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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

Once in a great while some
body does gyp him. Once he
loaned SO on a ring after filing
It, testing il with acid and
weighing it. The owner re-
deemed ii, then pawned IT
again.
"The file mark was there"
said Goodman, but II wasn't
the same ring. II was brass"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06
ADMITS ANGER

Tracy NJ Doll president OF tho
union council said OBrIen. vino
lives I'm the ParkSide project was
angry because OF an increase in
rent
sure am mad about IL"
OBricn answered III they can
raise my rent. l don't see why
they can't raise the rent In a
private home And another thing.
I don't think il was fair of Doll
to tell how much I made"
EdgeComh refused 10 comment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

There's one other type OF
customer
THE fancy dudes" Goodman
said. "are always coming in
looking for 'sleepers'-thingS
we don't know the real value
Of. But II we don't know the
value of an article, we find out
by the way, the fancy dudes
are calling up for other things
now-things like alarm clocks
But we haven't got any alarm
clocks. any more than anybody
else has"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

GO home, boy!" he told Whit. hear Already too
much of your moving"
Il got a good blade Whit said II from habit
you and your Karr blldel" beloved Joe and whipped
out his knife He held the point of quverng just under
Wits nose.
Whit stood his ground. lie scared, but stood quiet
Gently Captain moved into position lie had the bung-
starter now and felt better
There wasn't sound from Melissa
Joes hand trembling and was his voice 7 en- cut
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06
10 Grocery, Meat Dealers Fined Over Weights
The Man Not To Meet
OPAs Enforcement Attorney Eats Meat Rare
Wars on ChseIers and Cheeters
BY SCOTT WIGLE

Meet the man who will intro
duce YOU 10 the Judge if you cheat
on OPA regulations.
Alcid DeVere Rucg scgg r,
silver-haired chief Michigan en-
forcement attorney for the OPA,
goes about his duties with a firm
conviction that the job he is doing
is important 10 the welfare Of a
country that he loves and wants
10 preserve.
Ruegsegger is charged with the
unpleasant work Of enforcing OPA
price controls and rationing.
He and a staff of nine lawyers
and Investigators prosecute the
chiselers and cheaters who try
TO gain advantages over their
felloW-citiZenS.
DUBBED DUKE
He pronounceS his name Roog-
segar but his associates call him
Duke" It's nickname that has
stuck with him since childhood,
spent around Boyne City.
Mild-mannered. soft-spoken-he
has been called baby faced" this
37-year-old attorney tackles the
problems of QPA- enforcement
with quiet dignity and sincerity
characteristic of the Swiss.
He is convinced that price regu-
lations and rationing are a vital
necessity TO the successful prose
cution of the war effort.
"World War / cost the people
of this country 81 billion dollars
more than IL should have, be-
cause OF inflation," Ruegsegger
explained simply. This time, we
are trying TO curb initiation as
much as possible 10 that this
war will not cost more than Is
absolutely necessary"
LIKES MEAT RARE
Perhaps from his Swiss fore
bears he gets his ability to do +;
tough. unpopular job with courage
and no dramatics.
He likes, even demands, that hi
meat be served rare. And perhap
.it is this CHARACTERISED that point
a clue to his temperament.
At any rate last week. withou
fanfare, he ordered 65 convicted
SpeederS 10 turn in their gasolin,
ration books He didn't expect tina
any one was going 10 like thiI
I action, and il wasn't an easy de
ciSion 10 make.
Something had 10 be done to
bring II home to the people that
they cannot abuse their tires"
Ruegsegger said. THE people
must realize that one OF our
greatest amounts Of available
rubber Is in their trust, rolling
on the wheels of their autOmO-
bileS.
MUST PRESERVE 1T
"And it's vitality important
that this rubber be kept rolling
just as long as possible, IL our
war transportation Is to sur
ViVe."
RuegSegger graduated from thu
University of Michigan Law
School in 1923 and, early in hi!
career. earned a reputation as ;
trial lawyer.
When Ruegsegger was drafted
10 take his present OPA position
he was a partner in one of thu
city'S best law firms. He sacrificed
an income considerably higher
than what he now makes.
Duke lives with his wife anC
2-year-old daughter in a modes
home at $40 Fisher road, Gross,
/ Pointe Farms.
The Ruegseggers have an "a
gasoline ration book. He rides thu
bus 10 work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

