Orthopedic Guild skating party at Tacoma Roller Bowl. Group tentatively identified as, left to right, Earl F. Brantner, Virginia Rupp, Mrs. Brantner and Mrs. Cortland W. Johnsen. (T. Times) [Also dated 10-16-1941]

Tacoma Roller Bowl (Tacoma); Skating Rinks--Tacoma; Tacoma Orthopedic Association (Tacoma);

October 21, 1941 tank maneuvers at Fort Lewis where Mayor Harry P. Cain was guest of honor. American involvement in war was growing closer and major Army centers like Fort Lewis stepped up military exercises. 4500 soldiers participated in a grueling tank v. anti-tank guns "battle," the first of its kind on the Pacific coast.

Tanks (Military science)--Tacoma;

Stadium High School's State Champion tennis team of 1942 poses in front of the school. The team won both the state tournament and the Cross State League titles in '42. Pictured, front row, left to right are Harvey and Harold Mosich. Back row: Coach Isadore Epstein, team captain Walt Olson, Kirk Stewart, and Wally Cavanaugh. Kirk Stewart won the singles title at state, while Wally Cavanaugh triumphed at the Cross State. The Mosich brothers won doubles at both meets. (T Times 5/29/1942, pg. 10; TNT 5/29/42, pg. 13)

Tennis players--1940-1950; Tennis rackets; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--Sports; Mosich, Harold; Mosich, Harvey; Epstein, Isadore; Stewart, Kirk; Cavanaugh, Wally; Olson, Walt;

On January 25, 1942, petite Mary Thomas, a seventeen year old senior at Stadium High School, was crowned Queen of the 11th annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival at Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park, by John C. Preston, park superintendent. On the left is attendant Juanita Daniel of Lincoln High School and on the right is attendant Margaret Johnson from the College of Puget Sound. This trio of royalty was unique in that each of the girls could ski, a rarity among winter sports queen contestants. (TNT 1/26/1942, pg. 1-alternate photograph; T. Times 1/13/1942, pg. 1-article & alternate photographs)

Thomas, Mary; Daniel, Juanita; Johnson, Margaret; Beauty contestants; Preston, John C.;

Lt. and Mrs. Hubert Denwood Thomte pose in a gaily wrapped military jeep after their wedding on October 11, 1941 at the Fort Lewis Chapel. Following Army tradition, they will take a spin around the post in the jeep. The bride, formerly Louise Ahrens, selected a red, white and blue color scheme for a spectacularly patriotic wedding. Their ceremony was followed by a reception and dance at the Officers Club. (T. Times 10/13/1941, pg.7)

Thomte, Hubert Denwood; Ahrens, Louise--Marriage; Weddings--Fort Lewis--1940-1950; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding clothing & dress--1940-1950;

Actress Lana Turner with two very happy unidentified men in Mayor Harry P. Cain's office at (Old) City Hall where she appeared for a press interview on Friday June 12, 1942. Miss Turner was in Pierce County as part of a War Bond Sales junket. She would spend about 24 jam packed hours in the area, visiting Fort Lewis, the Seattle-Tacoma shipyard, dedicating Tacoma's "Liberty Center" and selling stamps and bonds at a Saturday rally. (T. Times 6/13/1942, pg. 1)

Turner, Lana, 1920-1995; Actresses; War bonds & funds--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Actress Lana Turner kissed a lucky worker as a "receipt" for his purchase of a War Bond during her visit to Sea-Tac Shipyards on June 13, 1942. Miss Turner sold $94,545 in bonds at the shipyard in just 30 minutes. The money would be taken from paychecks in the form of the payroll deduction plan. Grinning broadly was Walter Green, vice-president & manager of the shipyard, standing bareheaded with glasses, in between two Navy personnel. After Miss Turner's well-received appearance at the shipyards, she journeyed to the new Liberty Center at 10th & Pacific. One of a number of negatives of the visit released to STSC. ALBUM 5. (TNT 6-11-42, p. 1, TNT 6-12-42, p. 1, TNT 6-13-42, p. 1, TNT 6-14-42, p. 1) TPL-10473

Turner, Lana, 1920-1995; Actresses; War bonds & funds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Green, Walter; Kissing; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Actress Lana Turner speaks to crowd at the newly dedicated Liberty Center, South 10th Streets between "A" and Pacific Avenue, during her visit to Tacoma for a War Bond rally. Washington Hardware is seen across the street to the rear. Miss Turner wrote her own speeches for these War Bond drives but much of her talk was spontaneously off-the-cuff. Her appearance was carried over the air on KMO for those unable to attend. She helped to dedicate the Liberty Center, similar to Seattle's Victory Square, on June 13, 1942. An army band and army talent entertained the huge throng for a hour while Miss Turner personally autographed bond applications made during the noon ceremony. $25,625 was raised during the dedication. (TNT 6-11-42, p. 1, TNT 6-14-42, p. 1) TPL-2000 ALBUM 5.

