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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17
BROOKLYN, May Is.

Mr.. Joe Turp writes:
nEAR SIR last night my wife
~ Ethel Ses Joe / was over 10
my MONS house today and she
seS my pops is very hard TO get
along with now. You know he
registered for the draft last
week and my mons SeS he has
been practicing TO go TO war
ever since and he has got her
all upset.
I SEES Ethel how old is your
pops? She seS he is about 81
and / Ses we'll he needn't be
practicing to go to war because
they are not liable to call guys
that old and Ethel ses why did
he have TO register then? l
Ses because the government
wants to find out just how
much man power it has got. 1
ses maybe they will put old
guys like your pops to doing
some kind Of war work at home
but they will never call them TO
really 60 10 war.
Through a Sofa PilIoW
Ethel SeS | wish they had told
my pops that when he registered
and then he wouldn't be prac-
ticing to 60 TO war and have
my mons all upset. She SEES he
is really getting TO be quite a
nuisance around the house be-
cause he expects TO go march
ing off somewheres any minute
10 fight the enemy. Last night
he stuck his bayonet through
one Of her sofa pillows while
he was making charge.
I ses where did he get a bay
onet Ethel? She ses why it is
on the gun nc carried when he
went TO fight the Spaniards in
1898. lie has had II hanging up
in his room ever since i can
remember and after he regis
tered for the draft he got the
gun down and spent three or
four days putting oil on it and
shining il all up and then he
started practicing ON charging
the enemy with the, bayonet.
Spiced With Bourbon
l SEES 1 remember seeing that
gun on the wall. / SEES its moth
ing but a rusty old Springfield
with busted breech block and
there used 10 he bunged up
r.antarn hanrtnr NTH ~ Ethel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17
Spiced With Bourbon

l SEES 1 remember seeing that
gun on the wall. / ses its moth
ing but a rusty old Springfield
with a busted breech block and
there used 10 he bunged up
caHtccn hanging with II. Ethel
see that's right Joe only II isn't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17
ho r;nhtov V;do BY Dam
I'LL DIIyhtUI UiuU Runyo

rusty any more since my pops
has. been working on il.
My mons SeS he has taken
the canteen down too and keeps
il filled with water in case they
call him all Of a sudden TO go
to the war only he puts a little
bourbon in the water too. He
Sos that makes the water taste
better TO soldier
l Sos we'll Ethel I don't sec
any difference in him drinking
the water and bourbon out of
canteen at home than in
drinking il out of a glass the
way he sometimes does at
Schultzes and Ethel Ses l don't
suppose there is any difference
Joe except he doesnj have the
bayonet 10 go with 1t at
SchultZes.
My mons SEES she doesn't mind
anything but the bayonet. It's
a long thin sticker of thing
Joe. 1t will go through most
anything especially soft pillows.
Well, You Tell EN-
7 SeS / know what il is Ethel.
7 SeS that's the old fashioned
kind Of a bayonet and Ethel SEES
well my mons Ses when my
pops starts practicing on charg-
ing the enemy with the bayonet
he StabS il around every which
way and hollerS take that and
that and that as if he had the
enemy right in front of him.
He never notices a thing
around him and that's how he
came 10 stick the bayonet
through one Of her sofa pillows.
Once he stuck the payonet
through the dining room door
and she had to help him pull il
out.
l SOS well Ethel if he is going
10 stick holes in everything she
ought 10 take that bayonet away
from him before he has the
house looking like Siev and
Ethel Sos that's exactly what /
told her myself Joe hut my
MONS SOS il would worry him
10 death 10 he without it be-
cause he doesn't think he has
had enough practice with il yet
TO go TO the war. Are you sure
he won't be called Joe?
l SEES Ethel l was never Surer
of anything in my life. She SEES
well then you can do my MONS
a big favor. You can get some
body like Sweeney the leader TO
write to my pops and tell him
he is not going 10 be called be-
fore he causes any more dam
age around the house. My
mons ses she is afraid he will
start sticking the bayonet
through the furniture next.
Yours truly.
JOE TURP.
Copyright, 1879. by Ring Features
Distributed hy international News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17
Like a Movie Prop Town

