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Evening star., 1943-05-24
$500,000,000 Axis
Properties Seized by
j. :. 10 Be Sold
Syndicotes to Handle
DeuIs to 'Americunize'
About $50 Holdings
BY the Associated Press.

BY Jhe ASSOCldLeQ PRESS.
Within the next few months the
American public will get an oppor-
tunity to buy an estimated $500 000,-
900 worth of Axis properties seized
by the Government since the attack
on Pearl Harbor, according to Off
Gals of the Alien Property Gus
todian's Office.
Alien property experts and Off
cials of the Securities and Exchange
Commission now are working out
details of plans to "Americanize"
about $50 formerly German, jap
anese and italian holdings by offer
ing them for sale to citizens OF this
country.
Wide Distribution Sought.
Private investment bankers and
underwriting syndicates will be
used. according to present plans. to
distribute to American investors the
Axis stock now held by Alien Prop
ertv Custodian Leo T. Crowley.
Mr.. Crowley was said to feel that
the best way to assure continuing
American control of the properties
was to obtain the widest dlstribu-
ton of the stock among American
investors.
officials said the smaller Axis
properties would be offered for sale
on a competitive bid basis, with the
successful bidder required to furnish
adequate guarantees that the prop
critics would be kept in operation
and in American hands.
Smaller Properties First.
These smaller properties will be
put on the market first. Later. the
plans call for offering stock in the
larger enterprises for sale through
regular investment channels.
Under present plans proceeds re-
allied from the sales will be held
by the Treasury until after the war
when a decision will be made as to
their disposition.
officials said that because of their
strategic value in the war effort,
many Axis properties may not be
put on the market for some time,
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Soldier Gets Hour
Leave to Wed, Then
Returns to Prison
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 24.-Pvt.
Harry Strunk of Reading, Pa,
was given an hours leave from
military prison yesterday to
marry Ellen Mifsud, 24-year-old
London girl, and when the
ceremony was over he went
back to prison.
Strunk is serving a two
month sentence for being alb
sent without leave and at a
court-martial held within an
hour of his wedding he was SEN
fenced to another six months
for a similar offense.
1t. Col. Christian L. Claypool
OF Baltimore, commander of
Strunks battalion. granted the
leave for the wedding and gave
the bride away.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

this does not apply to members of
their families.
They, like all other civilians,
should make out their applications
and mail them to the designated
mailing centers between June l and
June TO-" he said.
Ration Book No. will replace
books now used for the rationing
of sugar, coffee. shoes, canned
goods, meats. and oils and fats.
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Fish Roined on Lawn
|When Drain Bursts

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Mich.-Hubert G. Long
thought he had solved the food
problem when what appeared to be
spring burst forth on his lawn
and cascaded several hundred flop
ping fish onto the grass.
William LIE Mieux. conservation
officer, solved the mystery. The
Evening star., 1943-05-24
Dean Finds Lost Spring
Is Place He Forqot
BY the Associated Press.

hSSUCIHteu FTtSS.
MCPHERSON, Kans.-R. E. Moh-
Ter, Mcpherson College dean, agreed
to deliver an out-oftoWn COM
mencement address, then forgot
which high school engaged him.
Newspapers printed his predica-
ment. Finally he received a call
from the high school officials, re-
freshing his memory.
The Kansas town he forgot is
Lost Spring.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

bluegills, chubs and bullheads had
come from pond several hundred
yards away which had overfowed
Apparently the fish had been car
Evening star., 1943-05-24
| Navy Rolls Include
| IS Men Named for
| John Paul Jones

By the Associated Press.
John Paul Jones. first COM
modore of the United States
Navy. is we'll represented at sea
today-he has IS namesakes on
Navy rolls.
Two others who bore the name
Of the naval hero of the Revo-
luton have been casualties
since the war started The
Navy said they were a lieuten-
ant from Alameda, Calf, killed
in a plane crash near Oakland,
Calf, April %, and an appren-
tice seaman from Leesville, La,
who drowned at Lyndhaven
Roads, Va. August 3.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

ried into drain or sewer which
had burst beneath Mr.. Longs yard.
The conservation officer returned
the fish to the pond.
Evening star., 1943-05-24

There are more than 70 conven-
lent branch offices for Star Want
Ads located throughout the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Pair Held After
Auto Hits Pole

