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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
. Trial by Epiihei

There are those who are worried be-
cause only the unquestionably pro-axis
officialdom has been cleaned out in North
Africa-direct representatives of Hitler
and the relatively few VINO by specific
action have proved themselves enemies.
The great mass of French officialdom
remains in the jobs where il was placed by
Vichy or left by the Petain regime as a
holdover from the pre-defeat days This.
some believe, constitutes unjustifiable and
hazardous appeasement.
From this distance, one would be fool
hardy to form any fixed conclusions about
such matters However. there are consid-
erations which, tentatively, may be sug-
gested in offset.
The state departments attitude toward
Vichy was bitterly condemned by vocifer-
Gus group of cities who felt that no self
respecting nation could continue to deal
with the Petain- Darlan-Laval collaborators.
When the test came, that policy paid
huge dividends in lives of Americans who
otherwise would have died trying to land
in North Africa. 1t shortened the initial
operation so much that our expeditionary
force was at the gates of Tunis and Bizerte
before it was supposed to have consolidated
the original beachheads.
The policy toward Vichy which accom-
plished this probably really was one of
"appeasement." Should it, therefore, be
tried and condemned by epithet?
We occupied North Africa-put our
selves in position to open the Mediterran-
can and to establish jumping off place
against the continent-for song. In
doing so, we made certain commitments
to the French who either helped us openly
or resisted with cordial formality Those
commitments are known to only a few.
1t is a safe guess that they included
promise not to interfere with the civil
administration.
Some day soon we shall want to land in
France. We hope to find a welcome there
because We shall be coming as liberators.
If, now, we assume civil control over
North Africa, breaking express or implied
agreements with the French there, how
can we expect their brethren at home to
put faith in our promises?
Appeasement is big word, broad
conception. There can be the futile APP
peasement of dishoner, like that of Munich,
or the sound appeasement of honorable if
unpleasant expediency.
Let's not be too intolerant about that of
which we know little.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
. Your Opinions

and for Withholding oil from
Mussolini. Embargoing oil alone
have stopped the fascist drive.
But Mussolini got his oil and
munitions.
Russia was the only nation to
offer help to Loyalist Spain, when
France, Britain and the United
States placed an embargo of all
aid to the Spanish government,
fighting for its existence against
the forces of Hitler and Mussolini.
Today Spain is under the heel
of Franco. who has admitted that
he is behind the new order in
Europe"
Finally, before the rape of
Czechoslovakia, Russia again
pleaded for collective security of
the democratic powers. You
know the result-further appease-
ment and finally the debacle of
World War No. 2.
Commentators from London
reiterate almost daily that the
British people are anxious to
make any and all sacrifices to
send further aid to that brave
people, who fighting and dying
on frozen icy steppes, have
actually saved their island home
from outright invasion.
What DO we owe Russia? All
the aid within our power to give
and an honest attempt to cor
rectly inform ourselves concern
ing the internal and international
policies of the Soviets. Finally we
owe to them and China, our other
great ally who for so many years
has heroically fought japanese
aggression, their rightful places
in formulating the strategy of
the Council of Allied Nations,
and later at the Peace Table of
the future.
MAUDE N RICHARD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28

Believe it or not, there is one bedeviled
government agency-in Washington, too
which is anxious to get along with the
minimum of manpower actually needed at
any given time. 1t is the Army's ordnance
department
General Campbell has directed, in two
specific orders, that any arsenal whose
operations are curtailed shall release sur
plus employees for the benefit of industries
needing their skils, and has stated guild
ing principle which might well be framed
and hung in every personnel office in the
country:
''All activities must be properly manned.
However, no activity will be permitted to
carry a reserve of manpower against un-
foreseen contingencies"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
BY LOU SCHNEIDER

Americans have the ability to
shoulder the burden of the 100
billion war budget; buy war
bonds.
Washington believes labor still
carries sufficient strength in
congress to stop anti-labor legis-
lstion =. wPB planning to CEN
tralize all war-contract renego-
tiation units into one bureau:
military heads do not like idea
:. medium-sized industries anxi-
GUS for materials control plan"
to hold in postwar years; say it
would prevent big boys from
rushing for supplies OF raw ma
terials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
.-. The Tacoma Times Editorial and Feature Pages
. Our Opinion So

