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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25
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United Press Writer
An ALASKAN roRr ~.

AN ALASKAN PORT - "Fish
mr. Uncle Sans soldiers" doomed
De Mich Nieolsski a. he pitched
the last Of this tides salmon catch
up onto the oannery platform.
Jimmy Dooliitle socked Tokvo
win oomus. Us guys are gonna
90 Il with canned salmon. And
were gonna make II hurt"
Juan Flores. the Filipino fore.
man. yanked lever and the
mountain Of cleaning fish began
To flow smoothly and efficiently
past the line of oilskin-olad wo-
men at the oonveyor belt. Faster
than man could walk the fish
were carried through the complex
machinery to the waiting cans.
INDUSTRIAL DRAMA
IL was pure industrial drama.
part Of the drama Of a great ma
ton bringing its people and its
resources into play against the
enemy. II was a drama that UNI
folds from Bristol Bay to Ketchi-
kan.
Take the case Of little Juan
Flores.
Up and down the coast Juan
IL known a. one of the hest
cannery foremen In the busi-
ness, q laughing good-natured
guy. But Juan isn't laughing
much these days.
As he stands talking with you
he absently toys with a wickedly
sharp cutting knife, testing its
balance in his palm as he casts a
dead-pan glance at poster on
the locker-room door = the bust
Of a bat-eared. listening Japanese
wearing gold chrysanthemum
decoration.
Juan tells you in a flat voice
that the last word from his family
WAS from Bstaan. They were
country people, with a little farm
on which they raised chickens
and goats, and their letters al
ways ended with. so may God |
bless you, son, and bring you back
TO us soon"
IT had a sister" Juan says.
maria Inez. She was IS last
year and the prettiest girl in the
village"
MAKES KNIFE CULVER
A quick movement punetuates
the sentence, a flash of glittering
steel and Juans fish knife stands
quivering in the center of the deco
ration on the Jap admiral's breast.
I'm going to join the navy
when the fishing season is over"
Juan says as he goes after his
20
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25
US Guys Are Sockin' Tokyo
With Salmon, Say Fishermen
Juon Flores and Friends Aren't
Laughing Much These Dogs of War

I =
lot Of unfinished business there. =
Outside the building Nick Nioo-
iaski Is now tinkerine with the
outboard motor on a dory. Nick
Is a Russian-Aleut from Attn. top
hoatmsn in these waters for three
years In q row. His grin shows
big square teeth as yeu ask him
the secret Of his skill a. sailor.
and he modestly advances the
theory that he inherited IL from
his grandfather who Was known
as "Cslitoraski' because he once
padded kayak from Kodiak Is
land to San Francisco.
NAMED TOWN FOR MIN
Il dunno why he did it." Nick
says. Unless he just wanted TO
see San Francisco and thought
that was as good a way as any
TO get there. Anyhow, they
named a town after him-Cah-
fornski village. on Cook Inlet"
Nick tells you he has made the
unusual sum Of $1,000 in six
weeks and that he still has every
dollar Of IL. This means that he
has run his nets in every sort Of
dirty weather. and II also means
that he has kept out Of the nightly
crap and stud games and stayed
clear of the roaring waterfront
dives. II means he has saved as
he never saved before.
What are you going 10 do
with it:- you ask.
Buy war bonds.- he tells
you. Help pay those
yellow pirates for what they
did TO my people on Attu."
They all feel the same way
about their work, these men who
are catching fish for the fighting
fronts of the world. They are
putting up a near-record pack
despite shortage Of skilled help
and materials, the hazards OF
weather and vagaries of the SAL
mon run itself.
BELONGS TO CLUB
You are thinking of unsung
heroes when the cannery super
Intendent comes across and says |
you ought TO meet Ralph Mitchell.
Ralph is founder and president Of |
the Kayototokyo club, a nation
ally growing organization whose
members contribute a penny apiece
Tor each Jap plane shot down.
The money is to be given to the
government to purchase a bomber.
Ralph, just In from . gill;
net show down the beach. tells
you that when Walt Disney
heard Of the club he designed
an emblem for II, showing
Mickey Mouse riding q bomb
toward an octopus arrayed In
the form of a rising sun.
After we had copies made OF
he sketch" Ralph says. I'VE
decide what to do with
he original. But we finally hit
IN a swell idea. We're going TO
send II 10 a fellow who has been
Interested in Kayo-For-Tokyo
/ long time"
What's his name ?" you ask.
"Chiang Kai-shek." he tells you.
do you think he'll like 1t. COM
ng from a bunch Of roughneck
fishermen ?"
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them down 10 ths bitter defeat
they deserve" Nelson Was said 70
b. preparing . statement clearly
establishing the Wi'b's eontrDi
over materials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25
NEW GERMAN FLAME
HAS NO CARBURETOR

