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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
House Beats
Wage-Hour
Amendment
Pro-Lobor Solons
Swing Tide to
Defect Smith Bill

WASHNGToN-The house Fri
day afternoon rejected by a stand
ing vote Of 22e to 81. legislation
suspending for the duration of
the war the overtime provisions
of the wage-hour act and other
federal statutes regulating the
hours Of American workers.
The overwhelming rejection
Of = proposal by Rep. Howard
w. Smith. d.. Va. 20 amend
the second war powers hill -
~ to suspend the 40-hour
week. came four hours after
house leaders had virtually
conceded administration de-
feat.
The tide was swung against the
Smith proposal by powerful
last minute drive by pro-labor
m m bers and administration
leaders. spurred by appeals from
leaders Of organized labor.
Prior TO rejection Of the
Smith amendment. the house
beat down by ponderous ma
jorties three separate pro-
posaIs 10 legislate suspension
of the wage-hour law In vary
Ing degrees.
The first was an amendment by
Rep. A, s. Mike Monroney. d,
Okla. TO authorize President
Roosevelt to suspend the 40-hour
week in war industries only. This
was rejected by a standing vote
of 1862 TO So.
A second proposal by Rep. Will
liam M. Wilmington. d.. Miss.
to suspen the overtime provisions
of federal regulatory hour laws
but authorizing the president to
exempt non-war industries, was
rejected by voice vote.
Finally. = proposal BY Rep.
John X. Murdoch. D.. Ariz.,
directing the president to
suspend the lo-hour week
when he found Il necessary
to speed war production, was
defeated by voice vote.
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scale, prison for several foreign
diplomats. disclosure Of ring Of
spys and saboteurs-no dime thrill
er ever did better
The fact that our side benefited
from that gosapy remark IN no
way detracts from the truth that
loose talk IL dynamite-which wa
literally true N this instance.
Somehow or another II struck
me a. very odd. that particular
time I heard the word Vlsdivostok.
although Russizs seaport on the
Pacific was frequently referred 70
BY the numerous mariners ! knew.
Anyhow. strolled up 70 the other
end Of Ben's store and began 70
chat idly with the stranger
A. IL turned out, he Hss
saying that he MAS making =
trip 10 Nladisostok by WAY Of
explaining his small purchases
Of haberdashery - that ar
Continued On Page 10. Column J.
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II was In 1ef7-just before
America entered upon hostilitisz
with Germany. Other things be-
ing equal. things were pretty much
the same here then az they are
right now.
was making my regular daily
call az the main hangout Of Ia
coma's wsterfronters - l. BenJa-
Minis store on Pacific sye.-to see
the gang and make q routine
phone call 10 my paper.
While taking care Of those
two chores. somehow or an
other I happened 20 oserhear
the single word "NladivostokT
that a stranger had spoken 10
the clerk At the other end Of
the store.
That single chance word started
a chain o. events that Vas as
founding -internztional eomplics-
lions. revelation Of a plot 70 ssno-
tsge Tacoma industry on q grand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Nips Spread Out on 70-Mile
Front for New Offensive

that Japan had corieenEKate1 81
900 troops tn sne area snd ~aa
moving IN psrstroops. planes ard
mechanical pnits
An 4ii-eut flThf for AIR
supremacy sas b~lsssed -
nave started IN The hasaooa
area. Bat ths Japanese had
hess aeait . staggering sst-
hack
Reliable reports increased 70 n
tns number Of invader planes
probably shot down IN great ar
dueia over the evacuated capital
THURSDAY. and the Japanese losses
IN 7z-hour period had riaen 70
almost 100.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
~ DARRELL BERnIsAs

AAADAI~Af. BURNS JApansae
Invaders Tanned out on a TD-nlis
front Friday foz a rev offensiss
aimed 81 taking ali q s1~eF
Burma
me inap@Fisl defenders along
ths slttaaE river fesEht rita
their baeks 10 the hanxeen-
sIsndaiay portion Of the Bur
ma road.
A fgli-sesls thrust direct To-
ward Msnoalsy. across biHmas
Shan states. wa believed building
up from japanese bases IN north
srn T1nailand "A chinese govern
ment spokesman said Thursday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Another Tanker
Torpedoed by Sub

ASBUKY PARK, y. 1.-The
Standard oil tanker r. p. Resor.
7.451 tons, was torpedoed and
set afire Is miles off the New
Jersey coast by an enemey sub
marine which first was mistaken
for fishing vessel. survivors said
Friday.
The crew Of - was forced TO
abandon ship in a sea OF flames.
Fate OF the crew was uncertain
except for two survivors who were
rescued by a coast guard boat
and taken to the coast guard
station at Manasqusn. N. J.
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Civil Air Patrol
To Meet Monday
In South Tacoma

