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Evening star., 1943-04-11
LETTERS rHAT TALK

TALK
But play it soft, will you please.
Although a somewhat dubious
eye was cast upon the record ma
chine at its induction into USO
Clubs, the very lack of formality
with which the records are made
soon overcame shyness and took
the silence out of the strong sex.
The recordings are not confined
strictly to letters, of course. The
sight of a microphone seems to
bring out the actor in many a
uniform-wearer. frequently poe
try, much of it original, finds its
way to the mikes imperturbable
mouth.
~Hello. Mosn"
+ Ew USO officials are any longer
surprised by reoord-messages-
last year they recorded over 3O0,-
600 of them. But they still get a
kick from most of them. Like the
one Jimmy. freshly whisked into
the Coast Guard, addresses to
Dear Mom," and tells her. just
as though he's in the room, that
he's not a bit lonesome on his first
trip away from home. And the
USO operator knows that Nom
hopes he's lying = little.
Club directors remember, too:
a youngster fresh from cher
ished place at the school orches-
tra's drums, giving out with some
keen stuff to the band back home;
a merchant seaman, a little BE-
wildered and shaky looking. ex-
planning to his wife why he hasn't
written, why he hasn't sent mon
ey. Twice his ship has been tor
pedoed from under him. But
don't worry" he finishes. I'm all
right, now"
The Listener
AND the other sailor who was
grinning until he neared the end
of the record. Then he stepped
close to the mike. Two feet from
him, no one can hear the last SEN
tences. so low is his voice. but the
play-baek catches it clearly
enough. He bends his head to hear
the last Is seconds of his record.
The listening circle of men jostle
closer to hear, too.
Keep the children SAFE" is
what he says. Keep the children
safe. and remember, it's just you
for me always. Good night, DEAR
He straightens and looks about
him sheepishly, a little belliger-
entity. All about him there they
stand. Yesterday, strangers. To-
day. his brothers in arms. Nobody
looks at him - above all, nobody
laughs. They understand.
-1HElMA H0lDRlD6E
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Perhaps Your
Friends are
Ahead Of You
Mony Of them
must be using
1umpox svsIy
month now
Some women are
funny that way.They
will try something


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Evening star., 1943-04-11
Soldier speaks into
USO mike -. folks at
home get surprise -.

BLUE disc whirls. A man in
uniform stands 10 feet
q away, his eyes fastened on
its shining surface.
A voice whips across at him.
''O.K. Go ahead"
The soldier clutches at the
metal rod in front of him and
presses his face close to a micro
phone. He flings a last look of
appeal at his comrades, gathered
IN a half-circle around him. They
just watch. Desperately. he ex-
pIodes into the mike.
Hello, Dumping. This is
Porky, speaking to you from the
USO Club in Blanktown. III bet
you're surprised to hear my voice.
Well, this is a new machine they
have here at the USO. just talk
into the mike and they make a
record of it while I'm talking.
Then III mail it to you like let
ter. How do you like it? OF course.
you can't answer me but III bet
you'll get a kick out of hearing my
voice just like I'm back home
talking with you. and you know
l hate to write letters anyway"
aa Slosvs Down
FoRkY is getting along all right
now. His voice has lost its first
quaver and he has stopped sound
ing az though he is trying to beat
Derby winner to the finish line.
He is taking advantage of the
Talk a Letter Home Service"
the USO's latest feature for giving
practical aid to the men of the
Armed Forces, while at the same
time providing fun for f,ulough
visitors to strange cities.
The USO has installed appa-
ratus for the making of rec
ords i'm about IS per cent Of its
agencies (total II moro than
750 in the continental United
States aIonc). Additional in
stallations will follow ~. the
demand grown.
Resembling an over-sized pho
nograph, the mechanism is set up
to both record and play back the
voice. Oddly enough, the play
back is just as popular with the
men as the actual recording. The
fact that there is a constant audi
ence of total strangers. making
their letters decidedly open
ones, does not stop them when
asked if they'd like a play-back.
Only occasionally oomes>a shy -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-10

