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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
City S Defenses
Win Praise Of
Col. B. B. Freud
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS

= Whatever the rift between state
and city officials over authority
in Detroits civilian defense pro-
gram, this still is regarded as a
metropolitan area bound together
by its common problems as a nat
ural target. in the opinion of Col.
b r. Freud.
The colonel. deputy director of
sixth defense region which in
Cludes Detroit, today had praised
the citys civilian defense organ
iZation.
Explained Freud:
THE purpose of mctrOpOli-
tan defense area setup II 10
coordinate the powers of the
communities 10 permit instant
action. l am pleased will De-
trOit'S results. Your control cen
ter promises 10 he one of the
best I've seen"
SIDESTEPS CONTROVERSY
Freud deftly sidcSteppcd the
controversy which prompted Mayor
Edward j. JcffricS Jr. 10 offer 10
resign as civilian defense co-ordi-
nator Of the metropolitan area
II regard this a. metropoli-
tan target area" the colonel
said. Targets don't know politi-
cal boundaries"
JeffrieS' decision 10 resign came
earlier in the day after a visit paid
him by Col. Harold FurlonC, state
OCD director. and Capt Donald
Leonard, protective service dIrcc-
tor for Michigan.
Furlong explained The state ad-
minlStra,Ivc board wanted the de-
fenSe work under a state agency
since il was supplying POUNDS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-18
ACCOUNTINGS SUBMITTED

Freud heard accouniIngS from
heads Of Detroit departments ee-
operating IN the civilian defense
Apuncil. Reports follow
~ Police Commissioner Frank d
cannon reporting An ordinance is
expected TO bc passed which VIII
launch tho recruiting Of 900 Spc-
Clal pa'rolWcn with fun police
power 10 be- called Only for war
emergencies and liable 10 fines or
detention # thcv fail 70 report
Department members arc beng
gwen basic CIVILIAN defense
course. Police are dong finger
printing for all civilian defense
volunteer Identification
. Public Lighting Commission
Commissioner LOUIS J. Schrcnk
reporting
Twenty -fouf-hour guard arc on
duty A. al vital po-0f~ Employees
are completing training on their
duties m tho event a. AR raids
Water Department CovuS-
>ioner Laurence {. Lcrhardr, re-
porting
Vulnerable spots have been re-
ported 10 federal authorities. How
Detroit viii supply water IF called
upon 20 defense areas Us orll The
biggest problem a mutual assist
auCe program has been worked out
With Highland Park and Crosse
Ponto. Some Important manh0lcs
are beng welded
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06

The door was wide open now
and the doorway seemed filled
with tall, gaunt frames-thin,
bearded faces staring. deep-sunk
eyes.
She stood there, trying desper-
ately 10 steady her nerves, stiffen
her knees. Maybe her nerves had
just upset her eyes and-but it
was her knees that upset her.
They gave way and down she
went by the hearth.
A minute later she was being
helped into a chair. Helped in a
kindly. gentle fashion. She looked
up. The door was closed. In the
dusk she seemed TO see standing
around her three very thin, very
shabby. very old men.
Spoke Number One:
'HOwdye, Miss. I'm Wyn-
KEN
Number Two followed:
and I'm Blynken."
"Me, I'm Nod" That was
Number Three.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06

ken. "And IL we're disturbing
YOU, Miss, out we 60, cold or no.
But there's the matter Of wind
ing the clock according 10 Cap'n
Bits directions"
"Of course you're welcome 10
stay" Jean treasured them. "As
for the old clock. IL hasn't run
for years and years. Gramp
liked IL for old times sake. and
never wanted il disturbed"
Jean crossed the room, followed
by Wynken, Blynken and Nod.
"See, there's no way To wind
1t. / looked at IL last year"
NO CLOCK KEY
AYE, aye. we could wind II.
II we had the key" said Wynn
ken.
big key. Fits In the back,
IL does" said Blynken.
yep. many's the time I saw
him a-winding IL. In his cabin
on that first ship" said Nod.
Big KEY" Jean dug il out of
her purse "This one? But
the clocks nailed 10 the wall"
Aye. And we're about TO
unnail IT,"
And he a-fitting the key In
the back"
Yep. And wind II like Cap'n
Bill said"
Unnail II they did. But the.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06

