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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02
Registered U. 8. Patent onics

was In the case of the ship that
arrived In Russia and was In
termed. II Is true, the bombing
was effective and that no plane
fell on japanese soil. 1t Is like
wise true that all reached their
destination which was the
Asian continent, but omitted
was the name OF the airfield
under Chungking control TO
which they were ordered.
"By this omission, the Japa-
nese were given no hint to di-
rect their hunt for the disabled
ships. For months, they were in
doubt as 10 whether the crew
they captured belonged to DOo-
Titles command,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02
SCORE OF ZEROS

A squadron Of Zeros jumped a
squadron of American B-25 bomb
ers and P-40 fighters bound for
Lac. japanese base in northwest
New Guinea.
Three of the japanese fighters
were shot out of the air while one
Allied fighter was lost.
At Buna airdrome. the principal
Japanese base in the Papua terri
tory. an Allied medium reconnai-
Sance unit was met by seven
Zeros but battled them off sue
cessfully.
Despite air opposition the Allied
medium bombers dropped 10 tons
of bombs on the runways of the
Lac airdrome and on supply
dumps and dispersal bays. Sew
eral fires were started.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02

SHIPS StedIIleu III NIOSc W lIlt
island Friday morning to throw
shell after shell into the enemy
positions for more than two hours,
FIRST U. s. SMELLING
This is the first time American
units have shelled the Jap forces
on Guadalcanal since October II,
and the first activity reported
since Secretary of the Navy Knox
announced last week that Jap
naval forces had Withdrawn
from the Solomons area.
(Reports from Berlin today
declared that a new Jap fleet
had been sighted 300 miles from
Guadalcanal, and is headed to-
ward the island. The report
stated the enemy warships are
accompanied by transports. The
navy said is had no comment
on the reports.)
The minor ground operations, in
which two Jap rs millimeter guns
were captured, took place Thurs
day just west OF the Matanikau
River on Guadalcanal. on the
fringe of the west western Ameri-
can positions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02
Nazis Rushing
Reinforcements
Into Caucasus
Men. Tanks, Planes
Sent to NaIehik Area;
Yield Inside StaIinerad

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (UP).-The
Germans inside Stalingrad re-
treated farther today before pow
erful Russian counter-attacks, but
battlefront dispatches said the
Nazis were rushing more men
planes and tanks 10 the Nalchik
area of the eastern Caucasus for
a supreme effort TO drive to the
Georgian military highway.
The Soviet noon communicate
said-four German tanks were
blown up and L trucks loaded
with troops and supplies destroyed
in the Nalchik area. and acknowl.
edged no new enemy advance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02
REDS SLAUGHTER 200

Northwest Of Stalingrad. Rus
sian patrol drove into a fortified
zone. destroyed seven blockhouses
and three dugouts and wiped out
200 men.
South OF Stalingrad.. the Rus
slams occupied the forward line OF
German defenses yesterday. They
were consolidating their gains to-
day. and the Germans were on the
defensive.
With winter not far away, the
Germans were trying 10 drive from
the Nalchik area TO Ordzhonikidze.
30 miles away. terminus OF the
Georgian military road which
leads over the Caucasus Mountains
to Trans-CaucaSia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02
REDS STRESS PERIL

The Germans, however, drove a
w dye into defense positions
around Nalchik yesterday. their
fifth gain since the middle of last
week. and all dispatches empha-
sized the danger of break
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-02

The Italian and German ma
chine gun nests were less than
! 500 Yards ahead
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

AXE THE OCCASION to thank the fine people of I'M
pc, l Valley for their 100 percent coopo1atlon Surely
no people earth more ho@ptable quicker 10 as
H and help solve problems, and moro pleasant t" york
with. We especially commend the county Board OF All-
p1visots and the city officials Of Imperial. Their e-
forts in our behalf have been untrmg.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

y
PROGRAM of the United Nations In training aVlatorS
perform service with the famous Royal Ar
Force, performing service IN behalf OF the
defense Of Of the four main fronts set forth by
President Roosevelt
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

earned l..i" liyrhluod drivina Ion4
i'll ..r". and malas Dac,; and
sori. cao.a fla. acserl. curlin
l&s=. "clS man. ND freight
lie CaValcadc is NJ iust a show
L J. a CAREFUL" worked ont his
lolical drama Many of thc persons
Who helped build Imperial valley
had a hand in the preparation OF
tie script Some OF them play the
parts that thCT lived in the past.
The Cavalcadc is in fact history
ccme alive before the eyes al the
audience.
And in the audience arc the pco-
PIE who settled in the descrt II the
Ca2alcadc docs not present the story
as Il actually took place -. tho
MANAGERS of the Cavalrado hear
about it and the script must Dc
changed 10 give a perfect picture
e what happened IN settlement days.
There is nc chance to present the
thing any way except in the way it
actually happened.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
CaIexico CavaIcade is Valley
History i'm Real Life Ac+ion

