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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

TO THE EDITOR:
A LONG time ago CITIZEN
"a Tom Paine wrote of the
times that Try mems souls
-When-he-w wrote -eHr-n nation
seemed 10 be dying scarcely
before its life had begun
Eighty years later, Abraham
Lincoln called on the common
people 90 save their freedom
and their country. it's life
threatened by the forces Of
darkness and slavery in the
Civil War
To-day our country is in ITS
hour of greatest crisis un-
equalled even by the crisis of
Valley Forge or by the crisis
Of 1861
When the leaders Of America
in those tpe-PeriodS appealed
10 the people 10 stand fast for
their country and for their own
future, the people rallied,
Traitors. defeatiStS, the men
who chose appeaSement rather
than struggle, were thrown
down and the common people
won the victories that made
our country great. They brushed
aside all obstacles and marched
ahead 10 create democracy and
10 shape the history Of All man
kind. As they did so, all Strug-
Cling mankind watched and
prayed and worked for their
victory
The peoples Of Europe and OF
all the world, the plain people
in the United Nations, in the
countries invaded and tempo
rarily occupied by the Nazl
SlavemaSters are watching and
praying for American success
on the field of battle. They are
waiting, those in the prison
house Of AXIS held Europe and
Asia. for the people of America
10 Join their allies in all the
United Nations in the final
concerted offensive that Will
wipe faScism from the face of
the earth and make the Axis
a tragic memory IN history.
We have the Will 10 win this
war We have the leadership
IN our Commander-ln-Chiel
President Roosevelt. Organized
labor, with comparatively few
exceptions. has pledged tn
President through Philip Muir
ray. president OF the Go of
their determination 10 do every
thing humanity possible 10 bring
about complete and final VIC
tory The enactment Of the
Smlth-Connally Harness Bill
vas 10 labor stab in the
back. the passage Of which can
he directly attributed 10 the
polltical Vaccinations Of John
l.. Lewis
The success OF our armed
forces on the battlefront is de-
pendent upon the maintenance
Of strong and Solidifed home
front II Is unfortunate that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

NOU take my friend 10"
member of the numerous
SpclvIn tribe Of Americans and
a first cousin of George Spclvn,
the all-AmerIcsn American. Joo
is a onc-horSe grocer. His ht.o
pitch is what the big chains and
certain government agencies
cali a NOM and pop store.
Neither ne nor his oVcr-Iov-
ing had any formal training m
bookkeeping and when they
started up about 20 years ago
they innoccntly figured they
would WSt soil groceries for r.
little more than The groceries
cost them 10 buy and handle
and call Tho difference profit
II was fairly simple Al the
start, but not aS simple a. that
because there We're SpOllago
and broakagc and SkIp> and
dcadbcatS but those factors
We're showed along 10 the pay
ing customers and they got by
all right
They are Still getting by. but
The light burns later and later
these nights IN their apartment
above the store
THERE is the social security
Il and the ration points and
the ceiling prices and the with
holding tax and the employers
reports on compensation paid
and the unemployment inSur-
anCc and employers liability
and half dozen kinds Of in
Surance and their own income
tax reports. both federal and
state and not alike
And the CaSohn" rat ron
stamps and the motor fuel IL
CcnSc and the beer and olco-
margarine licenses and the milk
permit and the health depart
mcnt permit 10 handle meat
And of course. the store ac-
-tettfttv- ~ ttrr -wtr1tr-SUfrr-y Tr1rt-
the accounts of the charge Gus
toners with nom and pop And
the laws.
They have hundreds of little
Transactions every day in which
for Slip or because Of ignor-
anCc they could be- hauled be-
fore some board or other and
made 10 explain and possibly be
prosecuted and given a bad
name as black markctccrS be-
traylnC the brave lads az the
front
Although il is hard 10 imagine
any one who would be less likely
10 bctray those brave lads than
Joe and his cvor-loving, conSid-
crinC that he was one of those
brave lads. himself the last
time and up in the line. too. and
WAS rather badly hurt although
not bv the enemy ne wrcnchcd
something Try me 20 pull a gun
into position m the mud and
considering. 600. The Tact that
their own kid, the Oldest Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Westbrook Pegler Tells
Joe and Wife Struggle in Store

business and - IS 2 pretty good
little store. after all INTO which
they have put their hcst years
and thcy like 70 feel ndopend-
emf
But Z YOU were 30 ask loo
and The cvcr-loWnC Il they
would start a store If they had
u 20 do over today. the answer
would be no Too many head
aches Too much this and that
and forms 10 FIJI out and TOO
much never 20 10 bed hefc,
midnight and UP and hack ~
The counter again by 100
CPS ghted nv United Fsstur" synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
GORDON PAILSON
636 W. Baltimore.
TO TIE EDITOR


