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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Supreme Court Upholds Decision
In Narrows Bridge Insurance Case

county superior court judgement
against the Fidelity and Guaranty
Fire corporation OF Baltimore and
settled one OF the last remaining
items In the legal confusion that
followed collapse Of : the famed
suspension bridge Nov. 7, 1910.
Both courts held that Labow
Haynes Co. OF Seattle. insurance
brokers for the Washington Toll
Bridge Authority had been given
authority orally 10 waive o0-day
cancellation clause Ia n previous
insurance policy 10 negotiate the
new policy with the Baltimore
firm.
Both the Baltimore company
any the Miilers National Insurance
Co, had been sued for The policy
by the Toll Bridge Authority TO
determine which was liable for the
policy. The Millers firm had an
nounced their intention 10 cancel
and the broker had waived the 90.
day claus The Guaranty and
Fire corporation had written
letter binding the $50. 900 policy on
Nov. 9. but had appealed thu su-
perior court judgment against
them on grounds ths eo-dsy clause
on the Millsrr' policy was still IN
effect.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Fears Labor Unions
To Control Industry

WASHINGTON - J. Handley
Wright, executive vice president
of Associated Industries Of Ala
bama, told the house military at
fairs committee Friday that labor
unions threaten TO wrest control
of American industry from man
agement BY attempting 10 organ
lie supervisory personnel Of indus
try.
He testified during hearings on
a bill introduced by Rep. Howard
Smith, D.. Va. that would amend
the selectlye service act 10 prohibit
unionizstion Of this division Of In
dustry.
III the United Mine Workers
under the leadership Of John l.
Lewis. il allowed 10 force its cur
rent efforts 10 include In the
union supervisory personnel Of
soft coal mines" Wright said. 1T
will lead 10 destruction Of the sys-
tenn Of free enterprise and bring
about legslized eonfiscation In
this country"
He charged that under such a
system collective bargaining
would become a farce. with la
boq sitting on both sides on ths
table and management sitting
back helpless"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Take Sunday Off

Continued from Editorial Psge)
Sharpe Of South Dakota was
doughboy. but in 1s07-1I he served
in the navy on the presidential
yacht Msyfower-a portent not
overlooked BY his boosters.
The state department will not
admit II, but one reason why II
has been less inclined 70 snub the
Fighting French lately IL because
intelligence services report that
metropolitan France "a still loyal
TO De Caulle Organized resistance
there. running from the manu-
facture Of dolls caricaturing Hitler
TO the actual killing Of Hazi Of
ficers, is almost wholly carried out
by adherents Of the general
The authentic story Of how
the movement operates cannot
be- disclosed. Oddly perhaps.
the underground started with
patriotic physicians - the
chief agents. followed by en-
giDsers and students. At first
IL Was zmAteurish and many
brave men faced firing squads
before their associates learned
the tricks Of the sabotage
trade. In most countries the
Ioyalists have only the Gestapo
to fear but In LATzfs slave
pen they must out.it both
the Germans and their own
Eendarmerie.
Today the former members Of
the Confederation Of Labor. Catho-
hc Union, COMMITTEES or Socialist
Action. Communist Party and
other bodies Of workers are the
backbone Of undercoyer action.
They are eoordinsted INTO three
ma or grogps-Liberation, Combat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

He also was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal for Or
ganizing the first U. S. tank force
in the World War and leading IT
into battle. Recently he was
awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster for
the d. S. NJ, by General Dwight
.. Eisenhower. for exceptionally
meritorious service" as command
er Of the Western Tank Force in
the North African landings. Cen
eral Patton also holds the Silver
Star, the Purple Heart and a
medal for life-saving.
The Sultan Of Morocco re-
Gently awarded General Patton
the Grand Cross of the Order
of Ouissam Ala0uite, q decor
alton created by the sultan.
The citation accompanying the
decoration reads "a follows:
LES lions dams leurs tanieres
tremblent en- lie yoyant APP
procher." The lions In their
dens tremble at his approach.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

OLYMPIA Prison honor camps
established AZ land clearing and
wood cutting projsets are allowed
10 cut trees for lumber. according
10 an opinion rslessed BY Fred y.
Lsvin. acting attorney general
The opinion wAs requested by
A. NJ Mnrphin. chairman Of The
state board u prison terms and
paroles. who asked n ths iaw
would permit TIA honor camp
prisoners 70 engage IN full scale
logging.
A uood-euttink camp sas estsb-
lishsd last nan al onaiaska. Wash.
10 clear land and eut wood for tbs
department of institutions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Battle Pages
In Mayor
Gains Office

