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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
MRS. n. II. X
TO THE EDITOR

I DON'T know if YOU and your
Il paper are in the habit Of
printing your readers beefs or
not but thought ! would give il
a try. | singled out the Times
because should this letter be
printed. 1t just might possibly
he seen by some of the people
II is meant for.
We in the Pacific thcater Of
the war have often heard ru-
morS concerning black market
ing in its many phases Is II
possible that the wives and fam
lilies Of Servicemen travelling 10
meet their husbands or rela-
tiveS, are being taken for a ride
by such nefariouS profiteers?
What constitutes the right 10
travel, and its priority reStric-
tionS? We grant you thai pri-
GRITTY is a necessity during war
time. but don't you think there
should be some relaxation Of its
restrictions, pertaining 10 the
wives and families of the ones
who are fighting this war?
May l cite you an example Of
what / call this "So-sorry cour-
tesy" My wife and infant son
had arranged travel from De-
troit's largest rail terminal TO a
point in Nebraska. supposedly
they were assured of their seats.
The night prior TO their de-
parture they were notified they
would be unable 10 procure a
Pullman for 60 days; TO get a
coach car they needed TO re-
quest reservations. They were
10 have met my brother. sailor
home on leave
Think how / and hundreds Of
others feel when we return from
overseas, with not enough leave
10 take us 10 our families. and
their inability 10 come 10 US be-
cause Of travel restrictions. Is
this justice, ! ask you Don't
those returning from war fronts
rate the maximum time Win
their families
In closing. all we ask we The
men Of the Pacific theater, is
that public opinion and broad
minded citizens OF a free coun-
try take stock of a situation
that is bad and steadily growing
worse.
J. ID. CURD. SK1c USN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Quick Questions

t. More babies are born CAV
3 10 6 m. tbl noon 10 3
p M CO.. 9 p, m, to mid
night
Tn order 10 live of
garden. YOU practically have
10 live IN IL. is a saying of
Calvin Coolidge. Will Rogers,
Kin Hubbard or Winston
Churchill.
B. Right or wrong Bombing
of volcanoes can start them
eruptlnC
Who was the greatest man
in 1914 b. c.
Whose gracious conduct at a
VEN toward a thirsty
paSScrhy, caused her 10 be
anianced 10 q prince Esther,
Salome or Rcbekah?
Ftie and his generals be-
came masters of all Asia
and half of Europe az the
cost of 100000 lives: At
tia GenghAS Kahn. Ivan the
Terrible. MohammedT
CAnswers on Opposite PageD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

TO FI4I44EI, EDITOR s-
T AM a boy of 10 and I attend
L the sixth grade at Hutchin-
son School. / have been work
inc hard and gathering waste
newspapers. cans, and doing
everything l can 10 help win the
war. I'm not old enough TO
carry a gun but I'm trying 10
do my part in other ways.
Today my mother and I spent
two hours Straining waste fats,
so ! could turn them in for
making ammunition.
| took the fats 10 a market
only TO be told we didn't buy
enough meat from him, even
though we buy all our points
from him. so in the rain | took
il in my wagon 10 another meat
market where we don't even
buy a loaf of bread, and the
man told me kindly TO bring it
back Monday because he was
too busy today.
/ had bought our Sunday
meat at the market. When |
returned home Mommy had me
return the meat and / told him
IF you can't buy our fats for
ammunition then we don't want
your meat for our table"
BUDDY ENGEL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

Invasion day approaches.
1t is Armageddon day.
We in America, with our Englisl
allies, battle for the Lord of right
eousness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
| MARCH
OF EVENTS
BY Benjamin
De Casseres