Nerlt2en broke out reSentful.N
"OIina must make her own
decision" her mother said. ~
no longer can say what she must
or must not do"
! saw startled CLEAN NJ JOY
ana OF PRIDE IN Dina : eyes. and
KHcw mat for tre fir~t-tffic- olga
mad recognized her daughter a,
an equal, As another woman. in
stead Of = child who must bc con
tro,Icd
But YOU will approve. Ma
man" Dina said appeahngly
and YOU. too. Papa Neritzen.
am sure, when ! tell YOU that
must 20. You sAe in this partiC-
ular instance, ! arm the one on
whom your father must de-
pend, "a trap these people
isn't that 20. Auntie Madge ."
MADGE HASTENS TO LEAVE
THAT IL correct" | told her.
And YOU are going 10 he
there. too" Dina went on. and
will face whatever peril do.
would be ashamed to stay be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-10
PITFALLS OF LOVE

THERE WAS no ifvc keeping
the truth from Dina and ucr par
cntS any longer and White Philip
Nerltzon suit held m mrs fingers
tho forged Mote plrpoftng 10
come from George, which Dina
had received and brought 10 mr.
l pourCd .l-l. MY story az what
my father wished 'rr e>Uod Young
princess to oo ON tee morrow.
OIca~ taco wt'.ned as ] talked.
and Philip Norflcr- -eaal eye
hrow~ contracted ina froWr But
Dina eyes ~pa,N.rI u excite
mott - 7 told roN my father
Wished hon Ln- Eo-tl the bank
Withdraw fhe H-ne- and take. ~
10 tho MOTEL corridor whore she
would deliver r. ~ the unknown
woman AZ instructed
Then ! told them of my cues
Ion 10 my --f----L t--,-t--t-trg dan
ger 10 OHM and gust what Nc
rad said IN aTSHCF
He wishes all three 81 Won TO
know Of this pos>ihiliis-bui not
probability -- Of danger before
YOU decide what shall be done"
Il should think 20, Ih,Itp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-10
q WISHING WELL #
Re gistsred Y. 5 Patent Of {.

\ pleasant little game that will message
every puzzle designed TO spell out
YOUR fortune your first II the number
IS subtract II the number Is less than
key number Start at the upper left
hand recanee check OF key
numbers right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you. k,o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-10
WRITTEN JOINS MADGE

III YOU don't mind" no SAID
"Ill just walk over and see Your
father n minute. If Won viii
please excuse me. DearfST He
turned 70 his wife. and included
DINA m ms formal LITTLE bow
"Of course" Olga said Smii-
inC ~ hlm. and Dina echoed ner
mother words
Once The dOOr had closed PhilI
Neritzen said
"Of course there's more 10
this than YOU have told my wife
and daughter, but equally Of
course we can't talk in this pub
lie corridor"
I pulled MIN 10 2 StandSt.ll b,
eXertinE All my strength
One thing | must tell YOU, 7
SAID W ngied tones Gel is
in my apartment. helping my
father simply hN being there.
But he knows nothing OF this
letter 10 Dina. or our discovery
concerning II and il j. highly
undesirable that he learn anN-
thing concerning il so please he
careful what YOU say until YOU
see my father alone. or At least,
without Noel present
noel IS father looked a. mo VIII
eyes which showed the knowledge
] had seen in them a few minutes
before
Your words have only con
hrmed my conjecture. he' said.
Il know who il responsible for
this"
Continued tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-10
BY ADELE GARRISON

hind. Can't YOU see that, Maman
and Papa Neritzen ?"
Yes. see that YOU must 20"
Olga said. ana tten looked
a her husband compcllinGly,
Yes. yea, she must 20, OF
course" he said and ] rose
abruptly and hurried 20 the
door
II shall take that message
back Ia my father at once" /
said But, please remember, all
81 YOU. that my father conSid-
erS the danger negligible, in
stead ~ certain
II shall he very glad 10 re-
member that" Olga SAID
Philip Nerltzen was a. the doc
u q
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Prison Records
Strikersdt
Bohn' S Revealed
Army's Findings After
Firing Of 7 viii Be
Sent TO Washington

Two of the seven employees fired
on army orders for leading a Wild
cat strike at the Bohn Aluminium
and Brass Corporation were re-
vealed today TO have prison
one for kidnapping and the
other for theft of a $50 WPA
check.
Revelation was made by Col
George +. Strong, plant protection
officer of the Army Air Force, TO
whom three others Of the seven
plan an appeal for reinstatement
to their jobs.
One of them, 1gnazio FerreTi. 30,
was revealed today as one of three
of a kidnap gang SEN
fenced Jan. 6, 1881, for abducting
DR.. Frank L. McPhail. young
Park physician. in
October, 1880.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
GOES TO WASHINGTON

