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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

Best treatment Tor wet shoes ~
To take them off as soon as posi-
BILE. rub them lightly with castor
oil ca doesn't interfere with pol
ishingD, and dry them slowly. They
should stand II 20 "a hours AZ
room temperature. To make them
dry in shape. use shoe trees. II you
have no trees. stuff them with
Newspaper. which viii absorb
dampness and speed drying.
Store shoes In dry place
they're quite susceptible 10 mold.
and this makes leather fragile. A.
well a. producing ugly spots. Re-
move stubborn grease or dirt spots
with the same dry cleaner you use
for dresses.
Rule NO I for keeping shoes
good looking is TO keep them
clean and that means frequent
and regular polishing. Get q
shoe-polishing kit, maybe like the
old-fashioned shoe box Grandma
had, and keep all your shoe clean
ing materials handy.
Kinds Of Polish
There are three kinds Of polish
for smooth shoes, 10 be used for
different purposes, self-shining
liquid wax. which dries 10 a sheen
but not n shine, IL easiest and
quickest TO apply. Cream polish.
white OF neutral IN color for all
shoes except white ones. IL con-
sidered the best preventative by
some experts For high gloss.
there's nothing like the familiar
paste. which contains more WAX
than other types.
For suede shoes. use a firm but
flexible brush. preferably NOT
wire. Brush circularly. Use suede
polish. Suede wears very well.
but shouldn't be expected 10 keep
looking fresh n worn freqnsntly
under galoshes OF rubber.
Reversed calf or other rough
textured white shoes should be
brushed. then treated With whit.
ing. Smooth white shoes should
never be byushed-
saddle Soap
Colored shoes of smooth leath-
ers. such a. calf, antelope. etc.
profit by saddle-soaping. Use
small sponge or rag. dampsned.
but not sopping wet Work up .
isthsr on the sponge. scrub ths
shoe thoroughly. then rinse sponge
and remove saddle soap and dirt
from shoe.
Patent leather shoes, experts
maintain. should not BE- polished,
for this tends to crack and duh
them. To clean use slightly
dampened rag and q mild soap.
Keep your shoes in good r..
pair Heels. particularly. should
BE- fixed a. soon AZ they beeoms
worn or crooked. An uneven heel
soon twists the shoe out ~ snaps
and one badly worn throws the
wearsr off balance. Don't LET soles
get worn through 70 insoles, -
this IL liable 10 weaken the whole
construction Of the shoe.
Heavy-duty shoes for outdoor
work. farming or factory wear
take plenty Of greasinE 70 make
them proof against mud and mois-
tUre. Spread warmed grease on
with a soft cloth, then rub in
thoroughly with the palm a the
hand. Good greasea are meats
foot oil. castor oil. cod oil. taliow,
wool grease or mixtures Of these.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-02
l000-P oini Contract
Wins a Tournament

BY WILLIAM w. MCKINNEY
Our old friend L. d. Boone Of
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
BLACK MARKET:
ActiOn on Meat

Action rather than words was the
keystone of a program sponsored by
the OPA and the department of ag-
riculture to smash the black mar
kets in meat.
First barrage laid down in this
offensive was Price Administrator
Prentiss M. Browns order imposing
specific retail price ceilings on meat,
beginning with pork products. Sec
ond attack came in the announce
ment by Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard of orders licensing livestock
slaughterers as well as those who
buy and sell livestock for slaughter.
Effective April l, the meat ceilings
were expected to check black mar
kets and end an unjust squeeze"
on packers. Mr.. Brown said they
would also lay the groundwork for
the start of meat rationing about
April Is. Pork ceilings were to be
followed by uniform regulations on
beef and lamb.
When red meat rationing is un-
dertaken, the order will include ba-
con, butter, cheese, lard and other
cooking fats.
With prices uniform throughout a
community on all cuts of meat,
Brown said, it would be difficult for
dealers to get rid of illicit meat at
higher prices.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
RUSSIANS:
ReDeat Old History