Turner, Lana, 1920-1995; Actresses; War bonds & funds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public speaking--Tacoma;

Members of the planning committee for the University Union's Club pre-Christmas tea, scheduled for December 2, 1941, pose for this publicity shot at the Club. Standing, left to right, are Katherine (Mrs. John) Mueller, Mrs. Harry A.D. Smith, Kathryn (Mrs. H.R.) Pirret and Antoinette (Mrs. Harold K.) Nichols. Seated, L to R, Dorothy (Mrs. Jess) Read, Jane (Mrs. Edwin) Warren, Esther (Mrs. C.M.) Langhorne, and Marian (Mrs. J. Corning) Todd. (T.Times 11/29/1941, pg. 5)

University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Mueller, Katherine; Pirret, Kathryn; Nichols, Antoinette; Read, Dorothy; Warren, Jane; Langhorne, Esther; Todd, Marian;

Standing in front of a portrait of General Douglas MacArthur and behind a giant "V" for victory, Lois Mae Smith sang at the war bond rally held on March 31, 1942. She was flanked by Bruce Stewart, a boy scout from Jason Lee Junior H.S. and Kenny Strom, a sea scout. At the "Defense Rally for Business Men," Tacoma's business leaders pledged to sell bonds amounting to 2% of their previous year's gross sales. Over $170,000 in pledges were turned in at the rally, and the drive expected to reach a total of over $300,000. TPL-1971 (T. Times 4/1/1942, pg. 1)

War bonds & funds--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Jason Lee Junior High School (Tacoma); Smith, Lois Mae; Stewart, Bruce; Strom, Kenny; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects of war--Tacoma;

Officers greet one another in December of 1941 at the annual Christmas banquet for Company D, 116th Medical Regiment, Washington National Guard at Camp Murray.

Washington National Guard, Company D, 116th Medics (Tacoma); Banquets--Camp Murray; Holidays--Camp Murray--1940-1950;

Brig. General Walter J. DeLong, state Adjutant General, and his daughter Norma DeLong at Camp Murray. Norma was entering her junior year at Clover Park High School. She was the middle child in the DeLong family. (T. Times 6/20/1942, pg. 5)

Washington State Guard (Tacoma); DeLong, Walter J.; DeLong, Walter J.--Family; DeLong, Norma;

On June 18, 1942, a group of soldiers was pictured leaving the Armory in motor lorries for the Olympic Peninsula. They wave and smile at the camera from the rear of the lorry as it pulls away. The group of 30 Washington State Guard soldiers had been placed into active duty and ordered to proceed to the Olympic Peninsula to man air raid warning posts. All of the men had volunteered for the positions. They were under the command of Lt. Wilbur E. Roberts and would be headquartered at Forks, in southwest Clallam County. (T. Times 6/18/1942, p.1-picture)

Washington State Guard (Tacoma); Military uniforms--Washington State Guard; World War, 1939-1945--Military mobilizations; Military vehicles;

On May 15, 1941, Kathleen Marie Kelly and Archie Henry Pozzi married at the First Congregational Church in Everett. The bride was a former Tacoman. The wedding was followed by a reception in the Guild Hall. The couple is shown dodging rice as they leave the reception. The bride wears a garnet suit, black hat and corsage of orchids. The couple were alumni of the University of Washington and made their first home in Carson City, Nev. (T. Times 10/11/1941)

Weddings--Everett--1940-1950; First Congregational Church (Everett); Brides--1940-1950; Kelly, Kathleen Marie; Pozzi, Archie;

Fifteen Tacoma men were sworn into the U.S. Navy at a special "Avenge Pearl Harbor Day" ceremony at 11:25 a.m. on June 7, 1942 at 9th and Broadway. Sailors, civilians and police are pictured on and around the traffic island at 9th and Broadway. The Music Box (Tacoma Theater) can be seen at right; Roxy (Pantages Theater) and other business buildings at left. The Navy Mother's Club were the special guests and the Stadium band provided the music. (T. Times 6/6/1942, pg. 1)

World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Fifteen Tacoma men were sworn into the U. S. Navy at a special "Avenge Pearl Harbor Day" ceremony, held on Sunday June 7th, 1942, at the traffic island at 9th and Broadway. The Winthrop Hotel and Roxy (Pantages Theater) can be seen in the background. Pictured are, front row, left to right, Richard Lee Olson, Homer Eugene Puariea, Maurice Elven Christoferson and James Clark Patchell. Middle row- Lejeune Hays Reynolds, Raymond William Kronlund, Theodore Scott Beem, Everett Raymond Coovert and Howard Harry Lohman. Back row- Jean Cousins, Verner William Bitten, Donald Wayne Donoghue, Lewis Dale Sloat, Allan Richmond Hidy and Raymond Bert Lockhart. (T. Times 6/8/1942, pg. 12)

