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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
BAERlNG DOWN ON THE NEWS:
ViesE by the Ocean
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

I notice going after Greenland and the Azores
and other waterfront property
L was in 1893 that I sailed by them and l wrote then
that the Azores spriugooard for the western archi
peago
Europe the edge Ike a card index. Gibraltar
exclusive Newport and twice nasty. The real
intention of Germany hidden like wrinkle in grease
paint but all knew it there.
Some people say need those islands like coffee pot
needs handles Well have both nerventionists and
solationsts. But want TO remind you Of line in
the article Man docs think what he thinks He
thinks what he hopes
Like chimneys in mountain village, all lean way
or another I'm not choosing up sides calling be-
know every Of the argufers enough courage
TO go Niagara Falls a barrel with the bung out
If control The Atlantic islands we control tho Al
lantc. No European nation pound freight
less give them tho nod
BY grabbing the archipeagoes keep the other guy
from until We get set. Every Of those islands
is like a left jab.
know that I shouldn't be hashing up the wrote
ago And IteHan be doing IT, only it takes
from three TO % years for the things write come true
Dstri6usd BY International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
Patriotic TidaI-Wave

THE proposed celebrations of 81 AM AN AMERICAN
i DAY" which has been designated by President
Roosevelt the of many states and the mayors
of many cities Sunday, May IS have now assumed
the proportions of patriotic tidal-wave
Various will be the ways of these celebrations on
that day and in fact during the whole following week
in many of schools.
But in all the ceremonies throughout the country
1.-THE Americans Creed by William Tyler Page, should
be repeated by every young man and woman who has
just of citizens age and all newly naturalzed per-
sons This is that great creed:
Il believe in the United States of America as gov
eminent of the people by the people. for the people;
whose just powers derived from the consent OF the
governed democracy in republics sovereign nation
of many sovereign states perfect union and in
separabe established upon those principles of freedom
equality, justice and humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
II therefore believe it is my duty to my country to
love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws to
respect its flag and TO defend it against all enemies
A ND then let ALL AMERICA repeat this second
"A fession of faith reprinted by permission of The
Macmillan Company:
BECAUSE / AM AN AMERICAN 1 believe: In
fair pIay-In good sportsmanshp-In being kind and
helpful to others-ln cooperating with others for the
good of a-In respecting the opinions of Others--ln
respecting the rights of others-In the right OF free
discusson-n settling conflict by conference.-the the
dignity of wor-In equal educational opportunities for
al-n respecting the rights of private propery-n open
opportunity for the indiydual-In the rule of the
Orty with Just consideration of the rights of the minor
ity-In honest ballot-In freedom of speech-In
freedom of the pressn freedom of religOn-n justice
for every citizen-In trial by iury-In arbitration OF
disputes-In orderly legal prOcesses-n freedom from
unreasonable search and sezreIn the right to petition
the government for redress of grevancesIn the right
of the people peaceaby to assembeand In the respon-
sblty of every individual to participate in the duties OF
democracy
We must then resolve to LIVE every word of it
so that II AM AN AMERICAN DAY. shall not have
dawned in vain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
Connolly Answers

la he dies; OBJ at home;
tc) shadows before them.
2-ta) st. StaniSlaus: CbD st.
Nicholas, tc) st. Gall
3-ta) Cynara; (b) Maud Null
Ter; fcD Annie Laurie.
la Heep; (b) Scrooge; (c)
Micawber.
5-ta one who believes in God
hut denies his supernatural
revelation; (b) one who be-
lleves in God and accepts his
supernatural revelation: (cD
one who does not believe in
God.
6-ta) large nose; tb) split
arrow: tc) small foot.
tai Elizabeth; tbt Anna;
tc) Monica.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
: letters to the Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

