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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
Gen. johnson
Gives Praises
To Wainwright
Co-chief Of Americans
q Heroic Leader.
BY HUGH 5. JOHNSON

MAJOR GENERAL JONA-
WI THAN MAYHEM VAIN
RIGHT. c. O. Am er / c n
troops in northern LuZon. II
hath a ponderous Sound-so
ponderous indeed that today |
heard a soldier say 1T must be
that walrus-faced old General
Blurb that they have IN the
funnies with his leggins on
wrong side.
Since our two chiefs in COM
mand in Luzon Macarthur and
Wainwright-may go down on
the records as among the most
heroic of American command
erS, and since there are few
other facts that can be freely
written about the damnable sit
uation in the Philippines. II
occurred 10 me that a column on
Wainwright might be worth
while.
Columns and newSCastS on
Macarthur have been thor
oughly done, if not oNerdoner
but Wainwright's formidable
colonial name plus the lack Of
true publicity about him lndl-
Gates real service that might
be done.
IN TIE first place. We can
Il skip the name, 1t Is one that
has been for generations assoc
ciated with both the army and
the navy. AS far as this Vain
wright is concerned, from the
day he struck West Point, no.
body ever called him or thought
of him by any other name than
Skinny Except in formal ad-
dress nobody thinks otherwise
Stlll.
He was in my company Of
cadets and in ms original plebe-
skins temporary issue uni
formS), | think | never saw
figure al the same time so
groteSque and amusing. He was
very tall. His wrists stuck out
from his cuffs a foot and TO
make matters more unbelievable
he had a roommate who looked
like a twin.
But the name did not alto
gether derive from even this. II
was in the earliest days of
Briggs or Webster "oh Skinny.
come over. and Wainwright
was pure boy The nickname
was a natural. From first class
men 10 plebeS and later on from
generals 10 private soldiers. l
never saw a man who dIdn like
Wainwright
4 FTER leaving West Point
"A we joined his dead father
regiment the old First Cavalry.
There / served side by side with
him for many years. Incldently
part Of that service was over
the very ground where he is
fighting now He knows II better
than most Americans
Wainwright was still slender
but every physical attribute OF
the skinny nickname was gone
in proof Of which he was made
first captain which AT West
Point is an honor that rarely
goes 10 less than Soldierly phys
zeal perfection.
Wainwright. all his life. has
been 100 per cent soldier He
worked, dreamed and played a.
IT.. and put every thing he had
into being outstanding. Even
Macarthur has nothing near his
record and his experience. and
considering his years, no officer
has
He has gone with honor
through every school which the
army has in which 10 teach the
profession Of arms. including
the highest position Of staff and
command in the grim school Of
war.
CKINNY never seemed con
~ Sclously seeking advance
ment in any way 20 annoy his
comrades. II seemed all in the
days work. He managed 10
keep all his friends and TO re-
main a good companion in any
group From the hairy packers
Of his fathers Indian-fghting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
The State Troops

THE Michigan State Troops are looking for 100 De-
L troiters to help their state and their country
Col William y. Howe Detroit commander is organic
ng permanent companies Of 50 each guard the
two tunnels Windsor and the Ambassador Bridge They
will work with 10 companies which now part
time basis
Loyal Americans between IS and 50 may apply at
the armores Brush and Larned streets West Can
field Second boulevard and Piquette
nue. between John r. and Brush streets
p. $40 defense workers need apply
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
OEfR8 NES

Published every Week Dsv Evening and
sunday Morning ny The Times Publishing
Company at 1928 Times Square. Detroit.
Mich
Entered Al Detroit Mich as second Glass
Mail Matter
LEPHONE-CHERRY $500
SUBSCRIPTION rates Gin advancel by mail
To any place In the United states. Canals
or Mexico.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
Jap Picture Bride System
Added to Aliens in America
BY DAMON RUNYON

