davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
Ten Short Blasts
II Meant American Bombers!

return to the activity which oe-
Cured after a warning siren blew
someone would go to turn on
the radio so that a elbow by blow
description might be had of the
activities of the planes; another
rushed to fill all the bathtubs
(Which were considerable as /
lived in a dormitory for nearly a
hundred girls. We would leave
the water in the tubs for a few
days. But as surely as we let the
water out so that the tubs could
be used for their proper purpose,
the afraid siren would cease and
the water had to be put back into
the tubs again.
Someone else would go rushing
around to all the rooms to see
that all the windows We're open.
There were two sides to this mat
ter of windows. One group held
that all windows should be opened
as there would be less danger of
glass shattering if a bomb hit
nearby since the force of the air
would have a means of escape
through the opening rather than
being forced against the closed
window. The opposing group ar
gued that in case of incendiary
bombs in the neighborhood, it
would be more advantageous for
windows to be closed so that bits
of burning wood or sparks would
not be able to get into the house.
So, at night we closed all windows
as night raids usually employed
incendiary bombs. During the
day, the windows were opened as
daylight raids were very rarely
incendiary.
Use Fire Fighters
Another group saw to it that
the fire-fighting equipment was
gotten out and all possible water
readied for use, The equipment
consisted of a hand pump for
water pumping, a water hose a
little larger than a garden hose,
straw mats which were to be
soaked in water and thrown over
q fire to smother it, straw fan
shaped instrument on the end of
a long stick to beat out fires, and
buckets which were to be filled
with water. After a few weeks,
it became unimportant to ready
the fire-fighting tools as it be-
came necessary to leave them out
at all times.
If the siren blew during meal
time, the boarders would open the
drawers in the refectory tables,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14

take out little wooden boxes and
swiftly slide the food on their
plates into the boxes. Woe betide
the person who forgot to add her
fork! She was compelled to finish
her meal with her fingers.
If the sirens screamed at night,
all would have to get up and dress
in complete darkness. Before GO
ing to bed, We were supposed 20
leave our clothes on our chair by
the side of the bed in the order
that we took them off. Since
many of us do not dress in the or
der that we take off our clothes.
slight difficulties were encoun-
tered in the dressing-in-the dark
process.
Life in Shelter
Often it was most difficult to
awaken the little boarders and
worse yet to help them dress.
Their shoes would not be together
and their stockings were nowhere
to be found. A crawling on the
hands and knees and a cropping
under the bed might result in their
location.
Everyone was required to take
to the shelter little bag contain
ing a complete set of undercloth-
ing, soap, towels, toothpaste and
brush, comb-in other words, her
daily necessities-and a blanket
to warm him in the shelter. To
remove the blanket off the jun
ior's bed was another struggle as
most of us had our blankets neat
ly tucked in under our quilts. Try
ing to hold junior with one hand
and holding on to your own blan-
ket and bag, and those of the
little one, was quite a feat. Never
theless, you and your charge some
how managed to get into the file
which begins to wend its way
through the long dark corridors
down to the shelter. More than
likely on the way down, you step
on the heel of a person in front
of you and are pushed by the per-
son behind you. But all this is
taken in a spirit of good comrade-
ship.
If the raid does not last too
! long Won return m tho dory,o;+ o,,,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14

and lie on your bed completely
dressed just in case there should
be repeat attack. Many times.
it was breakfast time when the
all-elear siren blew. 1t was not an
unfamiliar sight to see the flames
of five or six fires set by incen-
diary bombs dropped by squadrons
of planes which numbered up into
the thousands. On one particular
night, it seemed as though the
whole of Tokyo was aflame but
dawn revealed only some un-
charred remains of the city.
Flew For Last Time
On the morning of August 15
(for so it was in Japan 1916,
even as the emperor was about to
announce the surrender, the sirens
blew announcing the approach of
American planes. That was the
last time the sirens sounded an
nouncing air raids. 1t is to be
hoped that never again will they
sound as alarms or heralds of
danger
A little four-year- old boy was
heard telling his mother upon
hearing a siren announcing the
noon hour. "Mummie, there is the
air raid siren; it means an attack
Let's hurry into the shelter"
Smilingly, the mother explained
to the child that there was no
longer any need to take to shell
ter at its sound but that the siren
said: at is now time for every
one to stop work and have lunch. :"
There are many men and women
as well as children who are no
longer able to hear a siren with
out stopping, who are given an
unconscious start by its sound,
who will never forget the terror
and havoc a siren could bring
forth. Fortunate are those who do
not know the sensations a siren
can bring forth and may they
never know them.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
Utah Veterans Ask
Repeal of Lond Low

