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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-29

Yesterdays Answer
81. Scold
persistently
53. Owing
So. Tear
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

him into court for having. she alleged, dunked
her playfully in a tub Of hot water in his
Chicago apartment
But the court chose TO accept Easts rather
than her version Of the affair Under the
weather Alphabetically speaking she had gone
10 the bathroom, he said intending to sober up
in a cold tub. But she turned the wrong fau-
Get and far from being responsible for her
plight, ne had CALAMITY rescued her from it.
Morella Oldham. beautiful Michigan
ChGrry Festival Queen, was the next to have
"a - ~ him. She charged that he had dam
aged her $4,000 worth $4,000 each for
breach of promise, seduction and assault.
East and certain other men," her papers
complained had invaded the apartment where
She was living in expectation OF becoming his
Wife, had assaulted her and thrown her out,
half clothed"
II such an incident ever occurred-tne case
was supposed TO have been settled out of court
% must have served as preliminary train
ing both for East's later marriage to Dorothy
and Morellas 10 the wealthy Chicago playboy,
George =. Lehman.
After three years OF marriage TO George,
Morella got a divorce ON grounds Of cruelty.
"Wheu my husband drinks he gets violent"
she told the court "IIe always promises 10
stop but he forgets,"
His lapses of memory were likely 20 occur
anywhere. lie socked her az a New Years
party she said beat her up ia her own bed,
ard even gave her a going over in an atrplane
All of which would seem TO indicate that
You don't have 10 go 20 war 90 become
Commando. You can get tho same training
right at home, If you want 20.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

on his bed the whole time But be insisted Il
wasn't and kept shouting about it Then he
lunged at me and ] sprang ont of bed in my
paJamas and started running around The house
II managed TO resurrect five different pill
lows. but East insisted that none OF them was
his so finally I managed TO grab a sheet and
drapc 1t around my body and m that costume
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03
After Three Years of What She Herself
Asserts Was The Most Bruising Kind of
Motrimony. The Kodak Heirs Undaun+ed
Wife Comes Into Court With a Request
For Return Bout


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she asked TOT diV"rce' ooi accepted inc
Giit OF barbecue Stand instead
The barbecue STAND had customer VINO
hEed her hett'r than hamburger ana showed
II by shooting her IN the Jaw.
This brought her husband back again, and
they remained together until
He hit her with "a telephone receiver lshc
saws. she smashed a crate Of eggs over his
head. and ne made "A bonfire of her clothes
tghe saysl
After that she got "A divorce.
ground that IL was followed by another mar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

named RIchard Tottc0 a mechanic at near
by airlines terminal So pretty soon she and
her husband had falling ont over To'ten
whom SHE continued 90 see.
One night returning from the movies 4n
her admirers car she dozcd off 90 sleep.
She woke up 20 find the car motionlcss but
Mr. lotion very active; he was brand.shug
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

7 ram ptt nf Zoe
house 90 a. ucighhor-
ing farm house
After that /
started suit for di
vorce, but East
talked me out of it
and then as a token
of esteem presented
me with a barbecue
stand in Miami,
where I sold ham
burg ers barbecue
chickens beer. wine.
and of course eggs
from our farm
one OF her most
assiduous customers
was 4 young man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

She pressed down the receiver, disconnect-
ing the call. and he retaliated, she later told
the court, by hitting her in The mouth With
the receiver. And once again she was minus
two teeth the same two as before oddly
enough.
The fracas ended when she crowned him
with crate OF eggs. He ran out or the
house Then she ran out of the house. Next
dav. she says she came back to find him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

