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Show Mare Island Is Enjoying JBoom Project Under Way at Navy Yard Bring Housing Problem to Fore. J- The Private Papers - This city, VALLEJO, CALIF. d home of the navy ygrd, is in the greatest boom of its history. It has been through boon? before ' notably the World war period which lasted from 1914 to 1921. But this boom promises to be the one that will all others for all time to come. The population has tripled; from 20,000 to 60,000 and the town has become a township. Federal, state and municipal au--' thoritics are striving in every possible manner to meet 'the crisis in housing, feeding, schooling, sleeping and other fields. The only thing that makes their load a little lighter is that everyone has plenty of money. Payroll Grows Steadily, The payrolls at the navy yard now carry 19.000 names and 1,000 more are being added monthly. Thrifty housewives who have a spare bedroom can make their pin money or increase thi family capital by renting it to three men for eight-hou- r periods of the entire 24 hours, the men coming from the day, night and early morning shifts. Those Who are lucky enough to get a room for the full 24 hours pay 112.50 a week and get two meals dally far $8 a week. As they make $58 a week they can afford this outlay. Automobiles from 20 different states take up every inch of unused space in the city and the latest traffic survey shows 2.000 cars an hour streaming past one intersection. Some workers find it easier and . Mare-RIan- OfarCub Reporter . Eddie Dowling, the star of "Time of. Your Life, and other plays, .is an intimate of the President. Not lone ago Eddie brought some Broad way entertainers to amuse White House guests. Among the stars was Giovanni, the delightful pickpocket Giovanni, as almost any Broad wayfarer can assure you, is so good at his business he can remove your vest without your suspecting it .At any rate, the President was vastly amusedv lie suggested the gun from a that Giovannl-'gWhite House guards holster . . But every time Giovanni approached the. Secret Service man the latter Not backed away, saying: "Nh-nWhen FDR later me, please .. . asked Dowling: "Did he get that guards gun yet?" Eddie explained how the guard was hep to matters . "If and wouldnt be sociable you engaged him in conversation, Mr. President," suggested Eddie, "Giovanni would have bis gun in four seconds! . . . "Do you know," whispered Mr. Roosevelt, "that even the President f the United States to get that man hasnt away from that door?" Secret service men have only one boss congress. et h. rlty Why Historians Go, Wrong Dept: meetAfter ithe Roosevelt-Churchiing at sea, one of the weekly news digests reported that FDR and Winston met for five days and not three days as reported almost ' everywhere. A Washington colyumlst told us that "five days" is wrong they rnet for three days" . . . "How do you know?" we asked the colyum-e- r. "You werent there!" . "Thats right," be said, "but I got that fact from a feller who happened to be on the trip Averill in New York , we confronted the magazine man . . . "Why did you report it was five days," we asked, when Averill Harriman who was there ought to know?" . . . "I dont know any- -' thing about Mr. Harrimans accuracy," was the reply, "but we got our info from one who was als6 on the ll Har-rlman- - out-boo- m r r, .. l AC TAV1SH and 2 are behind the eight ball again. We found an old moth eaten flour bag hanging on the line in Murphy's yard. Mac and I pulled it down and kicked it around A'rtr York Heartbeat a bit, but it didn't last very long. The Big Parade: Nancy Kellyiof When we got through with it, that the strutting smith bag' looked like the stuffing out of a on Madison Ave. in a shapoh made dime store teddy bear. Old Man Murof fresh vegetables . . . Ingrid phy must have heard us, because he Bergman, the tough gamin of "Jek-yl- l bounced out the back door like a and Hyde," feeding the pigeons rubber ball and chased us down the in the park . . . S. Jay Kaufman, alley. We scrammed through Snwho says Beatrice Lillie has canider's yard, and old Murphy tore his celled her passage to here five times. pants going over the fence. That was ."I want to come," she cables, "but bad enough, but when he let go and fell on his head thats what really my heart wont let me." chilled him stiffer than an icicle.