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the air. One ship was afire on a
mountainside and I saw another
plunging into the sea.
Suddenly Gam mon yell e d
"Zeros." I looked back and saw
them. One was heading straight
at us with guns ablaze. Until I
die 1 will never forget that mo-
ment. Cannon dived his ship and
made a sharp turn and the Jap's
fire missed us.
Then we went in and made a
perfect landing. The other planes
followed-all except Lieut.. Joe
Kersting's. There was concern,
but half an hour later he came in
with a big hole in the rear of his
fuselage. He said two Japs had
jumped him from behind a cloud
and one got in a burst of fire.
His ship will have to be re-
paired. The rest of us took of
for the main base.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27

to death during the last six weeks
for political offenses.
The Gestapo reign of terror
In Norway has been intensified,
and more than 200 death SEN
fences have been passed recently,
according to a Stockholm dispatch
quoting the Moscow radio.
Reports to Dutch circles in Lon
don said Hollands COASTAL areas
have been put under severe re-
strictions following recent visits
by Nazi Marshal Karl Gerd Won
Rundstedt, newly appointed COM
mander of the area. Access to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
Unrest
I'm Europe
Spreads

LONDON, April ~ QNS).--
News of widespread unrest
throughout occupied Europe con-
tinued to pile up today as reports
came in of executions and arrests
by German military authorities.
An undated dispatch to the
News Chronicle said six Belgians
had been executed for anti-Ger-
man activity, and Reuters dis
patch from Geneva quoted the
Moscow radio as reporting BOO
Bulgarians had been condemned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
z First Aid Groups Sought

Two standard Red Cross first
aid classes will be organized to-
morrow at the Western YMCA.
Cecil Rowe and Gene Beck. direGn
tor and associate director Of phys<
ical education at Western YMCA,
will instruct the groups. One class
will meet at 1880 a. m. and the
other at 8 p. m. Each class will be
limited to 35 applicants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
.0CD TO Reorganize
National Office Staff

WASHINGTON, April u (INS)
Civilian Defense Director James
M. Lands today announced a re-
organization of the national Office
here to eliminate Implications of
function. red tape and unnecessary
activities"
No one was fired" the OCD
chief said. but a number of Off
Gals were shifted about, some
titles were dropped-and new ones
created. The order was reported
as preliminary to a neral
up of the OCD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
Summer Drive
Due in Pacific
BY KINGsBURY SMITH
EntI News Service star Correspondent

WASHINGTON. April 27. -
Diplomatic quarters in Washing
ton today believe that Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's first major move
to drive the japanese out Of the
southwest Pacific may start this
summer, possibly In June or July.
BY that time, the diplomatic
observers believe, Macarthur may
be In a position to launch from
Australia a combined air. land
and sea offensive against the
japanese in the island OF Timor
and New Guinea.
IL the present schedule OF ship
ments is maintained. il is believed
that Macarthur may possess aerial
superiority in the southwest Pa
ciflc by midsummer.
IMPORTANCE OF PLAN
Recapture OF Timor and New
Guinea, as well as the Bismarck
Archipelago from the japanese is
considered essential not only 10
pave the way for a counter-offen-
sive in the Netherlands East In
dies, but TO safeguard Australia
from the danger of an invasion
attempt.
Timor especially is a vital base
Tor fighter planes in the southwes,
Pacific area. Fighter planes car
Be flown to that island from the
N. Z. ]. as well as 10 and from
Australia. II was one of the first
islands In the Malay barrier that
the Japanese went after wher
they launched their major assault
against the ~. r. I.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
Pat Robinson Scars
lin u Deafh-Laden Sky
BY PAT ROBINSON
Int1 News Service stan Correspondent

AS we neared the target we had
the biggest disappointment of our
lives. Our left motor went bad
and we turned back.
But not before / had sight of
bombs falling on the Japs at Ra-
baul. / could see fires and dense
black smoke on the beach. They
will not soon repair the damage.
PILOTS FACE HAGGARD
Pilot Jolly's face was grim and
haggard. Everything depended on
how long the motor would hold
out. Then, adding to our difficult
ties, came a radio message from
the field that we could not land
because the Japs were raiding. A
second message said we couldn't
land at the field as the Jap bomb
ers had blasted several craters in
the runway.
So we had to land on small
field elsewhere. The runway was
too short for big bombers, but we
had to try it. Fortunately, Jolly
made it safely. We needed a new
engine and a tire. jolly and I
walked to a nearby secret camp
in the jungle where we got a ride
back to the main field to report.
The next day I went on another
bombing mission with Lieut.. Ora
ham Cannon. The target was
Lac, on the northwest coast of
New Guinea. But the weather
and the formation
turned back as II would have been
to see the target.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27

