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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
IS Feet OUer Water

As We zigzaCGed toward tho con-
voy. flying only Is feet or so above
the water. we encountered a ter
rife harrage Of antiaircraft fire.
ITS fierce intensity indicated the
Germans had same -iF4Aeietis- efafffse Al e
and were determined 20 protect II
10 the limit.
II was like flying through n
thick snowstorm. Multicolored
tracer bullets siashed through the
air around US as we headed in for
the attack Our particular target
was the biggest cargo ship in the
convoy.
We approached the ship AZ deck
level with our forward guns Going
fun blast. When We were about
100 yards away, l saw the men on
the ships deck abandoning their
guns in terror and rushing for
cover a screen of antialrCraft
fire was still pouring al us. how
ever from the neighboring flax"
ships and deStroyerS
l saw one Of our planes 10 one
side Of me receive direct hit and
crash into the sea. BY this time.
every second counted and we drove
ahead for Our target, flying
straight for il amidshlpS.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17

laCe and tail were also pretty well
punCtured with shots.
Luckily our engines were un-
touched and as they pulled us
away we saw the ship we had at
tackled explode and burst into
flames. II looked like il must
have been loaded with munitions.
We saw three others also burning,
indicating our comrades on the
RAID were having luck, too.
Now came the Job of getting
home. Night had fallen. Our
tplane was badly banged up as we
headed back for our base IN Eng
land We were without radio
contact and II was a job to keep
our ship flying
| guess the fact we got back al
all was due TO the training in fly.
ing Without -rad4a-e modern
instruments which I had received
as bush pilot over the north.
iern Canadian wildS. a bush
pilot is used 10 flying even in bac
weather without the aid OF radio
and we used 10 do a lot of flying
in winter on skis instead oi
Whpp1S
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
CnfickIe1
Divorce Given Mus1ached
Unkissed Husband, 70

FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan, 1e
tUP)--Charles r. Barnett has
his tickly muStache Mrs Barnett
has lips untickled, and never the
twain shall meet.
They also have a divorce.
The day after they were mar
ried IN 1887 she wouldn't let hei
70-yoar-old husband kiss her
under any circumstances be-
cause his muStache "tlckled." i"
Barnett, n wealthy farmer, re.
fused 10 be shorn
Both filed suit for divorce. Bott
claimed cruelty Judge y. Port
SIMS granted the divorce TO tho
muStached member OF the family
when n bride refuses to kiss
her husband the day after the
wedding. something is surely
amisS." SAID the Judge.
He is bachelor.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
= rs Reach Brisbane

Depsr;ure of tho Australian
bo1n6 dctaChmcnf took place De
cer1ber u from "a homh-ton run
way with a mechanic ~ me end oi
the strip with a flashHcht The =
Officers and mcr reached Brisbane
Australia on Chrsimas Eve. be.
cember - hy FLYING BOAT Gou
Darwin where trcl had landed
Their three planes
The n'ohfI0n Vas Tor these
pilots 20 pick up farr dNe-howh
erS and return atc'N 90 tho
Philippines hg' ctcnts prelentcC
them from gore back 'o loru th'
battle of Ea'aar a't~Uc they Gr
manage II %, l.L.-As x
AmerC8r< lu Mraan8c
in February 19te. ttc-.VCrc r
action against Japanese wa~sn.u.
of java and r March we're iu
moned ~ p u0rfGCa 'fu hWtraI
ian base and attached r. smother
ligrt b0mhardmcr' group of wrirt
they became fht leading elements
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Half of Battle Won

Once we were back over Eng
land We knew half the battle was
won and pretty, soon we were
able 10 pick our base out of the
murky darkness below. We were
hours overdue and had been given
up for lost. Actually Of the 80
men who had participated in the
attack. - had been lost due 10
the heavy FAX fire we cncoun-
tered
Now that we had reached our
base, the next problem was 10
land without landing gear-our
wheels were frozen stiff. By this
time the base ground creWs--God
bless them for they are the real
heroes behind every fllght-were
aware Of our approach.
a few lights were flashed on "a
guide US We made a belly
landing at terrific speed and
skidded along for what seemed an
interminable length of time. Luck
lily. we didn't turn over however.
We got out safely and rushed
our wounded navigator TO the
nearest medical station. Then we
took a last look AZ the ship that
had brought us back home. We
counted $50 bullet holes in her.
got the DSO, but l consider
II tribute not so much TO myself
as TO all the men who participated
in that raid. The pilot usually gets
the credit, but ! want 10 say that
its teamwork that counts in n
plane and the navigator. gunner
and wireless operator in my plane
deserve equal credit for what
ever we accomplished. Their cour-
acc was magnificent
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
SWeep Across Deck

