davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

are abundant. You can't POSSIBLY go "IOnE Dy
moving to louisiana"
One Of the magnates interrupted this panegyric
to yell:
But you haven't told Us about the mosquitoes
Jimmy didn't bat an eye.
I'm glad you brought that up" he said. You
know, the good Lord put feas on dogs back 60
he wouldn't think he was anything but dog
I'm the same fashion, the Lord put mosquitoes
in Louisiana-so we wouldn't think it was thu
Garden Of Eden"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

70 throw Jimmy Of the train. Finally
he made q slight compromise. He sold
Jimmy a ticket to the end OF his run
Birmingham.
A curious lady. sitting up the aisle a
way, asked the conductor what all the
fuss had been about.
Without bothering to lower his voice
10 save Jimmy's feelings, the conduc-
tor said :"I ed" one ef them there sick
politicians was trying to take the corns
of my toes without removing ny
shoes"
Morrison, who has all the oratorical
gifts Of the late Huey Long, plus few
he picked up himself. is great booster
for Louisiana.
Recently he was addressing a group
of Eastern industrialists gathered IN
Washington. He exhorted them &c
move their plants to his state.
THE climate" he Grated. lis beauti'
full. Heating costs would be negligible
Labor is reasonable. Natural resources
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
On By George Dixon
W4 ;s,..:.;se a,s e. Of ny the rs:;:
GNLA<@ oInnn ie Senate


Sa of high class lawmakers is Senator
Homer T. Bone of Washington (the state OF Wash
ington. not this vale of baloney).
| am writing about Senator Bone now be-
cause he probably won't be around these paIts
much longer. He has been busy for months
saving up Washington dust so he can shake 1t on
his shoes. The reason he is departing is that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has appointed him judge OF the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. which takes in
his home district of Tacoma, Wash.
Senator Bone is listed as New Dealer but ne
does not 90 around cooling "goody, goody" over
everything that comes out of the White House. he
is what might be called an outspoken man.
81 do not think want to be senator-either
New Deal or Anti-New Deal when the postwar
stuff comes up he said. Congress is going to
have to appropriate money we haven't got. The
whole business is going to be so confusing that
even the most conscientious lawmaker in the
world won't know whether he is doing the right
thing or not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Navy Cuts
Officer
Standards
Times Photo

Gone is the day when navy
commissions went only 10 college
st4titirfr->
War-sla>hcd requirements now
tii.-trff TT rftrtt7rf1ty IN the
general sea duty program 10 all
men 10 10 % years Of age with
TWO years Of college plus Al least
three additional years of business
or professional experience.
In making this announcement
1t Comdr +. S. Sims. head Of the
office of naval officer procure
ment here revealed that older
mems 10 3s-alSo would be
considered If they we're in top
physical condition.
The navy announced also that
the third aImy-navy college quail
flying test would be given in all
high schools and colleges March
IS Youths who viii be i by July
! ar not over u were advised 10
secure application blanks now
from their principals or deans
The test IS slated 10 provide
most Of the candidates for the
army specialized training and
navy college programs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Miners Paper
AssdiIs Harmon

SPRINGFIELD, III. Feb. 1o
tTNSJ-TFe Progressive Miner,
official publication of the Pro-
gressive Mine Workers of America
(AFL). today termed silly" a
statement by 1t Tom Harmon
that somebody's going 10 get
hurt" when the soldiers overseas
come home.
john NarchiandO. secretary
treasurer of the union who wrote
The article, SAID Harmon meant
that the miners are in for 1t
when the boys come home.
81 sincerely feel that you
should do a little Investigating
before YOU blow off at the
mouth" Marchiando wrote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Red Cross Calls City
To Give : Millions

the general said that the Red
Cross had kept pace with the
Fifth Army. ,,=
Outside of the sending of blood
plasma. recruiting of nurses and
other phases Of the work of the
Red Cross which are well known,
Fraser pointed out that the Red
Cross brought the home touch to
SerVicemen IN its canteens.
The organization expects an In
crease in its work this year,
Fraser said.
*. T. Keller president OF the
GhrySler Corp. and a national dl-
rector of the Red Cross. urged his
fellow industrial leaders TO assist
the Red Cross as an important
part OF the battle of the home
front.
The meeting was presided over
by Harvey Fruehauf head OF the
Fruehauf Trailer Co Herbert B.
Trix is chairman of the Detroit
campaign.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10