At the time he was on parole
from Ionia Reformatory for a
previous crime. He is now on
federal parole.
Colonel Strong mailed COM
plete report of Adach's participa-
tion in the Bohn strike to Richard
Doyle, chief probation officer of
federal court. which will be for
warded to Washington for depo-
sition, Doyle said.
The three of the seven strikers
planning an appeal 10 Strong are
George Backson. Lean Waslesski
and Michael Bubryak.
Meanwhile. Local 20S of the
.UAW-C1O, continuing its own in
vestigation of the strike, said
today it neither condones nor
condemns" the action of Colonel
Strong. The discharged employees
were members of the union.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
PAROLED IN 1887

Thomas King, state parole
supervisor in the Detroit district,
said records disclosed that Ferreri,
who received a 10 TO 30-year term
in Jackson. was paroled June 25,
1887, and discharged from parole
Aug. 20, 1941.
Stanley c. Adach, %. then a
resident of Howell, Mich, was
given a five-year sentence by Fed
eral Judge Edward ]. Meinet on
March Is, 1888, for theft of the
WPA check.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

Jan 5. 19i3.
Editor The Detroit Times.
Dear Sir:
/ AND many men in our outfit.
as well as men in army camps
all over the world, have read or
heard about the strike at the
Ford Motor Company. We wish
that We could do something
about It. But. all We can do Is
express our feelings.
Many Of us have left our
homes. jobs and loved ones TO
get this dirty Job over. We Will
admit that every one on war
work has his problems. The
least he could do is give us all
OF the help and material he can.
The men IN the Ford plant,
surely some of them, have sons
or friends in the army. There
is no limit to the equipment
those soldiers need. Why, there
are men IN our outfit who would
gladly trade places with civilian
workers. We must work 10 win!
THERE is one more thing.
Il Twenty or thirty men in my
outfit are from Detroit. SO am |.
We think the world of our city.
We brag about IT. We would
like 10 come back 10 il. but how
can we If this sort of thing
goes on?
1t must make the Axis very
happy TO hear OF such a thing.
Many of us in the armed
forces are buying war bonds.
working and fighting very hard
TO keep America a safe place 10
live in. We need help and
much of il.
Maybe we can keep it safe il
every one will help.
Please publish this in your
paper and let the public know
that well do our jobs and do EN-
well. if they, will help.
Your guns are swell but we
need more Of them.
Sincerely.
Is. A. r.,
Private, L. s. Army.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Fire Kills | of 4
InGdrdge Home

a burning candle was blamed
today for a fire which swept the
garage home Of four men at go
Winder street. bringing death 10
James Lear, 4S, who suffocated
when he was trapped In his up
stairs quarters
George Wade, 81, another ten
ant, told police the candle ignited
a box of kindling nearby. Wade
reused the other two men who
were sleeping on the ground floor
but was unable 10 reach Lear -.
Mrs. Pasquslena Rots. 81. died
IN fire in her one-story frame
dwelling al 1909 Riopelle street
where she lived alone.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
West Point Graduates
! Detroiters Jan. IS

Two Detroit youths will be grad
uated from West Point Military
Academy January Is with commits
sionS as second heutenants.
They are Cadets Victor A.
Franklin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry +. Erbotta. 1928 Chelsea
avenue. and Clarence NJ. Daven-
port Jr. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence NJ. Davenport. 272 Hague
street. Franklin will enter the cav
airy while Davenport will be as
signed 10 the coast artillery.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Psnamanian Ship Sunk

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ii CUP).
A small Pansmanian merchant
vessel was torpedoed and sunk by
an enemy submarine the middle of
November in the South Atlantic
off the coast of Africa. the navy
announced today. Survivors have
been landed at Philadelphia.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