MS l'iil lNtNlliS loI lil' III
explained that ne was an
farmer. And was | mad
Here Will be noticed a 8
gence from the Cupid and p.
In the latter it was the h,
got mad.
In any case, IL wasn't
this, Dorothy says, that trou
her previously happy home
George, or "Eas." as he
taught her 20 call him, up
and disappeared Gust like
cupid, only, according 20
Dorothy, East was on a
hinge, whereas nobody
knows where cupid was
4 went haywirc. % she
recalls sadly II made the
rounds Of the Miami Beach
bars with a girl friend
tried 20 find consolation iu
cocktails
Psyche in similar cir
cumstauccs. also went hay
wire. though without the
cocktails or the accident
the cocktails resulted in
Il was driving home IN
my roadster at 3 d ma one
morning Dorothy relates
when | ran smack INTO a
pole on the Miami
Beach Causeway The
next thing ! knew ! 4
was in the Jackson
Memorial Hospital
minus two front teeth
East found me there
and took me home
Except for visits
TO the dentist. the
next year was a
peaceful one for Dor
othy owing largely, -
she declares. 10 the
fact that the Judge,
who later fined her
S2t95 for busting the
pole. also took into n
account the stress Of
mind she had been
laboring under and ~
made her husband put -
up his farm as guar
anty that he would
not cause her further
unhappincsS or harm
This peace bond"
was lifted after a
year. and East. she
says, Immediately be-
gan 20 celebrate. one
night, her story goes. y
he came listing home
and made a great to-
do because he couldn't '
find his pillow. \
Il was quite con- II
fused because the pill
low was right there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

a pistol thrCa eGing
10 kill them both II
she didn give up
East and marry him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

East, who had mean
while been commissioned
a major in the Army, de-
MES this charge as fatty
as he has most Of her
others. Not only were
they never remarked, he
says. but he hasn't been
in Florida since the Spring
Of 1912.
The record discloses
that his tempestuous ca
reer with the ladies did
not begin with Dorothy,
or, at least, not with this
Dorothy.
II began with his first
wife. Dorothy Heissler
Dryden, who divorced him
in 1883 on a charge OF
cruelty.
Then a night club beauty
named Vera Reed hailed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

~ the hospital TO Nhch heI HIPel'oAS
sr.,.r promptly rushed her The doctors said
that She had two % slues in her iaw and that
it was impossible 20 remove them without
removing a lot Of other things besides
So the slucs remained-she carries them %
this day and Mr. Totten was removed Later
the court decided that the best place for HIM
20 cool his ardor was the Raiford state Prison
East came 20 see me in the hospital
Dorothy says, "and gave me much encourage
ment remember his saying You've got lots
Of stuff stuff chat was his pet name for
me stuff Fight it out Youn win"
Tt helped me lot, and I was looking
forward % days back 40 the homestead when
socko he had me served with papers in
divorce action
But for some reason he elected 10 press
his romantic suit instead of his legal one
SO Dorothy went back to the homestead after
an
Transports Of reunion occupied them for
several days. and then the subject of Mr.
Totteu once more raised It's ugly head In the
midst of the argument she says her husband
went 20 the telephone 10 call up some of her
New York relatives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

rHE FIRST TIME ne left her she brought
1 him back 20 the family hearth by knock
ing out two 81 hcr-oWn front teeth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

burning her clothes IN
the front yard.
This act OF " nd7l-
ism was too much.
She finally sued for
divorc and was
granted her decree in
1882.
Now she has hired
a New York lawyer,
Bernard II. Sander,
of 225 Broadway, and
is back in court again,
claiming that the for
m d a b le attraction
which had held her
and her husband to-
g e t h e r through so
much was not baked
by a mere scrap of
paper
They were remar-
ried in Florida after
the divorce She saws.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

October 3, 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

When She refused she heard an oN-
plosion and received blow ON the jaw,
like the impact of tension truck.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-03

Clad In Bed sheet, Mrs. DRYDEN Says
She Dashed out Of the House, With
Her Husband Pursuing Her and Angrily
Brandshing the Pillows Which lie
Claimed Weren't His.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

the button of her guns long before she should
have. The tracers seemed to spatter around
him wildly as he came on They went past
the FW and into white cloud beyond him,
and more of his bullets swept across her
wings. Her motor coughed and went dead,
and then she was suddenly smothered in mist.
For an instant she thought it was smoke,
but it wasn't 1t was cloud - soft, shelter
ing, protecting cloud. She lifted her drawn
face to it, tasting it, loving it, grateful for
its shelter. There was only the sound of the
wind, now, as her Spitfre dropped. Soon she
would be out of the cloud - with dead
motor. If the enemy was there, waiting she
would have to jump. She'd be lucky if she
got chance to jump.
The mist lightened and she broke through
into the clear - hating the sunlight with an
intensity that was foreign to her. She turned
swiftly, back and forth but she was alone
in the sky. She closed her eyes briefly. thank
ing God fervently. and then pushed the stick
until the plane was almost in a vertical dive.
After long moment she regained her COM
posure somewhat - enough to ease off the
dive and looked around.
The plane was mess. The right wing was
perforated with 20-mm. holes. The nstru-
ment board was completely smashed; the
floor of the cockpit was wet with motor fluid
and oil - she thought it was blood, at first -
and the tail of the plane fluttered. She didn't
dare turn to look at it, but from the way it
felt, it was smashed alarmingly.
She began to handle the controls tenderly
Evening star., 1943-10-17

