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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-14
Nips Forced
To Fall Back
After Attack
ii Batteries OF
Foe Are Smashed
Out Of Action!

partment reported Tuesday that
Gen. Douglas MacArthurs big
guns won the opening round of
the battle Of Bstaan. SCATTERING
Japanese tank and infantry con-
eentrations, knocking out IL Jap
anese batteries and forcing the
enemy TO fall back
The silencing Of II japanese
batteries probably means that
between 20 and 50 japanese
guns were knocked out. The
usual artillery battery com
prises about four guns.
The American oommuniaue
claimed a ajor success for Mac
Arthur's men in the vital artillery
duel IN which the japanese had
hoped to soften U. 8. positions In
preparation for a grand assault.
naoGS NiinolI shoEElNo
For "a hours. the department
said on the basis OF reports from
Macarthur, the battle ragged with
out cessation with the boom Of
heavy gunfire rolling like thunder
over twisted jungles and noun
famous peaks OF Bataan province.
Columns of enemy tanks
and other armored units ~
well as infantry concentrations
were shattered and dis
persed by our fire with heavy
japanese losses" the com
muniqoe said.
Eleven Japanese batteries were
smashed out Of action by the &C
curate fire of the American guns.
The japanese were forced 10 with
draw their batteries well to the
rear Of the positions formerly
occupied"
MacArthur's feat in besting the
japanese in the artillery duel was
regarded as spectacufar evidence
OF his intimate knowledge Of
Philippine terrain and tactics.
JAPs ARE oUTsMARTED
Despite the numerical inferiority
of the American and Philippine
forces and the fact that the Jap
anese rule the air over the u. s.
positions, Macarthur was able to
smplace his guns and direct their
fire so successfully that the jap
anese superior weight of men and
metal was more than compensated
for.
Even with the aid Of dive
bombers, the communique said.
the japanese were able 20 In
fiict relatively little damage on
the American positions-fur-
Their proof that these previous
" prepared positions were
well selected and well camou-
raged.
Losses TO American and Philip
pine troops were relatively slight, ="
the communique said.
OBSERVERS GIVE WARNING
Despite the American success,
military observers here cautioned
against over-optimism. They said
that the japanese have great re-
serves Of men and equipment to
throw into the battle while Mac
Arthur must fight with constantly
dw-indling forces Of men. When
Mac Arthurs ammunition and sup
plies are depleted they cannot be
replaced.
However. there Was no doubt
that as the communiqne asserted,
in "a hours Of continuous artillery
fighting. American and Philippine
batteries proved definitely superior
10 those Of the japanese.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-14
Runaway Captive Balloon
Causes Seattle's "Blackoui"
Steel Coble From One OF Four Cos Bogs
Fouls City and P. S. P. Light Wires

between floors. radio stations were
forced off the air In mid-sentsncs
and many persons feared that
japanese planes wer. attacking.
Traffic was almost hopeIessly
snsrled ss Sesttles trsckless
trolleys we're unable 10 move.
Most serious repercussion was the
fact that all Of the eitys defense
industries were psralyzed for
varying periods. some Of them
being down for more than an hour.
Guarded By Cutters
When last seen, the balloon
which had caused the freezing
Of power, was In Puget Sound.
near Richmond Beach, being
guarded BY coast guard cutters.
Shortly after the power Vas
restored az ar raid siren vas
given a thorough testing IN the
Queen Anne district, which mad
only the effect ~ convincing
many persons mat ina Tzid' Esf
OF for E1rs-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-14
JAP AIRmEN POUND SINGAPORE

he~ r1>h~s u contemplating .
TRIP to the hospital fsF . mslw
operation.
Mr.. A. n r..sssA. 40, No. ss,h
81, just returned fsrm . fart.
nights sisft 10 her parents hems
If Montessno IN time 10 sp<rd
Monday and Tuesday In bad With
the fiu.
KAa v.sss. ran Of NJ. saa Mrs.
y T. Feese. asi7 No 1sth 81. vii
he graduated April n from
hsssse has~tts fnstifut. ~ Tech.
nology. Oats for commencement
has been advanced this pear due
10 the saf.
Recent guests II the Pos Island
homs of Mr.. and Mr~. Clare Rams
Continued on Page .. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-14
Attendant from l.. II. $.

coin high schools. College of Puget
Sound and Pacific Lutheran col
lege.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-14

