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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06
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|By Damon Runyon
Ethel Turp writes:
BROOKLYN, Dec. 6.

DEAR sir;
III am sending you letter
I just got from my husband
Joe Turp who is at the war,
except I am not sending the
part where he tells me how
much he loves me because |
consider that very private and
lust between Joe and me.
Anyway, some people might
think il is mush but | don't
think so at all, / think IT
IL very sweet.
Joe is at the war in South
Carolina and he wants 10
learn how 10 jump out Of an
airoplane in a parachute on
those enemy fellows although
my pops says he thinks that
Is a sneaky way Of doing bust.
ness in a war and very risky
but here is Joe letter except
the par, about how much he
loves nc.
'Groceries Fine
HELLO Ethel. Well ! was
III sure glad 70 talk 10 you
on the phone the other night
although II cost me four fish.
I'm fine and hope you are
he same and don't worry
about a thing.
The army is fine but II
was a good job ] was in the
national guard three years
and went 10 camp AZ Peek
skill that summer We got mar
RED because il saved mo a
lot OF both learning how 10
drill and all that stuff.
The groceries are fine and my
officers arc fine. Everything is
fine and so is my health except
very strange thing has hap
pcncd 70 nc I woke up the other
morning with my legs itching
end when looked at them there
was Little rcd spots all over them
end y GOT 50 bad that finally I
showed rnom 70 tho doctor and
40 you know what he told me-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

Copyright. 1912. nv KinE Features
ny international News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

printed in full In n.nkruptey or se.eiv.1.
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act. or securities assumed By such com.
panies Rates Of dividend IN the foregoins
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or sem1-annual declara.
ton. Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not included. I'd Elk
dividend. xr Ex rights Also extra or
extras. Cash or stock, e Declared or PAID
last year, PAYABLE in Canadian fund.-
( Accumulated dividends raid or declared
th.a year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Most Carrier Stocks
Stage Comeback as
Selling Stops
Assorted Blue Chip
lndustriuIs Join in
Moderate Recovery
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The selling
drive against the rails halted in to-
days stock market and most of the
steamroad issues, along with as
sorted blue-chip industrials. pushed
up fractions to a point or more.
Actual news from the war and
domestic fronts apparently had lit
tie to do with the stiffening of
trends. The persistent lack Of ur-
gent tax adjustments, in addition to
the belief the recent reaction had
been overdone, was believed to have
inspired selective demand. Some
trading contingents added to COM
mitments on the hope the usual
year-end rally would materialize.
AS in the previous session the
prophets of a nearby victory were
notable by their absence and specu-
lative and investment positions were
shifted for other reasons than the
outlook for peace.
Mild improvement came into the
list at the opening and top marks
reached later in the proceedings
were maintained in the final hour
in most instances. There we're scat
tered losers. A batch of special
offerings helped expand volume to
approximately 100000 shares al
though dealings. otherwise, were
never particularly active.
In a handful of new tops for the
year were Dow Chemical and Union
Carbide. Ahead the greater part OF
the time were Santa Fe, New York
Central. Southern Pacific, Great
Northern, Allied Chemical, Johns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Odd-Lot DEALINGS

PHILADELPHIA, Dec & lP).-The Sc
transactions BY customers with odd.lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for December 7: 1855
purchases involving 1884 shares. 3.121
sales involving 81 .632 shares. including Z
short sales involving 200 shares,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Cubu Fixes Cos Prices

To prevent speculation in gaso-
line produced by Cuban wells, Cuba
has fixed prices Of all gasoline sold
on the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

Manville, Du Pont, General Motors,
Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Douglas
Aircraft. international Harvester,
United States Steel and Kennecott.
American Telephone limped most
Of the day. Directors of Western
Electric, the telephone company's
manufacturing subsidiary. deferred
consideration of a fourth quarter
dividend to special meeting to be
called the latter part of December.
Contribute your junk to the great
est junk pile of the future-the
ambitions of the Jap militarists.
Evening star., 1942-09-28