Loans" he SAID ARE made
20 drunkards. mostly. About
80 per cent To hard drinkers,
IS per cent to gamblers, and ,
per cent TO the rest OF the
people.
You mightn't know 1t, but in
good times, such a. now, we do
more business than in bad times.
The people who pawn their stun
can get jobs easier and get the
)stuff out again. so they pawn
II oftener.
II was an office hoy when
was y~unrer. and one 0t my
bosses wa, quite drinker.
One morning he came In here
irving tn pawn his eye glasses.
Only today, a man We kno"
he makes around $50 a week
n tool maker-came IN.
pleaded with him not Ia pawn
his tools. Sometimes. we re-
mind them, Get thee behind me,
Satan or something, but they
always tell us 10 mind our own
business"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06
RATIONING TIMETABLE
.iAsOII

GASOLINE
A-CoupOn Good Dec. I 20 Jan n
A-COupOn GOOD Jan. % 20 Mar. 81.
A-COupon GOOD Mar. p 20 May n.
A-COupOn Good May p 10 July "a.
FUEL OIL
Coupon Good for 40 gallSrs unh
Jan o.
Coupon 3 Good Tor n gallons until
Feh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

SUGAR
stamp iO--Good until Jan. 81 for
three pounds.
COFFEE
stamp 2S-Good until Feb. for one
pound for each person over To-
DEADIINES
To get Ration Book Jan. rs. tI
P6r Inspection ~ uret- Jan. 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

when we set q price now,
we expect to get II, or very
close 10 IT," Goodman said. But
they still haggle. We don't
. expect TO make a sale without
)haggling." N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

ture OF a pawn Shop uncle
"Yes ?" he said.
But we were looking straight
on over his shoulder. Lying on
the floor, mumbling and groan-
ing, was a man
ooh" said the manager. II
don't know who he n. He
stumbled in few minutes ago,
asked us To call the police, and
collapsed. ! don't know whether
he's sick or drunk. so it's better
not to move him"
He seemed 10 be able 10 take
everything IN stride.
(By the way. when the police
came they gave one quick look
at the man and said, IN bored
voices. Yeah. We know HIM.
Pick him up about three times
a month" and lugged nm OUT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

hay wit tis here ltte knife n what YOU en- cur
with your karr BLADE You come n now / show YOU I
man who en- now; Jose Fehpe!"
That's flr' Whit agreed.
"And { best 20 NOV. she rake for him tomorrow
ST."
Whit made no answer.
1t was the grls voice that into the silence She
spoke low and even:
That's fair"
Continued tomorrow
Book-of-th Month Club. Inc
Forces a NeU Best-SeiIer Every Month
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

EdgeComb refused 10 comment
on the issue but revived the rea-
sons for the rent raise
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

With the PROSTATE guest gone.
the manager said.
Eyes, this business has
changed. No stolen merchan-
disc. We cant risk an invest
ment like ours on such stuff.
"For another thing, loans
don't cover our expenses. That's
why YOU see 80 much new mer-
chandise. Loans average So: we
make $50 or 800 week; you
can see that 3 per cent OF that
wouldn't carry us
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-06

He handed me his business
card
Albert J. Goodman, Personal
Loan Broker"
He chuckled.
Looks like stock brokers,
don't II ."
Goodman. % turned out rs a
college man. He was al the
University of Michigan when
the family fortunes took a bad
turn. and he and his father
went into pawn brokerage, In
small shop where their expenses
were about 81 day. They
learned the business and bought
out the place they have nov.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
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thar wild hospital guards watch
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Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
to Brisbane Haven
Troop Ship Sails