The Focke-Wuf 100 surpasses
the new spitfire V In some ways
and 1t Ii because the Americans
do not have on the ground in
Europe a plane that Is superior
to the Focke-wulf at all attitudes
that both British and American
pilots In Europe are Grabbing.
Below $4,000 feet. the Foeke Wulf
may have an equal In the North
American Mustang.
Evidence that the FW-l90 Il
not having things all its own way
with the Spitfire comes from a
recent report of an encounter be-
tween these two planes, in which
Q Of the German planes were shot
down. TO three OF the British.
Two secrets Of the Focke-wulf
success are supposed TO be: First.
new cowling design which over
comes the old objection that ra-
dial type engines develop wind
resisting frontal area: second, a
new method OF fuel injection
which does away with carburetor
and shoots fuel direct from the
gas tank into the cylinder.
American Air Force men point
out that this new type oowling
was perfected by our NAcA In
1910 and 1t is found on both the
Armys Republic PAT and the
Nays sensational vought-Stkor-
sky fighter. the F4U-i. which will
do over 400 miles an hour and
which helped swing the Army
back 10 the radial engine as a
good power unit for fighter
planes.
The advantages Of the Focke-
Wulfs BMw engine direct fuel
injection principle are said 10 be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25

You help yourself when you buy
u. n. War Bonds,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25
n, MA Service

WASHINGTON - British criti-
eism Of American planes stems
largely from the fact that the
United States has not yet heen
able 10 deliver 10 Europe or the
Middle East In quantity. any
plane which Is the equal or the
superior 70 the best and the latest
fighter plane that the Germans
have put on the fornt.
This Is the new Focke-wulf 100.
powered with a RMw radiai-type
engine said To produce 1850 hor~-
power, as compared with the i.iso
h. p. Allison and 1850 h. p. Rolls
Royce milne liquid cooled engines
used on most Of the United
Nations fighter plnns~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25
GERMAN PLANE USES
AMERICAN-TYPE ENGINE

Just how many OF these Focke-
wulf 1905 the Germans have il
not known. nor is IL known wheth-
er they are In quantity production.
Until recently. none had been
brought down over England.
though the details OF the plane are
known 10 British and u. s. author
tiles. Its principal advantage over
British and American combat
planes IN that II is good at all
attitudes up TO 10000 feet.
From the designers point Of
view. the important thing about
this new German plane Ia that II
goes back TO the radisl type OF
engine which older American de-
signers have long insisted Was the
superior.
The British have chung 10 the in
line engine for their spitfires and
Hurricanes. Thus far. spitfire and
Messerschmitt have fought II out
on fairly even terms throughout
the war. the Spitfire having an
edge in speed and fire power. but
eclipsed by the Me-10eF's rate of
climb and ceiling
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-25

cradle attention 10 this direct
fuel injection method.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
MISCELLANY:

Washington: Senator Vandenberg
headed a group which demanded a
probe of the Normandie disaster,
calling it Second only to Pearl Har-
bor."
New Orleans: The famous Mardi
Gras had been called off, and in
stead of the annual million-dollar
spectacle, the populace marched to
bond booths and loaned their money
to Uncle Sam.
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Cairo: The British finally had
stopped their back-pedaling on the
Libyan front, and mobile columns
began again harassing Rommel's
troops, while the Raj bombed sup
ply bases of the enemy.
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Washington: Heavy compensation
for civilian workers in plants who
lost their jobs while the factories
were being retooled for war produc-
ton was being assailed in con-
gress as $500, OO0, 900 bill went un-
der consideration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
JOHORE:
And Singapore