18th. and all manlse o. scenic 'o.aa
- arranged for the visitors.
ono of tie C3v2leadca greatest
attractions is lts earH nauralnc5s.
IL spite Of tentative lccIcr5 sent
OH by Hollywood and other pro-
HIc ors. ihc affair has been kept free
0l all false glamor. and restricted
10 me theme which Drouaht its ORIG
.nl success.
Annually. now. visitors come from
Ill parts Of North America to see
fhis. one of the fey remaining from
tier celebrations which has retained
all its native flavor.
Invariably, those who come -
watch 90 away with the resolve 10
return next year. 1or this is an
event one can see over and over
without firing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
RFAL LU5F INCInENTS

This mates If WlDoa-lblr 10 IN
trodace dozens OF Interesting side
n2hls. llic ncidcu)s lifting the
rcrlcrmancc out of TIE ordinary
and plac!no it in q clas, b. itself.
CalcXiaana lons dreamed oi such
a pagea.t and at la, il became
reality Tnoy ten u" erca story
Of Imperial valley imp! but they
tell Tie sts'N well.
Ben dc Del lormcr CalaHicm,
vas lcanad bE the Fox Vs. Coast
theatres to act as p1@canl director
AGAIN This year, post he MS held
since the first performance tire"
years AGO Ben dc Dici also PLAYS the
par; Of C2pt. Juan BauIista de An
N. the conqucror. Mrs. Gladys Lor-
on2 Is co-dirCcl0r, Mrs. Maurc"
S1tlinger has charge Of the script,
Roy Kincaid is narrator. and Mrs.
Elneoto Chavez and Blanche Court
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
PARADE

A great historical parade, one OF
thc mcst interesting ever seen IN
the southern part Of California, i
tho feature OF one day, April Il.
A school children# parade features
another day. School children OF
Mcxicaii, Calc%ico, and schools al
over Imperial county march IN thls
fascinating pascant Of childhood.
A great costume ball, carniVals, con-
ccsgions. concerts. street dancing, 4
barbecue.
Chuck wagon breakfasts cnliYen
the morning hoo. on INC first and
last days. Lumchcons and dinners
where Mexican food Is served al
ways are available. Horseback nd
inc over the worlds longest bride
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Is SPONSOR

l.. II. Dove is president of the
CalpXi"o Winter Festival aSSocla-
ton which STAGES the Cavalcade, II.
w. Going /, vice president and
trcasurcr Mickcy Smith is secretary,
and c. r Reynolds is manager.
CalrXico and McXicaH present a
gala appearance for the Cavalcade
col blaton. This year the celebra
tion will bcen April 9, and cloaf
late the night Of April II. Durin2
the thrcc-day period the entertain
mont features continue ON boln
.idcs of the international boracr
and the resident Of both cities par
ticipatc in the entertainment feat
urra. first in enc city and then III
tnr other
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

uoy Wlcbcn are dance directors.
The pageant l. presented in thfee
sviffIr no.ine .cts ken in
scenes which arr ri>kc' out OF ih1
DARKNESS by lrea. ,lootIghts. TN
trirk livca the Wnolc thing SCI
of mage ana mystery most appeal
i'm.
The prologue 'c,ls Chc story ol
the first Imperial valley inhabltani
Net one is divided into five scenes
departure Of dc ANA from tic
Prcsidio of Tubac. the meeting o.
de Anza and Chief Palma at Yuma.
the discover. of water and ANA S
vision. Anzas camp on Christmas
MINT in 1775 when the first white
child is born IN Imperial VALLEY
and An1a's farc2cn to the colon.
i,tS.
Act , haa three sccncS--thc colon
i2atiou period The overland Butter
field stage period. and the carly
California settlers wagon train.
Act 3 has -four "cncs-thc chuck
WAGON cowboy. rcclaiming the dcs-
crt the water arrives at CaleXlco
the flood scene. and the childrenS
chorus. The cpiloguc is the salute
to tho nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Desert
Story
Played
by MARGUERITE BROOKS