ST CONVINCE by my pres
ence.. said Walt Whitman
the great poet of individualistic
democracy.
I think that that would be a
superb motto for the United
States today when we are being
literally forced to pledge our
selves 10 "rehahilitate' Europe
and. as Vice President Wallace
has suggested, 10 actually so
into Germany and other Euro
pean countries and teach the
people what American democ-
racy means.
Walt Whitman meant by
those five words that every
great man as well as every free
people does not need to propa-
gandize but teaches by example.
What a man or a country has
done convinces millions of peo-
pie Just because the man or the
country has done something tre-
mendous.
The United States has con-
WINGED by its presence for $50
years.
1t has been the admiration of
the rest of the world
Millions have set sail from
backward countries to America
because we convinced them that
here were liberty and material
prosperity such as the world
had only dreamed of.
LIVERY constitution that has
II been written since 1879 by
any people has been modelled
on our Constitution.
Washington, jefferson, Paine,
Madison and Lincoln have con-
WINGED the world that we were
capable of producing the high
est type of political thinkers.
Our free enterprise system
has convinced the rest of the
world that in matters OF busl-
ness as well as in personal mat
tiers the TESS government TnJer-
fered with the individual the
better.
WHY, then, Shodid We 20
w abroad TO demonstrate
what we are and what we can
do?
Since 1889 we have been do
ing 1t.
And for that reason let us
remain Self-centered America,
rooted firmly TO the spot. Spurn-
ing all forms of internationalism
and all lures 10 administer
any part of Europe or Asia, the
countries of which after thou
stands of years of war and
peace ought certainly TO know
something about administer
ing" their own affairs and re-
facilitating themselves after
their own periodical blood-baths.
You convince by your pres
cnce. Uncle Sam No need to
go abroad. If any one in Eu-
rope or Asia wants advice on
how 10 do things in the Ameri-
can way let him come here and
study us.
| think that II convince by
my presence" would be a good
line to put on our coat-of-armS.
One of the most humiliating
things about our national char
acter is our inferiority complex
Snap out of il, uncle,
COMMUNIST propaganda in
" the l. S. A. has gotten off
the soapboX and now incarnateS
itself IN the nine muses., so 10
speak.
In a word, il is coming 10 us
through a raft Of Russian plays
and motion pictures.
Now we are going TO have
Soviet Opera" Note" Soviet
Opera, not just opera.
Like Soviet science" Marx
ian literature" and Moscow
art" it smells Of slavery.
The Sappy-minded Russo
philieS are whooping il up ev-
erywhere for Dear Old Russia.
Meanwhile. don't forget that
every great Russian in the seven
arts flourished under the cars
and that Red Russia has had no
Tolstoy, DostoievSky or Pushkin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
"WE ST AND at Armogedd0" :,
w and we battle for the Lord.
Theodore Roosevelt.

-IneOuOTe ROOSEVELT
Invasion day approaches.
1t is Armageddon day.
We in America, with our English
allies, battle for the Lord of right
eousness.
Europe is in the grip of mon
ster of EVIL.
Against this monster of evil mil
lions of Americans are about to
advance.
We are on the eve of the greatest
and the most daring military and
spiritual adventure in all history
the liberation of a continent.
On certain day our brothers,
our sons, our fathers will, in the air,
by sea, by land, enter Europe to free
her.
On that day all Americans should
pray
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish
churches should arrange for special
services for invasion day.
They should cooperate to that
end with various religious organiza
lions throughout the lengIH ana
breadth of the land.
*
A LII creeds should offer up to the
"A Supreme Being prayers for the
success of the invasion and for the
spiritual and physical welfare of our
beloved servicemen.
Americans of all faiths will,
shoulder to shoulder, fight for us and
for unborn generations.
They will need our fervent
prayers.
They will put full reliance on
the Supreme Being.
But they must KNOW also that
when the historic hour sounds their
folks back home are interceding in
their behalf with the Almighty.
1t would be proper, too, if on
invasion day not only prayers should
be offered up in all churches and
private houses in the United States
but that when the announcement is
made that the invasion has begun
there should be an observance of
prayer and meditation on the streets.
All traffic should stop, for how
ever short time, when the invasion
begins.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

MOMENT
u. S. Profited
by Quick Action
ONE of the most dramatic and
" vital moments I'm American