estimated that between 1909 and
1919 upwards of 100000 Japa
neSe young ladies entered thi>
country via the lens route.
TIP UNTIL 1917. the United
~ States government insisted
on marriage on American soil.
but willy alien statesmen con-
WINGED Uncle Sam that this was
an infringement OF the customs
of the Japanese.
1t is remarkable how careful
we used 10 be about hurting
the feelings of the JapS,
The estimated cost of getting
picture bride was said 10
be $3.50. of which 500 went TO
the agent arranging the mar
riage, S65 for the brides passage
usually by steerage and SIS for
the picture fee.
We have gone TO tho old files
Of the Los Angeles Examiner
for the details of a picture court
ship which began with the wife
seeker sending his photo in his
Sunday best 10 Japan, generally
through friends or relations or
a syndicate that made A Spe-
cialty of the business OF mating
young couples.
4 GIRL agreeable 10 matrl-
"A mony who was more than
10 years old and of less than l6
years difference in age than the
prospective bridegroom would be
located and after a conference
with the parents here photo
graph would be sent 10 the
lonely heart in the United States.
and if he liked her looks ne
would notify the girls parents
to arrange the marriage imme-
diately.
Presently he got letter in
forming him that he Is tied up
tighter than drum.
II does not appear that there
was much romance 10 the buSI-
ness. Accompanied by her
parents, the girl would walk
over 10 the home Of the person
with whom the bridegroom had
corresponded and sit on the
floor.
Her parents would leave. the
door would slide shut and she
was married woman. The
parents would 60 home, clean
house of all the little trinkctS Of
the bride. pile them in a heap
outdoors and burn them.
YOU see, they felt their daugh-
L ter was no longer theirs.
She would wear a white dress
on her wedding day and IN Japan
white is a mourning color. 1t
seems the parents considered
the daughter dead 10 them.
However. three days later all
parties TO the transaction except
the bridegroom would repair TO
the office of the clerk of doml-
Giles and demand that the regis
tration of the bride be changed.
When this was done. the
marriage became a matter of
record.
Thereafter the bride went 20
The home OF the person who had
arranged the marriage, some
times a party called a "nakodO
or middle man.
She was supposed 10 remain
there six months TO test her and
receive instructions in wifclY
duties. I
After while the bridegroom
would send lthe passage money
and with a certificate from the
Japan consul in Los Angeles
affirming his ability 10 support
a wife and family and then the
bride could sail for the United
States of America.
Copyright 1871. by KING Features
Distributed nv International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30

THE picture bride was once
something of an institution
among the alien japanese on the
Pacific Coast. This was an
arrangement by which a Japa-
nese young gentleman living in
this country could marry a girl
living in Japan through an eX-
change of photographs, though
they may never have met, and
the camera wife could then come
to the United States and Join
her husband
1t was maneuVer supposed
TO be in the best interests of
the Japanese Dan Cupid, but it
tended 10 arouse criticism among
the westerners who viewed with
disapproval any increase in the
Japanese population by lmmi-
grafton.
They considered the picture
bride" a mere dodge to tho same
end through propagation. Yet ii
was tolerated for years.
In fact. California Judge
once ruled that women married
in this way had legal rights in
the United States.
According TO dispatch from
San Francisco in the Los An
geles Examiner of Dec. II. 1919,
Supreme Court Judge Thomas
+. Graham granted a divorce 10
a Japanese woman who had been
married 10 her husband through
A picture sent 10 Japan, an
nouncing that he had satisfied
himself Of the legality OF the
marriage.
IN AUG. %, 1919, another
story in the Examiner said
that following the arrival OF 70
japanese picture brides on
the steamer Tenyo Maru the day
before. II was stated by the
immigration authorities tn I
over 400 of these brides had
been admitted to Pacific Coast
ports within the year.
Many of the Japanese bride
groomS met their picture
brides at the dock with auto
mobiles.
1t seems that the picture
bride system came into exist
cnce around 1909 and il was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
BlfscEOUl Lunch
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

I'm packing picnic lunch for tomorrow night and
practicing backou.
The air warden just told ninth was safest
raid But m the fifteenth skylight for roof
That's fine and dandy II they drop an egg on me you
won't have 20 bother 70 pass the salt and pepper.
never thought il would happen here. But here il is
AS sure AS whskers catfish.
Jus, be extra safe night viii put On
paper and blow horn. Nobody scared clay
uai-onc rs Irt,p.,ors. s,e, s,-y,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
| e If er S TO
, +he Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

7 HAVE been listening 10 this
L ballyhoo for the service men
and beg you 10 let an old timer
speak.
Let us save some Of the pats
on the back until they come
home, have Job for them,
build hospitals for the sick and
disabled 50 we won't have TO put
them in JailS.
You and ! know this war is
not going to be fought with
lollypops. There Will be plenty
of shell shocks and nervous
cases. No one wants 10 stay in
the army when it IS all over.
If they want 10 do something
for the soldier give him money
and let him buy what he wants.
The ONO viii see he has
clothes and soldier doesn't
want TO carry a lot Of excess
baggage ne has all he can
carry IN his pack.
1t all looks good TO those who
never have had 10 march in mud
rain and be lousy dirty and
cold, so lot us remember them
when they come back
Don't repeat 1918. Build hos
pitfalls and take care Of their
families and meet them when
t.Itfff,,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
Dec. 30, 1910

