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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Fire Insurance
Rates Are Cut

Fire insurance underwriters gen.
orally have reduced rates 10 per
cent on dwellings and apartment
houses throughout the state. retro
active on all policies written on
or since Nov. 5, II was announced
Wednesday by William A. Sulh-
van, state insurance commissioner.
Sullivan said the cut would
affect 10 per cent Of all fire in
surance business written in this
state. The decision to reduce
rates, he said, had been based on
statistics compiled last year by
the state insurance department,
and will save Washington insur-
ance buyers about 100000 arr
nually.
The 10 per cent reduction
In rates applies also To farm
dwellings and 10 protected"
mercantile, industrial and pub
lic-owned properties. A per
cent reduction II granted for
insurance on contents of such
buildings and for the buildings
of those classes In the I'M
protected categories.
In addition. insurance on a ma
jority OF unprotected mercantile
and industrial buildings and their
furniture and fixtures can now be
written for three years at two-and-
a-half times the annual premium.
amounting thus TO a further rate
reduction of 1864 per cent, Sulli-
van said.
The new schedule calls for in
creases, however. in rates on farm
outbuildings. unsprinklered estab-
hshments, lumber yards, and cleo
trio light and power plants. Ad-
verse losses during the past five
years in those categories are said
to have motivated the increases.
The rate changes will not affect
public utility district light and
power plants because of their pub
lie ownership. Sullivan said.
Rates over all have been sub
stantially reduced by the new
schedules, the commissioner said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07

He looked II. too. Around his
waist he wore an ammunition belt
and he was carrying q rifle. From
his ammunition belt dsngied two
knives and he had a second load
Of ammunition slung over his
shoulder
For days that boy and hun
dreds Of his companions in the
L. s. armored command had been
in the far front line. smuggling away
At the Germans in their first &C
tusl combat.
For several days I lived with a
combat American tank and armor-
ed infantry outfit. shared their
field living conditions and food,
and got a good insight into the
minds and moods of this new type
Of fighting man.
After much bitter. close
range fighting, they had with
drawn to camp in treeless
fields spread along a river
valley. l saw them come,
dirty, unshaven boys In mud
caked steel helmets, standing
YEARLY In the rear Of their
half-fracks a. the olive drab
vehicles marked with yellow
stars rumbled along the road.
The units were assigned camping
spots and the drivers sent the
tanks and half-tracks churning
through mud into dispersed posi-
tons. Greenish-brown camouflage
nets were spread over the tanks.
wandered through these camps.
where the boys were cleaning
guns. inspecting shell holes in the
tanks and puttering around the
motors with obvious pride in the
way the equipment had stood the
test.
Sitting on n gasoline tin
behind a half-track found
an officer l knew. He was In
his socks, scraping mud from
his shoes with a knife. Near
him a private was cleaning a
field jacket In 10O-octane
gasoline. Across the road a
medical captain. stripped to
the waist. was shaving before
a chunk Of mirror propped on
a haystack.
l met several officers I had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Buckley Woman
Dies After Fall

BUCkLEY-As result Of fall
suffered in her home a week ago,
Mrs. Emily Trelstad. rs. resident
Of this community 10 years. died
Monday at Tacoma hospital.
Mrs. Trelstad was a widow and
a native of Kandiyoki. MINI.
Surviving are two daughters.
Mrs. Grace Link of Buckley and
Mrs. Ruth Benedict of Bellingham:
two sons, Roy of Omaha, Neb., and
Earl of Pasco. WASH, and two
grandchildren. Funeral services
win be held Thursday at 2 p. m.
in Whitmore chapel. Buckley;
Revs. Short and walmsley officiat-
ing; burial in Buckley cemetery
under direction Of Whitmore flu
neral home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07

known aboard ship before this
campaign began in November.
Then they were Jolly. smiling and
carefree. Now their faces are
taut. their eyes bloodshot and
there il hardly a laugh TO be heard.
Hundreds Of tiny shelter tents
dot the field. The boys roll up in
blankets on the ground each night.
Near each tent they have dug slot
trenches for use in case Of air
attacks. Bitter experience has
taught them to dig trenches deeper
and faster than they did when they
were in Louisiana on maneuvers.
One Of the most picturesque
sights at this bivouac was that
of general standing stripped
in the twilight beside a barn
yard well taking a cold shower
under a makeshift pipe and
nozzle arrangement.
Soldiers poured in buckets of
water at the top while officers
watched almost breathless to see
whether the water would hold out
long enough for the general TO
remove the mass of lather.
II barely did.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Independent Retailers
Report Business Gain