ONE of the most dramatic and
~ vital moments In American
history; a. m, March 30, 1867.
The office of the American
secre tary of state in WASH
ington.
With curtains drawn down a
party OF men are sitting at a
table.
Two men sign a paper
They shake hands, and just at
dawn they leave the house and,
like conspirators in Du as
novel. get into carriages and
drive away.
One Of the signatures on the
paper that was signed and Wit
messed was that of William II.
Seward, secretary OF state.
The other was that Of Baron
Stoeckl. Russian ambassador 10
the United States.
TIIE paper sold Alaska TO the
Il United States for less than
two cents an acre-S7 200 900.
The reason for the signing at
this late hour was that Stoeck
had received at midnight a cable
from the car TO sell Alaska.
He went m m d iatel Y TO
Stewards house, where the latter
was sleepily playing whist.
Stoeckl wanted the signing
put off until the morning.
No. said Seward. well go over
TO the state department now
with our attaches. for Seward
knew by what may be called
clairvoyance the tremendous inn
portance of getting Russia out
of the North American contl-
nent.
The above bit of history is
from Thames Williamson's Far
North Country" lDuell one Of
the most interesting OF the cur
rent book on Alaska.
MR.. WILLIAMSON also tells
vi us that Seward proposed 10
purchase what is now known as
the Canal Zone. Hawaii, Green
land. Iceland and the Danish
West Indies. but no one else
could see what he saw.
However. he did tie up Alaska
for It's, and consider the threat
that would hang over US now
If Russia, with her alliance with
Japan. were the owner OF
Alaska,
We would have Oriental COM
munism right at our doors.
Let us do now what Seward
wanted 10 do so years ago Let
us buy Greenland and Iceland.
Bermuda and some of the
smaller West Indian islands that
are neighbor to the Panama
Canal.
There is something far more
important 10 us than the At
lantic Charter.
II is the impregnable air and
sea defenses of the l.. s a.
And why not a granite me-
mortal 10 William H. Seward in
Alaska?
WHEN our delightfully."- inven-
w tive President some time
ago gave out 10 a newspaper
conference his charming little
fable about the dismissal Of
doctor new deal and the sum-
moning Of doctor win-the-war'
he left out Of that tale the mar
vellouS. but sometimes shady,
adventures OF administration
quack DR. Lend-Lease.
But whether II is DR. Lend
Lease. "Dr. New Deal or DIR.
Win-t hc-war' land with the lat
ire doctor no sound American
disagrces). II all goes back to
the arrival on the national
scene in 1888 of the doctor
emeritus Of all the other doc"
who have Offices IN Washington.
His name is Doctor Boondoggle.
Lend-leaSe designed originally
10 help those countries that are
fighting with us against the two
common enemies OF the United
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
LOUISE J, ABEL,
TO TIE EDITOR:

WHEN l heard how the Japs
w treat our war prisoners. II
made my blood boil.
To think we treat Japanese
here like we were afraid We
might hurt their feelings. !
would suggest putting them all
on a boat and sending them
back 10 Japan, then we would
have more food for our own
people that need IT,
If the Bell family had Jap
aneSe blood in them instead Of
Chinese. they might get treated
better And TO think they have
four boys in the service.
NRG - n Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
knowledge Test
BY DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY

l--ThebeS and Memphis were
great cities OF (al Turkey;
tb) Egypt; tcl Greece?
2-What poet is known as the
Bard of Erin: ta) Thomas
Moore: fb) Thomas O'Brien;
fcj Thomas Glynn7
3-What city in Italy has a
cat h Q dral with 10000
statues: (a) Rome. tb)
Florence: tc) Milan2
4-Who was the daughter Of
Powhatan: Ca PoCahontas;
(b) Minnehaha; lc) No
komis?
5-Sinai is famous for one Of
these reasons: ta) Here God
gave Moses the Ten Conn
mandmentS: tbl here Christ
died: tc) here was built the
tower OF Babel?
Match these columns Then
fiji out the full name
a. Greatest show r r p
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
LETTERS To The EDITOR

-tir-er1, tffTFu foCK you up II you
don't. I wonder if it's things
like this that encourage the
black market.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21
Valley Bank FHA
Loans Now Pass
Fl Million Mark

More than 81 million dollars
worth of loans have been made to
Arizonans by the FILA department
of the Valley National Bank, Wal
ter r. Bimson, president, reported
in a summary of the banks FHA
operations on the tenth anniver-
sary of the Federal Housing Act.
Arizona has an outstanding rec
ord of building and improvement
under FHA," Bimson stated. Much
credit Is due Arizona's FILA direc-
tor, Robert Barrett, whose efforts
during the ten year existence of
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton have borne fruit in advancing
Arizona housing conditions" he
said.
During the ten year period, the
Valley National Bank has made
1880 Title l FILA loans totaling
more than $8,100,0O0 for repairs,
improvements and modernization,
Bimson reported. The bank also
made 2,785 FHA Title II mortgage
loans totaling $1O,5OO, 900. Of these,
more than one-half were made to
build new homes, the balance to
refinance old type mortgages.
Title vi FHA defense housing
loans made by the Valley National
Bank amounted to $685. 900 to
build approximately ITO homes for
war workers.
"The most outstanding thing to
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

In the afternoon prior to dinner
motion pictures Of the couple and
their family were taken.
Flora L. Buhse and Charles
Hooper were united in ceremonies
read in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
June 81, 1SS4. The first years Of
their married life were spent In
Wisconsin and South Dakota where
they were editors and publishers Of
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

us about our FHA mortgage fl
nancing," said Bimson in conclud-
ing his report, sis the fact that we
have had only three unsatisfactory
loans out of the entire 2,7S5 mort
gage loans we have made. During
the past four years not a single
loan has been unsatisfactory. This
remarkable record speaks well for
the basic principles of FHA financ-
ing"
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21
Hanna-Clark Are
Co-hosts At Waikiki
Swim Party, Picnic