-HSallies' In Our Alley: Pancho, the hobbled over tonight and told Rivieras maestro, tells about the Clara th&t Mac and I had chewed draftee who won deferment after up his Sunday shirt If that flour he convinced the medico 'that evI'm a tap bag was a shirt-the- n erything he looked at seemed dancer.' Clara- gave him two bucks blurred. Two hours later, coming for a new one, and now I have to out of a movie, he bumped into the stay in the back yard. medico, who glared and glared. "I iKeleuaed by Western Newspaper Union.) begya pardon, said the poker-facedraftee, "but can you please tell me if this is the right bus to New VI n York? 4 Moom-Pitcher- s, , e - - -- More than 4,000 federal housing units are being constructed on the outskirts of the city. The federal government will also help the state and city in providing school facilities in August for 7,500 children instead of the usual 4,500. The children from the outside at present say "life is not so hot. But one reported it was just as much (JUloaaod by Western Newspaper Union.) FREE SPEECH IN PEACE - m SOO-pon- ... - SheT Got ayif JWay-BybonS- You in the Hollow of Her Hand When Youve Got Her in the Hollow of Your Head iV sober LuffDSB 0I Wb art pkP " Jyy. Thornton W'Burtfess w. . , ---- i -- -1 PETER RABBIT KNOWS WHAT IT was the scent in Peter's tracks and IS TO BE HUNTED . the easier they were to follow. When the dog was ' almost to him Peter PETER RABBIT pricked up his darted away with a saucy flirt of ears Coilld it- his long hind legs. He was going to be, could it possibly be, that'that enjoy that morning run. The air dog was barking on his trail? He was clear and cool, just right for a certainly was getting excited over lively run. something right where Peter had 'With a great and excited barking been a little while before, and Peter the dog was after him, and away strongly suspected that that some- they went Peter in front thing was the scent he had left in and the dog behis tracks when he was there. hind doing his best to let. everybody "I believe it. is," muttered Peter. within a mile know that he was go"I certainly believe it is. Ill have ing to catch Peter if he could. Eva little fun with that dog and then erything started off just as Peter when I get tired Ill play a trick or had planned. He ran this way and two' on him and go home to the dear that way. He ran in circles and Old Briar Patch." ; d his own' trail just to j ' Now, Peter knew that he should try the patience of the dog, and he have been in the dear Old Briar laughed to himself as he rested Patch long, long before. Here it while the dog patiently worked to was broad daylight and he was still follow his every twist and turn. in the Green Forest. He knew just what little Mrs. Peter would say to him when he did go home, and he knew that he deserved it The truth is Peter had felt so good the night before and had had so much fun scampering around in the moonlight which he dearly loves, that he Just hadnf realized how late it was getting until quite suddenly he had discovered that Mistress Moon had retired, and Jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun had begun his daily climb up in the blue, blue sky. Eyen then he had delayed starting for the Old Briar Patch. "I am so late, anyway, that it wont make any difference if Im a little later, he had and-listene- tabu! s of flrL Pie al ut ip, 1 thought. Now a dog seven-eight- engine-propell- and he was likely to have to do some running to keep a whole skin. The thought didn't trouble him much. He had been chased so often by Bowser the Hound that he looked on it as a game. To be sure, this dog wasnt Bowser the Hound. He knew that by his voice But he didnt care. He felt quite sure that he could fool any dog, and if he couldnt why there was the dear Old Briar Patch. He could always find safety in that So Peter sat listening 'and not at all frightened. He would wait until the dog almost reached him, and then he would lead that dog a merry chase until he was tired, when he would fool him and go home. Nearer knd nearer came the dog, and of course the nearer he got the fresher Away went Peter In front, Then, when the dog was almost to him again he jumped from his hiding place and well, he says to himself that it was just luck and nothing else that saved him. You see he almost ran right into a hunter, and the only thing that saved Peter from the terrible gun was the fact that when the hunter saw Peter he was too close to shoot. It didn't take Peter many jumps to get behind a bush. No, sir! And he was none too soon, for just-a- s he did so there was a bang from the terrible gun and the shot made a great hole in the ground right at Peters heels. Frightened? Why Peter was so frightened that for a few jumps he just ranjilindly, not knowing where he was going. Theo he thought of the dear Old Briar Patch. He would get there as quickly as he could. He knew now just how Mrs. Grouse had felt when she was (Associated Newspapers - -- street cars. Despite