Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

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swathed in shaWlS. One arm wore
the only clean things IN the place
-handages Her unhurt hand was
lingering her beads. The glow
-frcrn- the Goals lit I'D weird con-
tours in her face.
I was a fine face. And more
important than anything / have
seen IN Britain. she was smiling.
NOT DoWNHEARTED
"Come on In, Yankee" she
said 10 me. "See Wot that foul
fiend Itler did to me. Down
hearted Listen. Yankee, I've
lived through three wars--Boer
War, World War, and now this
new one And IL amt In me,
and il amt in England, to be
downhearted.
II tell We Yankee boy. We
better get In our war quick If
you want to ave a and in beat
ing that fiend.
He'll GO down, Yankee boy,
because God is i'm a temper, a
htikUtN lCIfpNT INV
We sat on the bed and talked
TO this defiant woman - she lost
her husband in the last World
War. Mustard gas.
When I left l shook her hand
huInbly. II was a firm hand.
Bless you. Yankee lad. bless
you and your great country"
eE rDfl that Dhnan
late there? Ii came from Amer
lea. they told me IL did. You see
that package? That writing is
French. they told me ii was.
The French packed up. We amt
a-packin' up, Yankee lad. Tell
your people that our people,
from grannies TO kiddies, amt
a-pacl<in' up.
COURAGE eAND BUGS
Back out in the drilling LIVER
pool morning, the young cop who
took us in grinned and advised:
Better take a bath. sir, hot
one, when you get back. That
place is crawling with bugs
there's no way of telling what
you'll catch"
Thanks, copper we replied.
"But hope ! catch some of that
old Iady's courage from her
bugs
We looked across these smashed
houses that now are no mans
land. Picking her way through the
rubble was a little girl whose nose
was running in little rivuletS
around her mouth. Her. arms were
laden with bedraggled little toys.
We wanted to talk to her. We
picked the wrong tactics and asked
the cop TO call her. He did. She
ran like a frightened, muddy rab-
bit and dropped all her broken
toys.
Hers was the terror I have seen
In Britain.
Liverpool is the key city in
the battle of the Atlantic that
has already started. We came
here seeking further answers to
Bernard Baruch's far-seeing ques-
tons:
Can Britain maintain day
light control of the aire Can
Britain keep her docks open?"
NAILS TACTICS CHANGE
Two weeks ago our answer
would be emphatically. Yes.
Since then Hitler has changed his
tactics.
He's bombing now a town
night basis, sometimes hitting
the same city two successive
nights when he thinks he has
knocked out its watermains.
Plymouth, Thursday and Friday
might've were asked TO spend
those two nights in Plymouth as
guest of Lady Aston. Robert
Gordon Menzies, Australians husky
prime minister was going on
there from Coventry. The knowl-
edge that Coventry had risen up
out OF the ashes Of the worst raid
SO far gave him the proper slant
on He'll as he drove through
Plymouth Friday night.
The story Of what has happened
to this key port city of Liverpool
IS typical and important; al first
glance the figures are azlle-t-.44---
The ar raid fatalities in Mer-
seyside liverpool area on the
Clyde side alone for three nights
this month topped the February
totals for the whole Of Britain
7S9). Obviously Hitler is trying
10 smash the cities that feed the
ships into the battle Of the
Atlantic.
STILL ANSWERS YES