World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Members of the Navy Mother's Club were the special guests at the June 7, 1942 "Avenge Pearl Harbor Day" ceremony. Fifteen Tacoma men were sworn into the Navy during a ceremony held at 9th and Broadway. Roxy (Pantages Theater) and Winthrop Hotel pictured in background. Movies playing are "Rings On Her Fingers" and "Call Out The Marines." Pictured are, front row left to right, Mrs. L.L. Lanning, Mrs. R.H. Culbertson, Mrs. Fred Lambert, Mrs. G.V. Pryor, Mrs. Inez Richards, Mrs. Florence Hopkins, Mrs. Clyde Melendy, Mrs. J.R. Myers, Mrs. N. Weeks and Mrs. H.N. Brooks. Back row- Mrs. Jack Doris, Mrs. Helen Wood, Mrs. Nellie Sanford, Mrs. G.M. Crow, Mrs. Paul Braaten, Mrs. Ann Kemp, Mrs. H.H. Lowe, Mrs. Harry Simons, Mrs. Helen Olson, Mrs. G.B. Babcock and Mrs. David Freeman. (T. Times 6/8/1942, pg. 12)

World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950; Navy Mothers Club (Tacoma);

On May 17, 1942, 418 Tacoma citizens of Japanese ancestry gather at Union Station prior to being shipped to the Pinedale "Assembly Center," an internment camp near Fresno California. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 allowing the military to shortcut civil liberties and remove anyone they considered potentially dangerous from any area considered to be at risk. On March 2, 1942, the Western Defense Command unveiled its plan to banish all people of Japanese ancestry from the entire West Coast and incarcerate them in internment camps. (T. Times 5/18/1942, pg. 1; TNT 5/18/2003, pg. B8+ by Stan Flewelling)

World War, 1939-1945--Relocation camps; Japanese Americans--Evacuation & relocation, 1942-1945; Union Station (Tacoma);

Japanese American families wait to board a train at Union Station. The 418 Tacoma residents are being sent to the Pinedale "Assembly Center" near Fresno California, for "the Duration," until the war is over. In all, 859 people of Japanese descent left Tacoma May 17-18, 1942 for incarceration in the internment camp. (T. Times 5/18/1942, pg. 1)

World War, 1939-1945--Relocation camps; Japanese Americans--Evacuation & relocation, 1942-1945; Union Station (Tacoma);

Friends bid farewell to the 418 Japanese American Tacoma residents departing by train from Union Station for the Pinedale "Assembly Center" in California. The following day, another 441 will join their friends on their way to the internment camp. The Tacoma residents are being evacuated under the veil of "national security." (T. Times 5/18/1942, pg. 1+)

World War, 1939-1945--Relocation camps; Japanese Americans--Evacuation & relocation, 1942-1945; Union Station (Tacoma);

Barn dance at South Tacoma U.S.O. Members of the 183rd band form a jazz orchestra to supply plenty of swing for the dance. The addition of straw hats to their uniforms gives them a country flair.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Military bands;

Two members of the Tacoma Women's Emergency Motor Corps handle the sale of candy, cookies and cakes at a bazaar and carnival held on South 38th St. on May 22, 1942. Their booth is decorated with balloons and tissue with the words "something to write home about" painted on the front of the booth. The event took place in Horsfall Hall, 801-09 South 38th St., and funds raised went toward helping the Corps continue their work. Women of the corps were trained to maintain and drive Tacoma's emergency vehicles during this time of war.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Women's Emergency Motor Corps (Tacoma); Carnivals--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Publicity for Young Men's Business Club (Y.M.B.C.) sponsored wrestling matches at Armory. The matches were scheduled for October 24, 1941. The money raised would go to the athletic fund of the 103rd Anti Tank Unit at Fort Lewis. The poster promises All Star Army - Civilian matches in both boxing and wrestling. The officer seated at right has been identified as William M. Adams. He joined the National Guard in 1931 and stayed 44 years, retiring as a full colonel. (Identification provided by a reader)

Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Adams, William M.;

Vacant lots as pictured in November of 1941. ASARCO smelter smokestack on right.

Land; American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smokestacks--Tacoma;

Vacant lot with automobile on left as pictured in November of 1941.

Land; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exterior of Tacoma plant of Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp., as seen in November of 1941. The Tideflats plant started production in July of 1941 of fluxes and alloys that were used in steel manufacturing.

Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp. (Tacoma); Metallurgical industry--Tacoma;

Grant School Orchestra on stage. The elementary school children shared the stage just prior to Christmas, 1941 with a towering decorated Christmas tree. Instruments held by the musicians included violins, horns and a harp.

Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grant School (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Youth orchestras--Tacoma--1940-1950; Stages (Platforms); Music--Tacoma; Stringed instruments; Christmas trees--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exterior of Sperry Flour Milling Co.

Sperry Flour Milling Co. (Tacoma);

Ground breaking in the rain for Bow Lake (Seattle-Tacoma) Airport on January 2, 1943. Dignitaries participating were listed in the Tacoma Times January 4, 1943, newspaper as including: Chamber of Commerce president Roe Shaub; County Commissioner Harvey Scofield; Ray Mattison; George Osgood and Charles Orton from the Port of Tacoma, Port Comm. President Fred H. Marvin (with shovel) and Tacoma mayor Harry P. Cain (back row right.) Raindrops dot the hats and coats of some of the participants. ALBUM 13. (T. Times 1/4/1943, pg. 1)

Airports--SeaTac--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac); Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ground breaking ceremonies--SeaTac--1940-1950;