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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Crosby Draining Brings HeaUen'
To Detroit Boy and to the Artist
BY JOHN CREECY

Cartoonist Percy Crosby, every reader of "Skppy
in Sundays Detroit Times is aware is friend of little kids
Jimmie Murray can tell you just how good friend
Jimmie is H. and arpane designer by profession,
Just now of course, circumstances compel him TO spend
most of his time the fifth grade the Burton School,
ne finds time in the evenings to carry what he considers
his life work.
Up to now it's all been on paper-reams of neatly
drawn bombers and fighter planes and transports would
have been fun perhaps to translate these ideas into
actual models, but there was obstacle TO that.
For models you need tools and glue and paint and balsa
wood, and for these things you need money.
The Murray household, tiny wellscrubbed cubicle in
old house Eliot third floor rear has many assets but
money is not OF them.
Mrs. Helen Murray, with baby daughter and 4-year
old son in addition to Jimmie isn't in much of position to
living Her husband a tuberculosis sanatorium
out West, isn't either.
And So but for a chain of circumstances that linked
the of the young designer with that of the famous
cartoonist, Jimmes aeronautica dreams might
have been confined TO paper for long time
como
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Safety Supervisors Meet

William Smith, safety engineer
for the Ford Motor Co, will dis
cuss Safety Problems in War
PRODUCTION p a I s" at s p. m,
tuesday, al meeting of the safety
supervisors division of the Detroit
Industrial Safety Council in the
Hotel Wardell-Sheraton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

Emphasis this year, he said, Will
be placed on industrial garden
projects in which employers pro-
mote garden areas near their
plants or arrange for community
pranloya Yalo4c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
He Climbs Dreary Steps

MI. Hearst immediately set In molten Ae-
machinery Of bis newsnaners from coast 70 Cont
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13

CdIIOOHISII JIIHIIIIt dtIUHduIICdI uIVdHS might
have been confined TO paper for long time to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Leather Shortage Seen

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (UP)
IA sufficient quantity of steel.
aluminium and copper but serious
shortages of lumber, leather and
textiles were foreseen for 1914 to-
day by high WPA official.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
Plan War Disease Meet

BATTLE CREEK. Feb 70 APP
proXimately 500 army and civilian
physicians Will attend a graduate
medical meeting at Percy Jones
Hospital Monday 10 discuss dis
eases peculiar 10 men in the serv-
ice and TO civilians under war
conditions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13
JACK
PICKERING,
ROOKIE

EDITORS NOTE-Mr, Pick
ering, Times coiumRiSt-duth0r
of Here and Now. has become
Pvt. Pickering of the u. S. Army.
THIS is q column Uritten after
his arrival at FL. Mcclellan,
Ala, for basic training.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-13

Order War Stamps delivered
Ia your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

The wages and opportunities for
work attract them, it was explain
ed, and in times of labor shortage
they have little difficulty in getting
work on the farms. es
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
japanese to Get
Peace Cabinet

Another Domei dispatch said that
Important news was expected later
Thursday night, but did not indi-
cate its nature.
The wording of the Domei els
patches indicated that Japan for
the first time in history may have
two premiers at the helm of the
government at the country'S admit
tedly graveSt hour.
If so. this would indicate that
Hirohito had deciced TO force the
army and the navy TO share equal
responsibility for the defense of the
homeland against American air. sea,
and ground forces gradually tight
ening a stranglehold on Japan's
home iSlancS.
Tokyo radio, in an EngliSh-lan-
guage broadcast heard by United
Press in San Francisco. said Gen
KoiSo and Admiral Yonai have I'M
mediately started the work of form
ing the cabinet" carrying out the
Dcmei indication of a dual premier
ship.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
u. s. Rounds 10
Wet Next cons

Wet MeXicans, slang term for
men from the neighboring republic
who entered the United States
without permission of either coun-
try, are being rounded up in Impe-
NAL Valley anG escorted back across
the border. it was revealed Thurs
Gay.
Brawley apparently was a focal
point for the roundup in the last
few days as groups of MexicanS
were held in the park while officers
asceItainec, if they had papers per-
hitting them to be in this country.
Those who have the required papers,
of course, are peins recessed when
they show their papers. The others
are returned to Mexico. Between 80
and 100 men were sen IN Inc park
in Brawley in the last two days in
charge of Immigration officers.
1t was estimated that approx
mately 100 has been taken back to
Mexico within the last week or So
1t Nas understood that the present
roundup, however, was a matter of
routine business with the officers
who are responsible for checking up
on the eligibility of the men to re-
main in this country. 1t was said
that the roundup is going on in
several parts of the county and was
not confined to BraWley.
The MeXicans enter the United
States without waiting for permits
sion or to be included in the ar
rangements the United States and
Mexican governments have made
tol the sending of nationals under
government supervision to work in
agriculture in the United States
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
British Troops
Stern vimont:
Breach Highway

