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Evening star., 1942-03-21
N.Y.A. Using Machines to Train
Workers for War Production
|. Boy ond Girl Apprentices Turning Out
Ports for Army and Navy, Officios Soy

war materiel and those in control Of
priorities in the distribution Of pro-
duction equipment-have not data
on the vast machine-tool pool Of
the N Y A., they report"
Two Sun reporters said "about
half 6OO-of these new machine
and Woodworking tools in these
l25 master centers' are high on
w. P B. priority lists.
Labeled as critical are engine
lathes, spot and arc welders. drill
presses. metal band saws. surface
grinders and universal grinders. of
which there are 1880 in these l25
new centers.
IN the very critical class. ac-
cording TO the w. p B. priority rat
ing, are milling machines The new
N. Y. A. centers have $50 milling
machines"
"A survey Of the new-type N. Y. A.
centers in four Eastern States re-
vealed that in some of them delivery
of new machinery still is being
awaited and has not yet left the
factory. In some, new machinery
of various types still is stored in the
original delivery crates. while other
units, although uncrated, have not
been set up for operation nor con-
nected to power lines.
Taken From Junkpiles.
AT College Park, on the Univer-
sity of Maryland campus, as further
example, more than so units of new
metal production machinery for the
equipment of shop under con-
struction was. until few days ago,
stored in the basement of the hor-
ticultural building"
Mr.. Williams was asked for a COM
plete inventory of tools in N. Y A.
shops. the paper said. and replied:
I'VE have list Of tools, State by
State. certainly. But If it was given
out 1t would be misunderstood. On
the whole we took them from back
yard junk piles and reconditioned
them for use, building up here, in
stalling gadgets there.
Such a list wouldn't mean any,
thing For example, a lathe used
by a war industry would be one
kind while the N. Y. A. lathe would
be something altogether different
In many ways it wasn't
standard production equipment"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Coast Patrols Increasing
Rapidly, Knox Declares

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, March 2l.-Sec-
retary of the Navy Knox said here
yesterday that the number of naval
vessels available for patrcling the
coasts of the United States was in
creasing rapidly.
Many more naval patrol vessels
are being added and within so days
there will have been a large increase
in the numbers of ships operating
from Maine to Jacksonville, with
some going to the Pacific, of course. >
Secretary Knox told a press confer
ence at the Norfolk Naval Operat ting
Base after an inspection tour OF the
local water front
Col. Knox came to Norfolk Thurs
day in company with Vice Admiral
r. r. Waesche, commandant of the
Coast Guard. They returned to
Washington yesterday after spend
ing two days in a speedy but thor
ough" inspection tour of the New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Norfolk water front.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Po|Iux Survivor Tells Sailors
Mother of Heroic Sons Death

against which the Pollux was pound
ing herself to pieces the night Of
February 18 The whaleboat was
launched but Billy was washed over
board.
Pulled aboard again by a rope.
Billy tried again. The boat reached
the cliffs and Billy scaled the height,
a rope in his teeth. He tied it Sc
curely and by its aid his friends
climbed to safety.
Sam Nicosia's tale was going hard
by then.
Mrs. De Rosa said softly:
Go on, Sam. l know Billy is
gone"
We'll, we found his body a mile
away" said Sam. I'VE buried him
there"
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Foreign.
Reds press attack on five key Nazi
bases. Page Al
Old Rumanian- Hungarian border
dispute flares. Page AS
National.
Arnold says unions injure independ-
ent business. Page Al
Big Greek ship sunk of Atlantic
coast. Page Al
Showdown reached in Illinois rail-
road strike. Page Al
House District group expected to urge
repeal of tax clause. Page As
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Navy Construction Unit
To Truin at BeItsviIIe

The rapidly expanding construc-
ton detachments of the Navy will be
trained at four National Youth Ad-
ministration resident centers. includ-
ing that at Beltsville, Md, the Navy
announced today. The other centers
are at Muskingum, Ohio; Reading,
Pa, and South Park, a suburb of
Pittsburgh.
The detachments, composed Of ap-
proximately 100 men each, are given
training in naval routine as well as
in their respective trades. Construc-
ton groups are being organized to
supplement or replace contractors
and civilian employees outside the
United States
Evening star., 1942-03-21
In Aussie Slang, MocArthur's
Arrival Is a Regular Boshter'