Members 81 Tacetns city eoun.
ell staggered through The third
round Of : vigorous discussion and
scheduled the fourth Tor : e'elnck
Friday afternoon II wa. a knock
down snd-drax out. ct 'sm-up-ln-
the-other- alley. No holds haired
and na Marquis a Qusen1hury
verbal battle which centerrd
around progress and methods IN
the eity'r second si.qusily power
development proiset.
All three ef NJ -reunos''--
ene Thursday WARNING ssd
two with . shsrt hrsashino
space b~s~~es Friday sssrs-
Ing. ware held IN the usayef's
office. Ma aecislsn apparent
" hsd heen reerhed ~ ~
contestants. end ssne ~ ~
group would Discuss the csws~s
~ the Conversation. An the1
could ~ heard thrsaah ~
star ehAsnhsr'' asss we're
tones sf vssce uhlrh wers
net--bs . ws full.-atways
friendly.
Taking part. or At least listen
ing In. were Mayor Harry y. Cam.
Commissioners c. v. Fawcstt.
A. ". Bergersen. E:inar Lsnxseth
and n u. o'Neii. and Verne Kent.
superintendent OF the light depart.
msnt. and vsrns oonxwer. IN.
ginesr for ths Nisauaiiy proiset.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

OLYMPIA-The state supreme
court Friday held that . letter of
intent written by an insurance
company the day before the Ia
coma Narrows bridge collapsed
bound the company to cover $685.
461 on a property damage insur-
ance policy that had not yet been
issued
The decision upheld King
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
World War
A Year Ago
April z, 1912
BY UNITED PRESS

Chinese military spokesman an
nounces seizure Of the West Burma
port Of Akyab. so miles from the
border OF India.
Japanese crack left center Of
the main defense line on Bataan
peninsula.
japanese raid Port Darwin for
18th time.
Special Soviet communique an
nounces $4,000 Germans killed In
i2-day battle before Kalinin and
on Leningrad front.
British bombers attack Matford
works in moonlight raid over en-
virons Of Paris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

silicon plant on Tacoma tide
flats. They built It II miles below
Wenatchee. at Rock Island dam,
and the clouds of white smoke
drift necessarily for Is miles
northeast Of Wenatchee, "a hours
per day. II seems this Is the type
of chemical industry that emits
bothersome smoke, and much
better off located where II is, In
the barren. treeless rocky canyon
below Wenatchee. than near resi-
Dental areas. They are now add
ding a third unit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
. Light

Continued from Editorial ragel
President Wallace. n. n. stettin-
ins jr., and Jesse VI Jones that
absolute authority on rehshillfa-
ton OF foreign land. and peoples
has been vested In former Gov.
Herbert II. Lehman Of New York
A previously related. Mr.. L@h-
man has no funds OF his own. His
office was organized originally
with money which congress gave
to the president for unspecified
purposes. but now that he 10 es-
panding his activities he has had
10 call on Mr.. stettinius lend
lease account. He has also tres
passed on the v. p.'s board Of
economic warfare IN several I'M
portant matters and the fowan II
jealous of these prerogstives. In
fact, he has been prodded into pro-
test by BEW's boss. Milo v. Per-
kins.
Without fanfare the president
settled this dispute ~ the winner.
Mr.. Roosevelt could have issued
an executive order setting forth
that the Office Of Foreign Relief
and Reha utilization superseded Lei
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Plywood Corporation
Absolved by NLRB

WAsHTs6TOS - The National
Labor Relations Board Friday Alb
solved the United States PlywOod
corporation Of charges Of unfair
labor practices involving several
employees at their Seattle plant
who were members Of the Inter.
national Woodworkers Of America
fcIO).
The company had been accused
Of attepting 70 influence a union
member By offering him = better
JOB. Of ordering a union official
from the property. and Of dis
charging an employe for union
activities The charges were filed
with the board by the union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

PORTLAND -- The willamette
river and ia tributaries. threat
ening 10 flood the rich western
Oregon lo11snds. subsidized Friday
a. the rain swollen crest Of the
main stream reached the Portland
harbor.
Only slight damage uas reported
In the Jefferson. Ore. district
where the sAntlhm river reached
1919 feet. or 3 feet above flood
stage yesterday TIE Willamstts
reached ifs flood stage Al Oregon
City last night with nsgligihIs
damage % property.
Secondary roads closed ~ slides
or endangered By water were opsa.
highway officials aAId.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03


