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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
CHAPTER 13

should be frightened by the boat
Why doesn't it dive or swim
away?
Suddenly something flashed in
my mind.
/ whipped around, looked hard
and half rose, then sat down again
and cursed.
i turned 10 Gene.
See that thing way out
there?" l asked, pointing.
His eyes picked it up.
yeah he said slowly. what
Is it?"
Does II look like a seal:" 1
asked.
Tony was in on the game by
now.
Seals don't belong down
here" he declared.
eff IL ain't seal, what is it,"
Gene demanded having con-
WINGED himself by now.
"Well, maybe IL could have
got away from home,' Tony
admitted.
Having gained my support now
L put an end 10 il.
We'll" said. listen. If there
was room In this boat. I'd let
you kick me for a damn fool.
That was no seal, fellas. Damn
IL! IL was eoeonut.."
That left them with their mouth!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

register, crowded with some of
the shabbiest buildings in town.
Colyumists hearing a wit drop
a pearl and tossing a coin to
decide who gets ii.
THE Stage Doorman: Well. re-
Il hearsals seem TO be going
pretty well. No talk of replace
ments. That's a good sign.
certainly can use a good run.
Six months mebbe. II would help
pay of some Of those debts
But the producer needs a
break more than / do. He's
decent fellow and gracious to
small fry like me.
And the dough he owes
stretches from Sardfs TO 81.
No kids in this one--which is
q relief.
Some of those spoiled brats
can get SO temperamental. Still,
I've met some nice youngsters
around here.
That frankie Thomas was al
ways thoughtful. So was Mitzi
Green.
They tell me Helen Hayes
used 10 bring iuncheS for her
stage doormen when she was a
little girl and acting in Quaker
Girl"
The only star ever knew who
frightened kids in a big show
was Wilton Laekaye. He'd
wither ,em with q glance
Twenty-Five years in show
business. and here l am hoping
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

brought Ann TO Hollywood let
her go.
A photographer named Hur-
rell made some photographs OF
Miss Sheridan which made her
look like a very sultry siren.
These photos so impressed the
executives of Warner Brothers
studio that they decided To make
Ann a star.
Q-You said the O'Neills were
one of the six royal families OF
Ireland. My wife's maiden name
was 0iNeitf.
She is beginning TO high hat
me. My name is O'Grady.
Please name some famous peo-
pie named O'Grady. Don't fail
me. pal.
A-Mister, you have me on a
spot. The only famous OGradys
know of are Standish OGrady,
the Irish historian, and Mike
OGrady, who once caught for
the, st. Louis Cardinals.
FREDERICK v. BOWERS. He
Il wrote that hit of the yester-
year: Because / Love You"
This song was introduced in 1893
by William Armstrong in play
called The French Maid"
Joe Wall Jr. Newspaperman.
His father. Joe Wall of the
Giants, was the last left-handed
catcher to play in the major
leagues. Wall Sr. left the ma
jors in 1902.
Fred Heating. Magician. A
ventriloquist managed to become
one of the biggest hits of radio
but no one has yet figured out
a radio act for a magician.
Wonder, what becomes Of all
the magicians once in vaudeville.
And. by the way. what became
of all those vaudeville acrobats?
AT THE Letterman General
"A Hospital in San Francisco
there is stationed a Lieutenant
Colonel Shivers, Major Ice and
an army nurse named Freeze.
Another popular ditty with a
long title was who Takes Care
of the Caretaker's Daughter
While the -Caretakef Is Taking
Care"
AS for the first film in which
well dressed gangsters were por-
trayed it was Fools First" di-
rected by Marshall Neilan. The
second gangster film was That
Royle Girl" directed by D. w.
Griffith.
Writes an East Boston. Mass,
subscriber:
You say the only ajor league
brother battery you remember
Is the Cooper brothers Of tho
Cardinals. Another brother bat
terry was Yves and Rick Terrell.
You should've asked Glenn Nc
Carthy."
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
On the Side

