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Evening star., 1944-05-14
""- your hat

Your hat will tell you if your
scalp ofends if your hair
is keeping people away.
It's so easy to have scalp
odor-and not knos0 it-par-
ticularly if your hair is the
oily type that so quickly col
lects unpleasant odors.
But it's easy, too, to be on
the safe side. Simply shampoo
regularly with Packers Pine
Tar Shampoo. 1t contains pure,
medicinal pine tar that chases
odors in a jif'y. The delicate
pine scent does it's work-then
disappears, leaving the hair
fresh and fragrant.
Start the Packers habit to-
day. You'll find Packers Pine
Tar Shampoo at any drug
department and
ten-cent store.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
AnEaa1hssxy Preserves

1kssbsszy Preserves
i qnKt berries
Cp water
2 czzFs sagxr
Put berries. a cup at a time,
IN q nevs- Swish quickly through a
bowl of vuy cold water until they
Ns- -csezn- Turn into a colander or
suto a cloth to drain dry. When all
are csezn. pick over and hull. Heat
water and sugar until sugar has
Dissolved. Then drop in the ber-
rie4. a cup at a time. Remove scum
from time to time, and let berries
simmer 8 minutes. Remove with
slotted spoon. and place in a clean
bowl. Add another cup of berries
to the syrup. When all have cooked
cover with remaining syrup. let
cool. cover and let stand over
night. In the morning fill small
sterilized jars u full of berries.
Heat syrup to boiling and pour
over berries. filing jar almost to
the top. Adjust lid and seal. If
economy cap is used, the jar
should be processed in the water
bath for S minutes to assure a seal.
Approximate yield: l pint.
sziesA SlxsvAsszy yazn
~ cups e quarts Strawberries
z cups sugar
u of an 8-ounce bottle CONNER.
cial fruit pectin
Put berries, q cup at a time, in
a sieve and swish quickly through
. bowl Of very cold water. Drain
dry. Pick over, hull and slice in
half lengthwise. Combine fruit and
sugar in large kettle. mix well and
bring to a full rolling boil over very
high heat. Boil hard for 3 min
utes. stirring constantly. Remove
from heat and stir in fruit pectin.
Stir and skim alternately for S
minutes, allowing mixture to cool
eighty to prevent floating fruit.
Pour into hot sterilized glasses.
Cover with thin layer Of melted
parafin and allow to cool. Add
another layer of melted parafiin,
tipping to seal edges completely.
Yield: 8 (6-oz.) glasses Of jam.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

PUT THE BITE ON III As interesting as a
24-hour pass! Chocolate coated with a
thrilling filing that's smooth, sweet and
satisfying >. and layer of chevy caramel,
too! Sets a new par for good candy bar.
Try "Hi-Mac" today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
futile Hill
MEET AT PARSONAGE

Tuttle Hill, Mich, Sept. "a
very pleasant meeting of the
Friends Church Missionary Society
was held at the parsonage Wednes-
day afternoon with about twenty
five present.
In the absence of both the presi
ident and vice president, Mrs.
Pearl Breining had charge OF the
meeting. 1t was reported by the
treasurer that the $50 pledged to
help furnish a room at Boyer Hos
pital was ready, but 1t was hoped
TO increase the amount to twice
that amount and a pledge OF ten
dollars was paid in.
A comfort was tied during the
working hour and the chairman Of
the work committee reported that
il was sold.
Tea and waters were served by
committee number two, Mrs. Beth.
lea Adiska. chairman. The next
place of meeting will be announc.
ed later.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09