CHICAGO, April u (INS).-
The silver lining in the nations
tire and gasoline shortage was
pointed out today by the national
safety council. Traffic accidents
caused only 1880 deaths In Feb
ruary, a decline of 210 or 8 per
cent. and the downward curve is
continuing, the council reported.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
Canadians Vote
On 'Conseription
For Overseas

OTTAWA. April u (UP).-
Canadian voters decide today
whether TO release their govern
nent from its pledge not TO con-
script men for military service
overseas.
The dominion's 6.5Ss. 900 voters
were voting on this question:
~Are You in favor of releasing
the government from any obli-
cations arising out of any past
commitments restricting the
methods of raising men for milf
tnry service:
Political surveys indicate an
overwhelming affirmative vote.
ELECTION PLEDGE
Prime Minister w. L. MacKen-
xie King pledged in Parliament in
1889. after Germany had overrun
Poland, that the government would
not draft Canadians for overseas
duty. He was reelected in 1910 IN
a sweeping Liberal Party victory,
and the no-conscription pledge was
the main plank in his platform.
King. when he requested Par
lament TO authorize to avs
plebiscite. said he did not believe
IL would be necessary TO invoke
CONSUMPTION for overseas duty be-
fore next March, unless an unfore-
seen emergency arose.
But he argued that the govern
ment should have free rein 10
meet changes in the war situation
rs they occur.
Canada already has conscrip-
ton, but for home service only.
Service for duty abroad is volun-
tary.
100000 ENLISTED
Nearly 100000 men have en-
listed in the dominion's army
navy and air force. and for duty
anywhere in the world, and more
recruits have been enrolling
steadily.
Main opposition TO overseas con-
scription was In Quebec province,
additionally anti-conscription. In
Montreal and other Quebec cities.
crowds Of misconceptions
French-C Canadians battled police
and smashed windows in demon
STATIONS during the campaign.
Ontario and the other seven
provinces, which have supported
CONSUMPTION in the past. were ex-
pected to vote heavily Eyes" Tn
ike a national election, a straight
majority through the entire do
minion will carry the plebiscite,
regardless Of the vote in the vari-
Gus provinces.
The major opposition parties
the Conservatives and the Social
istic Cooperative Commonwealth
Party-opposed holding the plebis-
cite, but after Parliament author
lied the vote. they urged support
Of the government.
TOOK NO POSITION
The new Democracy Party ESQ.,
cial credit) took no position.
In Parliament. the chief oppo-
sition came from a small group of
French Canadians. but no party
leader or cabinet member has
spoken against the proposal
The oppositionists contend that
Canada should have larger and
better-equipped forces for home
duty and that CONSUMPTION for
overseas duty would decrease the
home defenders effectiveness and
also take man power from agri-
cultural and industrial jobs.
Canada's war program calls for
expenditure of $500, 900, 900 of a
total income estimated at S6,000,-
000. 900 during the 1928 fiscal
year. and induction of an armed
force, for service anywhere. total
ing 613. 900 by the end of 1870
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
FACTS about
FIRST AID I
for BURNS''

DO not confuse home treatment
Of minor burns, NTH hospitat,
treatment of serious burns
Burns are classified according to
the degree" or depth to which the
body tissues'are injured -
First Degree-Skin Redeemed.
Second Degree-Skin blistered.
Third Degree-Damage or de-
struction of tissue (chsrring).
For First and Second Degree Burns
In the field of home treatment we
stress the Importance Of famili-
arity, simplicity, convenience and
stability in the treatment used.
Apply soothing, pain-relieving, IN.
tiseptic UNGUENTINE. -
For Third Degree Burns -
Severe and extensive burns require
special medical and hospital treat
ment. Call your doctor and follow
his instructions.
Unguentins does 8 things needful
/. Unguentine relieves pain-It has
local anesthetic effect.
2. Unguentins fights irjection-H Is
antiseptic and germicidaL
3. Unguentine helps promote healing
1T remains in prolonged contact.
Remember. UNGUENTTNE u
positively aHtiseptjc, germieidai
AND p0iR.reijsviN0
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FAILED TO CATCH YANKS