Beginning Monday evening.
March 2. members Of Group ,.
Civil Air Patrol. win meet At the
Veterans hall. sz2s South Tacoma
way
The patrol has been holding It's
regular Monday evening meetings
In the arm0ry but. through the
courtesy Of WV post l42s. larger
and more convenient quarters hAVs
been made ayailAbie.
A fun attendance n requested AZ
next Mondays meeting a. tisrs
b much important business under
consideration.
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sEaTTLA-Tne city ce1ncll H.
nance eommitts< Friday ordered .
week-end Investigation q Taco
mas air raid warning devices.
which councilman said seks nnors
different ard less cozily Ensn sirens
Installed mere
Decision on an ordinance appro-
priatinR $4,000 for additional
sirens n4ll await ths oatcome q
the study Of Thomas steam
ghistiss-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
To Take Strike Vote
AT Saturday Meeting

whether Local 1882. Lumber
and sawmiii Workers union. wlii
back the proposed lumbsr striks
II called will b. decided Al .
meeting Of the organization sat
Drdsy noon At the union hail. No.
18th and Market Sta. u wsa an
DOuncsd Friday.
All msmbern At the iocsi are
asked 10 Be on hand % east their
votes. The local 10 eompo~ed ~
employees 81 tina Whseisr-Osg0s-l
Sales Corp.
All locals - me Lufn bsr and
EaSmlil Workers union are sens1-
uied 20 vote sonnetins FRIDAY
Saturday ~ Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Gary Cooper.
Joan oniaine
Are Best Players
~ FREDERICK g. oTHaAN
United Press Writer


HoILywooD-Fifteen hundred
movie makers in multi At the ffth
annual academy awards dinnei
Friday eheered Joan Fontslne and
Gary Cooper a. the best motion
picture players Of 1871.
Miss Fontaise. in black liks
most Of her banquetisg sisters
In the glamour girl business.
and Cooper In . business suit
and . wide grin. wen their
gold plated oscars for their
performance respectively In
suspicion and sergeant
York
How Green Was Ny valley
was named best picturs. while
John Ford. who directed Il and
now IL serving with the navy 81
sea In the Far East. received ths
prize for the best directing JON.
Orson Wslles. the man from
Mars who had been nominated ~
nearly all the award elsssifiea-
tons. received only half an oscsr.
as co-author Of hls one-nan mosis.
Citizen Kane Best supporting
Continued on Page IA. Column ~
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Aussie Airmen
Unleash Fury
Heovy Blows Aimed
AT Ioponsss Bosses

SYDNEY. Australia - An.trsl.
lsh planes N prass@hiy their
heaviest raid u the war smashed
At Japanese military and air bases
whsrses and shipping At Rsbani
In the Hew Britain island invasion
roma during the night. . Royal
Australian Air Force eommnnlaue
said Thursday
Pilots saw three Tremendous
explosions and fierce fir~. -
they hurried their bonnie %
target. ~ al sorts. n 49,
asserted.
The Australian planes swept
over the Rabaul ares before mid
night While some attacked
wharyss and ships. others made
inland 10 attack ground oblseiisss.
including Installations and air
dromss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Bolomen Ready
To Help Yanks

wAsHfssTOS - ssorstAry Of
War Henry l. stlmson Frds y
made public kilograms sent 70 MIN
and 10 Gen. Douglas hacArthur
by Capt Datu ounbay Pisng.
prominent Philippine Moro leader.
pl.dRinE tina support of 10000
knifs-sislding Bolomsn IN = fight
TO the last for ~Ansriea and
our country
d.ay ye.rs ago sfisu~ea
knew sanh.y rissE's father
is tho Philippines.
Cumbay Pians esiis3 himself
the war lsadsr u ths Moroa. uho
IN days IN thu past pat up The
strongest rsaistaBcs o. any tribes
sssinst United states forces
To Macarthur. tns Moro leader
said
"Year great fathers s@iser
IL n.ed IN s.r ssr sksinet the
sasmy ssa bic pietsss = IN
ssY ksAasusffsFs. The 7slsos
Asros eslasisa - ssass esD-
radsa ~ ysss nssa in Hataas
lsln ls eslesratlsg ihs hssth-
aay Of the father 81 the Amer
iess saiten."
Ths message so cent on Wash
frgfons birthday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
New Enemy
Ships Sem
OF Surulaira
Dutch. Azz.oslcun
FlIess noco Out
To Bomb Fleet

