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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-25
If You Speed, You'll Rue It

JERE'S something for motorists who
l like to drive too fast on Detroit
streets to paste in their windsheds:
Traffic fines for speeding will increase
about 700 per cent on October l.
IL YOU drive 50 miles an hour now in
l5-miIe zone, you pay fine of So to So.
Ii you drive that fast after October
/, you will pay fine of S35
BY this method Traffic Judges
Thomas F. Maher and George T. Murphy
are putting into effect their own private
plan to conserve rubber-and make sure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-25

that the new city ordinance prohibiting
speeds greater than 80 miles an hour is
observed
Many Detroiters of course, are vol
unfairly cutting their driving speeds. But
there is always the harebrained minority
who won't do anything unless forced to.
For them, the new schedule of speeding
fines is just the weapon needed 1t should
reduce speeds-and it should conserve
rubber
After October /, if you speed Just
remember: You're going to pay for it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-25
Better Health
by Dr. Logan CIendening

THE 1ommonest form of deaf
ness occurs to people in
middle age and in the declining
years of life.
1t is of very gradual onset
and perhaps the most serious
feature of the condition is that
they do not realize what is hap
pening 10 them.
Almost without exception they
think in the early stages that it
is not going TO get any worse.
Consequently they do not seek
treatment and as il does get
worse they become increasingly
melancholy.
Nothing could better illustrate
this fact than the famous
example we have or record in
literature in the case of Lord
Chesterfield.
In 1l5l he wrote:
81 am deaf and consequently
alone, but 1 am less detected
than most people In my situa-
ton would be-"
But six years later he writes
in a tone of real dependency:
my deafness Is extremely In
creased and daily increasing and
cuts ME wholly off from the
society of others, and my other
complaints deny me the society
OF myself"
THERE is a real lesson in this
Il which is that the principal
treatment of this form OF deaf
ness Is psychological.
There is very little that the
ear specialist can do for pro-
greSsive catarrhal deafness.
He can give some treatments
designed to break up adhesions.
There is an operation he can
do. but it is not always success
full. And he can arrange for
hearing aids. But that is all
he can do.
But the deaf person always
has nope that his hearing is
going 20 be completely restored.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-25

NI logical one TO handle this
problem anyway.
For administration he has So
cial security directors in the
various areas, most OF whom
were drawn from social welfare
groups. many Of whom are
women without. experience in
industrial labor or farm labor
problems. His bure deals
with social security and health.
neither of which is even re-
motely related 10 the pressing
matter at hand.
If a common sense business
like management of the prob
lem is proposed, Congress will
readily agree. II pressure con-
tinues for the Hitler solution,
there will be dangerous delay.
Distributed BY King Features synd. Inc
Reproduction In whole or In Part
Strictly Prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
A--By all means, yes.
MIGHT BE EITHER WAY

G. A. F. Q-I was born in Italy
and came to this country when ]
was 6 years old, in 1920. am now
in class la. Am l an enemy alien q?
If l 60 in the army can they ship
me 10 any part Of the world? Will
they put me in the reserve in this
country?
Ali your father became an
American citizen through nat
uralIzation before you were II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26

years of age you are now an
American citizen, not an enemy
alien. II he didn't take out his
citizenship papers and YOU did
not do so, you are an enemy
alien and should have registered
with the federal authorities
months ago. If you are indicted
into the army YOU can be sent TO
any part of the world.
KY. q I entered this country
in 1907 and married an American
citizen in 1914. Am l also ar
American citizen?
A-Presuming that you are
woman you are an American cit
iZen, though you should obtain a
citizenship certificate. Call at
the naturalization office I'm room
1876 In the Federal Building and
take with you your marriage
certificate and your husbands
birth certificate or some other
proof of his citizenship. IL you
are man and have never taken
out your naturalization papers
YOU are still an alien.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
LIFE FOR HARD MEN