o stars, you sdW our meeting,
TiOo beings and Que soul,
Ttoo hearts so mddly beating
To min0ie and be irhole!
o happy night, deiiuer
Her kisses back to me,
Or keep them ali, and gre her
A blissJul dream of mel
Lowell.
COME film stars live up to the
~ parts they portray and some
do not. A Californian writes:
az have been an admIrer OF
certain feminine star for some
time. Recently met her In per-
son. was sadly disappointed.
1 was sorry had met her"
This situation often arises.
However. have been fortunate
in my idols.
/ have met nearly all in per-
son and none has disappointed
me.
Some examples of those I have
admired. later met and not been
disappointed in are Ty Cobb.
Hans Wagner, Walter Johnson,
w. S. Hart. George NJ. Conan
and Helen Morgan.
baltimore, Md, now has
- 500 public air raid shelters.
How many has your city?
Some figures to keep in mind.
The distance from Pearl Harbor
to Toxic is $3.50 miles. From
Dutch Harbor TO Toxic, the dis
lance is about 1000 miles.
From the last of the Aleutian
Islands il is about 800 miles TO
Japan.
1t is said that a third of all
the taxes collected by state gov
ernments are from sources allied
TO the use of automobiles.
s
TEIIS department has been in
Il formed that Ginger Rogers,
who has been a brunei for some
time past, will, next week. be-
come a red-head again and will
remain a strawberry blond until
further notice
] know a man in Beverly Hills,
Cal, whose wife. though not an
actress, changes the color of her
hair three times a week. She
-uses wigs; or should 1 say trans
formations?
Nobody can sing Stormy
Weather as well as Ivy. Ander-
son. Incidentally, / think
Stormy Weather" is one of the
best popular love sortgs of all
time.
In Los Angeles there has long
been a restaurant named Pto-
maine fommy's. Now the City
of the Angels has an eatery
called Dyspeptic Bills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
Hunger Forgotten

Here we had the feeling. for
the first time, of being hand-to-
hand against the sea. There was
no time to think of hunger; that
gnawing pain was now becoming
part of us. and we paid it heed
only when there was no more
immediate worry on our minds.
Right now-we- were fighting a
physical, bruising battle for our
lives.
The almost constant bailing,
added TO the considerable exertion
required merely TO keep ourselves
inside the heaving raft. was draw
ing heavily upon our waning
strength. feared the storms were
using the energy and stamina that
was all we had TO live on.
When the last flashing rain left
our boat behind, il was with great
relief that we fell against the
thwarts exhausted. and lifted our
haggard faces to the sun.
On the twelfth day the sea was
still rough. with the choppy sur
face showing whitecaps as far as
l could see During my watch in
the morning / sat on the forward
thwart. scanning the glaring blue
water for anything that might
affect us, the while noting ruefully
that my sunburned face. which
had been relieved in the cloudy
days was growing hot again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

When dry weather came again,
Tony went to work at once. He
Clipped off thick rust and polished
the corroded parts as best he
could, but the automatic mech
anism was beyond repair. The
gun would no longer reload itself
He got it working after a
fashion, however. We could put
one slug in the barrel. force the
slide back TO the lock position,
and fire one round. Then we had
to pull out the empty cartridge
by hand, and shove another ina
tricky and laboriouS process. and
worrisome since we could see that
we were soon to lose our pitiful
armament, such as il was.
The gun was in this condition
when l shot the shark.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

Twenty 25c Stamps will pay
for one PUP TENT. Provides
two soldiers with a snug, dry
place TO sleep. The tent divides
so that on the march each man
can carry half.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

One 10c Stamp will pay for
one WEATHER BALLOON. To
measure upper-air currents. the
flight-base meteorologist re-
leases a balloon and watches its
progress.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
Wartime London
vs.. New York