Continued from Flge One
Ground and capturing the village of
Landelle, mile west of Movers.
which sill was in German hands
On the American front Lieuten-
ant General Omar N. Bradley
First Army advanced west of ST. 10
and swung southeast from points
northwest of the captured town
clo;ing a loop in which a few Ger
man rear guards remained.
Above s.. 10, juet west of REIN
llly-Sur-l ozon, the dough boys
pu'h along tiny stream and
captured the villages of La Varde
Thiebots and LANCE.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
Hitler Injured
In Death Plot

Continued from Page One
the Allies with the attempt on Hit
ler'S life. asserting.
Fate protected the fuehrer from
ar attemp. by the enemy, who has
50 often worked with murderouS
methotS and who once again tried
to achieve with murder what he
couldn't achieve by fair methods"
Benito MuSSolini. premier" of the
republican faScis. Save in northern
Italy, appeared to have escaped the
bombing by a few minutes. DNB
said Hitler was about to confer with
MuSsclini when the explosion &C.
Cured and that after the debris
had been cleared and the wounded
cared for. the fuehrer resumed his
work anc' conferred with MuSSolini
as Intended
The nazi 7. opagandlStS also re-
corded that reichSmarShal Hermann
GCsging- whom Hitler had picked
the outset of the war as the heir
to his leaGerShip-arrived shortly
and conferred with Hitler. Propa-
ganda Minister Vaul Joseph Goeo-
bells also arrived after the explosion.
CLOSE To FUEHRER
One Of the four seriously injured
were Lieutenant General Schmundt,
chief adjutant Of the Wehrmacht
since 1888 and described by the Ger
man tranSocean news agency as
belonging to the closest following
CT Hitler"
Those listed as seriously injured
were:
Lieutenant General Schmundt.
Colonel Brandt.
Lieutenant Colonel Borgmann.
Borgmann'S aide, Berger.
The following were listed as re-
ceiVing minor injuries:
Gen. Alfred joel. chief of Hitler'S
personal staff.
Maj. Gen. Guenther Korten,
chief Of staff of the luftwaffe.
General Buhlke.
Gen. Karl Bodenschatz, liaison
officer between Hitler and the air
marShal'S office.
oCIICIdl IltuSlllS6I.
Gen. Scherff.
Admiral Won Puttmaker.
Admiral VoSS.
DNB did not specify whether the
explosion was caused by a bomb
planted inSiCe the room in which
Hitler and his commanders were
comforting or whether the explosion
might have been from a bomb
launched from an Allied plane and
pin-pointed as in recent attacks on
German headquarters in Holland
ant France.
The fact that the attempt evil
IDENTIFY occurred inside Hitler's per-
SGnal headquarters difficult to
penetrate as the White House or
No. 10 Downing Street-rased spec
ulatlon in London that it might
have been an inside job" by Ger
mans disgrunuled with the conduct
CT the war and hopeful for a ne
gotia.ed peace if the leader of naz-
ism were removed
This is the first assassination at
tempt, 50 far as is known, in which
Eitler was injured. The only previ-
Gus rublicized attempt was on Nov.
8, 1899, when a bomb exploded in a
Munich beer hall shortly after the
fuehrer appeared at a nazi party
meeting there. This was regarded
az the time as a geStapo trick 70
strengthen the German home front.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
keynoter Stirs
Democrats TO
Applause Storm
BY JOSEPH L. MYLER

