Bainbridge Review 1942-10-08

              Bainbridge Review
October 8, 1942
Page 1

Surprise Test Finds C. D. Undermanned
     The Island’s first completely surprise test mobilization of its Civilian Defense workers Tuesday night was “highly unsatisfactory,” Dr. Hobart T. Cave, Crystal Springs, C. D. coordinator said yesterday.
     Less than 50 per cent of the Island’s 476 civil defense workers responded to the unexpected call.  As a result, another test without previous warning will be given within 60 days.
     Dr. Cave pointed out, however, that many workers and units functioned perfectly and that scores of workers “walked their beats faithfully.”  He admitted that if air raid sirens, silenced by Army order except for an actual emergency, had been sounded more would have turned out

.“Most of units were greatly undermanned, proving to us we need many more people in Civilian Defense,” Dr. Cave said.  “People should volunteer.  They should realize we’ve a war on our hands, and that we must be more prepared than we were Tuesday.”

Dr. Cave paid high tribute to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.  He frankly said the expected “bottleneck” in the company’s dispersal of C. D.’s complex telephone system of relaying calls to wardens failed to appear.
     “Although the company received absolutely no prior warning, it kept operators on overtime, speedily called in other girls and kept our circuits open.  They did not give us a wrong number all evening.”
     The Rolling Bay sector apparently outscored others in reporting test problems.  Incomplete reports indicated that Island Center and Eagledale sectors did well.
     Receiving high personal praise was Steve Mager, Hawley, appointed senior warden of the important Winslow sector just a few hours before the test.  Also specifically mentioned were Buck Bucklin, Winslow, and Charles Clayton, members of the bomb examination squad, and the Creosote Boilermakers’ Union for cutting short their Tuesday meeting.
     Preventing the solution of many test problems was the “great shortage” of auxiliary police, firemen and ambulance attendants.
     Other faults noted: many C. D. workers had not notified headquarters of recent changes in their telephone numbers;  many wardens made inaccurate reports because they did not know their grid and post numbers.

Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII


Forgot To, Did You?
     In case you’ve forgotten----October 17 is the last day on which to register for the general election November 3.
     Registrations may be made with Miss M. B. Start, Winslow, for Eagle Harbor and Ferncliff precincts;  Mrs. George Hansen, Island Center precinct;  Mrs. Margaret Seward, Eagledale, for Liberty precinct;  Veola Lundgren, Port Blakely, for Port Blakely and Pleasant Beach precincts;  Mrs. Margaret Seed, Port Madison precinct;  Lucas A. Rodal, Rolling Bay precinct;  Mrs. Blanche Christensen, Seabold precinct.


Legionnaires To Be Chamber Guests
     The entire membership of Colin Hyde Post No. 172, American Legion, will be the invited guests at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Winslow Congregational Church October 21, it was announced yesterday.
     James F. Hodges, Port Madison, chamber president, said the novel idea was part of an Island-wide campaign to acquaint other organizations with chamber activities.
     Legionnaires who attend the chamber meeting will be free to leave the chamber session after dinner is served to attend their own regular post meeting a few blocks away in Civilian Defense headquarters.
     Decision to have Legion members as guests was reached by the chamber’s board of directors Friday night in recognition, Mr. Hodges said, of the strong organization which the post has built since its formation a few months ago.
     The invitation to the post members also is in line with Mr. Hodges’ proposal to win Island support for the chamber or else incorporate the Island into some form of local government.  Mr. Hodges told the chamber last month that the chamber must be more representative if its recommendations are to carry weight with public officials.
     Only two members of the board were absent at last week’s executive session during which Mr. Hodges put his plan squarely before his aides.  While no decision was reached, the consensus seemed to be that there should be no attempt made to form a local government here until after the war.  Board members, however, gave enthusiastic support to Mr. Hodges’ plan for winning Island-wide support for the chamber.
     The Legion post was invited officially at its meeting last night by Dr. Hobart T. Cave, Crystal Springs, chamber director as well as a member of the legion post.


