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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
Barbara Upson's
Engagement Told

THE ENGAGEMENT of Miss
Barbara Walker Epson 10
Robert Alan Fisken is announced
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elliott +. Epson OF Muirland
avenue. Her fiance is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Fisken, also
of Muirland avenue.
Miss Epson was graduated
from Miss Newnan's School and
attended Hillsdale College. Mr..
Fisken was graduated from
Cranbrook School and Purdue
University.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
-OpenHouse
7 ca EnIiven
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 26.

BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 26.
TUESDAY, one of the busiest
days In Birmingham for the
young people, was a typical
crystal day, and many were the
experiences of the guests at
Virginia Fellows tea in the
afternoon, and for Madeline
Pease's open house In the eve
ming when her parents an
nounced her engagement to Don
Matthews. Cars were strewn
along the side streets at all
angles after skids on the icy
roads, and chain gangs clasped
each others hands in managing
the slippery walks.
Ginnas house guest was Mari
lyn link of BEDFORD, who is her
roommate at Michigan State
College this year. and the tea
was in her honor and also for
many other guests who are
visiting in Birmingham and De-
troit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
Returns From Visit

Milton Coulson Jr., arrived
home Thursday from Crystal
Falls where he has been the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Green and Betty Green since
the University OF Michigan
closed for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Truman
Streng Of Alexandria. Va. are
moving 10 Birmingham shortly
after the first of the year. Mr..
Streng is a brother Of Mrs.
Jasper p. Reid OF Glengary road.
Ar and Mrs Edward s, Reid
OF Clifton road were hosts ar a
family dinner in their home on
Christmas Day when their guests
included: Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper
p. Reid. Mrs. Edward s. Reid
Of Detroit. Mrs Henry Streng
Of Kalamazoo, Capt TeHfFy Whit
aker OF Detroit. and Tony Hurt
ley from Ottawa, Canada.
ON New Years Day Mr. and
MIS-. Jasper KCTu VIII be hosts
10 the same group al dinner
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
BetrothaI Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence r.,
Becker have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter.
Moneta Bernice. 10 John Arm
strong Collins. son of Mr.. and
Mrs Ray Collins of Birmingham
Mr.. and Mrs. W. &. Sproull Of
Shirley drive were hosts at din
ner Saturday evening TO the
following
MEssRS sNp MEsDAMEs
c Hush whrelaw Malcolm IS WsIty
y l.. Campbell Ma and Mrs
! Robert M1seby William Reno
s Gordon saunders
and Mr.. and Mrs Lester L, Col
bert Of Chicago. who have moved
recently from Birmingham and
who spent last weekend with
friends here
MIR and Mrs. Arthur r
Clrlch OF Dorchester road will
hold open house 10 their friends
on December %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
Party for Children
At Swimming Pool

WITH WAR STAMPS as
prizes, children of Women's City
Club members will take part in
games and swimming races at
the club on Tuesday and
Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Remly B. Weeks is chair
man Of the pool parties. Tues
days party is for children under
II years of age and Wednesdays
for children II and over.
Members of the pool commit
tee who will assist Mrs. Weeks
are Miss Vera "A. Tcrnes. Miss
Helen j. kniSclcy and
MESDANES
Wendell Brown Robert HoWison
l. y DeNesse y Earl piuncy
Ralph Fordon Osborn H. Ensing
Lewis a. CARED
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
Mrs. Lewis Goes East

holidays in Norfolk, Va, with
her husband, Lieutenant Lewis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
Officer on Visit

1t and Mrs John Altman Of
Camp Lee. Va. arrived last
fr1uay 10 SpCHU Il wick WITH
Lieutenant Aim ans parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Leslie G. Altman
Of Hupp Cross road.
Mrs. L. NJ. Baker OF River
side drive entertained at a tea
last Sunday afternoon in honor
OF Helene WoolSon. VIII q @
marriage to Ensign Edward c.
Moore will take place Deem
Der %.
Carleton c. Patterson Jr. will
be host at dinner party this
evening at Bloomfield Open
Hunt Club for the following
guests:
MISSES
Jeanette SOULS Virginia Fellows
Joan Sterling Caroline Watkins
Janice Dal.ee Beverly Grier
MEssRs.
Philip Dibble George Sterling
Max Charlton Robert HAlsted
Byron Ellis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

