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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24
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By PETER EDISON


By PETER EDISON
Short Lesson in
How 10 Lose ire War
Guthrie Blowout Is
Now Cause Celebre
Conversion Of Plants
To War Output Too Slow
ASHIN TON - When
Lieut.. Gen. William s. Knudsen
was making his inspection trip
of war production plants. he
was scheduled TO make SUM-
day visit in a certain midwest
ern city where two big manu.
fseturers were supposed TO have
a lot Of war contracts. One Of
the plants was cash register
factory and the other was a
refrigerator plant. THE story
is so disgraceful it would be
a crime to identify the locale
more specifically
Anyway. the heat had been on
these two companies for some
time, first TO hurry up and con-
vert to war production and sec
ond to hurry up and get on the
16s-hour week. So. with the big
boss coming for look-see,
something had to be done.
Though the plants had not been
working Sundays, employees were
told TO report on Sunday. and
special permission was obtained
from the state capital to let
women employees work an exta
day in violation of the state
law which set a maximum work
week of As hours for female la
Dor. Employees who had been
working on civilian cash regis
tiers and civilian refrigerators
were instructed to drop that
work and to handle only de-
Tense production.
The stage was all set to
show General knudsen that big
things were happening. And
hen, at the last minute, he
anceled his Sunday inspection.
Personnel managers and fore
men were thereupon put to get
ting in touch with employees and
telling them not to report. A
lot OF the workers didn't have
telephones and couldn't be reach
ed. When they arrived at the
plant gates, they were instruct
ed TO go home. The net result
was that fewer people worked on
Sundays than were normally
employed on Sunday for main
tenance and repair.
This little homily is related
here as perfect example Of
how TO lose war at home. With
American forces getting the
pants licked off them for
no other reason than lack Of
equipment. this country is still
fooling around on war produc-
ton effort and all the statistics.
charts and literature compiled
by well-meaning press agents
and propagandists can't make
the situation appear otherwise.
We haven't begun to fight for
the simple reason we haven't
yet begun to produce.
This sad truth is perhaps the
best commentary that can be
made on the Guthrie case. The
Guthrie case may not have re-
ceised the attention II deserves,
but il Is cause celebre In Wash
ington. You will be reading
about IL for some weeks to
come as various congressional
and WPB investigators probe
Its merits and dement's.
Robert r Guthrie is q hard
boiled merchant from Psducah.
Ky, and at one time was = large
stockholder in White Sewing
Machine. He sold his stock and
left his store, however. to work
in Washington as a defense Off
cial. In the reorganization Of
OPM which resulted in creation
of WPB. Guthrie ended up as
deputy chief of industry branch
CONTINUED on Page S. Col. 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24
Answers on Page

Your postmaster can tel you
how 20 invest IN L. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24

came governor of Paris. He fol-
lowed his chief &c Egypt and
later contributed TO the French
triumph at the battle of Austen
litz. Made King of Naples by
Napoleon, ne tried to win back
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24

Behold. ! come quickly:
ond my reword IS with ne,
10 give every man according
os his work shell be.-Rev-
eIotion 22:l2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-24

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
Alaskan Front kiuStBe
 Held af all Costs, Says
 Recent Senator Visitor

CHICAGO, H., Oct. Emitted States Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio, who recently returned from trip to Alaska, told the Mortgage Bankers of America, in convention here, that the Alaskan Front must be held at all costs and there must be unity of command there"
 Senator Burton said further: ''The direct route to the heart ot Japan is obviously the Alaskan route. We are there, only 2,50C miles from Tokyo.
 "The Japanese defenses to the north are far weaker than those to the south.
 The northern route is shorter and the United States must not lose control of one foot of it nor neglect the opportunity we now have to open and prepare this route so that some day it will be suited to the needs of an ir- resistible avalanche by air, land and sea, to win our war with Japan"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
Army Bombers, Pursuit Planes Continue Series
 Of Attacks
TWO OTHER SHIPS
 DAMAGED, zER0S HIT
Submarine. Transport Be- Iieved Sunk Near Nip-
 pon- Held Islands

