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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20
MEIER WETLAND

Before her recent marriage.
Mrs. Richard II. Weiland was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20
City Club
. Circus Acts
Rush Drills

4 WATER circus-the first
y ever TO be held in Detroit
will be staged Friday evening
at the Women's City Club for
adults, and a flea circus Satur-
day morning at 1l:30 o'clock for
children.
The ringmaster's whistle has
been sounding for weeks IN the
City Club pool where rehearsals
have been held under the direc-
ton Of Coach William Brooks,
who has had experience in Ber-
muda in producing water cir
CuSpS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20
Posters on Walls

Pool walls and Railways are
gay with posters put up by the
swimming committee and circus
crew. composed of Mesdames
Donald B. Ward, Samuel Alt
shuler, n. Earl Pinney, J. {.
Walker. d. r. Middleton and
Clifford II. Hett and Miss Helen
Kniseley.
Water ballet plastiqUes-a
water version OF the familiar
European circus poses act---are
10 be done by Marjorie Riggs.
Barbara and Janet Ensing, Joyce
Soderquist. Winifred Lechner
and Mary Pinney.
Big top acrobats are Ruth
Miesel. Louise Soderquist and
Shirley Chapman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

MRS. GEORGE LACKEY and
her mother, Mrs. Robert Hurt.
grove back from Palm Beach,
arriving Easter Sunday. Mr..
lackey and son, Joe, who were
down there for several weeks,
returned a week ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20
Costumes Of 40 Years

The terrapin group will pre-
sent circus pageantry, a caval-
cade OF swimming. showing
costumes from 1900 10 1871.
These swimmers include:
MISSES
Helen Knissi.y Athea TituS
Vera Te-ues Phyllis Wecksrls
I-ua Post IsAhle Wilson
Theresa RYAN Ruth Moster
Grace AuhlHss Ethel -chesteFtars
Members Of the Dolphin Club
will mimic performing seals.
They are:
MESDAMEs
= I. Mcleod J., W. VIE.
= L Dickson q W Wiksndsr
O.. N Weinheimsr Wendell Brown
Q. Maynard p T Mccormick
Grant Wilcox Leonard Holton
J n Kyhn p p Rsrtram
Wilfred l. ous Arthur Neef
C. l. Koessler l. L. Palmer
Tots who swim in the City
Club pool will perform in the
flea circus. George Anderson
IS master of the fleas.
The fleas are: Louise Pinney,
Alice Davidson, Bobby Welchli.
Stuart Ward. Charles Olsen.
Marilyn Mosier, Bobbie Webster
and Janet Weinheimer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

MISS JEAN GOLDMAN
man and Harry Levitt are now
affIanccd-
Tho bride-elect IS deciding on
a date sometime in October.
MORA VNICK-GOLANER
Mr. and Mrs a. A. Morav-
nick announce the engagement
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-20

0II'1 NINN " VVIJ
Wood and Jack Laula.
The bride-elect is tho daugh-
teF 81 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Wood and her fiance is the son
Of Mrs. .. +. Laula.
They plan. We hear, 10 be
married IN August.
GOLDMAN-LEVITT
Miss Jean Goldman. daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Gold
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09
uaI;4z, Mo,rh ,ndeo o Western Auto Supply
] mGdD
OLAV /. OTHEIM, Authorized Dealer

and family and Mr.. and Mrs. M. O.
Ball and family at a watch party
New Years Eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. @. Bail enter
tanned at dinner Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Ash and family New Years Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Slocum and
sons. Byard and Lynn were dinner
guests Christmas day of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy FredriclSS.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wilson
spent last week visiting relatives in
Umapine and Walla Walla. They
returned home Sunday.
Mrs Elizabeth Waters Of Black
foot, Idaho Is visiting at the home
of her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Street.
Heavy SHOWS caused damage in
Argentina in September
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09
Visiting Juveniles to
Install Officers Here