Sweating against oblivion. 4
hard life for hard men.
The last job done, they coulc
afford 10 draw breath, 10 Josh q
bit. gather about a pub bar easinl
dry threats with a good glass o.
beer.
All. that is. save Sam AtchiSon
A squat. bull-shouldered hulk OF
a mantle craggy unchanginl
face of him like rough scllptureC
rock. and a surly strength that
belied his graying hair.
He never joined the rest. he
merely went lurching along TO his
room alone when the relief took
over.
A good man 10 be with In a
pinch. but a silent man. lonely
mana queer 'un. right enough
Sentiment Hai
Yet once a year Sam AtchiSon
kept tryst with a woman
IL was hot in the third floor
Cover street room as he dressed
For a moment his mouth frightened
He had seen better times.
Then he glanced at the picture
In its silver frame on the battered
dresser's top, and his hard face
softened.
Shed had steady eyes. his Mary
The kind OF woman few men had
the luck TO get.
= II had been. % years 10 the day
he'd married heF-she- in her
nurses uniform-himsef reSplen.
dent in his sergeant majors tunic
with the V. c. ribbon on its breast
They'd snatched that brief days
honeymoon in the city. They'c
dined at the Ritz.
"Oh, SAM" she'd said. "it's
such q waste OF good money!"
But she adored il.
Every year-even those hard
trying years after the war he'c
managed somehow to see they
dined there again on their day.
And when he was finally alone
he went on with it still. He hadn''
had her for very long, but ne knew
each year she'd be at her place
waiting.
The heat was oppressive. he wa
tired. The sigh was half choke,
grunt as he sank into the chair
pulled out his worn leather none,
pouch and began 10 count.
One pound, two poundS-her eye
must have been just so steady a.
she'd faced the end-three pound!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
POINTS GENERALLY

The store people were getting
ready to close, pulling white sheets
over things.
But in front of him were dolls
dolls in cases and dolls on shelves
and though the young salesgirl
in front of him had already donned
her hat, he caught a look in her
eyes that somehow reminded him
of Mary.
He felt at ease again.
II want" he said, "two :"
He finished by merely pointing
in a general sweep.
She nodded Understandings
with a quick glance at the burly
hciF, flle shabby, dirt stained suit
She turned and brought out two
small dolls.
These: They're quite nice
ones, really"
NO" he said, mo- He'd
found his Voice again, and II was
loud. He tugged at the leather
pouch in his pocket. The pouch
Poppeu lIee'
up there" he said, chose
two!'
They were enormous flaXen-
haired ns-wonderful-life-
like-as big as live babies. They
made a bleating sound as they
were moved.
They're two pOunds-each
=" The girls tone warned.
His big hands fumbled in his
purse. crumbling the bills as he
pulled the money free. lie waved
the girl aside.
Don't box them up" He
swept the marvels into the crook
of his good arm and stalked for
the door.
The little tykes never said a
word when he thrust the dolls al
most abruptly at them.
The elder could only clasp hers
close TO her breast with both
hands. She squeezed 1t, squeezed
it. Her silent look was enough.
The hitler one crouched over
her doll on the pavement. and
though the choked sobbing still
went on, il was gentled.
A new note had crept into ia
whimpery, mothering Groom.
The Bobby coughed.
WED best be getting on" he
said.
He gave Sam AtchiSon long,
steady look. And suddenly he
CONTINUED on Page 39)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26

MO ONE Of his comrades on the
~ bomb demolition squad would
have even remotely associated
Sam AtchiSon. aDd sentiment As
a matter Of fact there was little
time for such civilized nicetieS IN
their daily work
Sleep they sometimes Got none
al all for the whole N hours AZ a
stretch. when the raids We're
heaviest.
II was dash and rush then
through debris Uttered fire-black-
ened streets. shaken by explosions,
lodging the SplinterS on to the
next job.
Down into the crater where a
time bomb lay, they'd swarm 10
dig against the ticking seconds,
against the quiet Gnaw OF acid
eating toward the explosive charge
somewhere within the great steel
shell.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
Fighting Mans Friend
Send Packages
To Australia
Well Wrapped
BY SHANNON CORMACK