Two Tacomans were being held
in police custody Thursday.
charged with being drunk and for
investiga ton of a motor accident.
The men, police said, were arrested
late Wednesday afternoon after the
car in which they were riding
1) skidded sideways 100 feet,
CD hit telephone pole and ripped
off the front end Of the car, and
go struck a trailer, damaging the
rear of the car.
The pair included:
Earl Hellyer, 81, Of 1858 So.
Stevens st, and Arthur Ransom
rs. Of 1911 So. 60th st.
Police have not yet determined
who was driving the car. They
found a half empty bottle OF wine
in the auto. Police added Hellyer
was convicted Of drunken driving
several months ago. The pair was
arrested by State Patrol officers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
MNNNvAMyNMNlWNllIINI 7V7NVNZW
Il! zM!4A q! 80!
~ PIERCE COUNTY PERSONALITIES
PIERCE COUNTY PERSONALITIES

and Mrs. Albin Carlson. 25l2 So.
sth 81 The sergeant and Mrs.
Glenn were married June /. 1871,
while he WAS stationed AZ the local
field. Mrs. Glenn has one child,
six-months-old Robin Carol Both
are residing with Mrs. Glenn's
parents. Mrs. Glenn 10 employed
al Seattle Tacoma shipbuilding
Corp. She said her husband left
the states for England last Sept.
Il. and from there was transferred
10 North Africa. Details Of his
death have not yet been received.
Mrs. jeanette Church. proprietor
of a 9th 1T candy shop. left this
city Thursday TO visit relatives,
including a brother in service. at
Terre Hsute, Ind. She will travel
by train and expects TO be gone
three weeks.
Suffering second degree burns
about the neck and chest, one-and-
s-half-year-old Grace MAY s,s'ap
was under treatment AZ Tacoma
General hospital Thursday. The
child. attendants said. was severe
" burned by soslding water late
Wednesday. Grace May Is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
sislap Of s05is No. J ST.
Carl Sims, 57-yesr-old resident
of Northern Pacific railroad bunk
house. was treated at Northern
Pacific hospital late Wednesday
after he accidentally cut his left
foot with a knife. Attendants said
the wound WAS not serious.
Burke Ormsby. drama critic and
ardent Little Theater player and
director, told friends Thursday OF
a new position he has accepted
with Radio Station KTBI. Charles
X. Darlington, manager of the sta
ton, said Ormsby would be work
ing on the mechanical end OF
things" in conjunction with pro-
duction Of radio plays.
Transfer from training station
to electrician mates school for
Donald Mansfield, 1s-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. v. Mascho OF
1877 SO. saith st, was announced
Thursday by Mrs. Mascho' who
said her son would attend 16 weeks
of school at University of Mime
sofa. Mansfield enlisted in the
navy during December, 1912. He
in graduate OF Lincoln high
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

Mrs. Donald Haycraft Of Tacoma
has gone 10 Sacramento. Calf. to
be near her husband. who is sta
toned at Camp Kohler. Mr.. Hay
craft 10 an officer candidate for
the signal corps.
Ms. Faith R. s,r.nr. of B.lHns-
ham recently visited at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Du-
frame Of Tacoma. Mrs. Dufrsine
was formerly Miss strange's as
sistant in her Bellingham piano
studio.
Appointment of Pfc. Richard A.
Heurteur 10 attend the branch
bakers and cooks school at the
army's Camp Santa Anita, Calf,
has been announced by Brig Gen.
D. W. simpson. commanding Off
Ger. The course consists Of class
room study in foods. diet and rs-
tons, plus practical experience in
mess utllts hilthshr niAo oANNhtA
shops. Pfc. Heurteur is The son
Of Mrs. 4. Heurteur. 6611 SO. Cove
st. Tacoma.
sgt. BIn Y. yosper. son of Mrs.
L. Jonker. Rt. 3. and Pfc. william
n. Cullip, a former welder at DIN
Corp, Tacoma, have been gradu-
ated from the AAF training COM
mand school for sirplane mechsn-
les at Gulfport Field. Miss. Sgt.
vosper was formerly a mechanic
in q Seattle garage.
Walter 4. Carlson. rs. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Carlson. 5s16
Thompson st, has been graduated
from one of the aviation schools
at the u. s. nsvy's Great Lakes
training school at Chicago, accord
ing TO an announcement by the
navy department. He now awaits
assignment to an aircraft carrier
or a naval air base.
Registered at Black Hills Teach
ers college. Spearfish, SD, for an
elementary course in aviation
leading to an appointment as an
army cadet is Paul Edward Nolan,
20. son Of 7. H. Nolan, sle No.
Sheridan ave.
Pvt. Calvin Il. Trolson, formerly
a delivery truck driver for Ia
coma meat market, has checked
in at jefferson Barracks, Mo, for
his army vocational aptitude tests.
Pvt. Trolson, the son Of Mrs.
Frank Trolson of Tacoma, attended
Lincoln high school here.
Col. walter J. belong. state d.
rector Of selective service, IL now
in Washington, u. c., to attend q
meeting on April and 8 Of state
directors with the War Manpower
commission.
Death OF Tech. Sgt. Edwin
Glenn, 80, former McChord Field
soldier. was revealed Thursday by
Mrs. Alice Il. Glenn OF 2512 So.
sth ST. Mrs. Glenn is the former
Alice Carlson, daughter Of Mr..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Order Retail
Pork CEILING