Back over the snowy Russian
steppes where Napoleon's army per-
ished long ago reeled the retreating
German legions.
While the collapse of Nazi resist
ance at Rzhev had been of high i'm
mediate strategic Importance to the
Red command it was prophetic of
further Nazi reverses, for with the
whole German salient west of Mos
COW unhinged, the fate of Orel and
Vyazma to the east virtually sealed.
The rapidity of the Russian ad-
vance was indicated by the capture
soon afterward of Olenino 35 miles
west of Rzhev giving control of the
railway running from Moscow to We
like Luki.
While German spokesmen de-
scribed the Rzhev defeat as stra-
tegic withdrawal to shorten Nazi
lines, Allied military observers saw
in it a threat to all Axis defenses
from Smolensk to the Baltic sea.
In the South the Russians had
moved forward more slowly, inped-
ed by the first thaws of oncoming
spring. But Red forces were re-
ported driving forward from recap
tured Lgov, important railroad CEN
ter west of Kursk.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
BISMARCK SEA:
Disaster for Japs

Three facts of major significance
to the future of the war in the Pa
cifc emerged from the stunning VIC
tory of General MacArthur's bomb
ers over the 22-ship Jap armada in
the Bismarck sea, approaching New
Guinea.
Fact No. / was that in sinking the
% enemy ships and bagging 81
Jap planes, MacArthur's airmen
proved that a force of land-based
bombers manned by skilled pilots
is more than match for sea-
borne invasion force. Fact No. 2
was that the victory removed the
danger of invasion to the Australian
mainland for the time being at
least. Fact No. 8 was that the
enemy garrisons at Lac and Sala-
maua, New Guinea, would not now be
reinforced, for it was estimated that
$4,000 Jap troops perished when
Yankee bombs sank their transports.
Military observers believed that
one of the immediate results of the
Jap disaster would be an increase
in pressure by General MacAr-
thurs armies besieging Lac and Sal
amaua with the object of driving the
Japs entirely from New Guinea.
The clean-sweep character of the
American triumph was summarized
in General MacArthur's terse COM
munique: "We have achieved VIC
tory of such completeness as to as
sumo the proportions of a major dis
aster to the enemy"
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
SMALL BUSINESS:
Good Ne,Us ahead

Good news for small business con-
Germs was forthcoming from Charles
E. Wilson, executive vice chairman
of the War Production board when
he announced that war contracts
placed with smaller companies twill
run into billions of dollars by the
end of the year."
Wilson said that more than $780,
100000 of work week is being
placed now with small business firms
through the efforts of the Smaller
War Plants corporation.
The WPB's program for small
business, Wilson said, includes: l.
An increase in the number of prime
contracts placed with small plants;
2-Widening of WPB's lending poll
cy to make loans to small business
easier; s. Certifcation of more
small plants to handle war con-
tracts
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
NAVY:
Predict 1919 Losses

A navy "big enough to dominate
all seas over the world was envi-
stoned by Secretary Frank Knox,
who added warning that the Amer
lean people must be prepared to ex-
pect 10 per cent casualty rate in
navy personnel before the wars
end.
Secretary Knox and ranking naval
officials unfolded a program for
building up personnel strength to
1850, 900 by July, 1914, in testimony
before the house subcommittee on
naval appropriations. Appropria-
tions totaling $3,816, 900, 900 to imple-
ment this program were approved
by the subcommittee.
The navy had 3,205 ships in COM
mission on January /, 1943, accord
ing to Rear Admiral Randall ia
cobs, chief of the bureau of person.
mel. This number will be increased
to approximately 4,100 by the end
of the year, he added.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18

LOS ANGELES: Canned baby food
is becoming more popular-particu-
larly with adults, according to Sam
M. White, secretary of the Southern
California Retail Grocers' associa-
ton. The reason, he says, is the
present rationing system. The low
ration point value of canned baby
foods constitute their chief appeal.
A purchaser can get a 4 OF 51k-
ounce can for one point.
BERNIE: Diplomatic circles re-
ported that Pope Plus XII had been
asked to assume the initiative in an
effort to obtain agreements among
the belligerent powers to refrain
from bombing "open cities" Accord
ing to reports, Archbishop Francis
j. Spellman of New York, a recent
Vatican City visitor on an unan-
nounced mission, had examined the
possibility of such move. Well
informed quarters said it was DOS
sible that Spellman had discussed
the question of aerial warfare with
the Papal secretary of state during
his Vatican visit.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
NORTH AFRICA:
ROnn1eL In Reverse