A Fort Lewis captive balloon.
torn from its moorings by a high
WIND. dragged its steel cable
across power TRANSMISSION lines
shorted them and. thus. gave the
entire city Of Seattle a daylight
"blsekout" Monday.
The Grant balloon shorted the
hnes Of both the Puget Sound
Power a Light Co. and Seattle
City light Seattle's usual busy
daylight activity was halted. some
times hunorously, In fun flight
-Four Got Away
The balloon causing the trouble
was one Of four which got away"
The army western defense COM
n1sno headquarters az San Fran
cisco announced that all but one
% them had been recsptured and
that one was seer lsst drifting
toward the mountains 10 the east -
u Seattle, elevators stopped
The Valley settler., 1942-11-13
NJ, T A. Notes

III ~ "A 80
Let US re7io7bCr F6GE electric pow
er lines are truly da2 gerous They
are TO BE corsi dered seriously,
Like fire a G waters ele CT lefty
is willing and useful servant as
-srng as it is under proper control:
electric lines are built high above
the ground 50 as to BE out Of the
way for 31r norma. act iVi ties Like
fire ana water electricity can
f,rt and kill sta if We give it
chance % 80 Sc. Ther ore, be wise
aro keep away from e!e ct'fc power
Lines Parents mJst anstr1ct and
be resoors.b1a cor children to
keep 6ram safe. Neep ca6io ontenna
wires ems - = strings away from
tie vress L. yea must WORK in the
vicinity # power lines use extra
pre- CO. 1t ens 70 avoid any contact
vi ii me wires, whether It be
throu sh iron o. wood or any other
kind 81 rat eria14
Yours fer safe conduct
Matanpada Ele ctric
E-ECci at on Inc,
The Valley settler., 1942-11-13


PALMER CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday :sssssss Nov ember Is
VALLEY CHAPEL
Rev & Mra, Herman +. Boyer, PASTOR
Church School & Worship 10, 90 AN.
Evening Service 800 Pm.
WEDNESDAY, Evening Service 800 Pm.
;tss:i.s:;
ST JOHNS LUTHERAN
Rev. Woodrow Kurth, Pastor
10 Service at Palmer this Sunday
.sss.t:sss
ST MICEhELiS CATHOLIC
REV. FATHER JLl rs F. SNEAD, Pastor
MASS 1000 Am.
UNITED PROTESTANT
REV. CIV .E,MDELL, Pastor
Sunday School 1000 Am.
Morning Worship HOO Am.
Chr is len Endeavor 1880 Pm.
0hoir prectice (Christmes Music)
Wedns days 7.3O P.,.
81 Fetal NOTICE
"Come an have your re on popped
up by Chaplain Culpepper, ADO, will
be guest preacher at this Sundays
100 Am. Service. After church
there is to be fellowship
dinner. Everyone is invited to
bring basket lunch and be
pres ent".
The Valley settler., 1942-11-13

It is reported thnt Jan izoslosEey
proprietor Of Kosloskay';. Store
in Pc liner, has ncde Ilan to join
our armed forcce within & few
days. No announcement as 20 the
operat ION Of his Guinness hiss
been made. MIR. Kos los key has
q mother en- q g brother In bus
mess in Anchorago
Ye Editor wos -r7 3od to attend
e meeting Of NORTH l. nc FIoneer
Gran &c last niehb, Ecv~ l., but
g comb nation 90 cold he fever
and asthma LAID h In OFT -l-o-a- ,ho.
durn It ! We understood ol1et 5h9re
would be an elect ion CT Officers.
We have not received tie list 50
will have to print it next week.
The dormi t or ing" went skating
last night on Meier s Lake. They
reported the weather tc De Just
right, the ice to be cold md
their fire feeble. Returning they
had refre shments, a dence or two
and thence to bed. Some lc per-
ons attended,.
): r.; X x !; < x < x ~
LOUIS BEAUTY SHOP
The Valley settler., 1942-11-13

this winter only about 2O% Of the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
WHILE OUR HOMES STILL STAND