They didn't catch us and we
cruised about for two hours until
a radio message came through
saying the enemy raiders had
gone. They hadn't done much dam
age, and there were no casualties.
The rest of the afternoon we sat
around and chinned.
We slept in the plane that night.
i kicked off my shoes. and crawled
into the mosquito netting and
slept soundly.
Early the next morning we took
off 10 bomb Rabaul. Our ship led
flight No. 2 consisting of five
planes. Radioman Popp was man.
ming the rear gun so / took his
seat and put on the earphones to
listen TO the talk back and forth.
I heard we were at 5000 feet.
This was the altitude from
which we intended 10 attack. The
latitude is constantly varied 40
the Japs can't figure on set
lr1nge for their anu-aircraft guns.
ApVTRTIsFAfFSr
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u. 5. TO Spurn
Viohy Protest on
New Caledonia
By II. X. REYNOLDS
Int'l News seryies stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April II. -
Blunt and immediate rejection was
lin store today for the Vichy-
French diplomatic protests over
the stationing of American troops
in the southwest Pacific island of
New Caledonia.
The policy of the United States
with respect to the French empire
is that this government will CO.
|operate with the authorities, either
|of the Vichy government or the
French national committee, having
effective control in any particular
territory.
FREE FRENCH CONTROL
In the case of New Caledonia,
Free French authorities have long
been in control. Nearly two
months ago they received assur-
Iances of American military sup
Iport in the defense of the island
The New Caledonia force, to-
Igether with the Free French
troops stationed there. are ex-
lpected to be part of the command
lof Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Lying 800 miles east OF the
Australian mainland, the island
will make an excellent base for
American planes guarding the
vital supply line to Australia and
New Zealand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
COUNTED "a PLANES

The Japs were ralding the field
when we arrived, so we circled
around, watching dogfightS all
about us. l counted "a planes in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
RHEUMATISM

nILiGvs PAIN ~ ptw MiNuIns
10 r-i,svs tortanns pain a Rbeunstism.
ss.... Ess.ls sf, y, ks. .as.s,L I, 80 +.
De- ths wosk quickly. h.a reheve erps
p~k, 90 yosr ..tiasctiou. IN ~ nd.ates a.
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drsxna to1.x - Rnk1ossNAs0pnnnA
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beaches has been prohibited to all
except residents and fishermen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
PROTEST TROOP LANDING

VICHY, April u QNS).-The
Vichy government Of Pierre Laval
today announced dispatch of a
protest to Washington against the
landing of United States troops on
the French south Pacific island of
New Caledonia.
An official announcement stated
Ambassador CASTOR Henry-Haye
had been ordered to deliver the
protest to the American govern
ment and to advise the United
States that the sending of Amer
lean forces to the island. 300 miles
east of Australia, was ''unauthor-
lied"
The communique denounced as
rebels" the Free French author
tiles whose administration of New
Caledonia has been recognized by
the United States.
The communique was issued in
the name of the recently rein
stated Laval in his capacity as
foreign minister.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27
What many Doctors do for Il

WHIT many DuttUFH DO TOT ~
When efeets stomach acid tauses gss. sour stomseh
a. besrburn. doctefs presryfbe De fastest setina
medicines known for fymptomatic relief-medIciues
like those m Bell ans Tablets Try Bell yodFss.
gas. ana brins comfort vsry ouickly-yet are no Q
lsrstt~ef Only 15e a drug stores II yoar vey Ora
trial dnssnt prove Beilans betts-. runn holkis n
- and - dp2AsDus nnns1 bsks
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LIVED WITH DEAD