FTNLEY-Finley grange will meet
Thursday, January 2. The Juve-
nile degree team of Outlook grange
will be present to install Juvenile
officers. Each Finley grange lady
is asked to bring cake or jello.
Wilbur Ash of Spokane spent the
holidays at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ash.
Miss Tillie Kuh of Prineville,
Oregon visited Christmas with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Kuh.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom CARAT and
daughter, Joan, were visitors Sat-
urday of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Lande.
MIR. and Mrs. r. Burton and fam
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

lily spent Christmas with relatives
at Grandview.
Walter MurawSki Of Vancouver
was a guest of his daughter, Mrs.
Everett Moss and family Christmas.
Del Butler who is employed at the
Ayers ranch spent Christmas at his
home in Richland.
Mr.. and Mrs. 30 DunSton and
son, Billy, of Walla Walla were
Christmas day dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Whitman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Briggs Of
Newberg visited Wednesday and
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Bud
McCarty.
Wilbur Ash left Wednesday for
Camp Fort Wright after spending
his vacation at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Piert enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

1117 Robert L. Johnson, Ken.445
1118 William A. Sloan, Ken. --53
.1119 Edgar A. Scott, Ken. --1076
1121 Roland E. Franks, Ken. -----697
1872 John E. Bleichner, Ken. $50
1923 George H. Walberg, Ken. ITO
1125 Joe P. Alexander, Ken. ---489
1925 Sterl E. Bowers, w. B. I'LL
1877 Wilbur L. Thomas, Ken. --1O99
1929 Archie B. Blair, Hover -450
1130 Carl j. Schuster, Ken. --906
1131 Walter w. Marlin, ByC.----594
1882 Charles E. Lum, Rich. ---626
1913 James H. Carlton, Rich. 1880
1134 Edwin T. Kron, Rich. ---523
1135 Everett G. McGhan, Rich.---599
1136 Harold G. Grisham, W.B. -249
1887 Jamie P. Shedd, Byron ---598
1888 Thomas A. Bolt, Rich. -102O
1139 Durward E. Minks, Rich.----1O65
1141 Robert L. Cobb, Rich. --------1O7O
1143 Chester w. Butler, Rich. ----521
liza Kermit R. Rucker, BIC. lire
las Daniel j. Hurst, Ken. --1141
1146 Charles w. Meyer, Ken. --442
1147 Howard r. McGhee, Ken.----613
1148 Carl A. Holsted, Ken. -----------193
1149 John w. Thomas, Ken. ----394
1850 Archie B.Evanson, Ken. --1232
ISL Leslie D. Hildebrand, Ken.--424
1852 Earl A. Magelson, Ken. $50
1853 Howard B. Morgan, BIC. ----455
1855 Ernest r. johnson, Ken. ----881
1157 Arnold M. Cochran, Ken. ----913
1859 Waldo G. Gerards, Ken. $50
1160 Edward Weber, Ken. "A O8
1852 Gerald H. Cherry, Ken. -----736
1854 Theodore A. Rousseau B. 1912
1165 Amos c. Huskey, Ken. $40
1166 Bertran Carman, Rich. ---687
1167 Wallace w. Preston, Ken. POI
1168 Leith G. Bennett, Ken. --------239
It'll Emil Wagner, WB. ------------739
1172 Bart H. Gayman, BIC. --------877
1173 Gilbert Walker, w. B. -------1244
Its Alvin E. Vinson, Ken. --------665
lit Maxwell j. Richmond, W.B. 1913
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09
s.loetive Service Order Numbers

1858 Winston B. Brown, W.B.-----516
1859 Harry w. Nuremberg, Rch. LIST
1850 William H. Aiken, Ken. ----1249
1861 Dale CULLEN, Richland SIT
1862 John T. CARAT, Ken. -376
1864 Leonard L. Bulls, Han.-1229
1867 Vernon M. Borden, Rieh.--95
1868 Clifford Mathany, Ken. -510
1869 Henry A. Lortz, Ken. -962
1910 E. j. Hinton, G'dview-
1911 David G. Morton, Hanford
1912 Gervase H. Leber, Ken. -1176
1913 James A. Boothe, Rich. -478
1914 Ben Schwartkopf, Ken. --843
1075 Charles w. Hoffman, W.B.-823
1076 Irven K. Event, BIC. ---1112
1077 George Meyer, Rich. -1130
1913 Raymond M. Fry, Ken. -1104
1880 Lloyd D. Haste, Ken. ---1136
1888 R. G. Dimond, Ken. --------511
1885 Charles H. Mace, Ken. Del
1886 Claude T. Poplin, Ken. LOGS
1887 Allen D. Cudahy, WB.----------727
1888 Arthur S. Gavin, Han. -------1217
1889 Delbert H. briggs, Ken. --347
1901 Louis M. Green, BIC. ------------1037
1892 Robert L. Gragg, Ken. ------935
1893 Lester w. Foraker, Ken. $40
1904 James T. Potts, Ken. 500
1907 Egon Hansen, Ken. -------97
1893 George r. Turner, Ken. --923
1899 James A. Mcclure, Rich. ---1128
HOO Harold G. Larsen, Ken. -629
HOB Arthur A. Long, Rich. -------726
1104 LaVerne T. Brooks, w. B.---459
HOG Clifford H. Turner, Ken. ------368
1107 Frank F. Grover, BIC. 40
1109 L. E. Beckes, Ken. ----------315
lilo James P. Miller, Ken.-------12O9
I'LL Herbert r. Lee, Ken. $50
1112 Trevice w. Rucker, BIC. --1178
lib Charles U. Blakley, B. C.---------65
lila Craig w. Hinman, Ken. --------33
1116 Wayne E. Mccoy, WEBS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