generally conservative southern Democrats
holding a balance of power between their
nominal kinsmen from other sections and
the Republican minority. There can be no
administration steamroller this session.
The other reason is the conclusion. based
upon last November's election results. that
the voters want Congress to be alert, ae-
gressive and independent.
We hope that congressman will have in
mind that what the public asks is results,
rather than gestures No sensible person
desires TO see Congress become mulish,
and begin knocking down the White House
just to demonstrate its ability to do so.
Under present conditions the federal
government has two distinct Jobs One,
most pressing and therefore dominant, is
the prosecution of the war simultaneously
the civilian economy must be maintained.
There is a pronounced and apparently
deliberate tendency in some quarters to
ignore this differentiation, and to brand
anybody who criticzes the administrations
domestic policies as a saboteur of the war
effort
Congress has the right and the duty to
thumb its nose at such arrant nonsense,
and to insist that, Notwithstanding the
war, control over domestic policy Is the
peculiar and inalienable prerogative of the
legislature.
So far as the wars conduct is concerned,
the justifiable functions of Congress are
much more restricted. Successful war can
not be waged by debating society.
If we are to win the war, Congress must
continue to give the President many
sweeping powers which would be improper
in time of peace, or in connection with
domestic policies even in time of war.
For example, the power to make and in
stantly alter rationing and price-fiXing
regulations would seem to be a necessary
executive possession so long as appropriate
broad limitations are imposed and enforc-
ed. But the power to set an arbitrarily
selected ceiling upon salaries. whether or
not the ceiling selected is onerous, is and
should belong only to the legislative
branch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
LIGHT on Russia

Editor The Times: Since there
is so much confusion and lack of
information on issues relative
to Russia and so few letters of
Qualification, I should like very
much to make a small contribu-
ton to that end
Since Russia entered the war
against Nazi Germany, it has
written an epic of heroism, cour-
age and sacrifice unsurpassed in
the history of the world. Their
country devastated by ruthless
aggression, 4, 500, 900 men, women
and children have spilled their
blood on a 1000 mile front to
push back the invader. Today
their amazing victories, in spite
of almost impossible odds, bring
new hope to occupied Europe and
to all people who hope and pray
for the earliest possible peace for
a tortured world.
Still there are those who say
that we owe Russia nothing. that
she is fighting merely for her
own survival. But is this true ?
May I offer a few facts for SER
ious consideration.
On January 10 the Washington
Defense council. in cooperation
with United Nations week. pre-
scented a special broadcast in
which the speaker insisted that
we owe an incalculable debt to
Russia and reminded his listeners
that this was the first nation TO
vocate collective security
against aggression.
Have we forgotten that Maxim
Litvinoff was the lone voice raised
in the Hall of the League of Ma
tions in behalf of Halle Selassi'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
Trade Winds Labor Strength More Beet Tax Exemptions

Cost of real estate construction
"a per cent ahead of last year
WPB froze manufacturers
inventories of pals. buckets and
washtubs but does not apply to
wooden receptacles: means none
for civvies after retailers sup
plies gone furniture dealers
asking permission to swap
amongst themselves as means TO
get goods not available; there's
an acute shortage of baby fur
niture.
Grocery prices now average II
per cent ahead of year ago
wPB eased ban on wool for robes
millinery makers report de-
mand for high-priced retail items;
IS sellers most popular Pa
perboard orders show contra
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28

seasonal gain OPA lifted
ceiling on flannel work shirts
cotton rugs sold out into June =.
WPB may order ban on display
lighting in effort to conserve
electric power.
Firestone Tire & Rubber
deb SIS of 1861 have port
folio following Connecticut
Light 4 Power LIST & ref issues
amply priced on lower earnings
trend due to higher taxes
investment positions retained in
Superior Oil deb 3las of 1856;
same goes for Socony-Vacuum
deb IS of 1864 Curtis Pub
fishing deb IS of 1855 taken on
postwar earnings prospects.
Koppers Company LIST Mtge
sla's of 1861 retained for invest
ment Businessman s risk:
Studebaker Corporation Conv Deb
S. F. 6S of 1945 Alabama
Power LIST Mtge 5la's of 1872
amply priced above call figure
Detroit Terminal & Tunnel LIST
Mtge A. s Of 1861 taken for at
tractive yield; and because of
New York Central guarantee.
Phelps Dodge Conv Deb 3is's
of 1852 prime investment but
amply priced discounting war
time earnings Businessman's
risk: New York Central Conv
S1s's of 1852; same goes for Ann
Arbor Railroad LIST Mtge As of
1895 .. Simmons Company Conv
Deb AS of 1852 fixed charges COW
cred nicely; active on war orders
Erie Railroad Gen Inc ass
of 2015 avoided because of dis
tant maturity.
Navy now has more than 1,000,-
900 on active duty; buy War
Bonds and keep them will equip
ped.
OPA Chief Browns statement
of slightly increased cost Of living
from her accepted as victory for
farm bloc Heavy Withdrawals
reducing stored food stocks as
war and civilian demands in
crease Department OF Com
merce and Department OF Agri-
culture on move TO have state
ease rules, for the duration. on
various food restrictions.
Government says number Of
beef cattle on feed today six per
cent greater than year ago. and
see no dip IN feeding needs:
lambs on feed two per cent under
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28