Mrs. f. r. La Barte @ We
have brother stationed in Aus.
tralia and would like to send him
packages. Will he receive them IN
good condition?
Al YOU make up your pack
age I'm heavy cardboard box
that will stand plenty Of hand
ling. and wrap and tie II securely
there il no reason why II should
not reach him In good shape. Ad-
dress II with your brothers
name, rank. serial number and
unit and send II care OF the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
Daily Short Story
Sam Goes to Dinner

glanced at his small charges, and
his tone grew gentle as a woman'S.
"Come along now, YOU"
When he turned they followed
him unQueStioningly.
Piccadilly was right on Sans
way His watch showed a quarter
to six. He could get cleaned up a
blt al the dressing station and go
on 10 his tryst from there.
The hurt arm ached, but ne was
going 10 meet his Mary. No
splinter cash could stop that.
Three steps ahead of him the
little girls sobs came back 10 his
ears. They were wracking the tiny
body-choked and dry and hard.
He clenched his big hands, shook
his head doggedly, flung IL up. And
as he did his eyes were suddenly
focused
'Ho, YOU" he called to the
officer. stop"
They were in front of store
a swanky place with lofty facade -
imposing in spite of its bomb
Scared front. Across the arched
doorways defiant sign proclaimed
Business as Usual.
won't take mo-" Sam
Atchison heard his own voice
say. He didn't wait for an an
swer, he plunged through the
door.
He had hard time speaking at
first, standing there alone and
awkward before the polls h d
counters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26
DUCK FROM SIGHT

People commenced TO duck from
sight, but he only hunched his
shoulders bit and plodded on. He
had date TO keep, he wouldn't
be forced aside.
Even W h en- the nearby guns
'opened thunderouSly, he tramped
ahead, stubborn and alone.
Almost before his ear caught the
ripping shrek of the falling bomb
he had jumped for the nearest
doorway, hurled himself fiat.
The explosion rocked the street,
the blast Of il whipped his clothes.
Cracked his eardrums. fragments
whined wickedly.
Automatically he was up and
running down the Uttered street
toward the shattered walls even as
other tin-hatted men .swarmed alIt
lof. nearby ,cranpies ~ .iHse us dash.
They pulled and hauled, sweating,
lburrowing like moles. helping
dazed and grimy figures into open
light again.
A row of silent. blanket-covered
forms grew, too, along the curb.
Some one was shaking his shout
der hard.
Hello the man said, you've
done your stint, YOU know.
Come over here while 1 see to
you! Want TO bleed to DEATH"
1t was only then that he felt
the pain--Saw the red stream
dripping out of his coat sleeve,
over his fingers.
He stood by the ambulance
stolid as a bull while they fiXeC
the splinter rip.
The doctor patted the bandagec
arm.
Got you fixed temporarily.
my man. There's n dressing
station off Picadilly Circus. Let
'em have look at you there"
He signed Bobby.
"Take him along with your
tykes, constable"
They were bits of things. the
two little girls in the torn, dirtied
white dresses, huddled beside the
huge figure of the policeman,
/ Their big fear-shocked eyes
stared up into Sam Atchison's.
FORLORN SoBS
The smaller was crying deep
soul-wrenching forlorn sObS-while
, the tears coursed irregular chan
nels down her smudged baby
, cheeks.
The constable nodded quickly
toward the blanket shrouded row
Both parents"
His bleak eyes Softened as he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26

and SIN smiling a rlt. ne guessed,
az the new life she'd brought IN
place of her own.
-Four pounds even and he So
far away Has heavy fingers
rcmblcd slightly
Young sam had been a good boy
fNc>poundS 10 hard 10 think of
the lad IN AN unmarked graNe on
Durkirk'S sands SIX pounds and
SIX.
His glance ficked quickly up az
The picture again before he sorted
the money.
one pound 10 the cnevelopc with
the Surrey address Mary'S invalid
sister needed II bad each week.
Another pound in the plain
envelope 10 be pushed under Mrs.
Mimm'S door as he went out The
rest Of the money went back IN
the leather bag.
Four pounds. six ShlllingS II
had taken a long time 10 save that
amount foregoing has beer. cut
ting down on food and tobacco and
such.
He glanced az his watch. Four
thirty lie decided he'd make a
lei>urely stroll of il. stop some
where for a cool beer or two on
the way.
The sirens started 10 wall in the
distance when he was well down
Tottenham Court road and bat
tericS added their cough some
where off across the city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26

your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Timea,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-26