do London and New York. The
German and the Jap are just as
eager TO get hold OF New York
N they are to walk the streets
of London. Are the two cities
responding 10 this death chal-
lenge In a like manner? Is New
York keyed TO the same pitch ms
London?
"No, Henry. the two cities are
as different rs night and day.
London--and I only left IL q few
days ago-ls all out. II IL q war
town. It IL q town where every
man, woman and child IL con-
scious Of the Axis threat. Food
II scarce and hard to get. I have
had more meat I'm three days In
New York than I could get In
London In three months, four
months or Ave months.
s--..s...-.a..a.a-.a-e -
"WHEN night falls In London
w the lights 90 out. Three
weeks ago few over London at
5000 feet and there was not even
n flicker OF light to be seen.
There are no cabs-at least, you
never can get one-and hotels
are grim places. They don't have
floor shows and beIlhops to open
your windows and turn down
your beds.
"New York-welI, IL II were
not for the uniforms on the
street q man wouldn't know this
country was at war. Where Is
the change? You eat all you
want. You drink all you want.
You dance all you want. You
have basel games. tennis
matches, OVERLOOKING theater
crowds, and money, money.
money. The shops have every
thing. There Is no sacrifice at
ALL"
Quent bit into a side of beef,
and sighed.
wen come 10 u.
"We1l come To II the hard
way, but well arrive. But IL
makes me a little sore to have
Americans knock the British.
When an air raid siren sounds
over there. Il isn't for practice,
it means that some one Is going
to get a bomb.
"They wear shabby clothes
because that's all they have.
They look hungry because most
OF them are hungry. But they
never quit. They never yielded
n foot when He'll came from all
sides and out of the sky.
80, when you hear an Ameri-
can knock an Englishman, just
ask him this: Have you given
NJ much, suffered rs much, for
decency I'm the world?"
That makes lot of sense.
Let's forget about the British as
they used to be, and think about
the British as they are today.
Today they stand as the people
who looked the monster of
Europe in the eye and, with no
weapons to fight him, defied him
TO do his worst.
Let's never forget that when
this country was still shipping
scrap 10 japan. England was
fighting.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

1 thought perhaps the seal was
afraid of some large, predatory
sea denizen, and was coming up
frequently for air as it watched
its enemy.
In a moment we were abreast.
Then ! was puzzled again.
II this is a seal, / thought, 1t
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
On Broadway
by Walter WincheII

Trad. Marx Registered. cOUyrisht is4a
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Ito Be Continued }

Copyright. 1912 by Henry Holt A Co,
Distributed by King Features Syn, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

FIVE S1s.75 Bonds will pay
for CLOTHING FOR THE Az
ERAGE ENLISTED Man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
Something AnOaf

Suddenly. well ahead. ] saw
something strange bobbing in the
water. l tried TO see ii again, but
liz had gone behind wave. In a
moment it reappeared. 1t looked
brownish.
We were bearing down upon the
object, and / stood up 10 watch
more closely.
AS we drew nearer. I saw that
it looked like the nose of a seal.
That's strange, I thought. What
in the world is a seal doing in
this place?
1 was familiar with seals, hav-
ing watched them off the West
Coast many a time. / thought it
was odd that ! should encounter
one in this far latitude.
Well, / unused. we live and learn.
The closer we approached, the
more the thing began TO look like
a seal. L couldn't think of any
thing else.
The round. brown thing OBJ
viously was not a fish; although
il bobbed, il kept more or less the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
by T.. v. Durling

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

THE Song-Plugger: Guess I'll
4 have to 60 TO his opening.
but I'd rather have q tooth
yanked. The gall OF the heel.
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rOrrOSiOn
Evening star., 1942-02-09
AAmerican Refugee!
Flee Ship in Harbor,
See Il Sunk by laps
Group Tells Story After
Reaching Botovio
From Sumutru
BY GEORGE WELLER,

Foreisn CORRESPONDENT Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News
BATAVIA, Feb. 9-Forty five
American refugees from Malaga
huddled for protection on the cliffs
behind the seaport OF Padang on
the western coast of Sumatra, saw
the Dutch motorship, on which their
hopes Of return to the United
States depended, blasted by jap
anese bombers few minutes before
sailing time. Triskling into Batavia
yesterday after a week-long trip by
bus and train across Sumatra, they
told the story of the attack which
made them destitute.
For several successive days Jap
Photographic planes had surveyed
the port evidently calculating their
prey and estimating its defenses.
Attacked by Seven BOmbers.
When the harbor roadsteads and
docks were judged to have been
reached at the amplest point, seven
bombers arrived from the east with
out fighter escort and attacked from
approximately 3000-foot level
The Americans and II crewmen at
the captains order fled the ship and
sought partial protection under the
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Prisoners Relief Society
Moves 10 Harpers Ferry