year ago Huge civilian and
war demand for flour offsets in
creased offerings of cash wheat
Corn price ceiling was placed
10 lift meat production; corn-to-
hog feed ratio now on favorable
basis especially on government
price-peg assurance Agrl-
cultural adjustment administra-
ton looks for government 10 pur-
chase all of this years wool crop
or place q floor under present
prices Domestic mills con-
Stunning cotton for textile produc-
ton at greater volume than year
ago.
Senate has a resolution before
il TO exempt income and estate
tax Of members Of armed forces
up TO sum Of $4,000 p
Chicago 4 Eastern Illinois r r
asks its employees TO plant a
1.OO0-mile victory garden along
its lines: will be for workers
Continued on Page .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
. Mr.. Fixi!
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

lne NflSWefS
Mr.. Fixit: Why is 1t they are
still making beer and wine and
not soft drinks? (2) How did
they find out how far II was from
the sun to the earth: (3) We
heard "Vox Pop" at Boiling Field.
Washington. Where il this
place? BILL WILLIAMS
They're still making soft drinks
lots of it. (2) In basically the
same way surveyors find out
distances on earth. When two
angles of triangle and the
length of the included side are
known, the remaining angle and
sides can be determined by trigo-
nometry. The astronomers, who
also are wizard mathematicians,
merely use base-lines ranging
from known distances on earth
to established distances in the
heavens. AS early as 1716. Hal
ley showed astronomers a method
based on observations of a trans
it of the planet Venus across the
suns face. The results down
through the centuries since have
produced olly minor corrections
in the early calculations. The &C
copied distance now is 91,342,-
900 miles minimum to "a ,452, 900
maximum. (3) Boiling Field is
at Washington, d. C., not in
Washington state.
Mr.. Fixit: What kind of ships
are named after various names as
cities. states, etc. What kind of
ship is the L. y. :. ST. Louis
What does "U. =. 3" stand for?
Should we be saving grocery re-
ceipts TO get the benefit of the 8
percent state tax as a deduction
from the income tax, or is that
not dednctable Nj. NJ.
Capital ships (dreadnonghts,
battleships) of our navy are
named for navy heroes; submar-
ines are named for fish and under
sea creatures, etc. ~. S. s."
stands for United States ship"
and is applied TO war vessels re-
CARELESS of class, except the
small boats which are numbered.
The sales tax is deductible up to
a reasonable proportion of total
expenditures. Proof would be re-
quired in all probability. only IN
cases where a deduction was
claimed for more than normal
amount.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-28
. Two Different Thinqs

The new Congress is feeling its oats, and
that is good. There is no possible way of
moving yet whether the promises will be
kept, but from both sides of the aisle come
assurances that the peoples represent
atives intend to function boldly and ag
excessively from now on.
There are two obvious reasons for this.
One is the relatively even party split, with
The echo., 1943-09-17
United States Savings Bond

Reverend r. L. Young, pastor At
newell Chapel c. NJ. E Church, Gen
s1Al Secretary If the Holbrook Bene-
Association and editor Of The ulent
s eexly Echo says:
NOW u the t----c to come " Shs es-
Tense of our country. Do not wait,
10 not delay. Any persons interested
"a helping defend our country can Do
~ IN many ways. Persons who te-
IRE TO buy Cover nent Savin gH
Stamps are ked TO caD Reverens
gas at Dis Of zee, tsleph01s sE
I'D aia residence, 1923, or write hia at
41 loa3. Meridian. Mississippi
reverend Youna Is in position 70
ah Government Stamps FROM ICE
Or Government Defense Al
ran Re- rend Young and aftar
a ec exchanged feg s
Yo1 ggs-has7 the bond for sls75
'" " t1t years r. Wal BRING @
800 Z for aa saou you arr
fa seed to discontinue Four savings BE-
Hae Of having 80 JOB, stcs tha fHn
smcun. shst you aave paid in win be-
refunded 10 yau plus interest
Reverend Young is appealing ts
Church members and 70 the members
lL Che Hoibrook Benevolent AsgQes-
aon Oh. 3. A.) ond other intereasss
pareoos 90 coamulieate with hial ia
mediRteiy.
aee the art
aa7 tafs fp
onmunitias explaining % as
nee'a haW l-ey mev proceed 90 BH
vase Uaited States Savings Stamps
or2a.
The echo., 1943-09-17
Friday Morning Session