ar THOSE old Shack cmbng away boarded up psneless
" Reminded of the and goth
Century lots wrote then that place
proclaimed the doubtful goes OF the early Sos
each other down in the street and when Wyatt held his
prisoner against mob of 300 bent sngng the highest
limb
AS matter of fact have trouble looking
through files and here the clipping which
healthy all written truly the
of than six hours together the ghost
Tombstone Arz:
There bloody that day" his what
and In Boohl graveyard lie the remains OF mObsers
gentlemen
Ward-lke Denny Down, Red Sample, Kelly
and Johnny Heath who lynched
McLowery and Frank McLOwery Billie Clanton,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17
M,~ Wo~k g. vakaA
bp LOUIS S0B0L
Tombstone. Ariz.. Reminds
Visitor Of a Movie Prop Town

NICE picture postcard arrives from Eddie Kingston heading
westward by ct postmarked Tombstone, Ariz, and
EDDIE ptes me in writing for having visited this famous
ghost town. Eddes faulty perhaps hasn't read
through the years Never Tombstone fellow
makes boiling mad spent half
dozen hours wandered around in Tombstone
Does friend Kingston think I'll forget deserted
streets in the town which had the visited still
guess population of 300?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22

Michael Mack. practically set to
 Peggy was already examining the other car. Bhe flpped open the rumble and climbed in.
 aCone out of there" said Myra,
 "Nothlng doing" said Peggy with Q pleased grin. "1f we arc ail going the saInO way, I'm going in style, O, R., folks, lots go."
 The car drew away from Myra, whose lips were set In Q stern, thin line, Nigel Monkhouse was even more uncomfortable, put peggy was blissfully happy. This, she decided, was fun.
 Fordy's aunt was wedding c flower bed iFl front of tho wide verarua from a lazy chair and joined her. Both of them stared ns they saw the strange contrast in the car, the extremely attractive girl in the seat and the strange apparition in the rumble,
 "Weill" exclaimed his aunt. we do see some strange things"
 Ferdy grinned with his usual calm, He guessed the streaked, ganin face In the rumble be. longed to Myra'S sister, and prob- ably had e normal explanation.
 The car drew to Q stop, 1mpul. sively, before the car door could open, Peggy Mack was down on the ground with Q brilliantly white smile breaking across her snudged face. She has already seen 1t in glass and had decided 1t was beyond repair short of soap and hot water. So she had left it aS It was.
 "Youre Peggy Mack" said
 "Yss," smiled Peggy with Q pleased air, holding out Rrimy fingers. She looked down Rt her hand and drew it back. Dirty, isn't it7 Pure white spirit beneath, though"
 Everyone laughed. Tntroduc- tlons were completed but some- how Peggy's entrance had stolen the show. Nigel Monkhouse glanced several times at this odd child who had kept up c stream of chatetr oil the rest Of the way up to Ferdy,s place. Ferdy really did get hold Of some queer peo- pie, but he had never heard of him robbing the cradle.
 Peggy had given two days of careful thought to this weekend. She had ransacked the wardrobes of her best friends to decide what she should borrow to wear, and then had concluded that her line would be gypsy informality. If there were cool pressed linens and expensive prints she could not hope to compete, but if she went
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22
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to inc other extreme and dressed with Q earefree easo ahe. Wousa galn by contrast, After all, Feruy was on artist, and she would uress the part Co play up to him, except, of course when it came to Q swim suit, She drew the last dress from hor savings account to buy Sonaekhlng that would open their eyes, provided she could keep It from her fathers eyes until they left.
 oddly enough, as at all Ferdy's. parties, the haphaRard mixture ol RueSts turned out well, There was iust lime for O swim before dinner md the whole party drifted down A plne.reedled path through the cool woods to the lake below Ferdy' { cottage. Tho path Tod to . Smau level grass clearing, Q large boat' house and Q wooden wharf,
 The men stared with apprecia- tive eyes as Peggy and Fay came out of the boathouse and out to the wharf.
 Myra whispered to her sister ill Ominous tones:
 "Where in the name of decency did you get those two pieces oi string you've wrapped around yourselfp"
 Peggy grlnned like Q pleased child. straight from Vogue" sht replied,
 "Wait until your father seei youw
 "He won't" laughed Peggy Then she walked onto the wharf 1.-the and lovely aS 0 native prin' cess. Which was whNt she felt Ike
 Fay, In contrast, was colnpara' lively modest In white lastex, bu was quite pleased when the eye' of Nigel and Michael followed hel as she walked slowly to the wharf
 (TO Be COntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22
nm GUESTS ARRIVE
CHAPTER VI