Mrs. A. Ingersoll Lewis Jr. OF
Lewiston road is spending the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

PART .. AGE )
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07

Manila Hotel or the RaffleS Bar in
the days before the war suddenly
washed into the Philippine CAPT
tai and Singapore
And i'm front of the terrace
stands the snake charmer, ar
man With white beard
dyed red TO signify that he has
made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
He takes from bags and earther
crooks a variety of snakes, includ-
ing a hooded cobra which rears
its swaying head 10 inspect the
pleasant company on the veranda
with Sneering eyes.
1.-THE snake charmeF il a great
comfort" one man told me, "If
see the snakes and the snake
charmer, I know everything is
all right and order another gim-
let. If I see Just the snakes,
then know they aren't there,
and l call il a day"
Tomorrow: An important
shipment" reaches the United
States troops in midland it's
not a military secret.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07

mitted % name the branch OF
service in which they want service.
Those Who fan 20 be appointed 10
the school are released on appllca-
uon from the army.
Civilian disregard for army regu-
lationS concerning the wearing OF
military insignia has caused the
of permission 10 sell
the insignia m all stores except eN-
changes 40 army posts and ship
service stores of the navy, II was
announced today.
Regulations provide a penalty of
$3.50 OF SIX months Imprisonment
Tor Persons miSrepreSenting them
selves as a result of the insignia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Don't Let "', ci
H AY FEW r
Wreck 6 Weeks

Why suffer meekly through the heat
have vacation time spoiled = with the irri-
hting distress of running. red nose. smart
ing. watery eyes. tneezing and headaches 2
Let Or. Plstt's CAL-RlNEX' bring YOU the
comforting relief thousands Of other hay
fever sufferers now enioyl Tasteless cap
sules - usually with such prompt action
symptoms often begin 20 subside with first
dose Make test Of DR.. Platts CAL-RINEX
Today - Just take as directed. Must prove
IT'S worth 20 your entire satisfaction or
money back. Az your druggist. Formerly
known as DR.. Platt's RINEN-sAme formula.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Michigan 3-A
0CS Candidates
Prefer Infantry

4-e4F22 2 II SEER 4t7-. t,-it-
ican men seeking 90 become off
Gers IN the United States Army
Overwhelmingly prefer 10 serve nm
'h6 infantry "a survey of volunteer
officer candidates who have passed
through Fort Custer revealed to-
day
OF the candidates. drawn from
2-A classified men. so per cent of
the Michigan mon asked for in
fantry service as against the ma
uonal average of 30 per cent.
The QuartcrmaStor Corps was
second choice. With 10 per cent Of
the state, men against a national
average of Is per cent Artillery
and armored forces tied for third
here with s per cent. The ma
tonal average of armored force
choice is IS per cent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
ATTEND II SCHOOLS

Michigan volunteers are now at
tending - of the IL officer candi-
date schools throughout the
country with men m schools for
antl-arCrait. engineer, signal, ord
nance. finance. medical, ait corps
administrative and branch imma-
terlal m addition 10 infantry.
quartermastcr. artillery and arm
ored force
Volunteers for the OCS are per
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
Inside
Still Time for Tea
at u. S., British
Headquarters in Delhi

ct is commonplace to find
resident snake charmcr AZ YOUR
hotel in India ". w Chaplin
international News Service WAT
correspondent, reveals herewith
in the sixth chapter Of his series
about life IN wartime India. Mr.
Chaplin Is on a rowing assign
ment with The United States
Army forces stationed ln The
Indian war theater.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
-FOUR MEALS A DAY

The broad veranda is crowded
with uniforms, mostly khaki shirts
and shorts enlivened by an oc-
casional kilt or even the cherry
colored dress trousers OF a famous
regiment. This fourth meal of
the day fills a gap between the
days serious duties and whatever
social affairs may lie ahead. II
consists of bread and butter, bis
cults, cake and tea.
When the glasS-topped wicker
tables are cleared of tea things il
is still early. for dinner begins at
S and latecomers are still served
after 10.
And, because il is not yet 6
o'clock, you see few whisky glasses
replacing the tea cups. and. at the
business end of those few, you are
almost certain to find Americans,
who are not so rigid about their
drinking rules. The others stick
TO weaker stuff: gimlets pink
gins or the myriad variations of
collinses, fixes and sings.
The scene, with its shining
glasses and babble of conversation
is inevitably reniniscenLnf-tthc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
BROAD GREEN LAWNS