To provide more space for war
activities the Prisoners Relief So
ciety has transferred its headquar-
ters from Washington to Harpers
Ferry, w. Va.
The organization. for more than q
quarter Of . century, has occupied
about 40 rooms at 1925 East Capitol
street. 1t will retain . one-room
ONCE here.
The society has bought the Hill
Top Hotel at Harpers Ferry for its
new headquarters. 1t owns q $50
acre farm nearby, so the move will
bring closer together the activities
Of the organization.
One Of its benefactors is planning
to turn over to the society q 5000
acre tract, with some buildings and
Evening star., 1942-02-09

cliffs with the townspeople. Nine
attacks were made from different
angles by bombers arranged In an
open v, the Japs taking II minutes
to circle the barbor between attacks.
Finally, three bombs hit the refugee
ship, one on the deck, one down the
funnel, the third down the hatch.
Three more ships also were struck,
one small freighter sinking.
Flames consumed all the passen-
gers and crews possessions except
two trunks. Most Of the passengers
lost all except the clothing they
wore. One destitute young widow
with a child, whose husband died
suddenly before the ships departure
from Singapore, five weeks before,
lost the body en- route to burial in
the United States.
Ship Bombed Again.
The next Jap bombers. probably
based at Kuala Lumpur hardly 300
miles away, attacked again in two
flights of six to eight bombers with
OUT fighter escort Six rebombed
the refugee ship which had been
towed to the middle of the harbor
and was still blazing. Eight went to
see and attacked other vessels fleeing
the harbor.
An oil man, protagonist Of this
story, who had been aboard another
vessel sunk a few days before. was
thus made destitute twice within
a week.
Il saved my passport this time" he
telephoned your correspondent tri-
umphantly.
lCopyright, 1912, by Chicago Daily News)
Evening star., 1942-02-09
New Troininq Chief

Christopher o. Henderson, senior
agricultural economist for the Bu-
reau Of Agricultural Economies, with
headquarters in Little Rock, Ark.
has been named chief Of Agricul-
ture's division of training in the
ONCE Of personnel here. He sue
ceeds Sam Beard. who will join thu
stan OF the Civil Service Commits
sion.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Puyments Start for Paper
Collected in School Drive

Well past the halfway mark to-
day. school children cooperating
in The Evening Star-P.-T. A. Sal
wage for Victory campaign are on
their way toward their first million
pounds Of salvageable paper, card
board and magazines. The gratify-
ing results so far attained, however,
are only the forerunner of what
promises to be accomplished. The
last two weeks showed returns of
better than 100000 pounds a week
Evening star., 1942-02-09

ard every indication is that the flow
will be greatly increased.
Payment for January collections
was started today and within the
next few days all of the checks will
be on their way to the various
PIT. A. associations for use on
needed projects for which there is
no appropriation. Nearly $500 will
go to the schools in the flrst dis
trict. The following is the list of
participating schools and the
amount due them for the January
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Hull Scotches Rumors

Annoyed by exaggerated rumors
about air raids, authorities of Hull,
England, arranged for prompt bull
letins of casualties and damage.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

barns, aoout II miles from Harpers

barns. aoout II miles from Harpers
Ferry.
The society has bought printing
equipment. and plans to publish Z
monthly paper at Harpers Ferry
Dr.. E. E. budding, . member Of the
Board Of Active Managers, revealed
In . letter to Director Of Public
Welfare Conrad Van Hyning last
week. He said the society is still in
terested In establishing q rehabili-
tation farm project for the District.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Paper Collections
for 7 omorroW

The tollo,Ding is the schedule
for the collection of newspapers,
cardboard, cartons and nlaga-
zine: tomorrow in The Epening
Star-P.-T. A. Salvage for Victory
campaign, t0ith the fue leaders
in the second district and their
pounddge to date:
Evening star., 1942-02-09