When we were almost on top Of
the ship, we scared up al an angle
and ! pressed the lever dropping
our load Of bombs Just as we swept
across the deck and SKINNED over
tho ships mast The rear gunner
and | sprayed the decks with our
respective gun fire.
We were being hit by antiair-
craft fire and machine gun bullets
during these final seconds Of the
attack One bullct crashed through
my windshield and shot away my
instrument board Another vollcy
smashed our hydraulic landing
apparatus.
Part Of our controls were dam
aged. Our radio was shot away
and our navigator was wounded in
the leg Our wings were punctureC
and one Of them had a she'll hole
lO.incheS IN dlameter.
Not ONLY our wings hut the fuse.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Assembled Bou1beFS

There they picked up and as
sembled the Douglas Daun'leSS
bonbers which they were sup
posed 70 have had n the Philip
pines and have since been IN action
against the japanese over Java,
New Guinea and New Britain. and
have made several attacks on
enemy shipping in the'Philipplnes
OF these 2S who got away from
the Philippines. eight have been
killed or listed as missing IN
action.
A compilation Of the diaries Of
the men Of the 27th has been
brought 10 Washington by Col
John II. Davies OF Piedmont. Cal.
commanding officer OF the group,
and was made public tonight by
the war department.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
DR.. Kinso|vinq S
Life in Weekly

His elixir Of life didn't work
hu' has weird cotton chopper did
lie solved labor problems by
using 5000 trained geese.
lie paved MS yard with grave
stones.
lie kept loaded guns and money
all over the house and now
that he has ioined the ghosts that
haunted his plantation, fragments
~ his fabulous wealth arc turning
up ~ The most unoNPccrU7d places
Read about Dr4 iKinSqlvlng IN
The American Weekly with ncXt
sunday F., issue Of The Detroit sun
dap Times
NJ zrtrCfr on tho eccentric DIR
kneolNng has been made Tho
ha~i, of Front Page Drama
radio program Whieh viii bC
broadcast over u radio station,
n Michigan and Ontario. next
Wednesday, Thursday Friday anc
Saturday the day OF the broad
c7s'irg differing on the varying
n >IHfions as follows
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6 80 p. m Friday WIBM Jack
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CFCO Chatham $50 p. m
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p. m. Saturday. CKCR, Kitchener
3 p m Thursday CKCO. Ottawa
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! ford. 4 IS n III. FRIDAY.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
BY sQU U,DRoN LEADER RALPH NJ CHRISTIE
ROYAL Canadian Air Force
Copyright I9i3. by international News Service)

NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-The Canadian demon squadron
which assigned operated under the British coastal
speciality attacking Naz conveys the North
Sea
During raids fly virtually zero feet kimming
the top of the This makes difficult for enemy ships
and for fighters to detect attack from
the sky.
My squadrons exciting adventure during raid
important Nazt convoy the vicinity Of Frieian
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
u. 5. Army in Britain
Uses 'Ba(k|oadinq'

LONDON. Jan. 16- CUP).-Col.
y. a Ryan. a transport officer
and former genera manager of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul Railroad today put into ef-
feet a plan by which the United
States Army in Britain expects "a
save 100000 gallons Of gasoline
and 250,00O pounds Of rubber a
year.
The plan emphasizes "backload-
ing that IS, motor vehicles will
carry loads both ways on every
Journey.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Challenge Teje

The diaries are prefaCed by this
personal challenge from the sur
vivors 10 the japanese
For the want OF airplanes the
9Th group lost lis life. How
ever. Tojo. there might not have
been enough airpranes In the
Philippines for the 9th group,
but don't YOU wish YOU had cap
fured us all: God give us
strength"
The 27th bombardment grour
was organized in February, 1910
at Barksdale Field, Louisiana
Mai. Gen. tthen Colonel Clarence
l.. Tinker. who was lost in action
during the Midway Island battle,
was its first commanding officer.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17