President Roosevelt ConfcrS
with his aides regarding aid TO
Britain; Greece and China also
may get war help from America.
Raj planes bomb Naples.
Italy; Rome admits seven were
killed and many wounded IN the
attack.
.NaZi troops are reported con-
centrated along the Russian Dor
der in the northern DobrudUa
section IN Rumania
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30

BAERING DOWN ON TIE NEWS:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30

It MAS Africa however.
Il that the Italians we're to-
tally dISgraced
They had called the British
towards and 10 get their minds
off Gaudalajara and other hu-
mutations. had talked loudly Of
the British disaster IN France
MuSSolini had boosted Of his
air force. Of the suicidal des-
peradoeS who would annihilate
the British feet with torpedoeS
and bombs and Of the mechan-
ized desert army. long trained
and marvelouSly armed for this
sort Of war. yet the cowardly
foe reacted in a most embar-
RAISING way
Small forces. alarmed and in
experienced by comparison with
those whom tho DuCe had
trained from childhood for this
hour. smashed the Fascist
legionS while Hitler pounded the
British AZ home and only the
Intervention Of nimble Germans
saved some shred Of Italian
pride
Meanwhile. tho Germans were
flterlng INTO Italy and taking
over As they had done IN other
conquered countries but with
the now priceless acquieSccne OF
the BOSNIAN whose vanity had
got the Italian people into this
pathetic mess.
The Fascist government be-
came even more submissive
than the ViChy government OF
France which al least could
hold out for certain bargaining
points. whereas MuSSolni could
do no business with the foe eX-
cept on terms Of surrender
Food and fuel ran short. those
who complained were called de-
featiStS and the martial spirit
was so thoroughly subdued by
an UNMARRIED career Of ignomini-
Gus whippings az the hands OF
inferior forces that even IN
Serbia the Duce'S invincibles
were cowed by guerillas.
THE British feet and nlerS
Il sank the Duce'S navy or
chased il off the sea which he
had proudly called his very own
and now, again, A relatively
small British force. armed with
stuff spared from a Scant total
supply is chasing the proud IN
domitable and their German
bosses with them.
Never has a nation talked so
big and fought so badly. and IT
Is no longer a Jest 10 suggest
that a military invasion Of Italy
would be- in fact a rescue force
or that il would be so regarded
by the Italian people
If they had any doubts be-
fore they must he convinced
now that they were taken 10
war on the wrong side.
Within themselves they know.
as their enemies will conccde,
that they are better fighters
when their heart is IN a fight
than they have shown them
selves 10 be i'm this one.
Given chance 10 fight thel
Snccring NaZiS who rule them
aS captlveS and given a chance
10 wipe out their humiliation
they must fight better in a veri-
t8ble war Tor liberation than
they have fought for their own
enslavemcnt
iMuSSolinl has given he
peoples Of the free countries
great encouragement I'm proving.
after two decades Of fasciSm.
that dictatorship is NOT neces-
Sarily efficient and that civil
lized people will NOT fight
mcrclc for The 10Y Of killing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30