The U. s. Census bureau We'd
nesday reported that sales of in
dependent retailers in Washington
increased % per cent during No
vember. 1912, over the same month
of the preceding year.
Sales for the first IL months
Of the year were Is per cent high
err than the same period of 1871.
November sales, compared with
October. were down per cent.
Seattle stores gained - per
cent In November. Spokane 20.
Tacoma 81. Bellingham as, Yaki-
ma 6, and Olympia 25.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Ration Book Stolen,
Violin Is Recovered

Ray r. Wagner, 1920 Walters
road, reported to police the theft
Of "B" ration book from the
glove compartment of his car
Mrs. Raymond Osborn. 1914 So.
9TH st, is missing a pair of fur
lined driving gloves which were
stolen from her. she told officers.
Police said Wednesday the violin
which was stolen from the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Mildred Gingrich,
1884 So. L St. on Jan. 2. had been
found IN brush pile south of the
city limits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Deadline SET on Gas
Allotment Appeals

Jan. 81 has been set rs the dead
line for truck operators. and farm
srs 10 place their gasoline aAot-
ment appeals by J. J. Mcdonald.
'ODT representative, operating
temporary offices at the Tacoma
Chamber Of Commerce.
After that date no corrections
in present allowances on oertifi-
Gates Of war necessity can be
made. according to Mcdonald
He has established itinerant ser
vice to outlying towns in Pierce
county and Wednesday was in Nor
ton hearing appeals and will be in
Puyallup Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Eighth Army Patrols
PROBING Defenses

LONDON - Radio Morocco re-
ported Wednesday that British
Eighth Army patrols were probing
the Afrika korps' defenses at both
approaches to Misurata. 1875 miles
from Tripoli and 200 miles from
Ttinisia.
Lieut.. Gen. Bernard L. Mont
gomery was speeding mp his
preparations for a new offensive
TO annihilste the remnants Of the
Afrika Korps or drive it pell nell
into Tunisia. radio Morocco said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Release Lumber
For Civilian Use

With war construction over the
peak, more basic materials for the
maintenance and repairs of homes
will be available. Western Homes
Foundation points out. This will
not apply 10 materials made of
critical metals. such as copper
wiring, the foundation warns. but
does assure increasing supply of
lumber for general civilian use.
There are prospects that nails
will be supplied for home repair
and maintenance work generally,
even outside the official critical
housing areas" says w. C. Bell,
chairman of Western Homes Foun-
dalton. Effective quantities of
nails may be produced as a by
product OF steel for war use, and
the government is providing for
their supply for essential civilian
needs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Island Of Oahu Probably
Strongest Point on Globe
Howell Is Safe Today From Any
lnvosions japanese MoY Attempt

We will carry the war to Jap
an. Emmons concluded. 1t viii
take time but il win be done and
IN sufficient force. We are aware
Of our vital responsibilities to the
territory and TO the United States
mainland on both offense and de-
Tense
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Loans for Repairs
Still Available

A Tightening OF the purse
strings in wartime need not
prove home-owners from
making needed repairs such
as painting. papering. or re-
roofing. Because this type of
work is important TO the main
tenance of strength on the
home front. Abner II. Ferguson,
Federal Housing commissioner.
has announced that the FILA
viii insure loans during war
time for such essential home re-
pairs. The credit facilities OF
more than 5000 banks and
leading institutions in all parts
of the country are available to
home-ownerS for rms purpose.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Another Worship
Is Launched Here

Another warship. the Delagada,
an aircraft escort vessel, was to
slide down the ways at the Seattle
Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. yards
here Wednesday.
Mrs. J. B. Sykes Of Seattle, wife
Of the commander of the USS
Card, was sponsor of the Della
gada
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Wood Taking Place
Of MANY Metal Items