TO oompensaSe for his awkward ness, Nigel drove as fast as his concern for his precious freight would allow, and that was faster than he realized,
 After leaving Montreal the car sped through the farmlands and villages of the plain beyond the Island. Beyond St. Jerome they turned from the main highway and soon were plunging along 0 little known road climbing tip Into the hills through cuttings and long lanes of trees. A subtle freshness came into the air Of the warm afternoon end mixed with sudden waves of coolness, as the road cut through thick woods. All the time they climbed.
 Nigel became uncertain of their destination. He consulted 0 rough map drawn on paper with an air Of doubt.
 "You are sure you know the wAyp asked Fay with an amused smile.
 "Well . CT I think we're oil right. We'll ask if we pass anyone"
 The first people they saw were three, all grouped around Q fairly ancient model. One girl leaned with detached patience against the door of the car, while another giri and e soldier struggled angrily with a flat tire. ..
 Nigel pulled up. Could you tell me if we're on the right road
 Then he stopped and his voice took on Q note of relief.
 well, if 1t isn't youl"
 "Is it?" Myra Mack smiled. Michael and his younger sister Enlightened and turned expect- antly toward the other car. There was an awkward moment in which everyone looked at everyone else without quite Knowing where iil- Productions should begin.
 "Well," said Myra. "To think Of meeting youl Miss Ransom, my nister Z" She cleared the inc troductory hurdles as Peggy gave AOEtkA WAbh A1W WAAbtAS bAAN NAA audible comment.
 ''Myl" she murmured, gazing at Che ether car and the other girl. rWhat e swell outfit" She inelud- cd the convertible, Fay Ransom and her escort In the expressive Statement. Fay looked cool and dewiiy beautiful in blue linen, her ! hair glean1ing copper gold in the sun end blowing free.
 Peggy, on the other hand, looked decidedly hot. fer hands were grifned from helping her brother and she had forgotten that she had wiped the heat from her face with dirty fingers. I didn't seem to bother her. With engaging frank ness he was staring ct Nigel MonkhouSe, obviously wondering how much he was involved with this beautiful piece of natures hAndiwork and whether 1t would Do fun or hard work to try and pry him loose. It was e pity, she thought, that he was not as hAnd- some in his blond way as her brother was darkly good looking.
 Michael, just hot and soiled as his sister, was also staring at Fay with c startled look in his eyes, Myra was the only one who was as cool and collected aS Fay Ram som.
 Want any helpP" asked Nigel Jumping out.
 "We're almost through" said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22
SERIAL STORY

H BTORYs Two eAFs of n end Rnests arc enroute Co eray NsoRtem's country place near NEemaruMr. xn one Are the three nKaehs, Nayra, Q sten0grApherI hAichmel Q soldier, and Peggy, thelr 15-yearscld sister. Nm the other arc beautiful Fay Ransom and lieutenant Nigel MOnkhOuse who has seen Fay once before and m0w is suffering from tongue-tled mNaRnflmn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22

' V B Q ' ! V V ] " N o I W c y, 0reeee2
 2. How as the tow il of Rioln figured in the neWs7
 3. Do y 0 Ii
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22
WAR QUIZ

n This fiag--froin top to bottom IL stripes are blue, white, red belongs to . nation conquered by the NaSic, but still fighting on. 1s t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-22

happens that 0 number Of officers in the American Army either speak Chinese or Japanesep
 
