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Smyrna times., 1944-05-18

say is that it's been lighter than a
feather up until your letter arrived.
No wonder / arise and shout in
righteous wrath. And on top of
all this, you tell me now that you
have been most year gone from
Camp Stewart, Georgia. 1 suppose
you thought that a little bird flew
North and told me all about your
leaving? All I can say is I'm most
thankful for a fine bunch of Boys
in the Army Post Offices for hav-
ing located you, resting quietly on
the beautiful shores of the even
more beautiful Mediterranean. BY
the time this is written, it is quite
possible that you have moved
along. Let us hope that you
thought to send over your new
mailing address.
Well, son! Now that have this
off my chest, here's thanking you
for the letter you wrote to this
column, and your friends living in
this area. Fact is, after reading
through its pages 1 want to con-
graduate you on the outlook you
seem to have on life a sa whole. 1
hope our old mutual friend,
Frank" will read what you have
had to say. And, 1 also hope that
he will then take his pen in hand
and drop you line. 1 know that
you would be glad to hear from
him every so often. This same
thing would apply to all of your
friends back home, course letters
are something that a soldier can
always use to good advantage.
Correct me if I'm wrong, son. 1
suppose you're like most of our
Boys overseas, you could do with
more of the same without a word
of complaint.
On account of my age, I'm going
to beg off, but I'll tell you what
I'll do to make up for this-Tl see
to it that you get The Smyrna
Times mailed to you every week,
your only obligation is to keep me
up to date on your latest address.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18
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Smyrna times., 1944-05-18

Well doggone your picture, Bern
ard! This is not Easter, yet you
pop up as if you were a part of an
other world, Yes! And you were
the guy that was going to keep in
touch with an ageing old man right
along after you entered this mans
Army. Boy! If this was your
idea of keeping in touch, all I can
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18

DdVlu ". I1dIllSOD IOSIi lNO. LII
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Mediterranean Area
Dear Dribbles:
Just a few lines from my hos
pital bed. landed in Angis with
the first group and spent quite a
few days there. If any of you
have ever thought you were close
ITO hell-that's how it felt there.
Among my fellow soldiers was
one Jim" Truax. After I left the
Angis area for the hospital, made
contact with "Jim" through the
Wail So far we've been keeping
up our correspondence through
that medium. ferries or no Jer-
ries, we intend to keep in touch
with each other some way.
From his letters Truax seems to
write in a manner that would make
you think that he is older than he
really is. This is only natural I
guess-I feel the same way myself.
Other than the older part of it,
Jim" sounds just like himself.
It's Spring here, and it affects
me the same as when I'm home.
That longing for love and quiet
places-Oh! Boy!
Howard G. Lewis
Cpl. Howard C. Lewis
A. S. N. 32167439
A, P. o. 306, o Postmaster
New York City, New York
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18

fact is you're one of the Boys who
runs this service. By sending in
your changes of address, and a bit
of news every so ofen, you're help
ing to keep the ball rolling on un-
til Victory is won. Any time you
can find time to write in, it will be
a pleasure to service your letters
short and sweet as they may be.
How about dropping Dribbles a
line and telling us who you were
able to contact since you have
been across? 1t is possible that
one bit of news from you may lead
to other contacts that we might
know about from our files. Some
times it has worked out this way.
Best of all good things Soldier, and
may the going continue smooth
from here out.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18
European Area

Dribbles:
Please insert the latest change
of my address in your column.
Thanks a lot for this service.
have been able to get in touch with
some of my Buddies, and have re-
ceived a lot of letters from friends.
/ am sure this feature of your
paper is appreciated by all. Carry
on, and Cheerio.
AS ever,
Pvt. William B. Naylor
Pvt. William B. Naylor
"A. S. N. 32950077
A. P. o. 887 Postmaster
New York City, New York
Nice hearing from you, Soldier.
Your most recent V-Mail letter
with your latest address arrived
o. X. We issued your change of
address in the issue of May 4th,
1914. and now we're just getting
on with your letter.
Bill, there is absolutely no obli-
CATION to your use of this column
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18
D BLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
by

David C. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-18
Opl. Howard c. Lewis
A. S. N. 32167439
A, P. o. BOG, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York