uouine is the final group OF
fo ls.." service order numbers is
ssls.', " the Benton County Board
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

Heavy SHOWS caused damage In
in September.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

uERE is the biggest SILENCE"
IL story of the new car year! Here's
new car so remarkably QUIET IN
OPERATION that only actually driving
it can ever tell you bov much its silence
adds to yonr ariring pleasure!
In this new Ford you'll find 1000
SIlFFER Frame and new RIGID Body
structure to prevent door weaving, re-
duce wear on door latches and door
fittings. SOFTER Springs to relieve
sound.causing strains! Bodies fully
RUBBER-INSULATED from Frame!
SCIENTIFICALLY CURVED Disc
Wheels to reduce drumming! And
there's new SOUNDPROOFING
throughout the car!
In nearly a dozen other big ways the
BIG NEW FORD steps ahead of the low.
price field! You get the sensational
slow:fnotion springs" for a softer,
smoother, quieter ride than low price
GET THE FACTS AND YOU'LL GET a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-01-09

Washermen in Malaga have estab-
lished such low laundry prices that
electric washing machines cannot
get toehold in the country.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Funeral Services For
Willis E. Terry Held

funcral services for The late WI
rs = Terr, i0io Srovsi vefe hsl1
MONDAY Jan ., from mo loeclo
Funeral home The r., Horacc \
White pasior " rlNmouih cong
ranonal church. oNiriafed Int
nent was IN Memorial Park GENE
terry
Nr Tern, passed lava, Thursday
Jan 3 al mc Veterans ho~plal
affo hii,f illness. he had bcrp
IN ih po,toncc service fof tA'
past twenty wears aud vas s,rse u'
Soy scout work Tor longer rcmot
fr-t as scout master and later as
scout commissioner
The deceased. a graduate Of Tai
ladcca college is survived by his
widow Mrs Nelsina Dale Teuv,
and other relatives The hgh -
f.rm in Which he wa. held in The
community Wis aIrsi'A b., lhe
pum rnus noisl tributes lhaf
banked his tAsket
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Teen-Age Wife
Conuicts Hubby
Spouse Guilty
OF Statutory Rape

SAlihonsh no had married 2 ~
,ear.o'd spl Clateure Wineo 81
Of ios7 r wsrrcn was found gull
~ " sia'u'ory rapc hy Record 5
lndgo John T. Naher Tuesday AT.
ernoon
Judge Nahe found ~ defsrdan'
gull, after Tho sirl ~ bad taken
the stand and disstirnef M MAJ
riaRe testifying that she wanted ~
return 10 school The marriage had
heen performed in bowling Grccn
ohio last oct .
The charges AGAINST Wnco wore
brought n, The father ~ the gnl
The charges were made after he
had asked nc police department ~
search for his dauehi'f af'er 'oe
had d sappeared from home
a. the trial last weck mo YOUNG
wife Admired sexual inffrconrsc
with winso prior 10 ibc mairaec
ceremony. l. was ON mis- ihal M
charge of stau'ulor, rape was has
ed
Ia The decision ~ the 'a'ii lnder
Naher declared tnsf fi~tnlfminc
of tho mawiseo %, Tho elrl paved
Tho way for the charge and made
HIM guilty " The rharses named 10
tho warrant
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Preparations Moving Ahead For The
18th Birthday OF ST. Antoine Y.M!.C.A.