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The Navy Department announced today that two Jap ships were probably sunk and two others damaged and six Zero fighters shot down in the recent series of Army air attacks against the laps in the Aleutians.
 Listed as probably sunk in the Aleutians are submarine and a transport, and another transport and cargo ship were damaged.
 The only United States loss in the action was one fighter plane.
 The communique follows:
 "On September 27, seven Army Liberator bombers dropped their bombs on enemy ships and shore installations at Kiska. One Zero fighter was shot down.
 Damage to the bomb objectives couldn't be determined.
 All our planes returned on the same date.
 Near the Island of Attu, three Army bombers attacked transport escorted by destroyer, scoring near misses which damaged the trans port. last seen stopped.
 On the morning of September 28, strong force of Army heavy bombers, escorted by pursuit craft, again bombed enemy ships and buildings at Kiska.
 Zero fighters, anti-aircraft bat teries and surface vessels attempt ed to repell the attack.
 "A transport and a submarine were damaged and probably sunk. five zeros were shot down. One of our pursuit planes was lost.
 During the afternoon of Sep tember 28, Army bombers again attacked the Kiska area. strafing and bombing ships and shore facil- ities.
 "The result of this attack also is unknown.
 '"The same afternoon, Army planes attacked enemy cargo sh,ps northwest of Kiska and ship was bombed and strafed. and left in q damaged condition"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
LAPS BEING
 HARRIED BY
 TW0GR0UpS
Fighter Planes Strafe Nip-
 pon Lines, Bases, with LitiIe Opposition

MacARTHUR'S HEADQUART- FRS. Australia, Oct. 2.-Without meeting any Japanese opposition, hardened Australian soldiers made progress through the mountain jungles of New Guinea today, clos ing on Menari, 46 miles north of Port Moresby.
 At the same time, Allied bomb CTS continued to strike on ahead, destroying a large section of the important Wairopi bridge on the Japanese supply line along which the enemy is retreating.
 The Japs are being harried from the jungle and from the air by the Allied offensive in the Owen Stanley Mountains.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur said the Allied fighters strafed com- munications and supply installa- tions at Salamaua with cannon and machinegun fire. The Allied planes, he said, also attacked barges and supply dumps at Buna the Jap supply base from which they mov- ed into New Guinea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
MARSHALL
 MAKE GAINS,
 STALINGRAD
Red Army Keeps Resisting With Fresh Counter At-
 taeks on 39th Day
tBy Associated Press)

Stalingrad's indomitable will to resist is reported today as pro- ducing fresh counter-attacks, both inside and outside the battered city.
 The latest power drive of the Germans is said to be limited to only 200 or 300 yards and that in the northwestern suburbs.
 Out of the mad maelstrom on the 39th day of the siege merges the dominant fact the Germans, though straining full reserve pow CT, are still denied even local ized decision as the sorely needed salve and prestige. Beyond that it is virtually impossible to size up the situation on the basis of overlapping and oftimes confusing dispatches reaching Moscow.
 Routing Germans
 The Russian claims today includ- ed report that the Red Army Guard Division is routing the Ger mans in house. to- house counter attacks and synchronized the Rus sian offensive action outside of Stalingrad, but. at the same time, the Germans are reported gnaw- ing deeper into the northwestern suburbs and progressively fortify- ing Judgments inside the city.
 Whatever the outcome of the battle. the Germans now seemed
 (C0ntinIed on Paoe Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
ROOSEVELT
 I5 PLEASED
 AT(0UNTRY
D eeIares Spirit Fine In Nation; Minority Gets
 Censored