WAR WITH all it's horrors, it's ever increasing
W demand for personal sacrifice, it's restriction
of individual rights, has cast shadow over our
country. No section, town, village, city or hamlet
can escape it's demands, demands that affect the
lives of all of u.s. Yet we here in America have not
felt the full potency of total war, at least many
of our inland towns and cities will be secure from
the scourge of the enemy. But this does not mean
that we can ever allow ourselves to deviate one
iota from the avowed purpose of total victory. To
achieve this, we must work, sacrifice, and bend
every effort individually and collectively to con-
tribute our efforts where they are vitality needed
to win the war.
In every home in America, without exception,
there are things that have long outlived their
usefulness. True, they may be wrapped in men,
ores-delightful mementos of children at play.
Johns first tricycle. -. Marys doll carriage
the skates that Bill learned on These are only
things things that have passed their utiltarian
value that we are asked to give as scrap. They
aren't scrap to us -. they mean something in our
lives But our homes are still standing here. Over
there they have different kind of scrap :. . they
have the beams that used to support the steeple
Of their church the iron rails that little hands
used to grasp to help them up the stairs -. Yes
they have much more scrap of that kind than we
but let us give the scrap in our homes-and
not the scrap of our homes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
WORK OR JAIL BILL KILLED
BY LOUISIANA STATE SENATE

Baton Rouge. La. ULNS).-The bill
supported by the state administration
proposing that men in Louisiana be-
tween the ages of II and So must work
or 60 to Jail has been killed.
The Senate, by a vote of 1915 in the
closing minutes of the special legisla
tive session which ended Aug. 20, failed
to pass the measure, which had passed
the House. The bill provided that able
bodied men between II and So who did
not have jobs and who refused to ac-
cept employment were subject to fine
and Imprisonment.
The Legislature enacted l per cent
sales tax for the benefit of public re-
lief, charity hospitals and schools; but
turned down a score of other tax mea-
sures which We're proposed by various
legislators to afford solution to the
states financial problems.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
LABOR AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE

ORGANIZED LABOR has done an excellent re-
y cruiting job for the civilian defense program
The countrys largest source of skilled manpowel
has registered thousands upon thousands of union
workers in the protection services as air raid
wardens, fire Watchers auxiliary fire and police
men, rescue squads, demolition squads, etc.
They have been especially active in promoting
adequate plant protection programs. They have
used every media at their command - the labor
press, meetings. radio, programs, etc.-to bring
the needs of the civilian defense program before
their members and urge them to participate. They
have raised and donated funds for civilian defense
have given generously to blood banks,
and have expended much time and effort to pro-
mote these activities in their communities.
In the civilian mobilization services they have
been very active in salvage campaigns, in promot-
ing car-pooling, in initiating and pushing pro-
grams for the care of children whose mothers are
working in defense industries. They have made
surveys Of food supplies and sales in defense
towns, of eating facilities in and near defense
plants and have cooperated in educational pro-
grams on industrial health and nutrition.
They have aided in housing surveys in defense
towns and have pushed programs to popularize
room renting in crowded areas.
In short, there is not single phase of civilian
defense in which labor is not giving Wholehearted
and support.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
THE WAR BOND DRIVE

TllE DRIVE to sell $l,0OO,OOO,0OO of war bonds
in September which has Just been launched by
the motion-picture industry is challenge to the
home front We need the money to provide the
tanks and planes and guns with which the armies
at the front are fighting back the challenge Of the
enemy. But the money is not the whole story. We
need to put across this drive to show once more
Enthusiastically how thoroughly the country is be-
hind its fighting men and its allies.
The sale Of war bonds has not been going well
For several months the quotas have not been met.
That is not the kind Of news our men in Egypt, in
Britain and in the Solomon Islands ought to have
to hear from home. Not all Of us can fight; not all
of US can even make munitions but all of us can
help to win the war by buying bonds. Every inn
pulse Of patriotism, duty and of plain sef-intereSt
calls for putting across this 81 ,OOO, 900 900 drive
With every bond that's bought we furnish
weapons for our armed forces, we help protect the
country from initiation and, as individuals, we get
the best investment in the world. Beyond that,
with every bond that's bought we show our friends
and enemies, in the only way that many of us can,
that we are in this war with everything we've got
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
NEW ORLEANS COLORED
TEACHERS WIN EQUAL PAY