alone She banked tenderly and waited
anxiously for something to give way. She had
to make up her mind quickly, about whether
to try to get in, or to bail out. There wasn't
much altitude left, now.
She tried the landing wheels. Slowly, re-
luctantly, they dropped and locked. That
settled it, She would fly in. She had been
beaten, and badly beaten, but she'd at least
fly home. She made her turns carefully, aware
of the people on the ground. waiting for her.
Bob would be there, probably.
OUDDENLY, all she wanted was Bob. He was
right about this. 1t was grisly, horrible busi-
ness - how horrible it must have been when
the odds against England pilots were twenty
and thirty to one, only someone who had
been there could possibly know. Two to one
was bad enough - two to one had beaten
her. She found her face wet with tears, and
had to bite her lips savagely to keep her self
control
The turf began to rush toward her. She
held the glide, then eased back on the stick
and waited. The wheels kissed the ground,
and she rushed toward the trees. She applied
the brakes lightly - and they didn't work.
She pulled back on the stick hard, and the
tail slammed down. She rolled swiftly toward
the people, who began to scatter, and then
there was rumbling crashing sound behind
her and she felt herself drop still further. The
tail buckled up and crashed down again, and
she was stopped The whole rear end of the
plane had snapped off.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

doorway, waved casually. She lifted
her hand and pushed the throttle.
Airborne, something always seemed
to happen to her. 1t was as if she had
left her weight on the earth below.
She seemed to be nothing but intel
lect, then. No body, no hampering
clothes. nothing but movement and
Evening star., 1943-10-17

then Shot straight up onto her prop.
Painting, she fumbled to slip the gun
switch off Safety. Her right wing
shuddered, and she was conscious of
hacers and smoke and noise as the
FW, which had banked away, bore
down on her. She cut the throttle and
the Snif dronr,ed into a snin - a very
Evening star., 1943-10-17

way toward the parked planes. When she got
to the one she was to deliver, sergeant was
just pasting paper tape over the gun ports.
He grinned at her. mo cheating, Miss" he
said. 1t was joke between them. These
here tapes is supposed to be intact when you
get to your destination"
He stood clear and she started the motor
Already warm, it broke into full-throated
roar, and she released the brakes As she wob-
bled out from under the trees, she cooked
a glance at the Operations Office. Bob, in the
Evening star., 1943-10-17

For an endless moment nothing happened.
The Germans were as astonished as She but
they recovered quicker. The leader tipped
straight up, and the wing man snapped into
a vertical right bank. By the time she had
caught her breath and begun to come out of
her surprise, she was alone.
But not for long.
She turned her head upward to see the
FW overhead complete its roll and start
down. Villa slammed the throttle into battle
and rolled to the left. She dipped second,
Evening star., 1943-10-17