CONTINUED from Page Onel
dealers reveal Center cut
pork chops viii sell at ~ cents
per pound instead Of 80 cents,
at some Of the larger chain
stores. On the other hand.
the ceiling on certain kinds Of
bacon was raised approx
mately 2 cents a pound and
sliced boiled ham was boosted
- cents At one market.
Two separate price list tables
have been released by the oPA,
One list s for the independent
store with an annual gross bust
ness volume Of less thar $3.50. 900
The other viii be effective in chain
and large independent stores whose
gross volume exceeds $3.50, 900.
Meat price eeilings are
slightly lower In the larger
stores
The meat shortage was slightly
relieved in Tacoma Thursday II
some retail markets. Beef steaks
were again making their appear
ance in showcases. but dealers re
ported little demand for them
Customers apparently do not wisi
TO spend" the relatively higi
number Of points for steaks. Pori
chops were the most in demand.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Traffic Cases
To Be Watched

Prosecutor Thor c. Tollefson dis
closed Thursday he had supplied
the Seattle oPA office. at their
request. with list Of Pierce
county justices n the peace hand
Ing the bulk o. automobile traffic
cases.
p. c. Finley. chief enforcement
attorney Of the OPA. In his letter
10 the prosecutor. said:
We are anxious 10 coordin-
ate convictions for speeding
and other offenses involving
abuse of tires. with revocation
of gasoline rations II il
our plan 10 furnish forms Ito
justices) for reporting con-
victions. The purpose of the
program il TO impress on the
public the close relationship
between traffic offenses and
the mileage rationing pro-
gram"
Tollefson said he understood il
was not the OPA intention 10 jump
on first offenders. but TO take
drastic action against repeaters.
All three Tacoma justices and
those in rural towns were named
in the prosecutors reply to Finley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Anxiety Is Eosed

First letter IN five weeks received
by Mr. ond Mr. A. D. Cummings
from their son, L.. Gordon tsten)
Cummings, ~os O N-mod note from
oversees odvisino he wos well ond
hoppy"
Ii. Cummings. whose tother is
rnonoeer OF the Porter-Cummines Co,
~os commissioned second lieutenont
lost Nov. Il otter ironing OF the
officers school OF Comp Roberts.
COLT. He hos been octino os ounnery
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

instructor Of Comp Wheeler the lost
severol months. HIS lost previous
letter home ~os from Comp Pickett,
Va.
Cummings vie hos been with him
from the time ne entered the service
until his tronsfsr 70 Comp Pickett.
She IS now OF the home OF her por-
ents IN Minneapolis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

PORTLAND of unknown
origin Quilted the building housing
the oregon office of the U. S.
Employment service early Thurs
day. causing damage estimated at
$4,000 and destroying thousands
of employment records.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

u. s. orry over
secs IS PFC Ken
meth Redtord. son
OF Richord Red
ford. Tocomo.
Prior 10 the
wor, PFC Red
ford woS stotion-
ed OF Fort Lewis.
He olso wos O
corrier boy for
The 7 O c o m o
Times.
PFC Redford
is the tother OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