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Presi- dent Roosevelt's inspection of bustling war establishments around the edge of the nation worked out so well that he is giving considera- tion for another tour or two through the Central and South eastern sections. He missed those areas while travelling over 8,70O miles through "A States.
 President Roosevelt said today he got the idea arsenals are now operating at 94 or 95 percent ef- ficiency and they are approaching tremendous production goals set for them.
 Maximum Output
 The President said employers and employees are doing their utmost to obtain a maximum output but he stated he is going to ask a great deal more in the next few months, indicating the goals will be set higher than last January.
 Finest Kind of Morale
 President Roosevelt said he found the finest kind of morale among the people, their willingness to sac rifice and accept any necessary war measures. He described the war spirit in the country he visited as on the whole very much alive, except the nations capital, con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
WILLkIE I5
 GREETED IN
 CHUNGkING
One of Biggest Welcome for Foreigner Is Ae-
 corded American

CHUNGKING, China, Oct. D. Wendell L. Willkie, Preside t Roosevelt's personal representative, stepped out of a U. s. Army trans port plane here today to end a long flight from Russia over the inner Asia route, seldom crossed by an Occidental, to be received by a welcome which was the greatest demonstration ever accorded a for eigner in this Free China capital city.
 More than thousand represen- tatives of various organizations were at the field when the trans port, Heavenly Mountain, landed with Moon Chin. Baltimore-born ace flier of the China National Av- iation Corporation, at the controls.
 Willkie said he didn't know how long he would stay in China, and added that military authorities had pledged him to secrecy because they don't want me to become clay pigeon for the Japanese"
 He disclosed that at one point enroute he was delayed by Jap plane, but all he said of the in- cident was that 1t didn't occur today" and then quipped, there is much more danger of me ? being killed by the kindness of the Chin ese than by enemy bullets"
 Preparations for his welcome to the bullet-scarred China stronghold called for a group of women with flowers to welcome him at the air. 
 Continued on Page Three)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
TOTAL JAP SHIp55UNk
 E NOW "A
Navy Announces Five More Submarine Catches in
 West Pacific

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The Navy Department today announced that United States submarines op- erating in the western Pacific have sunk five more Jap ships and prob- ably sunk two others and damaged one.
 Listed as sunk are large sea- plane tender, a large cargo and passenger ship. large freighter. and two medium sized cargo ships. Damaged and probably sunk are two medium sized cargo ships. Damaged was large tanker.
 These attacks raise the total bag of Jap ships taken by submarines and reported by the Navy to "A sunk. ls probably sunk and 9 damaged, a total of l15.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
SMOKE IN EYES B0THER5 NAzIS
 I5 EXCUSE NOW

' LONDON, Oct. 2.-The Germans who have offered rain and colos- sal defense system as explanations for their inability to crack Stalin- grads h-day-old resistance to Nazi siege, added today also that smoke gets in their eyes.
 Great clouds of smoke and flame render the operations of the at- tacking troops still more difficult, German military spokesman said in a Berlin broadcast.
 Torrents of blood have flowed through the streets of the city for the past several days"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
0pA ORDERS
 20pER(ENT
 CUT IN MEAT
Civilian Consumption Cut Through Packers; Rd-
 tioning SIdted

WASHINGTON, Oct. - The Office of Price Administration to- day issued an order to meat pack CTS cutting the amount of meat going into civilian consumption by almost 20 percent.
 The order is a preliminary step to the meat rationihg program, which will cut consumers to about 2l4 pounds week person by the end of the year. It goes into effect immediately.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
yERN JOYER TO MAKE
 VACATION TRIP EAST

Vern Joyer, accountant for the U. S. Forest Service, is to leave on two weeks vacation trip for North Dakota. He plans to go by air via Whitehorse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
PRESIDENT
 PAYS VISIT
 WESTC0A5T
Roosevelt in Seattle, Near By Sections During
 Extensive Tour

A most astonishing story was re- vealed yesterday by the Associaed Press in dispatch to the Empire stating that for the past two weeks President Roosevelt has visited vari- ous parts of the country on an in- spection trip and although hundreds of telegraph operators, special guards, newsmen and newspapers knew of this, not a line" slipped out, showing how secrecy in a war emergency can be absolutely kept.
 Late in the afternoon, too late for yesterdays last edition of the Empire, the following radiogram from the Associated Press was re- ceived:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tMajor Robert S. Allen on active duty0

