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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21
THE DEADLY DOPE RACKET

his bed on my rounds he didn't
recognize me. l realized that we
would have to let up-just a
little. l drew a long breath. then
said curtly TO Mary Hughes,
"Malloy one quarter grain NOR
phine sulphate, intramuscular."
Mary gave a little sob of re;
lief blended with deeper sor-
row
Wen have 10 build him up"
l added Feed him. Get him
in shape. This is only the begin
ming -.
We did feed him. We got him
in fine shape. Then we reduced
his dosage a second time, sub
shutting hyoscine with which
some investigators had reported
encouraging results.
This time | cut out the NOR
phine entirely and Danny, al
though a nervous wreck, held his
own for three weeks Then he
began to fail. But / was heart
ened-he had gone three weeks
without a single dose of NOR
phine. We put him back on "a
very small morphine ration and
built him up again.
All these reduction schedules
had demanded a degree of hero
ism on Dannys part that few
men would ever have reached. He
had never broken had never
pleaded for a shot no matter how
bad the pain.
II was for Mary OF course a
strong man Will go through hell
ten times over for the woman
he loves. But the reserves of
courage in man can run dry
! had seen ii happen IN the war.
There comes a time when he has
nothing left and my greatest fear
was that this would happen 10
Danny.
The third test was the decisive
one, we felt When we finally
took him off the morphine en-
tirely after a reduction, stopped
by his bed at morning inspection.
How are you today, Malloy ?'
| asked formally.
Dom okay. sir" The grin
was still there, tight and little
desperate but still there
Nice going. KID l whispered
and passed on
our real figh; had begun.
Danny picked up enough TO bc
up and around most OF the time
Mrs La Roe and | practically
adopted the boy. We had him at
our house for dinner every night.
We took him and Mary Hughes
riding In the car. We took him
20 the movies anything TO keep
him diverted, TO keep his mind off
his tortured nerves. 10 keep him
busy The days crept by l
checked his weight carefully
The days became weeks.
He was thin terribly enact
Continued IN PAGE III
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21


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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

at Fox Hills Veterans Hospital
He was "A good worker reliable
and bright. We all loved the kid
You couldn't help it Then came
the night Of the discovery. The
night when Danny would have
murdered me his good fripd-
for just one shot Of the dope.
The next day I did what any
other doctor would do started
a search for some institution
where ne could be entered as
chronic morphine case and re-
ceive treatment some sort Of
cure"
To my establishment I found
that no official recognition was
given morphinism as a disease
No city hospital would accept a
case OF It,
went 20 the police and was
told that If Danny had committed
any crime they could send him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

ror this is not human P0T .hers a are no
chanEen, ii : Gcd-Power ana NO, OF course
ing about, =, the God.Power are there , Nc how You.
limitation" vo, probably would like !" MIS- same Power
not m nC" talk with God 50 that inns me might come
which oroq Hfe too Well have write, TRF IG by the
lets and :, s' matter OF fact my s st s7 different
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and .nJ 1oa may also have Sns accom-
booklets 1"d letters telling what is beng who too,
p,hcd by Your %c Power which comes from S. ,5 at
have o""' 70 get them without any and address
with Goa and mail to me your name 1 @p@ s is DR.
all MI IN sr "' below The name and aou,s, Idaho
on the 1@FR Robinson Dept 1905 Moscow Moscow. today today
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

he fcls like il. But sometimes
they just let you burn. Many
a guy has gone out of that
Joint in a box after being stuck
in the cold turkey Nix on that
cure stuff. Doc"
you mean" l said. Mortified
that in the City prison a person
suffering from morphine poison
ing is simply left TO die ~
Danny's silence was more elo-
quent and terrible than words
Yet there was no individual
TO blame il was ignorance. The
ignorance that had made a dis
ease into a crime.
But in the end Danny did try a
cure only il was not I who
persuaded him II was little
Mary Hughes. the nurse in charge
Of the surgical ward | called
her into my office one day ] had
noticed that Danny spent lot Of
time around her desk
Maybe you could persuade him
TO try a reduction schedule" !
said Il think you could do it if
anybody can
Mary flushed and her eyes
frightened. He he's terribly
worth saving, isn't he ?"
He certainly is"
"Tl try"
She gave me shy smile, but
full of determination, too I'm
known to either of us at the time,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21
Cracks
between
your toes
WARN YOU