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan.
14.-Five leaders of Utah veterans
groups this week called on tn c
Utah State Legislature to repeal
the Alien Land Law, aimed at per-
sons of Japanese ancestry. which
passed in 1943 when hate, hys-
terra and prejudicas against per-
sons of japanese ancestry We're
rampant"
A statement issued by the Vet
Grams leaders this week indicated
that repeal of the Alien Land Law
would be one of the first actions
which the combined veterans
groups would urge upon the 9th
Legislature.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
SOCIAL.
WHIRL

Miss Michiye Sakanashi. thirc
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. SAX
anashi Of Seattle, win become the
bride of Mr.. Al Yamaguchi, son OF
Mrs Yamaguchi of San Diego
Calf, some time this summer, il
was learned this week Mr.. Yama-
guchi, a former member of the
442nd Combat Team in the Euro
pean Theatre of Operations, is
presently living in Chicago.
Miss Margaret Minato. SECOND
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. f. X
Minato, will be married to Mr.
George Colo, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Shotaro COLO, at ? p. m. Sunday
Jan. 10, in the Japanese Baptist
church. The Rev. Emery Andrews
will officiate.
The bride will be attended by
Miss Martha Fukuma, maid OF
honor. and the Misses Grace Co
iio, Miyoshi Semba and Sachi 70
shida and Mrs. Yoshi Minato
bridesmaids.
Best man will be Mr.. Ben Mat
sumoto, and the ushers Messrs
RAYMOND SasaM and Paul Minato
Flower girl will be Elaine Mi
nato and the ringbearer, Bruce
Edward Minato.
A reception will be held at
p. n. i'm Gyokko-Ken Cafe.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
Mother. Child Killed
In Auto Accident

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 14-Mrs.
Toshiye Shibata, 81, and her one
year-old child were killed instantly
last week when their truck
plunged 500 feet down the west
side of Bethoud Pass.
Mrs. Shibata's husband, Paul,
30, was injured critically and their
other child. a four-year-old girl,
was injured less seriously.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
M other of FiVe
Wrote Her Novel
In tSnatches'

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Jan. IA
mother of five children has re-
vealed she wrote her 300-page
novel about Nisei eyacuees, pub
lished in December, in b-min-
ute snatches between caring for
and feeding the children.
She is Mrs. Anne Emery, wife
of an Evanston alderman, John
Emery. Her book is a juvenile
novel entitled Tradition"
Tradition" is about Nisei
family which relOcates in Evan
ston from q WRA center.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
Chicogoon Is Awarded
Horvord Scholarship

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-Hide Sa-
saki of Chicago, who was grad
uated with high honors by the
University of Illinois last summer
has been awarded a scholarship
to the Harvard university grad
uate school.
Sasaki's name was inscribed on
the bronze tablet of the Univer-
sity of Illinois campus. He is a
landscape architecture graduate.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14

"At least" said the. crestfallen
jockey, II didn't finish last. I
noticed two horses behind me-"
why, man." replied the irate
owner, those horses were running
in the next race"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
Name Nisei Senior
On Per- Sfoff

Satoru Ichikawa, a senior, was
named staff member of the Pen
for next semester at Garfield high
school. The Pen, a school publ
cation. will contain stories, essays
and pocms written by that schools
students.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
WEDNESDAY

fo.45 A. M. - STORY LADY
for first and second grade listen
ing. thru cooperation OF Seattle
Junior League Inc.
8:45 P.M.-BROADCAST THEATRE
=. Opportunity for drama stu
dents Of high schools for radio
acting.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-01-14
THURSDAY

fo.45 A. M.-WHEN THEY WE'RE
YOUNG :. Childhood stories of
great composers. with music. di-
rection of Liborius Hauptmann.
s:45 P.M.-kNOW YOUR SCHOOLS
Seattle Principals Ass n.
tells of school pol C Is and
problems.
The Valley settler., 1947-01-23