To continue the flow 10 battle
fronts of life-saving plasma-of
which 100000 RiHts have already
been sent--and 10 carry on the
manifold mercies of the Red
Cross, Detroit will be asked this
year for a contribution of S4.-
92i eco.
This figure is the city's quota
of a nationwide total of 5000
000. 600 The campaign viii be
conducted throughout March.
The announcement of the De
troil objective was made yeSter-
day at meeting of Detroit in
duStrialiStS who heard an address
by Leon Fraser, national chair
man of the Red Cross and presi-
dent OF the First National Bank
of New York
Fraser explained the budgeting
Of the Red Cross activities and
quoted from a message sent by
Gen. Clark from Italy in which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
WHAT AMERICA FACES

For that. this handsome young
officer Of II and his companions
risked their lives
THE people must be made tn
realize what we are facing.
"Teii them again that what
they have read of Jap atrocities
is the truth. the whole truth"
he pleaded. "I saw themeii,s not
hearsay. II anything, the reports
are conservative.
Behind him in Detroit. he left
the girl who later was 10 become
his wife-the girl whom he al
most married and took 20 Shang'
hal But they waited and two days
before last Christmas the young
major took his bride in the Nava
Academy chapel al Annapolis
There they became sweetheart'
iuSt five years before
OF tho preseni-Mai Hawkins
has his hands full
I'm spending hours AT tele-
phone. calling relatives and
friends OF boys over there.
some Of the news is good, some
bad.
I'VE brought back no written
messages, YOU know. hut car
ried them In our minds. It's my
job 10 deliver them now"
Mai and Mrs Hawkins came
here from Fl. Worth. Tex. where
they visited his parents and fam
lily They are al the home Of Mrs
Hawkins aunt. Mrs Donald Vero'
neau. 1906 Twentieth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Users Warned
To Nurse Coal
....las Photo

Announcing that Detroit eeal
merchants have en adequate sup
ply TO last through the winter"
the WPB today urged consumers
to continue full economy because
of likely shortage next winter.
"The mild winter has been a
lucky break" said c. T. Van
Dyson, regional director.
According to Harold Ickes,
national fuel administrator. we
face shortages of both anthra-A
cite and soft coal unless we con-
serve what we have"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Miriam succeeds
Witte on WB

Louis G M4naai next week pefli
assume ms new duties as chair
man of the regional War Labor
Board succeeding Or. Edwin T
WHITE. VINO has been named 90
the national body in Washington
NIT+InI DSR COMMISSIONER
and chief counsel for the Legal
Aid Bureau. has been vice chair
man OF the board here since last
April Dr WItte has been rs
chairman since II was formed last
scar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
IT, Dies Of Gas Fumes

Grew Martin. IT died al Re
ccItng Hospital today "a few
hours after being found n the
kitchen Of has home 1902 DAWSON.
with the gas turned on Martin.
who lived alone. had been in III
health
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
-FBI Agents Tell
OF Thomas Chats
With Countess

County Clerk Lingeman, Parke,
Davis chemists and federal agents
were government rebuttal wit
nesses today before Federal Judge
Monet in the trial OF DR.. Fred
erick William Thomas on a charge
Of conspiracy to commit espionage.
The agents were to tell of the
three meetings between the bogus
countess Grace Buchanan-Dineen,
confessed Nazi spy, and The phySl-
clan in the countess - apartment
overlooking the naval armory.
Lingeman was scheduled TO
testify about a civil suit for
damages brought against DR..
Thomas by Charlotte Scott his
former secretary. The chemists
were 10 analyze the drug given
the countess" by the physician
which she said she used TO make
invisible ink with his knowledge.
The doctor SAID that he prescribed
the drug for treatment -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Judges Pen Stolen
Inn Packed Courtroom

gone. His entire desk set was
gone.
II can't understand IT," the
Judge told press conference
during a recess. II thought 10
was there all the time"
The FBI agents shook their
heads Another job for them and
not a clue.
Anyway it's a federal offense-
like piracy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10