didn't get to winding it for quite {
while. For there, fitted into the
wall right back of the clock was z
small locked cupboard
And in it, when unlocked by the
big key, they found heavy
leather pouch which clinked, wher
moved, with the sound of golC
pieces.
On the pouch lay a card ad
dressed 10 Jean and Jimmie, anc
on it was a last message from
Cap'n Bill. Jean read 1t aloud
once, twice.
With shipping not sure, 50
happen IL may
You'll be needing a windfalI
some day.
Hope Wynk, Blynk, and Nod
turn up hale and hearty;
Share alike, and enjoy my
birthday-night party"
Just then Jimmie came Stagger.
ing IN under a load Of wood. lie
dropped il, ker-plunk!
Happy blrth-night party"
sang Jean "Oh, Jimmie. meet
Wynken, Blynken and Nod.
Cramps. friendS-and ours. too"
THE END.
Tomorrow's short story:
Vacuum Elephants" by An
thony Rud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
Sat. Reeves Wins
Pistol Championship

QUANTICO, Va, July 6 GNS)
Sgt. Harry Reeves, Detroit
policeman and a former marine,
today held the pistol champion
ship of the Eastern Small Bore
Association after cdging out Capt.
Walter r. Walsh. L. S. NJ c. r.
The matches were held at the
climax TO five-day Workmanship
school conducted at this marine
base.
Team honorS went TO the Guam
tiCo marines. who defeated the
Washington police and the Great
Lakes Pistol Club Of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
JEAN WINKS

Jean winked, blinked, nodded
Now she had il! She was in the
middle of a dream that started
as a horror story and ended a
nursery rhyme.
But no, they were real, Three
old, old men. Shabbily dressed
but sailor clean. Over-thin but
not ghostly. Apparently harmless
and certainly cold and probably
hungry!
I'm - Jean Jordan, she
brought out. And then added.
because the three faces looked
anxious and uncertain, won't
you all sit down."
Don't mind II we do"
Wynken sounded vastly re-
lieved. He brought up the
wooden bench. Hope we didn't
skeer you. Miss"
suppose we get fire a-going
again." suggested Blynken. "See.
ing as we were expecting Old
Cap'n Bits kin tonight. we put
II out and cleaned up every
thing.
Hid the wood In the closet
ADVFRTISFMFNT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
WANT A FIRE

We've got to get fire going
pronto."
Jimmie put down the hamper
and the blankets.
NO wood here. I'd better 20
right out and hunt some on the
beach. It's beginning get
dark-light the candles and
wrap up in the blankets till 1
get back"
He'd been gone only a few
minutes when Jean. kneeling by
the picnic hamper and hunting fol
the candles, had strange pricklS
feeling up her spine, an uneasy
sixth sense of being watched.
She kept still. Then. with ar
effort of will, she looked quickly
up at the uncurtained window by
the door.
In the evening light she caught
only a blurred glimpse of gaunt
bearded faces against the pane
faces gone so promptly tha'
phantoms seemed the word TO
them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
JEAN sHIyERS

Jean shivered, and not from the
cold, either. The air in the room
felt dead. Her skin was clammy.
This ghostly stillness-she made
herself look up again.
Then she clamped her hand
against her mouth 10 smother a
scream. Those faces! Phantom
or real. those gaunt bearded faces
had been there again.
If she could shoot shut that
rusty bolt on the door. She got
herself up. took a dizzy step for
ward. And stopped
The door was being opened
from the outside. Opened inch
by inch! The icy air came in, but
IL was not so icy as the clutch at
Jeans heart.
A long. bony hand appeared on
ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06