the tremendous demand for labor in defense industries, there are still 5,400,000 people who say they cannot find a Job. Despite the defense expenditures for the year ending June 30, amounting to not including a billion and more for relief, the tidy sum of A part of that pays $7,467,971,984. tor food stamps tor those on the "dole. h) air-shi-p. REPUBLIC OR DEMOCRACY OUR FOREFATHERS established this nation as a Republic. We today refer to ourselves as a Democracy, and what ia a Democracy? The United States Army Man usd give 'the following definition of a Democracy: "A government of the masses. Authority derived through masa meetings or shy form of direct ex-- , results in mobocracy. pression Attitude toward property is communistic negating property rights. Attitude toward law ia that the will of the majority shall' regulate, whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice and impulse, without restraint to consequencesr Resulta in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy. America should continue as a summer sports have limbered you up, hows for staying that way? 'Skip rope for Five 10 or. 15 minutes every day it will PORTSMOUTH. grave markers on Scavey island, keep you site of the naval prison, long have dont regard it as a chore." Make a caused speculation as to the identity game of It Youll find its fun to of the persons buried there. Re- work out tricks and perfect your cently, after much scrapping, chip- skipping form. ping and cleaning, the identity of (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) one of the graves was, established. The legend of the marker reads: 'Watered Stock "Here Lyes Ye Body of Elizabeth The expression Watered Stock" Eastwicke, Wife to Stephen is believed to have originated with Aged 31 Years. 2 Months and Dan Grew, e Wall street op. 20 ds. Died April Ye 16th 1714." t erator who got his start as a cattle revealed dealer after-the . Further ... investigation Civil warr Accord that the ' island's original owners ing to the story. Grew sold his cattle d were Thomas and Temperance by the pound, did so Immediately and that the gravestones were after they drank a quantity of on the- Fwneld'k bucial-plewater: "Republic. OW that NH And healthy-andtrim7'- e. old-tim- Bossie arrives safely by airplane in McGrathe, Alaska, in contrast to herpredecessorsx-whodlefollowing the long overland route, from was made This Wash. ip one day and the bovine was rePalmer, trip Mrs. lieved of her milk immediately after alighting from the David Clough, above, welcomes the animal, who will contribute greatly te the milk suppiy-- ef Pattern -- Fer-nal- U- v NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE PLAN FOR ALL U. STCITIZENS J proof of citizenship. The federal In a letter has proposed that all the the vital statistics states take immediate steps to issue depat tments of every state, officials a new, uniform type' of delayed of the three departments urged birth certificates" which would help adoption of a plan developed by the make millions of native bom Amer- census bureau by 'which certificates icans eligible for defense jobs. would be issued on ihe basis of such deprescribed evidence as hospital recThe war, navy and comjnerce the family Bible and Insurance ords. notin theTnove, partments joined policies. the that estimates. census" ing by These certificates would have the 9 bout 60,000,000 persons bora in this country were without documentary same force os those now issued at -- gov-emine- nt - 7055. FLOWER prints, so chi and gay for any room, n ticularly lovely in embroider thesa la bright floss. Youll to show them off to every ? - ti Pattern two 7059 contains a tnufe pictures Bveregtng Ifc indies: color schemes; stttchee; materials needed. It pattern. Mod your order to: Sewing Circle NssdWenft. Minna SC Baa frudM, Enclose U cent In cola hr X17 lew Ne.. ......... Name Address eeeeeeeeeeeesJ 3?. AVIATION Attend O.I.Y-II- TRAIN! X Radio, Automottes, Diesel, Matef Welding. Free Aiitnmt flnpiriiir I Body-Fend- meson HCTiran at tecsmjigm nnest I 111 best way to find oat send soldiers in camp Is t earn birth t ward I -Bonn. Azjny, Navy. Marine Cora Coast Guard show the h: selling cigarette is Camel. Albert Smoking Tobacco. known as the "National Smoke A carton of Camels i pound tin of Prince Albert w ways welcome, doubly i around the end of the moto. tobacco dealers are fe these brands as ideal gifts v 4 Wood, tfi By sioent' 1440; etc. BfapiU Wre GOING UP! THE NATIONAL DEBT on June 10. 