that looked like an enemy, so the
boys had had little workout with
our practice ammunition and
dummy bombs which we carry for
this purpose. Now I dropped real
bombs to get rid of their weight
and then made for altitude. The
next business was to get bearing
back to the ship by radio
I called the ship for bearing
There was no answer.
called and called again. Silence,
BY this time I knew We were be-
coming hopelessly lost.
The gas was just about running
out
GraSping at straw I turned the
plane and steamed on until the gas
was down n 10 gallons. This would
keep us in ,.e air only a few min
utes
passed back word to stand by
for landing in the water. I had
no recourse left,
These carrier based bombers are
Iand planes, of course. They are
not built to float, but one can at
least expect the plane to stay on
top of the water the time it takes
to initiate the rubber life raft, stow
the emergency gear in it, get aboard
and shove clear. The raft is folded
and tucked into small cover. and
is standard equipment for planes of
this sort. 1t is inflated by opening
a valve to tiny flask of carbon
Evening star., 1942-09-28

the water I was busy, and then it
was dark. but later on we intro
duced ourselves with more or less
formality. I get a bomber and a
gunner, and this time it happened
to be Pastula and Aldrich. Later
Tony said he had made a couple
of hops with me before, but I don't
remember. Aldrich I had seen
around He knew me little better
than Tony did. Gene few all the
time.
When I was not flying or in the
ready room, my job on the ship
was in the educational department
I had been running this for many
years, and it required most of my
time. I instructed Aldrich, along
with other boys, in radio and diff
ferent subjects. I remembered in
structing him, but always in a group
with several others, so I had never
paid much attention to him as an
individual. The three of us just
knew each others last names and
rates.
There's always some excitement
for me in taking off from a car
rier. If you don't feel it you can't
be a born flier, that's ALL There
are shouted orders, and the whole
ship seems to come alive when all
those motors begin to growl. All
the things a pilot has to check,
there's no sitting back to enjoy the
shoW-and a show it is!-but I feel
a tug inside and something swells
like the roar of the crowd at a
football game when they kick off.
Maybe it's more like the start of an
auto race, when the flag comes down
and the noises rise and then every
thing begins to move-and the
Evening star., 1942-09-28

dioxide. The thing works In very
much the same way as 4 home
charging seltzer water outfit. When
the valve is cracked the imprisoned
gas rushes into the imitation COM
partment of the raft and expands,
blowing up the raft like an inner
tube with thin blanket Of the
same rubberized fabric covering the
hole, to make a floor.
"Pastula," I called back on the
phone, bring the rations, water, life
raft. and anything useful you can
get hold Of. Here, take these"
I passed him my chart board, auto
matte pistol and shells that were in
my pocket, and pair of pliers.
Bring the parachute, I added.
Aldrich was to furnish the first
aid kit. signaling devices. and any
other loose gear that might be
valuable to us.
I'm going to make landing in
the water" told him, land wait
Evening star., 1942-09-28

I've had these premonitions and I
had another right then and there.
I used to go up and take my exercise
walking the deck of the blacked-out
carrier, and sometimes lately I'd
look at the white foam thrown by
our wake on long black swell and
feel somewhat uneasy. I took these
long walks every night and calls
themes every morning, deliberately
keeping my body fit. l think Gene
Aldrich and Tony Pastula did the
same. We were in the best of health,
all three of us, and l think that's
why we came through our ordeal.
January 10th was the day-Janu-
ary Is, 1912. I walked up to the
ready room and went about my
business to stand by. The hop
wasn't to take off for a couple of
hours-I think I still had two and
half hours to wait. I always spend
my time in the ready room; it's
regular hangout for pilots, because
there is where We get all our mill
tary data. Everything from the
bridge comes down there-all the
wind dope, likely enemy dispositions,
the last word on everything the
bridge knows that might help pilot.
I can't tell much about the ship or
what we were doing. We were on a
war mission. There's a discretion
to be observed. Anyway, I went to
the ready room. was not required
to be there until an hour before
take-off, but went up right after
lunch. I don't remember talking to
any one.
The wind data was starting to
come in and the pilots paid close
attention. This day the winds were
variable and didn't seem to hold in
any one direction. First the aerolo-
Evening star., 1942-09-28