~ liz ELL OK.
IN A recent letter to the Times
Il DR.. John Slevin made some
very timely statements.
Some time ago l read several
articles about the terrible houS-
ing conditions in the Older sec
lions Of the city. These articles
gave me the impression that a
landlord was some kind of a
social outCaSt.
SO with fear and trembling
I set out 10 attend a meeting of
the apartment and rooming
house owners association.
found Just the opposite to be
true. They were all progressive
Americans who believe in democ-
racy 100 per cent.
They also are critical Of the
so-called mixer type of landlord
who allows his property TO de-
preclate to the point that u les
sens the value of surrounding
properties.
Taxes collected on the higher
grade income properties, Of
which there are about 10000
pieces in the Metropolitan dis
trict, go a long way toward pay
ing the expenses Of government.
Naturally they would be critical
ofchow the money is spent.
Some members did not believe
that they received their proper
Tomato and just benefits IN the
way Of governmental services
Tor the money expended. ESpe-
cially when a large per cent of
the money paid by them in taxes
Is used to build competitive
housing units that pay no taxes.
As evidenced by recent events.
these building programs allow
material supply houses and con-
tractors such huge profits that
they can tempt efficient public
officials with large sums of
money for their vote.
The sin is on the hands of all
public officials who are in a
position to allow such large
profits that contractors and
dealers can afford TO pay huge
sums of money 10 buy votes
RAYMOND w. SWANSON,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
TO TIE EDITOR.

MAY l ask few questions of
VI the powers in Washington?
DO they think the people Of
this nation are so lacking in
backbone that they must not be
told the facts of the present
conflict?
How far are we committed to
the aid of England? Seven
billion dollars worth TO start
with. What other promises
have been made, and why and
when?
One day they tell US England
is fighting our war. What kind
of bunk is that? Please point
out to me any place in English
history where they ever fought
a war for any one. or in fact,
fought one for themselves?
Does the President believe we
can hide behind mountain of
American dollars. and let some
EngliShmen do our fighting for
us?
II boils down TO this 1t is our
fight, or ii Is not our fight.
If through poor statesman
ship we have become committed
to the final defeat of Hitler and
what he stands for, why in
heavens name can't we be told
so AT once?
What are we waiting for?
Hitler cannot be defeated by
wiShful thinking, or air raids on
Berlin.
That German army Of six or
seven million we'll trained men
must be defeated and the way
To do that is TO get there first
with the most men.
- | have one son in the army
now, three more in the draft.
4. III. CANFIELD,
3010 Edsel avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
RAYMOND w. SWANSON,
1894 Woodward avenue.
TO THE EDITOR:

IL The EDITOR:
WHY does our national gov
w eminent persist in trading
millions of our dollars for the
gold of Russia, Italy and Japan?
These dollars are being used to
purchase implements of war
which in the very near future
may be directed at those being
indicted into military service TO
protect us from possible attack
by totalitarian nations such as
Russia, Italy and Japan.
Let's be fair to those we are
Inducing into military service.
Let's demand that our national
government abandon at once the
un-American practice of buying
gold from totalitarian nations.
y. V. DAY,
Alpena, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
Quiz Answers

Louis. Versailles; Satan,
Pandemonium.
2-Airacuda, Airabonita and
Airacobra, respectively.
3-The swan.
4-Wassail.
5-Water on the knee.
6-By railroad. which has been
available for more than so
years.
IA sleight-of-hand trick.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
\. II. CANfIELD.
3010 Edsel avenue.
TO TIIE EDITOR.

TO THE EDITOR:
/ WONDER if you will publish
L this letter in your columns:
AN OPEN LETTER
TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Honorable Sir:
| am aware of the fact that
YOU are under a terrific pressure
by various powerful groups TO
involve us in the European war,
but never forget that you are a
ROOSEVELT and that you have
been honored by the good
American people as no other
president of ours has ever been
hOnored.
DO not be another Woodrow
Wilson. Before the last election
YOU promised your people that
Our boys would not fight on
foreign soil" KEEP YOUR
PROMISE under any and all
circumstances.
President Wilson did not keep
his promise and died of a broken
heart. repudatdd by his own
people. Rearm by all means
all of us are with you 100 per
cent TO make our country invin-
chile to defend our ShoreS-but
avoid making the same mistake
that President Wilson made.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
Dude Ranch
Takes Most
Of Arizona
II Really Isn't State, but
Federal Ward

The opinions expressed BY
Mr.. PeQier are his oWn and not
necessarily those of The Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
ANDREW j. SURA.
1923 National Bank Building.