The WPB has banned for the
duration the manufacture of some
1920 items of metal. Already this
agency reports that 400 items
using wood and glue for an alter
nate are now being made. 1nclud-
ed are such new wood and glue
products as drain pipes, manhole
covers, cosmetic containers. bed
springs. bath-tubs. bumpers, radi-
ator covers. coffee makers, etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
ALL GIVING SERVICE

- ~ 72UI. NF7-Il'
c. L. Scott. commander of the
armored force replacement center
at Fort Knox, says all American
battle equipment is giving "splen-
did service" and that recent criti-
cisms Of planes, tanks and guns is
unJustified.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
POSTHUM0US AWARD
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS

North Africa-Pvt. Dominique
Bartolini. French ambulance driver
killed in North Africa by a STRAIT
ing attack of four German planes
as he tried TO rescue q wounded
maxi prisoner, was awarded the
distinguished service cross postum
mously by 1t. Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
H Z RES MORE ABOUT
Sink Jap Ships

wave OF the attack on Rabaul har-
Dor. 1t was their biggest day of
the war IN this area.
The four-motored bombers swept
over Rabaul harbor to find three
ships still burning as the result
of earlier attacks. Heavy gun fire
from the ships in the harbor start
ed at once. The planes remained
IN formation and made runs again
and again over the hottest part
of the harbor. picking the best
targets.
GOOD VISIBILITY
The bombers went in at medium
level and visibility was good.
They took such care that be-
tween II and Is Japanese Zero
fighters were in the air toward
the end. The Consolidate ds,
brssthng with guns. shot down
three and MADE for home.
Then ths Fortresses. the second
wave, went over and completed
the destruction.
Between eight and DO zeros at
tackled them, and three were
downed.
All eight supply ships were left
burning or sinking. The destroyer
tender was in sinking condition
and il was believed the destroyer
sank also to make a total of 10
ships in one raid.
FOUR SEPARATE RAIDS
In combined operations against
Japanese bases in the area be-
tween Rabaul and the Buna coast
in northern New Guinea, MacAr-
thurs heavy, medium and attack
bombers and fighter planes made
four separate raids.
At Sanananda point. where Mac
Arthur was about to consummate
the biggest allied victory of the
southwestern campaign. United
States and Australian troops were
still closing in on the enemy beach
head, preparing for the kill, while
artillery and mortars moved up
to soften the Japanese positions
for them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Roosevelt Is Defied

ALAMEDA. Calf. 49, Striking
machinists at General Engineer
ing and Drydock shipyard COM
pany remained off their jobs We'd
nesdsy despite President Roose-
velt's order to shipyard unions 10
maintain uninterrupted produc-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
No. s.
Your Federal
Income Tax

ferSons subject 10 the Federal
Income tax must report their in
come to the government on forms.
or blanks. prescribed by regula-
nons- These forms are obtainable
from any collector Of internal rev.
enue. and generally from any
hank. Special forms are desig-
mated for corporations, for part
nerships. for trusts and fiduciaries.
and for nonresident aliens. Farm
ers who keep no books OF account
on the sccrual method must attach
. special schedule to their return
form 1o40F). For individuals.
two forms are used. depending
upon the amount and source OF
income to be reported.
Form 1910: This form is intend
ed for general use Of individuals
who are citizens Of the United
States. or residents in this coun-
try. whether citizens or not. II
contains spaces to show the
amount OF income from various
sources. deductions allowable. ex-
emptions and credits. and COM
putation OF tax liability. AS most
OF the items require some explana-
elon in order to be allowable, the
form also contains appropriate
schedules 10 show in more detail
how the income or the deductions
are determined.
Form 1o40A This Is simpli-
fled report, which may. at the
option of the taxpayer who makes
his return on the cash basis, be
filed instead of Form 104o by
citizens and residents whose gross
income was $4,000 or less during
1912. provided all this income con-
sists wholly of one or more of the
following: salary. wages, divi-
bends. interest, or annuities. In
Using this form II is necessary
only to enter the amount of gross
income as shown, deduct the credit
allowable for dependents. and in
sert the appropriate amount of
tax in accordance with ones per-
sonal exemption status. as shown
on the table on the reverse of the
form. This form has no entries
for deductions allowable. since the
taxes indicated in the table on the
back Of the form are computed
after taking into account what
have been considered average de-
for persons of this income
class.
A taxpayer should. therefore,
consider carefully which form
would be appropriate for his pur-
poses. Whichever form is employ
I'd, all the information called for
In the spaces should be inserted
% far ~ applicable 10 the tax
payer, in order to avoid the ex-
pense to the government, and the
possible Inconvenience to the tax
payer. Of subsequent check and
inquiry.
With each return form is a set
Of accompanying instructions. and
these instructions should be care
fully read by the taxpayer before ,
his return.
Returns for the calendar year
le42 must be filed not later than ,
March 15. 1e4s. They may be filed ,
by mailing TO the collector Of in
ternal revenue Of the appropriate ,
district in which is located the I
legal residence or principal place
IF business Of the taxpayer. II ,
the return is filed by mailing, II !
should be posted in ample time to I
reach the collectors office on or {
before March IS. 1913 Returns I
received later than the due date
are subject 10 a penalty variable 7
according to the lateness in filing. '
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Collier Rites Thursday