broad fight deck falls away-you're
up!
We took off at about AIS pm.
and proceeded on our mission.
could see a plane to the left and
another to the right as I went out.
AS I said, we we're on a scouting
hop, looking for enemy submarines
or surface vessels. The day was
clear, with scattered clouds. Scat
tered clouds"-that's technical Ian
guage with us. 1t means that ap-
proximately one-fourth of the sky
is obscured with clouds here and
there These were bright white
cumulus clouds against sharp blue
sky. The sunlight had that glassi-
ness peculiar to the tropics, and put
a glare on the almost purple sea.
Everything looked fine.
The fight was to take US to the
maximum range Of our aircraft
not to be too definite about it. At
the end of our outward leg looked
off to the right and then checked
the altitude. The sun was probably
45 minutes high yet. There were
two very large rain squalls, one to
the right and one to the left, and
passed right between. I could see
the sun under the cloud formation.
It made a very heavy, golden glow
on the water. I figured that the
ship should be out in that direction,
to the left. but the sunlight made
the water like looking into yellow
flame.
1t was getting to be time to look.
called on the interphone.
"Pastula, can you take a. drift
sight?"
You do that with an instrument
which I needn't go into here, as 1t
is military.
Tony answered, Eyes, sir"
Tony was a mechanic. He was
supposed to take these things apart
and put them together again. So
when he answered there was no
question in my mind that he could
take a. drift sight.
I called for a wind estimate and
then called again for a check. Wind
estimates are tricky things-even
the best bombardier can go wrong
on one, and conditions were none
too good for such an estimate. But
when the same answer came back
the second time I figured it was
probably correct. If so the ship
should be to the right If the esti-
mate was wrong the ship should be
to the left. I decided I should take
the wind estimate as being correct
and turned to the right for a search.
I wasn't particularly worried. still
had some safety factor. But I knew
something had gone wrong and that
I had missed the ship.
The two boys also knew by this
time and from our maneuvers that
we had missed the ship. However
we hadn't started to worry, There
had been no conversation between
us, our only communication was by
means of the interphone, and talking
is strictly confined to the business
of the flight.
Until now it had been a dull aft
ernoon We hadn't seen anything
Evening star., 1942-09-28

gist would send down the data on
wind from one direction of a given
course. In about 10 minutes there
would be another direction of wind.
There were probably half a dozen
changes of wind in that last hour
I was there. That's quite variable.
All the talk was on navigation. 1t
is customary in the squadron that
the pilots check each others naviga-
ton problems. One of the officers
wasn't going out and he checked on
mine. We got the wind and other
data I'D rather not go into detail
about this. and much of it is mathe-
maticaD and work out problem in
navigation, and that's what we go
by in the air.
We each worked out my problem
this officer and but in the
meantime they stuck up about three
changes of wind in the last half
hour. We finally agreed on likely
direction of the wind, and I had
finished my problem when word was
passed to man the planes There's
no wasting time here. The pilots
dash right up to the flight deck and
prepare to take off.
My bomber was standing ready.
We were looking for Jap subma-
mines. 1 guess it's all right to say
that. Submarines are where you
find them.
The young sailor standing by my
plane was to be the bomber with
me. The gunner was in the plane.
We had three cockpits. I was for
ward, Tony Pastula, the bomber,
in the middle cockpit, and the gun
ner behind. That was Gene Aid
rich, as it turned out. I didn't see
Gene until the next morning, as
matter of fact. When we went in
Evening star., 1942-09-28

for them TO come back and find
us. Ready, Aldrich? Pastuls?"
Ready" said Aldrich.
"All Set" from Tony.
Their voices were calm.
squared away then. into the
wind, to make power-stall land
ing. The sea was calm and slaty.
The sun had Just set. and dark
ness was rising In the sky to the
eastward.
Evening star., 1942-09-28

Continued tomorrow.
tcopyrisht. la4g. By Henry Holt a Co. Inc.
Distributed by Kinx Features Syndicate. fne)
Evening star., 1942-03-21

hollow trees are present, you may
have some for neighbors and not be
aware Of the honor They are rather
intent on comfortable quarters, and
often maintain a daytime as we'll as
q nighttime residence.
At night, the prowler comes forth
to fish. He is a famous digger, a
great washer Of food, an agile
climber and very sociably inclined
1t is not unusual to see six or even
10 raccoons in one tree-that is, II
you are fortunate enough to visit
where they have been given sane
tuary. They do not 60 hunting in
bands, but when young family de-
cides to fare forth to seek food
that Is another story.
Raccoons have the gift OF express
sion, which is quite serviceable
There is the querulous "churr" when
the animal Is a prisoner. The snarl
and the growl between fighting
'coons is not pleasant to hear, for
when two or more are contesting
for the same food. their squabbling
is something terrific. But the soft
gentle "err-err-err" Of a baby coon
begging for food Is most appealing
The night call or "whicker' Of the
coon, "whoo-oo-o oooo," has fooled
many peouple, as 1t resembles the
call Of the owl and may even come
from the same hollow-tree apart
Evening star., 1942-03-21