1t has broad green lawns, flow
ering rose bushes, a profusion of
flame trees, goldfish pools with
fountains, and an outdoor swim
ming pool, which is cleaned and
refilled twice weekly, and il has a
resident snake charmer.
Burma is gone. China is block
AIDED. Rommel has swept east
ward across North Africa into
Egypt. Reinforced Crete is a
mounting menace. But it is still
very pleasant at this most luXuri-
Gus hotel. the headquarters of the
American and British forces in
India.
Join us at tea time, when the
days work is done and the
thermometer is lowering its
mercury mercifully toward the
l00-degree mark.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07

Nutrition experts recommend beef for robust strength
Kroge Tenderay Beef reaches you resb-contains far
more Juice more vtamns than aged beef. It's the only
beef that's guaranteed FRESH Tender )on money back
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-07
BY W. W. CHAPLIN

DELHI. India got back from
a week on the northeast frontier
10 find that the American forces
had expanded me right out OF the
Imperial Hotel. which is now filled
solid with United States officers.
Ny baggage had been sent over
10 a third rate hotel a mile away.
I took one look at that hotel and
moved down 10 the Cecil IN Old
Delhi. which / think will remain
my permanent headquarters IN
India.
The disadvantage of living In
Old Delhi is that you are six miles
from the United States CensUTs
and eight miles from the British
cenSors, which runs into taxi bills.
But the Cecil has advantages.
1t lies in lis own compound away
from the main road and. SO, except
during dust storms, Is fairly clean.
, 1942-09-02
LET'S DO
OUR PART

All up and down the highway
Driving at headlong pace
The careless and foolish
drivers
Constantly speed and race.
I don't knoW Uhere they
came from
Who they are, or where they
go
But they surely are
Un-American
Why they really are helping
the foe.
The gasoline, oil and the
rubber
They are Dasting so freely
today
Are vital necessities of war-
fare
So carelessly burned away.
These are so urgently needed
By the armed forces of the
u. S. A.
Composed of our friends and
loved ones
Who are fighting for freedom
today.
Perhaps We can't fight in the
conflict
In a plane or shooting a gun
But the actions of folks on the
honefront
Determine the victories won.
The Stamps and the Bonds
that 1e purchase
With our Dollars and
Quarters and Dimes
Are keeping the materials
moving
To faraDay lands and chimes.
Then too by drivimg more
slowly
We all can haze our fun
In taking the germ from the
Germans
And sinking the Rising sam.
, 1942-09-02

NIOSSs
Endorsed by both CLIO President
Philip Murray and AFL President
William Green, the plan calls for
honor rolls to be posted in meet
ing halls of union central bodies,
as well as those of local unions.
Blood donor chairmen will be ap-
pointed in the city councils and
local unions to register prospective
donors, so that a steady supply
will be available for the existing
Is centers.
The program will be put into
effect shortly, officials of the
Blood Donor Service state, with
pamphlets of instruction and honor
rolls being furnished union chair
men at that time.
Simultaneous with the an
nouncement of the plan which
brings the CIO and AFL together
in this humanitarian work, five
union officials from the AFL and
Go in New York City celebrated
atlantic Charter Day" by donat-
ing blood together at the New
York Blood Donor Center.
Vincent J. Ferris, secretary of
the Allied Printing Trades Coun-
ell and a member of the New
York Chapters Board of Directors,
and Michael J. Quill, international
president of the Transport
Workers Union (CIO) led the
group. Others were: Saul Mills,
executive secretary of the Greater
New York Industrial Union Coun-
Gil (CIO); Miss Marcella Loring,
organizer for the United Retail,
Wholesale & Department Store
Employees (CIO) and James c.
Quinn, secretary of the New York
Central Trades & Labor Council
(AFL).
, 1942-09-02