WASHINGTON Here IS the backstage story behind the savage Congressional battle over whether to compute farm labor costs in parity ceilings on farm prices. Preceding the battle were two hushed-up meetings held several days before the administration s imitation control bill was debated on the floor.
 The first meeting was at the White House. It was attended by seven men who have figured promi- nently in the Presidents war against imitation. To them the President made it bluntly clear that he would veto any bill passed by Congress providing for the in- clusion of any farm labor costs whatever in the computation of parity.
 Those present were: Price Ad- ministrator Leon Henderson; Sec retary of Agriculture Claude Wick ard; Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley; Chairman Robert Wagner of the Senate Banking Committee; Chairman Henry Steagall of the House Banking Committee; Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan, CO., sponsor of the Administrations anti imitation bill, and OPA General Counsel David Ginsburg.
 The President explained that he had called the meeting to clear up a misunderstanding of the proper formula for fixing farm parity ceil- ings, which he outlined in his in- flation message to Congress. Re- ferring to legislation introduced by Steagall which provided for the in- clusion of farm labor costs in the parity formula, the President said : Apparently you were one of
 those who misunderstood me,
 Henry"
 MT. Steagall isn't the only
 one," broke in Senator Barkley . good naturedly. Everybody in
 Congress misunderstood you,
 MT. President. You stated in
 your message that calculations
 of parity should include all
 production costs, including la bor. We all took that to mean
 farm labor"
 The President explained tha t what he meant was labor and pro- duction costs in commodities which the farmer buys, not commodities which he sells.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
NOME STORM DAMAGE

The recent storm at Nome caused property damage estimated at s75,- 900, according to reports received.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

SEATTLE, Sept. 22- DelayeD -- President Roosevelt inspected the theatre of active military operations for the first time during the present war today and saw sailors and ships that had been wounded in battle and other men and other ships ready to join in the fight for victory.
 He saw them in the Seattle and Tacoma area, the western extrem- ity of his cross-country tour of America at war.
 The President said here the trip made him more and more con- vinced the people of the whole Ma tion are in this war to win it and win it just as fast as they can"
 From morning until late in the afternoon, the President is on the go, picking up first hand informa- tion as to how the Army, the Navy and private enterprises are striving to win the war.
 The President started with visit at Fort Lewis where tens of thousands of soldiers are .toughened by weeks of training, awaiting or ders which will send them to the battle lines. He ended up to look at a Boeing nest of flying fort resses ready to fly to bases with shattering attacks on enemy in- stallations. In between, he paid lunch hour visit to the Bremerton Navy Yard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

The Dutch introduced the prin- ciple of enemy port blockades in about 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02
A-No. 1 Defender for
 Congress Is Revealed;
 LRS Gives Out Record
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. - Con- gress has finally foqpd itself an A No. l defender.
 With election just around tn e corner and the Boys on The Hill still bubbling over the coals that have been heaped on their heads this spring and summer, the time, to say the least, was ripe.
 The Champion of the 77th Con- gress is the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress. Since the Library of Congress real ly belongs to Congress and since the Legislative Reference Service is just what the name implies sec tion of the Library that SCOUTS the records at request of congressman fer all the myriad details that those gentlemen have to have at their fingertips-the results in this in- stance are slightly suspect.
 Nevertheless, Ernest S. Griffith, the Library's LRS director, and his staff certainly have done job. In 38-page single-spaced mimeo- graphed monograph, entitled The War Record of Congress" they've given the Boys on the Hill pat on the back. the likes of which has rarely been delivered to Congress, except by congressman themselves.
 Starting off with the simple statement The record of the 77th Congress in supplying the sinews of war is without parallel" the LRS points out that since 1883, the congresses have appropriated ten billion dollars more for the Army and one billion more for the Navy than the President has requested in his budget messages. Quoting Rep
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

The President explained tha what he meant was labor and pro- duction costs in commodities which the farmer buys, not commodities which he sells.
 Mfr. President, want to be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-02

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