Islands off the Dutch coast. II
was dusk when we located our
tarCet-a group Of German
ships heavily protected by de-
stroyers and fax vessels.
was at the controls of
a Lockheed Hudson medium
bomber, which has proved its
mettle in this type Of attack
With me were a navigator, wire
less operator. and rear gunner
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Raid Jap Base

u ANIL 'the cro.p rocc al
some NtcrG MEDIUM noT1ers
with wr.ch 'rev rHdCd 80 1apa-
neSe base ~ Gasu.afa Ncu Bff-
AIM and also boNhtd \fap1nc-e
shipp.Ss az Cea8 an Datao n trt
Philippines
Four attacks in tte Philippine,
yere carried out on April T. and
|13. Three enemy transports were
sunk four damaged and three sea.
planes destroyed Colonel D3Wcs
who led o., attack and shot dow n
q Japanees sespiare was awarded
The distinguished service cross foI
this action.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Taking Life Easy

The group sailed from San
Francisco for the Philippines late
In November 1871, on the liner
President Coolidge. recently sunk
by a mine in the Solomon Islands
while serving as a troop trans
port
As their Douglas hombers
tA-24 had not been shipped on
the President Coolidge. members
Of the group were getting settled
and taking il easy when ~ar
came on December 6.
Without their planes. the
only weapons they had were
few pistols the war depart
mont c2N-C
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17

The more natural dye of
vegetable rinse for lovely,
lustrous hair color. Will
not dry the hair or scalp.
Lends a really beautiful
Titan CLINT to dull, lustre.
less hair.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-17
Get $50 Rifles

From somewhere they got
$50 rifles and started training.
Among other tasks, they fur
nished crews for three Bliss
douglas medium bombers) he
Ing used a. transports, operated
Nelson Field for the interceptor
command, manned machine
guns at Nichols Field. and sent
. detail OF 10 officers TO Clark
Field 10 fly P-i0s (CurtiSs fight
ersl. which they never did get
10 fly because there were not
enough of them"
The contingent stationed q
Clark Field estimated that the,
had underdone 35 air raids in fiv
days with only pistols 10 fire a
the japanese bOnherS.
Evening star., 1943-11-28

that is the case today. To be sure that doctor
will be available when the real emergencies
arise, you can save his time in three ways:
L Prevent illness by daily health habits
which most of us know something about but
only few do much about
Z Learn what to do for the minor affec-
tons which make up by far the greater part
of illness in family life.
/. Learn how to know an emergency when
you see one
Whea - Can ths Doesx
! ERHAPS that Last rule may seem rather
formidable to people who have always relied
completely on doctors; so let's consider the
three rules IN reverse order.
In the first place, it is comforting to know
that there are very few situations in which
the immediate attention of doctor will mean
the difference between life and death Even
in times of peace, such situations usually can
be dealt with only in a hospital. Nevertheless,
there is NO substitute for the competent ply
sician when you really need him. How can
you be sure that you do?
Evening star., 1943-11-28

EE doctor shortage is real One-third of
our effective medical ulanpower is now
u on duty with the armed forces. War
industry is using many doctors and nurses to
safeguard the health of workers Most physi-
clans still available to the public arc
heavily ovezworked; there is \ limit to
the number Of patients they can care for.
Nevertheless, this IS situation which need
not cause undue alarm. If we keep our heads,
The key to the whole situation is in the hands
of you, the American people. When you really
need doctor, you need him You = and
nearly everyone - can be reasonably sure
of getting doctor at such times of real need,
1 We an do the things which viii relieve doc
tors of having to spend time ON ailments
which me obviously minor and on major all
ments which could have been avoided.
Grk 1>s. Dsv.
FORTUNATELY. om nations health has never
been better than It Is now. There are few
vulnerable points, to be sure, which health
authorities ae watching attentively. Tube-
culosis. for instance. seems to be rising with
the increase IN hours On the assembly lines
In some homes where it IS difficult to find
time to buy the right foods q to prepare
them IN the right way, malnutIition is begin
ming to appear. In certain ovcrdowded IN
dustrial ocntds, poor housing. poor santa
ton and other unwholesome conditions have
increased disease Yet, taking the United
States as whole, only three in every hum
dred persons at any one time are sick or in
jned Generally speaking, even our depleted
number of doctors and nurses can take care
of this proportion of the population
Admittedly, some communities are worse
Evening star., 1943-11-28