-Four Of the troopShipS returned
10 San Francisco. The other two.
which were we'll out from Homo
lulu with 400 troops aboard,
made Brisbane. Australia. after -
DAYS OF silence and uncertainty
An but one OF the cargo YES
Sel> reached friendly ports The
exception was presumed captured
after having reported on Jan
from 500 miles south OF Tahiti
that an unidentified airplane had
ordered her To halt but that she
was proceeding 10 New Zealand
Another vessel whose cargo IN
cluded P-i0 fighters, motor vehl-
Cles. rifles. ammunition and gaSO-
line. was AZ Christmas Island al
the time the Japanese struck
II Immediately put 10 sea and
no word was heard from II until
the 23rd Of December, when n
sailed into Los Angeles harbor
with its cargo intact.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Santa Sails Early

THERE are campaign medals his chest, perhaps
i even the scars Of battle wounds
He has fought the good fight for you Of the home
front thousands of miles away in Sicily Guadacana
Attu
VIII YOU forget him the day dedicated to the
Prince Of Peace when above all times he wants to be
remembered?
Today hundreds of Detroters pledgng them
selves to honor that faraway boy by enrolling IN the
Christmas Ship Club campaign Of this newspaper the
sole aim Of which happy yuetide for those
many servicemen without families from modest homes
The drive initiated by The Detroit Times and under
the direction Of a committee headed by Postmaster
Roscoe B Huston, opened this week and Will continue
around the clock guarantee that serviceman or
woman on the rolls viii be forgotten at Christmas time
\/OU do your part to help provide Merry Christ
mas for these servicemen by filing out the coupon
published daily in the Times. Mail it promptly so the
committee may send YOU the name and address OF a
serviceman who otherwise would 90 unremembered IN
December
You may De sure that your Christmas-as well as
hs-WIl be all the mcrucr
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14

Reverse Lend-Leaso also re-
duced demands on United States
raw materials, productive facll-
ities and manpower. 5
1t further contributed TO the
more efficient utilization OF all
the productive resources of the'
United Nations.
verse commanders of
American forces have been dI-
rccted To utilize all aVallabls
sources Of local supply on a re-
verse lcnd-leaSe basis
Procurement organlZa II ons
have been established IN the
principal theaters Of operations
10 obtain supplies locally for
American forces and IN assist
IN the development OF local re-
sources.
within the United Kingdom
in the fiscal year l943, 100. 900
ship tons Of matcriel were pro-
vided the United States forces
stationed there. in addition 70
large quantity Of construction
materials. Had all these sup
plies been shipped overseas in
American vessels II would have
required more than 800 fully
loaded ships.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Wake Island Haven
a Serious Handicap

Further deliveries 10 the Far
Eastern area were hampered by
the loss Of Wake Island, which
neceSSItated tho immediate de>el-
opmcnt OF an alternate trans
Pacific route Via Chris m q {
Island Canton Island, Fin and
New Caledonia
The new route was opened 10
traffic during January 1912
In the interim, all heavy bomber
air movements were Immediately
undertaken from Miami. Fla, via
BraziI Equatorial Africa and
Australia Tho loss of Sumatra in
February terminated deliveries by
this route.
Deficiencies i'm arms and equip
--lasa+i--.A~..ae.a4ls' 4ls'--.i'' -s.'re'r,.trt,te.,
and airplaneS required for the i'm
mediate defense Of the Western
Hemisphere. tho Panama Canal
Zone. Alaska. and for the regular
army and national guard. with
supporting troops were 50 serious
that adequate rcinfofCcmcntS for
the Philippines Al this time would
have left the United States in q
position Of great peril should there
be a break IN The dcfeuSeS Of
France or Great Britain
iNUallN important m tho
Strategic defense N the United
States 10 Brazil. which offers
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Passenger Vessels
Hastily Converted

