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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
. Your Opinions
Speed Kills

Editor The Times: When will
the members of the city council
realize that they are sacrificing
human lives for greed?
In the last few months there
have been at least two men killed
by Belt Line busses driving at
excessive speed on Alexander ave,
through heavy pedestrian traffic,
This is not the fault of drivers as
they must maintain schedules set
to carry too many people on too
few buses.
Ask any shipyard worker and
he will tell you that the busses
seldom slow down to even twenty
miles per hour. A traffic light
is not the answer. as this would
not prevent excessive speed be-
tween Eleventh street and the
yard gate.
The answer. however is simple
the rigid enforcement of a
speed limit of ten miles per hour
on Alexander ave. The council
will say that this would slow
down traffic to the point where
the available busses could not
handle the traffic.
Which brings up another point
direct transportation of the
graveyard shift and more busses
on the other shifts. This is not
the time to speak of profits of the
Belt Line II is a utility Of the
people of Tacoma and is supposed
10 be operated solely in the best
interests Of the people.
The director of transportation
is not sincere when ne says that
direct transportation for the
graveyard shift would mean
dead-heading busses To the end
of the lines. Any child can tell
him that instead of dead-heading
some rs busses from the barns 10
the yards each night what
would oDT think Of that?) the
out-trip Of each direct bus could
be made by those now dead-head-
ing to the yards. The general
public could be kept off the buses
for about an hour. Surely no one
would object TO that in order to
save lives and increase war ef-
ficiency.
The thoughts expressed IN this
letter are not mine alone but Of
tens of thousands Of patriotic
fellow workers and other inter
ested citizens. We would all walk
to work if necessary but object tc
being pushed around by those who
would hide their own inefficlency
behind an appeal TO patriotism.
JAMES P. CARPENTER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
. Housing News Is Bad

Just in case you have not taken news
stories on the situation seriously, this is
to inform you that one of the country's
most acute housing problems centers in
Tacoma. About two years ago. war in
dustries in Tacoma employed about $4,000
persons. BY the end of 1912 the number
had increased to 10000. For about six
months rental family units have been
scarcer than the proverbial hens teeth.
But the real bad news from the housing
standpoint is that by fall of 1943 war
industry requirements will bring another
"a 900 workers here.
As the vanguard of these industrial
reinforcements straggle in, the problem
of finding shelter becomes increasingly
difficult Completion of the federal hous-
ing projects will provide for some. Several
thousand may be accommodated in the ia
cilities that will be provided by CONVEX
sion of non-residential buildings into fam
lily units and the Transforming of some of
the older large residences into flats and
apartments. But at the present progress
under the conversion program, before
summer thousands of workers will be
seeking homes and won't find them.
1t has been represented to The Times
that the surest way TO meet the emergency
will be through the conversion program
sponsored by the federal housing author
tiles. Though the government is offering
TO lease the properties suitable for CONVEX
sion into housing units, pay all the costs
of the changes, guarantee the going rent
for the duration and turn the properties
back to the owners when the need is over,
only comparatively few suitable proper
ties have been submitted
Greatest need is for properties that can
be converted into family units. Single
persons or man and wife can live in one
room downtown, but different arrange
ments must be made when there are chill
dren. Most desirable to meet this situa-
ton are commercial or other buildings in
the outlying eenters which can quickly be
converted into family units. All govern
ment ageuties having to do with wartime
housing are insisting that families with
children must have livable homes pref
erably away from the city center.
As the picture is presented by the hous-
ing Authorities in Tacoma, the situation is
critical. To say that there have been un-
necessary delays in housing projects here
is beside the point. That is water over
the wheel. What matters now is how prop
critics can be obtained to provide shelter
for the families of workers employed in
war industries in Tacoma.
Though no information to the effect
has been received here officially, if
housing needs cannot be met in other
ways, the authorities in Washington
are considering compulsory evacuation
from war industry centers of persons I'M
employed or not employed in essential
activities. That is the measure adopted
in England to provide shelter for war
industry workers. The hope is expressed
that such a measure will not be necessary
IN this country.
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He Knows or
Finds The Answers
BY John Hir

population engaged in war in
dustries and army and navy life
and as far as I know no reason
ably accurate check is available.
If anybody asks you, tell EN-
Tacoma is bigger; they can't
disprove it. March 8, 1913 was
a Monday; Feb. 8, 1922 fell on a
Friday.
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. Mr.. Fixit