Funeral services for John Col
lier will be held Thursday at 5
p m. al Piper Mortuary. Rev.
Arthur Bell viii officiate and in
terment win be in Mountain View
Memorial park.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
$3.50 GET TICKETS

Traffic violation tickets total
ing 1854 were issued in December
by Tacoma police according 10 a
report made Wednesday by Safety
Commissioner Einar Langseth to
the city council.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
Germans May Think They're Tough,
But Texan Says Hes Much Tougher
By PHIL AIIT
nifed Press Writer

On THE TUNISIAN FRONT, NORTH AFRICA-(De-
layed-A Texan with three-day growth Of beard and
sreaked coveras leaned against his haraek
ed parked in muddy field and tipped his steel helmet
back his head
I'm ready for another crack at those birds" he
drawled. They're tough. but by damn, I'm tougher
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
New Stamp

This IS the design OF the
two-cent United Motions
postooe stomp which will 90
on sole in mid-Jonuory. SYM
bolic OF victory IS the Up
lifted polm bronch forming
the apex of O triangular pro
oession of swords. The stomp
will be printed IN red, like
other two-cent issuonces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
H ERE'S MORE ABOUT
Legislature
STARTS ON PAGE THREE

mainly because of higher costs of
living. This will require the state
to increase pensions and relief
grants to keep pace.
Schools say they need $1,000
900, in addition to the full % cents
a day the state is paying for each
pupil. The war is taking away
pupils and reducing the number of
small schools. but teachers must
be paid higher wages TO keep them
on the job, educators say.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
BY FRANK II. BARTHOLOMEW


H0>OLULU-Hawaii. safe to-
day under the protecting guns Of
one Of the greatest fortresses on
earth against any invasion attempt
the Japanese currently may be able
to organize. Is being steadily
strengthened against any possible
attacks. Lieut.. Gen. Delos c. EN-
mons told the United Press.
Emmons. 54-year-old West Viz
ginian commanding the Hawaiian
department. is the man who in a
short years time since inheriting
the wreckage Of the srmy's air in
stallations al Hickam. Wheeler.
and Bellows fields. has converted
the Island Of Oahu into what is
probably the strongest fortified
point on the globe. and certainly
the newest and most modern mill
tarily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
TUESDAY, DEC.

