soon after the young are on the wing
early in July, and are soon Joined by
migrants from the North. which con-
tinue to use the roosts until September
At the height of the migration as many
as 10000 birds have been estimated to
occupy the roost in a single night.
Although the first of the swalloV~ to
arrive, they apparently do not begin
nesting until late in May"
The above was written in 1929.
Martins will not nest in houses which
are closer than so feet to houses and
trees.
They should be mounted on poles at
least Is feet high
Martin houses range from half dozen
TO 100 rooms.
Bluebirds are best attracted by finding
natural bluebird houses and using them
Thus fence post which has. housed a
family Of bluebirds is just the thing.
The end may be sawed off and taken
to its new location. Here it may be put
in tree, or on post. There have been
instances of bluebirds nesting in the
rural newspap per boxes.
Most birds are afraid Of gaudily-
painted boxes
The best colors are dull gray. brown
or dark green, colors nature uses on
stones, trees, posts. etc.
The birds are used to these.
Weatherbeaten boards are good. ant. a
new birdhouse left out long enough.
without paint, will exactly suit some wild
thing.
Purple martins winter from Southern
Florida to Mexico. Venezuela and Brazil.
Occasionally some OF them get tc. Ber-
muda and other islands lying off the
coast.
Martins are perhaps the most popular
OF the swallows 1t is said that they
will attack and drive away all hawks
and crows. and are therefore friends of
the farmers.
Indians put up gourds for them.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Missing Ships

Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery,
vice chairman of the Maritime Com
mission. is authority for the state
ment that strikes in American ship
yards during the first ten months of
194l caused work loss of 5000 900
man hours-the approximate con-
struction time of ten ships of the
Liberty type.
1t should be noted that Admiral
Vickery's figures apply to a ten
month period preceding this coun-
try's actual entry into the war. 1t
might be contended that the threat
of war was so imminent during the
first ten months of last year that the
shipyard workers should have stuck
to their Jobs, but there is little to be
gained by debating that point. The
time already lost is gone and cannot
be retrieved Our concern now
should be with the present, and with
the future
While Admiral Vickery gave no fig
ureS as to strike losses since Deem
ber 7, there can be no doubt that the
improvement in this respect has been
most gratifying. Shipyard strikes
since America entered the war have
been few in number, local in char
acter and have involved a relatively
small number of men. An example
is the walkout of twelve American
Federation of Labor caulkerS in two
West Coast yards. These men de-
manded a 25-cent increase in their
$112R hourly wage scale. When
their demand was rejected they SIM
Evening star., 1942-03-07
MOUNT RAINIER, Md.

Dear Sir
Il for some time have increased from
year to year the housing Of purple mar
tins. Last year they arrived earlier
than most years previous, but I dis
covered they left by the third week Of
August.
They were more numerous than ever
and noticed so many more new ones.
Some had a tiny white speck on the
wing tips. still again the real purple
martins that I had thought for years
when our families Matched, most OF them
were the real martins.
Can you tell me just where they
winter? And If the war will have any
serious effect on them7
Il have heard they will build In caves
or gourds or most anywhere in the South,
but somehow the birds that summer on
the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay
seem unusually 'choicy'
They only build in our best houses
have 81 homes for them. The smaller
homes do not attract them whatsoever
only the ones that are painted white on
iron pipes.
Il have one with about 20 rooms
painted the color OF wood bark and they
will not build in it,
will you please tell me how TO attract
buebirds?
Il have a number OF little homes for
them. I do know they build in fence
posts. but that is all know. 1t seems I
can keep only martins and wrens. VIII
you please print In The Star this in
formation? AS much as I love the little
things do not know 50 much about
them.
Each year we take down the houses
that we can take down and paint fresh
and cover up the larger oncs We are
erecting a 60-room house this year that
Is a beauty
I'VE have fireplace. chimneys and
shrubbery, etc, on our martin homes,
and all have weather vanes on them.
Our families have increased so that I
wonder how we will take care OF so many
in years to come. However, We will do
our best to keep them increasing.
Thanking you kindly for any informa-
ton you care to offer.
Respectfully, C. NJ r."
What effect the war will have on the
bird life Of America is problematical
Increased food crops ought to rebound
to the benefit OF the songsters.
Yet larger paintings OF crops might
take away many OF the thickets and wild
places where birds find natural food
and shelter.
We do not believe that the war will
have any serious effect on birds, pro-
vided the people Of America realize that
the songsters are part Of the national
wealth.
There Is no reason why any one who
now feeds and helps protect them should
give up this good effort. Perhaps not
as much food may be put out for them,
but every little bit helps.