 Answers on Back Page
Evening star., 1942-10-01

already begun to transfer some
important detachments Of the
Luftwaffe to "other sections" and
that some Of the divisions Of the
reserve pool have also been re-
ported on the way to Southern
Europe.
Mani Plans for Winter.
In most military quarters 1t
is believed the Nazis intend to
establish winter quarters within
the next few weeks on q line ex-
tending from Stalingrad to the
Caucasian Mountains. It is prob
able they may attempt to reach
Astrakhan, principal Russian
port on the Caspian Sea, this
month or next In order to break
the Allied line Of communica-
tions from Bandar Shah, the
principal port In Iran, to the
Russian terminal at the northern
tip of the Caspian.
This will leave Russia only two
ports to receive war materials
and other supplies from the
United States and Great Britain
-Archangel, which is frozen for
several months each year, and
Murmansk. Whether the Nazis
succeed In this operation depends
on how well the positions before
Astrakhan have been strength
ened.
The Russian high command
has been preparing Stalingrad
for any eventuality for years.
The fortifications around that
city, aided by the favorable ter
rain, have been made as nearly
impregnable as any can be made.
While less time and money has
been spent on them than on the
Maginot Line. they have proved
far more resistant, because the
soldiers who man them are yield
ing ground by the inch, retreat
ing only when overwhelmed.
Caucasian Battle Likely.
The consensus in competent
quarters is that the Russians, who
leave nothing to chance, already
have begun to fortify their Cas-
plan seaport. They must have
Evening star., 1942-10-01
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

~ SS1AvA ~ A1b 0ASxAA = OASs
The scorched earth does not stay
scorched. Green grass grows over
it. New oil wells are dug where
old ones were burnt.
have lived months with the
thought that the Japanese would
not be able to use the oil resources
Of the South Seas, because these
had been blasted and burnt by our
side in its retreat.
Lay q sprig of lavender on that
theory. Martin Agronsky, returned
radio correspondent, reports q
heavy oil slick in Sumatran coastal
waters, indicating q run OF waste
oil. indicating Japanese petroleum
operations. He reports also that
sometimes, when a Japanese mer-
chantman is torpedoed, bales of
beautiful crude rubber spill from
it into the sea. If you think pro-
foundly about that, you might
come to the conclusion that rubber
operations are probably going on.
These are indications of how old
the war is getting to be. The earth
heals itself. We may scorch 1t,
here and there, but there is no such
thing as permanent scorch.
In July, 1941, the Russians were
supposed to have destroyed Ruma-
MAS oil wells, in the Ploesti section,
from the air. Maybe they did, may
be they didn't. Anyhow, Allied
bombers have had to 60 back to
Rumania these last few weeks, set
ting great new "oil fires" in the
Ploesti region. The new raids are
an admission that Rumanias oil
fields are producing again. Where
there is fire, there is oil.
Since we can no longer depend on
the cold fires Of yesterday to keep
oil and rubber from the enemy today,
one wonders how long we can de-
pend on the scorching of the
Ukraine to keep food from him.
How long does an earth-scorch
last? Remember that much of the
Ukraine was scorched summer be-
fore this one. That was good. That
helped make Hitler prisoner Of the
following winter. Does 1t work for
second winter, too? Surely not for
three. What happens If we let a
second winter go by, and a third
Evening star., 1942-10-01
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

By consolidating the COM
muniques from Berlin and Mos
COW and unofncial reports from
Kuibyshev and London, authori-
tative Washington sources have
come to the conclusion that the
epic defense Of stalingrad Is
drawing to . close.
The key industrial city Of
Southern Russia has been de-
Tended with stubborness and
heroism which can be Nkened
only to that with which the
French defended Verdun. The
tight put up by the Russians has
cost the enemy at least twice as
many lives As were lo4 by the
German crown princes forces in
the battle which lasted during
the major part Of 1916.
The principal indication that
Stalingrad may be able to hold
out only = few more days comes
from the fact that the Nazis have
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Church Joins Federation