bush country He said "Buckley's S
chance" really is a we'll in the mid
die of the South Australian desert,
and if man doesn't make it there
in one day. he's out of luck.
Among other expressions he listed
banjo" for shovel, Doodle" for
money or wealth, "larrikin" for
hoodlum, "neddies" for horses, nip
per" for small boy, "flamin' snout"
for bearing grudge and tucker
for goods and provisions.
And there's also the cannibal term
"long pig"-for human flesh.
The AuSsie marching song,
Waiting Matilda" came from the
name given an unattractive daugh-
ter of a sheep rancher, Ensign Wa
ters said, and the men would dance
with her only when they couldnt 7
get anyone else.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Virginia Farm Group
Urqes End 10 Overtime
Pay, M-Hour Week
Federation Also Asks
Droft Exemption
For Rurol loborers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. March 21.-Mem-
bers Of the Virginia Farm Bureau
Federation were on record today as
favoring suspension of the 40-hour
work week. elimination Of time-and-
a-half and double overtime pay and
ceiling on the wages of all labor.
Resolutions embodying those pro-
posals were adopted by the fedora
tion at the closing session of its an
nual meeting here yesterday. In
other resolutions the federation pro-
posed the exemption of necessary
farm labor from armed service or
the provision of a subsidy for farm
labor to bring the pay "on a fair
basis" with that of defense in
dustries.
In other resolutions the fedora
ton called for passage of legislation
W picNcnt stI lkcS lOI Tie OuI dIlOll
Of the war and opposed attempts by
labor groups to organize agricultural
workers.
The federation reelected G. r.
Holsinger of McGaheysville presi-
dent for 4 fourteenth term. other
ofncers renamed are C. L. Weast Of
Grottoes, vice president; M. B.
Heizer, Harrisonburg, secretary, and
c. v. Smith, Harrisonburg, treasurer.
Eight new directors were elected.
They are C. A. Bowman and C. w.
Sollenberger, Shenandoah; NJ J.
Pease and L. H. Ramey, Frederick;
H. E. Grizzard, Southampton; Will
liam H. Payne. Augusta, and John
H. Burner, Rockingham.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Venezuela 10 Expropriafe
I Axis Ships, Sink Eighth

By the Associated Press.
CARACAS. Venezuela, March al
Venezuela is expropriating seven
Axis vessels interned in her ports
and will junk or sink another, the
heavily sabotaged German steamer
Seostris, by order of President Isaias
Medina.
A decree issued last night listed
the German ship Durazzo and the
italian steamers Bacinin Padre,
Trottiera, Teresa Odero, Jole Fassio,
Alabama and Dentice for expropria-
tion. saying the owners owed the
government towing. salvage, intern
ment and other fees
Among the vessels sare several
whose crews tried to burn or scuttle
them a year ago off Puerto Cabello.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
BY the Associated Press.

.
NEW YORK. March 21-In New
foundland's black night, with the
sea sweeping over and death near,
three sailors knelt on the broken
deck of the doomed U. S. S, Pollux
and made again the ancient COM
pact of the mariner:
IF one of us lives d. :"
Yesterday Sam Nicosia came home.
He had lived.
And in fulflllment of the compact,
Sam Nicosia told to his messmate's
mother the story of her son. Billy
De Rosa. in his last hour of life.
Billy, said Sam Nicosia, had VOL
unteered to man a whale boat and
to rig a breeches buoy to the cliffs
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Joseph P. McGee Dies;
Former D. G. Resident

Joseph P. MCGEE. so, formerly a
Washington bondsman, died yester-
day at the home of his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
Principe, 1921 Rosedale avenue,
Bethesda. Md, after an illness Of
two years.
Besides Mrs Principe, Mr.. MCGEE
leaves another daughter, Mrs, John
L. McCloskey, Washington; q son,
Maj. Stanley MCGEE. of the Office of
the Chief of Air Corps, Washington,
and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Bussard
and Miss Anna MCGEE, both of
Baltimore. He was native of
Baltimore. Before coming to Be-
thesda about a year ago he lived in
Washington 30 years.
Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Monday at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, March 21-Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's arrival down
under" was "a regular boshter." and
the Japanese now have only a
"Buckley's chance"
At least, that's the way the situ-
alton was summed up in AnZac
slang by a native New Zealander,
Ensign Harold c. Waters, 81. of the
United States Coast Guard, attached
to the Baltimore base.
Ensign Waters, saying American
soldiers in Australia would pick up
q new lingo there, explained "a
regular boshter" meant the super
lative Of excellent and "Buckley's
chance" is a forlorn hope.
The ensign, who also Is q writer.
vas brought up IN the Australian
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Washington and Vicinity.

Washington and Vicinity.
DR.. Merriam. Biological Survey
- founder, dies. Page Al
Prosecution of two cab drivers
asked. Page Ala
Churches asked to prepare perma-
nent blackout facilities. Page Ala
Retired U. s. worker killed by street.
p car. Page Ala
Planners see abandoned barracks as
worker dormitory. Page Ala
Virginia authorizes superhighway,
Arlington to Occoquan. Page Ala
U. S. workers in Virginia urged to
eliminate" Smith. Page ALA
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY

Senate:
In recess
Judiciary Committee considers
claim bill.
House:
In recess.
Judiciary Subcommittee studies
legislation to require registration Of
labor organizations.
Military Affairs Subcommittee
continues investigation of Robert r.
Guthrie resignation from w. P. B.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

on some of the machinery, said her
husband. a former salesman who
set up his shop a year ago.
A number of the destroyed tires
and tubes belonged to the Arrow
Cab Co., which Immediately sent its
shop foreman and tire expert to
the scene. The foreman, c. S. Muse,
indicated that the loss might put
some taxis off the street. He said
approximately 25 Arrow cabs lacking
tires are now standing idle on a
lot at $40 NJ street NE A large
number of the firms tires were
taken from the shop yesterday, how
ever.
Origin Undetermined.
Origin of the blaze was not de-
termined Immediately. The explo-
sion which blew out windows, ap-
parently was caused when flames
reached a gas meter. Witnesses said
flames shot high above the roof Of
the one-story building.
Policeman r. r. Jones Of the sec
ond precinct, turned in the alarm,
informing No. truck company.
around the corner on M street, but
the blaze had already gained head
way No. 6 engine company also was
called to help.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Lord Newton, IS, Dies;
Long in Por|iument

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, March 21.-Lord New
ton, IS, one of Britain's oldest par
liamentarians, died here today.
He entered the House of Commons
as Conservative member for Newton,
Lancastershire, in 1886 and held the
seat until he succeeded his father
the first Baron Newton, in 1899
During the first World War he was
paymaster-general and assistant
underSecretary for foreign affairs.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Weather Report

Furnished b the
District of mild
night fresh winds.
Maryland-Ocasonal becoming colder in
late tonight
hundershowers
east portion colder west portion tonight
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Origin Undetermined.
Two Axis Supply Ships
Sunk, British Report

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 2l.-Two large
Axis supply ships have been sunk
in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty
announced today.
The Admiralty said the ships were
successfully attacked by British
submarines in the Central Mediter-
ranean.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

New South Wales has cut the
gasoline supply for buses IS per
cent.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

ROME From Italian Broadcasts)
March d Pl.-The italian high
command today acknowledged the
loss of submarine and reported
that torpedo-carrying aircraft had
attacked a British convoy in the
Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

Humidity fer Last 2f Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Hies1est, IS per cent, L am. today.
Lowest. % per cent, at 2:30 pm. yes.
terday.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloud
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly mudd
At Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
The Sun and Moon.

Automobile lights must be u
one-half hour after sunset.
Report for Last - Hours
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Tide Tables.

Furnished BY United States Coast an,
Geodetic Survey
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
Mixed Emotions
Affect Evacuees

SAN FRaNCI>Co-Women ard
children evacuated from war-torn
Hawai- greeted the new year with
mixed emotions today. There vas
sadness Tor some whose homes
were broken; JOY FOR others in
reunions with Their families.
Few were happier than Mrs. p.
J. csnavan whose home had been
in sn area which japanese bombed
most heavily IN Their Dec. : at
tack. Removed b the navy % the
mainland. she sailed without word
Of the whereabouts 81 her husband.
All she knew vas he was .on duty
somewhere.
On arriving here yesterday.
along with hundreds 81 other
svscuees and war wounded. she
spent busy day trying to locate
him.
This morning her perseverance
won success and happiness He
was located at nearby post.
Ny husbands coming. she said
at the temporary shelter where she
spent the night They've let him
off for New Years
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
Judge Harmon
uneral Friday
Three Ministers
Are 10 Officiute

Funeral services for Judge
Ulysses +. Harmon. Tacoma at
torney. will be held at l 30 o'clock
Friday afternoon At First Chris
tian church. 9th ave. and so. X
-. where the body Will lie in
state from Il noon until ! p. m.
just prior 10 the services
Three ministers will conduct the
services Rev. Warren Hastings.
Rev. W. =. Turner and Rev. w. A.
Moore.
Paulbearers at the church will
be DIR. Chris Reynolds. Or. Wilbus
Ely. Asa 4. Troyer. c. AIDES.
Harry Fulton and Cation Hood.
Ancient Landmark lodge. r. a.
A. N. viii conduct Masonic ser
vices at the graveside at the New
Tacoma cemetery. with the follow
ing as pallbearers: Farlin ID. Nye.
o. X. Wilcox. ID. II. Soule. G. w.
kennard, s. c. ]. Spike and Frank
L. Worden. sr.
c. c. Aellinger Co. will have
direction of the funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
Trade Wind" by Schneider

NEW fORk-Ameriea's indus
trial facilities continue To switch
10 arms production Employ
ment figures on the increase =.
Office of production management
started TO name companies and
officials not cooperating. time
Leon Henderson did likewise on
price fixing Survey shows
30 per cent of auto industry's tools
adaptable to war production; what
are we waiting for? OPM Or
dered all vanadium metal allocated
for arms production.
Electric power consumption
showing increase OPM order
that after FEB. chlorine viii be
subject to direct ALLEGATION for
military use Furniture short
age likely next spring; meantime
wholesale sales volume disappoint-
ing =. Linoleum, rug and carpet
prices to hold; complaints of war
profiteering should be sent to OPA
Chief Leon Henderson Sales
OF housewares show marked in
crease Refrigerator prices
point higher unless Henderson
steps in.
Paperboard new and untitled or
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02

WASHINGTON - Secretary OF
War Henry L. stimson announced
today that the war department
would not abandon voluntary en-
listments for military service, and
that the age limit for initial en-
listment viii be from Is TO 30
years.
At the same time the war de-
partment authorized the recall Of
all enlisted resery1sts to active
duty by Feb. /, 1912.
Stimson's announcement Was
made in view Of recent legislation
and after review Of the present
situation"
The recent legislation excused
men OF is and 10 from the draft
but permits them TO volunteer.
The combat arms must contain
Individuals possessing keenness, en-
thusiasm, daring. vigor and endur-
snoe, which are predominant char
scteristics of young men," Slim
son said.
Therefore. he added. active re-
eruiting must continue TO provide
. proper number Of young men
tor the fighting arms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02

ders show decline: mills operating
at more than theoretical capacity
+. Shirt trade pleased with
price-fiNing action Jobbers
and retailers amply stocked with
nylon hosiery Food sales up
only slightly. showing housewives
stopped boarding Wholesale
prices average at highest level
since 1929 Christmas holiday
trade below that of last year:
war-scare reason for figure not
establishing all-time high.
COMMODITIES - Markets will
continue featureless as traders and
consuming interests await elsri-
fication of priee-eontrol situation
in Washington Federal Sur
plus Commodities corporation and
Dairy Products Marketing associ-
alton buyers of butter and eggs in
open market for government ac-
counts Commodity exchange
suspended trading in tin futures
Wheat trade expects govern
ment TO be owner Of about $780,
GOO. 900 bushels by close of 1871.
NEWS BITS" Teddy" Mon
tague, president Of the Borden CO..
says definition Of United States
being arsenal OF democracy
means nation is worlds house of
industry" Uncle Sans war
bill thus far runs close To $751;
900 ,0O0, 900; includes RFc and con-
gressional commitments As of
June 80. 1871, nations public debt
was 1921 per man, woman and
child; will be higher next year.
New York curb exchange bought
defense bonds for employees who
buy on partial payment plan and
earn interest from day curb made
purchase Despite Mrs. r. ID.
air raids. Lloyd's of London quotes
figures of 80 10 ! on Atlantic
coast air raid damage; figure was
400 To ! prior to declaration OF
war . Nazi air raids have caused
close to $500. 900. 900 of property
damage in Great Britain.
United States civil aeronautics
administration helped train two
thirds of RATS members of Amer
lean Eagle squadron =. Worlds
oldest annual air meet Miami
all-American maneuVers-will not
be held as scheduled for Jan. ell
Ford Motor Co. expect to i'm
port $50 tons of crude rubber next
year from its plantation in the
jungles at Belterra. Brazil; COM
pany's $500. 0O0-acre tract will
produce $500 tons annually by
1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
CitY's Fire Engines
Busy On New Years