~ N.rf.nlar chairman
i, ID, ,s,rn..r.,.. ,,,,..,.. -,
- 49,. ,tr, ,n
II. . 4.,..r
M ~. ,..,,,,s,..,.
,, os
VINE 70 r''''' 2 ~ "
ing Ns s'N'f'n'h ANN '"'f -
10y ''''
.,,r.,e o,r.
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~. u1, b.. ,
,....,t. ~, .o,eI Mon. rs-
-. w. ,,.,,.,..,..,,,,f..., o
n,.,.. t,,ti,, ,v.,4. IN, esfah.
.,.hme, M spe,in work for mis-
u,, .alml population
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Vote Funds For
Miller High
Action Follows
Committee Protest

mutton ~ ielad, Si7a.uoo ln
ne annna budget fof fhe improve
NOV " coualtops r. Miller Hich
na voted rnssna, hs ~
rcwor Board ~ rdmaiiou
The notion was made ami rsssed
following detailed description "
dcporahe conditions AZ 'he
school ina equa'e cquYmeni and
me la'k of gymnasium ana SWIM
mss por The presceiafion nj
lhfse facts Was made hy Nfotnev
& l.eRion simmons
Tive farfs Woe based on no
End Of committee Appointed
Wv ire pe'roi Chapter ~ inc Na
'ionol negro corste~s oh,ch ip
Fcsrsa'ed conditions ~ M scheo
rN rDso aecotdius 'o NJ Stm.
mons f"'ealed ihe laok Of an arhio
'fc efGpd fo' os'door -porfs H
sdequafe toems - teach iiale-
an afidiin nm which entirety ioa
snail Tor TIC enoo students enroll
cd % lh, school
Those conditions a,ca,hns ~
Vi Smmons had psrna'A
brokm ~ pnrs'e Of fhe ~tnderf-
- me school The committee uhp
appeared hsfore Inc hoard WAS CON
posed ~ simmons A'thW Eapo.
81 Wi,lam booker HAYWOOD Na
hrin. Coleman Young Nathaniel
smith and ! r Johnson
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Detective r. Mitchell
Will Convalesce In
n o t Springs, Ark.

With high hops Of iesainlng has
health. Robert Mitchell 500 nr.
cole. Is looking forward io irfp e"
Hot Springs ncNt Neok Mitchell. a
former member " The special In
vestgaiion squad Of tho Detroit
Police department ven INTO r''
iirenent ssiurda, Feb ! alter
serving ~ years as = member NJ
the department.
Mitchell joined the depa tmen' ~
ie2, and was made detective gu
1891 tie has hten q pntinef Hl
Detective Lieut. wallace : Will
ans ior seven 'eats. and hH1 h''t
ciicd fef bravery O., times Tie ha-
been M since October 1850
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Ieen-Age Boys Are Arrested For
JnnInally Attacking Two Girls

~ ''''.'ss bots v,r, arrested
..''a'r 'or rsssnssion Of Grim
'.' '''.q''rs one is.,ear.old
'''' ''l and attempted rape on
N.,. ''''.o companion. late
T.. '''as 4" polte Two of lbe
Is. .''''a 6a'e been idcnuaed b,
49,. '.''' Of 'Hr anaek. The two
~. ''H'a as III, actual rspl.,s.
!, "''r'i others we're accused
va. a'l'' and others we're mum
-. 'n'ns The oulooEer,
- - ''ins occurred a,7so Mon.
is,,. '''''9' on he ground. Of
At.' nf'd' coaani ana charles
H.. !, b. boy. had been Idrn,i
...,.a y .nrir ueao. a. p,rl.on
we, !. '''da' ihe, we're turned
20 juvenile aul0ori,ies "''
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Cofer VIII Speak To
Christian Youth Guild

lon'h guild is
e ni monthly
Memorial cen
mmn on Wednes
.. nm Tho topic
49,. he The Rela
-. Church TO Social
~ iW 'ios afe Lloyd
r.. y Hlsh sohool and tho
" -i pastor ~ he
H'p'f church OF.
=. afse all youth
.... N t'' nerested IN
49,. 7. ~ t,rs parf in this
-, f's,lsslou 10 he pres
yF'''o Bonn is presiden,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08

