The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-21


cooperate with the boys families.
| give a case in point, to make
II clear. A young man in 1917
gave up a good position and was
drafted. lie didn't know anything
about army regulations, and he
was sent to a northern camp
where it got cold. He had used up
all his acquisitions for un lerwear
and he didn't have any heavy I'M
derwear. When his wife came to
visit him, he asked her to go down.
town and buy with his own money
some heavy underwear because he
was cold. But the sergeant told
her the heavy underwear wasn't
army regulations and he couldn't
wear them, not even way under
meath. So-this is fact-the
young man got pneumonia and
died. | don't say that the lack OF
heavy underwear gave him pneu-
monia. but the wife does. And
you'll never get her to believe
otherwise. And the things she
says about that sergeant would
make even a sergeant want to go
somewhere and have a good cry.
The Family Doctor
Sounds like little thing, and 1t
was, and it could all have been
avoided. These boys in camp this
winter are going to get sick and
the parents and wives and sweet
hearts, bless them, are going to
come down to see them and some
times they'll want their own home
docfors 10 see them. And bless
them for that, too. And let me say
to every father and mother and
wife. that there's no reason on
earth why they shouldn't have
their home doctors. was in
charge of a medical service in
large hospital and there never was
a time when such a request was
made that it wasn't willingly and
gladly approved. And sometimes
| even suggested it myself. The
medical service is going to be
good, don't worry about that, but
if you feel that way about it, say
so.
Partitions as Cold Preventives
To prevent the colds and pneu-
monias as much as possible, ! hope
the construction engineers are
making the environments so that
there will be a partition between
every bed. | don't know whether
they are or not, but that was the
one great sanitary lesson it seems
to me we learned from the last
war. With men coming from all
parts Of the country and carrying
their own particular germs, q
cough starting in an open bar
racks can run like wildfire, unless
some precautions are taken.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
D. Give have been sweeten-
Ing orange juice for our child, PA
years old. by adding about y tea
spoon Of sugar to a four ounce
glass of fresh juice. We have just
been told, by a non-medical per
son, that sugar reacts with orange
juice to form an acid. Is this so?"
Answer-It is not true. Sugar
has no chemical effect on orange
juice whatever. Natural orange
juice contains a few mild vege-
table acids, but these are immedi-
ately converted in the stomach
and do not cause any harm. The
sugar simply adds to the nutrltiye
value Of the orange Juice.
can't find much fault, since he be-
longs TO their aggregation.
It's common talk that the Jap
system is to kick you Intentionally
and wciously in the shins and then,
before you can do anything about
it. apologize.
1t is true, nationally speaking,
but not as between militarists and
civilians. What happens is that
the militarists kick you in the
shins and don't apologize or mean
to. But the civilian end Of the
government. honestly regretting
the kicking. does apo gize May
be Admiral Nomura can contrive
a Joint policy.