$50 A M.-Devodon Committee in Charge
Remarks by the Moderator.
Scripture Reading.
Reading of the first day General
Inaona Address BY Moderator Jesus the Churchs Defense
IN War.Torn World
Has to 1900 A MNuc Charge. Rev. W. c. Clark
1900 30 P. M.-Educaiona Sermon by Rev. R. H. Pack
Alternate, Rev. D. B. Wilson.
Delegate asked pay Sloo in Educational Rally
130 P. M--Dinner
The echo., 1943-09-17
Friday Afternoon

245-Reasscmble.
Devotion Committee in Charge.
Report all Committees Sunday School Convention and Womans
Convention.
345-Miscelaneous hours
500 p M-ReaembIe
Young People Charge Mrs N G. Brown Prof. R. P Daine
in charge.
700 P. M.-Cosng Sernon by Rev II. L. Wilson.
Alternate Rev L. G. Gibbs
Collection and Remarks by the Moderator
Benedicion
The echo., 1943-09-17
SUNDAY sehooI Convention and Woman's
Your Committees,

Rev. D, B. Wilson
Rev. P. w. Woodard
Mrs. N. G. Brown
Rev w. c. Clark, Chairman
Rev J. Fl. Kirkland, Moderator.
Deacon G. w. Ward, Secretary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Alexander-Da ugherty

Miss Mary Jean Alexander, daugh-
ter of Mr., and Mrs. Herman Alexan-
der, of Perryville, was married Sat-
urday, Dec. 4, to Mr.. Robert
Daugherty, nephew of DR.. and Mrs.
j. Magraw, also of Perryville. The
quiet wedding took place at the
BRIDES home, the Rev DR.. Warren
Atkinson, pastor of st. Marks Episco-
pal Church, officiating.
Miss Margaret Hornberger was
maid of honor for her cousin, and Mr..
James Alexander, brother of the
bride, was best man.
The bride was dressed in a becOm-
ing going away gown and wore cor
sage of gardenias. The bridesmaid
wore brown dress and corsage of
talesman roses,
The groom has recently returned
from overseas, after spending a year
and half in Africa with the Doug
las Aircraft Company,
They will reside with the brides
parents on Susquehanna Avenue. AT
home after December Is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Pennsylvania
Baggage Car
DESTROYED By Fire

On Thursday night of last week
baggage car attached to south
bound Pennsylvania Railroad train
was discovered to be on fire as the
train neared Perryville. The train
was stopped at Perryville, the car
detached, and placed in the railroad
yard, where the Perryville Fire De-
partment and railroad men worked
for some time in extinguishing the
flames. The car was filed with par
eel post packages for men in South
ern camps and was enrouts to Rocky
Mount, North Carolina, from which
place the parcels were to be sent to
the camps in the Carolinas.
A few packages were salvaged,
but the loss was said to be heavy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Roth -Cibson

Miss Mary Kathryn Roth, of Stutt-
CART, Arkansas. and 1t Robert A.
Gibson, of Charlestown, Cecil county,
were united in marriage on Nov 20,
in the Grand Avenue Methodist
Church, Stuttgart, by Chaplain w. l..
Kingen The bride was given in mar
riage by her father.
Mrs. James w. Cox was her sis
ter's matron of honor. The brides
maids were Miss Annabelle Wingo
and Miss Make l.. Chambers.
Lieut.. Stuart Parks was best man
and, the ushers were Lieuts. Joseph
Armstrong, James Bosohrt, Walter
Pierce and Thomas Hires, all of the
Army Air Field at Stuttgart @
1t and Mrs Gibson are residing at
704 South College Street, Stuttgart,
Arkansas.
The bridegroom is son of Mrs.
Ella Gibson of the North East High
school faculty Prior to entering the
service, 1t. Gibson was director of
physical education at Silver Spring,
Md, High school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Anderson-White