TO TIE EDITOR:
A LII due respect 10 tho suffer-
a ing people of the warning ma
tionS. with whom We can all
deeply Sympathize. l wonder
after the war is over and last
ing" peace go years. has been
achieved once again if the ma
tions we are now aiding through
the lend-lease bill and through
contributions taken from the
citizens on the street, will have
its citizens likewise stand on
street corners in their respective
nations and take up donations
for me American War Debt
Relief?
-E EDWIN r. PRONG. -
1880 Harding avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

TUCSON, ARR, May When
- l said the other day that,
from the look of the map. it
seemed that half of the area
OF Arizona was withdrawn or al
ways had been withheld from
private ownership, l was giving
the testimony of the naked eye,
and told little more than the
half of it.
Why, this isn't a state at all,
Arizona is Just ward of the
federal government, with only
u per cent of the land open 10
freehold, the rest being held in
trust for the nation, so to
speak. by Harold L, Ickes, and
by the so-called state itself,
largely as grazing land for lease
to the cattlemen who nowadays
are turning from grazing 10 the
clearinghouse business, known
as dude ranching.
But Mr.. Ickes obviously is the
head man of Arizona, being the
biggest land baron of all time,
and when you consider his varl-
GUS other agencies that make
jobs and deal out money, YOU
realize that the governor, who
ever he happens to be at any
time, is just sort of district
manager.
WELL, this just about winds
w up the series about state
that isn't rightly a state al all
and has no more right TO two
senator's than a little boy haS
10 a harem. except a little his
torical note about Fort Hua-
chuca. where the officers res
taurant is run by a Chinese
named Mar Kim. who Inherited
the concession from his father
who started it way back in
1882. when Huachuca was a
cluster of tents and shackS.
Mar Kim's father, named Sam
Kee, came over from San Fran
cisco in those days to start n
laundry for the miners around
Tombstone. but after a few days
he found the work too hard
and drifted down to Huachuca,
where he opened a cook shack.
From the profits and probably
lending To busted officers. Sam
accumulated so much that one
day in the sos. when Congress
forgot to appropriate for the
soldiers pay. he walked into the
colonel's office, planked down
Sl0.000.in gold and said:
"Pay 'em Oft. Soldiers broke:
How can I make any money!"
So the colonel paid off the
cavalry. that spent a lot of it
with Sam kee. anyway. and
when the pay finally came
through 1t was delivered intact
te Sam.
Mar Kim says his old man.
age IS Is still living in Hong
kong.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

We must then resolve to LIVE every word of it
so that "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY" shall not have
dawned in vain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05
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SUNDAY Morning by The Times Publishing
Company at 1925 Times Square. Detroit.
Mich
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

Mar Kim says his old man.
age IS Is still living in Hong
kong.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

TfLEPHONE-CHERR $500
Subscription rates IN advancel nv mail
n any place in the United States Canada
or Mertco.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

notice we are going after Greenland and
and other waterfront property.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

IT WAS the exhaustion OF man
l. power that concerned Grant
more than anything else, He put
all the Confederates he captured
in prison and declined ex-
changes. arguing that an ex-
changed prisoner Just gave the
South another soldier.
Grants line of reasoning was
correct, no doubt OF that. He
finally wore the Confederate
army out. But II was at the
cost of enormous Union losses.
Seventy-six years ago. Gen.
Robert f. Lee surrendered to
Grant at Appomattox Court
House with $4,000 ragged men
Of the Confederate army K
northern Virginia. They had
stood Off Grants 100000 for
nine months.
That gives you a rough idea
Of how those southern fellows
could fight.
Etnr Features syud ira
Distributed by Intsrnstionsl Ns~p Serves
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

