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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-01
Copyright, f943 NEA Service, Inc.
By OREN' ARNOLD

gray nothingness ahead and all around. Lightning intensified that same blnak oblivion.
 Jimmy! Captain Carr! Number 10 reporting!" She jig gled radio dia:S, Even as she did SO she knew she was wasting time. The set was completely deda.
 She had watched her altimeter with greatest care.
 That delicate needle had shown i2,200 feet when she cut loose from the tow line. It had dropped little. Then Pat had remem- bered Superstition Mountain be- heath, so she scared widely, seek ing thermal. an up-current of air.
 She found 1t!
 Whr-r-r-r-r-r-r! It was verify like volcano's force. this storm ther- maj, for her craft shot upward so fast her ears pained. Twelve thou sand eight hundred. Thirteen six Fourteen. She watched the needle. and looked fearfully through the hood for any sign of earth at all, any possible mountain peak or crag. Fifteen eight ninety. Sixteen thou sand.
 Pat was beginning to suffer acutely from cold and rarified air now. Three miles above earth can be terrific. She had to fight the controls in an effort to go back down, and she was afraid to go down with visibility at zero.
 "I've got to thinkl" she literally spoke aloud to herself. That. that chartl It said the highest peak in Superstition was only 5080 feet! My goodness! And and even San Francisco Peaks, in northern Arizona, are only i2.000 What am doing up here!"
 She was up there because she couldn't help herself, and she knew 1t. For one thing. she knew Jimmy had tried to ride above the storm. He hadn't succeeded. Be- cause she knew she must be very near Globe, her original destina- ton, she had cut loose. But the thermal lifts had been too power- ful.
 Now her altimeter was gallop- ing left to right; galloping and bouncing so as to be of no possible use.
 "I might be 100 feet or l00.- OO0p Pat breathed, desper- ately. She knew she was some- where under the three mile point. But where? The needle tried to settle at l4.0O0 and again at H. 600, but in a single instant 1t shot up to 10000. then back again. Pat knew 1t was of. But it was all sch had to go by. and she almost pleaded with the thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-01

DEATH AHEAD CHAPTER XXYIII

epatl Pat Friday, Plane
 lumber 10! Oh my God,
 Captain James Carr, U. s. Army pilot of the motor ship towing a elEy train, was frantically trying to get radio communication through. He yelled at his micro phone while the ship droned and bucked and twisted in the storm over Superstition Mountain. He gritted his teeth. threw electric switches. twisted dials. Beside him, Lorraine Stuart was white with fear. but he ignored her pres- ence. "PATl" he shrieked again. nf{umber 10 Pat!'
 In technical truth, that frantic cry of his did get through to Patsy struggling now in that same storm.
 She heard his, and she tried to answer. It was Jimmy's receiv- ing apparatus that had gone tenn porarily dead. But then. her own radio, both ways. seemed to be fitlctuating. Whats more, Pat couldn't spare the time to try to tune it. From her position as tail- end ship of the train, she had cut loose with astonishing courage. Her plane had dipped. The gusty blow had caught her unprepared.
 'Eee-e-e-e-el" She shrieked there in the loneliness.
 For a matter of seconds she rolled sidewise. And 1t took all the skill and strength she could muster to right the ship again.
 When she came out of it she could see no sign of the parent train, because the cloud around her was streaked, streaming, b0il- ing. Lightning darted through 1t. oddly in this moment of stress she remembered what a newspa- per reporter had told her about Superstition Mountain.
 sThe Indians say the Thunder Gods live up there" he had said. s'and it's . fact, because on stormy days you can listen and hear them pounding their gargantuan tom- toms"
 She heard the tom-toms now. oH right, then left. Agsailing her ears, crashing against clouds and meninst the earth itself. She felt 1nlinitesiInal. and indeed she was exactly that compared to the bulk and anger of Nature here.
 ''If I can keep level head" she was pleading with her. self.
 The cloth and aluminium sail- plane hse piloted was a wisp of straw. Wind whined outside the transparent hood like banshees wafling. Daylight came through the storm at intervals, showing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Albers Oakland
Plant DESTROYED