DR.. and Mrs. Lang w. Anderson,
of Wilmington and South Carolina,
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Emily May, to MI.
John Carlson White, son of Mr.. and
Mrs, Floral H. White of North East,
Md. The wedding took place on Tues
day. Nov. 16, in the chapel of the
Second Baptist Church, Wilmington,
with the Rev. F.. Raymond Baker
officiating.
The bride was attended by Miss
Edith U. White. sister of the BRIDE
groom, as maid of honor. Mr.. Allen
Carlson, Jr., cousin of the groom,
was best man. Little Miss Nancy Jean
Hubbard was flower girl, and Mr..
Earl Downs was usher. A dinner fol-
lowed for the immediate families at
the University Club.
The bride is a graduate of the p.
S. dupont High School and attended
the Women's College. University .of
Delaware and Beacon College.
Mr.. White is graduate of the
Jacob !. Tome Institute and Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. He
is employed by the P. r. R. Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Hog Stealer Escapes
Jail Sentence

Given his choice of serving in the
nations forces or serving three
years in the Maryand House Of Cor
iection tor stealing hogs from the
farm of william Miller, near Elkton,
last April, Melvin A. Foraker accepts
ed the former from Judge Albert
Constable in the Circuit Court at
Elkton. Foraker had already been
served with induction notices by his
draft board. ~
Four other men arrested at the
same time as Foraker on the same
charge: william Sanders, IS; Claude
Van Dyke, I6; Leonai = Elswick, -;
ana William Wilmer So. haze not
yet been placed on trial. According to
police. the gang had been stealing
hogs practically every week between
February and May of last year. Mill
er had about 1000 hogs on his farm.
The hogs. after being butchered,
were sold to city markets
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Sportsmen En-
JOY Banquet

The Rising Sun Sportsmen's Club
.eld it's second annual banquet and
aides night ON Tuesday evening,
Jec. Z, at the White Horse Hotel,
-,erryville, where the members and
guests enjoyed an elaborate turkey
dinner.
Group singing was led by Charles
Ritchie. The speaker of the evening
was William e. Priestley, of Elkton
Who gave an interesting talk on
Formosa, the Island of Head Hunt
sTs.''
1.-THE Flying Fisherman" tech
licolor moving picture, was shown
~ Mr.. Bond, of the State Forestry
department.
Deputy State Game Warden Rich
..rd Norris, thanked the club for
.neir cooperation in the wildlife con-
.ervation program.
The committee in charge of the
banquet included Ralph Reed, chair
nan, Charlton Poist, Eric Hawley,
Joseph Dugan, and Arthur Dinsmore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
DECEMBER TERM
COURT CONvENES

The dockets for the December
term of Circuit Court for Cecil coun-
ty, which convened at Elkton on
Monday, show there will be 10 civil
trials, 80 appearances 23 appeal
cases and two petitions.
Associate Judge Albert Constable
excused from jury service George X.
Bailey, Cecilton district; William ID.
Bloadwater, Chesapeake City dis
trict; Julian C. Green, colored, Elk
ion district; George F. Cooper, Fair
Hill district; Charles T. Crothers and
Ernest Cullen. Rising Sun district;
J.. Howard Griest and Joseph Duke,
Pert Deposit district.
The Following were drawn to serve
in place Of those excused: Roy G..
Carpen,ler, Cecilton district; Uric
Conner, Chesapeake City district;
Otis Kline, Elkton district; Ralph L.
Leveredge, North East district; JOS
sBh Boldly, colored, and Harvey w.
Ewing, Rising Sun district; Wilbur
Nick.e and Herman c. Jackson, Port
Deposit district.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-12-17
Cantata At
James Metho-
dist Church
Senior Choir To Present
Musical Program

This Sunday evening at 1880 o.
clock the Senior choir of James
Methodist Church will. render the
Christmas Cantata, "The Music of
Bethlehem" by Fred B. Holton. This
musical treat has been prepared un-
der the direction of Miss Isabelle Nc
Coy, in charge Of James choir, with
Miss Dorothy Kielholtz at the organ.
The cantata includes the following
musical numbers: Ring On, o
Song" choir with soprano obligato,
Msis Anna Ryan; "a King Shall
Ret n, mems chorus; THE First
Christmas Carol" sopranos and al
tos; THE Song of the Morning"
choir; ITO Bethlehem Draw Near, !"
women's chorus and. choir: Let
Heaven and Nature Sing" choir;
The Lullaby Hymn, contralto solo
and chorus, Lucille Bicking; 1.-THE
Music uf the Bells" choir with So
rano oh igato, Miss Sarah Spangler;
THE March OF the Magi,"r mems
chorus and choir; The Music Of
Bethlehem choir.
The public is cordially invited to
hear this fine Christmas cantata..