Still later when the sugar
excise tax legislation did not re-
cciye favorable action, the war
department included in the third
supplemental National Defense
Appropriations Act. 1912. 1858,
100000 for the army OF the
Philippines, but this did not be
come available until the act was
approved Dec. II. l94l.
BY October. l94l, 1t mad been
found possible to assemble 100000
tons of supplies and 10000 fulll
equipped and fairly well trained
troops as relnforcements for the
Philippine Islands.
Few troop transports were
available. but with haSty CON
version Of passenger ships 10
troop carriers, II troopShlpS
were scheduled 10 sail between
NOV ~ and Dec g.
Twelve cargo vessels were 10
SAIL between Nov. 2l and Jan s
SIX of tho troopShipS and nine
cargo vessels were al sea when
word Of the Pearl Harbor attack
was received
Orders were IA he'd 10 all of
these vessels 10 proceed 10 the
nearest friendly port and 10 OBJ
serve radio silence.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Allies Desperate
for Materiel

ON all tho fighting fronts. the
Allies were IN desperate Sltua-
ton due 10 lack of adequate ma
terrell while facing An enemy who
possessed an abundance Of the
most modern equipment conceived
at that time.
The trying problem Of the waf
department was TO meet the ur-
gent necessities Of critical fronts
without Jeopardy 10 the security
Of Continental United States.
Money in large appropriations
had been made available but moi
available was the time in which
10 convert this money into NUM-
tons ready for issue.
The Lcnd-LeaSc Act was passed
in March 1871. but il was not
until The latter part Of that year
that il began 10 be effective in rs
results.
An agreement for aid 10 Russia
IN cooperation with the British.
vas supplemented in October and
WAS inst becoming effective when
We entered the war as a bel
llgeren'
In spite Of our situation. il was
Vital that we help both Russia and
The United kingdom for our own
security
Y This matter was considered 50
important that lCnd-leaSe aid con-
tinued throughout the crisis of
our entrance into the war without
notable interruptions except IN the
case OF a few critical items.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14

In early September the war
department recommended to
Congress that the Philippine
independence Act Of 1884 be
amended so as TO authorize the
expenditure of certain sugar
excise tax funds and currency
devaluation funds aCcruing in
the treasury of the United
States for defensive purposes
/ in the islands.
These funds amounting TO
approximately $4,000, 900 We're
wanted primarily for the ex-
tension Of airfelds.
While awaiting legislative ac-
tion, the war department OBJ
tanned $4,000, 900 from the
emergency fund for the Presi-
dent TO be utilized for Philippine
defenses.
This, plus another Sf6,666,-
600 from Army Air Forces
funds, was quickly exhausted,
and an additional 81, 600, 900 was
obtained from the emergency
fund for the President while
the debate was in progress in
! Congress.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14

the nearest point Of approach
10 this continent from the East.
1t is also vital to the security
OF the Panama Canal that the
various avenues OF approach
through Brazilian territory he
friendly hands and adequately
guarded.
tClOSe cooperation between
The United States and Brazil
waS.cryStalized through the for
nation Of a JOINT Brazll-UnIted
States defense commission in
May, 1912.
tThis commission has since
been working on mutual defense
plans and matters related to
our common war effort)
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Changing Picture
F orced Revisions

Australia and New -Zea-
land, American forces have oh
tanned almost all Of their food
requirements locally. In the
Middle Eastern thcatcr the Brit
iSh have provided for United
States forces IN the area all
maintenance requirements. in
cludng food supply, clothing
and equlpmentD
In connection with the fore.
going and with what follows. II is
difficult to keep IN mind the con-
slant changes IN the international
situation and in The Development
OF trained troops and munitions
which dictated the succession Of
decisions and actions.
For example IN the light ~
the situation today. the >ummd
of 1913. We are not justified ~
maintaining large air and ground
installations in the Caribbean,
from Trinidad north 10 Cuba and
even in the Panama Canal Zone
itself 80 far aS mobile ground
forces arc concerned
The original program was un-
dcriaken IN view of the possibility
that \ great tragedy suddenly
might hcfa1l tho United Kingdom.
with Tho consequent reversal of
the naval situation IN the north
and south Atlantic.
Then As We'll a> much later our
military developments IN the
Caribbean had 10 be measured by
the constant threat OF German
occupation Of Morocco and Da-
kar and fifth column ACTIVITIES
throughout Latin America.
As these possibilities. a. times
seeming probabilities. were wiped
from the slate tho requirements
m the Caribbean were altered
materially and construction of IN
StallatlonS was cancelled and iarge
portions Of the garrison with
drawn
In March 1912 tho Inter-
American Defense Board va,
created composed of military
and naval tcChnCIanS appointed
hy tho governments concerned
"a consider measures necessary
.ior he defense or the continent.
1T Cen Stanley y tnbick
IS presently chairman Of the
hoard and is senior United
States member
'All of tho Latin American
countries arc represented.
The charter Of thus board x
contained IN the resolutions of
the third conference of foreign
ministers hold Al RIO DC Ja-
nelro IN January. 1882
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Request of Dutch
Tragically Urgent