there. Figured we'd better be
a-seeing you afOre you was
a-seeing US" He pulled out
some kindling and couple of
logs,
"Yep," agreed Nod, lighting
an old ships lantern. Warm us
up for Cap'n Bills party
Jean gasped.
ut certainly Is cold, and I'll
he glad to have you make your
selves comfortable. But - a
party?"
"Aye, aye" said Wynken.
Like Cap'n Bill wrote"
In the letter that brung u.s."
said Blynken. 1.-TWO months
we've been a-living here"
"Yep," said Nod. But many's
the time Cap'n Bill used to say
the old shack would always be
open for those first mates of
his'n. Thought well of us, he
did. Even christened us to his
liking" Nod added dreamily,
Them were the days"
GETS SAUCE PAN
Wynken was producing a sauce
pan and a battered tin box from
the closet. From the box he
brought forth the remnant of a
package of tea and a small bow
holding the cold remains of half a
broiled fish.
"A bit OF grub, Miss ?" he in
quired.
Thank you. And perhaps
you'll accept some of our lunch.
But tell me, how could you have
known we were coming, my
brother and 10"
Blynken, on his knees by the
hearth, managed stiffly to get up
The fire was beginning TO blaze.
"All we knew, Miss, was that
Cap'n Bits kin was a-cOming
on his night of birth. He was
great one for a-celebrating that
night, he was" He sat himself
down on the bench, where
Wynken and Nod joined him.
"You see. Miss" explained
Wynken, 1--WE three, we couldn't
abide the old mems home. It's
inland. Old sailors need to live
by the sea, they do. So we took
ourselves Oft.
WORK SLACK
But works slack for old unS
like us. and with winter n
coming on. back we had 10 60.
And there we found word
awaiting from Cap'n Bills will.
and though it's long years ago
when last we saw him, here We
came and here we stayed"
He brought a small white card
out of his pocket.
Like to see Cap'n Bills
word Q"
"Oh. yes" Jean reached for
the card.
of you've not been eating
hearty,
Visit shack, for birth-night
party.
There my kin will come. with
key;
Wind the clock, and think of
me- -"
I'VE amt been eating any too
hearty" said Wynken.
But we were none too sure
of being a-welcomed nj any
party" said Blynken. NJ
LOOK AT KIN
$50 out we moved and took
look al the kin through the
window" said Nod. Gold night
out for old uns."
And s-seeing hut n slip of q
girl, In we came" added Wyn-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
DOOR WIDE OPEN

the door jamb. Jean backed u
against the wall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
By Walt Disney
The "Bear" Facts!

ERE pleasant little that Will you message
every numerical puzzle designed 10 spell out
your Count the letters first II the number
IL the number is less than
add g. The result number start the upper left
rectange and check OF your key
right read the the letters under
the checked figures give you. I'D
Copyright 1874 ny Featured, ina
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
DR. MeryI Fenfon 10 Talk

Or. Mcryl NJ Fcnton Will speak
on Sinus and Hay Fever Wednes-
day evening al $50 o'clock at the
Jewish Community Center, Wood
ward and Holbrook avenues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06
Daily Short Story
Birth-Nisht Party
By BLANCHE REBECCA MORE

By BLANCHE REBECCA MORE
lean JORDAN pulled mp IN,
81 collar Of her last years Smar
fur Jacket and leaned out of thC
Window Of the secondhand raiile
trap her brother was driving y
give more miles and we're at
the beach. Nhcw. the winds
bitter. Glad brought the
extra hlanketS-and q thick
steak in the picnic hamper"
Sixteen-year-old Jinmie dldn
cheer up even az talk OF food.
81 still think it, crazy Ia use
up our poor tires and rationed
gas 90 travel 80 miles 10 spend
the night in cold fishing shack
and do u annually Just be-
cause Cramps will Of over a
year ago wanted IL that way"
He Strengthened up behind the
wheel, his young Jaw set IN a grim
line
BUSINESS BANKRUPT
I'm not hollering because we
were raised a. il We had all the
money In the world, and then
were left business that went
bankrupt right after Gramp
died.
1T wasn't his fault that
n a.. Ia NJ
business. But the point is-we
can't afford pneumonia"
Jimmie. all his will asked of
Us was to spend his birth-night
In the shack every year. And
we're going 10 do what he
asked"
She rummaged in her bag,
brought out a small card and
read:
When my night of birth
comes round.
To nv shack on Jordan Sound
Yearly 60. and take this key,
Stay till dawn, and think Of
me-
HtNtT utu SIT, >ilt dhNlth
thoughtfully, "why he wanted
us to take this key along when
there's never been a lock on the
door"
LIKES TO RHYME
'If you ask me, Gramp just
liked 10 write verses a.
change from shipping, and key
rhymes with me- Here we are"
Jimmie ran the car into the
shed.
II must say. Gramp kept the
place windtight. And shipshape.
But where's the wood"
This place Is In such a de-
serted spot, nobody would ever
get here 10 take anything. Per-
haps we put what was left last
year I'm the shack"
They hurried around 10 the one
door of the shack. over which the
weather-beaten sign, Captain
Jordan" still hung.
The big room was sparsely
furnished - wooden hunks, one
long table. one long bench, a few
straight chairs. a battered old
clock built into the wall, a great
The shack was indeed ship
L.,A Il Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-06