off than Others Many rural areas, for in
stance, had too few doctors and nurses even
before the war; and young country doctors,
particularly in the South. were the first to
enlist The boom towns, which have grown
from villages to cities since l94O are acutely
short of everything needed for healthful hv
ing; doctors, nurses. hospital BEDS safe milk
and water - even collection of garbage!
Steps are being taken, however. to share
the physicians still available more fairly.
Some doctors are being relocated. In more
than half the states where the situation is
most critical, no more doctors are being re-
c1uited by the Army or Navy. Some COM
munities left with no doctors at all are served
by officers of the us. Public Health Service.
Even 50, the supply Of doctors Is spread
SO thin that the basic job Of keeping
Americans healthy must be done in the
homes. There is something of paradox in
the fact that generation which has been
educated to turn to the doctor for the most
minor maladies, suddenly discovers that the
doctor time is too precious to be used for any
thing except matters of life and death. But
Evening star., 1943-11-28

Every adult should know how to take tenn
peratuue and count the pulse and respiration.
Anyone with fever should be in bed.
Pain is one of natures danger signals; the
more severe and sudden the pain, the more
significant. In the abdomen it may mean
acute appendicitis, 50 cathartic should never
Tw-m-1s-43
Evening star., 1943-11-28

One good way is to take the Red Cross
Home Nursing Course. Every woman not on
a full-time job should do this. Every man and
woman should take the Red Cross First Aid
Course The two provide invaluable training.
There are few simple signs which, if re-
ported accurately to the doctor, help him to
decide if a sick person should be seen at once.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
The Richelieu Docks

What might be considered an ordinary occurrence of another day was thrilling bit of news this week. It was simply this: Frances newest and greatest bat tleShip, the battle-damaged 35,000 ton Richelieu, is safe at anchor in New York harbor after thirteen-day crossing from Dakar, French West Africa. That's about the sum and substance of it. Just another boat arrives.
 It is not SO long ago that the coming and going of boats into and out of New York harbor was an everyday occurrence. Now crossings are infrequent and nego- tiated with the greatest secrecy. We hold our breaths hoping our convoy ships, our war ships, will arrive safely at their destination. We don't know when they come, when they go. We can't just turn to the shipping news page of our daily papers. Ship sailing has become a hazardous affair and the less we know about it the better.
 But we did feel thrill this week to know that the French battleship had weaved her way across, dodged German submarines in the mid-Atlantic, arriving last week with no one the wiser. The news was not given out until this week. While we feel a certain amount of ela- tion in the safe arrival 1t is impossible not to think of the many boats that do not make the grade, that are torpedoed and sunk. The Atlantic Ocean is no longer a pleasant if slightly rough sea nice to cross and re-croSS. Will we ever sail 1t for pleasure again?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
Repeat Please

It is an important thing to remember in these days of all out for defense on the home front that what you did or contributed last year has nothing to do with what you must or should do this year. Last year you did your bit and contributed to the USO, you joined the Community Chest by contributing, and you attended to your Red Cross subscrip- ton. Yes, we realize you did plenty be- sides; you bought war bonds and gave to all activities that you felt and knew deserved your consideration.
 But this is another year. We on the home front have to continue the good work. AS long as the war lasts and after that when new order of things is in the making we will have to give and give. Once more we are approaching time when the USO is going to need our help. The participating groups in the USO are all giving splendid service. The USO has had an suspicious beginning; but 1t has to go on. That's our responsibility.
 The Red Cross, which has functioned through the years and given help to the afflicted, needs help at the present time more than ever before in it's history. You supported it last year. Do repeat this year, and remember to do a repeat also for the USO, the Community Chest and all other worthy undertakings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
A Thought for Today
Cure For Sinusitis?