Jan. %, lS4o.
TO WHOM THIS MAY
CONCERN:
/ AM a draftee at the present
time in the service Of Uncle
Sans armed forces. My home
is in Detroit. I'm member Of
the UAW-CIO and was formerly
employed in Detroit by the Budd
Manufacturing Company.
Yesterday after returning
from a hard day of training in
the field, ! picked up a San
Francisco newspaper. expecting
TO find some good news. Instead.
here are the exact headlines
that greeted me in large letters:
WAR JOB STRIKE STALLS
$4,000"
In the upper left hand corner.
in smaller type: "MACHINISTS
IDLE IN BAY UNION ROW"
And, in the upper right hand
corner: GREAT FORD PLANT
HIT BY WALKOUT."
A very nice account Of the
man behind the man behind the
gun. ] don't know what the
true difficulties are. But ask
you:
Is II fair to your sons, brothers.
friends who were al Pearl
Harbor, Bataan, Corregidor?
Is It fair 10 those now in the
Sol onions. Guadalcanai and
Africa? ] ask you. gentlemen.
is IL fair TO the man who. this
very minute, lies in foxhole on
one Of our numerous battle
fronts?
CANT YOU understand that
~ each minute you stop those
wheels of production you deny
some soldier the weapon he
needs 10 save your home and
your freedom
"tii Nbu tNtl " dht UP dIlO
Ind out that each minute some
soldier lies on the field with a
wound, waiting for that ambu-
lance that you probably failed
TO make?
Won't you ever realize that
the sooner you give him the
weapons TO fight with. the sooner
you will stop the bloodshed of
fine American youth?
Maybe you didn't Nike the way
the company or manufacturer
treated you; maybe YOU didn't
think your wages were fair.
Probably they weren't. But do
you think that soldier likes 10
be disciplined? Do you think he
likes to lay in that foxhole, day
and night, watching and waiting
for his chance to get his number
of the enemy?
Do you think he likes 10 be
separated from his parents, wife,
children and friendS?s
Do you think for one minute.
Mr.. Striker. that he wants 10
stay there forever. waiting till
you finish that strike so you
can get more money and better
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

Naval Hospital Ward 50,
Jacksonville. Fla.
Jan, l, 1913.
Editor,
The Detroit Times.
DEAR SIR:
/ AM from Flint and am a
sailor in the United States
Navy. l am stationed at Jack
sonville, Fla. have been in the
navy for 20 months. The USO is
dong a splendid service toward
building morale. / know, for l
have visited USO centers in
Waukegan, Ill, Chicago. Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Lexington. KY,
and a great many other places.
Seeing that Detroit is one of
the largest manufacturing cities
IN the country. l think that
some one should wake UP a
sleeping people who go to the
shops, loaf around all day. and
then 60 out and brag about the
big wages they are making and
how little work they are doing
to earn that money.
CALL IT STEALING.
Here there are thousands OF
young, middle-aged, and old
men fighting 10 make this world
safe place in which 10 live,
and then we have 10 put up with
some people who think it is
smart TO 60 out at night and
sleep all day al their machines.
/ do not say that all men are
like that, but / do say that the
men who are should be put in
the service or someplace 10
make them realize Just what we
are fighting for.
The reason that I got so emo
tional in this letter is that
was home on leave just a short
time ago and l saw lot OF Just
what have been writing about.
Your for Victory,
X. II. T.. ANN. Sc USN.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

conditions while he gets bullets
and a pine box ?
Wake Up! Mr.. Striker, this
is War!
You're making more money
now than We are and may God
help you make more. but don't
forget we want to get home
some time, and the sooner the
better.
A PRIVATE IN THE
T.. -. ARMY.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

Naval Hospital Ward So,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jan. !, 1913.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Walker Accepts
E. J. Flynn S Post

WASHINGTON. Jan. II CUP)
Postmaster General Frank c.
Walker has been persuaded to ac-
cept the Craftsmanship Of the
Democratic national committee,
succeeding Edward ]. Flynn, il
was learned definitely today.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
BrOWder'S
Charges
Denied

Charges by Earl Browder, Com
munist boss and pardoned convict
that the war department has dis
criminated against Communist war
workers in the Detroit area were
vehemently denied today by Col
George +. Strong. local air corps
plant protection chief.
Condemning virtually all phases
of the war effort including the
sale Of war bonds at New York
Communist Party rally in New
York's Madison Square Garden.
Browder asserted Strong issued an
anti-CommuniSt memorandum last
July.
THE memorandum said"
Browder told the asSennblage.
"'there are many Communists
in plants and they cannot be
trusted, since their attitude II
likely to he guided by whether
Russia remains i'm the war on
the side of the United States.
CLAIMS LIST ISSUED
"'She deserted the Allies In
the last war and may do IL again
In this war"
Browder also accused Strong Of
giving employers list of Com
munist employees. with the demand
that they be discharged.
81 issued no memorandum and
circulated no list" declared
Strong. There Is no prejudice
against Communists, only against
workers who are undesirable in
war production.
UNDESIRABLES BARRED
'Tf any worker, regardless of
nationality or affiliation, Is
found to be undesirable the war
department will order his dis
missal and I will sign the order.
Few Communists have been re-
moved from Detroit plants
under these circumstances"
Strong said an anti-Communist
memorandum purporting to quote
him was circulated among war
workers, but it was not of war
department origin. The quota
tons were inaccurate and in many
cases fabricated, he said.
"As for Russia, I admire her"
the colonel added. "T am glad
we have her for an ally and
marvel at her progress In this,
war"
Browder told the rally, COM
memorating the nineteenth an
niversary of Lenin's death, that
President Roosevelt had ignored
his protest of the alleged dis
elimination.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

message for Detroit. Perhaps, it's signifi-
can't that they all write the same thoughts,
that they're all anxious to be able to adj
dress themselves to civilian Detroit The
Times has their letters and names on file.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Three Letters TO the Editor

