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CHAPTER vi

At the desk of the Chief Medical
Examiner, he was informed, casu-
ally, that he had been accepted for
General Military Service.
1t was a little difficult to realize
it. He was dazed. He felt that his
dyspepsia had been insulted. He
still suffered from chronic ind'ges-
ton no matter how lightly it was
regarded.
All except three of the Springville
contingent were accepted, Freddie
and Jack were among the successful
ones - or unsuccessful - whichever
way you looked at it, matter de-
pending on how far your patriotism
went.
After retrieving their clothes and
hiding their nakedness, they were
marched outside. Lined up in the
open, they took the oath of enlist
ment. Mr.. Wrinkle felt very solemn
about swearing to bear true faith and
allegiance to this country.
In the clothing depot they were
turned over to a little Sergeant no
larger than Mr.. Winkle. He had a
wizened face and great many serv-
ice stripes on his sleeve. In dry
good-humored voice he instructed
them to change into something more
appropriate to their surroundings
and new standing.
Sergeant Czeideskrowski took
them, with more new soldiers from
other contingents, to receiving bar
racks in the Reception Center. Here
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for Charlie Alderman over at the A
g. p. The other day when we were
trying to finagle half pound of but
ter he told us why there is a red
ring around that date on his calendar
You see it was on Sunday, September
IL, 1927 that he and the Missus were
married-and believe it or not ten
years later on Sunday, September y,
IL, 1937-son Rex was born.
With summer heat making final
appearance before the advent of fall,
oldtimers were recalling the big freeze
of September s, 1888 when this &C.
ton was visited by one of the most
devastating frosts in its history. 1t
was so severe that leaves on the
trees were frozen. The corn crop
was ruined and to make matters worse
many farmers that year had planted
seed corn obtained from Kansas which
required longer growing season than
the native Ohio corn. An extra good
hay crop that year together with what
they were able to salvage from the
stand of corn provided livestock feed
for the winter.
Bluffton residents are taking lively
interest in the study of Spanish with
a class opening at the College this
Wednesday night for non-college stu
dents. The instructor Frank j. Bat
terson lived in South America for
twelve years as Methodist mission
airy. Among those expecting to en-
roll are Mrs. B. w. Travis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Triplett, Miss Betty
Murray, Lois Basinger, Edna Ram
seyer and Della Krebill and Hiram
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uCuTuUIH was HkCs
they would stay for several days,
and here Mr.. Wrinkle saw what his
future bedroom was like.
He was appalled,.
Not that the quarters weren't
good. Indeed, they were better than
those any other Army in the world
could boast,
Even in his somewhat depressed
state Mr.. Winkle ate more than he
usually did at home, which he knew
would not please Amy. He didn't
mention anything about this when
the Alphabet, in motherlike fashion,
saw to it that they filled out post
cards to their families announcing
the good news of their being in the
Army.
Finally, for that day, came in
struction in bed making. After an
hour of experimenting, during which
most of them believed he could make
his bed perfectly in the dark, Ser
geant Czeideskrowski observed that
none of them would pass inspection,
but their efforts would do for them
to sleep that night
Lying in the darkness, with some
of the men talking back and forth
in whispers, Mr.. Winkle felt unnat.
ural. He was no longer Wilbert
Wrinkle, captain of his own soul or
body. He belonged to an immense,
fearsone, mysterious organization
called the Army whose purpose was
to fight other men to the death.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1: Wibert Winkle, a. pro.
prietor of the Fixit repair shop. located
In the alley back Of his home, Is notified
by his draft board that he is In la. He
breaks the bad news to his wife, Amy.
and marches off to work without kiss
ing her goodby.
CHAPTER II: He opens his shop the
following morning. his Imagination work
ing overtime. A bullet had just sped
through his body: he found himself dy-
ing In some strange. foreign land.
'reportographer'' from the Evening
Standard calls to take his picture and
get his story. and the next day his picture
appears on the front page under the
headline. Wrinkle Proud TO Fight.
CHAPTER III: Telephone calls of COM
miseration pour in. The Pettigrews drop
in that evening. Mrs. Pettigrew weeps
over her son. Jack. who is being called.
Mr.. Westcott, next door neighbor says:
''H you're the kind of a soldier we're
going to have. God help US" Mr.. Winkle
makes out his viii and tacks a sign read
ing CLOSED" over his shop. Amy
packs his bag and includes pair OF
rubbers.
CHAPTER w: Mrs. Winkle conf dcs
her worries. She fears Wilbert might
get interested In other women. He prom
fses to send her post card II he does.
Amy and Mr.. Winkle drive to the draft
board. A fellow draftee calls him Pop"
The draft board members shake his
hand. Mr.. Wrinkle takes his place at the
head of the draft parade. and marches
off behind the band.
CHAPTER ": Mr.. Winkle kisses Amy
goodby at the bus station and is off to
the wars. On arrival at camp. he Is
given his army physical and Is ashamed
of his skinny physique. He is still count
ing on his dyspepsia to save him. He 10
passed along from doctor TO doctor while
his spirits sag.
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it that in case of invasion the enemy
was to be lured to Camp Squibb
where, once caught in this trap, ii
would never find its way out.
On the first afternoon in their new
barracks. Mr.. Winkle discovered Mr.
Tinker. He was among those MAX
ing up the platoon quartered on
the ground floor. Mr.. Winkle eyed
the thickset man with a scoWl on his
broad face sitting on the next cot,
and saw that here was a man of his
own age.
They eyed each other. Mr.. Win
kie smiled briefly, and was given a
frown. That wasn't encouraging
Nevertheless, Mr.. Wrinkle spoke, in
PRODUCING himself. He gave his age,
glanced around, and observed, 81
guess we're sort of two of a kind
here"
yeah" the other man said in a
deep voice.
Mr.. Wrinkle offered the informa-
ton that he was married man.
His look inquired if the same situa-
ton held true with his acquaintance.
Nav" the man said.
There the matter rested for a mo-
ment, until the man suddenly an
nounced his own name, which was
Tinker, and his age, forty-two. He
said he was plumber.
Mr.. Winkle asked him how he felt
about being II the Army.
=~@~~@~~sse~~
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Man%
OeaAotsoI