steak at a clean, wooden mess hall,
and have time for swimming. volley
ball and movies They fly every 9th
er day.
On Guadalcanal they flew seven
days a week against discouragingly
heavy odds Of Japanese bombers
and Zeros. Sometimes they could
put but a dozen planes which
they not infrequently serviced
themselves-into the air to meet
attacks by hundreds Of enemy air
craft.
Awarded Many Medals
Often Jap infantrymen slipped
through the lines onto Henderson
Field and blew up with dynamite
what few planes the Americans
had.
The fliers lived in floorless and
sideless tents and at one time ate
in mess hall consisting of a
large canvas thrown over rope
between two coconut trees.
And there was a latrine on one
side and a garbage pit on the 9th
err" Mai Wojcik says.
Nearly all the nine pilots hold
medals for their Guadalcanal duty.
Maj. Carl has two Navy Crosses
and an Air Medal; Capt Haberman
a Navy Cross and a Purple Heart
and Col Morrell, Mai King, Capts.
Freeman and Stub and 1t Lindley
have been awarded the Distin-
guished Flying Cross.
Col. Morrell now IS operations OF.
ficer here and Mai Carl is strike
/ operations officer
Mai. King and 1t. Lindley, who
/ flew with 1t. Col. John l.. Smiths
famous squadron on Guadalcanal
and Capts. Freeman and Stub, who
flew with Mai. Goss before. arc
now all in the squadron command
J cd by Maj. Foss. Capt. Habermar
r. in MAI. wojcik's squadron.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Marine Fiers
Miss Zeros

EMIRAU, st. Matthias Islands 49,
(Delayed) - Nine sharpshooting
Marine Corps fighter pilots who
blasted down an average OF nearly
eight planes each in the battle Of
Guadalcanal two years ago are
fighting together again and long.
ing for the busy days when there
were plenty Of Jap planes to figh..
Today, in this area, there are no
enemy planes at all. And the nine
airmen-save two who hold opera
tons jobs-are flashing explosives
to their gull-winged Corsairs and
dive bombing Rabaul and Kavieng.
1T hardly seems like the same
war" they say.
Famed Major In Group
The ayiators are Maj. Joseph
Foss of Sioux Falls, S. D., first &c
plane ace OF world war III and hold
or OF tho Congressional Medal OF
Honor; Mai. Marion f. Carl OF
Hubbard, Ore, 1914 planes U5ik on
GuadalcanaD; Maj. John King %!
Brookline, Mass. seven planes;
Capt Roger a. Haberman OF Holly
wood. Cal. seven planes; 1t. Col
Rivers j. Morrell OF San Diego
Cal. five planes: Capt. Jacob A. O.
stub, Jr., OF Minneapolis. MINI
three planes: 1st 1t. John u. Lind
ley OF Oklahoma City. Okla, one
plane, and Mai Thaddeus +. Vol
elk. OF 81. Paul. MINI.
There Is little comparison be
tween the present activities OF tho
airmen and the life they led OF
the Canal They live in specious
airy huts, eat an occasional egg am
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
BY BAUKHAGE

II Is not often that we get direct
communication from Americans in
Germany. and so / am not ashamed
TO say that when perused a COM
munication from that source, ! did
not at first recognize what the fire.
quently used abbreviation POW
stood for.
Comparatively few Americans
know the meaning Of those three
letters; perhaps none know what
they mean 70 the POW himself
POW Is prisoner Of war. Accord
ing TO the latest figures have from
the war department there are now
4l,234 American soldiers, sailors.
marines, merchant seamen held by
the enemyl
The officials Of the Red Cross
know exactly what the conditions
are under which those prisoners
move and live and have their being
in Allied prison camps in Germany
or in the more than 40 hospitals
for Allied wounded in the Reich or
occupied countries. They have regu-
lar reports from the International
Red Cross representative who visit
the camp regularly. The Red Cross
says in effect: 80 far as we know,
the Germans have treated Ameri-
can prisoners in accordance with
the Geneva agreement
That is all II says.
But even II the Germans live up
to both the spirit and the letter Of
the Geneva agreement, the lot Of
the prisoner of war is not to be
envied. Recently, I studied some Of
the newspapers issued by men in
the prison camps. Some have been
released for publication. Others
have not Not that those withheld
revealed any dark secrets Of suffer-
ing. Quite the contrary. They simply
prove what Kipling said about men
who live in barracks not growing
up to be plaster saints, and some Of
hlc uAllOH might NC ukuct SHdu
we say, insanity.
The reason for this Is expressed
in the word escape. There are two
kinds Of escape which a prisoner
thinks about. One is n safe getaway
through the barbed wire and past
the machine guns and quick-trigger
sentinels. II he is wise. he doesn't
spend too much time on such cogi-
tation. The official advice to POWs
is don't try it."
The other kind OF escape Is defined
by Webster as, mental distra ction
or relief from the bondage Of reality
or routine; as, literature Of es-
cape"
The somewhat highly seasoned
humor Of some Of the jokes and car
toons in the prisoners papers are.
technically speaking. literature Of
escape" - this and the description
Of things they do to provide escape
from the monotony Of prison life.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09