The scene Of the crime was the
tense. crowded courtroom Of
Federal Judge Monet. presiding
IN the trial of DR. Frederick w.
Thomas accused rs a Nazl spy.
I'm the courtroom were perhaps
a dozen federal agents and deputy
L. $. marShalS all on the alert.
The nudge reached for his pen
20 make a note The pen was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Talks on Latin-America

EAST LANSING, Feb. 10 CUPD
"A series Of four lectures on
Latin America by Or. Luis-Al-
berto Sanchez. guest professor at
Michigan State College, has been
scheduled for successive Friday
eNenincs heginning tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Fall Kills Plane Official

NV YORK FCB- To TINS -
Harry owen Smith. 81. 4 director
q the Mcdonnell Aircraft Corp.
Of 81 Louis Mo, was killed early
today when be Jumped or fen
from his fourteenth floor room in
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Bafaan Survivor
Here on Leave
Maj. Hawkins
Tells ofTorture
in Prison Camp
BY ALFRED GOODsoN

lie survived the whitening Jap
fire on the bloody beaches OF
Corregldor
lie marched the grim March OF
Death at Bataan
He saw ms cOmrades-thou-
sands OF them die in diSeaSe-rld-
den. stench-reeking prison camps,
victims OF starvation, maltreat-
ment. murder
Under bristling japanese bayo-
nets. he labored with other weak,
staggering Americans on a prison
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
Nazis Explain Air Plans

STOCKHOLM. Feb. 10 CUP)--
A Berlin dispatch to Dagens
Nyheter said today that Germany
is amassing reserves of planes to
meet an invasion of western
Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
.WPB 10 Divert
Gas From Detroit
To Meet Crisis

Approximately 100000 cubic
feet of Detroits daily commercial
gas supply VIII he diverted begin
ming Monday 10 relieve a severe
shortage in war plants of the Ap-
palachian region, on orders Of the
War Production Board.
The directive. issued yesterday,
said only those plants which have
equipment for burning coal or oil
would be affected. The diversion
will remain in effect for six weeks
and will include plants in six
states now supplied by the Pan
handle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
Only L TITmS in the Detroit
area are affected, the largest be-
ing the Briggs Manufacturing Co
and the Ford plant which pro-
duceS most of its own gas. These
firms use the gas 10 supplement
coal and provide controlled
fire
AS whole, the WfaB- pointed
out some 20 million cubic feet OF
gas will thus be added TO the
Appalachian supply
Four Michigan gas companies
are included in the order They
are Michigan Consolidated. the
Albion Gas Light Co. the Battle
Creek Gas Co and the Citizens
Gas Fuel Co. of Adrian.
If further restrictions are
needed TO meet the demand. WPB
stated. preference viii be given
war plants and essential civilian
enterprises,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
ESCAPE PRISON FARM

And. armed only with native
bolo knives they had pilfered at
the farm. Maj. Jack Hawkins with
nine American and two Filipino
companions stole away from that
living he'll.
That was April 4, 1913.
Today Mai Hawkins Is in De-
troit for brief stay before re-
porting hack 10 marine headquar-
tiers in Washington for a new
assignment.
With him. is his attractive %
year-old wife. the former Rhea
Ritter Of Detroit.
I'VE had but single ma or
motive i'm our escape from that
penal colony at Mindanao," the
quiet-Spoken Texan said. 1--WE
wanted To get the stnrY-the
true facts-back To the Ameri-
can people"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
IN sTEPHAN'S CELL

Under croSs-examnation yester-
day, William w. Finley. junior
custodian at Milan admitted that
Or Thomas occupied the No. ]
cell there which held Max Stephan
before his sentence 10 hang was
committed. Thomas had charged
that he WAS placed in tho death
CELL in an attempt 10 make him
confess
Warden { J Shutlleworth de-
MED Or. Thomas charges that he
had been abused.
The warden said that the doctor
was a good prisoner who gave the
prison staff no trouble, made no
complaints and aided the medical
staff there as nurse during an
influenza epidemic IN December.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-10
SEARCH CONSENT ISSUE

consent TO search ne doctor s
home and office. signed by him
on the day Of his arrest by FBI
agents.
DR.. Thomas has denied that the
Signature Is his. lie claims IL ~
forged
John " HenneSsey an EBI
agent testified that the consent
paper was signed IN The library OF
the doctor Audubon avenue
home and IN the presence Of Mrs.
Thomas
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24
Lafayette