men who died in the treacherous
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
are avenging their husbands in
the most direct way possibility
helping to make military aircraft.
The work these women are do
ing dramatizes the fact that in this
war the "front" is everywhere and
that the men and women who pro-
duce the tools of war are just as
surely fighters in this war as are
the soldiers on the firing line.
No one knows this better than IL
enemy, our enemy fears American
production above everything and
would bomb it to extinction-if
he could.
An invisible part of every
bombing raid over Axis territory
are the millions Of men and
women workers who made that
raid possible, who dug and re-
fined and shaped and forged the
metal which became gun and shell
and plane, who painstakingly
wrought the parts for frame and
motor, whose skills went into the
assembly of delicate instruments
and all manner of necessary
equipment.
General Jimmy Doolittle called
attention to this truth after his
raid on Tokyo last April. There
were only 80 airmen in General
Doolittle's squadron of medium
bombers, but they couldn't have
rained high explosive on the
Japanese capital had it not been
for thousands of American men
and women working together
toward a common end in a thou
sand factories from coast to coast.
"Typical of our Army Air Force
today" said General Doolittle of
the men he commanded in the
Tokyo raid and added Immediately
that their planes were typical of
the planes our aircraft factories
are producing -. the best planes
in the world Nothing I can
say about these planes is too high
praise for the people who make
them"
General Doolittle's "high praise"
was praise for workers-men and
women, white and colored, old
and young-in more than 900
plants producing parts for those
North American BPS medium
bombers, for workers in the fac
tories of 65 major subcontractors
for workers in North Americans
vast assembly plants in Kansas
and California, for workers in
the great factories turning out the
powerful Wright Cyclone motors
motors assembled from $3.50
p~arts-which drove his warplanes
straight over the heart of Japan.
Building warplanes these days
is a matter of mass production,
and yet this is a sort of mass pro-
duction in which the highest sort
of quality must be maintained.
There must be no chance for fail
ure of a single part.
That's why there are some
100000 inspections on the produc-
ton line in a bomber assembly
plant, why an aircraft motor, after
$4,000 inspections during the pro-
cess of assembly, is torn down
again following its green" test
and painstakingly reassembled.
But the best, the only real guar
antee that a military airplane will
perform under the Tremendous
stresses Of battle maneuver is the
earnest, alert purpose of all the
49, 80 - I
, 1942-09-02

Japan, from the grey Atlantic sea
reaches to the blue Mediterran-
mean off Egypt.
Bombing airplanes represent a
staggering total of hours worked,
of skills expended. Given tools
and about $50 square feet Of work.
ing space an expert craftsman a
real "production soldier" can
turn out about a pound of air
frame for a bomber like those in
General Doolittle's squadron every
three hours.
The airframe of a B-25-that's
the static part, the lifeless body
without motor or propeller -
weighs about 10000 pounds, and
thus about 10000 men and woman
hours of labor, or the equivalent
of an hours work by 10000 skilled
work-people, goes into building
this frame.
That's twice the labor that goes
into the assembly of a large
railway locomotive and it's labor
of the most exacting sort. The air.
frame contains many thousands Of
parts but these are SO put together
to withstand the strains of flight
that only a few thousand show in
the finished job.
The same sort of painstaking
labor, the same sort Of alert, fight
craftsmanship, goes into the build
ing of the motors with which the
B-25 is powered. These Wright
cyclones are miracles to dismay
the Axis, they compress the pow
er of a locomotive into a mechan-
ism only a yard and a half in
diameter, a machine which de-
livers II times the power of an
auto engine although it weighs
only as fifth as much per horse
power.
In the old days, before the war
speeded everything up, it took
eight men a full eight-hour day
to fit together the $500 separate
parts which make up a cyclone
motor. Now there's a straight
assembly line instead of the old,
slow "spot" assembly system and
it takes just a matter of minutes
to assemble a Cyclone IA.
"We depend upon the ships you
made as much as we depend on
ourselves" said General Doolittle.
"We're grateful to all of you for
giving us this opportunity to de-
liver your messages to the Japan
eese."
"And that holds true for every
man and woman in America who
is backing us up in the vital lines
of production, wherever they may
be-"
What General Doolittle had to
say of the people who build air
craft and supply the raw materials
and the parts. for aircraft goes,
too, for production soldiers in
every other line of war work, for
the men and women who, together
with their hands and eyes
and skills to defeat the common
enemy.
VICTORY AT ONLY 1879 ~!
The value of new machine tools,
presses and other metal working
machinery shipped during May
was $118, $685. 200.
American workers have a big
job to do to supply Army Air
flexible gunnery schools
with 10000 rounds of ammunition
daily in the training of gunners
, 1942-09-02
Women Workers Make
Large Scale Raids Possible