ALLfnD usxADQuAm1unA
ssss fsisph.ns Az n1usdveNe
~ tia United rsstiuns ntruen ~
iap.a<s@ Iasaslan sfme<iee vr>doy
.. the sasmy soaeht n t>tNfovee
sna pun forward th~ nreaxneo6s
thrust ts~ssd hsth eu1s - Joss
Island
NV s~~nsv wsSsetcn -
tsnnspsess ~see e1uN1p1 - -.
we6npp - numnneea ln1rn1 -
~ w~seess sUpssneo = <ssA
Du1wA n1vpossos nsmon1 lnpuA
n - ne>eoh@vonu1 - -
istae1. - ~ ena1npp -
psus<A. Assst~ss hnunpss -
~ attach.
Tn~ Jsp~nsss slr fn<re. sow
operating fFnm n~&<s wilma snoss
fiyins distances a ls>a. wne nos-
1inE s@ssssiy 70 protect the
snsmy fleet ard ksmmevias saea1-
~ II ths 30 put<s naval 100 -
"'~f<ne j. ~ s@9<e<n JAVA
ATrAfn nurcs PLANES
knsmy H<yy-z~ra fighters ear.
fylnx tss csnnaa and fsus 49,
shsns guns snd squipp~a vita g.
tsehshls reserve fsssl tsnns thss
Eiss them = loas s&ae<. avss<tv
s'iasksd Netherlands siFplsa~a
ms Dutch planes h<a psan<1~1
j.p~n~s~ ships or th~ est sn~se
~ asm.trs.
rss S.p~s~ss . fsusssss
sssk psst N ~ s1r hnse1a
Results II tia semnsnn sfss<hs
rsfs ane<ftsin ana the Am<rt<na
onslaught sssinst go. l>erne sn~my
fssnfofeem~nfs fs~sf Hxii wns 90
ansntioned ln tn pufeh eommn
niqsss. presumably s~aiflns a
Am<fiesa % unit~d Nsfloas e.
aosissem<ns tAmsriesn plsn<s
may h@ss p~Fticlp~f~a n th~ m,
tccntinssa 90 rsss ~. cslana ..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Heffernan
OF Day Island have returned home
following a months holiday In
California.
A. ID. Fay II returning TO work
At the shipyards.
John y. Fletcher Of the county
assessors office was a sticker can
didate for commissioner OF finance.
but little was known about II. a.
even his friends found voting ma
CONTINUED on Page IL. Column -
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Gains Made
Along Entire
Baiaan Front
Yonks. Filipinos
Hold Advanced
Bottle Positions

WASHINGTON Gen. pnasiss
MseArshur's lndnnltshle men ~
Rattan have advanced their lines
from ans To sight siism~tsss
slong their entire frnat dufinx
the past - ssufs. the .sF De-
psrtmsnt reported Friday.
commanlque No. fzs swearing
reports received upl b. siao .. m.
pvt. Friday. sid nnhtlnx Sss
continuing between light fsrrssr
of Mac Arthurs Ameflesn-KIiipis
no army ana the iapsnes<.
Apparently ~ wss . ess-
tlsasslss 81 ire explasstsvy
attack lsss~s~s tea asss sgs
~ ssaeArshss. rhe eppest-
rs~nt r~pssss1 Thursday tkss
shls sstsrk hsA rr~aIt~a N
ssus~ saiss. ssS Friday u ssse
"sse.. Ms<Arshss's tvssps ss~
hsidlsg savsse~s po~isisss-
sisss ik~ entiss treat.
rhs eommunigss sotsf that
''ths greatest advance 49, made
on ths right flank. north II fTlsr.
That area IL on the Manila hay
SIDE Of nstasn peninsula. AMI
represented tho eastern snshns
point u naeAFthnfs lines shost
half way 40 she peninsula
Soar sFssp- ace h~iss sss-
lsst~a ts . relatively iinst
ssswy .aa artillery stf.<k."
ths esmsaaalgss~ ssid.
II took nots that hiddsn snsmY
artillery IN tn csvits shoFs n
Manila bsy had been silent for
several days These guns hsys
fconslnnsa On raEs 2. Column ~
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To Represent Navy

SEATTLE Lieut.. Comer I'd
ward y. Hicks. Z. 3 y. has been
appointed Industrial relations rep
rsssntstiys for the 18Th naval fis-
trict, u was announced Friday.
He viii represent the navy In all
labor matters involving navy con-
tracts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Anchorage Posipones
Voting on Power Issue