CTFPHAN Svorc that nc
y would never bc hanged
Thanks arc 30 be given 10 the
Civil Liberties Committee for
aiding him IN proving this
When they pleaded IN, case
before the President. they
pleaded the case OF a dangerous
enemy 10 the L. S They pleaded
for the life Of man who had
no concern for the lives Of
Americans when he helped a
dangerous German captive 10
escape within our country 10
help Germany destroy us
When they pleaded for Max
Stephan they proved TO Ger
many that America did not
stick 10 her word If death
for traitors proven guilty and
givon SAID sentence
This escape from death for
Stephan pavcS the way tor
moro spies Who are now un-
afraid of what America might
do II they were caught
NELMA SHIRLEE NILES,
1899 ~. Clair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
ALIEN MCKAY
TO THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR
HOOD is ammunition food is
L weapon, food VIII win thc
war. PhraScS eXtolllnC the
power of food The power and
the means Of the tyrant 10 sub
iugatc a people. The means Of
a free people 10 he strong and
powerful Mans first commod-
ity, the basic principle of his
necessity.
This power SO vital 10 a poo-
pie, especially a people involved
IN a great struggle for the sur
ViNal Of freedom versus slavery
IN the world Such is tho task
facing the American people toe
day
All the powers OF our vast
reservoir. must be used 10 The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Quick Questions

! Which ono of King Arthurs
knights of the Round Table
found the Holy Grail 4
= From what nation did ~
United states purchase
Alaska
3 tor what was Ponce 10
Leon searching when he
discovered Florida ?
( Between what states did the
pony express operate
3 Identify the Keystone State.
8 Is am Gland a vegetable. an
area Of lands or an animal!
: What Kind Of bird Is known
as Ph3raoh'S chicken
ANSWERS on Opposite Pagel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

DIT the great reliance on tho test
ID Springfield rifle seems TO be this II is ne
only missile weapon which soldier can
carry with him anywhere that he can climb.
and for which he can bear on his own body,
m Cartridge-beIt and bandolers, enough am
muntion 20 fight a long engagement,
And thousand men armed with II and
with it alone. could, | believe overcome and
destroy another thousand men armed solely
with an other weapon IN the world.
Every new weapon. no matter how loudly
heralded. has It's limitations, and ia real
value IS not known until those limitations
are established and allowed for
No old weapon should be thoughtlessly
discarded even hand knife, now being called
for by our troops may bring back into use
again the famous invention Of Col. Bowie
Of Mexican war fame
So l know Of no Safe-f+4}t- regard ~
weapons except the old adaSe once given
brides Something old and something new"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

II FIGHTING in thick brush or Jungle
i growth. where the enemy IL close bat can
not be seen, the hand grcnades are almost
indiSpcnsa BILE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
I TIMES

FUnUsned eVerv Week nay FVening and
sunday Morning hv The Times Publishing
company A. 1925 Times square. Detroit 3d.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