The congregation of the Episco-
pal Church of St. Stephen and The
Incarnation today announced its af-
f1liation with the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches. The addition
makes a total of ITS Protestant
churches and allied agencies now
affiliated with the federation. DR..
Paul D. Wilbur is the rector of St.
Stephens, which is located at Six
teenth and Newton streets NV.
Evening star., 1942-10-01
Id Rather Be Rioht
Time NuIIifies Effect Of Seorched- Eorth Policy,
Giving Hitler Ukronion Wheot, Rumonion Oil

summer come, before We have I'M
ished with the monster?
Wheat Hides Scars Of Scorching.
We applauded when the Russians
scorched the earth. That should
have been the most instant Of calls
for action. You have to use q scorch
while it is hot. When the green
wheat grows over 1t again, it is as If
II had not been.
The war is becoming old. The
evil things did not happen only yes
terday, though they seem to have.
It was longer ago. France has been
lost for three Bastille Days. Her
next summer will be her fourth
summer Us it unbeIevableD under
the conqueror. Next summer will be
Germany's third summer in large
sections Of the Ukraine. This Is
Germany's fourth autumn in Poland.
British Grow Food in
Every Available Corner.
How long does the earth stay
scorched? I learn from J. B. Priest
ley's new book, Britain at War"
that the English are growing food
even In bomb craters, even in the
moat OF the Tower of London.
The English had 100000 acres
in cultivation before the war; they
have increased this to $4,000, 900,
doing at least part Of this work under
bomb-fire. They have labored mag
nificently; 100000 Of their new
food-and-fodder acres are reclaimed
land, formerly worthless; they used
to have 2,000, 900 acres in wheat, they
now have $500 900; each acre pro-
duces As bushels more than before
the war. They have done the job
after withdrawing many hundreds Of
thousands Of men from the fields.
What are we to suppose Hitler has
been doing all this time, with a con-
tinent OF slaves to send into wide
and empty plains?
Yes. these plains were scorched.
But the war grows old. Are we sure
time is on our side? Or isn't it true
that the quicker the second front,
the more surely we shall make use
ful the sacrifices of those simple
men and women of Europe who
burnt their homes to catch Hitler in
the trap Of instant hunger?
Evening star., 1942-10-01
The Political Mill
November Elections to Be Decided Largely
BY Women Who Remuin at Home

of the women, but they are also
relying on women workers to get
out the vote.
Despite the fact that the whole
trend of the elections-Repub-
ncan or Democratic-seems to lie
In the hands Of the women voters,
there has been no appreciable
increase in the number of women
candidates for public ONCE this
year. Certainly this is true so far
as the congressional candidates
are concerned. Neither Of the
major political parties has q
woman candidate for Governor Of
a State.
Eight Women In House.
In the present House are eight
women Representatives, flve Re-
publicans and three Democrats.
In the Senate there is q lone
woman Senator, Mrs. Caraway of
Arkansas, a Democrat. One Of
the women members Of the
House. Mrs. Margaret Smith Of
Maine, Republican, already has
been reelected. Among the
others, Mrs. Rogers OF Massachu-
sets, another Republican, is re-
garded as sure to be reelected.
Probably not more than IL or
Is women are contending as the
nominees OF the major parties
for the House. A new figure,
however, is Mrs. Claire Boothe
Luce who has won the Republic
can nomination in the 4th
congressional district of Con-
necticut. She is believed to have
a good chance of election, and If
she'wins, her quick wit and ready
tongue are likely to make them
selves felt in the House. Mrs.
Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt, who
was the wife OF the late Hall
Roosevelt, brother of the Presi-
dents wife, is Democratic can
didate for the House.
The vote in the primary elec-
tions this year was light due in
large part to the interest OF the
people in the war to the exclusion
OF politics, and also to the fact
that 50 many of the men voters
were in the service or away on
other kinds of work.
1t Is estimated that the vote in
the primaries did not total more
than 10000, 900, and the vote
which will be cast in the general
elections on November 3, includ-
ing the vote of Maine already
taken, will approximate 30,o00,-
600. Whether or not this figure
will be reached or surpassed is
largely, 1t is said. up to the
women.
Mrs. Byron Out.
OF the women now in the
House, Mrs. Byron, Democrat, of
Maryland, and Miss Caroline
ODay, Democrat Of New York,
are not candidates to succeed
themselves. 1t. Col. E. Brooke
Lee has the Democratic nomina-
ton for the House in Mrs.
Byron's district, the 9Th Mary
land. The Democrats have nom
mated Mrs. Flora D. johnson to
run for Representative at large
in place Of Miss ODay, and the
Republicans have put forward
Miss Winifred Stanley of Buffalo
for that ONCE.
Both the Thomas E. Dewey,
Republican organization and the
John j. Bennett, jr., Democrat