ANCHORAGE. Alaska The An
ehorage city council Thursday
postponed from March ? 10 March
23 or later a special bond cleo
ton on the issue Of municipal
purchase Of the Anchorage Power
4 Light company power plant and
facilities AZ a cost Of $3.50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
Libya Front Unchanged

CAIRO - The Llbysn military
situation remains unchanged. =
general headquarters communlqus
of tho British middle east com
rnsnd said Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
4O-HOur Week to Continue!


llOHtn IdT-SlHnleu. lOIlk-
headed American testified be-
fore a committee of congress.
Eleven years later he died-of
a broken heart, some say.
That man was the late Brig
Gen. William L. Mitchell.
As result of his committee
testimony. Billy Mitchell was court
martialed. Under the goth Article
of War. the so-called "cstch-all'
or devils clause" Mitchell was
convicted and left the army.
But his beliefs and aims and
ideals. for which he sacrificed HIM
self, have fingered on TO loom ever
larger in the national conscious
ness.
What he had TO say OF our then
lack of air power and his fore
casts as to relative future merits
of air power and sea power now
are familiar to all.
| have been reading, how
ever, an account of Mitchells
appearance. IL years ago this
month. before the Lampert
committee investigating air
craft.
With Pearl Harbor and the Rob-
erts report on that tragedy in
mind. l was struck by the follow
ing from the minutes OF the COM
mittee. Mitchell had just shocked
the congressman with his descrip-
ton Of our inadequate defenses.
You say" queried Rep. Reid
of Illinois. the Japs could take
the Philippines and Hawaii and
we could not stop it ?"
"Of course" Mitchell replied.
why, conditions are 50 bad out
there that when was In Hawaii
last October and November I
found the commanding general
wouldn't speak TO the commanding
admiral, and they wouldn't even
20 to the same social functions to-
gether. There h no cooperation
at all out there
Mitchell said more than that,
and made a much more startling
charge. which 1t would not be in
the public interest to re-hash now.
But enough has been quoted to
make 1t clear that Mitchell long
ago sacrificed his career in an eff
fort to awaken his countrymen to
conditions finally gruesomely spot
lighted by Pearl Harbor.
To corroborate Mitchells
testimony before the commit
tee came Admiral William S.
Sims, Americas outstanding
navy commander in European
waters during World War |.
On this occasion II remind you
It was II years ago. Sims asserted
IL airplane carriers with so planes
each could destroy the U. s. fleet.
Then he went on:
But 1 am wasting my time tell
ing YOU that. The conservatism
of the military mind won't allow
anything 10 he done about II.
They never give in. Back in
the Middle Ages the same sort of
men hung on 10 their battle-axes
and pixies and said that bows and
arrows were not a serious menace
until disaster overlook them.
THE airplane carrier il the capt.
tai ship Of the future, because her
bombing planes can reach and sink
q battleship while the carrier con-
tinues TO cruise swiftly out OF
range of the armored ships guns
And so We cannot-cannot
ever-say we were not warn
ed by men who knew whereof
they spoke, and in whom we
should have had confidence.
II We are complacent now, we
were then drIgged by ignorance.
The latter We cannot plead to-
day.
We have heard the testimony.
and we have the evidence
Pearl Harbor. Hong Kong. Sing
spore. Inns. Prince Of Wales
Because We once were deaf. let
as not today be blind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
BY JIM BASHFORD
As Told 10 Casey Dawson

bomb plot with narrowing threat Of disaster 10 Ta-
little incident in which fortunate enough TO
assist in thwarngs something frequently recall in these
troubled times when silence precious than gold
Loose talk is the most dangerous part Of war,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28
A TALE OF DYNAMITE AND LOOSE TALK
Tacoma Man Recalls Story
OF Plot to Blow Up Ships
And Sabotage Waterfront
MEASUREMENTS HUNCH WAS CORRECT

tdhert Mote; Ji~ ssshes. Tssems ~s'sron'ss
for thsa hslfentsry hes been sssbihsd locally
fsslons photesrephss-sef The isssf 81 those fso
ne pgsstS Sound
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-28

Your postmaster can tell you
how 70 invest IN L. S. Defens
Bonds.
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sAsa TRANSACTIONS
s0sns ..........s... - -. 300
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06
SLOOD will win the war and
food will dictate the