‘No Riders, No Tires,’ Board Rules
     Announcing a new “crackdown” policy of “no riders; no tires,” the Island’s War Price and Rationing Board this week served notice it was redoubling efforts to restrict issuance of tire certificates of all kinds.
     A greatly-reduced tire quota for October----including an allocation of only 12 new second-grade tires----speeded the board’s action.
     Important tire developments:
1.	 Labor-management transportation committees in war industry plants henceforth will be required to insist that tire applicants either carry riders or accept rides with others.  Only rare exceptions will be made.
2.	The board will make available a “ride-swap” board in its office adjacent to Terminal Service, Winslow, for workers who seek rides or who have rides to offer.
3.	The board will refuse to grant tire certificates for spare tires when any sort of usable carcass is possessed by applicants.
     Only development which was encouraging to tire users was an announcement by the Office of Price Administration enlarging the field of obsolete tires.  Henceforth, all new passenger tires fitting rims 18 inches or larger in diameter will be classed as obsolete.  They fit cars of 1934 model or older and 1937 motorcycles or older.
      Heretofore, the obsolete sizes began with a 19-inch rim.  Obsolete tires are granted where need and eligibility can be established on the same basis as an application for recaps.  Obsoletes are not deducted from quotas.  The move was made to free tires which were deteriorating in warehouses.
     “in some plants, transportation committees, which must approve applications before we see them, are getting ‘tough’ about the matter of riders,” Walt Woodward, Pleasant Beach, chairman of the board, said.  “That’s fine.  But in others, the committees just act as a rubber stamp for any and all applications.  We won’t recognize ‘rubber stamp’ action in the future.”
     He was joined last week by a fellow board member, john Allen, Port Madison, in denying the application of a Port Madison resident on this ground.  They suggested to the applicant the name of a neighbor with whom he might ride to work.
     The Island’s October quotas:  four new first-grade passenger tires (three already are allocated);  12 new second-grade passenger tires;  40 passenger recaps;  16 passenger tubes;  four truck tires;  nine truck recaps;  five truck tubes.
     Granted tire certificates at last week’s meeting were J. E. Babington, Creosote;  Mrs. Jennie Brisboia, Creosote, and Lloyd J. Henson, Winslow.

Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII


Large ‘Posse’ Being Formed For Bears; Deer Delay Hunt
     There probably will be an “all-out” hunt by approximately 25 sportsmen to rid Bainbridge Island of its wild bears in “a week or two”, it appeared yesterday.
     The opening of the deer season in western Washington last Sunday forestalled plans to eliminate the bears then.  Most Islanders with high-power rifles hunted deer last weekend.
     During the lull between the end of the western Washington deer season and the opening of the eastern Washington season in a week or two, it is expected that a full-fledged drive will be held to slay the three Island bears which have killed at least six farm animals this summer.
     It was reported that the large force of men would use bear hounds furnished by the State Game Department.
     The hunt probably will be led by Maj. M. J. Hopkins, Rolling Bay, noted big-game hunter deputized by the state to kill the bears.
     Meanwhile, the major requested Islanders not to telephone him regarding the progress of the hunt.  He reported receiving  “thirty ‘phone calls a day from anxious mothers who want to know if their kids are safe picking huckleberries or from kids who want to go bear hunting with their dads’ rifles.”
     The major again pointed out that it is unlawful for unauthorized persons to hunt bear or deer on the Island.  He also said that the likelihood of the bears attacking humans is remote, although he warned farmers to guard their animals.


Present Bears First Ones Here, Pioneer Says
     The Island’s excitement over the presence of three wild bears may be the first such in local history, Mrs. Frank E. Hyde, Bucklin’s Corner, pioneer resident, said this week.
     Mrs. Hyde should know, for she is the second white person born on the Island.
     “I don’t remember ever hearing about bears here,” Mrs. Hyde said, “although I do recall hearing and seeing much of deer hunting.
     “And I remember that there were a few cougars at one time.”
     Mrs. Hyde said she supposed the bears swam across Agate Pass from the mainland.
     “And if they don’t find them, I imagine it will be a case of the bears having swam back again,” she commented dryly.