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cook of Lima
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Belle
Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kline were
Sunday callers of Robert Kline, Jr. at
the hospital near Lima.
w. S. G. S. met at the home of Mrs.
Inez May, Wednesday evening. Those
present were: Mrs. Ivalene Urich,
Miss Cadda Rumbaugh, Mrs. Louella
Koogler, Mrs. Freda Arthur, Mrs.
Dale Murray, Mrs. Dile Arnold, Mrs.
Josie Hall, Mrs. Bess Brackney, Mrs.
Hilda Badertscher, Mrs. Ethel Hell
ser, Mrs. Edith Downing, Mrs. Mil
dred Carey, Mrs. Catherine Schumach-
er, Mrs. Ruth Sumney, Mrs. Daisy
Ludwig, Mrs. Cora Ellis, Mrs. Paul
Faze and Mrs. Dwight Nichol.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hall and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Dorance Thompson
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. E l.. Rob
erts and daughter attended dinner
in honor of AIS Donald Roberts, who
is home on furlough.
Mrs. Joe Urich and children of Wa
pakoneta spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Urich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Downward return
ed from a two weeks visit with Mr.
and Mrs. John Alta of Cambridge
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fett were
Wednesday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ramsey of Beaverdam.
Billy Joe Downward of u. S. Navy is
spending "a furlough at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Downward
Mrs. Catherine Staley and Miss
Staley of Ada were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Desenberg and
daughter.
Mrs. Lula Roberts was Thursday
dinner guests of Mrs. Mary Shafer of
Ada.
Mrs. Bertha Desenberg was a Fri
day caller of Mrs. Marie Wingate of
Ada.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hall were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Bas-
slit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24

Clubbing out a IA to 2 decision
over the Findlay Point Service team,
Bluffton Triplett softball players
scored their 11th victory of the sea-
son Monday night at Findlay.
Bluffton teed off with a fve-run
assault in the first inning, and con-
tinued with sporadic outbursts until
the end of the game to score the
one-sided victory.
In the meantime Maynard Geiger
was turning in an excellent per-
formance on the mound for the
Triplett club, giving up only three
hits and retiring opposing batsmen
in order in six of the nine innings.
Findlay's lone two runs were fash
ioned in the fourth inning when the
team put together an error, base
on balls and a hit in their only
threat to Buttons superiority.
In the Triplett crews wild first
inning assault 10 men batted before
the side retired, and five men had
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24
Cragged Mountain Ranges Are Both
Friend And Foe In South America

| of volcanoes towering over lakes and
valleys of arresting beauty.
Atitlan, Izalco, 0motepee are
among the names that have, at one
time or another spelt magic or terror
with the columns of lava or smoke
given forth by their incandescent
cones. Poas, in Costa Rica, has the
unusual honor of being visible from
both the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Emerging into South America prop
er. the cordillera fingers out into three
distict ranges in Columbia. Bogata,
the capital, being placed on one of
these, nine thousand feet above the
sea.
As far as altitude is concerned, the
capitals of some of the countries of
Western South America can make
Believe-it-or-not-R Ripley happy.
Quito, in Ecuador, rises 1880 feet
high not far from Mount Chimborazo's s
20, 700 feet, while La Paz, in Bolivia,
the highest capital on earth lies 12,-
700 feet above sea level.
Other "highest in the world" are
the railroad from Lima to Cerro de
Pasco in Peru, Cotopaxi (19,613 feet)
highest active volcano, and Aconca-
qua "the mightiest peak in all the
New World" whose 1858 feet are
surpassed only by the SUBMITS of the
Himalayas in Asia.
Of the ten countries of South Amer.
lea, all except three-Brazil, Uruguay
and Paraguay, are touched" in one
way or another by the Andes. Ar.
gentina and Venezuela being of those
the least in contact with "the giant
who is at once a generous friend anc
an implacable foe."
AS a friend, the cordillera has
through its inexhaustible mining
treasures-been a source of wealth fol-
centuries.
The word "Andes" is said to come
from the Indian word anita, meaning
copper or metal in general. Fabulous
ly rich mines of gold, silver and cop
per were worked by the Incas and the
Aztecs as we'll as by their Spanish
conquerors.
1t was the lure for these riches tina
lead the Spaniards' colonization on
Even today deposits of lead, iron, plat
inum, quicksilver and tin have beer
powerful incentives for the Difficult
, feats of engineering that have mad,
the mountains accessible.
Their presence has also altered con
siderably, and most always favorably
J the climatic conditions of the countrie
it crosses.
AS foe, the cordillera has proves
to be for centuries, an almost uncross
; able barrie hindering civilization an,
; even friendship between nations, bu
the advent of aviation has, in coupl
of decades, brought that barrier down
Much more friend than foe, the cor
dillera is, undoubtedly, one of tn
outstanding geographical features o
the Western Hemisphere, one whicl
has played and will play an importan
part in its climatic, historical and &c
onomic background.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24
Flaming Meteor Hurting Earthward
Seen In Daytime By Bluffton Residents