Mr.. FiXit: turned in the fol-
lowing tires: one S3x5 high pres
sure truck tire that had never
been mounted. was still in original
wrapping; cost price was at least
SIS. I was allowed $3.50. Also
one 5.25X17 tire that had been
cut and repaired at a cost of
$3.50; never used since repair.
1 was allowed 20 cents. Where
can / put in claim for fair
hearinge Ii. o. GILMORE
Write to Floris Nagelvoort,
OPA, White-Henry-S Stuart build
ing. Seattle He's the regional
administrator and should know
the answer Your tires probably
were shipped to Railway Express
Agency here, then sent to a ware
house and appraised by a local
appraiser in federal employ. The
railway express agency had moth
ing to do with appraisal, I under
stand.
Mr.. FiXit: What was the length
of the jalopy race track at stella
COON Lake in 1902
PFC O. j. BRENNAN
That track was Just under one
half mile. il was never actually
measured in feet and had no Of
fetal classification.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me If al
the present time Tacoma has a
larger population than spokane
Also on what DAYS did March 3
1918 and Feb. 8, 1922 faIls
l. q. b.
Spokane had the larger popula-
ton by perhaps 5000 in the feder-
al census Of 1910. but it's hard
10 say if there is much difference
right now. Nobody knows but
there's lots of guessing gong on
Both cities are filled up with new
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Trade Winds After Mddlemans Profit for Bond Statesmen

But will it kill off the taxes the
government could collect in years
TO come? Don't overlook that to-
day people cannot eat the cattle,
pigs and crops the government
ordered killed and plowed under
only a few years ago.
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creased. On planned victory
models of consumer goods, frills
will be eliminated. Note that the
OPA and d of A ask that rail
rates be reduced. But, officials
covet most the so-called middle
mans profit. Once eliminated, it
will narrow the farmer-retailer
price spread plenty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
LOOKING AHEAD

President Roosevelt's limiting
of individual annual income to
sos, 900 after taxes and other
fixed charges will add a neat
piece of money to the govern
ments wartime financial chest.
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.LIEBENSRAUM' FOR ALL

II the land surface Of the earth
were divided among the inhsbi-
tsnts, each person would receive
approximately 20 acres
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
MERGER

Stockholders OF Consolidated
Aircraft Corporation and Vultee
Aircraft, Inc. viii approve
complete merger when they meet
FOR action March J.. Tom GIrdler,
chairman Of both companies. says
that has been under consideration
since Nultee acquired q 81 per
cent control of Consolidated near
the close Of 1871. The orEanIza-
ton viii then be IN a position
TO produce planes from huge
BON bers- transports IN peace
time-to the smallest passenger
planes.
Continued On Page ,
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ment 2 QUESTION ing overseas
securities. Such isn't the case N
the United States. Il would be
wise. saws the banker. # investors
looked around for attractive
yields.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
TRADE STATISTICS

TRADE STATISTICS
The department of commerce
says the gross value of goods
produced in the United States
last year was S121. 000. 900, 900
compared with S94. 900. 000, 900
for 1e41-a 80 per cent increase
and double the S57. 000, 600
of 1889. No figure is given for
1910.
Excluding Implications. esti-
mated at one-third, the total
value of finished products was so
billion dollars. But for 194S, ex-
GLIDING Implications, the COM
merce department estimates a net
value output Of 100 billions -
based on an average raw ma
terial price boost Of five per cent
Military requirements are ex-
pected to absorb nearly 65 bill
lions of the predicted 100 billion
dollar output this year Its Of
interest TO note that the food pro-
cessing industry produced 10 bill
lions worth Of products in 1882,
thus retaining its rank as the
largest American industry IN out
put value.
HIGH INCOME
National income for 1912 is
placed at 120 00O. 0o0. 0O0-an all
time high. The downward trend
in income is expected to hold
through February. but resump-
ton of the expansion will start
in March. Bankers estimate that
national income this year viii
exceed $780, 900 100000 a n d
another al-time high.
COMPARISON
An international banker does
not agree with New Workers that
since London funds are being in
vested in securities allowing a
low yield that such is the trend
in worldwide markets and that
Americans may as well act &C
cordinEly.
British investors must invest
funds at low yields because Of
necessity. These funds are &C
cunlated via the British govern
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
. FLIGHT