New Orleans ILNS).-The Orleans
Parish School Board will pay New
Orleans Negro school teachers the
same salary as that received by white
teachers. The United States Supreme
Court, in sweeping decision two years
ago, decreed that Negro school teachers
were entitled to the same compensation
as white school teachers. The Orleans
Parish School Board refused to ac-
cept the decree and the case has
dragged in Federal courts since that
time. Now the school board has ac-
cepted the inevitable.
Beginning with the coming school
year, the Negro teachers here will get
salary raises amounting to one-half
the difference between their former
salaries and those of white teachers.
BY September, 1913, they will have
full equalization. The New Orleans
teachers previously turned down pro-
posal for equalization over a fve-year
period.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
STRONG UNIONS NEEDED
(FrOm the American FcderationiSD

Nrom The Amerc3n Fcderationst)
NEVER DID THE American wage-earner need
~ the protection of sound, patriotic, aggressive
union more than today. Despite all the careless
newspaper talk Of high wages, millions of workers
in industries and non-war industries alike
still are laboring under bad conditions and re-
cevng $50 and less per week.
Without unions to go to bat for them, such
workers are licked, and they represent a constant
threat to the wages and working conditions which
you, as trades unionist, enjoy.
If each one Of us does his part-taking up
unionism at every opportunity pointing out the
utter helplessness in these times Of the unorgan-
lied worker in his snglehanded attempts to win
higher wages and improved working conditions
from a powerful employer, we can easily boost
A. f. of l.. membership up to the 100000 mark
by the end of 1912. Let's get busy-NOW! For
your friends good. For your own good For
Americas good. A strong labor movement will
help win the war.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
A PRODUCTION HURDLE

MUCH HAS BEEN printed about shortages of
4'A raw materials affecting production, especially
of aircraft and vehicles Of mechanized warfare.
Not long ago Donald M. Nelson urged the AutOmo-
tive Council for War Production to make more
and more with less and less" No one familiar with
the picture in Detroit, South Bend, Toledo and
scores of other manufacturing centerS Will deny
that the autOmotiVe industry is responding with
energy and effectiveness to this challenge. The
council dscoses of the special difficulties
which face the industry in period Of material
shortages 1t points out that the industry never
has operated with large inventories Of parts and
materials hand, since factory space limitations
would permit scarcely more than days supply
of one item or a weeks inventory of another. The
key to the whole remarkable spectacle of mass pro-
duction has been balanced, planned and con-
trolled flow Of materials This resulted in the right
piece Of equipment being on hand for the assembly
worker when he needed it, 1t required that every
item come in on time.
Under a system of priOrlteS and aOcatlonS
such material flow on an ''as needed basis is
most difficult to control Unbalanced inventories
are an almost inevitable result with an over
supply Of fabricated parts here, and not enough
there. Unable to make aXIes because it short
of alloyed steel, a forge plant had to close down
the other day. In another case the lack Of one
small part, tube used for oil testing, forced a
plant making aiIplane propellers to limp along
for several days. Extraordinary accomplishments
already have been made by the automotive indus
try in alleviating material shortages by saving
scrap. In single month more than 100000 tons
of metal scrap started on its way to mills and
smeters from the industry's plants. Now the best
brains OF the industry, which have shown them
selves capable Of applying mass-production tech
nques to unfamiliar designs and construction in
the production Of arplanes aviation engines,
tanks and guns, as well as a host of smaller items,
must address themselves to the problem of bring
ing about better routing and allocating or sorely
needed materials to keep constant flow under
conditions where large inventories are impossible.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
WATCH OUT FOR THEM!

A LII OVER THE nation, the great army of
school children is going back to the classroom
after the summer vacation.
1t is up to every one who drives any sort of a
Vehcle-street car, bus, truck taxi, private auto
mobile, even one of the horse-drawn sort-to be
constantly on the alert for the young folks.
Most of them are still of that happy age when
the cares of life don't rest very heavily on their
shoulders and they don't watch carefully when
they leave curb for the dangerous depths of
mid-Street traffic.
So we all have got to watch out for them.
few seconds gained by careless driving aren't
worth lisking childs life or limbs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
WE ARMCHAIR GENERALS

7TT- al, 1t
WE ARMCHAIR GENERALS throughout the
" nation are hollering for second front None
of us know Just what in men, equipment amml-
milton and food will be absolutely essential before
such front can be opened and successfully main
tanned. But we holer Just the same
We are an impatient people. We usually never
stop to analyze The vast preparations that are
needed before modern blitzkreg warfare can be
carried out
The fact is, however, that the Russians are
taking terrible licking at the present time The
Nazis appear to be pouring everything into the
fight against Stain. 1t has never occurred to us
that maybe our military leaders know what they
are doing in not rushing headlong into the awful
destruction that is going on in eastern Europe
None or us, we are sure, would want another
Dunkrk.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
BANKS TO COLLECT TAXES

