The Tacoma times. [volume], February 05, 1943, Page 5, Image 5

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Probe Assists
Shipyard Purchase
Policy Is Revised
(Continued from Page One) ‘
fire fighting equipment, heating
radiators, coffee urns. batteries
BRuges. thermometers. chain hoists
and trolleys, bells and buzzers and
plumbing fixtures all had to be
bought through this New York
cCoMmpany .
It is charged the New York
company. was a partnership of an
elderly retired small shipbuilder,
Howard E. Wheeler, sr, and his
three sons, Wesley L. Wheeler
Eugene M. Wheeler and Robert C
Wheeler. The partnership oper
ated under the name of Wheeler, |
Y. M. 8. company. (Y. M. 8 is
the navy initials designating all
mine sweepers.) ,
According to reliable sources,
the Wheeler, Y. M. 8. company
consists only of a small office
operated in conjunction with the |
Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., of |
which the three sons are the man
aging directors. i
These sources report that
the Wheeler, Y. M. SB, company
purchased $10,000.000 worth
of merchandise for mine
sweeper projects in the first
five months of 1942, In addi- 1
tion the company is reported
to have purchased another
10,000,000 in merchandise for
the U. S. navy, bureau ships.
On these purchases, it is alleged
the company collects a four per
cent commission for being the
purchasing agent. In the first
five months of 1942, this would |
amount to SBOO,OOO, or more Uun‘
$2,000,000,000 annually. |
The Wheeler Y. M. 8. company |
does not handle nor finance any of |
the merchandise it purchases for'
the mine sweeper projects, All
goods are billed to the shipbuilder
and payment is guaranteed by the |
United States.
Tacoma shipbuilders report
that service is good from the
New York company, but local
jobbers asd suppliers say they
could maintain just as good a
service, having already helped
Puget Sound shipbuilders win
“E"” pennants for speed in con- ‘
struction.
The Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce interested itself in the f:ght‘
because it felt local jobbers should
have an opportunity to supply
these needs. Congressman Coffee
took up the cudgels and some
progress has been made, judging
from his telegram received Thurs.
day morning by T. A. Stevenson,
manager of the C. of C,
The telegram:
“Following a week's intensive
effort in which my appointment
to naval appropriations subcom
mittee helped, 1 am able to advise
navy drastically modifying leading
yvard purchase policy so as to
enable loca] jobbers to supply ma
terials and fabricating equipment
for local shipyards having navy
construction contracts. All except
two or three items can be fur
nished by local jobbers.”
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Shoots Wife, Himself
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a dime when I married you and
now you want the restaurant!”
‘“There was some scuffling.
“Then, suddenly, there was
a shot. Mrs. Kubista fell back
into my arms. And 1 lower
ed her slowly to the floor. As
1 did so I heard another shot,
but 1 didn’t wait to find out
about that,
“I ran out of the place to a
grocery store and telephoned .the
police.”
Kubista, police said, was lying
in a pool of blood at the rear of
the cafe. Detectives surmised he
had ran to a back room after
shooting his former wife, and
there, had taken his own life.
Investigating officers could not
immediately determine a motive,
But, neighbors of Mrs.
Kubista, residing in the vi
cinity of her cafe, told officers
that previous efforts were
made by her hushand to effect
a reconciliation with his wife.
They were purpertedly sej
arated last November.
Since that time, police were told,
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this cold-relief used when
Whenever the Quintuplets eatch eold -
their chests, throats and backs are im
mediately rubbed with Musterole. So
M usterole must be just about the BEST
coll relief you can buy!
Musterole gives such wonderful re
sults because it's MORE than just an
ordinary “‘salve”. It's what so many
Doctorsand N urses call 2 modern cowu nier
grriiant [t helps break up local congestion
in upper bronchial tract, makes breath
ing easier, promptly relieves coughing
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IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children’s Mild,
Regular and Extra Strength
Graveyard
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Workers &
Get Signal
(Continued from Page One}
from installation of a trgffic sig
nal, was for the city to build four
cross walks at the Alexander-
East 11th intersection, adding
that two croas walks should be
put in at the Peterman gate inside
the vard
Asked by Schwartz if it
would not be possible for the
city to put in stronger street
lights at the intersection,
O'Neil replied that he was |
having trouble getting ma- |
terials, but he admitted that
it would be possible to in
crease the candliepower of
lights already there,
Frankland explained the bus
situation as it applied to grave
yard shift workers. He said that
Tacoma Tranait Co. buases are
“deadheaded” over to the yards to
pick up swingshift workers, but
explained they do not leave until
11:15 p. m, too late to get the
graveyarders to work on time.
Schwartz said the men on the
graveyvard shift resented such
deadheading and suggested that
the busses might leave a little
earlier, but Frankland replied that
the municipal belt line busses
could accomodate all the grave
varders, provided they cooperated
more satisfactorily in loading op
erations as men on the first two
shifts do,
ot
Okeh Nisquall
Project Probe ’
(Continued from Page Bney
clearly of the opinion that the
engineer-finding job could be
handled better by one man, sug
gested that he alone be authorized
by the council to find the engi
neers for the other councilmem
bers to consider,
“I'm absolutely opposed to
that because 1 don’'t think
you have any ability to select
the best people, and, further
more, 1 think you are influ
enced by people who do not
have the best interests of the
city at heart,” O'Neil said
heatedly, raising up and down
in his chair as though posting
~ on a horse characteristic
movements for O'Neil when
irate,
“Well,” Cain sighed, “I believe
the best way a job can be done is
to do it."
“I wnderstand, I wunder
stand the motive behind the
whole thing,” O'Neil said,
~ posting again. He did not
elaborate.