OAKLAND. GAIA spectacular
fire stfll burning Monday de-
stroyed the Albers Milling COM
psny plant here. and Assistant
Fire Chief James Burke said losses
would reach at least 5000 900.
Burke said milling machinery
and other equipment. wheat and
flour were insured for $4,000. 900.
II was counted a total loss. In
addition. the building. with an ele-
vator tower as high as a six-story
building. was estimated at up
wards of 81 .0o0. 900. Salvage was
expected TO be relatively insg-
nificant.
Three employees in the plant
when the fire started escaped. II
WAS believed nobody else Was in
the big mill. No firemen were in
jured in fighting the eonflsgrs.
ton.
The fire started in q grsnsry or
the waterfront side OF the mill
which covers two square blocks
Witnesses said that at the sam.
time. flames burst throgh on ths
other side.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Four Desiroyers
Launched in Day

KEARNY. n. -Four destroy.
ers were launched here Sunday
two st a time. in the shipyard OF
the Federal Shipbuildins 4 Dry
dock company. bringing to five
the number of destroyers launched
by this single yard In February.
Federal In the holder OF the first
Army-Navy IT" presented any
where. and the award has been
renewed for continued splendid
achievement In outstanding pro-
duction" Of destroyers.
A Pearl Harbor heros name was
given one OF the four ships. the
destroyer Kidd. as It started down
the ways OF u. s. Steel's ship
building subsidiary. 1t was christ
ened In honor OF Rear Admiral
Isaac Campbell Kidd, who was
killed in action during the Japs-
nese attack on Pearl Harbor, Ter
ritory Of Hawaii, on Dec. Z. 1871.
The sponsor was his widow. Mrs.
Kidd. of Annapolis. Maryland. Ad-
miral Kidd was born March 20,
1884. In Cleveland. Ohio. The de-
stroyers Thorn. Billiard and Tur-
ner likewise were named for dis
tinguished naval men as they were
sent into the water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Army Lists Tacoman
As Killed in Action

Capt. Duncan v. Dupree, whose
wife resides al Rt. l. Box sTs
american Lake., was listed by
the war department Monday as
having been killed in action in
the southwest Pacific area.
He was the only Tscoman named
on the list Of rs U. S. officers and
enlisted men lost in action in the
Asiatic. European, North African,
South Pacific and Southwest Pa
cific areas. There were three other
casualties listed as from this
state.
Losses included one enlisted
man in the Asia area, one officer
in the European area, nine officers
and 30 enlisted men In North
Africa; two enlisted men in the
South Pacific: and seven officers
and rs enlisted men in the South
west Pacific.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Tacomans Rush
To Pay U. S. Tax

Came March ! and hundreds of
Tacoma citizens rushed through
the Federal building at 18th and
A st. to second and third floors TO
pay part-or-all of their yearly
debt. that income tax.
From grandma, whose been do
ing her share in local defense
plant. and teen age Johnny, to the
in-betweeners, with children hang
ing onto mother and fathers arm,
they arranged themselves in order
ly lines to put out hsrd-earned
cash" - cash that will buy new
tanks. equip sons in service. buy
more cartridges, and more gas
masks. supply needed medicine
and surgical equipment, and best
of all, help win this war.
Harried clerks. who answered a
few questions ION the fly" indi-
Gated the early birds" were, for
the most part, only paying one
fourth of the tax. A few were
paying the entire amount
A Tacoma Times reporter. gaz-
ing lovingly at ever increasing
mountains OF greenbacks and sill
yer, was sharply reminded by an
efficient looking plain elothesman
with a suspicious bulge under
his left arm-that all that money
WAS Uncle Sans and nobody
elses,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

American advertising and IN
dustry are writing a bright chap
ter m American history. accord
ing to Paul F. Chaser. president
of CHASER Beverages, Inc, whose
company rs actively engaged IN
furthering United States Treas
ury's War Bond campaign. Ac-
cording TO Chaser, his statesmen
and drivers hav placed War
Bond display material in more
than 1000 retail dealers.
Through newspapers and other
advertising mediums" CHASER said
today. American industry is sup
porting every activity in connec-
ton with the nations war effort.
As in the case OF the poster we
are distributing through our deal
ers, some Of Americas finest
artists and most effective copy
writers have been commissioned
by private industry TO interpret
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Gall Released
After Posting
$1,000 Bail