ADVERTISEMENT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16

another, we may well weigh carefully the
animus that may be present For ex-
ample, Divide and Conquer lists as a Hit
Ter propaganda line the lie that "the cost
Of the war will bankrupt the nation"
Does this mean that everybody who
ventures to suggest economy is Hitler
stooge? We hope not, for we intend TO
demand economy wherever it will not
hamper the war effort.
"Bolshevism will sweep over Europe"
GoebbelS wants us to believe. Does this
mean that we cannot criticize those Com
munists who even now are Strengthening
their positions in anticipation Of post
war activities? We hope not. We're for
full military collaboration with anti
Hitler Russia, and for rigid control over
Stalinist activities in this country. "Our
leaders are incompetent" Hitler argues
Does this mean we should not criticize
those who are incompetent? We hope
not. Even our government cannot claim
100 per cent perfection in its personnel.
And finally, there is the German con-
tention that american democracy will be
lost during the war" Inevitably we shall
have to surrender privileges we had come
to regard as rights We do that willingly,
as an evil infinitely preferable to the alter
native of weakening the anti-axiS effort.
But = are we foreclosed from warning
against unnecessary attempts Of egotis-
tical individuals grab for powers which
are anti-democratic? We hope not. We
shall fight such grabs to the limit. Let's
be realistic. Let's be aggressive. Let's be
suspicious of possible sixth columnists But
let's keep our heads. Let's not get hys-
terical.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16
Restrictions Are Bad

It Is becoming more and more evident
that the housing situation in Waterbury
Is approaching point where something
drastic must be done to relieve condi-
tiOnS. Whether or not it will be up to
local officials or federal the fact remains
that before the year is over, presuming
that the war is still progressing in for
eign quarters, people are going to find
il even more difficult than at present
to obtain quarters, whether they are
suitable ones or not AS it stands right
now the renting problem is one which
even realtors admit is hopeless.
imposition of the OPA regulations will
not aid in securing more housing facili-
ties. It's sole purpose is to stabilize
rentals at a definite ceiling, in our
instance figures as of April l, 1941, hav-
ing been chosen as the level. But so far
as aiding people who are being moved to
make way for new owners or new tenants
the situation is more or less hopeless
until sufficient housing units are pro-
vided to care for all involved in the hectic
process of becoming housed.
Building on more or less permanent
nature is the real solution of the prob
lem, of course. And in that the city
should be encouraged, but unfortunately
that's where the federal regulations on
private housing, not to mention priorities,
are squeezing various communities. If
defense areas, such as Waterbury very
definitely is, are to be kept operating at
the utmost efficiency, we think that only
the widest possible leeway from Wash
ington relative to housing expansion
will help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16
A Thought for Today
Faith in the Future

II anyone ever had any nliSgivings
about what we'd do after the war is over
and thousands of people are trying to
readjust themselves to postwar condi-
tionS, they might hearken to the plans
that New York City, like so many other
municipalities, is making. The great
fear seems to be that employment will
shrink so fast that millions of people will
be without work and become wanderers
across the countryside or wards Of city or
state. No doubt there will be employ
ment strinkage, but it can be avoided by
the type of planning that many agencies
are now engaged in.
But to center attention on New York
it's encouraging to read that this city
has hopes Of launching postwar con-
struction program entailing expenditure
Of $628,O05, 1872. It's a comprehensive
program, not one just designed to i'm
prove certain civic departments. For
example, the city would build 60 new
schools, elementary and high. Twenty
nine Of these would be requirements OF
existing facilities, the remainder brand
new. And that's only one phase Of the
program, but certainly indicative OF It's
scope.
Waterbury's plans for the future are
likewise aimed at becoming buff against
employment fall-off. There are many pub
lie works still undone here in Waterbury
that lend themselves admirably to post
war building program. The same is true
Of any Connecticut city 1t may be that
cessation Of fighting will find the Naug-
atuck Valley at last freed of pollution
problems, still one of our major ones. II
SO, then we can only hope that the end
Of the war is in sight. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16

Appointment of Chester Bowles as OPA
boss for Connecticut was more or less
expected of recent weeks. He has done
a splendid job with the rationing prob
lens; he can be expected to do just as
good in handling the more complex prob
lens that go with the office of price ad-
ministration. True, he'll have penty OF
assistance in this work, but the field is
being broadened to such an extent that
the "big boss" will need to be trained 10
a high degree in the art OF getting many
est time possible. It begins to look as If
the lob was Just about the type that Mr..
Bowles could master in his customary
finished style.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16
Tighten Up

Both Congress and the armed forces
are treading treacherous ground in con-
nection with the commissioning of civil
ians who lack formal military or naval
training. The Army and Navy needs
thousands of experts not available in
uniforms or procurable through normal
processes - men who require no facility
in close order drill to perform their as
signed tasks.
Still, it is notorious that relatively
high grades are given men who are beat
ing the draft. A reasonable Tightening
up by the Army and Navy would remove
any legitimate excuse for the sort Of ban
which Congress threatened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16
Press Comment
$1,000 MOVIE SETS
(New London Day.