The story of the Johore causeway,
that granite pathway which con-
meets Singapore with the mainland,
was being pieced together from Brit
ish admissions and japanese claims,
and was believed major factor in
the black military page in Britain's
book that was the Malaga campaign.
The entire British defending army,
believed clipped down to some 3d.
0O0-odd fighting men during the re-
treat down Malaga, was moved over
the causeway to carry on the siege
of Singapore.
Stories at the time related how
the intrepid engineers remained un-
til the last to blow up and destroy
the cauSeway.
The Japs declared the British only.
preached it, making a brief
break in the causeway which the
little men from Nippon repaired by
night, and then swarmed across to
drive the British back.
A second time, nearly week lat
er, British artillery tore the cause
way in two again.
And once more the Japs made
the repairs and sent trucks and men
on to the attack on the island.
The Japanese admitted obstinate
resistance" and "counter-attacks,"
but even the most sanguine British
commentators considered the odds
utterly prohibitive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
BROWN:
And CensOrs

Cecil Brown, radio broadcaster
and war commentator from Singa-
pore, had flown 1900 miles from
the besieged stronghold to Sydney,
Australia to tell the world the rea-
son for the blackly gloomy battle
of Malaga.
Significant of the bitterness of
Australia toward the British conduct
OF the Far Eastern preparations was
the fact that Brown, barred from
broadcasting at all over the Singa-
pore radio because he wouldn't paint
rosy picture of things, was freely
permitted to talk when he got on
Australian territory.
His story was not pretty. It start
ed way back in Penang, when the
British, he said, evacuated only the
white, leaving the natives to fend
for themselves. When this informa-
ton filtered through to the main
land, the British had plenty of trou-
bles with the natives there, said
Brown.
Then he took up the scorched
earth policy, declaring that far from
destroying everything, the retreat
ing British had left one important
air field so little damaged that
the Japs were using it themselves
two days after the British left it.
Singapore was being bravely de-
Tended while he had been speaking.
He paid high tribute to the valor
and fighting qualities of the British
defenders.
But Singapore, he limited, was
Britain's Pearl Harbor-a story of
complacency, of unreadiness, of not
needing warnings.
The Bombay India) Chronicle
added that Churchill's policy has
been marked by indefensible COM
placency, unpreparedness and in
competence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
ECONOMIC:
Economy Demanded

Led by Senators Byrd and Tyd-
ings, a wave of criticism of nom
defense spending had followed ear
lier attacks on OCD "boondoggling"
and was meeting with considerable
interest from people in general who
were seeing one commodity after
another taken from their reach by
lack of supply.
Jesse Jones and Donald Nelson
told the people that the rubber stu
alton was indeed severe. Senator
Brewster Of Maine, in statement,
had promised the public that the
Truman committee was conducting
a rubber investigation which would
''tear the lid off the situation"
Nelson's WPB ruled that all pro-
duction of mechanical ice-boxes
must stop April 30, the refrigera-
tors following automobiles out of the
public picture.
LaGuardia, having resigned from
the OCD, proceeded to urge that
most of the activities of Mrs. Roose-
velt's end of the OCD be trans
ferred to other agencies.
The WPB announced it was going
into the "auto graveyards" of the
country, to which hopeful owners of
secondhand cars were looking for
parts, in order to get scrap metal.
The petroleum situation, with
many tankers sunk by U-boats on
the eastern seaboard, was getting
serious, and oil was starting to
move by rail, 1000 tank cars roll
ing over the rails daily.
AS to the rubber situation, Nelson
and Jones said:
"The rubber we have today, plus
the rubber that is on it's way here,
plus the rubber we shall eventually
make in our new synthetic rubber
factories, is all the new rubber we
can count on
'There is about enough to COM
plete our armament program. But
there is not going to be any to spare.
We dare not waste any,.
Meanwhile it was announced in
London that Britain's clothing ra-
ton probably will be reduced soon
by an additional Is per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
RHTTERWS&
sEN1M6 ozRozEE&

frock, the silhouette of which is
flattering to chubby and slim fig
ures alike. And so easy to make
too! The neckline here is cut
square, the sleeves are short and
pulled. The frock will be ador-
able in a gay flower printed or
plain color cotton trimmed with
perky ric-rac and set of match
ing buttons.
Another garment you'll rush to
complete for your little daughters
midwinter wardrobe are the over
alls-cunning and practical too.
Later this season you will add the
quickly made rompers.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1853 is de-
signed for sizes l, 2. 3, and years.
Size 2 frock requires ia yards 35-inch
material, overalls ia yards, rompers 70
yard and bonnet, u yard. Send your
order to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
ASK Me y,
:AMO7HER:'
The Questions
O. cc.ceecccc.