Gust Gall. Se-year-old North
Dakota father accused Of chain
ing one Of his daughters ankles
together. was released from police
custody late Saturday under $1,000
bail
Gall a defense worker. Who =
charged with contributing 70 de-
linquency Of a minor. was released
following an investigation Of the
case by both city police and county
authorities. His case Is expected
to come before Justice Clarence
(. Layton during the week.
Meanwhile, Phyllis. the Is
year-old daughter he is ar
cused Of claiming, MAS being
held in the county detention
home. Calls oldest daughter.
Dolores, IS. was still reported
missing from home, although
a dragnet has been thrown out
in several neighboring states.
She has been missing the past
two months.
Investigation Of the case by su-
thorities revealed that Gall. in
company with his wife. Emma.
came to this city from Bismarck.
y. D.. to obtain work in a defense
plant There are five children in
the family. Questioning showed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
More Vegetables
To Be Featured

Continued from Page One)
soup and juices in containers of a
gallon or less.
Thirteen points pound for
commercially frozen fruits and
vegetables in containers of 10
pounds or less.
Eighteen points a pound for
dried or dehydrated fruits.
J. Mont Downing. assistant
superintendent of schools In
charge Of war ration book reg
lstration. Monday estimated
fewer than 10000 Tacomans
had signed up for War Ration
Book Two last week. accord
Ing 10 his tabulation of reports
from the various schools
where registration was held.
This number IL nearly $4,000
less than the estimated num-
her Of persons living In the
area.
Final reports from 20 of the 36
schools showed a total OF e6.e31,
Downing said. with a registration
of only s.400 at those 26 schools
Friday. the last day. No estimate
Of the declaration OF stocks here
WAS available yet. but government
officials said that declarations
over the nation were considerably
smaller than expected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
City Employees Turn In Record
Days Work on Scrap Pile
Challenge Eogles Lodge Members
To Moke Better Showing Morch
Gbe Gaecma 6imes

Police Tom Ross. City Attorney
Howard carothers and Assistant
Hugo hetzler. jr- Harold Bird
superintendent Of refuse collection
and Amos Booth. superintendent
Of Tacoma Belt line.
On q per capita basis men
from the municipal shops. n
small city agency. topped
these from all other depart
ments ~ 30 per cent Of their
number was present. Fifty
werkmen turned out from city
light department As the great
est number from any division
with IS public works employees
ranking second high In plural
ity. Other departments repre-
s~nfed include police. water.
health. fire. garbage, belt line
and finance.
Hardest worker Of the day was
George Soule. shipyard crane
driver. formerly OF Titlow Beach
and now resident Of Puyallup. He
sorted with n vengeance Sunday as
IT WIS q year ago 10 the day that
his son. Irwin. ~. a gunner on the
cruiser Houston. was lost with the
ship when II went down off Java
The father has worked on the scrap
pile almost every Sunday since
sorting started. but yesterday there
was added grim determination.
Among the half dozen wom-
En- serters Wa Ruth Anderson
of $3.50 so. l. ST., who came
for my two grssdsons who
are In the army"
Lunch was served in the match
company cafeteria. under direction
Of Mrs. Macdonald. Other women
city employees who aided were Vera
Hilda Anderson. Lucille
Sheldon. Winnie Morse. Gertrude
Ruth Landers, Nancy
Wetmore, Lura Black, Eugenia
Warner. Edna helsness. Genevieve
Martin and Cecilia Lewis.
Among wives Of city employees
who helped with the lunch were
Mrs. r. K. Erwin, Mrs. T. II. Pea
sock. Mrs. Urch and Mrs. V. II.
Foster. Mrs. NJ. L. Eitelgeorse of
522 So. Saith St, whose husband
lied year ago after 20 years in
he city hight department helped
'lso ito take the place of my
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Murder Trial Opens

SEATTLE - Wiley Mcpherson.
So. charged with beating his wife
TO death with q shotgun in their
Enumclaw. Wash, home, went on
trial in King county superior court
Monday for second degree murder
Mrs. Mcpherson. 35. died five
days after the Christmas eve en-
counter in the couples farm home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Youthful Motorist
Hurt in Accident