Alien Patents Basis OF
Latest Capitol Row
Little Business Man
To Get First Chance
CstsIoeued Like Deluxe
Edition Of Shakespeare
Hanging Out the Wash
On The Wickard Line
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Ts s~er,thiss there s ssoson
..d o ,i-rs 70 evefy purpose 1noef
hsaxen.-Eccl. Il.
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CONTINUED On Page y
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Standard Food Portions
Urqed for Price Freeze

Standardization of food portions
in all restaurants in the District to
make effective the requested freez-
ing of all restaurant prices at the
May, 1912, level was demanded by
the Washington Industrial Union
Council, C. I. O., in a resolution
made public yesterday.
Stating that previous requests to
R. K. Thompson, District OPA ad-
ministrator, and Sylvan Joseph,
OPA regional director, had met
with no action, Council President
Joseph D. Phillips announced that
copies of the resolution were being
sent to President Roosevelt, Food
Administrator Chester Davis, Di-
rector of Economic Sterilization
James F.. Byrnes and OPA Director
Prentiss Brown.
Mr.. Phillips pointed out that the
majority of Federal employees eat in
restaurants and do not benefit from
directives rolling back retail gro
Gerry prices. He termed the coun-
cils requested action IAN integral
part of price stabilizaton in this
area"
Evening star., 1943-05-22
States Act 10 Extend
Postwar Bus Service
Petition Will Ask ice
To Insist on Reserves
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. May 22-The State
Corporation Commission has been
invited to join commissions of other
Southeastern States in a proposed
move to have the Interstate Com
merce Commission compel bus COM
panies to build up reserves for use
in postwar expansion of their
service.
An outline of the proposed petit
ton along with the invitation for
Virginia to join in the move was
sent to H. E. Ketner, commerce
counsel for the Virginia commits
sion, by Walter R. Mcdonald, chair
man of the Georgia Public Service
Commission.
The proposed investigation would
be brought in the form of rate
hearing, Mr.. Mcdonald said, but
rate changes would not necessarily
be sought.
Mr.. Mcdonald pointed out that
bus companies are wearing out
equipment and are unable to re-
place much of it, are not building
new station facilities, nor expand
ing old ones, and if this is allowed
to continue, he declared, the public
will find a greatly deteriorated
service" at the end of the war
Other States requested to join in
the proposed action include Flor
ida, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Alexandria Groups Plan
Memorial Day Exercises

Confederate Memorial day will
be observed in Alexandria Monday,
with exercises under the joint spon-
sorship of the Robert E. Lee Camp,
Sons of Confederate Veterans, and
the Nellie Gusts Lee Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy.
The program will start with exer-
cises at Camp Lee Hall, under the
direction of R. Samuel Luckett,
commander of the camp, and Mrs.
Harry Kirk, president of the Nellie
Gusts Lee Chapter.
Following the exercises, at which
the original battle flag of the 18th
Virginia Regiment will be on dis
play, a procession will march to
Christ Church Cemetery for a pro-
gram to be held at the Confederate
Mound.
Company 112, Virginia Protective
Force, and the Alexandria Citizens
Band will join the procession to
the churchyard, where a squad of
the VPF will fire volley over the
grave of AleXandria's Confederate
dead and a member of the band
will sound taps.
At the Camp Lee Hall exercises
the guest speaker will be the Rev.
Norman Roberts, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Fairfax Police Told
To Shoot Unlicensed
Dogs 10 Check Rabies
3 New Cases Reported
So Far This Month,
Mcintosh Reveals