1. Why is a small pocket knife
called a pen-knife?
2. The solid part of the earth is
known as what?
3. What result is obtained by
multiplying 5 x 6 x 0 x 10?
4. Is the science of fingerprint-
ing practiced in China?
S. What is the only walled city
in North America?
6. What sainted woman is said
to have given her kerchief to
Christ as he carried his cross to
Golgotha?
7. The Philippines are named
for the king of'what country?
8. What ship was carrying Hen
ry Hudson when he explored the
river named for him?
9. How many divisions of the
A.E.F. served in France during
the First World war?
10. On what street is the White
House in Washington, D. c.?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
HEROES:
OF u. S. JungIes

The medal of the DISC. finally
was awarded to one of the selectees
in the first draft when General Mac
Arthur pinned it on the chest of Ser
geant Leroy c. Anderson of the tank
corps, lad from Milwaukee.
All Anderson did was to eagerly
request" permission to take his unit
of small tanks and smash a nasty
group of Japanese machine gun
nests.
Permission was granted. Ander-
son didn't ask his mates to 60 where
he would not, but made his own
reconnaissance tour first. Then he
moved with the other tanks to the
attack.
The enemy guns and crews were
wiped out. Anderson's own tank, in
the forefront of the battle, was put
out of action. He and his crew dis
mounted, continued the fight with
rifles and grenades. He was slight
ly wounded.
Frank Hewlett, a correspondent
who stayed with Macarthur fight
ing heroes, wrote: ....
"Our boys have hurled back JAP
aneSe assaults that a few weeks
back would have driven them into
retreat.
"Our men are now seasoned war
riors. They have been FLOODED and
have stood the test"
To the question of "where is the
main Japanese naval strength" the
answer had come when Australian
fliers reported they had found them
off the coast of New Britain island,
800 miles north of Australia.
At the same time American flying
fortress planes had begun bombing
attacks on Jap ships in the Macas-
sar area, reported setting one large
ship afire and having damaged an
other.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26

Gen. Claire Chennault, leader of
the American "Tiger" squadron on
the Burma front, as his fiiers
downed IS Jap planes in two days.
Chennault became Chang Kali
shek's air force advisor early in 1941.
Playing the game of war as college
lads play football, General Chinese
Army Clair Chenault, former Texas
school teacher, and his American
"Tiger" squadron flying for Chang
Kai-shek reported they had downed
1875 Japanese planes during two
months on the Burma front.
They were the boys assigned to
keep the Burma road open and free
from attacks by Jap bombers.
The Japs sent over a formation of
go. The Tigers got 48 Of them in
two days. Only three of their men
were lost-in two planes.
All his pilots were trained in U. S.
flying schools, and all held flying
commissions with the U. S. army,
being released before we went into
the war to fight for China.
They were organized last sum-
mer. On Christmas they celebrated
with a bag" of 48 planes.
The first Jap flight of go planes
went into flight with the Tigers pur-
suing them far back into Thailand,
and downing nearly half of them. The
Japs came back the next day with
10 planes, and again squadron of
Is Tiger ships shot them to pieces.
accounting for two-day total of 49,.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
Cluttonous Cattle

Nails, wire, knife blades, door
hooks and many other objects are
found in the stomachs of approx
mately 20 per cent of all cattle
slaughtered in the United States.
Although these foreign bodies usu-
ally do not cause any visible
harm, the animal deaths that re-
suit from swallowing them cost
the livestock industry more than
$500,000 a year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
DR.. Goose

The prefix CDR" would be ap-
propriate before the name of
Canada goose. He is an astonish-
ing surgeon. One of these birds
was recently seen in a refuge with
a broken leg. He Strengthened out
the leg with his beak and then
held it in position for hours at a
time. When he had to move, he
used his wings in hopping along
the ground. In a few weeks the
broken leg was completely healed!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
POLITICAL-GO-ROUND