A fiery object believed to have
been a meteor was seen hurtling
across middle western skies about
9:15 a. m. last Friday by several
persons in this area.
A truck driver who stopped here
Immediately after the occurrence
said that he saw what appeared to
be an airplane going down in flames
against the western morning sky.
He described it as a silvery shape,
resembling an airplane in the sun,
headed northwest and shooting rap
idly earthward with fire streaming
behind it. Then it disappeared from
sight behind the tree tops.
Mrs. Merle Folk who lives off
Route 25 about one-fourth mile west
of Route SO, near Mt. Cory, also re-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24
Lions Club Raises S25 For Harmon
Field In Benefit SOftbalI Contest

Bluffton Lions club raised more
than $25 to be used for the improve
ment of the Buckeye Lake swimming
pool and park in a benefit softball
game played at Harmon field last
Wednesday night, but lost the decis-
ion in the contest to the strong Trip
lett team by a score of 20 to 8.
In no respect could the tilt have
been termed a pitchers battle, for
the Triplett outfit dubbed out %
hits and the Lions club had II
safeties.
The latter outfit, many of whom
had not played for years, amassed
their total of hits largely because of
the fact that they were permitted
one more out in each successive in
ming. In the last frame they sent
15 men to bat before calling on Um-
pire Elmer Lichtenwalter to try his
wares as pinch-hitter and wher
he dribbled an easy infeld out the
Lions finally gave out.
Best defensive measure of the
Lions was their pre-game stipulation
that no more than nine Triplett
players would be permitted to BAT
in any one inning, regardless of the
number out, and that as much a.
anything else helped hold down the
score.
1t was worth all the aching backs
and pulled muscles, however, &C
cording to Lions President DR.. Cord
on Bixel, who announced that tn,
spectators contributed more than So
in a collection to help toward i'm
provements at Buckeye lake ant
park.
/ Tho hov ccora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-08-24
Honor Returned
Seaman

Honoring Cecil Richard, S &c, of
Camp Endicott, Davisville, r. l., a
family gathering was held Sunday
at the Jerry Basinger home on
Cherry street. Seaman Richard has
been spending 10 days leave with
his wife, the former Princess Ba-
singer, who has been living with her
father and sisters while employed
at the Triplett Electrical Instrument
Co. Seaman and Mrs. Richard are
spending the greater part of his
leave at their home in Helena Wis
iting his parents and other relatives
and friends.
Those who enjoyed the picnic din
ner at the Basinger home on Sunday
were as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Decker and daughter Eleanor of
Carey, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Basing-
er and daughter Luquetta Faye of
Pandora, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Ba-
singer and daughter Carolyn of La
fayette, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Richard
of Helena, Jerry Basinger and daugh
ters Myrtle, Pearl, Dorothy, and
Gaynell of the home, and Seaman
and Mrs. Richard.
Will power is what makes you do
what you know you should do when
you don't want to do it.