Capt. Carl R. Mcintosh, Fairfax
County police chief, announced yes
terday that in an effort to control
the spread of rabies in the county,
he has given instructions to men,
bers of the force to shoot all un-
licensed dogs found roaming at
large.
Capt. Mcintosh said that since the
dog quarantine in the county was
suspended in March, II positive
cases OF rabies have been found in
dogs. Eight were reported in April
and 3 this month.
Approximately II persons have
been bitten by rabid dogs, and sew
eral others have been bitten by dogs
suspected of having rabies. All are
receiving the Pasteur treatment.
A county ordinance, effective from
April / to September 30, requires
that dogs be confined to their own
er's premises during this period, un-
less accompanied by the owner.
A drive is being made by police to
enforce the ordinance, and during
April, approximately 100 persons
were brought into court for violating
the county dog law.
Capt. Mcintosh is urging all dog
owners of the county to cooperate
with the department to help check
the disease.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
lsWRahoniinq
g SssS2Remiinders1

Blue coupons, Book 2-Those marked
G. H and are good for rationed
canned goods and remain valid
through May 81.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats, butter, mar
garine, fats and oils, cheeses and
canned fish.
Stamps marked E, F, G and H
are good now and can be used
any time before May 81.
Stamps lettered become valid
next Sunday (May 23) and will
then be good through May 81.
Sugar-Stamp No. IL in Book l is
good for pounds through May 81.
Coffee-Stamp No. % is now valid
for l pound through May 80.
Fuel oil-No. coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 30
Gasoline-No. S A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July 81.
b and c coupons, good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes-Stamp II in Book Is good
for one pair OF shoes through
June IS.
Detailed r1tioning information toiu
be found each ,1eek tn The Sunday
Star.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Capt. {. N. Dixon Dies
AT Home in GaIesyi|Ie

Capt. E. N. Dixon, rs, who for
% years served as captain of the
Maryland State police boats Daisy
Archer and Folly, died yesterday
at his home in Galesville, Md.
Capt. Dixon was a World War
veteran. For the past eight years
he had been connected with the
police force in Anne Arundel
County. He was widely known as
a trainer of bird dogs.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Leatherbury Dixon, and
seven children, Mrs. George w.
Bruner of San Antonio, Tex; Mrs.
Donald Hardesty of Annapolis, J..
Edwin Dixon of New Jersey, and
Arthur, Sewell, Frank and George
Dixon, all of Galesville.
Funeral services will be held at
2::30 pm. tomorrow at the Galesville
Methodist Church, with burial in the
Quaker Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Manpower Shortage
Threatens Laundry and
Cleaning Services
Two Companies Report
Recent CurtoiIments
As Work Piles Up

Dry cleaning and laundry services
are in danger Of being drastically
curtailed here because of a serious
manpower shortage in many clean
ing plants, a survey disclosed today.
One large laundry temporarily
discontinued its dry cleaning serv-
ice yesterday At least two large
suburban plants now return all
laundry unironed, except for shirts
and heavy fiat work, such as sheets.
Many establishments, in an effort
to maintain their other services,
have stopped cleaning of curtains,
chair covers and similar articles.
Virtually all local cleaning plants
are overloaded with work, the sur
vey indicated. One laundry has
given up the attempt to render one
week service and now is returning
work in no less than 10 days.
Accepts Only Uniforms.
F. N. Cannon, production manager
for the Elite Laundry, which yester-
day announced that until further
notice it will accept only uniforms
of serVicemen and women for dry
cleaning, explained that the man
power shortage was forcing the tenn
porary curtailment.
The laundry normally operates
night shift in the spring, when
cleaning work is always heavy, Mr..
Cannon said, but this year is un-
able to do SO because the necessary
washers. checkers, press operators
and hand flnishers cannot be OBJ
tanned. AS a result, the dry clean
ing department is overloaded with
work and is three to four days be-
hind with deliveries.
Mr. Cannon said the discontinue
ance of this service, which he hopes
will last for only three or four days,
was to enable the laundry to catch
up with the dry cleaning work that
has piled up.
Absenteeism a Factor.
The Elites laundry division is also
having manpower troubles, he said.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
employees we're absent from work
yesterday for various reasons.
An official of the Page Laundry
and Dry Cleaning Co., which recent
ly adopted Today service, said the
shortage of workers has made it i'm
possible to maintain a one-week
schedule. Many of the present en-
ployes are unskilled, so that it now
takes three persons to do the same
work that two did formerly, he
pointed out.
Another laundry, which formerly
had IS to 10 employees in it's pro-
duction department, is now lucky"
to have 40 to As working on any
given day. it was said.
Also causing concern to some
operators was the possibility of a
cut in the value of "T'' gasoline
ration coupons This might force
laundries to further reduce their
delivery truck mileage, which it was
said. already has been cut drasti-
cally.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
J. Maynard hagruder
To Be Candidate for
Virginia House
Democratic Leader
Has Lived in Arlington
For Lost l8 Years