THE grand old man OF the
Il American Navy. Admiral
Leahy, is coming back from
Vichy in four weeks. A discus
sion has been started as TO what
job he will get here.
This much can be related.
President Roosevelt insisted
upon Leahy'S return over the
objections of the state depart
ment
Our diplomats had an idea he
was solely responsible for keep
ing the French TO their honor
able pledge, never 10 surrender
their fleet. They feared what
might be done with the fleet if
Lcahy left Vichy.
Mr. Roosevelt apparently
thought Leahy even more val
liable as a military leader.
GONE folks are grumbling
~ that Prime Minister
Churchill talked MIR. Roosevelt
into forgetting about the Japs
and concentrating on Hitler.
That idea Is AXIS grease.
The broader view of this war.
the world. view, clearly shows
that Hitler is the formidable foe.
II he is defeated, any one can
brush the Japs over.
They NAV conquer the Far
East down to Australia mo in
formation here suggests they
want that continent, but they
cannot dominate the world.
They cannot inva d @ this
hemisphere so long as our feet
IS above water and alert.
True. their characteristic
Sneaky viCiousneSs, d m IN
strated at Manila and Pearl
Harbor has made them the most
hated foe.
Even some high officials here
are crying out for air bases at
NladiVoStok, so our bomberS can
avenge Manila among the crack
erboX wooden ShackS of the
Japanese industrial centers.
That viii no doubt be done
in turn. But il is only wise 10
understand the Russian view
point.
If the Russians can take Hit
Ter. they can get japan anV
time.
EVENTS seem to have made
II our decision Our air de-
iiclency in the Far East per-
mitted carly Jap successes. To
retrieve ground lost there viii
require a long time.
Meanwhile. alert defenSes on
our side of the Pacific should
make an attack on US as diff
cult for the JapS as it would be
for US now to attack the Jap
mainland
The bigger, If slightly less
loathSome foe. Hitler. has been
put on the run by the Reds and
The British.
BY next fall, perhaps much
sooner an Allied eXpedtionarv
force up through Italy IS GER
talnly called for.
FLAMING anger against the
L Japs has brought friendship
10 the arp enemies Of the
American maritime unions.
II would have done your heart
good 10 see Harry Lundebcrg Of
The Pacific Sailors Union and
his enemy Frederick Myers Of
the Maritime Union 60 off. arm
M arm. for a drink after the
first meeting OF the new mari
time war emergency board
These two competitive union
leaders had never spoken 10 one
another before
Apparently Mr. Roosevelt for
got 70 announce the appoint
ment Of the board although II
has been functionIng two weeks.
II is composed of John r.
Stcelman. United States labor
Cancellation chief. Edward
Macaulcy Of the maritime com
mission and Frank Graham,
president Of North Carolina
University
II Is the only board 10 make
decisions me first day Of its
operation tabout Seamen's
bonuses and .zoncSj. II is like
Wi~o The first induStry-wide
council 10 reach 4 wartime CO.
operation basis for the duration.
Distributed hy King Feature. svnd Inc
Fspfoduction m whole or N psrt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-30

SKINNY never seemed con
~ sclously seeking advance
ment in any way 10 annoy his
comrades II seemed all in the
days work He managed 10
keep all ms friends and TO re-
main a good companion in any
group. From the hairy packers
Of his fathers Indian-fghting
days TO the Swankiest military
hand-ShakcrS.
Children. especially little boys
simply promptly accept Skinny
a. one Of their own age, call him
by that name and take as much
nj his time as they can wangle
My own boy is his godSon.
He has the clearcSt and blueSt
Of eyes and. except in periods
of slow and righteous anger or
deep concern ! never saw them
lacking the twinkle that | think
has carried him so far into the
hearts OF his associates.
The name Jonathan Nayhcw
wainwright will 60 on the rolls
Of honor but IT will be skinny"
Wainwright who put it there
In no army are there two better
men than Macarthur and Vain
right. What a shame il will
be 10 this country if, regardless
of excuse. they are abandoned
with their commands through
want of reinforcement and equip
ment after having been pushed
so CareleSSly into such trap.
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Reproduction IN whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Court Receipts For Past
Month Total Over $4,000

Municipal court receipts and dis
bursements for the month OF Octo-
Der totaled s3,066O6, Mrs. Ivah
Manning, court clerk. said today.
Receipts were: from costs in civil
cases, Slabs; costs and fines in
city ordinance violations, s7S0.70;
costs in criminal cases. s33355;
paid on accounts, as garnishments.
sl,2O5.31; overpaid costs, s505;
restitution ordered. $3.50: appear.
ance bond posted, 800; criminal
costs returned from county. s320.95 ;
for service fees, s1G7S5.
These funds we're disbursed: ~
the city's account. for the police
department, s1,25OS0: criminal
costs sent to county treasurer
S333.55; appearance bond being
held, 500; paid out on accounts,
sl.205.31; oyerpaid costs returned,
$5.05; restitution. $3.50; to court
officers. for services, $l6zS5.
New forms have been received to
be submitted to the county treasur-
er In tripiicate. Mrs. Manning said
and in order TO have the month s
figures agree with those OF the
treasurer, the courts fiscal month
will end on the 10Th OF each month,
and any receipts for the remainder
OF that calendar month will be car
ried over to the next months re
port, she stated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Three Offenders Fined
For DiSorderIy Conduct