/ CHICAGO STADIUM. July 20.
/ tUP) - Democrats went whooping
into the aiSles for the first big
demonstration of their convention
Wednesday night when Gov Robert
S. Kerr of Oklahoma made a key
note speech calling for the re-
election of President Roosevelt and
denouncing Republican administra-
tions under which America hard
ened under Harding, cooled under
Coolidge and hungered under Hoov-
err"
The speech was interrupted by a
l2-minute demonstration during
which state standards were paraded
down the aiSleS to the platform
where Kerr put on a 10-gallon white
hat while the band blared You're
Doing Fine. Oklahoma"
REPLIES TO COP
Kerr's reply to the Republican
party'S accent on youth" was the
declaration that such tired old
men" as President Roosevelt Adj
miral Ernest j. King, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, and Gen. George G.
Marshall ARE winning this war"
The anti-fourth term regular
Texas delegates, however, sat I'M
moved in their seats and refused
to join the parade. An enthusiastic
pro-Roosevelt man from another
delegation tore down half of the
Texas placard in passing and, rush.
ing down front, handed 1t to Kerr,
who waved it to the crowd
George Charlton of Tom Ball,
Texas, retrieved one face of the
placard, however. and delegate L. l..
James OF Tyler. Texas, replaced 1t
at the top of the staff while Charles
T. SimonS of Austin, secretary of
the Texas state executive commit
tee, held the pole erect.
RIP BANNER
Members of pro-ROosevelt "rump
delegation" from Texas crowded
around the regulars waving signs
reading throw the JudaSeS out,
help us clean up Texas" and we
want Roosevelt"
James angrily held on to the sal
vaged half of the Texas placard,
however, and announced: I'm
holding the banner up here where
it belongs because I don't want it
in that parade"
louisiana, which like Texas has
declared for Sen. Harry F.. Byrd of
Niroina for president STAYED ont of
the parade until the excitement
proved too much for one of the
delegates. He grabbed the stand
ard. and it,, too, was soon among
Kerr's collection. Virginia, Tonnes
see and Mississippi sat tight.
ENDS SPEECH
/ Kerr finally resumed his speech
and ended it by saying.
Under our great commander-in-
chief We will not now retreat. We
will not falter in mid-passage. We
will VIM
Kerr's speech, prepared after he
had conferred with Mr.. Roosevelt
at the White House, carried an i'm
piled invitation to Wendell l.. Will
kie, 1910 Republican standard bearer
who has taken little or no part in
the partys recent deliberations, and
his followers to bolt the COP and
DraciIa,Nt
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
Patterson Says
laps Must Pay
For Pearl harbo7

Continued from Page One
met, in battle lighting to the bit
ter end.
1T may be recalled it was Otter
predicted at the outset when thu
Japanese encountered reverses they
would bring out leaders who pre-
tended to be friendly toward the
United States.
NO one will be deceived. They
will not change. They will conduct
he war the same way"
Patterson said he knew of no
peace overture from Japan-"they
know it would be hopeless, I sup
pose"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
Right But Wrong

Things were steaming away at Fl
Centre city council meeting We'd
nesday night.
We have a bid here and check
for the water cooler at the old
aircraft observation tower" it was
explained to the councilmen. Shall
we accept the bid?" 1t was agreed
to accept the check.
Wait minute" interrupted
Councilman Herb FaWcett. What
are we selling? Hey, we're selling
my water cooler. And it's not for
sale. Sell the desert cooler but let
my water cooler alone. I'll go get
it tomorrow"
Saved by the bell.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

Continued from Page One
rea, and Yonai, premier from jan
uary to July 1910, had been ordered
by Hirohi.o at an audience in the
imperial palace at $40 pm. Japa-
nese time Thursday to form the
succeeding cabinet in cooperation"
They received the honor with
great trepiCation and departed from
the imperial presence" Domei said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
CAN'T keep
GRANDMA IN
HER CHAIR
She's as Lively as a Youngster-
Now her Backache is better

i, Many sufferers relieve nagging backache
quickly, once they discover that the real
cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Nature szhief way of TAX
blood. They help most people pass about
pints day.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains,
leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up
nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes,
headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scantX
passages with smarting and burning some
times shows there is something wrong with
your kidneys or bladder.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doans
Pills, used successfully by millions for over
40 years. They give happy relief and will help
the 10 miles Of kidney tubes flush out poison
Gus waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

It's getting to be a different kind
OF world because modern invention
has drawn us so close that we will
be affected by anything that affects
any other nation.-Eleanor Roose-
welt.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

We seek the closest strategic and
material union between Britain.
Australia and America. Nc life can
be lived anywhere in the acific
Ocean without friendship be-
tween the three OF uS.-Sir Keith
Murdoch. Australian editor.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
Party Awaits
Nomination