"A sleight-of-hsnd trick.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Roads Commission
To Widen Wisconsin
Avenue in Bethesda
one-Soueht Improvement
Is Promised if County
Gets Rights Of Woy

The Maryland State Roads Com
mission will widen the east side OF
Wisconsin avenue from the Bank
of Bethesda to Jones Bridge road
If the county will obtain the neces-
q sary rights of way, it was disclosed
today by President Thomas E
Hampton of the Montgomery
County Board of Commissioners.
Mr.. Hampton has received letter
from Maj. Ezra B. Whitman, chair
man of the State Roads Commits
sion, offering to make the improve
ment long sought by the commits
sioners and civic and commercial
groups, and for which Mr.. Hampton
has been negotiating for nearly two
years.
Some of the necessary rights of
way already have been obtained, he
said, and county workers have
started going over plat books to
obtain information needed to Sc
cure additional ground for the
widening.
The roads commission asks that
a 20-foot strip be provided on the
east side of Wisconsin avenue.
Il was pleased to receive this
offer from the State commission" y"
Mr.. Hampton said, land I believe
the improvement when completed
will put an end to the county's most
serious traffic bottleneck."
County officials already have been
successful in obtaining the widening
of Wisconsin avenue from Jones
Bridge road to Cedar lane just north
of the United States Public Health
Service research center.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Aircraft Export PurIey
Will Open Tomorrow

Means of further increasing effec-
tiveness of industrial cooperation
with defense authorities and Great
Britain will be considered at the
third annual aircraft export con-
ference, sponsored by the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce,
trade association for the aircraft
manufacturing industry, which will
open here tomorrow.
The conference, which will con-
tinue through Friday, will be attend
ed by defense officials, representa-
tives of aircraft factories and engine
plants and other aeronautical
products manufacturers, and by
officials of the aeronautical chamber
Although the defense program will
be the primary concern of the con-
ference, attention also will be given
to planning for postwar aviation
exports.
Among the Government officials
participating in the conference will
Evening star., 1941-05-14
IL Suits of Clothes
Stolen From Truck

Theft of II suits of clothing
valued at $500 from delivery truck
parked in the rear of the National
Press Building was reported to po-
lice yesterday by the Jacobs Trans
fer Co.
The suits were stolen, police were
Informed, while the driver of the
truck was making delivery.
George Chaconas, proprietor of a
flower shop at 2001 Calvert street
NV, notified police that colored
man entered his store at 1890 am.
today and robbed him of SIS after
threatening him with a revolver.
Harry S. Leach, manager of a
service station in the 1900 block of
New York avenue NE, reported the
loss of 5000. The money, he said,
had been left between the pages of
q book In a desk drawer at the sta
tim
Evening star., 1941-05-14

be Merrill c. Meigs, chief of the
aircraft section of the Office of
Production Management, and Brig.
Gen. Russell Maxwell, administrator
of export control.
All sessions are to be held behind
closed doors because OF matters of
defense policy involved.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-07
Sites Here
Offered For
Army Depot

Colonel + ephart Here
To See Locations Off
cred; Minimum OF 500
Acres Is Desire
Plants 10 Cover Some
65 Acres.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-01

son, then president of Princeton Uni versity. led McAdoo out Of private life when he was nearing his 50th birthday into the very glare of the public spotlight.
 At that time his fame rested prin- cipally upon his feat in financing and constructing the Hudson river tunels after experts said it could not be done. He accomplished this in the face of opposition from lead ing financiers, an d the struggle marked the beginning of long se- ries of disputes with Wall Street
 Manages Wilson's Campaign
 McAdoos son, Francis, a student at Princeton, brought him and Dr. Wilson together. A mutual friend ship and admiration developed When Wilson was elected Governor of New Jersey he sought McAdoo's advice on financial legislation. Later when the Governor appeared in line for the Democratic Presidential nomination, McAdoo took a leading part in organizing convention forces to the end that Wilson might be nominated.
 In the early part of McAdoo's serv- ice as Secretary of the Treasury, he instituted the drive that result
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-01
(ROSS COUNTRY RACES WILL BE
 nElDT0MoRRoW
Juneau Skiers to Compete for Behrends and Hen-
 hing Trophies !