j. Maynard Megruder. chairman
of the Arlington County Democratic
Committee and former chairman of
the county Ration Board, today an
nounced that he will be candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
one of the county's two seats in the
House of Delegates in the August
3 primary.
Maj. Charles R. Fenwick, incum-
bent, now in the judge advocate
generals department, already has
announced that he will seek re-elec-
ton.
Mr. Magruder has been in the real
estate and insurance business for the
last 18 years and has his own firm
in the county.
He is chairman of the Arlington
County Utilities Commission, and as
head of this commission in 1910 re-
vived the check on utility rates
which resulted in a gas rate cut
in 1941.
Mr.. Magruder served as vice chair
man of the County Democratic
Committee before being named
chairman. He served two terms as
president of the Arlington County
Democratic Club and has been
delegates to several State conven-
tions.
A resident Of Arlington since 1925,
Mr.. Magruder attended elementary
school in the District. He was grad
uated from Business High School in
1918. He entered Dowd's Army and
Navy Academy, from which he en-
listed in the Army. He was dis
charged shortly after the armistice.
He attended the University of
Maryland and Georgetown Univer-
sity Law School. He served as an
enlisted man in the District Ma
tional Guard until 1924, when ne was
commissioned a first lieutenant in
the 121st Engineers in which he
served until 1884.
Mr.. Magruder is a past president
and past secretary of the Lyon VIII
lage Citizens Association and has
served as a delegate from this
group to the Civic Federation. He
is president of the Arlington County
Lions Club, and also is active in the
Chamber of Commerce and the
American Legion. He served as
chairman of the Power Committee
of the Northern Virginia Regional
Defense Council
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Suburban Ration Board Hours

7:30 to $50 pm. Thursdays.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Hyattsville.
Gam. to pm. daily except Satur.
days.
Gam. to noon Saturdays.
Upper Marlboro.
Gam. to pm. daily except Satur-
days.
9 am. to noon Saturdays.
Rockville.
$50 am. to $3.50 pm. daily except
Saturdays.
9 am. to noon Saturdays.
Bethesda.
10 am. to 2 pm. daily except Sat-
urdays.
8 am. to noon Saturdays.
Silver Spring.
10 an. to 2 pm. daily except Sat-
urdays.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Arlington.
9 am. to $3.50 pm. daily.
z To 10 WednesdQYS


Gasoline, tires, miscellaneous COM
modities, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.
Fuel oil, ration books / and 2,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Price-control division always open.
Alexandria.
9 am to 4 pm. daily except We'd
nesdays and Saturdays.
9 am. to pm. Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
7:30 to 9:30 pm. Wednesdays.
Ration books / and 2 issued Mon
days and Fridays only. -.
Fairfax.
$50 am. to 4 pm. daily except
Thursdays and Saturdays.
$50 am. to ! pm. Thursdays and
Saturdays. -s-.. .5.-
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Rooming House Operator
Fined; Plans Appeal

James Yeager, colored, a room
ing house operator. was fined 5000
In Municipal Court yesterday fol-
lowing his conviction on charges
that four houses he operated in the
500 block of Nineteenth street NV.
had inadequate bath facilities and
were unlicensed
The defendant said he would ap-
peal the verdict to the Municipal
Court of Appeals. Judge Walter j.
Casey set the appeal bond at $780,
Meanwhile, q additional charges,
involving eight other rooming houses
said to be operated by Yeager, were
continued until Wednesday. Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Milton
Norman will be In charge Of the
Governments case.
Yeager lives at 1912 Fourth street