IT SEEMS anomalous but true that the
development of new weapons rarely has
taken place in wartime. ~
Z The reason seems to be that soldiers, ex-
perenced in the use of one arm which they
have fully tested and for which they have
affection, shrink from turning to another in
the midst Of wars uncertainties.
The present world war promises to be
different. The chief of ordnance has just
issued statement saying that before the
war ends, great number Of new weapons
will be revealed; that there are 100 such
surprises for the enemy now in process of
fabrication or design.
He mentions particularly new anti
aircraft gun of the caliber of IL able to fire
1000 feet into the sky.
He also tells us something about this odd
rocket shooter which the soldiers have named
the nBazouka, and for which they have dis
covered many uses, not originally con-
templated,
UNDOUBTEDLY our army has made
~ progress with weapons in this VIC
have At last. in the General sherman
medium tank which can hold its own in bat
tie: and the T05 nm. howitzer gun proves
to he an exceedingly good piece, adaptable
to several purposes.
And there has been an extensive introduc-
tion in TO the ranks Of automatic rapid-fre
small arms, like the tommy gun
But in the midst Of these new inventions,
old weapons curiously, hold their place.
Modern warfare has even accustomed 4 To-
version TO weapons long considered obsolete
The hand grenade was effective in the
seventeenth century, and gave its name to
regiments who retained the title of grenadIcr
after they ceased TO use grenades It is a
powerful weapon for short range fighting.
| found It in use in Pancho Villas army
in Mexico even before It was introduced into
the First World War.
Villa used it 10 destroy a garrison IF fed
eral troops entrenched within the thick adobe
walls Of a fre-guttcd commercial building IN
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
The CzeCho- Slovak legion. in the fighting
whereby they cleared A way for themselves
across the great distance of Siberia used
hand grenades extensively manufactured
out of tin cans with charges Of explosives
In many combats they were about the only
weapons they had.
II FIGHTING in thick brush or Jungle
L growth. where the enemy IL close bat can
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

our ComNandcr-in-Chlef is not
receiving the united support of
all Of the people IN this country
toward this end Il Is also un-
fortunate that many are inter
eSted FIRST in tho defeat of
President Roosevelt politlcaiiy,-
rather than concentrating all Of
their efforts on the defeat OF
the Axis.
Today, fighting for our cNiS-
fence as a free and democratic
nation. the efforts OF each and
every individual in this country
should be bent IN one direc-
ton, and that, complete sup
port for the President The
Presidents position today is
certainly not an cnviablc one.
Burdened with the cares or
conducting -Elahs4 Var against
the most vicious enemy We have
ever had 10 face. and At home
being. Snipcd al continuously by
his political foes.
Tom Paine wrote Of the
crisis OF his time He described
the summer soldier and the sun
shine patriot 1t is our Job to-
day 10 see the winter soldiers
of America modified. that their
full strength is thrown into tho
war. for their future, the future
Of the nation, the future Of the
world
ALIEN MCKAY,
lntl. Representative United
Automobile Workers Union,
Go.
1923 +. St, y. w,
Washington, ~. {.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

I have often thought how valuable they
would have proved in fighting in the Philip
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

pines 4O-odd years ago. but our troops didn't
have them.
Lobbed over the walls of Moro fort, or
kota, they would have won fights that hA' !
To be finished by storming over these way
and engaging in a hand-to-hand struggle.
| dropped in once on the Island of Jolo.
where a cavalry regiment had finally run down
and located in a deep cave an outlaw, slayer
and pirate, named Jakiri.
They had no way of getting him and the
remnants of his band out of that cave.
They finally fought it out with him hand
tohand 1t seemed to me that half Of the
regiment was in bandages.
A MOTHER great weapon which has fully
~ come back is the bayonet invaluable in
the dark, in trench fighting, or in any kind
Of engagement which ends in a wild melee;
but for a long time its use was practically
suspended
Soldiers everywhere today wear the helmet
again, and IT has saved many lives particu-
larly from shell augmentation.
One of our wellknown writer's. John
Stenbeck, recently accompanied elements of
our army across the Atlantic.
He expresses Amusement az finding many
Of them SO nl-equipped that they are still
armed with the old army Springfield rifle.
He thinks il indicates scandalous retarda-
tion Of our armament production.
Well, not necessarily. The Springfield il
not an automatic, though 1t is a magazine
rifle and the confidence Of the American
soldier in II is due partly 10 the fact that
there is no. better comparable weapon in
any army.
I judge it can exceed in accuracy any
automatic weapon of any kind. And for slow.
careful, sighted FIRE. II is incompatible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10
Weapons, Old and New
BY MAJ GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS

hoty and Former President the University of California
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09

Farmers re urged To vaccinatc
their pies a%a.iiS. hog cholera be-
Ca".r L. s. swine laiScI.s lost an
rs;ira'ci 2Ua million pounds o! mea,
% tH.s disease last We L.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09
NORTH CAROLINA STOCKS