The announcement that there has been developed a cure within three or four weeks for chronic sinus trouble is good news. This troublesome cold form is one of the hardest to cure; the sufferer from sinus condition is bound to have relapse after partial cure. A specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat, says local treatment with sulfathiazole will effect a cure, and better still no other bad effects from use of the drug have been experienced.
 The common cold is one of our most troublesome diseases. Most people do not stay at home when afflicted with the so-called common cold, thus spreading 1t and holding on to it themselves But take persons who are downright sick-in- bed with cold there is chance to cure it, especially today with the various "sulfa" drugs which are used for differ ent types of infection.
 Sinus trouble, however, has always been a baffling ailment. The person that goes to the doctor with sinus con- plaint usually finds he has to keep go- ing indefinitely. But if this new cure, sufathiazole, proves efficacious those af- flicted with sinus complaints can feel encouraged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
Our Supreme Effort

The sweeping announcements from Washington on the manpower situation for 1943 are convincing arguments that this will be the decisive one in the war theaterS. Americas all-out war effort is really at hand. It's now or never for us. We either wipe out all Axis resistance in Europe or we fail at our most important task. To this end it is apparent that we must lend everything we own or hold precious.
 The war in 1943 won't be merely question of creating bigger and better groups of armed forces. Upon this nation will fall the burden of supplying half the world with implements of war, not to mention the foodStuffS on which an army depends. No one will escape the conse- quences of drastic tightening of our national belt this year. If they do 1t only means prolongation of the war and few of us want that.
 To maintain the rapid pace at which we are turning out ground soldiers, fly CTS, paratrooperS, rangers, sailors, and the hundreds of other technicians re- quired to fight the war the draft will be accelerated to pick up 12,0O0 men day. More and more families will be broken up this year as husbands are taken from their wives and families. There will be an ever-increasing gearing of our lives to war production. There will be plenty of work for all-long hours of it.
 Such prospect, to be sure, is not pleasant one, yet it isn't wholly gloomy. We know that unless we accept such a situation, there's a worse one in store for us. An America defeated by the Axis pow CTS or the Japanese would not be very pleasant land in which to live. Any tenn porary unpleasantness we must undergo is a willing sacrifice if it means better
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17

est importance is not that we always decide alright, but that we always exercise our power to the limit m arriving at any decision we have to make.
 Someone has said that 1t is not hard to do what Is right; the hard thing is to decide what Is right. Fms Is true in the case of people whose great desire fin life is to follow the pathway of duty. For them conflict Is not so much in the realm Of the will as it Is in the realm of the mind. There are others who even alter they see the right find iE hard to follow in that clearly indicated pathway, inasmueh as self~lnteTeht and love Of ease keep plucklng at their garments.
 We may sometimes tfl moods ol dejeeti0n question the wisdom Of ood in making the world as it is Yet t we think about it for c mo. ment We can see that wtth ail iia lmpeTsoctions. the circumstances oI human life are perfectly suited co lFnin us in the building ei ehaFac- isF. Al Rights nasafVed~-1 1abson NoWas
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
THE UsO MAKES GOOD

The report of the activities of the USO for 1942 should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that the organiza- ton has risen to its resA instability in magnificent way. The six par ticipating groups-the YMCA, Na- .ional Catholic Community Service, Salvation Army; YWCA, Jewish Welfare Board, Travellers Aid-are performing a service that un-united they could never hope to do.
 The activities of the USO are largely material in nature. They in- clude camp shows. games, shower baths, writing materials, lectures. books and magazines, sandwiches and coffee, dances and musical iri- strumentS.
 However, the results are often more than material. They include such intangibles as better morale. less lonliness, greater tolerance, maintenance of personal standards. better understanding of men from other religions. races and back
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
Cold Comfort

Northeasterners, shivering in half meated homes, will be coldly comforted to learn that they probably will not freeze stiff and stark in front of their hearths. Any who prefers freezing to pneumonia should take a few good stiff drinks and go outdoors, one gathers from Metro polltan Life Insurance Compeny Statisti- cal report on the subject of freezing to death. The statlsticlans express partlcu- lar interest ln the fact that before ration ing fewer persons froze to death in some northeastern states than in supposedly rsrmer areas. Most freezing victims have been either intoxicated or mentally de-