$50 p. m: UsO, 18th and Pa
cific, small blaze, minor damage,
equipment returned to station at
$40 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6
1929 a. m: Premier apis. 5O33
So. Tacoma way, caused by woman
smoking in bed, minor damage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
MUST TAKE OAHU

ITO get at the mainland the
Japanese must first capture the
Hawaiian islands and before they
do that they must first take Oahu.
So We are building here for an
eventual showdown battle with the
Japanese, If in years to come they
are able to mass force sufficient
for an invasion attempt.
we are building well be-
cause this island must and will
be held Mt all costs"
1m connection with long range
bombings, current and future, EN-
mons said that Hawaiian airfields
were being developed with an eve
to still larger planes which will
be delivered to the bomber COM
mand IN years TO come.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
CITIES WANT MONEY


Cities want $4,000, 900 more
from state funds, to offset their
declining revenues, and counties
seek $4,000. 900. Unable or unwill-
ing to levy taxes locally, they
want the state money to help
finance civilian defense work. now
facing total collapse IN larger
osties like Seattle. Under the con-
stieution, state money is not sup
posed 10 be raised by taxation for
purely local purposes. but some
way may be found 10 get around
the difficulty.
Others are ASKING why the rive
cent gasoline lax is not reduced,
now that the state rs able TO build
only few strategic wartime high
ways and has $4,000. 900 in idle
gasoline taxes already collected
and lying in the treasury. High
way department officials declare
they want to save the surplus as
a backlog TO spend for highway
repairs and new construction when
the war is over.
To BRIDGE POSTWAR GAPS
Not only will the money be
needed then because of rundown
conditions of highways. they say.
which today cannot be repaired
because Of lack of materials and
priorities, but the money will help
contractors and materials COM
panies to bridge the postwar gap.
Legislators. who would rather
spend money today than save for
the future, however, may want to
use the gas tax for other than
highway purposes, or at least give
more of the states share 10
counties and cities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
CAN BE DEFENDED


The fortress of Oahu, the gen
eral said, is now able in conjunc-
ton with the navy to defend Ha-
wall, and behind it the Pacific
coast states. against any invasion
attempt the Japanese at this time
are likely to be able to muster.
The possibility Of a hlt-and-
run raid IL excepted, since this
sort of foray may he tried nj
any time the enemy IL willing
to pay the price. which will be
high.
THE strategic Importance Of
Oahu for the west coasts of North
and Central America and the Pa
mama canal la very great and both
sides are aware of IT," Emmons
said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-07
TOURED INSTALLATIONS

This correspondent was permit.
ted to tour certain OF the island
new defense installations which
may not be reported in detail and
observed engineering and construc-
ton feats completed or well under
way on a three-shift basis which
border the miraculous In ingenui-
ty, magnitude and speed of con-
struction.
Engineer officers said En-
mons himself was the spark
plug Of the job In the field Ms
well as In the guarded offices
where the original plans were
worked out.
The energetic general. radiating
good health and obviously enjoying
his job hugely, apparently has the
artillery, field artillery and infan-
try arrangements completed and
the service of supply should be
finished shortly. He has quite a
little farther to go with housing
for troops all over the island; that
job now is about half done.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-03

the idea II the girl who accepts 1T
friendship and nothing else. And it
Is. of course, quite as important
that the fellow understands 1t too.
for it is rather obvious that while
he believes the ring means nothing
more, it actually does TO him. 9TH
erwise he wouldn't bother or even
think of giving it to her. It's an
adult manifestation Of the frater-
nifty pin idea, and letting girl
wear ones fraternity pin certainly
does mean something to fellow
more than it does to the girl. who
probably has collection OF them.
Can Cause Trouble
The friendship ring is n scnti-
mental gesture that may mean
great deal or nothing. How 1t Is
going TO work out. whether brok-
en- friendship means that the ring
goes back or doesn't. all must be
worked out according TO the diSpo-
sitions and circumstances OF the
parties involved. One might natur-
ally expect that the acceptance OF
even friendship ring from fell
low gave him certain privileges, or
an inside track. but girls tell me
they go right on dating other fell
lows and that acceptance OF the
ring doesn't bind them IN the least.
which. If true. seems nice gesture
wasted.
The mother OF girl who accepts
ring from boy now IN the army
was embarrassed by a telephone
message from the boys mother
asking her when she was going to
announce her daughters engage
ment. The girls mothers cxplana-
ton OF the ring was shock to the
boys mother. who quite naturally
thought that 1t meant that her son
had asked the girl TO marry him
and had been accepted For the
sake Of friendship between all par
ties, the significance OF the ring
should be understood especially
since II is one OF those things that
can get the friends their friends
and families into a hubble.