~ Cain replied by saying it didn’t
matter to him, but he couldn’t see
' the wisdom of designating the
“man whose department would be
under examination.
And, then, Fawecett interjected,
lwithdrswmg O'Neil's name and
substituting Bergersen's, That
‘ met approval, for when the vote
was taken on uppointment of the
mayor and Bergersen it was unan
imous.
O'Neil, in a letter read earlier
before the council, said that it ap
' pears to be “the mayor's desire to
cast suspicion upon those unnamed
persons and our engineers before
any investigation takes place, and
1 request that th mayor explain
| the basis for making such alleg
ations."”
‘ The “allegations” referred to
| were contained in Cain's letter to
| the council Monday in which he
suggested the investigation
Particularly objectionable to
O’'Neil was the following Cain
sentence: “The examination
should tell us whether or not
lay persons have made or in
fluenced engineering decis
{ lomns.”
l Cain was silent for a moment
following O'Neil's demand. Then,
after a long preamble, he said
tersely that “the inference is your
own and nobody else's so far as
1 know. Nobody else has read
any meaning into it, nobody has
for a second inferred dishonesty,
| or that your engineers have been
| other than honorable.”
’Mrn Kubista has been living with
|a friend, and later with her 18-
| year-old daugnter, Deila Reis, a
!child by a former marriage. Mrs.
Kubista, it was said, has one son
| whose name was not learned, now
'in naval service
' Mrs. Kubista, in company
with her daughter. resided at
the President apartments, 623
Broadway. Since separating
| from his wife, Kubista has
| taken quarters at Cariton
hotel. Prior to their separa
tion, the couple had lived at
| 1202 So. G st.
| Kubista was a native of Dickin
son, N. D., and had resided in this
city six years
Surviving are three brothers,
one brother in the army, and two
brothers residing in Dickinson;
three sisters, and his mother, Mrs
Marie Kubista of Dickinson. Fu
neral announcement will be made
by C. C. Mellinger Co. pending ar
rival of one sister from North
Dakota
Sl e o L
I - . .
Actions in Divorce
Suits for divorce have been filed
in superior court by Leona against
Frank L. Rhodes, Margaret against
George A. LaChapelle Wilma
against Russell Skewis and M. G
against George E. Schmidt, all
alleging burdensome homelife
A final decree was granted in
'the case of Theima against Rich
| arg Feix
Giant Qil Pipeline Will Streich
Virtually Across Top of World
-
VANCOUVER, B C.-The \'us.'
couver Sun published a story to ]
the effect that work is progress
ing rapidly on a giant oil pipeline
“which will literally span the top
of the world"” stretching from
the great Mackenzie river valley
probably to Whitehorse, Y. T. |
The newspaper, without disclos- |
ing ils source of information, .u!1
the project has been closely guard- |
ed and that censorship still pre- ||
vented publication of many details. |
“It oan be sald, however,
that the job is being done at
Fort Norman, the source of
the oil,” the Sun sald. “The ‘1
laying of the pipeline rivals
fl E‘ the W GUARANTEED SAVINGS
.
/fl EVERY DAY in the WEEK
PRICES EFFECTIVE Yes, you can be sure of real savings when
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY, FEB. 48 ‘[ 7ou shor at Safeway! For Safaway prices hove
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. « « eliminated frills. And the savings have thus
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(MEAT AND PRODUCE PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE - -
the building of the Alaska
highway. AN the work s be
ing pald for by the United
States and the job s In the
hands of United States army
engineers.
The Sun said that as many As
20 United States and Canadian
planes were used at one time o
fly in materials and suppliea
“The value of the pipaline.” the
Sun said, “is seen In the fact that
ol piped to Alaska would elimi
nate the long haul from Califor
nia and Brilish Columbia, reduce
marine losses from submarine ac
tion, free warships from convey
ing tankers, and make a close
Man Wed 52 Years
Is Granted Divorce
RENO, Nev.-Two years after
s golden wedding annivarsary,
iO-year-old Alfred Guertin of Spo
kane, Wash, decided he “jJust
couldn't get along™ With his wife
Guertin_ was granted » divorce,
and when asked if he contempiated
another marriage, he replisd;. 1
should say net.”
supply base for allied war ma
chines in the Aleutians '
Fort Norman is on the Macken
gie river, 150 miles south of the
Arctic circle and some 400 miles
from White Horse Ol was dise
covered in the Fort Norman area
in 1920, bul operations have not
been extensive because of a limit.
o market
Aunt Het
“Jorne aolwoys knows when
Bill is primed for a high lone
some. He starts o quarrel with
her so he'll have an excuse to
drown his sorrows.”
Letters Illegal
| Ohain letiters. sven though they
promets the sale of war bonds
‘mmmuum
War Savings Administrator, has
| Mdvised purchasers
I "We hate o throw sold waler
lan the deal and we probaity Wi
[ be calied old ‘meanies’ for deing
(80" Haas said, "Bt on checking
| with looal postal autheritien we
‘.nmuu-nmnm
[letters Naving government ap
proval, though they are for the
patriotic cause of prometing sales
of war stampa”
Looking for & home Read the
[ Times Want Ads
'‘Boy Who Lost Foot
Praised by Nelson
| WHERLING, W. Valittle
Walter Lefay 9 & here o U
nome front. injured “in the lipe of
duty for hs country "
The 10.yonr-old iad whe lost Mie
nile
reitread troch’ Gariies Ge B 8
praise he received from War Pro
duotion Chief Demald M. Nelson.
“It i offort and seerifioes such
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tionabiy N fi.
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