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hanna and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Clark were
co-hosts for a picnic and swim
ming party at Var-Ki Inn on Sun
day evening.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Clark and sons of Sonoita, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Pottebaum and
sons Of ella Bend, Mrs. Ernest
Clark of Mariana, Miss Claudene
Smith of Casa Grande, Miss Beryle
Pottebaum of Phoenix, Flight In
structor Edgar Matson. Phoenix.
Sherman Pottebaum, Casa Grande,
and the A. M. Clark children.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

Gathered for the occasion were
a daughter, Mrs. Anton Runbeck,
and granddaughter, Miss Jane Run
beck of Aberdeen, South Dakota;
a son, o. M. Hooper, and his wife
and son Bill, of Phoenix, Arizona;
a brother, Henry Buhse and his
wife, of Altadena, California; the
host and hostess and their son
Jimmy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21
go ;=5R,
IB1RTHS

BABY DAUGHTER
Mr., and Mrs. A. j. Cunningham
became the parents of a baby
daughter on Saturday. July 18th.
She was born at Coolidge hospital.
BABY DAUGHTER
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Manus be-
came the parents of baby daugh-
ter on Wednesday, July 18th. She
weighed eight pounds and was born
at Coolidge hospital.
. Mrs. c. C. Bowen returned Mon
day from a two-week vacation
spent visiting relatives and friends
in Texas and Oklahoma.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

newspapers In those states. The
Hoopers are long time Coolidge
residents and were editors and
publishers of the Coolidge Exam
iner for eight years. They are now
engaged in the printing business.
They were on the coast a month,
during which time they visited rela-
tives and friends.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

. Miss Velma Trout left Tuesday
for Compton, California, to visit
her sister, Mrs. John Sellers and
family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21
Church Notes
M METHODIST
Rev. Ross to Read Special Lettei

Rev. Ross to Read Special Letter
An open message to the churches
Of America. a special letter point
ing out the challenge they face to-
day as they plan for the postwar
period. will be presented by Rev.
Ross in the Sunday morning serv-
ice this Sunday at Coolidge Meth
odist Church.
The letter Is entitled Before the
Men March Home" and Is written
by Bernard Iddings Bell. This let
ter bears a message for all who
are interested in the church.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

. Mrs. Rose Roberts returned on
Wednesday from Douglas where
she spent several days visiting her
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Louie
Wagner.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

. Miss Mary O'Brien will leave
tomorrow for Los Angeles to attend
a general meeting of USO direc-
tors. She plans to be on the coast
about three days.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

81 don't blame the fellows overseas .o4
gettin' all het up over it. Judge. For the
likes of me can't see what's all the hurry
about holdin' these local prohibition cleo
tons while they're away"
~ agree with you, Steve. Time after
time. in their letters, in articles, in polls
taken to get the views of our fighting men,.
they have indicated IN unmistakable terms
that they don want any action taken on
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

FOR RENT-Furnished, air-cooled
modern apartment ON Pima Ave.
T. J. Rowe, Sr. Phone 241, or
call at Sunset Cafe. j21-1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

. Hans Christensen returned from
Prescott Friday where he has been
the past week because of his
health.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

FOUND-Money. Owner may re-
deem by specifying amount, what
form of money, approximately
where lost, and paying for this
ad. A. E. Anderson, Sea Lane
Hotel, phone 242. j21-1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

47M ACRES under San Carlos pro-
ject, now In cotton; 81 acreA
desert land fenced. with drilled
well. J. F. Elledge, N. Main st.
J7-3tc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

REAL ESTATE LOANS-6% Long
Term Loans on Improved Farm
Property. s. c. !. D. or Pump
Water. See g. M. Betterton. 7S1
Center st.. Casa Grande. Tel.
3S6-J3. 13mar3tp tie
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

WANTED-Portable typewriter In
good condition. C.. G. Weinhold.
phone 392-R3. j21-1tc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

FOR SALE-1 DC Case tractor and
four-row cultivator. 1920 cash.
See Diwan Singh. Phone Casa
Grande 72-J3. J7-3tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

FOR SALE-Five-room house, fur
nished or unfurnished, northwest
corner of Coolidge and Florence
avenues. Going to sell before l
return to California. Ted Moore,
general delivery, Coolidge.
j21-1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21
Want Ads

LOST - Silver paratroop wings.
Liberal reward. Ruth Petit.
Phone 23-R3. j21-2tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