AS Allied troops continued their
drive in Tunisia, it became increas-
ingly clear that Marshal RommePs
short-1ived Kasserine Pass offensive
had been a gamble. If he succeed
ed, he would follow it up. If he
failed, he would waste no time in re-
firing. This was emphasized by the
rapidity with which American and
British forces had regained the
ground lost in RommePs first push.
Reports disclosed that some units
of the British Eighth army had made
contact with American troops in the
Gafsa area of central Tunisia after
circling the Mareth line from the
south and advancing through the
Chott Djerid marshes which had
hitherto been regarded as impassa-
BILE.
American forces pressing ROM
mels retreat from the Kasserine
pass were reported well beyond
Sbeitla on the way to the Faid Pass,
the key to German north-south COM
munications.
In the northern mountains west of
Axis-held Bizerte heavy Nazi at
tacks had bent the British lines
back. The Allied air arm remained
dominant over North Africa, how
ever, and in the Mediterranean,
sharp enemy losses to British sub
marines were reported. Seven Axis
ships were sunk and nine others
damaged.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
81 L G FL LIG HTS -. in the weeks neVs

LONDON: "Take a towel with you
when you go visiting" was, in ef-
feet, what Britons were told in a
new set of rationing regulations. In
announcing towel concessions for
factory and medical workers, Hugh
Dalton, president of the Board of
Trade, said that in future "we must
be prepared to take our towel with
us if we go away to stay, or if asked
to do so, to the hairdresser.
WASHINGTON: Surgeon Gen.
Thomas Parran, director of the U. S.
public health service, warned that
''war nerves" hold a serious threat
in coming months to the nations
health. DR.. Parran declared that
poor leadership both in private life
and national affairs was one of the
primary causes of war nerves. Men,
tai distress, hatred, unsatisfied de-
sires and resentment against the
hardships of war which are upset
ting the world today will pose one of
the greatest problems science has
ever dealt with when the war is
won. he declared
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
WAR COST:
Exceeds 43 Billion

More than 1880, ,452,651 was
spent for war purposes in the first
eight months of the current fiscal
year, it was disclosed by the treas
ury department.
The war department spent the
most for war-$27, 1903 ,243 ,684. The
navy spent $11 SOP, ,653, 1856, the mari
time commission 81 ,685, ,143, 1886 and
the war shipping administration
$733, ,211, TAO.
Expenditures by the government
for all purposes during the eight
month period totaled $47, 800, ,944, ,727,
while net revenue totaled So, ,512, ,808,-
497. The governments deficit for
the eight months was $38, ,084, ,6o2, SOB.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
Solomon Islands Lost
Nearly Two Centuries +!

With the Solomon Islands, 500
miles east of New Guinea, now
prominent in the news, it is hard
to believe that after their discov-
cry in 1867 this archipelago, which
includes 10 large islands and hun
dreds of smaller ones, totalling
$1,000 square miles and stretching
for 900 miles, was completely lost
for 200 years. Later navigators
looked for them in vain. They be-
came a joke among sailors, and
incredible though it may seem
they were struck off the mapl
Not until 1857 were they redis-
covered by Captain Carteret, an
Englishman, who came upon them
by accident.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18

Midwest senators who had urged
that any new pipeline construction
should be instead, from the Middle
West to the East Coast shortage
area. This will be in addition to the
recently completed 24-inch line.
Mr.. Ickes assured the Middle West
senators in testimony before COM
mittee in Washington that he also
hopes to complete 20-inch pipeline
from the Midwest to the East coast
this year.
Meanwhile, he insisted, building
the western end of the second pipe
line first would speed the job and
increase deliveries to the East coast
of from 10000 to 5000, 900 barrels
during the most critical period of
the shortage. This would provide
the most effective method.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
Flights End for German
Plane on Tunisian Front