Detroit. Detroit property owners
now can pay their taxes when they do
their banking. a recent city council
ordinance authorized 100 banks and
branches throughout the city to receive
payments of current taxes though de-
linQuent taxes will continue to be col
lected only at the city hall. The banks
will receive no payment for this Serv
ice, the principal objective being con-
venience to the public and conserva-
ton Of tires.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
OLDEST ITU MEMBER DIES

= Indianapolis, lnd.-Fond du Lac Wis,
Typographical Union No. 81 has re-
ported the death of Brownell Caniff,
the oldest member of the International
Typographical Union. Canniff was born
November %, 1877. William Ryall
Squarey, a member Of Toronto (Ont)
Typographical Union No. 81, succeeds
Canniff as the oldest member of the
International Typographical Union.
Squarey was born Feb. II, 1S4S, and
has been on the old age pension roll
since April ,, 1894.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS


tries usually takes the form that only
a few evil-minded people are against
them, and that the great mass of people
either are or soon will be entirely con.
verted to Hitlerism and the New Order
or the New Europe. But in the July 26
issue of the Berlin paper Voelkischel
Beobachter, which is the very center
of the Nazi press, NaZi writer admits
that they have met with defeat in
| Denmark.
The writer doesn't put it that way;
| the article entitled Danish ReServa-
tions" admits Danish stupidity rather
than Nazi defeat, but the stupidity
pointed out is the general Danish re.
fusal to accept Nazism. There is a
curious new tone in the Berlin papers
description of the reasons for this:
The Danes admit that cooperation
between the European peoples is as
suming other forms than hitherto" but
strangely enough, this fills the Danes
with sense of insecurity. The politi
clans as well as the man in the street
but not what we're going to get. They
think of the decennials of prosperity
which they won through industry and
honest work; they think of the bene-
fits of civilization, and they think most
especially of the liberty they value
above all else; liberty such as it hap
pens to be understood in Denmark.
Every Dane wants to think, to be-
lieve, to speak and to act just as it
pleases him, and Danish political
leaders have succeeded in firmly an
choring the beliefs in these values"
x x 4
What a horrible place Denmark
must be! Yet, in this summing-up, ism t
there hidden high somewhere? But
the writer pulls himself together and
scolds the Danes for not realizing that
Bolshevism is the real danger and that
only Nazi Germany can protect them
against these treaty-breakers.
He says that the Danish political
parties and the press and the whole
Danish public treat this danger as
trivial, and all they are worried about
are these inherited values of theirs,
which they cling to as the only way in
which a small people can assure its
continued existence.
The Danes even work for revival
of the idea of United Scandinavia,
but for the sole purpose of separating
themselves more effectively from the
New Europe.
Worse still, because they fear the
loss of liberty of thought, faith and
action, large groups still look to Eng
land!
X X X
The fact that our plane and tank
production is today well ahead of the
projected plan, and the fact that our
shipyards are rapidly solving the
transportation problem, bellies the
thought that RECOMMENDATION of labor is
the answer to production. On the con
trary, complete mastery by the United
Nations in air, land and water equip
ment-which will shortly be theirs, if
indeed it has not already come about
will be ample proof of the efficiency
of our democratic methods or produc7
ton. 1t will also be compelling evidence
that our ideas and ideals of democracy
in labor are not only sound in theory
and practice, but that they produce
the potency to defend them against
aggressors throughout the world -
Senator James II. Mead of New York
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
FIRST WAR NURSERY APPROVED

Washington, ID. C.--Federal Works
Administrators Philip h. Fleming has
announced Presidential approval of the
first war nursery and child-care pro-
ject to be financed from Lanham act
funds. 1t allots S3O,427 to. the Board
of Education of New Havel, Conn. for
the care of pre- school, kindergarten
and school-age children of women en-
gagged in war industries.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10

Union security is simply the means by which
a union protects itself, its members and the pro-
duction program from chiseng by anti-union en-
ployers. 1t is an orderly, business-ike way of
carrying on the relationships between two groups
the workers and management.