Three persons were fined $40
each In municipal court today for
being intoxicated and disorderly.
They are Prentiss Davis, 80. els
Congress St: Raymond Russell, 80,
54S Monroe Ave; Mrs. Rose Wash
ington, "a, 20 Orchard st.
Mrs. Washington and Mr.. Russell
were arrested by police late Satur-
day when found arguing on the
street to the delight Of several
small children who had gathered.
Mr. Davis was arrested in a local
lunchroom Saturday evening on
complaint of the management. All
three prisoners spent Sunday in
city hall Jail.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
LIVESTOCK

Detroit, Mich, Nov. Seattle
Prime yearlings. dry fed, S12.25 a
1855; good to choice yearlings,
dry fed, $11.50912.5O; medium 10
good yearlings. dry fed. S10.50@
ll.75: good to choice heavy steers,
dry fed, s1075Ql2; medium to
good heavy steers. dry fed. Sl09
1895: best grass steers and heif'
ers. s9.25G10.25; medium to good
grass steers and heifers. $3.50 a
8; common grass cattle, $3.50 a
$50: berst cows. $725@775; good
butcher and cutter cows. So a
Z; Gamer cows, S4.5045.75; old
rims. S425 down; best light butcher
and best heavyweight bologna bulls,
49, few strictly choice higher;
medium weight bolognas. $7qS.50;
light common bulls, 1901; stock
bulls. s64S, good 10 choice stockers
and feeders. s99l2; common to fair
stockers and feeders, $4,000;
mixers and sprmgers, s65q9 80.
G9.50.
Calves - Best, $15q15.5O; fair
to good, S10Q14; common, $3.50
Sheep and lambs-Few choice
lambs, SllS5: best lambs $ll.65@
y; medium. $1,000 a 1l.50; feed
ers. Sl0Ql050: slaughter ewes,
S5.50@6: common, SS.5Od5.
Hogs-1S025O lb butchers, $l0.35
61055; 260-4O0 ID. average. S9.S5q
1925: 100 lbs. down, S9.75ql0.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
JAY NJ. CALLS,
MILAN, CALLED
HAD BEEN ILL FOR LONG
TIME; RITES WILL
BE WEDNESDAY
Especial to the Daily Press)

N2HfAAAA W AAAt AfhAAg 1881
Milan, Mich. Nov. 3-Jay Morris
Calls. 81, who had been in poor
health for long time, passed
away at his home. 40l North St,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Calls was born in Milan
November %, 1887, the son OF the
late Andrew and Ida Ceas Calls.
lie attended the Ceas School and
Milan High School. lie enlisted in
Company G of the 2Sth L. S. lnfan-
try and saw active service during
the Spanish-American War He
continued in the service and serv-
ed over seas during the first World
War He received his honorable
discharge November 80, 1918.
He married Edwina Service. To
ledo. o., April ;, 1925. They made
their home in Detroit until 1928
when they came 10 the Calls farm
in Milan Township. moving TO the
present residence in 1885.
Surviving are his wife and one
son, A. Stewart, New York.
Funeral services will be Wednes-
day afternoon at O'Clock at the
home on North St. Rev William
johnson. of the Methodist Church,
will officiate and interment will
be in Marble Park Cemetery. Mill
tary services will be conducted by
Earl Gladfelter post OF the Ameri-
can Legion. The remains will be
at the Stevens and Bush Funeral
Home, Milan, until Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
ACCIDENTS


CONTINUED from Page One)
Saline Rd., sunday afternoon. Miss
Florence Ennis, RID 2, Saline.
driver of one of the cars. sustained
eye, chest and knee bruises and
Albert Hahn. 1854 $. State ST. Rd,
passenger in the other vehicle, re-
ceived a forehead brui.e. The
Ennis car travelling south on the
Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. collided with
another vehicle operated by Oliver
Dalke, sos Z. Liberty St, Ann Ar
Dor. travelling east on Pleasant
Lake Rd.
Locked In lnkster
State police also arrested Robert
Tebie- and Ernest IrudeQ. Detroit.
when the pair were found allegedly
intoxicated in a car on Van Born
Rd. They were locked in Inkster
jail, and are TO be arraigned before
Justice John Mokersky today.
Takes License
For driving while intoxicated,
Justice Harry W. Reading Saturday
fined John Toll. Ann Arbor. $3.50,
and confiscated his drivers license.
Receives Treatment
Joseph Bari, address unknown, Is
at Boyer Hospital receiving treat
ment for shock and forehead lac
erations. He was entered at 5:45
a m. today. He is too dazed to ex'
plain how he received his injuries.