Thanks for the V-Mail letter,
Corporal. We're all mighty sorry
to learn that you are spending
some time in the hospital. We're
hoping that it's nothing very SER
ious, and that you will be up and
around before many days have
passed. Your manner of referring
to Spring would lead one to believe
that your mind was rambling other
places than bed in one of the
Armys very good hospitals. Are
all the nurses males in your area?
1t could not have been a good look
ing Army nurse that caused you to
think of love and quiet places? Or,
could it-Howard?
Soldier, it has ben a pleasure to
nave someone pass along bit of
news about Pfc. James C.. Truax.
We've had Jimmie's name on vie
since the day this column started,
(which was May 2Sth, 1912, nearly
two years ago, but so far we've
seemed to have missed the boat
with this young fellow. The next
time you write Jimmie after you
receive this issue of The Smyrna
Times tell him that we're still
thinking about him, and wish him
only the very best wherever he is.
It's sure nice to know that you
two Boys have made the contact
with each other. A friend from
back home is a worthwhile discov-
cry. when you're thousands of
miles away from your old stamping
grounds.
Best of luck to you Corporal, and
here's hoping most sincerely that
your reason for the trip to hos
pital will not be of such a nature
that it will be the means of keep
ing you there for any length of
time. Good going and more of it,
son. Let us hear how you are
making out. Folks would like to
know.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Obituaries
Death Claims
william MOXOn

Originator of medlcament
which for years was as famous
as the Mount Clemens mineral
baths, William Thomas MoXon,
a local druggist for many years,
died last night at his home. 1925
Moxon Drive, Clinton Town
ship, following a lengthy period
of i'll health. Mr.. Moxon was 81
years old.
He was the originator Of
"Moxon's Llnament-Good For
Man or Beast which became
a household remedy through
out the United States and Can
ada, and sizeable local indus
try.
Mr.. Moxon was born in Up
ton, England, June IA, 1859, the
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Moxon. He came 10 the
United States in 1881, and short
~ afterwards settled in Mount
Clemens with his English wife,
the late Anna Booth Moxon,
who died here in 1925.
A chemistry and pharmacy
student, MIR. Moxon first be-
came clerk in the John West
endorf Weather Flag drug
store, opposite the court house
on Gratiot avenue. Later he es-
tablished the MoXon Drug
Store, where 3annow is now
established, and remained in
this business for % years. 1t
was at this time that he pro-
duced the famous linamcnt,
which required a small produc-
ton building at Market and
Court streets TO fill the heavy
public demand. On his retire
ment some years ago, the pro-
duction was taken over by Tru-
fant T. Shoemaker.
In 1910, Mr.. Moxon became
superintendent of the Mount
Clemens Sugar factory, and
held post Ia years until he retir-
ed to the Moxon farm, where he
engaged in commercial flower
growing. He continued this bus
mess and hobby personally until
a year ago.
His only entry into govern
ment affairs was in the 1905
when he served two one-year
terms as Clinton Township
treasurer. He was a close asso-
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Deputies Probing
Auto Injury Case
Hint Womon Driver
Forced from Rood

VAN DYKE - A 26-year-old
Warren Township woman, re-
turning from her work in De-
troit at an early hour today,
narrowly escaped death when
her car went out Of control,
rolled over four times and was
com tely demolished on
Mound road, north of Ten Mile.
Shocked TO an hysterical de-
gree, the victim, Miss Mary Chai-
zan, of 27496 Mound road, was
unable to speak coherently to
officers who removed her from
the wrecked auto. She screamed
constantly, ana several times
spoke of someone trying to pass
me-.
At Saratoga Hospital, where
she was taken for broken col
lar bone, her condition later
was described as satisfactory.
Deputies said they will ques-
ton her later TO learn whether
another car forced her machine
from the road. Her car rolled
several hundred feet after leav-
ing the broad double highway.
Warren Township police said
Miss Chaizan's papers indicated
she was employed at Mickey's
Show Bar, Detroit.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
ciate of many Of Mount Clemens