Squirrel season opens Friday :.
and the boys say if you want to bag
them go where there's water its
one of the driest season in years and
wild life is hard pressed for water.
Big Riley dry from Railroad bridge to
Fox hill and beyond /, >. despite all the
wailing and cries of anguish the shell
shortage isn't too severe fact is
that the boys are well enough stocked
that they will be out Friday for squir-
rels and expect to have plenty of am
munition for pheasants in November
:. s. If you're customer the dealer
will dig up some shells from under
the counter you know that's where
they keep the butter, too-when they
have it and that goes for sugar
also and some folks are canning
without sugar &. and school teach
ers, janitors and bus drivers all smiles
since that raise Monday night :.
initiation week at the College-that's
why those green capped frosh are do
ing such queer antics and now
with creek pollution reported down
Pandora way, Riley creek fish must
| lead a dogs life-if that's possible
for a fish and Bluffton proud as
punch of its new street-believe it or
not-instead of sweeping sidewalk de-
/ bris into the street, some stores are
sweeping the street in front of their
places of business-that's fne-let's
have more of it =. and it didn't take
the truckers long to start using the
stretch as speedway-that's why
traffic lights are being operated all
night squeeze Tightening on eggs
farmers getting 36 to 81 cents doz-
en- for run of nest--one egg auction
reported bidding so cents for extra
fancy top quality and the grape
vine has it that the no shooting drive
in the corporation will be enforced
that goes too, for crashing traffic
lights says town Marshal Lee Coon
=. glad to see our good friend Elmer
Diller of the Milling company down
town after a six weeks Illness and
looking fine.
Story in last weeks Bluffton News
recalled days of the oil boom and old
timers recounting fifty years ago
wren Bluffton was a wide open boom
town with something of the atmos-
phere of the western frontier mining
camps-yes it had bakers dozen
saloons in those days and poker
and Main street was stretch of pike
road pitted with chuck holes and flag
stone crossings and gutter lined with
hitching racks-and wages jumped
from $1.50 to S4 a day-and crude oil
was refined for kerosene to burn in
lamps-and gasoline was a nuisance
and dumped into the creek-and there
wasn't any sales tax-or Withholding
| tax-or automobiles-folks going out
of town rode the L. E. & w. or the
| Narrow Gauge-and Democrats elect
ed all the town offices, that is, the
men did-those were the days when
woman's place was in the home and
she stayed put .and Bluffton was
getting acquainted with the influx of
of oil men-some good-some other
wise, but by and large a hale and
hearty good fellow well met outfit,
genrous to a fault, with hearts of
gold beneath a rough exterior.
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having been put in what he re-
ferred to as the desk job" of re-
ceiving draftees. He wanted active
duty, and now he looked at it as a
step toward this when he was as
signed to new training troops.
Camp Squibb was a great deal
like their first camp. except that it
was much larger, stretching for
miles across the fiat bare land. 1t
was the general belief that no one
knew how large it was, nor where it
began and ended. It had simply
continued to be built until there
were no boundaries at all. Men, it
was said, had become lost in it and
not yet found. Another rnmor had
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News Want-Ads Bring Results,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-23
WlO[lf: :. IN \. MANS n: CLOTHING |! iHSjffSE SSZi&i

