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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Making
Ornaments
From Gourds
BY ISABEL FUCKER
Garden Editor, The Detroit Times

PLENTY OF people grow
gourds, but many Of them do not
realize their ornamental posi-
bilities. The Cucurbits (which
are the small gourds) come in
many odd shapes, varying sizes
and brilliant colors.
These may be used in deco
rative arrangements for the
table center, or perhaps in the
hall as an interesting touch; as
a part of a charm string, to-
gether with pods, pine cones,
etc, or painted. and hung on
the Christmas tree.
The larger, hard-shell Lage-
narias are the gourds from which
IL Is possible to make bird
houses, dishes and spoons.
Harvesting
This not being the time of
year to talk about planting
gourds we'll skip that part and
talk about harvesting them in
stead.
Both the small ornamental
and the large hard-shell gourds
should be picked either just be-
fore frost or Immediately after
the frost has blackened the
vines. They should be cut with
a knife, not pulled; and an inch
OF stem left TO hang them by.
Then they should be. II small.
put in a not-too-warTn room
where there is plenty of air
circulation.
Preferably they should be
hung so as not TO touch any
thing. By stringing line
from one side of the room 10
the other and tieing individual
gourds TO it, this is possible.
Polish or SheIIec
After the gourds have dried,
all excess dirt may be removed
and-the gourdS either polished
with wax or shellacked TO en-
nance their coloring. This as
sumes that the natural coloring
of the gourd is TO be retained.
Some people prefer colors
that differ from those already
present and these folks paint
the gourds as they wish.
The large hard-shell gourds.
especially if they are to be
made into any of the objects
mentioned above. should be left
outdoors after picking, until the
fruits are light in weight. the
shells are hard, and the seeds
rattle inside. Then they may
be cleaned, sandpapered. and
carved in any desired fashion.
Both types Of gourds may
develop a skin fungus while
curing IL they are not treated
with a disinfectant. BY wiping
each gourd daily with a strong
solution of a coal-tar base dis
infectant this may be prevented.
In any case, IL may be sand
papered of after the gourd is
dry.
Interesting methods Of deco
rating gourds. besides waxing.
shellacking or painting. are
burning designs on the surface
with an electric needle or trans
ferring decalcomania designs 10
the surface of the gourd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
BRIGHT CUBES

Muiti-colored ice cubes? They
have flavor. too. when you freeze
carbonated beverages in your
cube trays.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
LEVEL CUP

Don't shake a cup full Of
sifted flour to level ii for meas
uring. Pass knife over the top
to scrape off the surplus. Shak-
ing packs the flour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Those Invited

Invited TO this first meeting
are all Victory Aides and their
husbands as we'll as the Youth
Activities Division Of the Wayne
County Council of Defense. who
live in the region bounded by
McNichols, Fenkell, Greenfield
and Evergreen.
This particular locality was
chosen for its important role in
this vital rubber and transpor-
tation saving plan not only be-
cause its block organization by
Victory Aides is complete, but
because it offers sensitive
cross section of Detroit's motor
ing public.
Thus does the Office Of War
Transportation - with the help
of Victory Aides-hope to solve
Detroit's transportation problem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Fall Classes
Start Soon
At YWCA

TYING IN with the new 5:45
closing hour for retail stores,
the Detroit YWCA has sched-
uled many of its new fall classes
TO being at els and later.
These In FL u d c typewriting,
arts and crafts, blue print read
ing, slip cover making. fencing.
swimming. bridge. personality.
shorthand dictation, gym. crea-
tive writing, Arthur Murray
dancing, bicycling, water ballet
and photography.
First Aid Classes
Free First Aid classes with
volunteer Red Cross instructors
are offered at all branches of
the Detroit YWCA. Those at
central branch are scheduled as
follows:
Mrs. Clare Judd, Tuesday, 10
to II a. m, beginning October 6:
William GARRISON. THURSDAY,
7:30 to $3.50 p. M. beginning
October 8; Mrs. Marion A. Bray,
Monday, 1880 10 $50 p. m, 30
ginning October II.
Miss Lillian f. Jackson is also
instructing a class on Tuesday
from z to 9 p. m, which opened
on September %.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05