Continued from Page Onel
ord on international affairs and re-
lations. Barley asked:
Whose name among the millions
of detected, and diSheartened men
and woman stands today as the SYM
bel OF fretc5E as. Geliverance?"
L present to this assembly for
the office Of President of these
United States" he said, the name
Of one who is endowed with the in
tellectual holiness CT Thomas JET
ferSon. the indomitable courage of
Andrew Jackson, the faith and pa
tience CT Abraham Lincoln, the
rugged integrity of Grover Cleve-
land, anGl the scholarly vision of
Woodrow Wilson-Franklin Delano
Roosevelt"
Declaring that the Democratic
Party goes Cefore the American peo-
pie on its record, and it will not be-
come a fugitive from the truth"
Barley called the roll of achieve
ments under Mr.. Roosevelt. This
record. he said, began when Mr..
Roosevelt was nominateC by an
other Democratic convention at this
same stadium in 1882.
"Centering his searching mind and
great abilities upon our own domes-
tic problems" Barley said, "he re-
stored cur financial institutions :. 4.
He built a new he basis of agricul-
tural prosperity.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page One
car and easily boosted it out OF
the ditch.
Don't tell us humor isn't interna-
tional.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20
LABOR RECORD

In addition to the reduction Cf
unemployment, this Democratic ao.-
min.Stration gave to the labor the
t0cn Of collective bargaining .
minimum wages and maximum
hours the stimulating guaran-
tee of unemployment insurance and
compensation. the tardy Inaugural
ton of old age subsistence and the
abolition of child labor D.
The market for securities was
made a safe and honest place for
the transaction Of business for
the sordiGa emblem CT the dollar on
the eSoutcheon of our diplomatic
relations he substituted the symbol
Of the good neighbor for the
the corrupt methods of tariff legis-
lation he substituted mutual trade
agreements, restoring the natural
flow of commerce with other ma
tons
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

The seizure of Saipan constitutes
a majcr breach in the Japanese
line of inner defenses, and it is our
intention to capitalize upon this
breach with all the means available.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz's
communiQue.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1944-07-20

Parents and friends of 1t. Col. w.
w. (BilD Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs
James S. Jones, 869 He'll recently
were advised of the young Ell Gen.
tro officer having been decorated
with the Distinguished Flying Cross
He previously had been awarded
high citations. The cross was in
recognition CT extraordinary cour-
age in leading an air attack over
Germany. Lieut.. Gen. James H.
Doolittle presented the m e d
somewhere in England where the FL
Centran is stationed. The picture
here was taken at the time of the
decoration ceremonies.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Rear Adnziral Donald B. Bearv
Giues Daugbter in Marriage

Mrs. William G. Whyte was
matron of honor for the bride and
Miss Helen Paine was the maid OF
honor. The bridesmaids were Miss
Caroline Irie Pou Walden, Ensign
Elolse English and Miss Margaret
De Graft. Their costumes were
particularly effective. Their dresses
were of blue lace and net and they
wore matching wells in their hair
held by spring flowers which cor
responded to the blossoms used in
their arm bouquet.
1t. Arthur V. Mas, U. S. M. c.,
was best man and the ushers were
1t. Charles Sisson, 1t. Comdr. Will
liam Sampson, 1t. Daniel England
and 1t. James Perry.
Flowers similar to those used in
the ballroom were used about the
other rooms of the club, where the
guests mingled for quite some time
| after the ceremony. In the dining
room large TERED wedding cake
topped with a miniature bride anc
bridegroom formed the centerpiece
of the table. Before leaving on
their wedding trip the bride cut
the cake with her fathers saber
Assisting the brides mother ane
father at the reception were Mr.
and Mrs. c. Robb De Graft, parents
Of the bridegroom, who came from
their home in Amsterdam, N. Y, 70,
| the occasion.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary
In command Of operational training
in the Atlantic, came from his base
headquarters in Norfolk to escort
his daughter, Miss Alice Erwin
Beary, and give her in marriage to
1t. q. g.) Robb Milmine De Graf
U. S. N. r.
The wedding took place yester-
day at $50 o'clock at the Sulgrave
Club in the presence of about zoo
guests, for the most part members
of Navy circles here and in An
napolis.
Arrangements for the wedding
were charming in simplicity. The
young couple exchanged their mar
riage VOWS in a setting of white
flowers and palms arranged before
the great windows of the ballroom
of the club. Chaplain William N
Thomas was the officiating clergy
man. A string trio played the we'd
ding march and for the reception
which followed
The bride wore gown of white
satin designed on fitted lines. Hel
yoluminouS veil of tulle was ar.
ranged in two tiers. one finger tir
length and the other extending vel
over the full train of the gown
The veil was held in place by orange
blossoms and the bride carried 6
bouquet of white sweet peas anc
freesia with two white orchids ir
the center.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