.iohn G.. Danoy r s DOUGLAS IS
& Oshy. RenAmn II Pelham ~
ward Sadlri Joseph y Thomp.un
= y Washington and doctors !
VI Grccore anA \ " johnson
were appointed ~ handle The dos
tin, Of ms branch during th'
carly period " - Development
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
VAR ON Defense.
: Jim CR0W'STAR1S
Mystery Surrounds Mans Death
Student Strike To
Continue At Grant

Refusing 10 heed the warnings the Ferndale super
incnden' parents of the children attending he Grant
school 2ll5l Gardcnlane announced this week that the
STRIKE, would continue.
Easar 7. Rrn..-. .--cr-uLcnaor-. varmna narent-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08

Tea n' assnoiaflon c"mrftrs
ius' pqpl. who dig M, attend
sfhNei H. Monda Won no' n'
promoel
no 81 .e Was rsl'el lar ~ p,
pN'rt- as "a rfmes' s-alt-' 'ne
rrowaea cndIon- AZ ne srhmtl
snd agar a. 'he' rc'usd o W.
Foenlalo Beaa ~ t',lmaNon - NJ
low mo irsnsfc ~ some 40 fae
IN aren tn Jefferson seboo' fse
blorHs avg from no fraA'
schoo
Want full.Da, session.
y wood pekson cha man % ihe
pTA - ko mi SAID
ins patem epsd ,onunne N 1et
refrsal io send 'hoir chlfn ~
school unti ni cas- so-sinn are
csahNshel.
Ave upern'ori,r' sst fns'
wsfnlne- bod hecn son' an mar
on's WITH cnihlroi u no st1o'i
HnFe,e he erarf tHa aceno.
tons ner gels AZ nc aisrr
'ian - mo 'f4th
Tfe resrfs m 1e
str.be sff mo."r. ~
schon WV p4fcn -e MAJ
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-08
Clubs Form
A Council For
United Drive
Speaker Cites
Need OF Lobbyist
In Washington

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Evening star., 1941-12-07
SlDEllNES

BARBECUE. Recently British bomber
smashed a Nazi war plant IN the
Danish town of Skive. Propagandlst
Goebbels reversed his usual procedure
and issued communicate which was
masterpiece of funderstatement. He said
there were no damages - the only
thing hit had been COW.
The local paper, "Skive Folkeblad,
dutifully carried the announcement.
Then added the simple devastating
comment:
The COW burned for four days.
REASON. A teacher in one of New
Yorks progressive schools for small
people noticed that Mary. three
year old, would go off in a corner when
there was group play and single out
only one child as companion.
The teacher. curious, asked: Mary,
Evening star., 1941-12-07
GET MAD!
by Charming Pollock

Thirty five people were injured and when the
story appeared on the first pages of news
papers, | waited for an Outburst of public
indignation I'm still waiting. Continued dis
closure of subverslve teaching in our schools,
continued interruption of production for
national defense, and continued evidence of
the effectiveness of alien agents still interest
us far less than the football or baseball scores.
As Denis Tilden Lynch points out in a care
fully -dOcumented book, the alliance of CrIm-
mails and politicians represents yearly tax
of $57 to $lO5 on every man, woman and
child in this country and nobody seems
to care" In the four Presidential elections
preceding that of Franklin d. Roosevelt, only
three per cent more than half our electorate
ever cared enough to go to the pos
EvEN in our personal lives an occasional
explosion can serve to clear away debris. My
first public speech was so hatingly inept that
left the room in rage at myself. The result
of that rage has been II years of continuous
lecturing. Once, asked a particularly gentle
and kindly acquaintance how he won Cita-
ton for gallantry in the World War. "A
machine-gun nest opened fire on us, he an
swered. 'and was about ready to run, when
they killed buddy of mine That made me
mad, and the next thing knew we'd Waded
into those Heines, and had Congressional
Medal"
1t is astonishing how many political and
social achievements have followed that pat
tern A schooteacher in London went to a
slum to instruct some poor women in sewing.
The appalling conditions Octavia Hill saw
there made her indignant. With borrowed
money, she leased three houses. and turned
them into the first model tenements. That
example started worldwide movement.
Florence Nightingale, Mortified at the treat
ment given wounded soldiers in the Crimean
War. organized a nursing service that has
spread over the world and eased the suffering
of millions.
Most of such blessings of life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness as the, world still
enjoys were the attainments of angry men
who stormed Bastile or tossed a shipload of
tea into Boston HarbOr.
Too many of us today have adopted I'm
too busy" Il can't be bothered" D." It's none
of my affair" and What can do?" as slo-
gans. No person, family, community or coun-
try can survive such general complacency and
indifference. Eternal vigilance" cannot pre-
serve our freedom unless that vigilance is
translated into vexation and action.
On Monday we shall begin the celebration
of Bill of Rights Week" 1t has been $50
years since we added to the Constitution
those amendments that guarantee our liber-
ties We have enjoyed those rights because,
more than century and half ago, our ances-
tors got mad enough to risk their lives for
them. We shall continue to enjoy them only
so long as We retain our capacity to get fighting
mad whenever they may be threatened.
Evening star., 1941-12-07