N"'' TEXTURES SYNDICATE, NC.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-23
BY LOGAN CLENDFNINC. ND

SOME OF the b".t mcruods Of
treatment of common conditions
are S~hamefully neglected. Alost of
us m>tinctivcly feel that "a remedy
: synonymous with 81 drug. Pc
hapS a vague faith IN diet as a
method uI treatment of chronic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Assai|s Ward
Union Record

WASHINGTON. May % GNS)
D. Reilly member OF
the National Labor Relations
Board, told Congress today that
Montgomery Ward had a back
ground of unfair labor practices
which undoubtedly played large
part" in causing the union strike
that led to government seizure OF
the property.
Reilly told the special House
committee investigating The Ward
case that the firm had violated
the National Labor Relations Act
AT its plants in Kansas City, Port
land, Ore. and ST. Paul.
In each of these cases the NLRE
handed down rulings adverse tc
the company. Reilly said. and ir
each case the board was upheld
when the company appealed TO the
courts.
Undoubtedly Reilly said.
'this background OF unfair labor
practices. combined with the
company's homeopathic atti-
tude toward the WLB, was an
important cOntributOry factor to
tho Chicago unions resentment
when this latest dispute arose.
and 10 was this feeling which
played a large part In causing
the union to strike"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
SWedes Fear
Ndzi Wrath

WASHINGTON, May IS tINS)
The Swedish government, il
was revealed today. has told
American officials il fears a Nazi
invasion il Sweden should comply
with Allied demands 10 stop ship
ments of ball bearings to Ger
many.
According TO the Swedish view
point. such an action would be
viewed by Germany as so clearly
neutral that an actual military
invasion might follow.
This argument. however. was
not impressive in Allied councils.
1t was pointed out that Germany
cannot afford TO undertake a new
offensive operation at a time
when her energies are bent on
defending against invasion.
Regardless of military consid-
erationS, Allied economic pressure
continued today. following the
blacklisting yesterday of an addi-
tional 38 Swedish firms. bringing
10 a total of more than 400 the
number of Swedish firms stigma
TIED as trading with the enemy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
ankS Rip
II. Guinea

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HQ.,
New Guinea, May % ms
American bombers and fighters,
some possibly using the newly
won Wakde airfield which al
ready has been put into operation
left numerous Jap military install
lations along the north coast Of
New Guinea in ruins today.
Gen. Macarthur disclosed wide
spread aerial strikes, in commune
ton with naval assaults, against
enemy targets from western New
Guinea to the Wewak area.
Headquarters revealed that the
Wakde alrStrip in Dutch New
Guinea, seized from the Japs in
bloody fighting. was put into
operation less than AZ hours after
its capture. American troop-car-
rier planes were the first to land
on the runways.
With the aerial pounding of the
New Guinea coast continuing in
relentless fashion. more bad news
for the Japs was foreshadowed by
a meeting. over the weekend. be-
tween Adm. Halsey and Vice
Adm. Kinkaid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23

age. This table included 2.739.000
pounds of dried beans and peas
which had become moldy and
weevil-infested; 295,000 pounds of
wheat cereal: 234 $50 pounds of
strawberry preserves, moldy; 113-
088 pounds OF canned salmon
rusty cans; 12l 800 pounds of po-
tatoes-old stock; 1873, $50 pounds
of fresh onions-decayed; 69,804
pounds of canned tomatoes
spoiled: 74,064 pounds of canned
peaches-ruSty cans.
Lou Maxon. Detroit advertising
man and business executive. re-
signed AS deputy administrator OF
OPA in July. l943, because he
found the organization so bound
up in legalistic red tape that Hou-
dlni himself couldn't untangle il. :"
Copyright. 1874. the Bobbs -Merrin Co.
Distributed by King Features synd., Inc.
TOMORROW-"Ths Thinkers
and Their Qu~stionnorss."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Ndzis Prepare
For Disaster