Rodal Buys Stamp Ad, Exposes Cash-in Of Bonds
     Lucas A. Rodal, Rolling Bay grocer, this week became the third public-spirited Island merchant to buy advertising space in The Review to encourage sale of War Bonds and Stamps---but he also exposed an apparent lack of patriotism by a few war workers.
     Mr. Rodal, former postmaster at Rolling Bay, said he knew of several war workers who bought War Bonds at their plants, obtained “10 per cent” lapel buttons---then promptly cashed the bonds in at a postoffice.
     “That’s not being patriotic,” Mr. Rodal said.  “Besides that, it takes the government’s time and the time of postoffice employees.  They should make it so that a person couldn’t cash in the bonds until after the war.”
     There is nothing, however, to prevent a bond purchaser from obtaining full value of his bond immediately after buying it.
     Regardless of that situation, Mr. Rodal said he was glad to buy a Treasury Department advertisement, which appears in this issue.  He thus joins Herb Allen, Bainbridge Drug Company, and Mrs. Leare Larson and Harry Larson, Winslow Variety Store, who have sponsored previous ads in the series.

Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII


Island Can Set Nation Scrap Mark
Tag: Civilian War Effort, Bainbridge Island, WWII

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BAINBRIDGE REVIEW SEATTLE. w a s H i ' i o r l *
BEST WEEKLY IN THE NORTHWEST
SirpriseTest
Finds C.D.
• The Island'i first completely
surprise test mobilisation of i t s
Civilian Defense workers Tues-day
night was "highly unsatisfac-tory,"
Dr. Hobart T. Care, Crys- "
C D. coordinator,
Leas than 60 per cent of the .
Island's 476 C. D. workers res-ponded
to the unexpected call. Aa
a result, another test without pre-vious
warning will be riven with-in
30 days.
Dr. Cave pointed out, however,
that many workers and unite
functioned perfectly and that
scora» of workers "walked their
beats faithfully." He admitted
that if air raid sir ens, .silenced by
Forgot To,
Did Yon?
• In case you're forgotten—
October 17 is the last J a y
on which to register for "the
general election November 3.
Registrations may be made
with MJN M, & Start, Wins-low,
for Eagle Harbor and
FeracMff p r e c i n c t s ; l i r a .
George Hansen, Island Cen-ter
precinct; Mra. Margaret
8 m i i EagMale, far Lib-
{ Vaala " ~
ChrUtenseo, Seabold
emergency, had been sounded
mora would have turned out.
•» "Most of unite were greatly
undermanned, proving to us wa
need many mora people in Ovil-an
Defense," Dr. Cave said. "Peo-ple
should volunteer.^They should
realise we've a .war on our
.hands, and that we must be more
prepared than we w e n Tuesday."
Dr. Cava paid high tribute to
the Pacific Telephone and Tele-graph
Company. He-frankly said
the expected "bottleneck" In the
company's dispersal of C. D.'s
complex telephone system of , -
relaying calls to wardens failed tivjties.
Letiionaires.
"Although the company receiv-ed
abeolately BO prior warning, It
k e p t operators en overtime,
speedily called In other girls and
kept our circuits open- They did
not give as
Legionnaire* .
To Be Ckanber
Diner Giests
-Tha Rolling Bay sector appar-ently
out-scored '
porta indicated
ter and' Eagledale sectors did
well.
Receiving high personal praise
«L3B49t» f a f f e d ndicated that Island Can- Hodgaa said, of tl
(Please Turn t P u t HCM)
NOTICE TO VOTERS
to vote, on or before the 17th day of October.
ELECT
JIMMY MUNRO
Prwermtjitg Attorney, on the 3rd day of November.
• T h e entire membership of Colin
Hyde. Poet No.. 172, American Le-gion,
will be the invited guests
at a Chamber of Commerce meet-ing
in the Wlnslow Congrega-tional
Church October 21, it was