resentatives Of labor. business and
agriculture.
Here. Il is considered good po-
litics" that Dewey is making a side
trip TO see his mother in his home
town. Many had urged a front.
porch talk in the old pre-war tradl-
ton, but this was frowned on by
the Once OF Defense Transports
ton since Owosso was not on the
direct route.
When Mr.. Dewey reaches the Pa
cific coast, interest In the war in
Japan will be as high there as
ever whether Germany collapses
by that time or not. It's expected
he will pledge himself TO the win
ming OF the war. as he did in his
acceptance speech in Chicago.
His task. however, is to divert
the nations eyes from the war IT.
self and TO focus attention on the
domestic problems. Even many
Democrat observers say were not
the nation at war, Franklin Roose-
welt would not be a favorite to win
One reason is the accumulation OF
grievances over IL years, easy for
the opponent to magnify.
One thing Dewey must do, or fail.
He must convince the nations vot-
ers that he is big enough and ex-
perienced enough TO sit down at a
conference with Churchill, Stain,
Chang Kai-Shek.
That's what is behind Dewey's
refusal to the Hui-Dulles state
ment which would have taken for
eign affairs out OF the political
campaign. He will try to convince
the electorate that other Ameri-
cans besides Roosevelt and Hull
can lead the world in politics.
But the real battle for votes isn't
10 be made on the Pacific Coast
trip. The real work comes in Oc-
tober when he hopes to win the
states he really needs New
York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois. Gle may come to
Michigan again.)
For the Arst time. a Great Lakes
ship is on exhibition at the Smith
sonian Institute. This model of the
william G.. Mather", flag snip
OF the Cleveland Cliffs fleet, is rep
resentative of the modern type ore
carrier now operating exclusively
on the Great Lakes between Gary,
Pittsburgh, South Chicago, and De.
troit.
This seven-foot metal, wood
and string model was built by
Boucher OF New York, a firm famed
for building ship models for the
Navy and the Smithsonian.
In the Division OF Engineering,
Arts, and Industry Building OF the
national museum, the "Mather" is
displayed between a model OF the
Nays diesel tanker, 40 Faith
oms" and one Of the Polish-Ameri.
can liner. "Pilsudski". which was
sunk by enemy action last Novem-
Der.
The ship model curator is looking
forward 10 securing more Great
Lakes ships for his collection-two
in particular. One desired is an
old.time "whale-back" ore carrier
which required a minimum OF wind
to blow 1t around and was built so
low TO the water the waves would
wash over It during a storm. The
other Is a modern self-loader. which
has its own derricks and devices,
permitting loading and unloading
OF cargo anywhere.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Games, letters From Home
Comfort War Prisoners

sources when possible, usually
fabricated out Of sheets and mems
clothing"
The newspaper "a typewriter
sheeD says that scenery. furniture
and stage properties have been con-
structed from wooden Red Cross
boxes and burlap, covered with
magazine paper and painted with
cold water paint"
In another item, the paper COM
ments that ''the handy man is the
hero Of the camp"
OF course, there are sports, but
limited ground space makes base
ball impossible in this particular
camp since homer over the fence
is irretrievable. The boys have
learned to like soccer. learned from
their English comrades. as a form
OF what they call mass murder"
Softball Is. "a favorite sport, and with
the arrival Of fencing foils, fencing.
There are some classes. but they
are not dealt with in detail
Another nostalgia diversion was
described although not admitted as
such, since no note Of sentimentality
enters the sheet. II was baby con-
test, the entrants photographs sup
piled, presumably. by wives from
home. A Miss Stalag Luft III" was
later to be selected from the pic
lures of wives and sweethearts.
The schedule for a typical day
runs lika thie.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
POWs Day Leisurely
But Monotonous