ZURICH, May q INS)-Care-
fully worded reports from Swiss
newspaper correspondents in Ber-
lin indicate that the German
public is being Systematically pre-
pared for disastrous news from
the Italian front.
Berlin. says one correspondent,
is definitely reckoning on landings
farther up the coast. and an often
sive from the Anzio beachhead.
The German press. he adds,
stresses Allied superiority in men
and materiel. Allied artillery fire
is repeatedly described as ex-
ceeding anything previously en-
countered by the German soldiers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Wayne Student Wins
Race Essay Prize

Esther Finegold of 2545 Elm
hurst. Wayne University sociology
student, has been notified that
she has won a S25 award for her
essay on Race Relations" Miss
Flnegolds essay was entered in
contest sponsored by AL B.
Wester OF Woodbury.. N. J.
Every day social contacts 10
teach US 10 understand the per-
sonality traits of others was the
theme Of the contestants essay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
$4,000, 900 in Clio
SIush Fund.- BriCker

HOUSTON. May % GNS)-
Gov. Bricker Of Ohio last night
called the Go Political Action
Committee a powerful and dan
gerous group which is far more
active than the Democratic Ma
tional Committee" in campaigning
for is years in the White House
for President Roosevelt
This year. he said, I'VE have
been reliably informed that the
Go IL prepared 20 spend
$1,000, 900 10 perpetuate the
present administ ration"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
:C|hrySIer
Strike Off
CONTINUED from Page One)

today, William II. Davis. WLB
chairman. urged responsible Off
GERS of the union 10 exercise all
their powers under the conStitu-
ton and bylaws of the union to
end this strike immediately"
He said that return 10 work
should be accompanied by the un-
Outstanding that the company,
.in accordance with the eStab-
iished policy of the board" shall
take back all employees without
discrimination for their part in
the strike.
ANY discharge alleged by
the company TO be for causes
other than participation In the
strike shall be referred To the
agreement procedure In ac-
cordance with the terms Of the
contract between the company
and the union," Davis said.
The strike was touched of last
Tuesday by dismissal OF IS work.
ers in a fracas related to the Go
AF'L soft drink jurisdictional dis
pute.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
Theories in Food Management
CHAPTER III

Management of the United States food supply under
wartime conditions dused among federal agencies
The OPA fixes prices, rations available supplies and
administers food subsidies the War Food Administration
fixes production quotas and military ALLEGATIONS the Office
of Lendase Administration assigns relief quotas
There then remain the department of agriculture,
administering all the normal peacetme laws governing farm
production and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
which still directs the so-caled soil conservation subsidies
for limited controlled production. Next have the
Commodity Credit Corporation in charge of rural credits
and the Rural Resettlement Administration, advancing
government funds re-estabsh farm families in depleted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Benton Harbor Filler
Dies in Plane Crash

NEW YORK. May % QNS)-
Fillsgrove Army Air Base author
tiles announced today that Capt.
James II. Pound Jr. OF Ridge
way. Benton Harbor. Mich. was
killed when MS army fighter
plane crashed into NarraganSett
Bay. r. l.
Capt. Pounds body was recov-
cred. He was on A routine combat
training flight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
State Guarantees
Wayne County Dogs
Time. stan Correspondent

LANSING, May 23-Wayne and
II other southeastern Michigan
counties were under a 90-day dog
quarantine today as result of a
sharp increase in the number Of
dog bites and rabies cases since
the first of the year.
During the quarantine period.
all dogs must be kept on a leash
or muzzled when in the street. In
Detroit. 26 rabies cases have been
reported TO the city health de-
partment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Reds Kill
800 NaZiS

MOSCOW, May % INS>-
The Staying of some 300 Germans
and destruction Of three armored
troop carriers in local fighting
near Tiraspol was reported today
by the Soviet high command.
The German losses resulted
from unsuccessful attacks on Rus
sian positions near Tiraspol on
the Bessarabian border.
Near StaniSlawow, rail junction
in prewar Poland, German
reconnaissance in force was
smashed by Soviet artillery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Dewey Favored
In -Four States
spec,s, to THE DETROIT TIMES