ment house. However, the strangest
sound of all that he makes is the
birdlike note that Is sweet and soft
and often uttered.
Raccoons evidently have always
known the value of sunbaths.
They soak up the ultra violet rays
and vitamins. too. They know the
importance Of play and friendship.
They have also come to know the
value of fish as food.
In the early days, every we'll
dressed man owned a raccoon cap,
and he loved to have the handsome
ringed tail dangling from it tassel
style. The coon pelt is durable
leather, and the fur deep and
warm. 1t is still reasonably priced
fur, since the raccoon Is reestab-
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Natures Children
RaccOOn
(Procyon lotor)

bears, and their footprint is resemble
those of a small child
Few animals are suchl charming
pets as the raccoon. 9'heir small
pointed nose and ears, ard the black
domino across the quizztcal bright
eyes give you the impl ession the
little neighbor of the woods is sizing
you up as possible friend or foe.
As a general thing, the Taccoon is
clad in dull brownish-gr which
shades into yellowish ca st on the
back and strongly yellow on nape
and tail a paler shade I'm nderneath
and on the feet. The hairs$are tip
ped with black, and on tho under
parts they are white-tipped. 1Around
the face. the fur is dull white or
gray, except for a black band
across the eyes. The ha ndsome
bushy tail has six or seven very
dark brown or black rings or ,bands
Evening star., 1942-03-21

The eyes seem darker because OF the
contrasting snowy-White whiskers.
There should be no difficulty in
identifying this animal, but often
his tracks are seen before you catch
glimpse of him.
Early in spring. the raccoon
awakens from his winter slumbers.
and If the sun is quite warm he will
stretch a bit and, maybe, leave his
winter quarters long enough to stroll
to stream or pond for drink
Or perhaps for taste of fish or clam
Then he will 60 back to bed and
curl up for few more weeks sleep.
As these animals are lovers of
woodland borders where streams and
Evening star., 1942-03-21
New Balances Allow
Unhung Windows 10
Move Up and Down
Set of Four Needed
And Are Installed
In Sides of Sash
Bv DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

II you have a house with unhung
windows that need to be propped
open for ventilation, you may be
glad to hear they can be made to
move up and down with more ease
like modern windows.
Have your carpenter take the sash
out and install balances" as they
are known in the trade. This can
be done without disturbing the
window opening. A set Of four is
needed for each window for both
upper and lower moving sash, or
Evening star., 1942-03-21

fishing some Of It's past numerical
strength and its nocturnal habits are
Of great protection.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Wine Firm Aids Poor

The Winners Co., century -old
wine organization, has distributed
$40 among the poor boxes OF ls
| London police courts.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

two for a single movable sash. They
cost about 50 for four.
These balances. though they are
not weights, take the place OF
weights and pulleys. There are two
types. the spiral and the tape, both
of which operate by means Of ten
sion. Both make it unnecessary to
remove the window frames and in
stall box frames big enough to hold
weights and pulleys.
The balances are installed in the
sides of the sash themselves. Plow
channel there. screw the balance
IN and replace the sash. It should
take about an hour to install the
balances for double sash window.
. considerable saving in time and
labor over installing weights and
pulleys.
Windows Still Available.
Enlarging your basement or add
Ing more windows to your present
basement for more light and bet
ter ventilation Is something you
can undertake without worrying
about priorities. Basement windows
with both frame and sash made of
non-critical wood are available as
a unit, complete with rustproof
screen and attached hinges and
lock. The sash. when opened, is
automatically held in two positions.
either at As degree angle or fully
opened.
The sash can be removed alto
eether quickly If desired, and with
out the use of tools.
These basement windows come in
wide variety of sizes and shapes,
up to 3 feet 5 inches in width and
IN heights from foot 3 inches to
2 feet inches. The most popular
one has three panes of glass about
10 by IL inches each in size, re-
qulring an opening feet IL inches
by foot AS inches. 1t costs about
$3.50, complete.
GasproOfing Service.
Does coal gas bother YOU from time
n time during these days of steady
furnace operation? 1t it does. call
the experts to diagnose from whence
1t comes. The joints between sec
tons OF your furnace may need
sealing. Maybe smokepipe Joints are
loose. Dangerous gas leaks can be
avoided by having small defects re-
paired in time.
A special gasproofing service is
offered by we'll known furnace
company to owners of any kind of
hot-alr system. The service includes
inspecting, resetting and resealing
furnace castings.
1t is not practical to make fur
naces all in one piece because of
Evening star., 1942-03-21