The day starts at 10 a. m. with
roll-call following a breakfast OF
coffee, bread and jam). Then calls
themes, showers for the few desig-
mated that day dhey go in lots Of
2D, classes. library, cooking sched-
ules (the men take turns at the
culinary arts). Mail (if there is any
is distributed at noon. Last roll-call
comes at four p. m. then a few
turns around the perimeter Of the
camp, supper. bridge and poker Uor
cigarettes). Then some good talk,
much foolish dreaming before mid
night sends the Kriegie TO bed with
the hope ever that the new day
brings peace"
or course, In this little typewrit
ten journal which has had to pass
the German censor there Is only
here and there a hint Of certain
inner feelings toward the hosts; one
note on the showing Of a Ger.
man film speaks Of a none too
spellbound audience"
1t Is difficult to get an intimate
view Of a prisoners life from these
brief notes or. indeed. from the let
tiers the prisoners write home. But
those persons who have read all the
confidential reports and also many
letters passed on to them by rela-
tons tell me two things: one. that,
generally speaking. American pris-
oners in German camps are not
badly treated and are not in want;
second, the first months are the
hardest. Most prisoners build up
some kind of escape" mechanism
and manage TO keep up their spir-
its and morale by adapting them
selves to their environment.
Naturally, the question is fire.
quently asked: What are we doing
for our prisoners In Germany"
The thing they want most is pro-
vided for most Of them--letters from
home. The next are the food pack
ages which are paid for by the
army, packed by volunteer work.
ers and shipped by the Red Cross
from their four shipping centers,
two in New York. one in Philadel-
phia and one in st. Louis. Most7of
the packages, assembled like motor
cars on a moving line, are packed
by loving hands-that group which
bears the scars Of war as deeply
as the combatants themselves, and
described prosaically in army Ian
guage as "the next Of kin"
These packages 60, one for each
prisoner, every week.
The prisoners also can receive
personal packages every go days.
They get books and other prescribed
articles.
The Red Cross has eight ships Of
It's own which, up until recently.
have been landing regularly at Mar
seille, where packages have been
shipped in sealed cars to Switzer-
land. These goods went through I'M
molested Lately some Of the ship
ments have been made to Lisbon
and re-shipped on smaller shuttle
vessels. The disruption Of traffic in
Germany has recently interfered
with the system. Other routes are
being planned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Yank Ingenuity Shows
In Stage Productions

AS always. the drama provides
one OF the easiest and most effec-
tive mental distractions and am
told that the time, effort and in
genuity that is put into the learning,
producing. staging and costuming Of
plays by these men is remarkable.
THE Kriegle Times" issued by
the American airmen In Stalag Luft
III, in Sagan, Germany, which I
have before me as ! write. is per-
haps not typical because il was an
edition especially for the home
folks. But it has a story on page
one headed "theater" which begins
with the statement which started me
Off on this topic. It says, THE
Krlegie focal nickname for war
prisoner) is assured Of escape in
the theater." Then II explains that
in order to accommodate the whole
camp in an auditorium which seats
only 20 per cent OF the members,
FIVE performances OF each play are
given. And they include real drama.
The article records as recent pro-
auctions that sure-fre, never-die
farce. Charles Aunt; Our
Town" the popular American play,
nostalgia and easy to stage be-
cause it requires no scenery;
Tobacco Road" a popular, earthly
r,iece with a rim Ion Ger than the re-
treat from Stalingrad; THE Man
Who Came To Dinner" whose APP
peal perhaps lies in the fact that
"the man" couldn't get away,
either; and "Flieger Frolics," an
original musical comedy. Flieger is
flyer in Germany
Female costumes" II is ex.
planned, ARE hired through German
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09

more discriminating in your judg-
ment. You are loving. kind and
considerable. In the next IL
months elders will help and him
der your progress Business ups
and-downs. domestic and social
pleasures and disappointments are
portended. Watch against decep-
ton and sensationalism. Born to-
day a child will need 10 guard
against mental overstrain, nerve
and lung troubles Worry through
money. documents and law is also
threatened.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty

The schedule OF Dewey's cam
paign trip TO the coast startled the
Washington reporters assigned to
cover the COP presidential candi
date.
Why only two speeches In Cali
iornia, where the Republicans will
have a tough time. and three days
in Nebras ka. at a town called Val
entine which the press had TO find
a map 10 locate? After all, Ne
braska is supposed 10 be "in the
bag" Most Republicans claim
Michigan, too. but a week end on
the tour is on the schedule for
Lansing and Owosso
As Michigan Is Dewey's native
state, he would not have been wise
10 ignore IL. Then, too, no one
knows how large the Detroit Dem
ocratic vote will be and recent polls
are not reassuring TO the national
campaigners, In Lansing he will
confer with party leacers and rep.
which has not yet been publicly APP
preciated. He went to Chicago with
more votes than anyone else had
for the vice presidential nomination.
including Wallace. Mayor Ed Kelly
was privately for him. Boss Hague
was willing, but Flynn was doubtful.
In the midst Of promotion work
for him land he would have been
nominated, in my opinion). sud-
denly withdrew.
Observers blamed CLOS Hillman
and his related Negro group. whose
policy was that no Southerner could
be chosen. II is hardly conceivable
to me that Byrnes would have re-
tired without instructions from the
only man who is his boss.
Thus In the way Of the new
aggressors in politics. the CIO-
Hillman leadership. meeting in
ner defeat within the party Of its
choice. Indeed, valid question
now Is arising whether Hillman
can control the CLIO, or whether
his overzealous overfinanced
leadership may demorallEe his
own union.
Al Salt Lake City. Go locals IS
Bauer and 872 Toele broke from the
Hfllman leadership. Their members
resigned from CIo-PAC, snnounc-
ing:
I'VE feel that regardless Of be-
longing to any committee, church,
union or other organization, no one
has the right to demand that we
vote the straight Democratic ticket.
This action frees us to work and
vote throughout the state for the
candidates we feel will best repre-.
sent US"
A CIO worker in East Moline,
III. has complained have commit.
ted an injustice to CLIO members
by assuming Hillman was their lead
er, saying:
II had no more part in having
Hillman and his committee appoint
ed or paying them than you have
in appointing Supreme court judges,
and don't like them any better"
Strong-arm John Lewis could not
control his mine workers vote four
years ago. Wise old labor sage
Sam Gompers once said;
mo one can control the labor
vote"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09

are girls, which brings 10 mind
the old doctor definition-"WomAD
Is constipated biped."
1t is well for everyone to TO
member occasionally DR.. Tom A.
Williams list Of; Popular Mis-
conceptions About the Body
81. Eight hours sleep is essen
dial to health.
"2. Overwork leads TO nervous
breakdown.
"3. A carefully planned diet is
essential to health. A variety Of
food is harmful.
"a. Constipation Is at the root
of most physical ailments"
Remember these are miscon-
ceptions. They are not true, al
though widely held as beliefs by
large numbers Of the population.
l would direct the two mothers
attention particularly to the sem
tence on constipation. The first
thing for the parents in both cases
is not to get excited about it. Con-
stipation is not going to under
mine the child's health. The idea
that constipated person is ALB
sorbing poison all the time is
myth. Everyone Of us, no matter
how regular our habits, has food
residue and bacteria in our intes-
tines every minute Of the "a hours.
We do moi absorb poison from this
mass.
So don't surround the children
with an atmosphere Of fussy solicit
tude. With an older child this is
especially bad. 1t automatically
makes the condition worse. Don't
badger the child to go and sit on
the toilet right after breakfast.
Such procedures simply paralyze
every movement in every MILL
meter Of the intestine. A large
number, | suppose the majority,
of children are constipated be-
tween the ages Of ten and about b
sixteen. They get over it. Don't
make them self-conscIous.
In the case Of the 14-months old
infant the constipation is prob
ably a signal from the digestive
tract that it is ready to tackle
more substantial food. 1t can have
raw as we'll as cooked fruit and
whole vegetables (not pureed) and
you can begin to cut down mot
istop) the milk. Holt, in his Dis
eases of Infancy and Childhood,
writes: During the second year
children who suffer from consti-
patton are usually benefited by
reducing the amount of milk and
giving more solid food. Especially
valuable are additions Of bran in
stead Of gruels. Fruits are valu-
able in all cases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-09
he WANTS 10 HUM

CHEYENNE, Wyo.-INS- What
does the nations highest ranking
airman want to do on his vacation?
Even as you or !, brother. he wants
TO hunt. Lieut.. Gen n II. Arnold,
commander OF the L. s. Army Air
Forces, has applied for non-resi.
dent big game hunting license and
for a special permit to hunt moose
on the Green River refuge in West.