Throughout the time / lived and
shared dangers with the finest
fellows on earth, American and
airmen who are brave,
daring and cool in the face OF
danger and death.
We set out in a flying fortress
bomber piloted by Lieut.. Hoyt
(Hap) Jolly of Auburn, Ala, and
he set the ship down in a field
surrounded by some of the worlds
grandest scenery-Verdant Noun
tains jutting $4,000 feet into
the air.
Our co-pilot was Bob Davis of
Elizabethton, Tenn. the navigator
John Lewis of Mount Vernon,
Wash. the bombardier Bob Miller
of Salt Lake City. Our three gun
ners were Pvts. Joe Popp of
Akron. o., who is also radioman,
Bill Brown of Los Angeles, who
serves as engineer, and Dick
Hansen of Des Moines, who han
dies the turret gun.
We had hardly had time 10
stretch our legs after landing
when a raid alarm sounded. We
piled back into the plane and took
off. We were a mile from the field,
Swimming the hilltops when the
Japs came over. The protecting
|Zeros spotted us and we raced out
to sea with the Japs in hot
pursuit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-27

AN ADVANCED UNITED MA
TONS OPERATIONAL B AS E,
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC. April 27.--Col. Willard
Haskin of Kansas said:
"Well, you old grayheaded So
and-so, we're going to let you
travel with u.s."
That was the beginning OF the
grim and glorious adventure.
It was a thrill-packed four days
in and over New Guinea. 1 saw
the most beautiful scenery ! have
ever looked upon. also saw death
and felt the icy breath of death
my own cheeA
I bombed and was bombed. ]
had that CHASTITY moment when a
Jap Zero fighter dived upon our
ship with its guns pouring fire. l
saw scores of dogfights. planes
crashing in flames, fighter pilots
bailing out.
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EDvERTisEMENr
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ADvERTIsEMEN7
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Gas on Stomach

ADvERTIsEMENT
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feet and more away
In using such apparatus blind person
would be doing something quite like bats do
when they fly unframed through dense
forest an utterly black night. 1t seemed
as ifethe bats had some super kind of vision
But it is now known that the bats amazing
flights in blackness are made possible by re-
Elected sound signals. Bats in flight emit a
tiny peeping sound-almost undetected by the
human ear. This sound signal bounces off
trees and obstacles and Nature endows the
bats with the power to interpret these re-
Elected waves
DR.. Ramo emissions not only such an acous-
teal cane" for the blind but believes also
that with the aid of some television tricks
II ought 10 be possible to make the blind see
scenes in colors.
1t would be great feat to create spec
trum of musical sounds that would
respond to colors, at least the basic primary
hues. And it ought to be no difficult task to
train a blind person to interpret these musi-
cal sounds in terms of the corresponding
colors.
Seeing coors by sound is simple to talk
about but intricate in its engineering details
although far from impossible for present-day
scientists. Dr. Ramo has kindly drawn a dia-
gramatic sketch for The American Weekly
(top of the page) which shows how 1t might
be done.
For seeing at night the object (the tree)
would be illuminated by spotlight but this
would be unnecessary in the daytime This
tree is seen with the optical lens which focus
ses the scene on a typical television photo
mosaic screen. BY the electron scanner, the
changes of the light variations Of the screen
are converted to corresponding electrical i'm
pulses.
Such current pulsations take two paths.
One path leads to simplifying unit and
hence to a pitch control device where the
sound signals to be heard by the blind man,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

arms terminating in what she thought were
clapping hands
Another blind girl, an expert on the piano.
thought Of the piano keys as teeth in some
gigantic mouth. To her they were arranged
and felt very much like her own teeth
Discussing ways to replace vision with
sound, DR.. Ramo says:
"All who have listened seriously to descrip-
tive music are aware Of the peculiar strong
ability Of music to paint pictures II music
can do that for normal people who sit with
open eyes and suffer, therefore from the
confusing action Of visual and auditory slim
uli at the same time, 1t is not impossible-in-
deed it is most probable-that blind persons
could build up simple conceptions Of pic
lures from sound alone.
ITO many people with normal vision and
a strong color sense it is most pleasing TO
watch devces-already built and sold-which
can turn musical compositions into a chang
ing pattern of color. You will recall that I'm
Walt Disney's Fantasia many parts consisted
simply Of changing patterns of colors that
turned from one hue to another as the mus
ical theme varied.
"All 1 am proposing is that the reverse
possibility need not be beyond the skill OF
science; that one can follow a changing color
pattern by changing musical tones"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