The National Association of Securities Dealers. I:c
District No. H. published the following retail pY..
II August ). 1913 The Association assumes
based Quotations furnished to II certain deal
responsibility for these prices rs they DIV
indicative uf the general current market
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09

account. receivable md fund; Oh de-
pu,I' with insurance CnmpanlCS.
PdmliCO Couu'y's SlIi.62 payment
compares with MocEicrburg'S SZ32.-
1864 for the two extremes. But in
the distribution of IL" funds back to
local units ParllcU docs all right.
That county and it ono Incorporate
cd town get Sl.O55.GD. compared with
Mccklcnburg and six towns getting
Sl38.660jI. TvrrCll county got less
back than any other county. $40
1l--althuugh rylrcll paid in nearly
three times as much a Pamlico.
It was some of these quirks that
led the legislative committee during
the last session to turn thumbs DOWN
on the budget commission proposal
that the counties be- Flowed to COL
lect and keep their own intangible
axes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09

commando training.
Scarcely Il school in the country
has NO; made some change III its
curriculum To- meet wartime de-
ma"dS. Some '76.6 per cent have
placed Increased cmpI SIS on
sc!entc. Mathematics classes have
almost doubled. Foreign langUagcs
are popular. Shop work. particularly
with metals. - encouraged.
High Schou. students from Maine
- CALIFORNIA; are v3c1Gragci 10 ga!.!
work experience. Even school hours
nave occn rcvampcd. On the IVES:
coast. students attend classes from
: Un". II 80 thcv can work IL the
nearby LocEhcri Hv2lTn; .p:. four
AvW.' during the afternoon
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09
Badoglio'
Course Dim

tcout.2G"i from Page uavn
auG abolish the monarchy
The Noll;s.ecnt said me appeals
we're contained IL a resolution print.
sd in az Italian Social:S, ncws1ape.
rnndemn.ng Premier BddOg,iO be-
rau&c behind the phantom Of mill
'dry symDuls the r"ai organisms o,
me fascist dictatorship have been
retained and even strengthened" a~d
describing the go" Italian govern.
"ncnt les 'taScism without AIus.a!,,li %
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09
Plane Crash Survivors
In Jungle
Continued from Page One)

Long Beach. Cal. who arrived over
the scene in the first plane. decided
90 jump whvr sage. spelled
out IN parachute cloth and asking
Tor q doctor. was sighted.
An Army sergeant and corporal
decided TO accompany him.
The entire party has been supplied
since from the air and. having set
up tents. is apparently resting COM
fortdbly.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-09

!"rr restrictions wcni into effect. or
"hu Wnrld h" 'rtitlcd = ,'a.Itinlir To-
-" ms supple. from tie same
>.u!;...
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
- Foods Ration Cost Up

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-UP)-'
Beginning Sunday, housewives will
pay more ration points for 13 pro-
eessed foods, including frozen
fruits and berries and several types
of canned vegetables. But point
values of certain other vegetables
will go down, the office of price
administration revealed today.
Decreases were ordered in the
point values of canned soybeans,
beets, carrots, green or wax beans
and canned fresh shelled beans.
But the point values of other types
Of canned beans-baked, kidney,
lentils, soaked dry and pork and
beans-Were increased from Is to
18 for No. 2 cans.
The changes were revealed in a
new September table of blue stamp
point voiues showing revisions in
valuec of "a processed food items.
Blue Stamps U, V, and w in ration
book two are valid Until Oct. 20.
CHANGES SHOWI-
Changes shown in the new chart:
/. Increases in value of four
caned fruits-from Is to q for No
21s cans of pears; from % to 26
for No. 2l2 cans of peaches; from
eight to 10 for 16-ounce cans of
cranberries or cranberry sauce, and
from seven to 10 for No. e cans of
apples. OPA said these products
sold at too rapid rate under the
old values.
2. Decreases in value of six can
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
Attorney Refuses
Comment on Letter