D ST. OF the
pro m o ton OF
their son, Rolph
c N orS h O
while SerVin
with the u. S
ormy oversees.
r O . h h as
been promoted 10
ronk OF worroni
o { ioer accord
mo 70 informo
ton sent the por-
ents BY the u.
s. wor deport-
want
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

ers. Rev V. ono
Lester l.
They ere ire
sons OF Ms.
Chorles DonnellY,
o6oS 50 Wornsr
ST., ond both ore
serving Uncle
Som m the U 5.
noVy
Roy is siotion-
ed m hlosko.
where he 5
serving os Q
stofekeeper, thno
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

joined the novy
m 1912 He will
observe his 18th
birthday April
TO-
Lester, - n o
enlisted m Az
gust. l9%l, IS O
seoron firs I
Gloss ond IS Sto-
toned s o m Q
where in hlosko.
He Gro d v te d
from Sitko. hloS-
ko, high school
ond prior 10 en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Prisoner Swap With Japan
Not Likely to Happen Soon

civilians from Wake and Guam
can Be effected. Interested per
sons in the United states vil %
promptly notified when exchange
arrangements are completed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

lOuQn NOS OSt
Wolter |. Trent,
who visited with
his mother ond
fother. Mr. ond
Mrs. |. N. Trent,
54l7 So. Ferry
st.
SGT. Trent.
who oft en- d e d
Groy junior ond
Line DIN high
schools, enlisted
in the ormy Feb.
II, 1910. He
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Secretary Of
state Cordell Hull II doubtful 4
soldiers and civilian workers. many
Of them from Washington. still in
termed in Japan can be exchanges
for japanese prisoners at any
time in the near future
Secretary Hull pointed out that
one exchange Of civilians was COM
pleted last year. He said negotia-
tons are still in progress for add
tonsl exchanges. The japanese
government has indicated q sman
number Of American citizens from
Manila may be included in this
second exchange but has not so
far agreed 10 exchange American
civilians from other United states
territory, including Wake and
Guam.
Consequently. Hull said. it is
impossible to give assurances at
present that the repatriation Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

hos returned 10 duty OF Comp beole,
COLT. photo by kennel-ellisJ
Sell all sorts OF livestock with
a Times Want Ad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

O body boy. now 2I2 months old,
whom he hos never seen. His wife.
Mrs. June Redford. resides with her
porents OF ISL So. 18th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

Rent your vacant room with a
Times Want Ad. Call MAin 1881.
ask for an sd tAker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
2lst Birthday

Observing his 2lst birthdoy Thurs
doy, April !, while serving IN the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

listing ~os common for the North
err Poetic roilrood.
Lester observed his I'D birthday
Wednesday,, March 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

Gloss. Roy eroduoted from Lincoln
high school, Gloss Of 81, and Wos
on automobile nnechonic before he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
NOT MUCH NEWS"

HOLLYWOOD 49, 1t. John W.
Baker apparently hasn't what is
declared by all newspaper men as
the indispensable faculty of "a
nose for news" The day after his
cruiser was sunk in the southern
Pacific. he wrote line TO his
mother here. stating: Not much
news. viii let you know if any
thing happens
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Wins Promotion

Word hos been received by Mr..
ond Mrs. {. {. Morshol, 1886 So.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

Wouont officer Morsholl enlisted
for oversees duty in 1887 in the DIR
corps.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
Recent Visitor

Home recently on O 2o-doy FUR
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02

Death Of Tech. Sgt. Edwin
Glenn, 80. former McChord Field
soldier. was revealed Thursday by
Mrs. Alice Il. Glenn Of 2512 So.
sth ST. Mrs. Glenn is the former
Alice Carlson. daughter Of Mr..
Detroit evening times., 1943-11-12
The BRIGHTER SIDE
By DAMON RUNYON :

T HAVE some more corre-
L spondence about the women
in the service, a fellow too
much of a poltroon 10 sign his
full name, writing that he has
concluded that bad gains, or
legs. are necessary 10 enlistment
in the WACS and WAVES.
He claims 10 have personally
viewed many members OF both
and declares that the number OF
bunting sticks that seem 10
have been put on upside down
is too great among the girls 10
allow for happenstance in the
matter. He is sure IL must be
on purpose
Well, l think this is utterly
frivolous and unworthy Of dis
cussion at any length and ] am
not sure there is any truth IN
the fellows statements though
! confess I am not familiar with
the female legs Of the service.
/ have seen few of the girls
around but you know me, l
was too much engrosSed in the
contemplation Of their radiant
faces TO glance at their legs.
and besides they were sitting
down
However. I doubt that in any
Detroit evening times., 1943-11-12