announced yesterday.
James F. Hodges. Port Mad-ison,
chamber president, said the
novel idea wag part of an Island-wide
campaign to acquaint other
organisations with chamber ae-who
attend the
chamber meeting will be free to
leave the chamber session after
dinner la served to attend their
own regular post meeting, a few
blocks away in Civilian Defense
headquarters. ,_r
Decision to have Legion mem-bers
as guests was reached by
LATE kllLETIIS
o BULLETIN
era and whole*
sential agricultural food products
may obtafc copiea of , an Ha por-tent
pamphlet giving basic / s e t s
ww farm prsdat '
Mra. Nenaa 1
dale, executive
• p i . i e i i i f , .
The pamphlet will bej mailed to
caD er letter to the board's office
in Wlaalow adjacent to Tertahial
Service:
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• BDIXB1TN —
Safety T—artlna
Ha stay here Tueedsy
of the " - " "
„ „ . , wide support f o r the
L'a Um vehicles ap- The Legion post waa Invited
" " irraete for officially at -fta meeting last
wan, for some night' by Dr. Hobart T. Cave,
» sat made. It Crystal' Springs, chamber director
statina would as w*ll as a member of the Le-be
reopened here briefly aeon. gion poet.
which the post hsa built
Ite formation a few months
sgo.
The'invitation to the port mem-bers,
also is in line with Mr-
Hodges' proposal to win Islsnd
support for the chsmber or else
incorporate the Island into some
form of local government. Mr.
Hodges told the chamber last
month, that the' chamber must be
mora representative If ite recom-mendations
are to carry weight
with public officials.
Only two members ofShe board
were absent at laet week's exe-cutive
session duriflg which Mr.
Hodges put his plan squarely be-fore
his aides. While no decision
waa reached, the consensus seem-ed
to be that there should be no
to form a local
'No Riders,
No Tires,'
Board Roles
• Announcing a new "crack-down"
policy of "no riders; no
tires," the Island's War-Price and
Rationing Board this week serv-ed
notice it was redoubling ef-forts
to .restrict issuance of tire
certificates of all kinds.
A greatly-reduced tire quote
for October—including an alloca-tion
of onl* 12 new second-grade
tires—speeded the board's sction.
Important tire developments:
1. Labor-management transpor-tation
committees in war industry
plants henceforth will be required
to insist thst tire tppllcanta eith-er
carry riders or accept ride*
with others- Only rare exceptions
will be mad*.
2. The boarr will make availa-ble
a **rUe-swap" board In ite
office adjacent to Terminal Ser-vice.
Wlnslow, for workers who
seek rides or who have ridea to
offer.
3. The bosrd will refuse to
grant tire certificates for spare
tires when any sort of ussble
carcass is possessed by appli-cants.
Only development which wss
encouraging to tire users was. an
announcement by the Office of
Price Administration enlarging
the field of obsolete tires. Hence-forth,
all new passenger tires
fitting rims 18 inches or larger
in diameter will.be classed as .ob-solete.
They fit cars of 1934 mod-el
or older and 1937 motorcycles
Heretofore, the obsolete sizes
began with a 19-inch rim. Obso-lete
tires are granted where need
and eligibility csi, be established"
on the afme basis s s an spplica-tion
for recaps. Obsolete* are not
deducted - from• qwslaa. -The Inove
was mads to free 'tires which
were deteriorating in warehouses.
"In some plants, transporta-tion
committees, which must sp-prove
applications before we see
them, are getting 'tough' about
the matter of riders," Walt Wood-ward,
Pleasant Beach, chairman
of the board, said. "That's fine.
But in others, the committees
just act aa a rubber stamp for
any and all applications. We
won't recognise 'rubber stamp'