munity Center, Avon road and
Breton drive. at which Mrs.
Arthur Carr, Area Aide of Area
6. will present her sector aides,
Mrs. Claude Harrison, Mrs.
Harry Wilde, and Mrs. Howard
Brown.
Mrs. Harrison, in whose sector
this meeting is being held. will
preside and will present Mr..
Donald Slutz and Mrs. Grant
Mickle of the Office of War
Transportation who will explain
both the existing emergency and
the swap-ride plan.
Mr.. T. T. Wiley, also from
OWT. and Mrs. Allen Selnin
Of Victory Aides will offer in
structions for setting the plan in
motion and will distribute the
necessary material.
Victory Aides will start enroll
ing car owners during the fol-
lowing week through their block
organization. Enrolment cards
will be returned by them to
OWT where they will be
sorted on basis of both res
idence and place of employment.
The time element will, of course,
be another matter of prime con-
sideration.
Cards will be sent to sector
aides who will then be. able to
make up swap-riding teams and
inform the drivers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Weight Gaining Menu

Weight Gaining Menu
. BREAKFAST -
Fruit Juice
Hot Whole Grain Cereal with Chopped
Prunes
MIX and Cream
Soft Boiled Egg
Buttered Toast Honey
Conee with Heavy Cream
LUNCHEON
Cream Of Potato Soup
Buttered Toast
Fresh Fruit Salad
Cream Mayonnaise
CuStard or Pudding
Glass of MIX
III you eat I'm a restaurant order the
regular luneh-its less expensive and
better nutrition.
p NJ.
Glass OF Orange Juice with Beaten Egg
DINNER
Broiled Sweetbreads Cor other meat
organs
Creamed Potatoes Spinach Carrots
Hot Gingerbread and Applesauce
Glass OF MIX
BEFORE RETIRING
Glass 81 Hot MIX
Copyright. 1882. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
A Scoop!
"Good EpemirsS

WONDERS NEVER CEASE. Who would ever think II
possible that suits like these could be had for only
So. One Of the most advantageous purchases we
have made enables TO offer the most wanted,
upto.the minute suits made TO sell for up to St695
in this sale Tuesday for only So.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Sale of New Suits
S q

A wonderful seleetIon-cIsssIe Casual Suits In an
array OF decidedly and different styles. Suits
to and later under your winter coat
Shetsnd.type fabrics, Tweeds, Herrinebones Pislds
and solid eolors. Sizes for Juniors and Misses. You
would expect to find suits like these for only So
KiHs'-Sfrssf Fosv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05

Tuesday--1o A. N. to 6 p. NJ.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19

REQUESTS
70 BILLION
Army, Navy, FBf and Inter
American Highway Ap-
preparations Asked

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today asked Con-
gress for $2S,5OO, 100000 in supple
mental appropriations and contract
authorizations for l942-43 fiscal
years for the War Department,
Navy Department and two other
defense activities including the FBl
IT was estimated the supple
mental appropriation needed.by the
Navy in 1912 fiscal year will be
So, 1853 000,0 900. Roosevelt also asked
81, 1893, 1000, 900 net additional for the
Navy program.
The Army asked for an emer-
gency appropriation totaling $l2,-
525 100000 for the 1912 fiscal year
Requested for the Inter American
Highway was 100000 and S.
950,000 for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Axis Nations Sign Military
Convention Alloedfing
Troop Distribution
TURKEY MAY BE
ATTACKED NEXT
Attention Turns on Malta
Enemy Assault May Cen
fer on British Bdsfi0n !,
fBy ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hints and actual circumstantial
evidence that Hitler is plotting a
new move, which have appeared
from time to time since the Rus
sian offensive was thrown into re-
verse, were given an official Axis
stamp today, although what Hitler
has in mind is still obscure.
The German radio declared that
the military convention signed yes
terday by Germany. Italy and ia
pan provided for proper and APP
propriate distribution of the mill
tary forces in preparation for OPP
erations of great striking power
which will be outstanding in sig
nificance'
Speculation now. as before,
naturally turns to the Mediterran-
can zone. Hitler's naval chieftain,
Admiral Raeder, and Mussolini's
chief of naval staff. Admiral Ric-
cardi talked high strategy at a
Bavarian rendezvous last week.
Mediterranean Move
A big Axis move in the Medi-
terranean might be against Turkey
with the idea of winning control
of the entire eastern Mediterran-
can zone, including the Suez Can
al, or through Spain with the aim
of reducing Gibraltar or carrying
the war to West Africa, or finally
use the indicated objective of turn
ing the British offensive in Libya.
In all these possibilities, the
strategic position of Malta, the
little British island just south of
Italy and Sicily, figures promin-
emily. A recently stepped-up aerial
pounding offensive by the Axis
against Malta UNDERSIGNED the
likelihood that an offensive there,
perhaps in the style of the Battle
of Crete, stands high on the Axis
order of business.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Hand-fo-Hand
Battle RACES
Al Mozhaisk
Best German Troops Re.
ported Locked in Struq-
gle with Russians