The ruling of the war production
board on the net cost of new ma
terials, to be used In making movie
sets, probably means less pretenti-
Gus pictures in the future, "for the
duration" The WIPE says that the
new material going into movie sets
may cost not more than 5000 per
picture. Old material, reused, is
not being limited but Is the prop
erty Of the movie companies any,
way, in most instances. Cost Of
new material for sets in pictures
in the past has run from $4,000
to $4,000, it is estimated.
Perhaps 1t would be relief to see
simpler settings, to many movie
goers. At least 1t would for the
inevitable spectacle" productions,
for the scenes showing "glamor-
GUS" boudoirs, houses of the ultra
wealthy (movie version, for night
clubs and SO on. 1t would be alb
solutely refreshing. in fact. to go
to a movie and see ''glammer-
girl" languishing on a chaise lounge
amid surroundings that weren't just
little more garish, Just a little
more lavish, than in the last pic
ture made by some rival producer
and starring a rival "lovely".
It is, In fact, notable that some
of the more successful pictures
have not cost a mint OF money to
make, nor have they meant the
building Of drawing rooms that are
larger than Grand Central station,
more lavishIy decorated than Cleo
patra's barge, or more improbable,
In terms of everyday American life,
than q Loeb Ness monster SWIM
ming around in the Thames river,
In fact some OF the finest pictures
cost next to nothing for sets, but
they are exceptions, OF course.
Plenty of excellent pictures have
been made on extremely low budgs
cts, while some OF those that have
cost the most have been the most
painful 10 watch on the screen.
II Is stu evident. in other words,
that what the Hollywood scene
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16

What will the War Production Board
do next? Curtailment is it's watchword
and curtail it certainly is doing. Now
it's mems shirt-tails that are to be
Slashed. The latest announcement from
Washington is to the effect that all
mems shorts will be shortened by at least
one inch and perhaps more than that.
Hope the WPB doesn't carry this thing
too far. After all you can push the
people around quite a bit and get away
with it, but there comes time when
they fight back The cuffs have been
taken off mems trousers and there aren't
to be any more breasted suits.
Patch-pockets likewise are eliminated.
Now the shirts are to be shortened; there
won't be any pockets on them, and there
will be fewer buttons. The last is not
so bad, because many Of us when in a
hurry deplore the number of buttons to
be fastened. But we're warning these
babies down in Washington, don't go too
far with this business of abbreviating our
clothes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16
Let's Not Get HystericaI

Being already on record in favor OF
more hoop-la in this war, we suggest now
that the United States take care to avoid
hysteria. Hoop-la, for our purposes, is
the expression of a surge of patriotic
emotion. HySteria is intolerance, witch
batting, seeing spies and soboteurs under
every bed, accusing everybody who dis
agrees with us of being fifth or sixth
cOlumnists. Fortunately, there hasn't
been much evidence of hysteria yet. But
already there are hysterical attacks upon
some individuals and organizations
which = however mistaken = are sin
ccre In their love for America.
The monograph Divide and Conquer,
put out by the Office OF Facts and Fig
ireg, Is skeleton textbook on propa-
Randa methods used by Hitler and Goeb-
bels Divide and Conquer warns the
American people OF certain specific ap-
pgoaches by which the axis Is trying to
soften ms up. Properly applied the in
formation In Divide and Conquer is in
valuable. lBut like any analysis OF prop
Amanda, II treads q boundary line SO
family marked that the hysterical
should not venture upon 1t.
The MacLeish monograph summarizes
16 lies which, unquestlonably, Axis prop
ofanda Is trying to put across over here.
Most Of the points are sound. But some
require reservations, And when these
leiier are used BY one man against
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-16

urgently needs Is new and inteili-
gent ideas; gifted direction of prob
able rather than improbable &C.
tors, who have talent, rather than
simply looks; and far less volume
productions simply TO feed the
double feature system with more
grade Cor worse pictures. r. the
e6 900 limit cramps the style Of some
directors who bFag that their pie
lures never cost less than half Q
million, and who put the lions
share Of this into fantastleally ms
probable and lush seenesy, 80 much
the better,