lett neI Welgnt on tne edrtn DelOW.
She seemed to be nothing but intel .|ll'I:
lect, then. No body, no hampering
clothes, nothing but movement and
thought and buoyancy She flew automati-
cally, the route to Fighter 81 as well-etched
into her mind as the course to any OF hun
dred other fighter fields to which she ferried
planes
Today, however, with spring everywhere,
and the towering clouds overhead, she pulled
the nose of the Spit up and watched the fat
test of the clouds approach. The canopy was
still open, and she reveled in the flow of air
around her, hypnotized by the bulging, shift
ing mass of vapor which grew bigger and big
ger as she neared. Suddenly she was in it, and
the damp eereness made her laugh with ex-
hilaration She glanced at her turn n-and-bank
indicator to make certain she was level, and
flew on the same climbing course.
As usual, after a moment or two of flying,
uneasiness crept over her. She fought it back
with the knowledge of hundreds of past per-
formances. But behind that gray. almost solid
curtain through which she was boring there
might - her caution told her - there just
might be Something She mastered the inn
pulse that urged her to push the stick for
ward and duck back down again. She leaned
her head back against the rest and tried to
see through the mist Suddenly it lightened
and Immediately she was out in the sunlight.
"Popi" she laughed, and looked about her.
DIE was over twelve thousand feet up and
it was getting chilly. She closed the canopy,
checked her instruments, glanced down to
the breaks in the clouds at the mottled earth
and the Channel far off to the right, and be-
gan to sing 1t was wonderful up here. She
felt like frolicking about in the clouds, rolling
and twisting and diving but shed done that
once and been caught at it and they hadn't
let her off the ground for two whole weeks.
Far ahead, two planes in tight formation
skirted along the top OF a cloud. They were
headed on her course, so she showed the
throttle forward, dropped down bit to skim
the cloud tops and lessen the chance OF detec-
ton, and began to overtake them. She would
fall into formation as she had often done.
1t was fun, watching the other pilots re-
action. The wing man would grin across at
her, and before long the leader would realize
he had company and turn to scowl his annoy
ance. Then Villa would push back her he'll
met; they would see her hair flying, and
they'd both give her the eye and try to date
her over the wireless. 1t had happened just
like that 50 often that she knew all the
approaches, and loved batting the men. IT
they became persistent, she casually men,
toned that she was engaged to Bob. The re-
spect his name engendered was wonderful.
It was nice, belonging to one of England's
heroes.
She ducked into the upper scud of cloud,
whipped up into formation. Then her heart
dropped into her flying boots. She was wing
to wing with pair of Focke-Wolfe 1905.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

AS lllC CIOWO IdIl lOWdlO IlC1 SilO
saw only Bob among them. He
came in swift, long strides; her weak
hands fumbled at the safety belt,
and then he was beside her, helping
her out.
1--WE heard it," she heard him say,
"are you hit? Dear God, Bill -
are you hit?"
The pain in his face made her sob,
and she clung to him fiercely, try
ing to control herself, trying to act
like man. But she gave it up and
blew her nose soundly on his hand
kerchief. "I'm all right" she fall
tered. I'm quite all right, Bob -"
"Bimey - 7" 1t was the ser
geant's voice. The sergeant's lovely,
hoarse, grating voice. Would you
look at that kitep'
She was in Bob's arms again, and
he was patting her back. She felt
as if she never wanted to leave those
hard, comforting arms, but she
made an effort and pushed away.
ILL be all right" she repeated.
"I'm just -. just frightened -.
that's all :"
He gripped her shoulders and
began to grin - just little at first.
His attempt at casualness was prac-
tically a failure. well, you got back
in time for tea, anyway. I'll be able
to give you a spot of tea, after all
She shook her head and wiped her
eyes.
No." she said. mot tea. I'm
going home, Bob. I'm going home
and sit in the last of my bubble
bath, and I'm going to have my hair
done and I'm going to put on long
dress and you can give me dinner.
I'm going to be woman, Bob -
mt mind -"
ked past her and winked at the ser
about time" he said. Then she was
ms again and spring crept cautiously
he earth.
4 The End
Evening star., 1943-10-17

silly. deadly maneuver, but for once it worked.
The incoming FW shot overhead, and the
other. dropping, missed its pass. Villa
checked the spin, gave the Spit full gun again
and headed for cloud. Glancing back, she
saw that both the enemy ships would recover
before she could gain the clouds protection.
This was it, now. There wasn't any running
to be done The safest thing, the only thing,
was to stay and fight it out.
0HE tipped over into past vertical bank
and headed for the nearest FW Even at that
moment, as tense and frightened as she was,
she muttered: You asked fo1 it - here ii is.
The FW began firing at about five hundred
Evening star., 1943-10-17