conside rable assemblage OF
American girls such as the
WACS and WAVES there could
be a predominance Of bad legs,
because the run Of our girls are
not built that way. In fact l
am willing 10 bet / can produce
from the WACs alone a dozen
pairs OF legs that will outclass
any that can be brought against
them, but OF course they will
have 10 shorten those skirts
when l begin my quest. so l
can see.
I SUPPOSE some pins that
Il would not pass the eagle
eye of a seeker Of anatomical
perfection are 10 he found IN
the service. But are we mus
.ering a chorus? No That IS,
not as far as the WACS and
WAVES are concerned. our
choruses in this war have been
recruited from among the males
and are on active duty in the
various army and navy stage
shows.
The WACs and WAVES are
gathered for Sterner functions
than pirouetting behind the
footlights. They are selected
with consideration 10 substance.
! doubt an examining physician
for these organizations gives an
applicants legs more than
passing peek and that only TO
see If varicose veins exist.
The shape is Of no conSe-
quence. / think ! should add
in Justice 10 my own sex the ex-
amining physicians for women's
groups are also females.
IN MY opinion, II would be
Il more equitable 10 one and
all in the ranks II the WACS
and WAVES and other women's
groups in the service abandoned
those skirts in favor Of slacks.
That would even up the legs.
The bad legs would get the same
break as the good legs. Then
the observer would have 10 ac-
cept the face and take a chance
on the rest.
l imagine all the girls would
welcome the slacks as a greater
convenience than skirts and l
am thinking more of the mental
relief to the bad-leggers than
anything else.
/ once knew a girl with bad
legs who worried a great deal
about them. They looked like
Sausages. She felt the boys were
always laughing ha-ha-ha at her
when she passed along the boule-
ward. Well. they were. Then
Slacks came in and She nailed a
Millionaire.
Copyright isi3. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times., 1943-11-12
MAJOR DE SEVERSKY

enemy's grip on occupied areas.
If the purpose is to retrieve
those areas for their rightful
owners, they can be handed
back virtually intact and not as
heaps Of ruins.
In Italy, where we are now
fighting an orthodox surface
war, the contested regions are
being relentlessly devastated,
and heavy casualties are being
suffered by both sides. When
the Germans are driven out, the
nation will be returned TO the
Italian people in a sorry state.
In liberating Italy we are also
wounding ii to the quick.
THE same sort of wounds will
l. have TO be inflicted on the
land and the people Of every
country wrested from Hitler's or
the mikado's grip by means OF
invasion and surface struggle
against opposing armies. But IL
aerial bombardment of Ger
many'S or Japan's heart and
vitals, its industrial setup in the
home land, succeeds in achieving
victory, the countries conquered
by the Axis will thereby be lib
Grated without becoming bloody
battlefields.
In the future, as aviation as
serts its dominant role, war;
making will become increasingly
a contest in destroying weapons
at their point Of origin, rather
than contest in mutual slaugh-
ter. The industrial potentials,
and not armed human beings,
will be the primary targets.
Air power, the firearms of the
20th century, aims at a decision
by piercing the vital organs OF
an enemy nation, instead OF
butchering millions of bodies on
both sides. It's investment of
lives, both at the delivering and
receiving ends, is negligible by
comparison and hence air power
Is infinitely less brutal.
Next Column Appears Monday
Detroit evening times., 1943-11-12
BETTER HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING =

pass the qualifications of the
test. Twenty-three per cent
were classified as fair. Only a
little over 40 per cent passed
the basic qualifications Of the
test satisfactorily.
THIS is shocking! II is worse.
Il il is frightening! ] am so
years old and l think I could
pass these tests. And here are
young men. / suppose about IS
years old. who aren't physically
able 10 fight the seven dwarfs.
Think Of a boy Is who can't
chin himself five times
/ quote the director Of physi-
cal education Of the University
Of Illinois:
Physical education and rec
reatIonaI features have been in
adequate possibly because Of
inadequate time, facilities and
leadership"
| never saw the athletic di-
rector or the superintendent of
n high school Tor a high school
class that didn't have enough
time All the facilities you need
are a gymnasium or "A front
yard! And as for leadership,
Detroit evening times., 1943-11-12

EYEWITNESS accounts of
L. the destruction wrought in
German industrial and commu-
nications centers by British
American bombardment are
coming through the barriers of
German censorship. To the
average person they seem TO
confirm the idea that aerial
warfare is a peculiarly brutal
type of war-making. Is that
assumption justified
All war Is horrible, but I be-
lieYe il can be demonstrated
that air power, as method Of
strategic warfare, is a lot more
humane, more economical in
life. than traditional surface
warfare.
To begin with, the more
primitive a weapon the more
cruel it is likely to be- A sword
when used to slash a human
body is far more painful and
brutal than a clean bullet that
kills instantly. By the same
token a military strategy that
knocks out the enemy nation by
a direct blow at its industrial