WANT JANITOR for Coolidge
North Elementary School. Apply
between a. m. and p. m. at
superintendent's office, North
School. j21-1tc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

WANTED - Housework or
care of children for room and
board (home) for myself and
husband. Mrs. Bruce Ogden.
Culver, Indiana. j21-1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

prohibition, eltner local or national. until
they get back.
TOO bad there isn't law or somethin'
to be sure their wishes are carried out.
Judge"
"There is in one state know Of Steve.
Just recently it passed law prohibiting
the calling of any prohibition election until
year after the peace is declared"
THAT really makes sense to me, Judge"
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Clearance! UPHOLSTERY

O1Gd1 d11O6. OF 110IO i EN
Upholstery Squares. Assorted colors Were
. Ready-made Sofa Slip Covers. Were S7ss
. Priscilla Curtains Were
. Fibre Window Shades
. Drapcry Material Remnants. to S12s
. Rayon Damask Drapery Material S169 yd,
S1.O9
Cottage Sets colors Were -S195
Window Shades Were S9c to 69c
. Rayon Damask Draperes Were S598 S1199
Remnants of Cretonne Material Were 39c
Upholstery Remnants. Were S149 to S19S SOC
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Brookland Citizens Seek
Action on Branch Library

A recommendation for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for a public library
in the Brookland area was included
In the District budget recently ap-
proved by the Commissioners, Mar
win M. Mclean, president of the
Brookland Citizens Association, re-
ported to his association last night.
A committee was appointed,
headed by Mr.. Mclean, 20 press
Congress to approve this appropria-
ton.
On motion of Mr.. Mclean the
group went on record asking that
the cinders used to surface the
playground of the Brookland School
be replaced with some other more
suitable material.
1t was also reported that service
on the E-2 line to Twenty-second
and Shepherd streets NE. had been
restored to the original 15-minute
service, replacing the Z0-minusc
service formerly given.
Frank B. Curan, chairman of the
area civilian defense, reported on
the work of his committee in re-
cent months.
Mr.. Curan and Mrs. R. j. Purcell |
were admitted to membership in |
the association which held its meet
ing in the Brookland Methodist |
Church.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Trolley and Bus Load
Here Doubled by War,
Rotary Club Told

War almost doubled the load Of
public transportation in Washing
ton, E. D. Merrill, president Of the
Capital Transit Co., told the WASH
1ngton Rotary Club yesterday at
the Willard.
Il believe you will agree that the
actual traffic congestion on the
street." he said, lis less than it was
two or three years ago, although
many more people are coming into
the center of the city-the reason
being that a larger proportion are
coming in public vehicles. In our
city. prior to the war, about 48 per
cent of the workers used public
transportation and 81 per cent pri-
vate automobiles to and from work.
Today, something like go per cent
use public transportation and "a per
cent private automobiles.
I'm peacetime, streetcars and
buses carried about 76,600 persons
into the downtown area in the
morning rush hour When our traf-
fic was at its peak last spring we
carried in streetcars and buses(
about 147,200 persons, almost twice
the peacetime volume Today we
are carrying about 10000 into the
downtown area in the morning rush
hour.
1T may be interesting to note in
passing that after the World War
the number of passengers carried on
public transportation vehicles in
Washington reached peak of 1861
100000 in 1919 and that this num-
ber Of passengers declined to about
half that number in 1888 and did
not again pass the former peak of
166,000,000 until 1910. During that
period the number of automobiles
registered in the District increased
from about 10000 to about 5000
in 1887, declining to l48,OO0 in 1910.
1t now stands at about 122, 900, which
Is less than it was in 1929.
In 1919 when the Districts popu-
lation was 100000 public transpor-
tatlon carried about one passenger
per day per inhabitant. This dropped
to one-half that figure in 1898 and |
has now returned to about the same
level, namely, a passenger per day
for each inhabitant, I think it is
not to be expected that the num-
Der OF passengers will recede as it
did between 1919 and 1888 and we
want to do what we can to offer
an attractive service so that public
transportation will fulfill It's proper
place in the life of the CITY,"
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Class for Speakers
To Begin on Tuesdoy

An afternoon class of American
Theater Wing speakers will begin
Tuesday at the Stage Door Cam
teen under the direction of Marion
Fletcher to fill an increasing num-
ber of calls upon the Speakers Bu-
reau. Further details may be Sc
cured by calling the bureau at
Executive 1919, Branch 9.
Since its beginning last April, the
Speakers Bureau has filled more
than 400 engagements for speakers
and sketches before social, civic and
Government audiences.