Here are afew high ightd tn men and women behind the guns Workers who are making
who are doing their part to dhnd the rights and freedom hat we might enjoy those priceless gifts
, 1942-09-02
Red Cross Will Issue
Honor Rolls For Unions

WASHINGTON, D. C-Unnns helping the Red Cross meet its new
blood plasma quota will be provided with honor rolls for posting
donors names under a plan just announced by the American Red
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
BUDGET DIRECTOR
 USELESS POSITION
City Controller. Should Take Over Duties Says
 Alderman Walker

A charter amendment abolishing the office of Budget Director, eS- tablished three years ago, should. be adopted by the 1943 General Assem- bly,, Alderman Burton H. Walker, Republican minority leader of the board of aldermen, declared today. The duties, he said, could be easily taken over by the City. Controller.
 When an aldermanic committee waits on the finance board to urge Lpa.- raises or additional equipment for city departments, the latter board, said MT. Walker, Twill then see MT. Olsen and MT. Olsen will tell the baord just what it can do."
 "TniS Is one office that the City of Waterbury can well do without, l" asserted the minority leader x ., :. I'll have more to say about this in the future"
 SThe post of Budget Director was created 1 na charter revision pre- pared by the late Senator George T. Culhane and adopted by the 1889 legislature. The 1041 charter revi- sion, sponsored by the present city administration, let the job, which pays $6,OOO a year, remain.
 The present Budget Director is Thorvald E. Olsen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
Hotel Owners Must
 Post Rental Rates
Operators of Tourists Camps, Rooming Houses Also
 Obliged to Display Charges; Complaints Filed

In drive to achieve full compli- ance with the Rent Control Law in Connecticut, Chester Bowles, State OPA Director, today cautioned op- orators of hotels, rooming houses, tourist camps, and similar housing accommodations to display notices of rental rates in all rooms that are rented or offered for rent.
 Residents of hotels and rooming houses have complained to the Con- necticut Office of Price Administra- tion that their landlords do not have signs displayed in their rooms, showing legal rental rates for one or more persons, by the day, week or month";" Bowles pointed out.
 Card or Sign
 "The rent regulations specifically require every landlord of a hotel and rooming house or similar hot1s- ing accommodation to display in each room rented or offered for rent, a card or sign plainly stating the maximum rent or rents for all terms of occupancy and all num-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24

every square inch of water and land for 800 miles around"
 Pan-Air students have to learn names and position of 52 stars. Groundwork for this is laid in the classroorls, whose walls are adorned with all the necessary constellations and planets. Then classes are held at night in the open, o that by the time the cadet actually goes on night flights he knows every star by its name. Nor are the kids awed by the heavens. The star Betelgeuse, for instance, is casually referred to as "Beetle-Juice.
 Capt. Lunn is intensely proud of the 9 DFC,s awarded gradu- ateS of the school, and exceeding ly sober faced when he thumbs through growing stack of yell low cards in the file-cases. Those yellow cards contain the histories of men who went out tot meet the en- emy and who didn't come back. But of one thing Lunn is sure If they didn't come back 1t wasn't because the navigator confused Jupiter with Venus, or got balled up on the position of his old friend Beetle Juice"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24
]. V for ., Victory

A total of TOO plants have formed : labor management conn mittees to participate in War Pro- duction Drives. Pennsylvania. with 130 plants, leads all states. Ohio is second with 88, New York third with 79, and New Jersey fourth with 47.
 Only 100000 passenger cars will be rolling in 1943. unless car- pooling is effective. An estimated 10000 900 automobiles will be of the streets in the. next 12 to IS months If the average American continues to drive as he did in peacetime.
 4se 70 e.
 Present goal. of the car-pooling drive is four passengers to car. The rate in some tests has already been toosted from 1.6 to 2.4 riders per car.
 Tourists from outside the IT ratioped states will be subject to the same regulations, as drivers in the rationed areas, when pur- chasing gasoline. They will be permitted to travel only the dis- tance limited by "A" ration cards. Vacationists this summer will be given "A" ration cards promptly. entitling them to seven units. or 2i gallons. of gasoline.
 -t oo
 Hair and bobby pins last year used enough steel to make 1883 three-iIich anti-aircraft guns.
 The entire stock and producton of heavy weight sole leather has been Eet aside to fill military roc qulrements. leaving ordinary and light weight outeTsoies for civilian shoes.