Torritorto1 9orcrtr,ont of Toa7th
The Valley settler., 1947-01-23

sources arc q responsibility of government inc1uGinc tho St ito and Torr itcrio1' govor1ronts" states Doctor Albrocht, A1- though tho now Congress will be on ocon- orly-l2indod ConGre ss, it is doubtful if it will discontinue oooquoto support Of so- cial lotislQtiOn."
 pr. 4.lbrocht 2t tscnssoa future plans for tho uholo medical pr2Grcrl for .l1csko with Mir. Arnold cnd Mir. F1ol1lo 9f tho 7oDor rent of tho Interior. TFoy also plonnod for future hosp itol construction in Alaska particularly iron tho Federal standDo int. II. --c
 Tor7it tAr.io o1 7o,oor4r,on+ op Toa7+h
The Valley settler., 1947-01-23
R. A L 3 < oHT BACK FR Q N
 X s HIN z TQT

Dr. c. Earl Albrocht, Territorial CoLuais- stonor 2f Health, is bocl; at his desk in tho Ttrr it orie1 9oport1cnt of Eoo1th afto1 cn o7-t6n size and intensive trip to tho st7tos. Tr. ..lbrocht loft Juneau in Nov orybor to attonG tho annual convention If the h1oricon Public Eoclth Assoc iation at ClovolonG, ohic. rhi1o ct tho ConTont ion he saont ems idorob1o. ir-o interviewing prospective nors2nno1 for tho Territorial Department Of Foolth
 '-hilo thoro 0octor A1brocht talkod ith officials of the Euro Food end Drug Ad- ninistrcti7n in regard to Gonyeulex cot a-ellc tho toxin of ut ich cause s Tarc1y- tic ahol1fi sh poisoning in hureons. 7T. hbrocht vcs highly p1ocsed at the intor- est cxrr ossod b tho officials in att tccl,ing tho problem.
 An cntiro dcy -cs epont on tho program end p1cna of the Federal Io so ita1 Con- struction Act. Del oGcto Bcrt1ett and Doctor Albrocht had z conference with 9ortor 7crrGn in oraor to ascertain if tic %Al ,OOO. annual allotment to Alas coulG not be raised to Q Iinni1nr, of $200 ,oO0. Thoy 1cornod thct thoro -ou1d have to be on amendment by Congress to the Federal Hospital Act ia oreor to do this. Beth Delegate Bortlo ott and Doctor A1brocht think tAct thoro should Dc 0 basic minimum allotment rothor thoa hovo tho Federal opproprict ions f5r hospito1s bcscG entirely on population.
 Doctor Albro cht gothorod that social log islction ill receive continued support -ith the no-- Congress-. "It is apparent to tho !11orican people thot adoouoto pub lie health, ..o1f2ro, and educational TO-
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Icy Hot Spot
(See Front Cover
BY PHILIP HARKINS

Coalie Frank Brimsek
holds the toughest job
in the worlds fastest
game big-league hockey
0NE of the most shot-at men in
~ North America is frankie
Brimsek, not of the Northwest
Mounted Police but of the Boston
Bruins, a professional ice-hockey
team.
Brimsek is a goalie who lives,
during working hours, in an ice
bound cage four feet high and six
feet wide, made of loose netting
draped over steel posts. The shots
taken at MIR. Brimsek come from
fast-firing hockey players who use
missile called a puck" one inch
thick, three inches in diameter and
as hard as a rock.
The puck, flicked off hockey
sticks, whistles at MIR. Brimsek at
speed of approximately 80 miles an
hour. Mr.. Brimsek's job is to pre-
vent this black rubber bullet from
entering his cage, deplorable mis-
hap which flashes a red light.
scores as a goal and produces a
blood-curdling roar from 5000
fanatics. This doesn't happen too
frequently, which is why frankie
Brimsek is rated one of the best
goalies in the fastest of all games.
He's Well Padded
BRIMsEK stops the puck with a
variety of objects: his $50 leather
leg pads, his $50 custom-made
leather gauntlets; his $35 goahe
skates or his less extravagant chest
protector and goalie stick. All this
equipment helps, but Brimsek is
shot at with such nerve-racking
speed and unpredictability that he
is sometimes forced to stop the
puck with his rugged, handsome
face which is beginning to look as
if he had duelled his way through
the University of Heidelberg.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