year-old civil engineer in Indianapolis,
- read the proposals for his citys budget
with mounting indignation. There were the
usual indications of waste and possible graft,
But in Indianapolis, as elsewhere. the pOpu-
lation took these things for granted, dug down
for ever increasing taxes, groaned little, and
let it 60 at that
Webster wrote petition OF protest. When
600 voters had signed that petition. meet
ing was called and an organization set up.
Nevertheless, the budget passed, and then
Webster got mad Not angry" he confessed;
lust plain mad. He had never made speech
es before but he made them now. Four thou
sand people attended the next meeting and
1900 signed the petition. Webster and his
crowd trimmed the tax rate in 80 counties.
BY the same tactics, half dozen citizens
of Larchmont, N. Y, have saved the town
five million dollars since 1889 A woman in
Yonkers, N. Y, lost patience with the local
political machine and, beginning with gath
erings of small groups in her home, rolled up
rebellion that swept that machine into the
rubbish heap. There have been more or less
sas City and Toledo but they have been far
too few. Nothing of the sort ever happens -
no reform great or small is ever possible -
until someone decides that enough isenough,"
and goes out to do something about it.
As people, it seems to me, we are regret
tably afflicted with good temper That is a
virtue, of course. within certain limits, but
fo:.. hat &c
merely an alias for stupidity laziness and
indifference. An English friend said to me
long ago, You Americans will stand any
thing. For 40 years, your citizens have clung
to straps, and been pushed around, in street.
cars and subways, and nobody has done any
thing about it. Yesterday, saw subway
guard plant his shoulder against a woman's
back and shove. If that happened in London.
somebody would raise hell and put stop to
it mighty quickly"
0RUMBLING but impotent millions are herd
ed and pushed around in almost every city
of the United States. Something should be
DONE" we say when we get showed. But
before night we've forgotten the matter,
or decided to ''let George do it."
We have stood for crime, graft, greed, cor
ruption. treason; rotten politics and dangerous
pressure groups have gone almost unopposed
by the vast majorities on whose apathy they
depend. One concludes that what America
needs is not "a good five-cent cigar, but the
capacity to get mad. We are ready enough
to get mad about little things that affect us
personally; why can't we get mad enough to
do something about important things that
concern all of us?
A few years ago, members of two labor
unions got into row and threw gas bombs
among the women and children at matinees
in 81 New York motion-picture theaters.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

why don't you come over here and play
with all of u.s."
Mary had an answer: Il like to play
with Marjorie better than anybody --
cause Marjorie puts mischief in my
head"
POLITE. While we were waiting for a
traffic light the other night, we read an
interesting sign on the back of one
of those huge cross country trucks;
THIS TRUCK STOPS
FOR ALL RR. CROSS
INGS, REDHEADS AND
BRUNETTES AND
WILL BACK UP p
MILE FOR A BLONDE
kOMENCLA LATURE. The name Doe
means lots when it S up in lights on the
Metropolitan Opera marquee. 1t also
means lots of trouble to its owner, Doris
Doe. the oontralto Grace Turner tells
about in her food article this week.
Trouble came for the first time Just
after Doris. alone, had arrived in New
York with heavy ambitions and light
pockets.
As her financial supply dwindled, she
was delighted one day to get a money
order from her father. She rushed to
the post office to cash it. Before she
knew it, she was surrounded by alert
guards and suspicious postal clerks.
Finally. supported by credentials and
witnesses. she was able to prove that
she was not trying to defraud the gov
eminent - her father Whose signature
had caused all the FUSS was really and
truly John Doe M.