Aus TIC Billlu mig III
truly be able 10 see
in a world of sound.
Here is just one way
it might be done.
Suppose the blind
person carried on his
chest a tiny and UNI
noticeable black box
smaller than a COM
pact portable radio,
and that in one ear
the blind person had
a small and hidden
earphone of the kind
that deaf people now
wear.
The black box
would be at once a
transmitter of direc-
tional sound waves
and also a receiver
to detect this sound
signal w h en- it
bounced back. The
sound wave trans
mltter should, and
preferably ought 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

the printing cost would be far less than it is
for Braille books which, at present, are the
blinds only contact with the written word.
People with normal vision may think see
ing by sound is impossible or at the most ex-
tremely complex and difficult.
But the eyes are really not necessary to
see pictures. In dreams any one can Bee
whole scenes in exact detail though the eyes
are closed in sleep.
No, you really do not need the eyes to
create pictures in the mind. You merely need
to receive some signal in your brain and then
train your mind to interpret this signal into
the colors or contours or details that go to
make up the picture.
People blind in youth, or in adult lfe
should not have too much difficulty in seeing
by sound as here outlined. II would how
ever, be virtually impossible for people blind
from birth to see scenes in color They would
have no color memories to fall back on.
That people who are blind from birth do
have some amazing conceptions of the world
around them is well known.
One little girl, born blind envisioned auto
mobiles with square wheels. Indeed every
thing about an automobile was square. To
another girl trees had rounded trunks like
human bodies (for she could put her arms
around them both) and the branches were like
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

A FTER the war, when the genius Of sci
ence can be turned TO peacetime things
the blind will be able TO see by sound
If submarines can be hunted by echoing
sound devices in the oceans depths where the
blackness is as dense and as real as il is
for any blind man. why cannot sound trans
mitters and detectors become standard equip
ment for blind people TO aid them in their
travels?
II airpane pilots can fly blind over vast
oceans and never see the water or the sky
and then land blind at some fog-bound air
port why cannot something Of the same scien-
tific skill help blind people to get around?
Far-sighted scientists who ask themselves
these questions pause, nod their heads and
say. Yes it can be done"
Some, like DR.. Simon Ramo. electronics
engineer OF the General Electric Company,
have given the blueprint of the future in that
day when the blind will see by sound with the
aid of radio. television and acoustical skill
Here is the blinds blueprint of tomorrow.
For centuries the so-called sixth sense Of
the blind has been the marvel Of the ages and
ever a challenge TO the powers of science to
explain 1t. Formerly attributed to all manner
of mystical things, the blinds sixth sense is
now known to consist of an acute sense of
hearing plus trained powers of interpreta.
ton oG the sounds that are heard.
Not long ago Professor Karl NJ Dallen-
bach of Cornell University's Department of
Psychology, in series Of controlled expert
ments with blind and normal subjects, proved
that the keen awareness of the blind for
walls, doors and other distractions was really
due TO their ability to detect sounds reflected
off those surfaces.
Often blind people are unaware of this ex-
PLANTATION of the remarkable ability they pos
sess. Frequently, as they stop only inches
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ure is shown at the right of this page.
The discoveries of Professor Dallenbach,
and other workers in this field. suggest to men
like DR.. Ramo that the Keen ability of the
blind to detect the reflections Of sounds from
walls and other obstacles could be made much
more sensitive and acute with the aids Of
science.
Helped by tiny and inconspicuous hearing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

be, one that sends out super-sonic sounds inau-
dible to the human ear. No one in the street
could hear such sounds except the blind man
who with his tiny apparatus, would have the
means 10 convert the inaudible frequencies
into sounds he could hear over his earphones
With such a device the blind man would
have an invisible acoustical cane" with which
he could reach out and touch objects 100
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diC CiCdlCNs AZ Tic
same time a synchro-
nicer keeps the scan
ner in phase by pro-
ducing the sound rec
ord in layers.
In many ways the
system Is like telev-
sion where a scene is
turned into electricity
and then recreated,
accurately, into an
other scene at a dis
lance. In the seeing
system for the blind
there is no need to
recreate the replica
of a visual picture.
Rather the electrical
signals are converted
into sounds which the
mind Of the blind man
can interpret into the
original scene.
DR.. Ramo belives
this translation Of
color into sound would
be greatly aided IL the