/ West Indies, will be here until sum-
mertlme, when she will go to her
home in the Adlrondacks. Her visits
with Admiral and Mrs. McIntire are
tradition in the two families fol-
as many years as it has been possible
she has joined them for the spring
and autumn and the McIntires have
spent the summers and winters with
the Noorduyns-When the admiral's
tours of duty have permitted.
Comdr. and Mrs. George Greene
who formerly lived at Virginia
Forest, have returned there for the
Easter week end and are guests OF
their former neighbors, 1t. Col. .anc
Mrs. Robert B. Rutherford. Comdr
Greene is on duty at the Naval All
Station at PatuXent, Md.
Col. and Mrs. M. c. Demler OF
Falls Church and their sons. James
and Roger, have gone to their
former home in Buffalo for the
Easter week end, and Maj. and
Mrs. E. E. Cadman, also of Falls
Church, Joined their daughter, Mrs
Clifford Storms. in her home at
Bradford, Pa, for the holiday.
1t. Horece E. Brown, jr., who was
commissioned. at Camp Davis, N. c..
Thursday, joined his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Brown, in their Falls
Church home in time for the holi-
day. He and his mother will leave
this week for South Kortright in the
Catskills to join Mr.. Hugh Brown
another son of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
in the old family home there.
1t. George Reeves, also commits
stoned at Camp Davis last week
joined his parents, Mr and Mrs
George T. Reeves, in Falls Church
for the brief holiday.
Maj. and Mrs. D. E Cain, who
have been living in North Court
House road in Arlington, will move
this week to their new home at 11O
South Columbus street In Arlington
Forest.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

chairman OF the committee rep
resentjng six member childrens Or
|ganizations, has made 1t her chief
interest. Recently it had its face
lifted and it goes without saying
that Ma" finances the operation.
And now that the annual benefit
is to be held on Tuesday afternoon
next from 4 to 6, she keeps herself
ousy with plans for the party,
given primarily to stock the shelves
of the shop and turn your trash
and mine into cash Admittance to
the benefit Is bundle, some un-
wanted article in your home which
can be sold at the shop, or a cash
contribution, both of which will
help to solve some of the financial
problems facing the members of the
BOARD in their care of children.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is coming to the
party at 4:30 and will be greeted
by the presidents of the six boards.
The Metropolitan Police Boys Club
Orchestra will play special num-
ber in her honor. Then Miss
Meredith Howard, as mistress of
ceremonies, will introduce her trio
of entertainers, Vivienne Segal,
leading lady of "The Connecticut
Yankee; 1t. Jorge Bolet, Assistant
Military Attache of the Cuban
Embassy, who will play several
compositions, and Col. Charles
Kerwood, U. S. A. A, F., who will
make a brief talk Later tea will be
served
Evening star., 1944-04-09
1S Republics to Be Represented
Crowded Social Program
Awaits Latin Americans
By Margaret Hart,
Society Editor.

The keynote Of the sessions of the forthcoming the
American Commission Women women must
play IN postwar worh Conversation
even at festivities these
appointed by their respective
exchanging pleasane These Their
first aim always is to further
They the learn
thus bringing about better understanding
often than not learns much
affairs frequently dubbed
Eighteen of the 81 American republics will
annual meeting of the which will
Friday at the PanAmerican Union This will
attending in the history of the commission established in 1928 the
American Conference Havana The delegates
have selected their
feminine
have of achievements culture
their countries justly be proud.
the the Capital
these interesting will take place in New York Beginning
the will have crowded varied will
be dinner night with
Thomas Watson entertaining for them their paaa residence
The following Tuesday, the Society," which
Frederick Haser president will honor the delegates at luncheon
the In the afternoon from until O'clock Consul
of the Dominican Republic Rafael Compre
the delegates
de Dominican
Snota Minerva Benanno her country
Senota Benandno long She chair
the commission and her popularity and