He associates these scars with
shots fired in various cities of the
U. S. and Canada: This one over
the eyelid? A DETECTED shot in
Chicago - four stitches. This one
over the lip? Toronto - four
stitches. Matter of fact" he smiles,
two recent games with Toronto
cost me total of eight stitches, d
kind of record"
The stitches were taken without
the balm of anesthesia, for an
injured goalie is only allowed 10
minutes to be sewed back into one
piece. Brimsek reports clinically
that the numbing effect of these
collisions at 80 miles an hour
deadened the pain of all the opera
tions except in the case of the
sensitive lip.
Variety Of Shots
BRIMsEK sorts shots into several
harassing categories. A shot that
struck his throat in New York and
rendered him speechless for days
was a ''floater" produced with
the puck standing on edge. This
take-off makes for a weird, weaving
shot that even Brimsek's 1920
eyes find hard to follow. s1Sereen
Shots are also hard to stop.
The opposing team sends in
one man to block Brimsek's
vision. This pest waits for the
shot, then tries to defect it into
the cage with his stick or body.
Brimsek likes to see his two de-
fensemen flatten these human
screens with jarring bodychecks.
Low, fast shots at the corner of
the cage have to be handled by a
quick thrust of Brimsek's padded
legs. An opponent who has Sue
ceeded in eluding all five of Brim-
sek's teammates puts the goalie
on terrible spot and a dramatic
split-second duel ensues between
Brimsek and the onrushing oppo-
nent. Brimsek figures that he can
win three out of five of these duels
by outguessing the attacker and
smothering his shot with "a split"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Seven States Now.
Aid Vets Housing

Chicago (ILNS). - Massachus-
etts has just become the seventh
state to provide financial assist
ance for veterans housing, the Ma
tional Association of Housing Of
ficials say. -
Recently enacted legislation per-
mits the state to assume half the
loss Of a municipality engaged in
building city-owned houses for
rent to veterans. Amending the
original 1916 law under which 8
Massachusetts cities are building
permanent veterans houses at a
cost Of $13 million, the new mea-
sure provides that state liability
be limited to 10 percent of the pro-
ject cost. Another provision of the
new law permits construction of
multiple-family dwellings as part
of the permanent housing program.
Previously, only one and two-fam-
lily houses were authorized.
Other states that offer financial
aid to localities for veterans hous-
ing are California, Connecticut,
Illinois, New Jersey, New York,
and Ohio.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Tax Cuts Urged
When Nufion
Faces Depression

Washington, ID. C. ULNS) j.
"Some method of reducing taxes
automatically when it definitely
appears that we are heading into
DEPRESSION" was urged by Dan
iel w. Bell, Washington bank pre-
sident and former Under-S Secretary
of the Treasury.
"A tax reduction first under
such conditions would in my opin-
ion be the best and most effective
stimulant that could be offered"
Bell told the Virginia Bankers
Association at Virginia Beach, Va.
'To be most effective it would
have to work quickly and it would
lose much of it's effectiveness if it
had to wait months while Congress
debated the subject, and while the
country was sinking lower and
lower into the depression.
"As a part of this overall policy
as much as possible of our whole
public works program should be
held up during prosperous times.
"Then if the tax reduction pro-
gram is not sufficient to provide
the necessary stimulant, we could
go forward with the delayed pub
lie works program"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Unions New Contract With Swift
Seen Benefiffing All AmoIgomoted
Members In Meof Packing PIonfs

mated in slaughtering and meat
packing plants amounting in ex-
cess of 20 cents an hour since Nov
ember, 1916, and in excess of SO
cents an hour since January, 1916.
at is significant that this wage
agreement came about one day
after the passage of the Taft
Hartley bill, because it demon
strates again that where labor and
management fully understand the
problems entailed, they can resolve
their issues without regard to leg
islative enactments.
"We hope that this cooperation
and understanding between our
union and the packing companies
will continue for many years to
come, and that neither of us will
be obliged to resort to the restric-
tions contained in the unworkable
Taft Hartley bill"
The negotiating committee for
the international union was COM
posed of Emerson, German, John
Powderly, Roy Scheurich, Glen
Snyder, and the unions economist,
David Dolnick.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
State, City Employees
Partly Offset Pay Drop