ciate of many Of Mount Clemens
older generation.
MIR. Moxon is survived by two
daughter. Mrs. Lewis Forton
and Mrs. Clyde DeniSon, of
Mount Clemens; granddaugh-
ter, Elizabeth Forton, and a
niece, Mrs. Albert Tubbs. of
Battle Creek. Two nieces and
two nephews (who have visited
in this city) are now mission
{ .cs in Papua, New Guinea
They are Cecil, Russell and
Phyllis Abel, and Mrs. Mar
jorie Sneton.
The funeral will take place at
4 p. m, Saturday with private
services at the residence. Rev.
George A Merifield Will offic.
late, and burial will be in Clin-
ton Grove Cemetery. Duncan B.
Hubbard is in charge of ar
rangemcnts.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Charles kerrOf

Charles kerrof, age "a years.
a native of Russia and farm
Merker in this vicinity. died last
night at ST. Joseph'S Hospital
following lengthy illness.
Mr.. kerrof had been resi-
dent of this county for the past
six years. He lived with a
friend, Alex BronaW, at 2525
Williams avenue, BroadacreS
subdivision. All his relatives in
Russia.
The remains will rest al the ID.
n. Cooley funeral chapel after
Z clock tonight. The funeral
will take place Saturday with
services at 2 p. M, at the Cooley
chapel. Burial will be in Sum-
mitt Hill Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Rehabilitation of RuroI
Churches Seen As VitoI

KANSAS CITY, April % -
(P) - Soil and forestry conser-
vation programs have their
place in the well-being of rural
America, but what is more inn
portant, says Gov. Thomas l..
Bailey, of Mississippi, is the re-
habilitation and conservation of
the deserted and decadent
country church.
One Of 1856 lay delegates to
the quadrennial general confer
enc of the Methodist Church in
session here, Gov. Bailey has
been busily patrolling the cor
ridors outside the assembly hall
shaking hands and proclaiming:
Methodism must return TO the
farm land from which it first
drew its strength.
For "a years as a member of
the Mississippi legislature and
since he has been governor, he
has supported programs for con-
servation of natural resources,
Bailey said in an interview.
But the problem. he added, is
greater than that. If the country
people are to improve their
economic circumstances, they
need - must have - the spirit
ual encouragement that the now
deserted country church used to
have.
Governor Bailey said an ex-
cellent illustration of what has
happened TO the Methodist
Church in rural areas is shown
in the occupations of delegates
here. There's only one real dirt
farmer here, Earl Elijah, of
Clarence, Ia he says. Isn't
that an awful thing for the
church TO have to admit"
Bailey, who has been named
head of a subcommittee on re-
Mobilization, believes that if the
church gets to work right away,
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Dems Again Survey Field
for Governor Prospects

William J. Cody. Wayne Coun-
~ Circuit Court Commissioner,
continued 10 circulate petitions
as an aspirant for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, and
indicated that regardless Of what
the leaders decided. he would
file. The board of strategy has
studiously overlooked his cand-
idacy The group is after a
name candidate.
Byron l. Ballard who was
Van Wagner legal adviser in
the Governors office, said II
would be a mistake 10 interpret
the reluctance of known Dem
ocratS TO run a. meaning that
they believed this was Repub-
liCan year in Michigan He as
serted there were many other
factors. varying in each indi-
vidual case, and that we ex-
peCt 10 win"
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28

surprising results can be noticed
within a relatively few years.
This is what he proposes that
the Methodists do:
Cd Take more interest in ru-
raj church property, and have
less itinerant preaching. Abb
Sentee spiritual leadership is as
unsatisfactory as absentee farm
ownership" he said.
GU Adopt challenging pro-
gram TO inspire country
churches.
90 Take an active interest in
all conservation programs. The
rural church system has broken
down, he asserted, because "our
farm boys don't make enough
to pay their preacher"
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28

nue., East Detroit, following a
fourmonth illness, we're held
today at 2 p m. with burial at
Gethsemane cemetery, Detroit.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev NJ I Will
lard, pastor Of the East Detroit
Evangelical church with funer-
al arrangements under the di-
rection of the William D. Clyne
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Conner is survived by her
husband. Richard, by one daugh.
ter, Mrs. Herbert Hummel and
by one son, Howard Wither-
spoon as well as by one grand
child, one sister and four broth
ers.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28