Guns or butter? Well have both
IL we buy Defense Bonds.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Raccoons are close kin to bears,
and are also members of the famous
Seven Sleepers Club. They have
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-11-12
Two Wolves
Play Saturday
In Home Town

RalcIgn. Nov. l2-Capilal City
football followers will have an op-
portunty 20 see two "homc town
sons in action whcn the N. {. State.
Wolipack plays Georgctown'S Hoyas
IN Griffith Stadium nj Washington.
-. C., Saturday afternoon. They are
the backfield stars of Coach Doc
Ncwton'S eleyen-Ari Fairclu.h and
Eddie league.
Faircloth is junior. weighing 1870
pounds. He stands six feet tall and is
p years old. He was graduated from
Anacostia High School in 1910 and
while there he won all-city honors
N both football and baseball. He also
played basketball at AnacuuStia. lie
made his letter as Il sophomore pitcn
CT and outficldcr on n. c. States
baseball team last spring.
league is sophomore. weighing
10. He is five feet II inches in
height and is 20 years lid. He al
tended Eastern High School in Wash.
ington. finishing in 1871. He ais,
captured all-mctropo honorS IN
the Capital City. and like Faircloth
played baseball IN high school and
on las: years State College froSh
nine. being catcher.
Both play The iailback. or half,
back. position on Doc Ncwton'S Wolf.
pack Squsd. Faircloth opened the
season as the starter. but TeaguC
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-11-12

Durham. Nov. l2-ThiS years an
nual meeting between the Duke
Blue Devils md the North Carolina
Tar Heels al Chapel Hill Saturday
has nothing to offer 10 the fans i'll
the way OF seeing Il possible bowl
contender play. bat il does give the
fans OF this section an opportunity
10 see the hardest fought game oi me
season.
Both teams are ready Tor the XII,
nd every one knows II. Bet-makcrS
are giving nothing i'll the way 81
points or oddS-StudcntS Of the two
ncighboring schools are giving less
Sports writers are letting Il coin
decide the winner for their columns
predictions. This merely shows that
when these Two arch rivals meet
all past performances mean nothl''S,
Tor u new season j. beginning be-
tween Duke >nd Carolina
SophomoreS will have Il dominat-
ing place in the play II the Blue
Devils and the Tar Heels. Carolina
rooiers are banking on the pcriur-
manccS of Billy Myers. one oil The
,,Si tailDackS IN Carolina history.
ends George Sparger and Joha
Indy. guards Ralph Strayhorn and
Andy karreS. and center Chan High
smith 10 supply The winning punch
or their iavoritc team.
Duke will be n1plng that the per
iurmanceS of looping Buddy LLpcr
and Gordon Carver III the back
ricld will be sufi:ccn, Ia bring SC.
tory to the inJury-riddled Blue
Devils. Up III the line Sophomorc>
Benny Cittadinn. Glenn Slough. Gene
Spcacht. and f. p. BcthuNc Will be
counted on for the needed reserve
strength.
Veteran performers ior both teams
sill pay Important roles III this
'u"teSt. $50. with Cardinals Joe
Austin Nemcmbcr his touchdown
jaSS-caich that bca; Duke ~ 1902,
Shot" Cox. Bill Sgl"r. Craven Tur-
Ter. Jack HuSScy. and Mike Cooke
Sdrc 10 be ready cor the kill Sat
urday. On the Dukc side of the
ledger big parts N the show are
being made 10 order ior Moffat Storcr
Tom Davis. Bob CAN'T. Tom Burns.
Leo Long. aHd R"lHh Morgan. These
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-11-12
S5,425 WAR BONDS
PLACED AT MACON

War bonds IN the sum -, .
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Mr." .npW.n and ~ uun.,. 80, .h war
iAlMs uydv. TNa ruiN VA. =, '"U''
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