NEW YORK, May % Repub-
lican conventions in four states
will make il more emphatic for
Gov. Dewey of New York this
week.
In Texas. Maryland and Geor-
gia today, and in North Dakota
tomorrow, the state sessions will
choose -73 national convention
delegates. Leaders Of the draft
Dewey movement confidently pre-
dict the delegates Will he over
whelmingly for the governor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Ex-Wdyne Instructor
Named 10 0PA Post

Samuel Jacobs. former Wayne
University adult education in
structor and Go liaison officer
for the OPP today was appointed
labor relations adviser for the
Washington OPA office
Jacobs is a member OF the Go
United Federal Workers and has
worked with labor and consumer
groups in Michigan. Indiana and
Ohm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
$4,000 Pounds Of Butter Unfit

With many federal cooks stirring the national BROTH
things often 60 off loose ends On April 1914 for
example. the War Food Administration announced that it
offering 15000 pounds of off grade butter at auction
This butter aside from 1913 production had been held
in storage long that it unfit for direct
human consumption
This sale brought to 900 pounds the total of unfit
butter released by VIA during the last year!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Pontiac Plant Wins &

The Army-Navy f has been
awarded TO the torpedo plant OF
the General Motors Corp. Pom
tiac Motor Division, at Pontiac.
according TO an announcement
from Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
YANKS BOMB PONAPE

PEARL HARBOR. May %
(INS)--Seventh Army Air Force
Mitchell medium bombers hit
Ponape Island in the eastern
Carolines again on Friday night
and during daylight Sunday, it
was announced last night.
The Yankee filters reported no
opposition either from Jap fighter
planes or from anti-aircraft guns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
ENJOYS EXCHANGED

Marshal Stain already has ac-
corded complete recognition 10 De
Gaulle's Committee OF National
Liberation and exchanged ambas-
sailors with this regime.
The British foreign office Is re-
ported 10 be bringing pressure on
the state department 20 revise its
non-recognition policy regarding
De GauIle in order 10 remove any
additional headaches for Gen.
Eisenhower IN the invasion Of the
Continent.
Former UnderSecretary Of State
William Phillips with a staff of
state department officials is at
tached 10 Eisenhower as special
political adviser.
ONE EXPERIENCE
Gen. Eisenhower already has
had an unpleasant experience with
the Vaccinations Of the pro-
Soviet De Gaulle. De Gaulle de-
posed Gen. Giraud as commander
3n-chief of the French forces in
Africa. despite the fact that
Giraud was openly sponsored by
The state department and his
French troops armed and supplied
with American lend-lease mate
rialS.
The impending Soviet recogni-
tion OF the De Gaulle group as
the de facto government of France
was seen as one more step in the
ciear-cut plan of Stain to domi-
bate Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
HOLD HUGE SUPPLIES

In November. 1913. the Com
modify Credit Corporation
submitted TO the House of Rep
resentatives an itemized statement
covering "nonrecoverable losses"
in government-owned food spoil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Conservation Aide Dies

KALAMAZOO. May % CUP)-
Frank w. Denner. 80. director Of
the Kalamazoo DISTRICT conserva-
ton office for 80 years, died yes
terday of pneumonia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Bureaucracy Runs Amuek:
Bureaucracy Runs Amuek:
Food Shortage
Laid 10 New Deal

EDITORS NOTE-Tbis is the third Of a series by
laurence SUiUGH specialist the relations Of govern
meRt aud business, the groWth of the federal
THitC6 States. The articles condensed rcrsion Of
M. Sulirou's best seller, rhich has acclaim Of
Ametlcan EDITORS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Sis Bid for Concession

SAGINAW. May 23-Council-
men accepted Sis bid for con-
cession privileges for the coming
season at the swimming pool.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-23
Reds LedninQ
To De Gdu||e
Nv DAVID SENTNER
The Time. Wasbinsto. Bsr.-~

? WASHINGTON, MAY 2S-Flout-
ing American opposition, Soviet
Russia Is on the verge Of recoc-
nizing Cen. Charles Dc Gaulie's
seh-cunstituted provisional gov.
eminent as the government OF
France when France IS liberated
u was learned today
The state department consist
entity has opposed the ambition of
De Gaulle 10 be recognized as
the head Of the provisional gov
eminent" Of France on the grounds
that the French people must
choose their own leadership
through democratic processes.