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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
= Our Opinion s---
. Calendar 0uirks

Looking over the 1913 calendar shows
that the principal holidays will contribute
to several long week ends and late Easter.
Washington's Birthday falls on Mon
day, making a long weekend for those
whose business allows them to lay off that
day. Decoration day and the Fourth VI
July comes on Sunday which will mean
their celebration on Monday. Labor Day
is, of course, on Monday, and Christmas
comes on Saturday.
Most remarkable disclosure Is the date
OF Easter, April 25, the last day on which
Easter can possibly fall. It came on that
date in 1886; and these two years are the
ones between 1901 and 1000 in which
Easter hits that date. The earliest Easter
is March %; 1t occurred on that date in
1918, the only time in the two centuries.
Easter Is the Sunday after the fun
moon of March 81 or thereafter. Next
year the moon is full March 20 which
doesn't count; and again April 10, which
falls on Monday. So Easter comes the fol-
lowing Sunday, April %.
The fluctuation of Easter has been
puzzle to many people. The British Parlis-
ment tried to build closer corral around
the date some years ago, by providing that
Easter fall on the first Sunday after the
second Saturday In April-provided the
consent of other nations could be obtained.
But the other nations paid no attention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04

Because u IA one of the vital materials
required in the prosecution of the war, tin
has been elevated to new category in the
national economy. II has become almost
as important, if not quite so, as il was
when the COP campaigns were built on the
theory that high tariff on tin was neces-
sary TO save the country and to provide a
dinner pail for the working man. Grover
Cleveland exploded the theory with the
dictum that what the working man was
able to have in his dinner pail was more
important than the material of which il
was made. The idea so appealed to the
workingmen that in the middle eighties
they combined to tip over the COP apple
cart and put Cleveland in the White House.
There is no joke about tin being neces-
sary TO save the country now Every tin
can we save is one more to tie TO Hitler
and his pals Mussolini and TOTO. More than
anything else, the War Production Board
order to conserve tin reminds us how
wasteful We have been with that vital
metal.
Many years ago the japanese saw what
We were doing. They took the tin cans We
threw away, pressed them into bales and
shipped them to Japan. The salvaged tin
on a number of occasions furnished most
of the cargo of ships which loaded in Ia
coma and Seattle. We thought the Japan
csc were silly goofs TO waste their time
gath ring up the tin cans we threw away.
Under the WPB order between seventy
and eighty different foods that have been
packed in tin cans will be processed in
chemically lacquered steel containers.
Some of this processed food will be ear
marked solely for the army and lend-leass
commitments; other foods available for
civilian home consumption will range from
thirty TO sixty per cent of the 1912 pack.
Many things have happened In the
process of transition from tin to steel con-
tainers. The can manufacturer has adopt
ed new methods to conserve tin supplies.
BY the introduction of the electrolytic
process light plate was substituted for
heavier material. By the adaptation of
chemically treated steel, lacquered plate
became suitable for many products. By
standardizing can sizes, economies in steel
were achieved.
After rough-and-tumble Journeys
which would wreck other types of contain
ers, cans made in America now serve the
men in the combat zones in many ways
beyond the original purpose. Gasoline cans
become water carriers; food cans see serv-
ice as cooking pots. mirrors for shaving
and even cutting and digging tools. In
addition, can factories now produce, among
a host of other items, bomb cases, anti
tank mines, aircraft flare cases, first-aid
kits, portable blood banks and photo-flash
bombs. The lowly tin can has indeed come
into its own in global war.
Housewives can help by saving their
tin cans and turning them over to salvage
headquarters.
In this way We tie a can to Hitler and
those who help promote his philosophy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
Rotioning and Price Control

The rstioning price situation continues be
matter for but Of the
indicated following The Aberdeen World
there feeling that the
The announcement of approaching food rauonng
Elmer Davis head Of the office information
Agriculture Claude WekRd welcome
eminent dealing with the people of the country set forth
mite particulars especially latter
of avoiding the mudde
rubber situation
70 be expected and what s be made o them"
Discussing the subject fsceuous
Times
"Babbtt Babbtt IL still Middeown which Indiana
and IL is lndisnans eayddle
Elmer and Byron
which IA quite reassuring"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
. Mr.. Fixit