Chicago (ILNS). .-Shrinkage of
the federal payroll since the war
ended has been offset in part by
expanding state and local govern
ment payrolls, a Civil Service AS
sembly survey showed.
Although federal civilian en-
ployment dropped 80 percent from
October, 1915, to October, 1916,
cities, states and schools embarked
on their first personnel expansion
program since before Pearl Harbor
and added 100000 more civilians
to their rolls.
Total state employment rose 10
percent during the period and
municipal and public school en-
ployment increased IA percent.
The assembly said the principal
reason for state personnel in
creases was the resumption of
state public works programs, COW
ering both deferred maintenance
and backlogs of planned construc-
tion.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10

Chicago (ILNS).-Signing of a
master contract with Swift & Co.,
raising the wages of 600 slaugh-
tering and meat packing plant en-
ployes 6 cents an hour, was an
nounced here by Earl w. Emerson,
president, and Patrick +. German,
secretary-treasurer of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters & Butcher
Workmen of North America.
The contract will eventually COW
er the company's branch houses,
and total of 25,0C0 Swift en-
ployes. Ultimately, it will affect
the Amalgamated's 100000 mem
bers in the meat packing industry
as a whole.
Emerson and German, in an
nouncing the new agreement, said
that it will affect not only Swift
employees but "sets the pattern for
both the Big Five Packers and the
Independent packing companies
under contract with our union"
They added:
''The wage increase negotiated
represents a total increase of bene-
fits to the members of the Amalga-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Polio Foundation
Appoints Labor Director

New York City QLNS).-James
j. Herkenham, Jr., has been ap-
pointed Director of Labor Service
for the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, it was announ-
ced here by Basil O'Connor, presi-
dent of the foundation.
ain his new capacity" O'Connor
said, "Mr. Herkenham will inter
pref to organized labor the service
program of the National Founda-
ton and its chapters and how un-
ion members can be assisted should
polio strike any member of their
families.
"As head of our labor service,
Mr.. Herkenham will also maintain
close liaison with labor leaders
throughout the country to insure
that union members obtain the full
lest services offered by the Nation
al Foundation and its chapters"
Herkenhamsis well known to un-
ion leaders throughout the nation
and has been active in the field of
labor relations for many years. He
is a member of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners,
and joined the National Founda-
tion's field staff in the fall of 1915,
following rehabilitation from the
army in which he served 5 years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
University Opens
Labor Forum

Washington, d. C. ILNS).-
Catholic University's Labor Rela-
tions Forum opened June 2 and
will continue each Wednesday
evening until Aug. 6. George
Meany, American Federation of
Labor secretary-treasurer, was one
Of the speakers on the opening
night.
Leaders of labor, industry and
government concerned with labor
relations are scheduled as speak
ers, including Gen. Robert Wood
Johnson, chairman Of the board of
directors Of johnson & Johnson,
New Brunswick, N. j., July 8;
Paul Herzog, chairman of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, July
16; Edgar l.. Warren, director of
the u. S. Cancellation Service, July
%; James B. Carey, secretary
treasurer of the CIO, July so, and
Paul Weber, founder and president
of the Detroit Association of
Catholic Trade Unionists, Aug. 6.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Prices Far Outstrip Wages
400 AFL-UMW
Get Pay Boost

Newark, N. j. (ILNS). - En-
ployes of the National Pneumatic
Co., manufacturers of railway
pneumatic equipment, have receiv-
ed wage increase of 10 cents an
hour with signing of 2-year con-
tract, as members of District 80,
United Mine Workers of America.
The workers recently withdrew
from the CIO because of what they
charged were "communistic ten
|dencies."
The increase benefits 400 en-
ployes and provides wage rate
range of $1.25 to $1.95 an hour,
Robert A. Funk, president Of the
local union, said. Under the new
contract the company will pay in
full group insurance plan now in
effect.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-07-10
Health Insurance
Topic For AFL
Radio Program

Washington, D. C.-The ques(
tion, "Should Congress Adopt Ma
tional Health Insurance ?" will be
discussed on the July 18th pro-
gram of the new AFL series of
weekly radio broadcasts over the
nationwide network of the Amer
ican Broadcasting Company.
Participants in the discussion
will be Senator Glen H. Taylor of
Idaho, DIR. Claiming rockingham,
Director of the Massachusetts
General Hospital and Chairman of
the Committee on the Nations
Health, and Nelson Cruikshank,
the AFL's Social Insurance Direct
or.
The program originates in
Washington and is broadcast at
GAS p. m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Local papers should be consulted
for the exact time of the broadcast
in your community.