MOSCOW, JAN 19-Grim Rus
sian soldiers and Nazi troops, COM
prising "the cream of the Ger
man forces" are fighting a desper-
ate hand-to-hand battle for the
blazing city of Mozhaisk, the Rus
sian army newspaper Red Star de-
clared today, as Russias great
winter offensive gained momen-
tum along the entire front from
the Arctic to the Black Sea.
Red Star also reported stubborn
street fighting is taking place in
another town on the Moscow Sec
tor. The name of the town was not
given.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Jungle Line Being Pene-
trated by Forces Of In
voding Japanese
BRITISH ADMIT .
15-MILE RETREAT
Nipponese Thrust Must Be
Stopped al Johdre Strait
or Base Will Be Lost
tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

With the Japanese still advance
ing in Malaya's steaming jungle
land, which the British looked upon
as sort Of Maginot Line protecting
Singapore but which has proven to
be another outworn defensive con-
cept. the Battle of Singapore has
developed purely into test fighting
of men and their weapons. Some
of the fiervest hand to hand COM
bat of the present war is scheduled
to take place, If not already in
progress, especially along the mar
rowing fluid line of defense in ia
hore State and well within 100 miles
OF the pivotal naval base the Brit
ish call the Gibraltar of the Or
lent.
British Retreat
The British acknowledge a Is
mile retreat in the central sector
and further infiltration of Japanese
along the western coast. tacitly
admitting the offensive is between
80 to 95 miles of Singapore.
The Japanese claim they have
made thrust down the west coast
to within rs miles of their goal.
No one seems to know when and
where the British Imperials must
make their final stand.
To Halt Threat
If the Japanese thrust is halted
1t must be short of Johnre Strait
which, in the final analysis shields
Singapore Island and its invaluable
naval installations.
Whoever holds Singapore may
well control the course of war in
the southwest Pacific.
Official silence of the Dutch
land action indicates the Japan
ese offensive has gained some foot
holds in the Netherlands East
indies but the Dutch are apparent
ly just marking time pending the
outcome of the Battle for Singa-
pore. However the Dutch have
made the report that Japanese have
made air raids on the Borneo oil
port of Baik, southern tip Of SUM-
atra.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Thirteen Survivors Of s.
man Crew Reported
Landed, Norfolk
CRAFT UNARMED But
ALL DETAILS WITHHELD
Panamanian Freighter Is
Sent Down Off Canadian
Coast Survivors Dead
tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Battle of the Atlantic
phase of the European war reached
out toward the shores of the Unit
ed States over the weekend in the
U-boat sinking of the Standard
Oil tanker Allan Jackson, the third
such victim in less than one week.
Thirteen survivors of the $500
ton vessels 35-man crew were land
ed at Norfolk, Va, yesterday Six
of them were hospital cases and
the others were uninjured.
The rescue vessel also brought
in four bodies.
The public relations office OF the
Fifth Naval District at Norfolk an
nounced the Allan jackson was Ell
route to New York unarmed. but
further details were withheld fol-
reasons of security.
The first two ships in the cur
GCcptiplod IN papa Three)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Marines Put
ToHard Labor
As Prisoners

CHUNGKING, Jan. 19-Chinese
reports today said that United
States Marines captured by the
Japanese in Peiping have been put
to hard labor in an internment
camp.
All foreign and Chinese men,
bers of the staff of the Rookie
feller-endowed Peiping Union Med
ical College are said to have been
forced to continue their work UNI
der Japanese control.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19

RIO DE JANEIRO = The Pan
American Conference here is the
first in history ever held during a
major war. 1t also is going to be
the toughest and the most import
ant.
Pan American conferences were
postponed during the first World
War, also during the depression.
The diplomats figured that they
might be embarrassed by too many
complicated problems. So they side
stepped them, and continued their
safe and insipid Pan American pol
icy of distributing stereoptlcon
slides of the Andes to women's clubs
and sending red and green parrots
to adorn the patio of the Pan
American Union in Washington.
This was about as far as anyone
wanted to go with Pan American
ism.
But this time, the Pan American
nations have jumped into the mid
uiC Vi d QdCotlOAA AACNCA AetSCd bSAOA y
namely, is the Western Hemis-
phere going to stick together as
bonafide Good Neighbors against
Hitler and Hirohito?
The man will have great deal
of responsibility for the success of
this conference is Undersecretary
Sumner Welles, a straight-tal
hombre who has lived with and
bled for Latin Americans ever since
he was out of college. But even
more responsible is the man who is
host at this conference, Foreign
Minister Aranha of Brazil, mix
ture of toughness, charm, and gra-
ciousness, who is as hard a rooter
for U. S. A. friendship as anyone
below the Rio Grande.
They are being supported by lot
of other able foreign ministers,
ardently for action against the
Axis-especially those representing
the Caribbean countries and Cen
trail American.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Hollywood
And War
*

What's Hollywood been do
ing about the war? And
what has the war done to
Hollywood? Well, things
haven't been the same in
Glamourland since t h e
Pearl Harbor fracas. Rob-
bin CoOns, AP Feature Ser
vice writer. tells W h a t
changes have been made,
what may happen to your
pet film star, in a series Of
four articles on War Comes
To Hollywood. They start
today in The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
JAP PATROLS
ARE ACTIVE,
BATAN FRONT
MaeArthur's Forces Shoot
Down Three Dive
Bombers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-Japan-
csc patrols have been active against
the American and Filipino forces
in the Philippines for the past "a
hours but the results are indecisive
the War Department reports
Ground operations of desultory
nature have only been reported
since the American forces smashed
the heavy Japanese attack. the War
Department communique states.
Enemy activities have been con-
fined to frequent reconnaissance
flights although Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's sharp shooters are said
to have brought down three dive
bombers ON Saturday in charges ON
Batan Peninsula.
There is nothing to the report
from Tokyo that the defenders are
or have been retreating in the
direction of Manila Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Nazi Field
Chief Dies

BERLIN, Jan. fS-It is an
nounced officially that Field Mar
shall Gen. Walter Won Reichenau
81, Director of the German army
drive in Northern France, has died
as the result of "apoplexy."
At the start of the present war
he was Colonel General command
ing the German army on the
southern front in Poland.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
Submarines Are Active On Atlantic Coos
U.s.. Sub Sinks ; Enemy
Ships in Bay Of Tokyo

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - The
Navy, late Saturday, announced
that a submarine sunk three enemy
merchant ships at the mouth OF
Tokyo Bay and also that Admiral
Thomas c. Hart has assumed con-
troll of the Allied Naval Forces in
the Far Eastern waters.
The sinking of the three mer-
chant ships right in Japan's front
yard brings to total of 90 the
number of enemy craft destroyed
in the Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
FOUR ENEMY
Ships SUNK,
JAp5 CLAIM

LONDON. Jan. 19-Reuters, Brit
ish news agency, today heard a
Tokyo broadcast reporting Jap
anese Imperial claim that Japanese
naval aircraft yesterday score d
direct hits on -four enemy ships
totaling $500 tons" off the Philip
pine island of Cebu.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
BIG BLAZE
IN TACOMA

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 10 = A
three-hour early morning fire de-
stroyed the huge dryer plant of
Wheeler Osgood mill, forcing a
shutdown of the big industry.
Fire Chief Emory Whitaker said
the loss is as large as the 100000
fire seven years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. - The
horse and buggy days" are COM
ing back.
For the first time since the sec
ond World War began, Mr.. Average
American is going to get a jolt
where it hurts-in the neck that
bends over the steering wheel.
If 1.-The duration" lasts as long
as some experts tincluding Mr..
Winston Churchill, who says We'll
be ready to take the initiative in
l943) predict. motor traffic will
dwindle to a trickle and that story
about the man who hadn't seen a
horse in 20 years will be as out
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
5STH BRITISH
DESTROYER SUNK

LONDON, Jan. 19-The Admir-
atty today announced the 900-ton
British destroyer Vimiera has been
sunk.
The Vimiera is the 58th destroy
er Britain has reported lost since
the war began.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
American Motorists Now
Know that a War Is On;
Average Citizen Gets Hii

This Is the first Of two ar
ticles on what World War ii
means TO the American motor
ist.)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
britishers
Driven Out
OF Seaport
Superior Enemy Forces
Bring Withdrawal from
Southern Enemy City

RANGOON, Jan. 10 British
forces have withdrawn from Tavoy,
southern Burma port just across
from Japanese-occupied Thailand
a communique announced today
The communique said the with
drawal was made in the face of
superior forces but put Burma's de-
tenders in a more favorable posi-
ton
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
STOCK QUOTATIONS


NEW YORK, Jan. 49, = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2ls, American Can
63A, Anaconda %, Bethlehem Steel
64A, Commonwealth and Southern
$50, Curtiss Wright. 8ls, Interna-
tional Harvester 50h. Kennecott
357s, New York Central 9h, North
ern Pacific 6h, United States Steel
53ai, Pound $4.04.
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: industrials ll0.81
rails 2244, utilities 1850.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19
AFTERMATH OF PEARL
HARBOR

But just the same. the job OF
getting a united front even against
the very real threat of invasion is
not going to be easy. Reason for
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19

The Census Bureau reports that
247 sets of triplets and three sets
of bankruptcies were born in the
United States during 1910
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19

There is an average of one au-
tomobile 20 every family in the
United States. According to the
American Automobile Association,
three-fourths of all the driving
done in these 30-odd million vehi-
cles is necessary to maintenance Of
the home, office or factory. II
driving is drastically curtailed--
and it's going to be unless present
orders are rescinded-that means
that the United States is in for one
of the greatest domestic upheavals
it has known.
Modern living Is geared to
the rapid transportation Of the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-19

dated as a bird cage hustle, red
flannel underwear and two-rat
hair do
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tCoptinued on Page Four
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Continued on Page Three,
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Continued on Page Three
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Schools
Churches
Cassie Richter
Married Sunday
To WI. Scott

News Of the marriage of Cassie
Richter. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
X. l.. Richter Of Lohn. Texas to
Walter Lee Scott of Los Angeles
will prove Of decided interest to
many in Imperial Valley as thr
bride has lived here for number
o1 years and has a host of friends
The marriage took place Feb. in
Yuma, Arizona, the brides two
brothers accompanying her to Yu.
ma. Those IN the bridal party were
Nolan Richter of Brawlcy. Mr.. ano
MIS-. Floyd Richter. and also A. C
Klein of Yuma, Arizona.
For her wedding ensemble. tht
pretty bride chose a smart outfit in
Il becoming shade Of blue, with
which she wore matching access
eorics and ii CorSaGc Of swectpoaS.
Mrs. Scott has been conncctcc
with the El Centre branch of the
Bank Of America fer many year,
and will remain in the valley fol
the present.
MI Scott is connected with the
Citizens National bank of Los An
gcleS, the Lincoln Heights branch
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Officials Study
Boy Scout PROGRAM

Hugh M Wilcox. Scout eXccu-
tive, was back in FL Centre Tues
Gay after attending a mcetinG o!
executives from state councils IL
Los Angeles where the program o!
the Boy Scouts OF America was
outlined and discussed at lcn9th
Wilcox said Captain Fred Mill'.
national director Of health anc
safety, from New YORK was AT the
meeting to explain IN detail th'
part to be played by Scouts dun
ing the war.
Three assignments for Srollt'
fer the coming year were given.
|. Continue the citizenship tram
inG program strcssing physical Ill
ness.
,. Collect waste materials l1a'
can be used by the government
Wilcox said Scouts would prob
ably help the government III the
future by selling defense stamps
3. Continue training i'll emeI-
gency service work.