Mr.. Fixlt: j have n lease on
a farm that i am renting and
the landlord is giving me till the
18th of February TO get off the
place. He is also raising the rent
on my place. Is II true IL he has
mortgage on the place, that he
can raise the rent: F.A.
If you have the lease properly
executed, there is no cause for
his removing you from the place
or to raise the rent. The fact
that he has a mortgage does not
allow him to raise rent. II will be
worth your time and money TO
have a lawyer read the lease and
have him advise you.
Mr.. Fixit: would like 10
know IL 1t will be cheaper TO file
income tax with my husband or
separately. l work In a mill and
he Ia In the navy. NJ. l.
Much depends on deductions
that you can make for yourself.
1t is best that you present your
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
The Form Front

Among the first the state papers join
Times backing Gov Langes proclamation January
Farm Front Month" is The Seattle Times, which
Probably American producer been placed
dilemma by the Exhoed
production of essential foods
capped by the lack Of critically needed machinery
difficult the shortage
1T therefore that Gov. Arthur
ssk thought to the problems officially designating
January Fsrm-Front Month
Food Governor Lsngle points out proclamation
vital Of offense and defense Flying Fortrees
ammunition machine guns bsttleship
used the goodwill Europe
cooperation viii be needed later
During this month. destined
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04

Few incidents of the have brought much favorable
editorial the which Vice President Henry
Wallace discussed the problems that will the
Typical this THE Francisco Chronicles
Vice President Wallace the problem in only
He states the problem rather than
specfic them This all that done
As the Vice President blueprint the details
There people who would like TO lay down complete
scheme immediately aacy the their
picture world while world quite different
when the put pieces
together. We do not the
Before we can know that have the TO win.
The usefulness the Vice Presidents its de-
scrpton the problem
though 1t blueprint solution The
who understand the problem they
greater the chance with
the people
them do understand this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
HoppY New Year

Looking world picture
Portland only make this Happy Year"
Here it is-a resolution
ITO everything Victory. reservng nothing
TO be human. keep . q
TO quit squswkng and backbng remembering that
boys the fighting fronts Republicans Democrats
Catholics Proestants, bombing
planes the ships the tanks be buddes
jobs because all under the
Flag for the America with the goal. Freedom.
ITO Hitlerism n dealings
other TO keep free rsonng the
that who fight freedom abroad
democracy by supporting il, working living
TO realizing
that the
nothing
or we
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
Percentages

There quite a points
tween total figures percentages. Its like this:
"One OF the
lis that
be We make absolute values relative
$4,000 plurality sweeping victory whether
where 10000 20
where so 600 plurality l per
sometimes the civilian population
cut in the supply Well billion pounds
whole lot something
and consumption
shah have only pounds every pounds
which terrible.
But William percen-
tages may day up greater
length"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

problem to the bureau of internal
revenue at the post office. In
many cases separate returns are
the more economical.
Mr.. Fixit: / have a problem
on my hands, 1 know of q Is
year old boy that would like TO
live with me. His mother does
not give him the proper care and
his sister will have nothing TO do
with him. He worships me. What
will happen If he should run away
and decide 10 stay with me ?
Please do not use my address.
We do not advise that you take
the boy in with you until you
have had chance TO talk the
matter over with some one. The
address you have given US shows
that there is medical social
worker in the same building. Why
not ask her what to do? She
may refer you to the Family Well
fare agency in Tacoma and they
will be glad To help you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
The 1914 Campaign

ION the todays standings The Beingham Herald
discussion presidential possibilities 1914 GovEect
Thomas Dewey of New York and Gov Brieker of Ohio
When he Mr. would his full
unless drafted committed continue
office until 1916 AS Governor Bcker, II
expected that unforeeeabe circumstances will be
candidate, and probably formidable
Wendell Wnke powerful and unpredctable factor but
speculation fraction opposition
represents.
Although Dewey and Brker unannounced
oontenders the 1894 and-as
Vsndenberg hntsnew timber develop meanwhile From this
prospect nobody a probably
will lead u the White House"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04

before because Of the forthcoming
ratonng important that most careful
consideration To the produces this essential the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04
. WAR QUIZ

i. Two silver bars indicate a
captain IN the regular Army;
what is the title of the WAAC
officer who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-04