At twenty-four ne graduated
from West Point as a second lieu
tenant Of cavalry. He was one of
the best horsemen in his group
and took to the cavalry like a
duck to water.
In 1915 Gen. John J. Pershing
took the young cavalry officer
to the Mexican border as his aide.
He did the job there so well that
when Gen. Pershing sailed for
France in May. 1917, he took the
then Capt. Patton as a member of
his staff. That fall Gen. Patton
was detailed to the tank corps.
He took to the tanks just as he
did to the cavalry and was present
at the battle of Cambria in De-
cember, 1917. when tanks were
first employed on a large scale
by the British.
General Patton organized and
directed the American Tank
Center at Langres and also or
ganized the 3O4th Brigade of the
Tank Corps, which he commanded
in the st. Mihiel offensive, Sep
TENDER 12-14. 1918. At that time
he was lieutenant colonel.
Transferred To the Meuse-Ar-
come Sector with his brigade. he
was wounded on September 26.
1918.
Returning TO the United
States in March, 1913, General
Patton, then a colonel, com
manded the S04th Tank Bri-
gade at Camp Meade. Mary
land, until September, 1920.
Until July, 1910, when he was
ordered to Fort Benning,
Georgia, for duty with the I'd
Armored Division as Brigade
Commander, General Patton
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Trying to Find
Plane S CreWmen

CHALIIs, Ida.-Search was ex-
panded over the isolated deep
canyoned middle fork Of the Sal.
mon river country Friday for air
men who are believed to have
parachuted from a four-motored
bomber before II crashed into n
mountain side 20 miles southeast
of here Tuesday night.
Army officers from the Pocatello
airbase. who visited the wrecksge
yesterday, reported no bodies were
found and that only one para
chute was in the plane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
FIRE DAMAGE szs

A fire shortly before noon FRI
day caused damage estimated at
SIS 70 = sAfeWay store At Ii4e
Pacific ave. ana n the Ridpath
hotel, located directly above. The
blaze started In the boiler room Of
the store.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Women Take
Over for the
Duration
Wenotchee, Apple
Copitol. Almost
Monless Town
BY CHAS. r. A. MANN

WEN E-This
beautiful Apple Capital Of
the World has licked its
manpower problem by turn
ing every job it can over to
the womenl
Several thousand OF the Wen
atehee-okanogan valley males
have departed for the coast to
work in war industries or have
been drafted by Uncle Sam for
the armed services.
You catch that air of delicate
refinement - the old feminine
touch-everywhere. Restaurants
are manned 100 per cent by wo-
men: the hotel bellboys, desk
clerks. coffee shops. elevator oper-
ators. cigar counter clerks and
office staffs now are almost en-
tirely run by the ladies.
Things move along quieter
tipping Is becoming a lost art
rs sour bellboys join the army.
and sweet girls with innocent
ideas about taking a sales
mans money take over-even
II his bags are heavy,
Everywhere the railroads,
packing plants, grocery stores,
banks and pharmacies seem to
have a 100 per cent female
crew-wherever a lady can do
a mans job.
Last Fall, during apple harvest.
they imported a train load of
Chicago Loop negros to help with
the apple-polishing ceremony.
Even today, Wenatchee grows
hysterical and neutrality-suspicious.
when they remember those crazy
Chicago zoot SCOT black boys"
that never saw a foot of the good
earth until they were dumped off
the train in Wenatchee.
They rolled dice, sliced each
other up with razors, jitterbug-
ged, sang songs. played harmoni-
cas-, told tall tales of the big city
to the curious crowds of native
Wenatchee apple polishers, and
demoralized the morale of the
home folks in general. In short,
they did everything but make
good apple harvest hands. and
raised more heck than they pro-
duced useful work.
So most of them have de-
parted for Seattle and Ia
coma, and Wenatchee has
cooked up a scheme to run all
their schools later In the sum-
mer, start up earlier in the
Fall, and dismiss the entire
student body entirely during
late September and October
during the height of the apple
harvest.
Wenatchee laughs at ration
Ing. Until two weeks ago they
had all the meat, butter, bacon
etc. they wanted. Today we
enjoyed luscious lamb chops
and pie with whipped cream
and extra coffee and butter,
all we wanted.
They praise the WSc and wv
students who saved the 1912
apple crop, and point proudly TO
how the fruit growers are doing
their bit on the war food supply
problem, and are planting hun
dreds of new acres to cherries
and peaches and apricots, to give
diversified re-birth to the lag
ging fruit industry clear up to
the Canadian border. Canada's
side Of the fruit deal is likewise
diversifying and spreading out.
But Wenatchee is making sure
that the 1913 apple crop will be
harvested, by training women and
children to take the places of
the men and boys gone to war or
to the coast to work in war plants
Incidentally, Tacoma can be
glad the Ohio Ferro alloys com
pany did not build its new ferro-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Composer Eulogizsd
In Russian Papers