action in the future."
He was joined last week by a
board member, John Allen,
ap-
Cinderella Girl
gtl »h* Island. Ha also said - that
the likelihood of the bears attack-ing
humans is, remote, although
he warned fanners to guard
thei. " •
, denying the
of a 'ort Madison
Ident on thia ground. They sug-gested
to the applicant the name
of a neighbor with whom he
might ride to work.
The I aland'a October quotes:
four new first-grade passenger
tires (three already are alloca-ted);
12 new second-grada pass-enger
tires; 40 passenger re-
16 passenger tubes; four
truck tires; nine truck recaps;
five truck tubes.
Granted tire certificates at
Isst wields meeting were J. E.
Babington, Creosote; Mrs. Jen-
Ale Brisbois, Creosote, and Lloyd
J. Henson, Wins low.
ARRIVES FOR WINTER
Robert Weld, brother of Fred
F: Weld, Msnitou, will arrive to-day
from Sugargrove. Pa^ to
spend the winter h?re.'
ATTENDS REUNION
• Harry Speakea.rFsrndlff, took '
aa airpl*n«' this weak to attend
s class reunion at-Cerieton Col- ;
Minneapolis. Mian.: j
Juanite Stark, blue-eyed, bronze-haired, Cleveland, O, girl, might well
be called the Cinderella of the Screesi. A jobless waitreas drarwing her
last unemployment check one day, she wss a Warner Brothers star the
next. She appears currently in "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
LARGE 'POSSE' BEING FORMED
FOR BEARS; DEER DELAY HUNT
• There probably will be an "all- that it is unlawful for' unauthor-out"
hunt by approximately ~~25
•sportsmen to rid Bainbtidgc It-land
of ite wild bears in "a week
or two", it appeared yesterday.
The opening of the deer sea-son
in western Washington last
Sundsy forestalled plana to elim-inate
the bears then. Most Island-era
with high-power rifles hunt-ed
deer last weekend.
During the lull between the end
of the western Washington deer
season and the opening of the
eastern Wsshington season in a
week or two, it is expected that
a full-fledged drive will be held
to slay the throe Island bears
which hsve killed at least six
farm animals this summer.
It was reported that the large
force of men would use bear
hounds furnished by the State
Game Department.
The bunt probably will be
led by Maj. M. J. Hopkins. Roll-ing
Bay, aoted btj-ianw hunter
deputized by the state tovkill the
bears.
Meanwhile, the major requested
Islanders not to telephone him
regarding the progress of the
hunt. He reported receiving "thir-ty
'phone calls a day from anxious
mothers who want to know if
berries or from kids4lbo want to
go bear hunting with their dads'
rifles."
The major again pointed out
CHURCH DINNER TONIGHT
• The Women's Lesgue of the
Congregational . Church are ar-ranging
a' church dinner tonight
in the soda]-room ef the church
at &30 o'clock- After dinner,
plans will bo discussed for the
Call ifnd winter work of the
church.
Present Bears
First Ones Here,
Pioneer Says
• The Island's excitement over
the presence of three wild bean
may be the first such in local
history, Mrs. Frank E. Hyde,
Bucklin's Corner, pioneer resi-dent,
said this week.
Mrs. Hyde should know, for
she is the second white person
born on the Island•
"I don't remember ever hear-ing
about bears here," Mrs.
Hyde said, "although 5 do recall
hearing and seeing much of deer
hunting.
"And I remember that there
were a few cougars at one time."
Mrs. Hyde said she supposed
the bears swam across Agate
Pass from the mainland.
"And if they don't find them,
I imagine it will be a case of the
bears having swam back again,"
she commented dryly.
SCRAP MARK
e l t is "entirely ppaaiUa" that
Bainbridge Island may set a na-tional
scrap collection record, Hl-mer
J. Nelson, executive secre-tary
of the -Washington State
Salvage Committee, told The Re-view