Bill NJ. Woods 21-yesr-old olyn-
pa resident WA treated a. St
Joseph's hospital Sunday for facial
cuts and shock. after police sad
the young man fell asleep At the
wheel Of his moving automobile.
Police reported the young man
IN company with Harrison Chat
wood. p. Of Rainier. Who nov re
SIDES At the Murray hotel. were
driving north on Pacific ave. when
Woods fell asleep At the wheel and
crashed into q telephone pole At
So 3sth and Pacific ave Chat
wood was not injured. The acct
dent occurred at $50 a m. sun
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Civilian Defense
q. 90
Meetings Called

Monday night in McCarver
school Will be held the third in the
current series Of mass meetings
for al civilian defense workers.
Previous meetings have been vel
attended. Featured on Monday
nights program win be Lieut..
omodt. bomb disposal officer from
Fort Lewis. who will show the
film "UxB" and explain important
points IN connection with the dis
covery Of unexploded bombs. New
types Of enemy bombs. incendlsry
and anti-personnel. will be de-
scribed and methods Of fighting
them outlintd by Capt Charles
Eisenbacher. Albert B Ollar. chief
air raid warden. will cover in
structions for the incident drill to
be held Wednesday in which Nc
Carver and Bellsrmine schools will
function AZ casualty stations. II
IL stressed that the meeting In for
all civilian defense services-po-
lice. firemen. wsrdens and medi-
cal aides. etc. All the precincts
of Zone 5 and precincts 80, 30. 81.
" and % Of Zone 5 are partieu-
larry requested to be present.
Precinct 4s-Red Cross stand
ard first aid class for all interest
ed residents Of precinct 40 and
vicinity will be held Tuesday even
ing NJ Swiss hall, So. 18th and
Market sits. y. K. Gysin, Jr., Will
be instructor. Class starts at 7:30
p. m.
Precinct 81 49, welfare wardens,
301s Es n st. Tuesday, 7:30 p. m.
RrinU Identification cards
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Moiorisi Is Arrested

a. L. Evanson was arrested by
police at e:45 p. m. Sunday nj
18th and Broadway. after he is
alleged to have driven his car
into that of another. Evans, ac-
cording to police. was operating
. motor vehicle while under influ-
ence of liquor at time Of accident.
Occupant Of other car was not
revealed. Police said both cars
were travelling east At time Of
accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
World War
A Year Ago
March |, 1912
By United Press


Japanese capture city % SunsnE.
Italians announce sinking ~
cargo boat sailing from Lbys With
British prisoners aboard
Soviet troops drive within Sta
rays Russo
Netherlands Indies communique.
reporting on naval battle n Sea Of
Java Feb. q. reveals two Dutch
cruisers sunk, another damaged
and two United Nations dcstroyers
lost
Royal Australian f1iers raid
Japanese-occupied Gasmaia. on
the southern tip Of New Britain
island
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

others have attempted to run away
on various times.
The former farmer. officers said,
chained his daughters ankles to
keep her from running away from
the family home. No. 4. Pierce
Place, Lincoln Heights housing
project.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
Two More Excluded

SAN FRANCISCO-Two more
potentially dangerous" persons
have been excluded from the Pa
cific coast military area by the
wartime civil control sdministra-
ton. They were identified as
James hester. silverdale. Wash,
and Harry G. Picot, Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
TREATED AFTER ATTACK