1t was not until new troops had
been trained and equipped and
Flying FortreS>es fighter planes.
tanks guns and small arms am
muntion began TO come of as
Sembly lines on a partial quantity
production basis in the late sum
mer Of 1871 that reinforcementS
for our most distant outpost could
be provided without Jeopardy to
continental United States
As an example or the degree OF
our shortages the necessity for
dlSapproving the requests OF Ihc
government Of the Netherlands
East Indies is cited
After urgent requests through
the various channels the repre-
sentatIveS- of that government
finally called on me personally IN
the latter part Of August. l94l.
and made 4 moving appeal for.
among other things an initial al
lotmen of 25.oO0 600 rounds Of
small arms Callhcr 80 ammuni-
ton
They stated that they feared
the dlSlnteGrauon Of their ground
forces unless Al least a small
amount Of ammunition was
promptly issued
We had an extremely critical
situation here in the United
States. but tho dilemma Of these
fine people was so tragic IN the
face OF tho japanese threat that
II Was finally decided to acccp,
tho hazard Of reducing tho am
munltlon reserve for the troops m
movement TO Iceland TO an extent
which would permit 1000 oO0
rounds being turned over TO the
Dutch.
-Four million OF these rounds
were 10 be made quickly available
by shipment from NdHTt7, replace
ment shipments being started
from San Francisco immediately.
incidentally, 1000 900 rounds
was TO be the daily delivery Of
a plant which was due to get
into production in carly Oc-
iober bur that was 10 no too
late for the gathering storm In
the Far East
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14
Knowledqe lest
By DIR. SABINA u. CoNNOLL,

BY DIR. SABINA VI. CONNOLLY
! Fill in each blank with the
correct word ca The Free
City of Danzig vas eStab-
lShed under the Treaty Of
; Cb) Southern Ireland
Is called ...........; (c)
Guadeloupe IS .......
possession.
Answer yes or no (s) When
1t is noon in New York. is 1t
night in Dublin; Cb) Was
there ever an English Pope.
Co is a fathom feet?
3 For travellers. Fill in the
blanks; tat Ancient Car
thaGe was in ......; tbl
Lake Placid is in the state
of .........; tc) Fontain-
blcau is near the city OF
4 For Bible readers. Answer
with one word Ca) Did Jesus
appear first after the ReSur-
reCtlon 10 Peter. Mary Mag
dalone Paul or Judas. cb)
Who, that lived in Bethany.
was raised from the dead
to- Who was tho murderer
that said Am my brother ;
keeper?
; Some OF these statements
are true, some false. Spot
the errors, ca Charles Dick
ems created the character Of
Scrooge; ,b) Kristen Flag
stad Is singer who came
from Germany; tc) Omar
Khayyam never lived at all.
s How is your memory. Here :
a GeneraIFquiz Time your
self talD How many pre>i-
dents of the t. S have come
from Ohio; Cb1 Was 1t Peter.
JOhf the Baptist or Paul,
who was the immediate fore
runner of Christ: CO.. DO YOU
associate the name OF Prince
Albert, Prince Bernhard.
Prince Henry with the name
Of Queen Victoria of Eng
land ?
I Here's n music quiz: ta)
Would Lily PonN or Giovanni
NartneIh be apt 10 sing
Celeste Aida Cbl j. there
a >cNlet m Madam Butter
ny or Lucia di Lammer-
moor Ccl II You wished 10
hear song about hcklc
woman would YOU call for
Caro- Nome or La Donna
@ Mobile ' ?
answers on Opposite Page)