Introducing the international Cav
alcadc Of Imperial Valley!
Music SWcllS TrumpctS blarc
. The great audience grows sill
ent A beautiful" mOdulatcd
masculine voice speaks briefly 90. A
bell-likc soprano voice bursts into
song o. FloOdlights pick a ColOrful
scene out Of the darkness
1t is the international Cavalcade
of Imperial Valley, .ho valleys great
est. its only community pageant. II
was born in Cale@; 0 three years
ago, became insta y popular on
both sides Of the /. Drnati0nal Dor
der. and today is laudo3 as the ma
jor event in all Imperial valley.
APRIL ENGAGEMENT
This year the pageant will be pre-
Scntcd April 10 N The natural am
phithCatcr west of CalcXicO which
provides a perfect scttine for it,
CalCXicO and McXicali really pre-
sent the show with the rest of the
valley aiding and abc'ting from
the sidclincs. This year will mark
the third presentation ol this color
full event.
1t tells the story OF the conquer
ing of tho d-acr, ant ,nc building
OF Il great agricultural empire. Il
dramatiHc3 the dramatic story be
hind the Bringing OF water from
tho Colorado river to Impcrial
Vallc".
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
HAS EVERYTHING


The Cavalcadc is Il dcli%hlml
show packed full of drama, pathoS,
and comedy It's music is perfectly
suited to the scenes.
Hundreds of perfectly co9tuncd
men, women, and children take
part in it. There is a 9aicty, a sron-
tancous enthusiasm. a Wholchcartcd
sincerity about the CaValcadc ,hat
no professional performance ever
has.
And the music Beloved SONGS of
American pioneering days Tho
beautiful music of Mexico. All WOV-
en- into the plot and adding the last
perfect note to each scene.
And tho horses! Dozens of horses,
mules, and burroS. Many, many,
stage coaches. wagons, SchOOnrr5.
and frcightcrS roll in front Of the
audience in all their rich, historical
Significance.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
VANISHING ARTS

Driving, genuine driving requiring
an almost vanished skill. is demon
stratcd BY men who in years past
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

70 WIICON tOI.kS from far and wide To the Imperial
County i'air We hope they will enjoy watching our
truning operations while visiting the fair We regret
that we cannor permit them the field but that
is against regulations Visitors may, however, view
much from outside the field fences and urge them
to do
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
The AeronauticaI Training Center, Ineorpora

TO BE PAR? Of Imperial Valley Emenang originally from foa
akc.stiela moving here only recently we already 1ee
part and parcel of this beautiful, thriving fertile
;lel which provides find, not only fine crops but
also the finest flying weather and conditions any ar
school could desire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

come through. That night when
they were celebrating the big
event. Annabel went TO them in
real evaporation.
surely YOU won't mind
shutting the door, will you:
am so utterly sick of the sound
Of your voices"
They wee so polite about IL she
was almost sorry she had asked
them.
WANT HER TO LIKE THEM
"You think I'm so awfully old.
Well, oughtn't I have a little Of
the respect due age?"
ooh, you're not that old, Miss
Annabel."
"Just old enough to get In
fellows way"
I've want you to like us, Miss
Annabel."
"Well the best way TO achieve
that Is TO give me a little peace"
Peace: What is il?
a big mechanical engineer who
got water into the high waste
places of the northwest, when tho
government had failed TO do so
losing men through breathing dust
in their efforts. was a few years
too old, and had his commission
taken from him.
Yet he went, as did all The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

others. not one of whom waited
to be drafted. 1t was easy enough
TO get them to give up their lives,
but you couldn't keep them from
singing before beakfast.
Yes: They are all gone now. and
how lonely the house is. One must
have the human presence and must
put up with its frailities to get
what is lovable.
Annabel is thinking in earnest
of moving in the spring. For she
cannot read or write or think or
rest. She does so miss the lift OF
their fresh, young voices.
Mondays short story: "Prior-
titles for Moddom," by Hollis
Starnes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

World Famous Comics! Three
pages every day In Daily De-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
CONSULTS ANNABEL