Here is scene at an advanced
United States air and fighter base
near the German lines in Tunisia,
with two soldiers engaged in typi-
cal tourist act. One soldier ko-
daks his buddy seated at the con-
trolls of what once was a German
fighting plane. The plane was forced
down in flames, which burned away
all but the metal skeleton shown in
picture.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
DRAFT:
Fathers Go Soon

Draft boards will begin inducting
fathers into the armed forces in
many areas of the United States
about May 1, informed officials in
Washington indicated. These Off
cials added that they expected draft
ing of married men with children
to be general throughout the coun-
try by early summer.
Acknowledging that some married
men with children have already been
inducted, selective service officials
declared that most of these had ac-
quired their dependents after De-
cember 8, 1941. Other fathers, it
was said, may not be inducted with
out authorization from selective
service headquarters. 1t was pre-
dicted, however, that such authori-
zation would be forthcoming this
spring.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
PIPELINES:
Relief for East

Blunt-spoken Harold L. Ickes, pe-
troleum administrator, served notice
that he had decided to build 20
inch pipeline from Texas to the Mid
die West, despite the objection of
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
BEAUTY SCHOOL

To-day Beauty Culture offers one of the
Greatest Opportunities for a Dignihed
and Profitable Career.
The University School of Beauty Culture
passes on to you this great opportunity.
Regular SIPS complete course al the sum-
Write for Free Information
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BEAUTY CULTURE
independent SCHOOL,
423 14th Ave. S. E. MinneapoIis
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
That's Serious

Friend Visiting patien)-Say,
Fred, that's sure a sweIl-looking
nurse you have.
Fred-I hadn't noticed.
Friend-Great scott I had nc
idea you were that sick.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
CHICKS FOR SALE

Kramer's Super-X-Baby Chicks for 1888
We have been Matching quality chicks for
larry white diarrhea. Write for circular low
prices. Kramer Hatchery, Fairmont. MINI
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
CHILDLABOR:
2.78O.OOO EmDLOyed

Rejecting the wars impact on the
nations labor supply, report by
the National Child Labor commits
sion revealed that 2,780,00 young
sters of less than 18 years of age
are employed either full or part time
in industry and agriculture.
Citing noticeable increase in il
legal child labor, especially in nigh.
work, the report said that $4,000
of the group were in the IA to IS
year age class and the remainder
Is and II.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
Getting Caught

Teacher-Willie, how do you de-
fine ignorance?
Willie-It's when you don't know
something and someone finds il
out.
Shoe Clerk-I have just the shoe
for you, Madam. Size 3Ls, marked
down from q.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
CANADA

How Canada has been stepping VI,
It's war tempo was revealed by Fl.
nance Minister James Ilsley, who
told the dominion parliament that
the fighting forces during 1943-'4.l
would require $500, 900, 900, COM.
pared with s1,913, ,OOO, 900 in 1929.
Largest increase was in the air
force with an anticipated outlay of
81, 129, 900, 900, compared with S627 :
100000 in the fiscal year ending
March 81. This increase, Mr.. T;-
ley said, reflected expansion of air
force strength.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Meat Ceilings to Check Black Market;
Bismarck Sea Triumph Forecasts U. S.
Drive to Sweep Japs From New Guinea;
Small Firms Get Billions for War Work

columns ahsy % @
dbx xMesern Newspap
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
MISCELLANEOUS

Stop Rap Guide for windrowers, guaran-
teed to keep idle roller clean at all times.
Heavy dew will not stop cutting. Save 500
on your canvas and time. Price So. Patent
applied for. E. G.. Melroe, GwinneT. y. D.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
FEATHERS WANTED
FIELD SEEDS for SALE

KHERSON, IOWA los, IOGOLD, GOPHER
and Minrus Oats; Wisconsin 80 Barley.
Thatcher Wheat MARTIN VOLLUM.
Route 2, Albert Lea, MINI.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
FRUIT TREES