moment, as tense and frightened as
she muttered: You asked fo1 it - Il
The FW began firing at about five
yards. Villa held on, her lips set in
a white, thin line, until the planes
were barely three hundred yards
apart. She was conscious of white
tracers reaching out for her. but, in
explicably, going either overhead or
beneath her. She was not conscious
of the fact that she was automati-
cally working the stick so that her
ship rocked. Suddenly she leveled
off and pressed the button.
Take it," she said. She felt the
strain on her belt as the Spitfre
slowed down under the tremendous
eight-gun recoil.
She held on, the guns hammering,
her plane shuddering. The German
slipped beneath her and she shot up
into a tight loop, half rolling at the
top and then slanted down. He was
ahead, going through the same ma
neuver, and she caught him at the
top of the loop, halfway through
his roll. She watched her tracers
flick into him and saw him slip off;
then she was past again.
There was a terrific slam on the
armor at her back; the greenhouse
shattered, the cockpit filled with
smoke and her instrument board
went to pieces. She caught her
breath and went into another tight
turn as the other FW shot past,
turning at the same time She sobbed
little and turned in to meet him,
noting out of the corner of her bat
tle-sharpened eye that the Focke-
Wolfe she had hit was slanting down
toward the Channel, quitting the
fight.
The second pilot was good. Very
very good, in fact. She shot at him
as he rolled in, missing sadly. He
didn't, however. He put a burst
through the fuselage just behind her,
felt the controls go sloppy for an
Then he was past again, turning for
go.
He'll kill me, she thought desperat
too good for me. He'll get me!
She turned toward him again and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-15
HARD JOB
 AHEAD 10
 BEAT JApS
StiIweII Back from Wash. ington Strategy
 Conference

CHUNGKING, China, June 15.- Lieut.. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, just back from Allied strategy confer ences in Washington, said T feel We have a hell of hard job ahead in crushing Japan, but declared the United Nations are thoroughly determined to do the job as soon as possible.
 During the Washington confabs, Stilwell said, China was thorough ly considered and her needs gone into"
 He said the constant interchange of information between the Allied leaders in China and the men in charge of the Southwest Pacific theater on the common task of defeating Japan was discussed.
 Asked if more supplies are com ing to the Orient, Stilwell replied clearing the Mediterranean will ease up on the shipping situation considerably"
 It may now be disclosed tn Maj Gen. Chennault, commander of the Fourteenth Air Force, went to Washington with Stilwell and arrived back in China June 4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-15
GROVER {. WYNN GIVEN TRIBUTE IN
 DISTRICT COURT

All members of the Juneau Bal i Association were present in the United States District Court yes terday afternoon at 9 o'clock when immediately after the opening of Court, a testimonial in memory of the late Grover c. Winn was presented by committee of the Association and placed upon the Court records at the direction of Judge George F. Alexander.
 The testimonial, read by R E. Robertson. committee chairman, paid high tribute to the late Gro yer c. Winn as a member of the bar, a public official, a staunch friend and witty companion as well as an Alaskan pioneer and devot- ed husband and father.
 Presented in the form of a let ter to the Honorable Judge George F. Alexander, District Judge, the testimonial briefly outlined Grover Winns life from his birth in Wiota, Wis, January 3, 1886, until his untimely death on May 24 of this year.
 That Grover Winn performed well and faithfully the duties of United States Commissioner, member of the ninth and tenth sessions of the Alaska Territorial Legislature, Speaker of the House, member of the Juneau Public School Board and City Magistrate were empha- sized throughout the memorial pre- pared by the Bar Association.
 Of his interest in the Juneau Public Schools it stated, His greatest public interest lay in the public schools, and for twenty-two years he served as member of the Juneau Public School Board No member ever rendered more faithful, devoted and intelligent service to the Juneau Public Schools than he No sacrifice was too great for him to make if it served well the public schools and their pupils
 Members of the Juneau Bar As sociation Committee which pre- scented the memorial were MT. Ro- bertson, chairman; H. D. Stabler and w. A. HolZheimer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-15
Public Debt Big Problem
 For Postwar
Senator Bdrkley in Flag Day Talk . Lists
 Obligations

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, June 15-Senate majority leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky says the post war necessity facing the nation is the reduction and ultimate pay ment of the greatest public debt in the history of our nation or any nation"
 In Flag Day address here yes terday, he listed 10 postwar obliga- tions, including demoblization of the armed forces, redistribution of the industrial forces, provisions for the care of war injured and their dependents, and greater security for the aged.
 Barkley said the United States no longer could afford to be aloof internationally and must accept the axiom that all nations rise and fall together
 We must let it be known" he said, that we shall not attempt to insulate ourselves from any of the burdens or affects of world events"