Charles Evers. As Of 1885 Fsw-
cett ave. was released from st.
Joseph's hospital Saturday night,
a short time after he repeatedly
Was stricken with heart at
tack at the Seattle Tacoma Ship
building Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Turning out in greater fore,
than any other organization thai
has 10 far tackled the salvag.
storage pile in South Tacoma. cts
employees Sunday turned in q rec
ord days work and. in effect.
challenged Eagles lodge member,
- make a better showing this
weekend.
There were ,oo municipal
workers pecking away 81 the
cid metal Sunday. In addition.
another 50 or IS standby
sorfer< were on hand 20 con-
finue helping with the task Of
getting the various metals
separated and ready for ship
ment to mills urgently in need
81 scrap.
It was the fifth Sunday that
volunteers have worked over" the
salvage collected previously and
piled behind Pacific Match Co.
The cumulative effect now Ia
sharply evident with one corner OF
the stockpile virtually cleared out.
There are thousands Of tons yet
10 - sorted.
Mayor Cain on Job
The city day At the sorting
ehors had previously been given
official approval of the council and
was organized by Fred w. Urch.
president Of Tacoma Civil Service
league, and Pearl Macdonald, chair
man a the leagues entertainment
committee. Mayor Harry Cain
headed the hist Of municipal en-
ployes donating a days time to the
national effort OF winning the war.
Other officials turning TO the
task were: Commissioner c. v.
Fawcett Of finance. Einar Lang
seth of public safety, A. r. Berger
sen Of public works and r. d.
o'Neil of public utilities; Police
Judge W. A. Richmond. Chief of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
CHEEK is sLASHED

His right cheek painfully slash
ed by a knife. William Jennings,
p. of 1e41 So. C St, WAS treated
at Pierce county hospital Sunday
afternoon. Jennings told police
the accident occurred at his home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
LOSE RATION BOOKS

CLEVELAND - Sign Of the
Times: More than half the lost
snd-found column Of the Cleve-
land Press was devoted TO ads for
lost ration books.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
ENGINEERs TO MEET
LOSS is HEAVY

LoNDoN-The health ministry
reported that Britons are losing
1900, 900 work weeks annually
through illness. This. IL said. Ia
the equivalent OF $4,000 tanks.
$3.50 bombers and $3.50, 900 rifles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
ACTRESS WORRIED

HOLLYWOOD - Michele Nor
gan. French actress now here. Is
worried about her parents safety
N Paris,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

effectively the war effort to the
people believe that the CO.
operation Of our free press and
free enterprise is proving far more
effective than the dictator DOM
mated propaganda mills of the
axis ma tons"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

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, 1943-03-02

EDUCATOR TO SPEAK

Edwin II. Adams of the English
department of the University of
Washington will be the entertainer
at the Kiwanis meeting Tuesday
noon at the Hotel Winthrop. Mr..
Adams In also q radio broad
caster.
,.o -
Over $50 sales Of real estate In
1912. List with the firm that
gets results. Ground floor loca-
ton. Steel. Steel. Steel Inc. III
Pacific ave. Main sl3e.-Ady.
ENGNEERs To MEET
Soil cement will be discussed at
the meeting OF the Tacoma Engi-
neers club Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock at the University Union
club. w. Allen Grubb, district
engineer of the Portland Cement
association, and Bailey Tremper,
materials engineer for the state
highway department, will give pre-
liminary talks on the subject. Ar
thur johnson, new president, will
preside.
Income tax service. Appoint
only. Min. fee SO. GA 4s22.-adv
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-09
Lieut. Benson Ford
Stationed in Detroit

DETROIT - Up - Second
Lieut.. Benson Ford. second son
of the late Edsel Ford has been
assigned TO administrative duties
at the Detroit Induction center,
Col. A. M. Krech, district COM
mander for the Sixth Service
Command, said yesterday. The
24-year-old Ford, indicted last
October at Kalamazoo has been
graduated from the Army Adj
ministrative Officer Candidate
School al Fargo, n. d. He pre-
viously served at Sefridge
Field.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-09
BY DR.. THOMAS ID. MASTERS
Written for NEA

Shortage of doctors and the
necessity of keeping civilian
health standards high make pre-
tentative measures against dis
eases doubly important. Vaccin-
alton against typhoid is one of
the best ways to guard against
wartime epidemics.
The recent floods throughout
large areas of the country en-
nance the danger of typhoid
fever TO the civilian popula-
ton. The armed forces station
ed in these flood areas have
been protected by typhoid vac
cine. but the usual sanitation
of water, milk, and food sup
plies have so reduced the dam
ger in civil life that many have
not felt this excellent precau-
ton necessary or have neglect
ed to maintain thei resistance
by reported vaccination.
The usual protection OF the
water. milk and food supplies
is broken dowr in the presence
of flood conditions, when water
sources may be contaminated
with the typhoid bacillus, for in
floods, pumping stations are in
undated, filtering plants are
contaminated. and impure water
may be used to clean milk pals
and food