5. Who Is Gen. Kurt Zeitzler
and how did he figure in the re-
cent German high command
shskeup?
ANSWERS on Page III
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lsvs net the ~erId. ssither fss
Hing, shet era n TIE ~erls. "
cry nsn love me ~eris. the le<s
81 The Fsthsr . .st ). hi-.-Johs
Ais.
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wears this IN
xigne ?
2. Near what
great L. S. in
dustrial city is
the Willow Run
b o m b er plant
NWI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01
THE HUDSON PLEDGE FOR 1o43

We
Hudson traditions throughout
u'moi'o eonsen,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01

Moreover have also taken active the salvage entered
by the Hudson You
the War Production Board We glad had the
in these behalf o program!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01

l. HuDsoN COMPANY wishes express its sincere thanks
for cheerful shopping
the critical closed In
spirit have adjusted shopping habits the
certain shortages curtaed services and regulations
without complaint And by that have helped materially
achieve many of the detectives of Americas program.
effected
livery which will enable delivery facilities available
extended
deliveries by
exchange and return calls homes by 75% and
completely deliveries
definitely the authorities
You have accepted the credit regulations with
debt reduction date being
expanded sufficiently with experienced
ards You found that free gift boxes had been
order of things without complaint.
conditions You have accepted the limitations
appliances
changes dis cihcatons
q n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01


Bonds eleventh floor Since the of War Bond
1912 have bought bonds
which reported be the largest sale Wa Bonds
the United States In addition
employees have themselves of
maturity! We ar of that ind o showns
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01

typical
AT this writing GA F1udnians their And $40
IIdoans LISA blood blood
the Hudson Red $40 udnan
aid conducted while
n
udsonn family includes,
lowed by COLES me o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01


- have all had with
brother andath sarem akn
threshold
forel a which will
of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

Often It takes more than an hour
for them TO pass. Even when 1t has
grown too dark to see the planes
themselves, you can watch their
progress by their wing lights-which
are not switched off until some
where farther along.
To an American, watching from
London's black-out streets, there's
something both reassuring and ter
rifying in seeing them go, knowing
that In just few hours their bombs
Of the asstriches who yell about the
aid we give the Allies are the same
people who once wanted to give
Germany heliuml The walls
coming from the opposition (because
Mrs. FDR used quip INVITING them
In the newsreels) prove again that
humor and ridicule are devastating
weapons In q war Of words Brit
ish blue-pencils have stopped the
song: II Heard You Cry Last Night"
Lowers civilian morale, etc. .
Archbishop Spelllnan's line In Col
lier's in his letters to his father:
II flew from Gen. Doolittle's head
quarters In N. Africa to Gibraltar in
less time than 1t took a telegram
to cover the same distance"
From the Herald Trib editorial
page, discussing the State Depart
ment's report Con our foreign poll
icy during the decade before Pearl
Harbor): "One point on which 1t
throws q melancholy light is the
amount Of warning this nation re-
ceived as to the kind Of world In
which 1t was living and the little
which the nation ever did about it,
i. Little 1t did about It? Many
In the nation called some Of us (who
tried doing something about it, hys-
terical alarmistS, warmongers, fell
low-travelers, interventionists,, key
hole peppers, night club adniralS
and paid propagandiSts.
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THE WASHINGTON AND NEW
~ Nrnmnr xnlHnR