Definitely scheduled for tomor- row, the cross country ski races for the Behrends and Henning trophies, will begin at l o'clock from the up per ski bowl unless it snoWs enough during the night, in which event the races will be held in the second meadow
 The course will be laid out at II 30 o'clock and ali participants inter- ested in reviewing the course may dc so at that time. Places will be drawn at the cabin at 12:30 o'clock.
 This type of race elould appeal to all because skiers can easily ad- just the race tc his ability. be- sides giving himself a feeling of competition and a standing of how he places in relation to the other racers
 The mems race will be highly con- tested, with Curt Shattuck trying to maintain his lead acquired in the last race against such local skiers as Ralph Moreau. winner of the only other cross country race held in Juneau; Fred Ball, who placed third in that race and among others, Bill Hixson, Bert Caro and Myrcn Christie, the latter a newcomer to competition.
 In the women's race Mary Wander Leest, winner of the recent slalom race for the Behrends trophy, will be defending her lead against Jane Vickery, Elaine Housel, Mary Jean McNaughton and other enthusi- astic contestants.
 The public is cordially invited to witness these races and with the contest being held in the bowl it will be nossible to see the greater part of the race.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-01

ed in the creation of the Federal Reserve System in an effort to wrest control of the nations finances from Wall Street. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, McAdoo took the Head in the development of an Am erican merchant marine to make the United States Independent or the seas.
 Cash Fer War
 But the greatest responsibility de- volved upon him after the United States entered the war Billions up- on billions of dollars were needed to finance the mobilization of the United States as well as to assist the allied governments in carrying on.
 McAdoo proposed the sale of Unit- ed States bonds of small denomina tion direct to the people as a means of raising the needed money. Again leading financiers said it could not be done, but this opposition did not alter the determination of McAdoo to try it. An issue of $2.000,000 000 of liberty bonds was offered to the people at the start. It was over-sub- scribed by more than 100000, ,000. Three ether issues were received as well.
 The huge task of mobilization found the railroads unprepared to bear the burden placed upon them, and the government took them over. McAdoo was selected to administer the railroads.
 Poverty Resets BOyhoOd
 Born October 31, 1863, near Mari etta, Ga, in the third year of the Civil War, McAdoo was the fourth of seven children of Judge William Gibbs McAdoo and his wife Mary Faith Floyd.
 His early life was strugg e against poverty and like many an other successful American he spent part of his boyhood selling news papers. He received some formal ed- ucation in law at the University of Tennessee, and through his work in law office was admitted to the bar at 21. He married Sarah Houston Fleming, November 8, 1885. To them were bern six children. She died in 1912.
 During the first year he served in the Wilson cabinet, McAdoo courted Eleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest daughter of the President. They were married in the White House on May ', 1914. Twenty years later, Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo appeared in the superior court in Los Angeles County and won an uncontested di- -'"~"" in half an hour. She said her health would not permit her to live in Washington where, as senator, her husband found it necessary to spend much of his time Their two daughters subsequently, divided their time between the homes of their parents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-01
SNOW FORCES
 SHELL BACK

Shell Simmons, flying a load of mail to Tulsequah, was forced back to Juneau this morning by driving snow which cut off his visibility when he was almost within sight of the Canadian field. He is sched- uled to make another attempt 10 fly to the mine later this after noon
 Pilot Alex Holden took off from Gastineau Channel in the Bellanca with five passengers for Sitka, three of them making round trip to the Coastal town Round trip pas sengers were Don E. Light, Tip O. Neil, and G. s. Redman. Other passengers were Ruth Delain and John Netkof Holden was expected to return to Juneau with Dr. Say Tor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and one other passenger.
 A charter flight to Skagway to pick up Erma Parr, Indian Affairs curse is slated for this afternoon.