The fungi that cause painful Athletes
Foot grow twice as fast when they feed
on stale perspiration and dead skin.
Then. when cracks appear between the
toes, they can strike-through those
cracks-snd spread quickly. It's Ath-
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tonight Don't take chances. Al the
first sign of crack drench the entire
foot with Absorbine Jr., full strength.
night and morning.
I. Absorbins L. IL q powerful funsieids.
n kills Athletes Foot fungi on eon'oe'
z. n dissoiVss the Pstspiru'ion products
on which Athletes Foot fungi thrive.
,. II dries the skin between The toes.
4. Sooihss and helps heel broken tissues.
S. Eosss itching. pain OF AihIsis's Foot.
Guard against reinfection. Boil socks
8 minutes. Disinfect shoes In al
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addition 10 using Absorbine Jr
Get a bottle today. At all druggists.
Sl25 a bottle. FREE SAMPLE Write
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21


stretch but otherwise, nothing
doing
But the boy needs hospltaliza-
ton and special care" ! insisted
Sorry We're not running any
day nursery for those junkies"
was the reply
The brutality and ignorance Of
it made me boil But l was pow
erless. I determined TO keep
Danny under observation and at
tempt TO cure" him myself
| found that he needed two
grains of morphine sulphate
morning and evening total Of
four grains a day And two
grains will kill any normal nan
Given this ration he was the same
Danny we had always known
When IT was stopped suddenly
| learned what happened then, on
that night he broke IN upon me
with the knife
Danny with his daily dose was
a powerful example of the fact
that a morphine case, properly
regulated, can lead a normal. pro-
ductive life.
Not a few of the worlds lead
ing men have been addicted TO
this drug yet almost no one
knew. William Ewart Gladstone,
British Prime Minister and
known as the Grand Old Man
Of politics, was such a case. He
went on for years in a brilliant
career Of public service. his mind
functoning perfectly but he
needed constant supply of NOR
phine. In his day a physician
could take care of him legally
and his country received the bene-
fit.
Similarly. there died a few
years ago in New York "A Judge
who was respected by all, prom
inent figure who led an active,
useful life until he was well along
in years The last twenty years
of his life he was case Of
chronic morphine poisoning But
because Of his position he was
not enslaved by the racket.
The Judge got his supply. lnof-
ficially Of course, from morphine
confscated in raids on drug ped
lers lie lived a long life and
died in the bosom OF his family
and not a dozen people knew OF
his affliotion
After all these years of digging
into its hopelessness, l say there
is an answer 10 this morphine
menace not through cures bat
through controlled regulation
but first. you. your neighbors
and all Americans must be con
vinced that it is a wise a vita
step
In the last World War many
wounded soldiers were unwilling
/ " plunged into the wretched lo
I Of morphine slaves by those wh'
meant 20 do them the creates
kindness know because
saw IL happen then II no doub
is happening again now in tn
second World War.
A soldier would lie wounded IA
from the lines The first AID MAJ
would crawl out to- him and give
him an injection Of morphine L
ease his PAIN
At nightfall. when the stretche
bearers went out they would giv'
him another shot Sometimes
when ne reached the ambulance
ne would get another and at tn
dressing station still another
keep him from tearing his ban
dages off or injuring himself OF
his way 10 the base hospital.
And the result was often
tragically often a fully devel
oped case Of morphine poisoning
one day mentioned 20 Damn,
the reduction cure which
means reducing he dose OF NOR
1 phinc gradually and finally If tn
victim cNerts sufficient vii
power he is supposed TO- Doe abb
90 stop
Nothing doing. Doc he said
Il been through one cure Owe
on the Island. They cure yol
g19u hy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

all right h g y
throw you in a
cell and let you
cook. If you yell
too lou q [ h e
prison Doc may
give you shot if
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

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morning and night WOMEN:
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21
SOMETHING SMART
TO WEARl

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that appear In this and
every issue az THE ANFRI-
CAN WEEKLY are simpIified
so that even beginners can use
them successfully. See the
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this issue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

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erty, r "n'I lack in your life well = TN 5n,i
materi pr ,@SN is able to do for you wnss
same ne, F foT me No matter how hopeless IS
!, ,.o ~ life seems to be-aH 'H''
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
WEATHER

Southern California-Fair We'd
nesday and Thursday, except night
and morning low clouds coastal
areas, slightly cooler upper portion
coastal valleys and west portion
Mojave desert Wednesday and
Thursday; gentle TO moderate west
erly winds.
IL = Weafhnr Ruraau II Canlrn
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Ickes Recommends
Tanker Transfers
From West Coast