LANSING, April % -(P,-
Democratic strategists, seeking
TO "draft" a candidate behind
whom to rally for governor, gave
the prospective field breathing
spell today.
Two days and a night OF con-
ferences failed TO bring an an
nouncement from any Of many
Democrats the leaders sought TO
induce TO make the run So they
knocked off deliberations last
night for SO or AZ hours while
the objects of their attention
thought il over.
Former Governor Murray d.
Van Wagner insisted that Mau-
rice Eyeland, former state bank
ing commissioner, definitely
still was possible candidate,
although the Mayville banker
said he is too busy 10 make the
race.
Eveland said he considers he
is not a politician: that the party
would do better 10 back some
one who is politician as its
gubernatorial standard bearer
and suggested Paul II Todd of
Kalamazoo. former member of
the old State Public Utilities
Commission. Todd has shown no
burning desire 10 run, either.
Van Wagner said the board
Of strategy has three names UNI
der consideration. but that We
would ra her not announce
them y With less than three
weeks in which to circulate pc.
titions for their favorites ano
get them filed. the Dcmocrats
have labored hard to get to.
gether on one man and draft
him, but the men they wanted
said No nd the leaders didn',
want TO back any of the few
who angled for their support.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Gondhi's Condition
Causes Some Anxiety

BOMBAY, April 28-tR-
The general condition Of Mo-
handas K. Gandhi, who recently
suffered an attack of malaria, il
weak and causing some anxi-
ety." an official statement said
TODAY.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
LOCALE OF BERG MENACE

The North Atlantic is the only
area where icebergs offer a
serious menace, although a few
Antarctic bergs invade ship
lanes on the western side Of
Cape Horn. Few ever get To sea
in the North Pacific. most Of
them breaking up in the bays
where they 90 adrift.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Eskimo Burial Rite

When an Eskimo dies. his
body is removed through a hole
cut in the back OF the igloo.
This hole is then sealed up so
that death will not pay second
visit.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Mrs. Jennie SOciU

ST CLAIR SHORES = Fun
eral services will be held here
Saturday for Mrs. Jennie Socia
age 20, well-known lifelong
county resident, who died Tues
day following an illness of sew
eral years.
Mrs. Socia died al the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Williams, 1901 Hampshire, De
troit She was a native OF
Mount Clemens, and a member
of the Peltier family Her hus.
band, the late Eli Socia. dice
Feb. 20.
The deceased woman was Z
member of the Altar Society oi
ST. Gertrude's church and active
in Catholic parochial work.
She is survived by the fol
lowing children: Homer and
Eugene, ST Clair Shores; Mrs,
Williams, Mrs. Ida Deneweth
and Albert, Of Detroit. and
Henry, with the y. S. Navy. A
brother, Napoleon Peltier and
sister, Lillian, Of Mount Glenn
ems, Also survive.
Prayers Will be conducted at
the Kaul funeral home, ST Clair
Shores, this evening at $50
p. m. Solemn requiem high
mass will be offered at ST. Cert
rude's Church at 10 a. m, Satur-
day, with Rev. FIR. Dennis A
Hayes officiating. Burial will
be in the family lot at the Cath
olic cemetery, Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28

The strongest bone in the
body Is the human shinbone.
which can support a weight of
$500 pounds.
The daily monitor leader., 1944-04-28
Doris Conner

Final rites for Mrs. Doris NJ.
Conner, AZ years of age. who
died Tuesday evening at her res
idence. 230O4 Shakespeare ave-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-03
Your Health
Little Danger Of
Soldiers Bringing
Tropical Disease