THE WASHINGTON AND NEW
YORK WIRE
Private White House polls show
wallace has twice the support for
the vice presidency ag the combined
vote Of all his opponents INCLUDE
ing j. Byrnes, r. McNutt, Mr.. JUS
tice Douglas and J. Winant 4.
Cong. Glare Luces biggest postwar
problem Is globaloney. Her dinner
guests dine on her new diet :. A
Capitol correspondent Is In q jam
with colleagues for supposedly max
irg remarks to their wives The
ktork Stub has gone high-toned. Last
night its guests included Americas
famous poet, Joseph Auslander, and
Assistant Secretary Of State Adolf
A. Berle, Jrs and his wife IN
the film "Spitfire," the late Leslie
Howard (who persisted in q planet
saws: whats the use Of inventing
planes? They only kill peoplel" -. /.
L. II, r. Of the Times records this
nifty: washington Is place where
everyone Is welcome but no one Is
missed"
Yesterdays sally about Ann Sheri-
dan reminded her Of this sequel. 1t
took place In beauty parlor where
the management (irritated by a So
ciety dowager's tardiness) gave her
appointment to the star . When
the late arrival heard Of 1t, she bell
lowed: "FImfI And what has Ann
sheridan got that I haven't?" I.
II dunno" was someone's fetort,
'but It's newerW
The last broadcast by this report
er (before flying to Brazil last De-
cember told editors that tine
widow Of a great hero" was PLAN
ming to re-wed The statement
contained no names The Milf
ror published her denial that Mrs.
colin Kelly was planning to marry
again Kyle Crichton, whose gay
pieces on H'Wood have kept Col
lier's readers in stitches for years,
has lust completed a serious novel
about the Southwest. 6cribnef's
will publish In the Fall >. Bernard
Baruch Is working on plan to take
care OF washington 'sLeAloBS "aAO
win be stranded when war agencies
are liquidated Paper shortage
caused Doubleday Doran to drop 20
planned books Armand Vecsey,
Fiddler Of the Ritz" (who started
at that hotel 30 odd years ago.
isn't there anymore F. Sinatra
has a 2nd sponsor (perfume mani
who'll pay him $4,000 to run the
show. Sinatra will clear 5000.
From the Irish Echo: Premier de
Valera OF Fire succeeded, after con-
siderable time and effort, in max
ing Hitler pay for the restoration
Of a synagogue in Dublin which
had been destroyed by Nazi airmen
when they bombed the city couple
OF years ago. Mr.. de Valera acted
in fulfillment Of q promise to the
Jews Of Fire that their lives and
property would be protected by the
government against the acts OF any
enemy Of the country"
Thanks to T. p. McKeever for
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sending the clipping. So that every
American-Jewish family may write
and thank Fires great leader.
Paul gcheffer, who came 20 the
U. s. about 1888 as the official cor
respondent for Herr Goebbels, pa
per, Das Reich, was picked UP BY
the r. B. !. CATER Pearl Harbor)
as a dangerous enemy alien" and
confined In South Carolina
Scheffer was given q parole by At
torney General Biddle not long after
Is Paul Scheffer working for
o government agency anonymously?
And writing articles for q N. X.
Sunday supplement? And II he
was interned as dangerous enemy
alien, what makes him less dam
gerous now?
In Alan Hynd's book, Passport TO
Treason" the Rev. Kurt Molzahn, q
Philadelphia minister and former
German Army officer, is named as
one Of a group Of five who attempt
ed to sabotage the U. s. -. The
author just received q long letter
from Molzahn's attorney, demand
ing to know the source Of Hynd's
information about his highly re-
spotted" Mr.. Molzahn, because It
Is due my client" \. At the mo-
rl1ent the lawyers. highly respected
client is doing 10 years In a Federal
clink as spy for Germany and
Japan.
The Congressional Record reveals
that legislators on both sides have
been bouncing on each other, with
no holds barred. But when news
papermen and radio commentators
criticized them they were accused
Of trying to discredit Congress
Remember? Some Of the press
chucks bricks at Russia, then de-
mands their Siberian bases. You
won't get them with insults, bub.
Sudden Thawt: Instead of try
ing to tell our Allies what to do
think Of what we would do without
them CHS Commentator How
ard K. Smith has quit to Join Time
and Life. No connection with GEN.
sorship tiff. He's at Berne.
There was quite q war between
Senator Bailey and Senator Wheeler
during the draft fathers debate, ac-
cording to the Oct. 9Th Cong. Rec
ord Sen. Bailey said that Sen.
Wheeler is "even superior to Mar
shall Rommel Of Germany, In the
matter Of strategic retreat, legis-
lative retreat"
Sen. Wheeler replied, in part:
Perhaps I am sensitive about It:
but have heard paid propagan-
dists from New York, such as Wal
ter Winchell, try to smear every
one who had the CUTS to stand up
and oppose the Administration upon
this or any other question. They
arer accused Of being Nazis. The
last man I'd expect to feed them
Is Senator Bailey Of N. c."
To which Bailey retorted: shall
I change my figure Of speech to say
the Senator, like Robert z. Lee, beat
a strategic retrcat?"
We're . paid propagandlst from
New York-Senator Wheeler means
lin the same way he's one from
Montana Because we send food
and arms to Britain, Russia and
China some Americans shrek pro-
tests. For some strange reason they
do not even mildly protest the oil
and food we are still sending to
Frances neutral" Spain ). Many
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