Democratic insiders are predict
ing that Gov. Herbert Lehman of
New York will be persuaded to run
for a fourth term this year. Lehman
has told party chiefs he doesn't want
another term, but they urge him to
be a candidate again on the ground
of wartime duty Meanwhile,
former District Attorney Tom Dew
ey is busy acknowledgements organic
ing his political fences for another
try at the governorship. This will
be the springboard for second shot
at the COP. presidential nomina-
ton in 1914.
Wisconsin's Gov. Julius He'll will
run for third term this year to
get himself in position to take on
isolationist Sen. Alex Wiley when
he comes up for reelection in 1914
Both are Republicans, but privately
no love is lost between them.
Fiorello LaGuardia's ambition al
ways has been to become U. S.
senator after he steps out as mayor
of New York city.
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MERRY GO-ROUND
In Trenton, N. j., the giant Gen
eral Electric company will be tried
on charges of monopolistic control OF
electric light globe patents. 1t will
be one of the most important anti
trust trials in history. If the govern
ment wins the case, the effect will
have far-reaching consequences on
all patent controls.
The treasury department has or
dered customs officials to wear
black silk neckties with their new
uniforms.
It took the Nazis seven years,
from 1893 to 1910, to reach plane
production rate of $4,000 a year. Be.
tween July, 1910, and December,
1941, 18 months, the U. S. reached a
production rate just II planes short
of 1000 planes annually.
The WPB's bureau of industrial
conservation is planning to ask com.
nlunities and organizations to con.
tribute old battle memorials, such as
tanks and artillery pieces, to the
scrap iron program. Also, Four-H
clubs in farm areas will help,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
BLACK:
NeuUs of Var

Much of the news of the war was
gloomy. The fall of Singapore gave
Churchill his biggest headache since
the fall of France. The prime min
lister admitted this ''heavy and far
reaching defeat" in a broadcast to
the world. ReverseS in Libya and
the escape of the Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau and Prince Eugen from
Brest heightened the gloom.
Why, screamed the British press.
Why, echoed the imam in the street"
throughout England. Why, re-echoed
the commentators in the United
States.
1t was triple-barreled question
concerning the German warships.
Why was not the British feet capa-
BILE of bottling up these ships? Why
had &c bombing attacks failed to
damage them? Why had the British
come out of the channel sea and air
battle with AZ planes down against
Is for the Germans, and with their
quarries sailing safely off to the
Heligoland Blight?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
SzHz.LI0USEHOLD
soil IIllTSzZ

Potatoes that are to be French
fried should stand in cold water
at least an hour before cooking.
Store mayonnaise in a cool but
not too cold place in the refrig-
orator. If chilled mayonnaise is
apt to separate.
If the bottom of the securing
powder can is dipped into hot par
ATTN it will not leave marks on
bathroom fixtures.
Don't let leaves and dirt pile up
around exposed wood at the foun-
dalton level of the house. It en-
courageS rot.
Avoid wetting extension cords,
even the rubber-covered kinds, for
water will finally deteriorate the
rubber. So will gasoline and Pc
troleum compounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-26
SINKING q. s. TANKERS

The navy is being more hush-hush
than usual regarding the sinkings of
oil tankers off the Atlantic coast.
However, here are a few important
facts about the situation which are
not military secrets.
First fact is encouraging. The
tankers sunk were old, small and
slow. All of them were 20 years old
or over, and the largest, Standard
Oils India Arrow, was 1927 tons.
On the surface, this would indi-
cate that oil and gasoline losses on
the East coast would not be heavy.
However, this is not the case. For
all of the big, new American tank
ers have been taken over by the
navy. This was under an arrange
ment whereby the maritime COM
mission had lent the oil companies
around 100000 per vessel to build
fast modern tankers making 10
knots. This is so fast that they
can avoid submarines and also keep
up with the feet.
However, these new tankers, built
in cooperation with the navy, are
now with the fleet.
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HEAVY LOSSES
Two other factors indicate the inn
portance of the sinkings on the At
lantic coast. One is an announce
ment made by the British last week
that sinkings for the entire Atlantic,
including the East Coast of the Unit
ed States, has been heavier in Janu-
airy than ever before. The other is the
fact that comprehensive rationing
of oil and gasoline for the East coast
is now certainty. In other words,
oil and tanker losses have been very
heavy.
Reason for these losses is easy to
understand. It requires no official
explanation. AS everyone knows,
especially the enemy, we had to
rush various kinds of shipping to
the Pacific to replace the damage
done at Pearl Harbor. Also we had
large number of warships busy
conveying vessels across the North
Atlantic
Hence we have been caught short
handed on the East coast.
Note: Most people don't realize it,
but the oil shortage along the At
lantic could be relieved considera-
bly, by a curtailment of tank car
rates on gasoline and fuel oil. Last
fall the rail rates were reduced on
crude oil but not on gasoline or
fuel oil.