Carlo wanted to consult Annabe
about whether to get into the all
force or the navy. What she
thought on such a subject was in.
deed valuable! But a man whose
opinion she respected said the all
force.
He chose il, and the bunch made
such a celebration of what they
considered that particular way he
had chosen to lose his life, they
celebated it loudly with a party
Annabel that time rose in indigna-
ton and said:
81 will simply have to get some
place self-respecting enough to
observe others rights to live In.
This Is objectionable in you boys
your total absence Of cOnsidera-
ton. I'm going TO move"
They looked a little sheepish and
skunk away on tiptoe. The next
evening they were quiet.
BY the mornings mail a sinister
looking, hard, tightly done up little
package arrived for her. What
was it? A bomb? People were SO
venomous. She was almost afraid
to open it. but summoning her
courage, did so. 1t was the 50-cent
piece returned to her by Jamie,
which she had meant 10 contribute
TO the maintenance of the army.
And so things moved along for
more than a week. in which time
she was deciding whether she
should move. and feeling that she
would really have 10. Tommy
would be left the youngest. the
most we'll TO do, and the noiSiest
OF the lot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

children but generally conceded
TO be the worlds loudest COM
mon noise is what?
3-If it falls TO your lot 10 be
appointed head of the military
police, what would be your
title?
4-Stingless male bees seldom do
anything more than hang
around the hive and grow fat.
They are known by what
name?
o-Last of the states in alphabet
cal order is next TO last of the
states in total population. What
state is that?
6-Suppose you've taken book
out of the library with dog
cared pages. Will they inter-
fere with your reading?
are sometimes called
peelers from the name OF the
organizer OF the Irish con-
stabulary. Who was that7
ANSWERS on Third Comic Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
ARRANGED TO MOVE

He would bring in others OF his
well born friends TO raise bedlam
She would 60. She had a hoteI
room arranged for.
One morning his fresh, young
voice behind her said.
"Well. Miss Annabel. you'll
soon see me I'm uniform"
"Why, Tommy. you're too
young, aren't you?"
"Yes. But I want TO get in"
And give up your nice job IL
took you so long to get?"
"Oh, yes. I must he there"
Like all small boys, with n
scrap going on YOU want TO he
In IT,"
ooh. YES, I want TO serve my
country"
When they said they would take
him he burst into song more VIC
lent than usual at breakfast. III
wanted TO be a great actor. anC
had been a year and a half getting
part IN which he appeared fol
ono minute.
However. il could so easily Leaf
10 another If any manager noticed
his winsome presence. IL nevel
occurred TO him that he nigh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

agreed it would be more practi-
cable, and he could run in some OF
his verse as a side line. But il
was not an age for expression ir
poetry.
cor In anything else, except
DEATH" he protested.
Meantime he was keeping him
self alive on $40 "a week salary
So OF which he sent TO his mother
He did this by lending his hand
some looks 10 modelling for ads
which sought TO convince men they
would appear as attractive as he
did in the handsome things he was
exploiting.
"Oh," he concluded. IL want
TOLL Join the army"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
Daily Quiz

BY THE ACE ANSwERMAN
Distributed by King Features synd. Inc.
The height of the Washington
Monument is 555 feet. Guess
the number of steps to the top,
Some say its the neighbor's
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
Daily ShOrf Story
Youth Is So Gallant
Nv MARY RRuSH WILLIAMS

BY MARY BRUSH WILLIAMS
1T WAS a perfect shame the way
Il those boys ruined that hand.
some old apartment that Annabel
Winston and all OF them were liV-
ing in with their rented rooms
Except for them there would not
be another spot of like charm and
central location in all New York
But they made il uninhabltable
with their ceaseleSS clatter.
They couldn't make any commu-
nication in the ordinary speaking
voice, but had 10 wait until some
of them got the length of the hall
away and then yell at them. Why
did they have TO do things the
noisieSt way and let friends ring
the doorbell at 6 in the morning
after even they themselves had
fallen asleep, and then jump up
brightly 10 begin again?
And when they were exhausted
at the end of a month of this
and went TO bed early. why did
they complain Of the noise, If you
happened 10 talk 10 a deaf woman
round midnight? And yet the
noisiest of them picked out for
Annabel the biggest and ripeSt per-
simmon from the b a ket at
Christmas.
DIsLIKED IN EUROPE
Youth! All, youth, as brought
up-or not brought up-by Ameri-
can parents. In Europe how they
used to despise them. Maybe not
so much now, since their services
are needed.
II was the fathers and the
mothers who were 10 blame but
the children got the dislike for il.
AS for Annabel, she could not read
or write or sleep or rest for the
sound of their voices.
One morning she went out into
the kitchen and told them TO keep
still, when they were singing and
FOSTERING. There was good deal
of swashbuckle in their attitude,
since they had been taught no
manners. They went right on with
their loud chatter. Certainly they
would not be beholden to any
woman.
That evening Jamie came in TO
say ne wanted TO apologize. He
couldn't speak for the other boys.
but he wasn't going TO do il any
more. And he didn't.
CONSIDER OTHER PEOPLE
Just the same, the noise was as
fierce, and there was nothing TO
do but to take aside Tommy, the
youngest, the happiest, the hand
soonest, the least well brought up
by the most well TO do parents
of them all.
Tommy" said said in a pri-
vate interview. you're such n
nice boy, and with so much
talent, and are so very attrac-
tive. And I just think it's the
biggest bore on earth to be con-
siderate OF other people. But
you almost have 10. IL makes
you 80 very much more attrac-
tive"
With a little swashbuckling air
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, l. one of many
famous features In Tho Detroit
Times,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
DIsLIKED IN EUROPE