THE HEART has the repula.
ton of being the part Of the body
physiologic which gives up the
easiest and the soonest. When the
heart stops all stops that at least
is true. People in general are ter
ribly frightened abo~t getting
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-03
OemODlIZdnOn
heseDaysbHy f gE0 5oEts {: 5oH6LSR5

cost less than relief, II relief is the
only alternative.
OF course, nothing of the sort will
happen. The military men mean
well but they are not counting on
the mamas and the politicians. No
mother is going to agree that her
son should hang around Europe
getting rehabilitated when he can
be rehabilitated right here at home.
And no Congressman, Republi.
can and Democratic, will survive
the wrath of his neighbors If he
does not ring the welkin on the
subject OF getting the boys home
pronto, the moment they have no
more business in Europe. Few
American mothers like Europe so
much that they want their boys
waiting over there a couple OF
years for a ship TO bring them
home. So it won't happen that
way.
But what l cannot understand is
why all this talk about how slowly
the demobilizatipn is to / : handled.
AS a matter of fact, it would be
an excellent idea to bring the
boys back fast 80 they can tell us
what they saw, uncensored, with
nothing cut out. | recently saw a
letter censored and the part cut
out could not have consumed more
than three or four words, The
context showed that the words
must have had to do with the candi.
dacy OF Franklin d. Roosevelt
which the writer apparently did not
favor. The cut out part might have
been lese majestic but ii could not
have been military. | begged the
parents OF that boy for the letter
but they were afraid-afraid in this
republic. So | can't show it to
you In reproduction.
Yet 1t would be exciting to talk
to this and other boys. TO talk TO
those under General Stilwell's com
mand, to obtain an atmospheric
low-down on much that is forbidden
US II will be good reporting TO
discover whether American boys
care any more for the Old World in
1914 than In 1918 when the Army
came back isolationists because II
had lived In Europe. They were all
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-03
Generalization

In spite OF all that has been said
on the subject OF the demobiliza.
ton of troops politically, the Army
moves along with its plans for
gradual rehabilitation. Even while
the controversy over General Her
sheys statement was raging, Col
onel Lawrence Westbrook. assist.
ant director of the War Depart.
ments planning division. discussed
it from a military standpoint. And
what he said was not very different
from what General Hershey said
originally and Mr.. Dewey repeated.
Colonel Westbrook spoke before
the American Management Associa-
ton. Such speeches have to be au-
thorized before they may be made.
1t is therefore impossible for any
one TO say that Colonel Westbrook
was unofficial" which is what a
Roosevelt advocate recently said of
General Hershey's statement.
The fact is that the Colonel said
after We get through with the Ger
mans, we shall need the available
shipping TO move against Japan.
Therefore, large numbers OF our
troops will be left behind in Europe
to wait until they can be transport
ed to America. If We can only
transport 100000 a month, as some
suggest, then it will take 30 months
TO bring home 100000 men. We
ought to do better than that and
probably shall, as this figure is
ridiculously low, but the important
fact TO note is that Colonel West
brooks views are not unlike Gen
eral Hershey's and that therefore
we must assume there will be
slow rehabilitation and the Army
is preparing to take care OF the
troops on the other side and is tell
ing US in advance about II, to pre-
pare our minds.
The plan seems TO be to have
reha Utilization schools that will EN-.
phasize vocational training and
that there will be university
courses in European universities
Also there are TO be junkets to his.
toric points on the continent for
our coldiers waiting TO come home.
The Army apparently has plans
ready for all this and I should not
be surprised II the enterprise would
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-03
SideIights on The News

under the beautiful moon with The
warmth OF her shapely body nest
led against yours: that blood
tingling kiss; these and many
other pleasant memories you'll be
able to relive again If you'll throw
down your arms and surrender"
Current front.page news stories
indicate the Japs got no converts
with that one, nor with dozens OF
other leaflets so salacious as to
make even a callous citizen, upon
looking at them, feel the need of
a bath.
These pictures, plus hundreds OF
books, leaflets. pamphlets and
magazines in all languages, Davis
keeps In propaganda sample
room at his headquarters. The
pretty ones, and that brings up
something | think is funny:
Some OF the best American prop
uganda consists OF cans OF soup,
packages OF cookies. and consign-
ment OF cooked meat, all plaster
ed with American flags and the
insignia in big red letters: USA,
The idea is that anybody any.
where eating these things knows
Immediately where they came
from. So all right.
Among the products so labeled
are packages OF all the most pop
ular brands OF American cigar.
cites with flags on EN-. Davis
two girls have been guarding these
sample cigarettes with their lives
these many months. They've look
ed longingly at the cigarette shelf.
and so far they haven't swiped a
single propaganda smoke. They
swear II and ! believe them.