NEW NANKING CHERRIES
Originated by State Fruit Farm. Suitable
for lawn or orchard. Hardy even in Can
ada. Two trees only 81 IS ppd. Free cat
alog of Victory Fruits.
Andrews Nursery Faribault. MINI.
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
Good Reason

The old man fishing from the
river bank landed a pike about
two feet long, but threw it back.
Later he caught another large one.
This he also threw back.
Five minutes later he caught a
small perch, and put it into his
bag. As he rose to go a fellow
fisherman asked him why he had
thrown two beautiful fish back and
kept small one.
WELL" he replied, ''my frying
pans only nine inches widel"
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
PHOTO FINISHING
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WANTED

WANTED-Popcorn, all varieties shelter
run or cleaned-any quantity. Send sam
pies. Midland Pop Corn Co., Minneapolis
The Ely miner., 1943-03-18
Voice of Experience

Voice of Experience
The teacher took her pupils through
an art gallery. She explained that a GER
tain painter could change a smiling face
to froioning one t0ith single stroke
OF the brush.
$50 could my mother" remarked 9
small boy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-07
Dear Folks :

Some of the most lonesome persons in
the world today are the men in service,
whoever and wherever they are. Running
a close second are their folks at home.
There has been much about letter writ
ing to them, and from them to you. Per-
haps among the superfluous things of the
day there has been nothing more super
fluous then a good portion of the mail
not addressed properly and not, in the
case of packages, done up properly.
Mail in this war has become gradually
systematized like everything else and the
U. S. mails are handling service mail in
a capable fashion. Most of the soldiers IN
camp and on duty here and there agree
that the one thing worse than getting
letters not often enough is to get them too
often. And the busy man in service has
too active program to write too ire
quently; routine that would only allow
him to repeat the happenings in subse-
quent letters.
A bit of information sent out by the
Office of War Information advises on
what to write and what NOT to write to
soldiers, sailors and marines based on
suggestions in general survey among
servicemen at home and across seas.
Among the suggested things to tell are:
how the family is doing everything posi-
BILE to help in the war effort that the
folks at home are anxious for the boys
return; how we'll and busy the family is,
with details; how the family is getting on
financially, and general news of the COM
munity with the suggestion to enclose
clippings from the hometown neWspa-
per.
Among the things NOT to write to the
boys away are your troubles in detail, all
manner of complaints, your deprivations,
and doleful predictions about the future.
In short don't tell him your troubles,
when you start off-Dear Joe, for he's
got plenty of his own which he does not
inflict on you at home when he writes,
Dear Folks -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-07
Major Kermit Roosevelt

Major Kermit Roosevelt'S life was one
of exploration, adventure, service to his
country during part OF two wars, and
activity in his chosen profession. His
death at the age of SO years came the
other day following fairly vigorous life.
Like his father, he went at things and
lived full life. He was valuable and
important in any pursuit undertaken by
him.
The father, the late Theodore Roosevelt
and the son, Kermit, travelled together
in day almost forgotten in the stress of
ensuing years, which featured events such
as World War l and the present war thus
far In both of these Kermit Roosevelt
was active and gave his services.
Both father and son had experiences
that were thrilling and which made excel
lent reading material. Both possessed
imagination and courage to do big things,
not for personal glory or for the effect it
might have on the world at large, but for
the pleasure as well as for the good such
activities might do. Major Roosevelt's
death came as a distinct surprise. An
outstanding American his death removes
a man of decided merits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-07

Housing is said to be critical here in
Waterbury as well as in other places. The
landlord has time of it telling people
he has no rents. 1t was stated last week
that many were forced to live in vacant
stores and one-room apartments not ade-
quate. These conditions are not encour-
aging, but how can you house people
when there is no place for them? What
we need is some steady and speedy, but
good buildings. But that, too, seems
out of the question, because you cannot
get the materials to build, nor the work
men to build. We seem to 60 about in cir
cles. Our male population ranks are so
depleted that there are few to carry on
the ordinary homefront pursuits. Which
is all the more reason for hoping and
praying that the war will soon be over.