will be screaming down on other
blacked-out cities only few hun
dred miles awy.
To Londoners there Is only feel
ing Of grim satisfaction and the
thrill Of a set on the edge Of bat
tie. London remembers the nights
three years ago when there were
other rnassed planes in the skies
overhead. And 50 do the crews Of
these bombers. And they salute this
city which took 50 much, Pickering
their planes signal lights in the
dot-dot-dot-dash for v for Victory.
BILLETs So you think Washing
toms crowded? Well, one night re-
Gently the U. 8. Army's billiting Of
flee here, having exhausted all other
possibilities, had to put up visiting
officers in the emergency beds In
the air raid shelter Of one Of Lon
don's Swankiest hotels. A billeting
officer Is offering bets that the day
will come when the only avilable
space will be triple-tier hunks on
the subway platforms.
SPEECH: OF ali British manner
isrnS, none has been the butt Of 50
many bitter G. I. jokes as the ex-
preston: You can't miss It," Any
Briton, asked for directions, invar-
iably ends them with the reassur-
ring advice that you can't miss It,"
The reason for the @. rs bitterness
Is that nine times out Of ten he has
Just spent half an hour wandering
around the blacked-out streets prov
ing that you darn we'll CAN miss 1t.
FOG: II q. rs have any mental
picture Of London before arriving
here, 1t Is sure to involve q sizeable
amount Of fog-Usually described as
pea SOUP fog. Imagine the num-
Der Of disappointed American sol.
diers, therefore, since there hasn't
been q single fog In 1913.
woMANPoWER: Here's an idea
Of what the national draft-fo in.
dustry means in Britain: For leav-
ing her Job at q laundry without
permission cher second offense), a
London woman last month was SEN
fenced to a month In jail.
MANPowER: The British, press
reports Tnnpower shortage in still
another profession; the private de.
tective. Seems that these days
you've got to be something OF a
super Sherlock Holmes yourself to
find q sleuth to do the Sleuthing.
QUESTION: How long Is "the
duration? This simple sounding
question has been the subject OF
considerable unofficial debate in
London. It's importance Is due to
the fact that 50 many contracts,
leases and other legal agreements
are drawn on q "for the duration"
basis. Is II the end Of the duration"
when the armistice Is declared or
~hen the peace is signed2 The an
swer, in the last war, was neither.
The King did not sign the official
declartion which legally ended the
duration" here until the middle Of
1920.
KILT: One shrewd Edinburgh
photographer is cashing in by pro-
viding the answer to O question
which every G. I. eventually won
ders: How would look in kits?
The photographer not only provides
his clients with full-dresS Highland
costumes, Seaforth or Gordon, but
also O background Of Edinburgh
Castle in a misty setting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

Aaedfofd, orr. CUP Ea.
for gold pans Il Is heavy
these war times as Il wAs
the depth Of the depre cn
no wonder. Mcdonald Bros.
ators Of 3 store at Ruch, report
the pans arc doing triple duty
ia banning for gold, brea6eIaI
and wash basins. But there "a
lots OF gold panning, the nEcpon
say, BY prospectors and minsfz a.
eligible for military service o. 6e
tense work.
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Of the telephone IA the war effort.
The guest speaker viii also show
interesting moving pictures. VIII
liam b. Van Tnssell Il chairman OF
the arrangements committee.
Sunday, November IL, WIN be OBJ
served In, the Baptist church as
World Parish Day. All services will
be planned especially by the pastor,
Rev. David p. Gaines, to emphasize
the opportunity for Christian service
In this time Of acute world need.
There will be visiting speakers Of
note.
The committee in charge Of the
celebration consists Of Mrs. Wilbur
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II. Allen, chairman. Hiss Roberta
Einiay, secretary. Leroy ", Eoote
and the pastor. Mrs. Clarence A.
Isbell and her committee win have
charge Of meals and Miss Maud
Dimmick Is chairman Of the exhibits
COMMITTEES. The publicity win be
handled b. DR.. John II. Foster Is
chairman.
The annual fellowship supper Will
be held Thursday evening, October
20, at 7:30 o'clock in the blue room,
followed by an interesting program
Of music and speakers.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS