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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
The On|ooker

ONE OF the latest campaigns
" 10 which Americans have
been asked 10 rally is known as
pictures from home"
The purpose of the campaign
k to get those of US at home 10
send pictures of ourselves 10
friends and loved ones in the
armed forces.
Sponsors OF the drive feel that
nothing is so stimulating TO a
soldiers morale than 10 open
a box from home and find il
filled with assorted snapshots
of his assorted relatives and
friends.
We are not al all sure that the
sponsors of pictures from
home" are right.
As a matter OF fact. we are
inclined 10 believe that their
plan is fraught with danger, and
liable to do more harm than
good.
THE value Of a picture de-
l. ponds so much on what the
person who had the picture
taken looks like.
. Speaking as man who isn't
the army. but is so close TO
being in that his selective serv-
ice board keeps carrier pigeon
circling over his home all day.
we are quite sure we wouldn't
want our tent or hotel suite or
whatever the army provides an
earnest, tired private, all clut-
tered up with pictures OF our
relatives.
We can think Of nothing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

DONALD NELSON dancing
~ merrily at the Shoreham
Hotel in Washington. Good to
! see him relax that way.
One of his business associates
didn't think il was "dignified"
for "a Washington executive
like you to dance in public"
"Why metz" Nelson asked.
"You must think of what peo-
pie will say" cautioned his
churn.
"Oh. my eye" calculated Our
New Hero, "about what people
think and say! Nobody works
harder than ] do for the people
and when feel like dancing
I'm going TO dance!"
Senator Chandler of Kentucky
in the Mayflower foyer explain
ing why he was vice president
for the day.
The shock reading the navy's
announcement about Jack Singer
of international News missing
in action.
. He was such a young fellow
and only the other day his let
ter came from the Pacific war
zones with some quips in il.
MajoE Arthur Loew preparing
the Loew Theater's Christmas
cards-a chain letter idea-"be-
cause of the paper shortage"
Dorothy Lamour and the real
reason she stays in Washington
"A 4-striper.
TACK DURANT plumper than
u he was-a ringer for Gable.
With his mustache.
Max Gordon and George S.
Kaufman inviting all the Off
Gals to witness their premiere Of
Franklin Street"
Console and Melba, an attrac-
tive dance team lat the Blue
Room). who are booked solid all
over the land-except in New
York where they tell you that
you shouldn't expect good wages
they think their
1laces are showcases"
y Enric Madriguera's grand or
chestra at Del Rio. where the
management invites the various
Latin nation ambassadors and
their stats once weekly-for a
night lin their honor"
Good idea.
The other night there Is cho-
rines from a theater tried TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Pictures of Kin
Tough ON Soldiers

tassels, and so much softer than
silk.
CHE has more curves than a
~ scenic railway and her voice
Is like the note Of thrush who
has been to the Cincinnati Con-
Servatory of Music
Moreover, she has money TO
burn and her old man is presi-
dent of three banks.
He paints a whale OF a pic
ture.
His buddies envy him.
With each retelling of what
his sweetheart looks like. the
soldier comes closer and closer
10 believing the description him.
self.
Then, one day. a picture ar
riveS.
1t flutters out of a letter and
the soldiers buddies all see il.
1t shows Hortense Hottentot-
Ter in a far different light.
II shows Hortense Hotten-
totter, in fact.
She looks all the world like
something that just flew out of
a coop, and not (as her boy
friend had described) some
thing that would make Lana
Turner turn green with envy.
Hortense is wearing MILDLY
blouse and boomers and has
just finished a strenuous game
of basketball, a sport in which
she excels at the standing
guard position.
The soidier-Hortense's SOL
dier-is never quite the same.
A MOTHER thing must be
"A taken into consideration
the effect on the morale of the
people at home who have TO go
and have their pictures taken TO
send away.
Civilian morale is important,
too. and we can think of nothing
that would damage il more than
a trip to a photographers.
There is that CHASTITY business
Of dressing up for a visit to the
photographer.
No one ever just went and had
his picture taken in his ordinary
clothes.
That would result in his look
ing natural. something TO be
avoided at all costs.
There is that grave moment
when the photographer-and
they have the demeanor Of war
dens attending an execution
tells you TO sit down on the little
bench while he adjusts the
lights.
You squirm, you fuss and fid-
get. you try this pose and that
pose.
He says. Smile" so you turn
on a sickly deathroom grin that
would sour a grape from II
PAGES.
Your hands feel awkward and
in the way.
So do your feet.
Finally, the photographer
snaps you and you flee into the
street. knowing that when the
proofs arrive you'll look like an
idiot. "
You're right.
When the proofs arrive you do
look that way.
No. let's let the boys in the
service dream of us.
Let's not make them face any
sterner realities by sending them
pictures Of our -our-oh, what
is the French word7
That's it-Maps.
Distributed By Mcknight Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

Gene Aldrich was the most
patient fisherman I've ever seen.
/ was not very enthusiastic when
he announced he was going to try
TO stab a fish with the pocket
knife. I figured it would occupy
his mind and provide some amuse-
ment, anyway, so made no objec-
ton.
He would lean out over the
boat. poised and ready. Whenever
fish, near the surface, would
venture too close to the edge of
the boat, Gene would swing down
with the knife, but the wise little
creatures were too agile.
Tony, meanwhile. was lying in
the bottom of the boat, doing.
/ was watching Genes maneu-
vers warily. If the boat got pune
tured. we would indeed be in a
bad way.
Gene stabbed viciously
His knife caught the fish right
amidships, the blade going almost
completely through.
Gene whipped the fish into the
boat with one continuous motion
of his arm.
The fish fell from his knife and
dropped on Tony.
That brought Tony out of his
doing in a hurry,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

Our rags were always heavily
impregnated with salt. and before
they could do us any good as water
catchers we had to rinse them out
Often. before we had them fresh
ened the squall would be gone.
After the rain had passed, we
took off all our clothes.\ We
sloshed the sodden garments in
the bottom of the boat. soaking
up the excess water which was
useless for drinking because il was
saltier, from washing the brine.
coated fabric, than the sea itself
We wrung our clothes over tho
side, and put them on again, re.
freshed. --------
The rain had washed the atmos,
- i
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

Quick as q cat, ne rolle0 over
on top of the little fish. He doubled
his arms close TO his chest, and
pressed his body down like foot
ball player on top of fumbled
ball.
Tony lay on the fish until it
stopped struggling.
Each of us knawed off small
bite. We had no saliva in our
mouths, and trying 10 masticate
the raw flesh was like chewing
gum.
The moist innards went down a
little better.
1.-THE liver's good for YOU"
said. and divided this organ
among us.
We ate as much as we could of
this fish, but il was poor fare for
our first meal in seven days. None
of us had ever tasted raw flesh
before. and in spite OF our long
fast we were wary Of ii. The dry
ness of our mouths and threats
made il extremely difficult TO
swallow.
SaCe Some
We didn't want to eat it all at
once. anyway.
After we had eaten as much as
we could, there was a sizable por-
ton left. This I wrapped in one
of the rags had torn from Tony's
shirt. I stored il in the bow of the
boat.
There's q meal for later" I
said.
This was our lucky day.
That afternoon ii rained again.
Our method OF catching water
hadn't been too successful the first
time. We didn't really get enough
for our needs, and 1 had been cast
ing about in my mind for better
scheme.
I hit upon the idea of soaking
the rain water up in rags. l made
the boys take off their under
drawers, and took mine off. too.
cut them along the inside seams,
making of each pair one rag about
80 inches long by IA inches wide.
These worked quite satisfac-
torily. The drawers were of alb
sorbent cotton material, and
seemed to pick up the water as
fast as il came down. In the be-
ginning we used the shirt rags too
We could see this second squall
looming. The rain came up very
fast. especially the last hundred
feet; then il seemed TO hit us all
at once.
This time we were prepared
The boys made trough Of the
oar pocket and / wrung out the
rags as fast as l could. When We
had sufficient water we formed
the oar pocket into a little run-of
and thus poured the water into
the water bottle.
This water bottle was baglike
receptacle that closed with a zip
per. It had been put in the boat
as bailer, but we had better
InC~ frr ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
CHAPTER 8

softer. There was a good breeze
from northeast by north. All hands
felt better than at any time since
the first day.
II was Genes watch. so /
chased Tony from the bottom of
the boat, where he was doing
again. and lay down myself to try
to get some rest.
Terrific Blast
I had been lying on my back for
perhaps a half hour. my eyes
closed, when there was a terrific
explosion.
came out of the bottom of the
boat like a streak Of lightning. My
ears were ringing; in fact, /
haven't been able to hear again
out of my right ear to this day.
But I hadn't time to think OF
my roaring eardrum then.
Gene had shot an aibatroSs.
The bird had alighted on the
stern of the boat about six inches
above my head.
Gene was sitting on the forward
thwart. facing aft. This put him
about five feet from the bird.
+ Slowly, his eyes fastened on the
albatross. he reached down and
picked up the gun.
Gripping the AS in both hands,
he aimed carefully, and fired.
Blast Deer Face
The blast was directly across
my face. The muzzle of the gun
was hardly an inch from my ear.
The slug caught Mr.. Albatross
in the center of the breast, and
plowed the length of his body. The
bullet misse the heart, but
scrambled his innards some.
The impact knocked the big
bird several feet into the water
These details learned later
As 1 leaped up under the shock
of that shattering blast, Gene and
Tony were yelling:
get him. Get him! Don't let
Hitii Rct away
The birds carcass was drifting
slowly away from the boat, but in
their excitement neither Tony nor
Gene was making any move TO do
anything about il.
l took in the situation at single
glance. Instantly, l dived over the
side
Whether I was strong enough to
swim. the possibility of my being
unable to get back TO the boat,
never occurred 10 me. / struck out
after the floating body of the
albatross. A few strokes, and my
fingers closed in his feathers.
was back aboard before the
boat had drifted 20 feet.
We tried to pluck the bird, but
we found il impossible to pull out
the feathers. So we Skinned II
with the pocketknife.
None of us was very hungry
after eating the heart liver and
other organs. including the en-
trails. We put the rest of the meat
in the bow with the fish. intending
TO eat il for breakfast the next
,,,orv,iran
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

The rain had washed the atmos-
phere as we'll as US. 1t was late
afternoon and the suns rays we're
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

The other night there Is cho-
rines from a theater tried TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
WayeII Likely
To Pick Batavia
y, " W CHAPLIN

International Sow. service VIZ Editor
no OF AHCD With Srrra-
pore o6-cd.s under ''hc ddrkcn.
ing ,rndov of impending mas
siege Gcr Sin Archibald Waveil
c.nc.aI--lmo o0 tn ABCD forces
ia thc Southwest paGgc has an.
uoauccd thai hc w.t >c' UP The Htl
o NuCD n -gh-eqya'oua Java
CHae are 'nc llQ rg> boz oslab-
racd b.eu~c ol available com.
muucatone 7riHuc. 3, ion 10
Other reason RI The Dutch East
Indie, capital Batavia
SIN a and Dali, staff n"ht have
ther ouauo- a0d conference
roomsu Tho Hotel l Indo, the
n- building hs town
Tse ayc4 at ttH hotel Heres
vbHtIt> hke:
Inr I'o,c. Dos Indo- 80 big
towering - acres hai guests
arc driven in ts>i> from the lobby
where they register to tire rooms
assigned Them In. building Be-
only two stories h.ah. ul white
~tuaco All roors face inward on
htth parks with sPoftrd deer M
Thorn Each room has an open
front porch with table and chairs.
The room, open az the back on
"a rooted upen-Hr corridor where
naufo FgVant> ln sWQng- dole on
the tH loon When a guest
NMI- .oMMH-na W. LoIlns bis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
BY Adele Garrison

Philips consent 10 the marriage
The cynical though, crossed my
mind that perhaps, TT years Il
come Noel might NOT value The
results OF those efforts a. highly
a. he now did
Then ! banishcd The thought
NOclJs wild goose faithful for,
ever 20 his mate. II ever there Is
such a man
YOU make too much ~ what
7 did, Noel" said hut u
emboldens me 10 tell YOU my
GRAND.
FEARS MARY IL ANGHi
"Iirst. however" said after
q pause II want you TO know
that coming 10 YOU about this
II a task most dlStastciul to
me-"
I'm, face Suddenly whiicncd end
bis finger, clenched into his palms
Didn't Mary mean what she
Naid this morning ?" hc asked
duly "Is she stu angry with
me ?"
Before ! could answer him he
had crossed 10 my chair and tow
cred above mo.
Please tell me- the worst nj
once he pleaded "Dors shr
want Ia leave me DnrS slr
want divorce ."
Continued tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
Pitfalls of E1OVe

WITH NhRYS doleful words
cChOnG ln my ears. | walked 10
tGa elevator took IT up 10 the
floor or which her temporary
apartment was located and a 4
snail pace made my way 10 the
door behind which Noel vas wait
InE Tor nae
J mover bad been more A. >ca
over rrt Task assigned 20 me-.
iu~t hop ! vas 10 approach Noel
upon '1r most delicate mission !
had no idea
Bar ! bad very clear VISION Of
'fc reaction Mary $ husband would
display toward my GRAND when
hc should understand what o. WaN
In l}ic.l oppressive vocabulary
! 'uIIl cNpCetcd 20 be set back
upon W} Nrs's with "a force hat
Would ar ul backbone loose
/ had ua' one talking point and
! chung 10 it traul!cally a. !
waited foi Noel 10 answer my
knock
l remembered Mary'S hall
humorous half resentiul complaint
that Noel first had been so angrlly
Jcalou, Of stephen Redheld
he WAS ready 20 take him apart
with his bare hands But when
convinced bis jealousy vas un-
founded Nr rad sprung 10 VaIantlN
n orba defense Of Tho actor agalns'
ylarl revelation OF The Nuhscf-
YNr activities Of which the SuS-
pcc'od Icdfcd
Mary rai complained that Noe
would NOT believe word Of what
she had >a.d bat accused her OF
using nor Imagination unduly
Perhaps could begin my cam
rWgn by bol>tcrirc Nary's accuSa-
lions with UN father belief n
them .lSo with Nancy Carsu ,
corrohorauyc evidence concerning
Rcdhcld sinister background
ONE THING SURE
or ono hing was quite sure
and ! already had expressed my
conviction 20 Mary
did rot believe Norl was As
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
Quiz Answers
By Lyman Young
By Zane Grey

Sight hearing smell. taste
and touch
Not moro than two miles. IL
Is estimated
3 Shadrach Mcshach. Abed-
rICp
Lover wheel and aNlc pulley,
inclined plano. wedge -crcw.
. Columbia Princeton and COL
Ftr pccilNcly
'HC racket used IN The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07

ARNYs NAVY Tho UnIicd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07

hands and one ol these men
appears ion The order.
ARMY INFO; Now that We are
at war civilians are brushing up
once more on their military vocab-
ulary and etiquette. All right
then. When you see an officer
with silver crosses on his Collap
IN addition 10 bars. leaves, eagles
or star, ON his shoulders, he's p
chaplain And YOU address him
that way regardless, OF his military
rank. Whether he's 4 first Looic
with a silver bar ON his shoulder
or "a hriCdIcr general r gAS Nc
V1TIplan, isl With aj>llyet
boulder Say You as ".Go6j
moruinS Chaplain q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07
4 Sequel to MAJ mage MeddIcrs

skcpucal concerning EcdhcId.s
SubyeTslve activities a. he had IN
dIcated 20 me.
Having found ou' that be- had
no real cause for his outbuTst %
murderousiy Jealous rage against
Redheld believed that Noel =
loudly expressed disbelief ~ Red
fields guilt was voiced a. "a sub
conscious aionemcn' 90 ihC actor
But when Noe swung the door
open and extended hl. hand with
\ cordial
This II pressure indeed,
Aunt Madge come over here
and III down"
fcl' my mental barometer de-
Nccnding 50 rapidly that could
not register II
From somewhere J pumped up
an answering smile but when he
had seated me IN ar easy chair
and taken one opposite me !
leaned forward and spoke with an
earnestncSs which made him eye
me sttenilvely and quesuon!ngly
"Noel-dcar boy" ] began.
II am afraid you viii take back
your welcome when you find out
what my errand is
HI II GRATEFUL
do you not know" Fc cuUu-
tered that YOU could not do
anything which would make me
take back the welcome I always
shall have for YOU? DO you
mink me ~ uugrateful a. 10
forget what you have done for
me ."
kneW what tr-mcant tho
campaign 7 had vaccI against his
father Vnon Philip Nou'lcu was
in The cup OF the temporary ole
Uo>t-w aiue-- WINCH oJ~o~>.a hw
during NocI~ coUfshlp o.. Mars
had been successful in -ecurr
for Noc the inheritance from hIs
dead mother which h~ t4thc. Wa-
legally bat mu>'ly korruG 8aut
uom him and also had obtained
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-07

States Army ana the United States
Navy are two separate branches
OF the cuuntry's armed forces.
But In a lesser degree the army
has a nav, of ITS own as the navy
has It's own army IN The United
States Marine Corp, The army $
navy isn't "a fighting force though.
It consists. i'm addition lo troop
transports. ct harh0r bUat> for de-
fcnsc work. Transportation of pas
sengcrs and supplies, and rescue
work LIS manned hy sca-going
soldiers and D. Is shortly 10 be- In-
creased BY SEVERAL hundred Yaddi-
.U9ual )Gtat pow buAdngIor con
y.'c'cSyigr 4. !
Tor the Inside Ncv." Of
Mashingtop. Follow Paul Mai
Inns Gulitulu gu Tho fisln.
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Five-Point Program
To Combat Initiation
Offered by Taft
Byrd Urges Overall
Controls for Wages
And Form Products
&, the Associated Press.

p ehe ASSOClAIeu fTcSS.
Senator Taft, Republican. Of Ohio,
suggested a five-point program to
the Senate today to ward off in
f1ation, and Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, Of Virginia, urged over all
control Of prices, including agri-
cultural products and wages.
Senator Tafts program calls for ::
l. Sale of Treasury bonds almost
entirely to corporations and indi-
viduals instead of to the commercial
banks"
2. Revision Of the farm price
floor to 100 per cent of parity.
3. Adoption of bill by Senator
Bail, Republican, OF Minnesota, to
give the War Labor Board control
OF wages and salaries. with a pro-
vision that the board should not
increase wages more than provided
in the recent Little Steel decision.
4. Creation of commodity con-
troll board. with administrators for
each industry, such as food, rubber
steel and oil
S. Gradually adapt the price con-
troll measures to the stabilization
theory instead of the ceiling theory
and eliminate price fixing on all
minor items which have no sub
stantial effect on the cost of living
Senator Byrd, who spoke before
Senator Taft, declared, "1t is very
evident that our fight against In
nation has reached a critical phase. -
The price control bill did not
provide for the sterilization of
wages Senator Byrd said. "No
price control can be effective which
eliminates the largest single ele-
ment of cost"
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Cleric Warns Disciples
Against Army Dry Drive

LS tDe AbSOClHteo fIeSs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July
30.-An Indiana minister warned
the International Convention of the
Disciples Of Christ yesterday
against supporting legislation which
would single out military areas for
liquor control.
The Rev. H. G. Haney OF Indian
apolis said that service men would
bitterly resent" such legislation.
I'VE had better 60 SLOW" he said,
"in excluding liquor merely from
military areas.
TT has been my privilege to talk
to service men by the hundreds, and
it is my Arm conviction that while
they would favor wartime prohibi-
ton as a measure to help win the
war, they will bitterly resent Inn
itation in military areas alone.
I'VE should have wartime prohi-
bition. but it should be prohibition
for everybody and not for the mill
tary alone"
In the denomination annual re-
port to members a social welfare
committee had urged immediate
passage by Congress of the Shep-
pard bill to control LIQUOR sales near
military establishments. The COM
mittee also advocated prohibition
for the duration.
Evening star., 1942-07-30
BIuckout Law
Continued From First Page.)

deemed necessary for the defense OF
Washington at fair compensation
The owner may apply to the courts
If the compensation is deemed in
adequate.
Gives the Commissioners the same
authority to regulate the life of the
city during daylight alarms that
they already possess in the original
blackout law to govern night alarms.
Part Of Loan Earmarked.
The $1,00O,0OO loan is to be made
by the Treasury, supplementing an
earlier loan Of the same amount.
Approximately 100000 of the new
money will be applied to protecting
the water supply system and $100, 600
for disqualification Of air-raid work.
ers who may be injured In the per-
formance Of duty. The rest of the
money is not earmarked.
The authority to requisition pri-
vate property temporarily was re-
quested by the Commissioners pri-
marily to erect sirens, especially
where steam plants are available to
operate them. The report on the
bill points out that in most cases
only part of persons property
would have to be requisitioned and
in such way as to disturb in only
a small degree the normal use of
the property.
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Photographer Lives
To Describe Feelings
As Airplane Crashed
Pulls Cord Between
Unconscious Periods;
Second Croft Safe
Earlier Story on Page AID.
3, tire Associated Press.

Earlier Story on Page A-l9.
3, TIE Associated Press,
VICTORVILLE. Calf, July 30
Frank Filan. Associated Press pho
tographer who jumped from a spin
ming plane which carried its two
other occupants to flaming death in
the Mojave Desert last night, told
today the sensations of his escape,
What happened in the mid-air
accident remained restricted by the
Army Another plane, damaged,
landed safely.
Killed on the first craft-a bonn
bardment training plane-were
Sergt. Pilot Rodney M. Grim, 20.
OF the Army air base here, and
Clarence L. Block. 20, Los Angeles,
a civilian photographer attached to
the West Coast Army Air Forces
training center at Santa Ana, Calf.
Had Chance 10 Jump.
Il was riding near the door when
the accident occurred" Mr.. Filan
said, lying in a hospital here. I
had a chance to jump but missed
1t. l don't know why l didn't jump
right away. We went into a spin
but I managed to get out.
I blacked out and when I came
to I was falling I decided I'd
better pull the cord and get it over
with, so I yanked the ring, Then
l passed out again. When I came
to, 1 was floating down near the
earth. I guess I must have wrecked
my ankle when l hit.
After I got down, l gathered up