TODAY'S mail addressed "To the
Editor of The Times" has brought
these three letters-one from a sailor, two
from soldiers. These are the men who man
Americas battlelines, and they have "a
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Dive Bombers
0nWdy0ut,B Big
Guns Coming In
Maj. Gen. Campbell
Says Yanks Are Ready
With New t1owitzer

Heavy artillery will come back
rs one of the chief offensive weap-
ons in the war. if the conflict lasts
long enough. BY the same token,
dive bombers will soon become a
rarity.
These two predictions were
made today by Maj. Gen. Levin
II. Campbell Jr.. army chief of
ordnance, at press conference
in Tank-Automotive Center in the
Union-Guardian Building.
General Campbell disclosed that
hsi department was ready with a
240-milimeter howitZer which can
shoot a 350-pound projectile with
remarkable accuracy at $500
yards. In fact IT is so accurate.
General Campbell stated, that
you can lay a shell right on the
front steps OF a city hall"
MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
"If the Germans had had
heavy artillery in front Of Mos
COW or Stalingrad, II might be a
different story today" said the
= ordnance chief.
General Campbell based his pre-
dictlon that dive bombers would
become obsolete on the fact that
The enemy can no longer pay the
price for such attacks,
"Anti-aircraft guns have be-
come too deadly" he said.
General Campbell saw the trend
fh ordnance 10 bigger and more
powerful guns.
? FUNDAMENTALS SAME
'There has been no change In
the fundamental principles of
war; he stated. "One thing
leads tn another. You evolve
more powerful weapons and
then better defenses 10 them"
General Campbell said captured
German vehicles and weapons
showed the NaziS were using more
substitutes. The captured Jap
weapons. he said, were not unique.
following very closely German
lines.
I'VE have captured lots of
their stuff" he said. I'VE have
the same things, only better"
The two best weapons evolvel
I'm the war. General Campbell re-
vealed, are the Carand rife and
The light carbine. which weighs
but five pounds and Is effective up
10 300 yards.
The Germans cannot dupli-
Continued on Page Four
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15
Dear Editor:

\ WOULD appreciate n rery
much II goW tcouid PRINT this
letter IN vour paper. And, II Il
can accomplish the purpose Il
tcos intended for, ! think hot
r,cfory tcoH't he long ne coming.
! chose 10 remain anonymous.
as ! trouid be bothered too much
by letters Of criticism that may
result from this action.
Please ercuse the biotches ard
mistakes as am critiHg UbIe
sitting on mp bunk. 1Chich isn't
the best coE 10 writc.
Yours tr,tiy,
A Private in the
United States Army.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-15

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-08

giving even a thought 10 the
threat against herself.
L Shan't have moments
peace. she began, hut ! stopped
her abruptly
You haven't much faith In
my fathers ability 10 deal adc-
quatcly with criminals. have
you ," I asked with a purposely
disappointed air.
oh. Madge, ] didn't mean
thatnIShc protested quickly.
"Of course you didn't" j said,
but il also isn't on the free list
for you 10 be worrying over
Ruth Hayes any longer. My
father will deal with her most
efficiently"
i know that. Of course" she
said. then heSitated.
out with IT, D" / urged her,
smiling.
It's only do you suppose
he'll take her down to the hide
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-08
Katharine LAUGHS

She laughed TREMENDOUSLY, as
had hoped she would do, then
moved resoluteiy out Of the
circle of my arms.
I'm all right now" she said.
Sit down, and tell me what
happened at Halls. I'm wild to
hear about II And then III
pack and get ready for my
second honeymoon "
| wished Jack could have seen
the rapture in her eyes and on
her Winsome face as she uttered
the words. But l knew that the
same happiness would still be
hers like an aura when she met
him and without further delay.
/ plunged into the account Of
the final discomfort of Ruth
Hayes, even in Guiding her
threat 10 Katharine and me.
Ny friend Shivered at that.
and I knew that she was not