MOSCOW - The newspapers
Izvestla and Pravdh. both official
organs. Published saioEiss Al the
late SERGE v. Eachmaninoff. des-
criblng him as one Of TINS greatest
Of Russls's pianisss and composers
and worthy Of ranking with
Tschaik0usky.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

held various assignments with
the cavalry and the General
Staff Corps. including four
years In the office of the chief
of cavalry In Washington, ID.
C., from 1928 to 1891.
General Patton was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross
for bravery in the World War.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

and Franc-TireuT. Messengers
circulate among them and keep In
contact with De Gsullists IN Lon
don. where plots 70 plague the
Eoche are Matched
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
OFFERS SCREEN TEST


Davis, long-legged comedisnns
famed for her sispstick falls. to-
day advertised for = maid and
guaranteed 70 pay @Loekhsed
wages" The al. earned IN
Variety. trade paper. also pro-
missed a screen test az A-C-H.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
Oklahoma Farm
Families Arrive

SEATTLE - Forty-two families
from Oklahoma the vanguard of
a large farm-worksr army 70 b
trsnsplantsd by the Farm Security
administration u hslp with WASH
ington crops and dairy herds.
took up residences Friday 81 nsarny
Camp carnation. : government
operated farm labor camp
The families. numbering 10
persons. will reside 81 the camp
while studying western Washing
ton farming methods taught BY =
department Of agriculture repre-
sentative before going 20 work On
farms.
Ths FHA plans 20 import .
steady flow Of this farm families
from midvsstsfn points
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

Los AsGEIEs-Dr. Wellington
Zoo. Chinese ambassador 70 Brit
ain. arrived here by pisns and wa
met Al the airport BY Or. Liu
chish. minister 70 The Chinese en-
bassy In Warrington and a men,
Der o. Madame Chang Kai-Ehsk's
party here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
The Lions in Their Dens
Tremble at His Approach
Thot's How Tough Is One u. S.
General in North Africa

Gen. George S Patton under whose command the Amer
troops in Africa making it tough for Rommel
of Germany greatest generals started out being tough
He is fftyeght years old He greatgrandson of Gen.
Hugh Mercer of the tough fighters the Revolutionary
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

One hopes tho promoters IL my
postwar League viii think 70 ~
tain the bartsndsrs formerly -
thu oensss Palace. - thsss wsFs
fellows accustomed to listening
20 cosnin troubles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

Amid reports that German FOR
slgn Minister Joachim won Ruben
trop's standing In the Man regime
IL extremely shaky. II vaa learned
reliably today that the German
secret police last December purEed
a number OF officials IN the foreign
office. the air ministry and the
ministry of economies for furnish
ing information to fh4 enemy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03

Rent your vacant room with q
Times Want Ad. Call Main s11I.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-03
AROUND
The
WORLD

InNDON 49, Frnnrts Quinn -
wasn., 40 .msred Al hls exnerss
encss aboard . torusdo.a ye.-el
but when he hauled himself aboard
a reseue .hln and found cou..n
linn Quinn an the other ena AT ne
rome. hs almost fen haoh In from
the shock
"surpri.ed ~ ..,d Francis .,uhx
I was 40 damned ~,rprised /
couldn't .av . word =
..s.d to ss.,s, n loe.,,n. nrsn,.
I.aurln. nuwle. 10 AZ clenwa.d
sprinsn colo who Ian h.r hom.
last SATURDAY. N ,aIn h., flame.
cl,ffora niaokett "a of nur,,n.
game carr alaeke,, ,o,a pol.ee
Ms. poa.,e. n.a IN, hl,n ,.l..
gram from wendoyer New .ax.
lng abe x,o,,la .rr,v. hv nu. Men,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-02
Subsidies Are
Un-American,
Says Mcclellan