DETROIT, Sept. 2.-(UP)-U. S.
attorney John c. Lehr refused to-
day to comment on contents of a
six-page letter written to him by
Mrs, Theresa Behrens, an alleged
Nazi spy who has refused solid
foods since her arrest Aug. "a by
agents of the federal bureau of in
vcStigation.
The letter was delivered to Lehr
yesterday. 1t was written on
stationery of receiving hospital
where Mrs. Behrens is receiving
liquids and intravenous injections
of saline and glucose for susten-
ance. Mrs. Behrens has refused to
take solid foods until the spy
charges are removed.
Lehr declined to say whether
Mrs. Behrens had offered to be-
come a government witness against
others accused of spying for the
German government.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
Opponents Conced
Election TO EnQIe

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2. CUP)-
Opponents of State Senator Clair
Engle, Democratic state senator
from Red Bluff, today conceded his
election to congress to fill the unex-
rired term OF the late Harry l..
Englebright, who died last May.
Engle maintained a substantial
lead over two Republicans-Mrs
Grace Englebright, Nevada City
widow of the late congressman, and
State Senator Jesse Mayo of Angels
Camp-as returns trickled in from
outlying districts.
The latest count, from 375 of the
427 precincts in the second district
gave Engle 11,165, Mrs. Englebright
1921 and MAYO 1863. Most of the
precincts yet to report were in
sparsely populated areas and it was
estimated would have less than 2OO(
additional votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
HOLLYWOOD :. :! =! !: ), |. L.,,W\I
RY ERSKTNE Johnson

niger cartoon, "Corny Concerto"
you'll probably marvel at the sound
of bubbles bursting to the melody
of THE Blue Danube" Treg Brown,
the sound man who created the
novelty, nearly knocked himself out
doing it. He created the bubble
bursting sounds by making sound
box of his mouth and raping him
self on top of the head.
Other day Lew Seller, directing
"Guadalcanal Diary" on location at
Marine camp near San Diego ask
ed an officer to assign him 25 Mar
ines to portray Jap soldiers. Il don't
know, Mr.. Seller" said the officer,
"I'll have to ask the men," "Ask?'
said Seller in disbelief, knowing
how the Marines train their men
to instant command. Yes" said
the officer, I'VE don't ask the men
when we send them out to kill Japs,
but playing Jap is different-a lot
different. That's strictly for volun-
tcers." Yes, there we're enough Mar
ines to play Japs, but just enough.
The boys didn't like the idea at all.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
BY the Imperial County USDA

BY the Imperial County USDA
War Board Information Editors.
Now, how abollt this deferment
matter we mentioned last week?
When Selective Service is not sure
whether man is necessary to ag
riculture, it asks for a recommen-
dation from the USDA War Board
in the county where the man works.
We get such requests from all ever
the United States about men who
are registered there and working
here.
With drafting of fathers in the
offing, it gets more and more diff
cult to recommend deferment of an
18-year-old farm hand when a
father may have to fill his G. l.
shoes. On the other hand, if all
the farm hands were taken by the
armed forces, who would produce
the food to fill the stomach that
the army is said to fight on?
THREE CASES
Let's take three cases that were
ciCtSilp bCloiC Vic pOdlu ltSU WEEK
and see what kind of decisions are
being made.
Mr.. A. has claimed agricultural
deferment on the grounds that he
has lease on seven acres and
raises vegetables. He is 81 years
Old and married. He has been in
agricultural work since 1926.
Our investigator checked on him
and found that his trail led from
gambling house to gambling house
all over the Valley 1t was learned
that his chief occupation was deal
IGN cards so we declined to recon-
mend bis deferment. We don't
need any more card dealers here.
From what we hear, he may find
Army life profitable, anyway.
Mr. B. works on his fathers dairy
farm and has some COWS of his
own. He is competent and works
hard. He is single and wants to %
to the armed forces but there is no
longer anW way for a man to en-
list voluntarily. He doesn't want
the War Board to interfere with his
induction. ~
But, even though he is young, Mr.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-02
Sharks Break up
Diving Exhibition

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. a.
UP)-Sharks today broke up a
high-diving exniDition by Second
Lieut.. Farid Simaika of Los Angeles.
former American and Olmpic
champion, who has been amusing
Yankee troops by diving 40 feet
from a ships bridge
The exhibition ended when the
ships captain found that the
waters were infested with sharks.
Simaika, attached to bomber unit
in the U. S. army air corps, said he
once dove 80 feet from the mast of
sailing schooner.