yesterday.
Mr. Nelson made the statemeat
in reply to Walt Woodward, pub-lisher
of The Review, who asked
him if the Island's present col-lection
of 64 pounds per person
was a state or national record.
"Under the newspapers drive
in Nebraska, the entire state av-eraged
103 pounds per person of
scrap material and we feel that
it is possible that you may exceed
that amount before the drive
which is now sponsored by the
newspapers of the nation is com-pleted,"
Mr. Nelson wrote.
Harry Larson, Winslow, who
resigned last night as chairman
of the 'Ialand's scrap committee,
was jubilant over the. report.
"From telephone calls that
keep coming in. I'm sure we have
locations of scrap amounting to
at least twice what we've collect-ed
so far—more than enough to
beat Nebraska," Mr. Larson said.
The Island, organized by the
salvage committee of Colin Hyde
Post No- 172, American Legion,
ha^ collected 160 tone of scrap
in four weekends here. That ia
64 pounds per person If the max-imum
estimate of 5,000 residents
hero is used.
To beat Nebraska's 103-poond
per-porson average, it will be
necessary for the Island to col-lect
274 tons. This is 46 tons less
than twice the 160 tons slready
collected, Mr. Larooir pointed out.
There was no collection by the
Legion last Sunday because of ef-forts
made to move the scrap al-ready
collected off the Island.
Mr. Larson said the Legion had
sold the 160 tons to a .Seattle
scrap dealer for $900. The money
will be retained by the Legion
for.the .benefit of the Island Ci-vilian
Defense Council.
"Scrap doesn't do any good ait-,
ting on thia laland, so that's why
we spent timfe to get It moving
t toward the blast furnaces," Mr.
Larson said.
Collections will be resumed this
Sundsy.
Meanwhile, Jeff P e t e r s o n ,
Wing Pofnt, last night- was ap-pointed
chairmsn to succetd Mr.
Larson. The Winslow man resign-ed
so that he could volunteer fpr
the Army. He will report to Fort
Lewis Tuesday. Mr. Larson is a
veteran of the last war.
"I want to thank all my Legtou-frierds
snd other Islanders far
the enthusiastic way they put the
scrap drive over so far," Mr.."
Larson said. "But it isn't over
yet. I know everyone will give
the same fine support to Mr.
Peterson. Let's win that national
recordl" . • •
Ai The RIALTO THEATRE
DOOES OPEN 5 P.M.
October 8 to 14
Buy s Stamp Ad,
ExfeatefBs Cash-In Of Bonds
• Lucas' A. Rodal, Rolling Bay
grocer, .thia- week became the
third public-spirited Island mer-chant
to buy advertising space in
The Review to encourage sale of
War Bonds and- Stamp*—bat he
also/exposed ah apparent lack of
patriotism by a few war work-
Mr. Rodal, former postmaster
at Rolling Bsy, said he knew* of
several war workers who bought
War Bonds at their plants, ob-tained
"JO per' cent" lapel but-tons—
then promptly cashed the
bonds ia at a postoffice.
"That's not being patriotic,"
Mr. Rodal said. "Besides that, it
takes the government's time .and
the time of poatoffice employees.
They should. mato it so that a
person couldn't cash in the bonds
until after the war."
There is nothing, however, to
a bond purchaser from
full vslue of his bond
Immediately after buyihg it.
Regardless of that situation,
Mr. Rodal said he was glad to
buy a Treasury Department ad-vertisement,
which appears in
this issue. He thus jeiha Herb A]-,
len, Bain bridge Drug Company,
end Mrs. Leare Larson and Har-ry
Larson, Winslow Variety
Store, who have sponsored pre-vious
ads »in the series. • •
WINGS FOR THE EAGLE
Ann Sheridan and Jack Carson
Alao—AFTAIRS OF MARTHA—Hunt, Carbon,
At Tke ADMIRAL THEATRE
OONTOTUOJTS DAILY FROM 12 NOON
October 9 to 15
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Jimmy Joan Leslie, Walter HMton
BKEMEHTON