Youth! All, youth, as brought
up-or not brought up-by Ameri-
can parents. In Europe how they
used to despise them. Maybe not
so much now, since their services
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13

he said he was going to be quiet
and he'd tell the other fellows
too. thus going Jamie one better
They were very quiet for "a hours
| Then, OF course, they forgot
only presently to remember ant
die away into a whisper. Their
good intentions did make theil
exuberance less disturbing.
She loved their fresh youne
energy when called upon to pull
down a refractory bathroom win.
dow. Bare 10 the waistline. with
a wintry blast blowing against
them, they would not yield until
that window was lowered. Or to
open a patent medicine bottle with
the tin stopper sealed on.
You would think that even they
were going TO have TO give up. But
no, stree. They wouldn't. And that
grit and that determination COM
bined with the physical strength
that ignores icy blasts from ar
open window is what is going out
TO save America and the world
from destruction.
Still. once again, she had TO say
to Tommy:
"You know, can't read or
write or sleep or think for that
sound of your voices"
He was like a reproached school,
boy for "a hours.
The next day he called TO her
"See my suntan, Miss Anna
belle"
ct Is indeed lovely. Did you
steal away from us over the
weekend and 60 10 Florida? I
didn't miss the sound of your
fresh, young voice."
mo. Mother wanted me to sit
under a sunlamp for my cold.
And told them 10 get the sun
tan on me-"
JAMIE HAS PROBLEM
Jamie had a problem to discus,
with her. He wanted to talk over
whether il would be better 10 hole
onto his job, which was so precious
or 60 home TO spend Christina!
with his mother. The job wa!
temporary. Annabel had such re
Spect for one job. having had only
about two in her life. she though
il would be better TO see il through
and 60 home later.
He went 10 see his mother in
stead. and il was just as well
because the job was kept open TO
him. and a week after his return
he was called TO the army. II,
had 10 borrow 80 cents from Anna
bel TO get himself where he needet
10 register.
He said he would. send IL back
but she having heard of so mil
lions being voted toward war ex
penses that morning wished 4
donate so cents toward financing
the army.
A boy named Charlie came ii
one evening and Topped down Of
her couch. IL was so very har
when one had tried and tried [,
make something Of ones life Jus
TO have TO give il over 10 beini
killed in the army.
SOMETHING LEFT IN LIFE
He wasn't called yet. and Anna
bel tried 10 explain that not any
thing like half the men who wen
20 the wars were killed, and Their
was something left in life. eve
with 10 years taken out OF II
when ono IS 20.
He had wanted 10 write poetry
but there didn't seem 10 be an,
field for il. Maybe he had bette
'itry 10 set op the radio. Annabe
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
Published Every Thursday
In
BEVERLY'S PRINT SHOP
Clintweod, Va.
RICKENBACKER'S RUBBER
RAFT

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
and his comrades owe their lives
to the small rubber raft on which
they floated for three weeks on
the surface Of the Pacific after
their plane was wrecked, await
ing rescue. During those long,
perilous days OF waiting for the
help that finally came, the only
thing that stood between them
and death was a tiny rubber raft.
Rubber, mark you-that precious
stuff which the government seeks
so anXiously to preserve, realiz-
ing that when the present sup
ply gives out. there will be no
more to take its pl:ce. Valiant
lighting men depend for life it
@elf on rubber-and yet despite
that fact, a great howl is going
UP from one end of this country
to the other over the prospect of
nationwide gasoline rationing in
0 der to conserve rubber! Write
your own comment. = Roanoke
Times.