1933, amounted to $22,538,672,164. birth by many states. The census bureau said that That ' represented $179.21 for each A manual setting up uniform many states did not provide certifman. woman and child In the United standards was submitted along with icates at the time most of todays States. On June 30, 1941. the naadults were. bom. and in other In- tional the request debt had grown to $48,961,487,-o- r One likely effect foreseen from stances attending physicians neglect$371.21 for each one of us. ed to make the required reports to adoption of the plan was lifting of That June 30.. 1941. figure did not an increasingly heavy burden on the state officials. t include any of the indebtedness of The joint tetter to the state vital the numerous census bureau. Requests are being government received at the rate of more than statistics departments said that "ad- tions and administrations, corporanone of 16,000 a week for proof of United mission to the armed forces depends the more than 50 billions of approon citizenship as does employment States birth from the census priations fer' defense or the seven In most government positions. billion for England. . ' i kin TWr tha service. Adv. in tl Wkv CMC, tel the soldiers themselves. among the men with the show cigarettes and snob: bacco head the list. Actual records from service store i Sant ne Man's Creatkm Men heap together the w of their lives and creata a ster they call Destiny. kiir Wta titjau bueba t the $19,086,-535,43- 7, WNU Service.) East-wick- n. H1 er hunted. "'eh: to m hs h6 had found his tracks Blurred Grave Marker Reveal Date of 1714 WASHINGTON. b , total of - BY YOUR LAXATIVE1 CONSTIPATION TNI BODlto When yon fcel due to dogged-u- p l1 do take Feen morning thorough, cornfa! helping yon etart thetoT normal energy end PP nt million your nighferert or interfere next day. Try Feen-A-gum Unatfree, yoarwelC It n handy a economical .. h lent let bat et)f Feen-A-Mi- 1 WNU ii W Wiser Dafly I dont think much who ia not wiser was yesterday. I , tttPSiP cifif) (jja WHEN kldnvy Wytw toiler with (fizxiMA, frequent Doea't .A' m tM erp?1 working kidney. ere wed every the country add Publ h01 FEEM-I.1III- T e hi DO;rTBEBO& 1 Broadway SmaIltalk:Ben3cmie got his new CBS program when he met Mr. Wrigley,.who said: What are you doing these days? . . "Nothing," said Ben gloomily t . . "Well, how about working for me?" said the choongum man, and now hes on five nights weekly . . . Paul Ash has a good idea: Turn old license plates over to the govt for scrap metal. There werp over cars registered last year. Each pair of plates averages two lbs. 'If all car owners did their duty -- thatd be 62.000.000 lb?. n it se mid-Octob- er Broa P . court-marti- mid-No- Pitts. b could anti-aircra- ft the Cow Jumped Over the IFofcr a Countess Plunket'was demanding fiie blood of all Englishmen because the English government had shot her son. He had been involved in the Easter uprising In Dublin. After $0 days, baving been tried in a civil court and proved guilty, be was executed for treason. I asked the lady what Irelan4 wanted. ' We want the same kind of freedom you people of America have she replied. "Ireland Is a part of the British Empire," I said, "and the British Empire is at war. I live in Hlinois, a part of the. United States, and the United States is at war. If I, a citizen of Illinois, should become involved in an uprisingw against tha United States, I would be tried by a Ask Italys Cafegoers and if drumhead would be shot at sun-riguilty, proved Drink To , Standing Up the next morning. That is typROME. Italian cafegoers may ical of American freedom and. we have to drink their synthetic cofare proud of what we have." fee standing up. Mussolinis newsNo Americaa worthy of the name paper, Popolo dltalia, began a would engage in an uprising against to requisition cafe campaign the government at any time. Until chairs and tables for conversion we are at war, until we are attacked into armaments, claiming that or congress has decreed our attack their metal parts are more valuon another country, any American able pn the battlefield than supshould be privileged to express honporting cafe frequenters. est criticism. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are fundamentals of our American liberties. Carbon on Plane Props . When war comes officially, if it does, every real American will give all-pHelps Conquer Vibration support both by word and act DAYTON, OHIO. Tiny carbon to defeat the enemy. strips are helping the army air corps at Wright Field to eliminate THOSE ON THE DOLE propeller vibration and increase the BUT OF THE BEST efficiency of its sleek new fighting IN COMPANY with Mrs. Patterships. son, I visited a neighborhood groAttached to propeller blades, the cery and market in Chicago. The strips, ranging about lady Is a thrifty soul by instinct and of an Inch in .length, are connected of She watches values necessity. through a fine wire to a device with- and the pennies. in the plane which records the proIn that store were nine customers peller variation at different speeds. and I discovered that six were payThe slight vibration of a normal ing with government food stamps. propeller is recorded in s shallow, One of these food stamp customers, wavy line. Abnormal vibration, a man, was being served by the however, results in a jagged series same clerk who was waiting on my of peaks which increase in size as wife. The customer was well the variation increases. dressed, prosperous appearing, The story is told of serious pro- wearing a "natty" summer suit, peller vibration developing in an with shirt and tie to match and a combination which finely woven Panama hat He purhad been tested, approved, and put chased oranges, demanding the best and highest priced .quality, frozen Into standard service. From the pattern of vibration strawberries, a rib roast of the best, lines obtained in a flight test, en- quality beef, the best grade of bacon, gineers determined that the trouble the higheat priced brand of canned originated in the motor. The engine peas, new potatoes, fresh sweet com was torn down, and it was found and other items. My wife bought a that the original gears had been re- pot roast, second grade oranges, old a loaf of bread. .1 placed. The new gears, while satis- potatoes and other-wwatched the were buyin the from varied tests, factory original to such an extent that de- ing with government food stamps structive propeller vibration result- and the man with us was rather When proper gears were in- typical of all of them. ed. I stopped to visit for a few mostalled, the trouble ceased. ments with the store manager and commented on thejiardships the poor of the city must suffer because of advancing prices. MinnteMake-Up- s "Yes, he replied, "such hardships as you have just witnessed. We see the same thing every day and all By V.V. of each day. The people to feel sorry for are those living on the boulevards., The poor live better than they do. Five of the six "on the dole customers drove away in automobiles. My., wife and I walk,' or ride. on. fun as when his dad" worked on defense projects elsewhere. Three-roocabins rent for $60 a month and homes from $75 up. Trailers cost from $150 to $1,500. A Staking space, not including gas and' light bills, costs $3 a week when there is any. Trailers in; all the inhabited territory about the city keep residents supplied with ice. eggs, ' butter, meats, vegetables, bakery and other products without forcing anyone to have to go to town or to the Molten steel hisses as the ladle, above, poors the liquid store" to fillthelr needs. bases metal Into a cradle of sand. It is being moulded into Banks have had to double and for the defense of America. The above scene took place at the Hartford triple their staffs to take care of the Electric Steel company, where government contract work is keeping, the payrolls. plant busy day and night. d Memos of a Mldnlghter: A.Wooll-cot- t will play himself in "Babes in Arms" (Rooney, and Garland). In the foreword to the film an MGMer . . . Harpers will publish Jay Allens book, his first, which he expects to write in six weeks. A honey of a name: "My Trouble With HitEd Murrow is expected ler" back from London in Shirer may sub for him there , , . .Finnish - Minister - Hjalmar - Procope IS readying Finland's 'White Paper due this month . . . Procope is the only Ambassador who looks like ons . . . . A Bund att'y will be in another jam next week when he is indicted on charges of forging a divorce . . . There will be an entirely new gambling syndicate in Miami this season Bob Feller expects to be drafted by fans fear . . The voice of the harp in Disneys new hit, "Dumbo, is ZaSu "" -- AN ESSENTIAL RIGHT IN IRELAND In 191$ I made myself obnoxious to a group of Irish people whom I met In Dublin. The TV criss-crosse- trip FDRs doctor!" ,X song-write- dis- - Sr CEOftCB O HAUORAN Gay Flower Pi,,' For You toy lipperty-lipperty-lipperty-l- !-. John Gunther's ' new book (due shortly) has been named "Inside Latin America," but M. Schuster, the publisher, suggested: "The Almanac de Gunther" . . , Mack is doing a Gordon, the book on his common-sens- e diet He calls It: "The First 100 Pounds Are the Hardest" . . . Gordon went from 322 to 220 in one year by eat. Louise Atwill overheard ing a catty crack about herself . , . "Where d you get that? she tang'd. "Over the Sourgrape Vine?" cheaper to commute even for tances of 100 miles. Federal Honslng Added. Gun Bases for U. S. Anti-Aircra- ft V ) V. |