Army Post Office, San Fran
cisco.
Incidentally, II your brother
smokes, send him plenty of his
favorite brand of cigarets-Not
just one carton, send several
because the Australian cigarets
are very different from ours and
many American soldiers do not
like them.
Mrs. S. J. M. Q-My husband
is in Class ga; we have tire,
small children. At the time hi
was classified. in December 1910
he was working on cars, now he i!
a machinSt in an aircraft plant
Shodld he report this to his draf
board.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
Barnes Stornninq
by RAY BARNES

when he blanked the B league all
stars this week, Coffman doesn't
believe in practice. Before shutting
out the all-stars while pitching for
a team of no-stars, Coffman had
not thrown a ball in three weeks.
If he does that good he should
never practice.
The football picture q. Central
Junior college should be pretty
bright this coming season if the
game is played at all, judging from
the number of eX-high school stars
planning to attend the El Centre
j. c.. 1t has been reported that at
least three of the championship El
Centre high school eleven of 1941
are planning to attend there and
several graduates from BraWley and
CaleXico are expected to compete
for the Arabs. Football is out al
together for BraWley junior college
and many of the footballers in the
north end of Imperial Valley may
decide to come to the center city
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
HAL SCHUMACHER RETURNS TO FORM
AS SHUTS OUT BROOKLYN DODGERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 CUPl - Hal
Schumacher's won and lost record
this year-nine victories, eight de-
feats-does not rank him among
the top pitchers of the National
League but if there many more
moundsmen with an earned record
as effective as his has been recent
ly there wouldn't be a 300 hitter
in the circuit.
The 31-year-old highlander has
been with the Giants more than
IL years now and, like Carl Hub
bell, seemed ready for baseball's
boneyard this season. Now he is
beginning to come through in the
steady fashion that won % games
for the New Yorkers in 1894.
He turned in one of his bright
est jobs yesterday when the Giants
whipped the Dodgers 80, for one of
their most decisive beatings of the
year. Schumacher limited Brooklyn
to seven hits.
Home runs figured in all the
Giants runs, Mel OFT hit his 18th
and 18th and Billy Werber, Mickey
Witek and Buster Maynard each
connected for one circuit clout.
Youthful Bill Butland, in his sec
ond start of the year, limited the
AS to four hits and the Red Sox
took a 20 triumph.
Ed Smith won his third victory
against II defeats and the White
Sox stretched their winning string
to six by beating the Tigers, Al
Buck Newsom registered his
ninth victory pitching the Senators
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07

A QUICK LOOK. You've got
to hand it to the Imperial Mer-
chants, youthful team that replaced
the Ortiz All-Stars in the b league
The Merchants are out there fight
ing all the time when on the play
ing field and are the hardest bunch
of softballers to beat in the whole
league. There's none of that feeling
which allows somebody to pey for
sentimental reasons. They believe
IL fielding the best possible team
and if one of the boys can't do the
job they get someone else to fill
in for him. Their hitting is good
and their fielding is all right. The
Oldest member on the team is just
out of his teens.
Charles Coffman, FL Centre bread
merchant, reverses the usual pro-
cedure when it comes to pitching
softball. Credited with the only
no-hit game of the season this year
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
5. Burton
Heath
Writes::

The eastern stateS-the same II
plus the District of Columbia which
have been experimenting with
gasoline rationing-are looking for
ward to q cold winter.
Just as it has been found i'm
possible to supply their motorists
with automobile fuel, because OF
transportation difficulties, so 1t is
going to be impossible to provide
sufficient fuel for their oil burn
erS.
There is no wolf, wolf" If
there were, the nations largest
petroleum company would not have
substituted coal equipment in place
of oil burning.
Unfortunately, changes have been
coming thick and fast, intersperSed
with just enough false alarms so
that the eastern public is bit
apathetic. There is a general and
dangerous tendency for the home
owner to let the matter of next
winters fuel drift, in hope that,
rather than see the public suffer,
government will find some rabbit
to pull out of the hat.
During January and February,
in the eastern area, ordinarily l.
10000 barrels a day OF fuel oil
are burned. The best that is fore
cast for the coming winter is 791,-
900 barrels a day. Obviously this
leaves a shortage of about 1000
barrels q day, or approximately
one-third of the normal usage.
But that is not a true measure
of the seriousness of the situation
so far as householders are con-
cerned.
Much fuel oil is used industrially.
So the reduction to householders
may exceed one-third Of what they
have been using.
This has been reiterated time
after time, and still householders
neglect to do anything in prepara-
ton.
Some 100000 of them have furn-
aces originally built for coal but
converted to oil About all these
would need to do is have the oil
burners removed and CRATES in
stalled.
The government is going out of
its way to permit the manufacture
of CRATES for this purpose, from
metal needed elsewhere. The Fed
eral Reserve Board has made an
exception liberalizing credit re-
strictions, to help householders
finance the conversion from oil
to coal and also to cover the cost
Of weather stripping, insulation and
other fuel saving devices.
That, probably, is about all the
government can do. Uncle Sam can
hardly be expected to provide the
conversion free, or to send his
Workmen to do the job.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
BY JACK CUDDY