This is . total war. Half way
won't win. Go all the way each pay
day. Buy United States savings
bonds and stamps!
Evening star., 1942-09-14

chairman, says that although this
Nations war production has been
stepped up $50 per cent since Pearl
Harbor, 1t is not yet good enough" !"
eve have not won this war" he
said. "We are not even winning it
yet. In this game there is no second
prize. We are playing it for keeps"
Mr.. Nelson spoke last night over
the NBC network as guest of the
Labor-Management Committee of
RCA-Victor here in an address di-
rected at 3,5O0,000 workers enrolled
in labor-management committees in
$500 plants.
Production Effort Praised.
The WPB chairman praised the
Nations war production effort, and
added that the fighters with the
Evening star., 1942-09-14

cut materials for one war use to
fill more pressing and immediate
war need. That has already hap
pened in few instances, and it will
be made necessary again.
"It will mean some layoffs and
last time for workers who are in
tent on producing for victory, You
won't like it. I will not like it,
either. But we'll do it when it is
made necessary by the fortunes Of
war"
He praised cooperation between
labor and management, declaring
that it had given full sway to what
he described as Americas secret
weapon-"the initiative and intelli-
gence and 'know-how' of the free
American workmen."
Evening star., 1942-09-14

best industrial system behind them
will win"
"It will be harder to increase pro-
duction now than it was six months
ago." he said. There are more
physical difficulties to be overcome.
Times are tougher. So are we. All
Of us. We will not be stopped"
Mr.. Nelson said that I'VE have
now arrived at what I think of as
the balancing period"
"We have to go over our parts on
hand to see what is lacking, what
is surplus for the time being" he
continued.
Some Layoffs Necessary.
ITO get balance we will cut down
further on materials for civilian
use, and, when we must, we will even
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Seven Army Flyers Killed
In Crash Of Bomber
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 14-An
Army bomber crashed a mile from
the Columbia Army Air Base yester-
day, killing four officers and three
enlisted men.
All occupants were killed instantly
except Pvt. Roland G. Braun, %, of
Beaver Dam, Wis, who died en-
route to hospital. The plane, sta
toned at the airsbase, was returning
from a routine flight and crashed in
making a landing.
Secon dit. d. r. Moore, public
Evening star., 1942-09-14

relations officer, gave the names Of
the dead. The others besides Pvt.
Braun were.
Second 1t. Francis w. Sparks. q,
of Columbia, the pilot: Second 1t.
Martin o. Vangsness, %, of Carpio,
Evening star., 1942-09-14

N. Oak; Second 1t. Donald v.
Urouhart, n, of st. Louis; Second
1t. James Francis Attridge. jr, 2s,
Salem, Mass; Sergt. Leon O. Gallie,
%. of Inpomar, Pa: and Stan Sergt.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Charles o. Frame. 7.. OF Richmond,
Va.

It's common sense to be thrifty.
War bonds help you to save and help
to save America.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
$50 PET. Output Gain
Is Not Good Enouoh,
Nelson Declares
Says War Will Be Won
By Fighters With Best
Industrial System
Nv tha r,r~.s

Hy the Associated Press
CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 14-Donald
M. Nelson, War Production Board
Evening star., 1942-09-14
What Price Freedom

Our Government osks you to
contribute 1929 Of your eorn-
ines toward Vietory-vio the
purchase Of War Bonds and
Stamps. Mighty small price
to pay for the right to live in
peace, comfort, security.
VICTORY BOOTH, FIRST FLOOR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-22
Dr. G. Kelly Was
 Baseball Organizer In North Africa

Boston, Dec. 22-(Up)-American military uniforms may be new to the Tunisians but American base ball uniforms are a familiar type of dress, it was said today in Zions Herald. century old independent Methodist weekly.
 At the outbreak of the present war. it was said, there were 16O baseball teams in Morocco, Algeria Tunisia and Libya banded together in the North African baseball league.
 The league was formed 20 years ago by Dr. c. Guyer Kelly, mis- sionary who obtained American made baseball uniforms and organ ized the first team-"The Carthage Orioles"-to represent the Metho- dist foyer in Tunis.
 League of Nations
 Later he formed 16 other teams among som e300 boys representing 10 racial groups-French. Italian, Spanish, Maltese. Arab, Babyle, Jewish, Greek, Turkish and Negro
 Ultimately Babe Ruth and other American baseball stars were made honorory members of some Of these North African teams.
 Dr. Kelly represented the French Baseball league in Paris, was a delegate from France and her col onies to basebal's centennial at Cooperstown, N. Y, and now is on furlough in the United States wait ing a chance to return to North Africa and baseball.