"FooD will win the war and
food will dictate the
peace"
l hope Mr. Wickard has not
withdrawn that statement. 1t
appeals TO me as a pronounce
ment which has a prospect of
being fulfilled.
A, any rate. we are certainly
nutrition minded today. In this
and other articles which are TO
follow it from time to time /
should like to review some of
the fundamental principles of
this subject which is of such
Notwithstanding Importance.
Although the vitamins have
been stealing the show lately,
the real fundamental is calorieS.
No supplements of vitamins or
minerals can alter the laws of
the conservation of energy.
If you get enough calories in
your diet, il would take the in
genuity of all the brain trusters
working like Kentucky miners
to keep you from getting your
vitaminS,
And if you plunge on VitaminS
alone, you will starve TO death
just the same as if you were on
a desert island.
A -CALORIE is nothing but a
"A unit of measurement.
We find in daily life that we
have to use units from morning
till night.
what time is 1t ." "How tall
Is ne ." "How hot is it,"
So a calorie is the scientific
nutritionist's way of answering:
"How much nutrition Is there
In that food"
1t is unit of heat, but a unit
of heat practically is unit of
nutrition because your body tenn
perature is kept level by the
burning of calories.
OF course. the body is kept
in temperature equilibrium by
other things, too.
The amount of heat given off
by the resting man of average
size is about equal TO the heat
of a 60-watt electric bulb. or
the flame of an alcohol lamp l.
inch high.
A man exercising hard has
the heat of 10 such lamps.
We all range between one or
the other OF these extremes in
the course of every day, and on
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06
Part Played
by CalOries
by Dr. Logan CIendening

different days we use varying
amounts of calories.
We are not steady users OF
heat like the lamp. But an aver
age can be struck and for this
the term basal metabolism is
employed.
TT is the resultant of two fac
L tors: basal heat production
and basal heat loss.
Exercise or shivering produces
heat; sweating or painting re-
duceS the body's heat.
A great many things besides
activity and food affect the
body'S temperature - such as
outside temperature.
Last winter in Russia a sol
der who had been keeping his
heat production up by food and
marching, if wounded, would fall
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06
Letters to the Editor
TO THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR
COME man wrote about women
- drinking al bars and smoking
in public,
I'm writing what ! think and
TIM sure il IS the opinion Of
many other women. wv
Docs this man think NC are
living in the dark ages instead
OF the Twentieth Century
Are we women writing 70
Governor Van Wagner and tell
ing him we don't want 10 work
IN factories. or do mems work?
Because the women in Chi
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06

your paper for the wonderful
job of publicizing the scrap cam
paign.
That publicity showed the real
spirit Of cooperation VIII i C h
should help win the war. Some
thing like that gives all of us
a feeling that the newspaper is
still the best and finest way of
getting a message over TO the
public.
Keep up the good work.
Yours for VICTORY.
SIMONS-MICHELSON co.
LEONARD N. SIMONS.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06

cago don't drink at bars or
smoke In public, do We have 10
copy them?
II this man doesn't like 10
see women drink AT bars, why
doesn't nc stay out of them?
L think IN time of war mon
have more important things TO
do than 10 try TO reform women.
DOROTHY SLOAT,
100 Prentis street.
To THE EDITOR:
/ JUST couldn't LET this op-
Il portunity go by without pass
ing out few compliments TO
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06
Progressive Education Exposed

rNHE misunderstanding fumbng of Progressive Educ
not limited to WHAT is taught, but HOW 1t is tau
In curriculum. Progressive Education is taScln;
obsessed with impractical non-essentias.
In technique it INDUCES in undiscplined dabbl
practical essentials.
Take one specific typical case
Bobby is a bright eager 6year-old, 1lrst-srao
initiated into the mysteries of reading.
Before entering school, he already knew the come
tween the symbols and sounds of B. and and and
combined to read Bobby
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06
OEfR6 MES

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10 any place in the United States, Canada
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l0eo to cover war import taxi
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06

to the ground and lose so much
heat that he would be in shock
in less than an hour.
THE cooling that comes on a
l. hot day from movement
of air is a most effective factor
in heat loss.
An air-conditioned room is un-
comfortable unless there is an
electric fan turned on every once
in while.
You hear people say they are
going TO walk around 10 get
cool; it ought to heat them up,
but il makes sense.
Even small movements of the
body cause considerable increase
in the flapping of the clothing.
Basal metabolism and basal
temperature are thus closely re-
lated. both depending upon Gallo
ries coming in or going out.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-06

Those men who destroy a
healthful constitution of body by
intemperance and an irregular
life do as manifestly kill them
selves as those who hang or
poison or drown themselves
ShakeSnearp