Washington. Doc 2-(AP)-Srl-
aic opponents of subsidies today
gained The active support of Senator
Mcclellan o.. TENN. acting chair
man Of the appropriations Commit
tee. who says he regards federal
payment to control food prices rs
Enormously costly and un-Amcri-
can"
Mcclellan. whose views on The sub
sidv question arc known To- be
shared by Il number of southern
senators. came out publicly against
tlr administration policy and in Ia
vor Of the iiousc-approvcd subsidy
repeal bill.
Subsidies arc enormously costly
and un-Amcrican." nc asserted
"rhcy urducSiiorably will become
more costly if they arc continued
People should not w. taxed ipr such
d purpose.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-02
Two Tar Heels
Are Awarded
Silver Stars

Southwest Allied Pacirci Head
quarters. Doc. 2-(APJ-Twcnty-
."p Army air men. the crew mem
a"l> al two Libcrator DOmbcrS which
guarded Il badly damaged third Oh
The way back from raid on Ra-
paul. were awarded silver stars to-
DAY bv 1t. Gen. George {. Krnncy,
commander OF Allied air forces in
in' Southwest Pacific.
The LibcratorS were part of u rrr-
mdiIon which attacked Rabaul OC-
i"brr % without fighter cover and
~ The face OF severe antI-aircraft
Ire. On the return the two Liberia
tors E"ticcd Il third falling back
losing altitude and surrounded bv
approximately 80 Japanese fighters.
In Commute running battle. lic
W." guarding LibCraturS shot duWn
c.Sh! enemy fighters. probably de
Sir"ycd a ninth and damaged two
others. Eventually the enemy Scur-
rird Tor cover. The stricken bomb
rr had 10 crash land IN the watc"
one LIbcratOr circlcd over it while
IN" other flew off for help. The
c%ht members of the crashed bomb
- were saved.
Those awarded included Tech. Sgt.
Edgar +. Dow, East Lumbcrton. ".
{: and Tech. Sgt. Warren II. HIS
singer, route !, Durham, n. E.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-02

Washington. Dec. 2-(AP)-Thc
flashing Of news about the Church-
lll-RouScvClt-ChIang conference from
European capitals while the Amcri-
can public generally had tO wait an
official release Of the information Ia
TN" COuntry'S news outlets aroused
rcvcrbcralionS in Congress today.
Some Of The kickback fell on the
OFFICE of War Information. notWIth-
Standing the fact that the oiiicih!
release time was given out here ~
tho White IIuliSc-nOt owl.
owl Director Elmer DAVIS C%-
planned. when the rumble develop
cd. that his agency had nothing Ia
d" with The White House c"mmunI.
quo. handed 10 ncwSmcn 30 i"t;rs
ahead Of authorized release 10 IN"
general public. and also no part in
setting The 1880 p. IN. Wednesday,.
December release tiInc noted -" iur
"rnmuEiuuc.
Davis pointed out his office wns
bound by that timing. IN tho sam"
way that newspapers and radio sta
ti"uS were.
However. Representative Carlson
o.. EauD WAS Inclined Ia aim crl-
ilciSu al Davis. stating:
"lrSi"Id of getting news from 'or-
ciGn capitals wc should get il r'orc
direct
We've had too many release: Of
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-12-02
Army Total
Casualties
Are 94,9l8
Preliminary Reports
On Gilbert Islands
Battle Not Included

Washington, Dec. 2-(AP)-
Secretary of War StimsDn re-
ported today that American
Amy casualties from the begin
ming Of the war TO November ID
were 9i,9l8, bringing the total
announced casualties Tor all
branches of the armed forces 10
l26,969.
Casualties reported by the Navy
department Tor the Navy. Marine
Corps and Coast Guard 10 date
cNccpi tor the preliminary reports
announced yesterday for the recent
operations in the Gilbert islands
tr'HlCd 32.05l. of which 1850 were
killed. 5,1iO wounded. G.926 missing
and l.225 prisoners of war.
St.m"OI told u news conference
that the Army total included li.32l
killed. 32,69O wounded. 23.il7 pris-
onrrS oi w"r and 2l.i9O missing in
action. or the Americans officially
listed a, prisoners. l.6lD have died
IN prison camps, mostly in Japan
cs"-nCCupIcd territory. hr rcpuI ted.
S'm$"n announced that Amcri-
can army casualties IN 1t. Gen.
Nnll: ". Clark'S Fifth Army from
the HCgirIfinG Of operations on the
Italian mainland To- date total ILL.,
~. "i whom 1911 were killed, =
U9l wounded and 1910 missing.
Casualties of British clements IN th,.
Fifth Army have been spmcwha.
smaller. he said.