Tacoma city fire engines were
busy New Years day, but damage
was negligible.
At Northwest Door Co plant,
broken sprinkler line set off the
alarms but no loss was developed.
At 6s0s So. Montgomery st. a
chimney fire brought call but
there was no damage.
Attempts to thaw out pipes at
1902 Ia. 60th st, started a fire
that caused about SIS in damage
firemen reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
u. S. Policy
Manila
Is Criticized

hIIBYSHEN. 4. =. =. R.-The
newspaper Pravda. official organ
Of the communist party. published
an article in yesterdays editions
criueizing the proclamation of
Manila as an open city.
Failure TO transform Manila
into a Tobruk. Leningrad or Mos
COW constituted an act of coward
ice. said ID. zazlavsky. who signed
the Prayda article. He said that
Manila as an open city was COM
parable to a defenseless lady bug
who rolls over on her back. stick
ing her legs in the air when the
enemy appears"
"Petain tactics" are being en-
ployed in the defense of Manila.
Zazlavsky wrote.
"Petain lay with his legs in the
air. for which he received a con-
descending kick in the backside
But that did not save Paris.
H+AAAo AbAAA nave itsiSltu the
enemy like Leningrad. Sevastopol.
Moscow and Tula. II could have
withstood seige like Tobruk.
The hardships and miseries would
have been abundantly compensat-
ed by the glory to the people and
the exhaustion of the enemy's
forces. The enemy would have felt
they were dealing with a strong.
courageous city ready to defend
its every street and house. II is
not the destruction of buildings
that is terrible to people preserv-
ing their national pride Much
more terrible is the moral ruin
which gives the enemy an open
door into the country"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
g Dec

New Flrsf pun last
Noon quarter Noon Quarter
Jan. i6 Jan q Jan } Jan
due 20 he var. only neager
data - supplied bT ne q s
Weather bureau. Department OF
Commerce
Nsshington's forecast - Con-
tinued cold Thursday night and
Friday. Fair east Of the 10th
meridian. No forecast permitted
west Of the 10th.
sun rises at 7.5s Friday and
sets al 4.33.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02

Inc Japanese introduced Al least
two new weapons which they had
apparently kept secret from their
German allies:
e-Two-man submarines. Naval
! officers denied reports ! heard
from other sources that one OF
these submarines succeeded in en-
tering into Pearl Harbor . day or
more before the attack and re-
manned hidden under q hospital
ship until 1t subsequently was de-
stroyed-
0-Fifteen inch armor piercing
4 shells. fitted with fins TO con-
vert them into aerial bombs, and
dropped from tremendous heights.
These shells were the type normal
~ fired from q bsttleshIp. A Is
inch naval shell weighs about $500
pounds. With torpedo bombers
and dive bombers roaring down on
Pearl Harbor from low angles.
many eyewitness Iaiied 10 See
the planes which dropped the new
bombs from 10000 feet or higher.
This high-sltitude bombing and
the similar bombing Of the Prince
Of Wales and Repulse may explain
why Japanese fliers time and again
bombed chungking, the Chinese
capital. from heights OF 10000 to
q. 900 feet
Chungking had practically no
fighter planes or snti-aircraft gun
defenses. The japanese could have
come down below 10000 feet with
safety. 1t therefore appears that
they were deliberately practicing
their high altitude attacks on more
formidable enemies than the Chi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
FUNERAL SERVICES

Mrs. ELLA Marshall Saturday at
p. m. c. o. Lynn Co. chapel;
cremation.
Frank Davis Friday at 8 p. M,
Cassidy a Allen chapel: inter-
ment, Mountain View cemetery.
Lloyd Girard Friday at 1880
n. m. Cassidy 4 Allen chapel; in
terment. lakewood cemetery.
Elmer Carlson Friday at 4 D.
m. Cassidy & Allen chapel; inter
ment. lakewood cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
EDWARD LOREN REID

Edward Loren Reid. 81, died
Wednesday in local hospital. He
was gardener and resided at
Spanaway. He leaves his sister.
Mrs. Maude Handy of Spanaway
and a brother. Jesse r. Reid in
Florida. Reid was a member of
Royal A. Cove lodge No. 230. F.
4 A. M. the Royal Arch Masons,
Cedar chapter. o.E.S.. and order
of Amaranth. Lincoln court. Buck
ley-King will announce funeral ar
rangements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02

JEROME. Ida. = William john
ston. s6. pioneer Jerome rancher.
burned TO death yesterday when
flames destroyed his ranch home.
Johnston was asleep when the fire
broke out and neighbors noticed
the flames too late To save him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-02
PERCY l.. WRIGHT
LARS JOHN ANLUND

Lars John Axlund. SIS, resi-
dent of Tacoma for 81 years. died
at his home at 2109 So. Cushman
ave, Thursday morning. He was
a native OF Sweden and a member
Of the Central Baptist church. He
is survived by a daughter, Ellen
Anderson. Tacoma; five sons. Ed
ward and Albert of Tacoma, David
of Puyallup, Frank and Axel Of
Seattle; seven grandchildren and
three great grandchildren. The
body is at c. o. Lynn funeral par
lors. Funeral announcement will
be made later.