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 tUP) - The
brutal business of prize fighting
in which men are disfigured by
blows and bloodied and knocked
slap-happy while the crowd roars
for the kill-had one of it's rarest
interludes last night in which the
arena thrOug tul1.ed thumbs
up as it rarely did in the days Of
Nero, and actually applauded a lad
who refrained from knocking out
his opponent in the last round.
Unquestionably, the crowd of
more than 10000, including 9,468
cash customers, must have sensed
the drama that was unfolding be-
fore its eyes there in the ring light
in Madison Square Garden, as
young Allie Stolz grinned in the
10th round and refrained from Civ
ing the coup de grace to Chalky
Wright. a helpless Negro who tot
tered about the ring on rubber legs.
FORGOT MONEY ANGLE
They were fighting for a shot at
the lightweight croWn-for a big
money title fight with champion
Sammy Angott at the Garden on
Nov. band a kayo would have
meant much to the record of Stolz
who almost licked Angott last May.
But Stolz, a 23-year- kid from
Newark, NJ, with curly brown
hair and brownish fawn eyes, for
got the money angle-forgot the
harsh ring lessons he had learned
in his previous heart breaking
years-as he saw the helpless old
Negro swaying before him.
This Negro was Chalky Wright,
recognized in New York and affili-
ated states as featherWeight cham
pion of the world Wright who had
promised TO belt out young Stoz,
the No. l lightweight contender,
and thus remove the major obstacle
preventing his shift from the feath-
erweight throne TO the lightweight
pedestal. Wright was out TO kayO
young Stolz and he tried manfully
in tie early rounds TO turn the
trick with his explosive short
punches to body and head
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
ACM <
IN 18th

1t took the Acme team II
long innings to subdue the
Imperial Merchants Thurs
day night in their B league
softball game. They were
able to push seven runs across
in the first half of the last inn
ing to win, 1875.
The Merchants held a 5-4 lead
going into the seventh inning but
Acme scored once then and from
then on it was nip and tuck until
the explosive 18th.
Bud Carver, Acme right fielder,
started the rally when he singled.
Walks and errors brought in 3
runs. Then Hank Cauzza, Imperial
Irrigation District office first base
man playing for Acme, brought in
four more tallieS when he homered
with the bases loaded. The Mer-
chants were unable to score in
their half of the inning.
Bill Miller was credited with the
win. He gave up seven hits, in
Guiding two by Donald Templeton,
Merchant short fielder, who hom-
cred and hit a double.
Brandy Foulkes was the losing
pitcher, giving IA hits.
T. j. Payne, Acme fielder, hit
a triple and a single off Foulkes
offerings. Guy Holbrook also
touched him for two hits, as did
Carver.
The win left Acme in second
place behind the LID. office and
the City team, tied for first place
in the standings.
LineScore:
Acme ......... 2O2 900 100 7--12 Ia 1
Merchants 900 1O4 600 90 5 IS
Miller & jackson; Foulkes &
Oakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-07
F0Xx MAY RETIRE
FROM BASEBALL
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 7-UP

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 7-CUP)-
Infielder Jimmy FoxX, late of the
American league and now with the
Chicago Cubs in the National cir
cult. will voluntarily retire as an
active player unless he can con-
tinue as a regular.
The minute I'm finished as a
regular" he said here yesterday,
I'm going to get out and stay
out. I'm not going to sit on the
bench and be a pinch-hitter once
in a while"
FoXX, who was one of the hard
est hitters in the American league
said he would consider a managers
position If the right kind of offer
is made when I'm through playing