WASHINGTON, June IL. CUP)-
Defense Oil Coordinator Harold L.
Ickes today recommended that three
tankers which have been used to
carry gasoline from California to
the east coast be assigned to the
Gulf coast-Atlantic seaboard route
Ickes said, however, that this in
about 100000 parrelS of gasoline
each year on the shorter run. They
can carry approximately 100000
barrels a year from the west coast
to the eastern states.
He made the recommendation to
the Sun Oil Co. and the Standard
Oil Co. of California.
Icke ssaid, however that this in
crease in the east coasts supply did
not greatly lessen the dangers OF
a prospective shortage in that area.
Many additional steps must be
taken if a serious east coast Short
age is to be averted,' he said.
The threatened east coast short
age results from the transfer of so
tankers to Great Britain. The At
lantic seaboard normally receives
95 per cent of its oil by tankers.
In a recent report on the situation
the American Petroleum Institute
estimated that by the end of this
year the shortage would equal the
amount of oil i9 tanks could carry
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
BY UNITED PRESS

The busy national defense med
ia,ion board searched for peace
formulae Wednesday to meet de-
mands submitted by the United
Automobile workers union (CIO) to
three defense manufacturers.
Heading the boards agenda were
negotiations between officials of the
UAW and the North American Av-
iation company. The hearing re-
convened yesterday after a l2-day
lapse, during which a strike closed
the company plant at Inglewood,
Calf, and the army Communicated
the factory until production was
restored to normal.
Two other NDMB panels studied
UAW wage demands for Detroit
employees of the Bohn Aluminium
and Brass company and for Plain
vile, Conn, workers in the Marlin
Rockwell company plant.
AFL machinistS at San Francisco
will vote Wednesday night for the
third time on proposal to resume
work without obtaining their wage
demands from IL shipyardS. Harvey
Brown, international president OF
the union, flew from Washington
to urge that the strikers reconsider
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
x-Ray Used in New
Tests on Planes
To Find Faults

LOS ANGELES. June 18 up
AS a means of finding faults in
welded aircraft parts, ;ne X-ray is
used in metal fabrication at Vega
Airplane company, welding Super
intendent Francis N. Stevenson
told the western metal congress
today.
The last few years nave seen a
great advance in the use of arc
Welding Stevenson said.
1T is our practice to nave one
part in every 10 X-rayed to show
the welder if the work is weak, and
the fault is corrected It keeps the
quality OF the work at very high
level"
c. H. Lorig of Battelle Memorial
Institute, Columbus, o. warned the
congress that needs for nickel and
chromium have multiplied and
early estimates have been found
entirely inadequate"
He predicted that a shortage of
nickel and tight situation in
chromium would exist the re-
mainder of l941. A similar condi-
ton exists in the wrought steel in
dustry, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18

WASHINGTON, June 18. CUP)-
Detectives searched flop houses and
alley slums today, rounding up
known sex criminals in an attempt
to solve the ape-slaying of Jesse
Elizabeth Strieff. %. bride-to-b2
and national defense worker.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
showed keen interest in the case
of the attractive Des Moines, Ia,
girl, whose naked body was founc
Monday in a garage near the apart
ment she shared with another gov
eminent worker. She had been Grim
inally attacked and strangled.
Mr.. Roosevelt said yesterday he
was familiar with details of the
Staying and that it was too bad
Mrs. Roosevelt said all girls should
beware of drinking with strangers
or of going home at night unescort-
ed She emphasized, however, that
she knew of nothing TO indicate that
drinking had had a part in Miss
Strieffs fate.
Miss Strieff, an amateur flyer,
was slain some time after leaving
a grocery store in her neighbor-
hocd Sunday afternoon. She had
left her apartment to buy butter
for a cake she planned TO bake for
her fiance. A clerk remembered
making the sale and recalled, too,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Calf Vaccination
Urged to Combat
Bangs Disease

Vaccination of calves when they
are five to nine months old affords
excellent protectlol against Bangs
disease. K. G. Mckay. specialist in
veterinary medicine in the Univer-
sity of California Agricultural Ex-
tension service, told Imperial VAL
ley ranchers Wednesday.
Calf vaccination proved to be
highly effective" he said. lin field
trials conducted by the United
States Bureau of Animal Husbandry
on go herds in "a states. These
results were confirmed by observa-
tions in the experiment station and
extension demonstration herds in
California. John r. Mohler, chief
of the bureau of animal industry,
reported excellent results with vac
cination of calves with the Off
cially approved Brucella Abortus
Culture NO. l9
Bangs disease or BrucellosiS, Nc
Kay said, is known to reduce milk
production in cattle by more than
20 per cent and calf crops by 40
per cent. Herds free from the dis
ease calve every lis months while
infected herds calve only every
20 months. One out of every five
COWS aborting. the specialists said,
will become sterile.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Mediation Board Seeking
Formula for Labor Peace

their Sunday night vote rejecting
President Roosevelt's request to call
off the strike.
Eight hundred of the original l.
200 AFL strikers have remained on
strike. Others have found jobs at
other plants offering the wage scale
they demanded. Five hundred CIO
machinists also have struck at the
shipyardS.
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor de-
nounced the UAW-CIO Tuesday
night for allegedly disregarding Mr.
Roosevelt's request for a suspension
of membership raids. Green said
the week-old strike at the Douglas
& JomaSon auto parts factory at
Detroit resulted from a CIO raid
He warned continuation of the
strike would force other factories
producing materials for defense to
lay off 10000 workers.
Approximately $50 UAW CIO
members struck at the plant, ig
noring a company contract with the
UAW-AFL and demanding an cleo
ton to choose another bargaining
agent. The company holds no de-
fense contracts but sells its prod
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Thugs CorroIIed
In Murder Hunt

that a violent storm broke just
after she lett his store.
Police believed the slayer took
advantage of the driving rain and
deserted streets and dragged Miss
Strieff into an automobile or hall
way. attacked and killed her and
placed her body in the garage II
De Witt c. Croissant, professor
emeritus of English at George Wash
ington university, who was away on
his vacation. The white umbrella
blue playsuit and blue hooded rain
coat she had when she left home
have not been found.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the sunday Post-Press. es-
tablished 1880 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company. 625
State Street, Ell Centre, Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston, president and gem
eral manager; Z. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co., Inc, National
Advertising Representatives.
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ter.
subscription rates: In California,
SC per copy.
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matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Unified j. s. Air
Command Set Up in
New Proposal

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UP)-
A plan for sweeping reorganization
of the army air corps to give it
greater independence is being COM
pleted and may be submitted to
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
for approval within a few days, It
was learned today
Primarily designed to unity the
air corps direction to meet the
Importance of air power in modern
warfare, the plan would give the
air corps a status somewhat anal
agous to the position of the marine
corps in the navy.
The plan has been drafted amidst
growing congressional demands for
an independent military air force,
which eliminated in the introduc-
ton of legislation by Sen. Pat Nc
Carran, D., New, to set up sepa-
rate air command with special
cabinet officer in charge.
Under broad provisions of the new
plan, the deputy chief of staff for
air would have centralized direction
of the unified force, which would
include procurement, training and
operations.
The new setup under a single
head would be known as the U. s.
army air forces. At present, Maj.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold is deputy
chief of staff for air. The field
forces, known as the CHG air forces
is commanded by Lieut. Gen. Delos
Emmos, who technically outranks
Arnold.
Procurement and training opera
tions are handled by Maj. Gen.
George Brett, chief of the air corps.
Thus, there is a division of author
ity.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
If YOUR CHILD IS
PALE and Thin
The reason NAV be WORMS!

Roundworms may be keeping your child
undsrweight, pale. weak. And anybody. any,
where. can catch" this dreadful ailment.
Yes, the worms may be inside your child
right ao1r. stealing vital nourishment, and
causing uneasy stomach, restless sleep. itchy
nose and seat. and even worse trouble!
Don't let your child suffer If you even
suspect roundworms. get Jayne's Vermifuge
today 1t acts thoroughly, yet so very gently
that if no worms are there, il works merely
as a mild laxative. Jaynes is Americas
leading propAstary worm medicine scen-
tifically tested and used by millions for over
q century. Insist on Jayne's Vermifuge.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18

ucts to major automobile manu-
facturers.
Officials of the Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers union (CIO) called
a mass meeting Wednesday for con-
sideration OF company wage propos-
ais to end the 93-day strike at the
American Chemical and Potash
company at Trona, Calf. Strikers
said a rank -and-file movement had
forced union officials to call the
meeting although they previously
had refused.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Suicide Regrets
Not SEEING End

AUBURN. Cal, June l8 CUP)-
Scribbling in a bank deposit book
that his only regret was he would
not live to see whether John Bull
or Hitler wins the ;ach pot" j. e
Hammond, 70-year-old Clipper Gap
miner, was decapitated by a train
Deputy Coroner c. B. Hislip said
the elderly man blindfolded himself
and lay down on the track in the
path of an oncoming freight train
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-18
Wife Divorces
Sacramento D. 4.

SACRAMENTO, June ID tUP)-
Mrs. Evelyn Babcock today held
decree granting her a divorce from
Sacramento County District Attorn-
ey Otis D. Babcock whom she
charged with staying away from
their home days at time during
the last two years.