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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18

TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
COME time ago I received your
- letter bringing the welcome
news that through your instru-
mentality and the generosity Of
your Christmas Ship Club the
boys of my unit at this post
would receive 80 Christmas
packages, intended primarily for
those boys who might not other
wise receive Christmas gifts.
This is a grand and glorious
idea, one that simply sparkles
with the real Christmas spirit
the desire 10 bring happi-
ness and Joy and peace 10 hearts
that would otherwise not have
those blessings. That's In exact
imitation of Christ. therefore
the true Christmas spirit! You
and the members Of your club
will surely be blessed by Our
Lord.
Christmas Is a time. too, when
ones thoughts seem TO be occu-
pied with the one single picture
of home. particularly If one is
away from home. For all of
us here, this is the second
Christmas away from home. and
for many of US, the third and
fourth.
Your gifts are going TO help
keep alive and vivid and at
tractive and desirable that pic
ture" of home with its love and
peace and contentment, partICu-
larly for those whose home ties
scarcely exist those to whom
your gifts Will 90.
! have already received note
from Mrs, Elmer Hickman. sec
rotary of the Mons of America.
Unit No. Is of Pennington say
ing that her unit would send
30 Of the boxes. And two other
boxes have already arrived.
One Is from 1st 1t. Nina
Muncy, WAC recruiting office
in the Bull Building. and thu
other from 1t. Charlotte Olson
OF the same address. Oh, my,
This is going 10 cause some kind
OF stir or other. Two poor
privates are going 20 be worry
ing their brains out about how
private should acknowledge
eft from a lady lieutenant, Do
YOU know that neither | nor any
of my boys has ever seen one
of those WACs except in mag
azlne ads
l am very glad that you As-
tened 10 Father Bill Foley.
You and each member Of your
club have my deepest gratitude.
and l thank each Of you now
IN tho name Of the lad who will
receive your gift In return.
may Our Lord give each Of You
a heart full of JOY and content
ment and peace that will make
your Christmas truly happy
one
JOHN II. BYRNF, Chaplain.
Hq. LIST Bin, -5sth Inf.
APO 937, Seattle, Wash.
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Page 8-TUesdsy, Janoory 49, 1914
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Originally in England 'tffc coroner was
necessary to determine officially whether
violent death had been accidental or the
result of feudal whim.
Today every city police department
boasts thoroughly competent medical
staff and the coroner's findings in cases
of violent death are purely expensive
dPIcauon-of the more capable findings
OK the police mSdicaI examiner
Most c0rOners are political parasites
The sooner their function is wiped out
mere the sooner The people of Michigan
viii be on their way 10 properly modern
and economic governmental machinery.
The DETROIT TIMES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
Knowledge Test
By DIR. SABINA CONNOLLY

What does Yule mean: (a)
white Christmas; Cb) the
festival Of the sun, tc) the
log ceremony?
2--If the king OF England had
a cake for his birthday in
December, can YOU guess
how many candles he would
be entitled to? ca 30. Cb)
50. CO. as.
ST battle is called a Cad
mean victory. does II mean
that: ca the victors SUI
fered as much as their enc
mics; tb) that SaberS were
used; (c) that the victor
took the SpoilS?
4 is a lull in fighting a period
Of: .(a) attack. OBJ rest. (c)
retreat?
3 Qne Of these lis an admiral
tal Hialmar Schacht. tb)
Kichisaburo n ura: to-
James ByrneS.
6 Match these columns cor
rectly The items in the Sec
ond column explain the terms
LuScl IN column one .--
yellow JACK y " GREAT Brifain's nag
D.. Union JACK W-Puh'fC eXcCufi'1or.
c. Black Jack. Hopper sulphafe
blue Jack "a leather covered
club
Jack Retch Sign ~ quarsrtinA
ANSWERS on Opposite Pageb
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Again. Why COrOnerS?

DETROIT police are critical Of the
~ Wayne County Coroners office
because in a current murder case the VIC
tim lay in the morgue y hours before il
was learned he had been shot TO death
through the stomach In the intervening
period the case had been considered
natural death
This is incredible ,lt,povokes again
the oft repeated contention Of this ncws-
paper that the coroner's office is obsolete
and should be eliminated
The eeFeReF,- like SHERIFF. rs z
holdover in our law enforcement struc-
ture from medieval English custom.
Page a-TyesdsH JsnastY la. 80
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Universal Military
Training

A NATIONAL program of universal and
Il compulsory military training in time Of
peace, which the Hearst newspapers advo-
Gated persistenty and earnestly for many
years before the present war, now has the
support Of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.
In an address before the Cleveland coun-
cit Of the Boy Scouts Of America, Secretary
Knox -rrrrtTrary
training for American youth before the war
would have prevented "one Of our more glar-
ing weaknesses which the war has disclosed
our physical weakness and our physical
unreadlness.'
For the future, he is convinced, such
program would be "ene Of the best measures
we can take to insure that our individual
liberties will be preserved"
"Such a system of universal training Is in
he said.
Il can think of scores of benefits which
would flow from an intelligent use of this
principle. =. As people, we are still shocked
to discover that more than half of our young
men are physically unfit"
f1E hedISt newspapers nave mad and eN-
i pressed the same conviction over long
period Of years. In an editorial on June 9,
1910, for instance II Was asserted:
Universal military training these news
papers firmly believe and have many times
said, would not only provide for the security
OF the nation but would almost certainly
assure US of being a permanently peaceful
nation"
Before that, Mr. William Randolph Hears,
had frequently discussed the subject in his
personal column, In the News saying
why should not the wonderful public
school system which every state in this vast
union possesses, he made more effective in
the performance of its duty Ia the cit7Pnry
by adding military training to the service il
renders the state and the individual"
A GAIN Nj. Hears, said
Il why should not the public schools
produce citizens a fine mentally physically
and morally and officially a. any presented
TO Uncle Sam by any Institution in this broad
land; and why should not this great public
school system produce and present 10 the
nation the best potential soldiers in the world
capable OF defending the land that bore them
and the institutions that bless them. from
attack by any Of the predatory powers which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
Quick Questions

capt Joe Fo>S and Mai.
Gregory Boylngton of the
Marine Corps were the first
American pilots IN this war
tQ match World War / rec.
ord ol Capt Eddie Ricken-
hacker for shooting down
enemy planes which was.
81 -G ~ COZ to planes
only iom of theatrical en-
tortabmont wholly Of Amer
lcdn origin is which ballet.
movies nluStrelSy or bur
rsWs
The Constitution requires
Congress 10 moot how often:
~ least once each ,a) two
years .hl year (cl six
months?
The units of AZ electrical
pressure. 'b} electrical
current and lc) Of electrical
resistance ail have different
names. Which is which
ampore volt and ohm
lN iH~ Is the huhd4fe ot DAN
inI Whistler Whn won fame
y 'ln American history "a, what
dictionary editor, statesman
ur novelist
'' Nn1' single animal IS whit
Izl-- ACiiuW al ufr1f dark
green az dawn bright green
0 sunlight brown on a
h0l-h and black when lrrl-
fafed7
Answers on Opposite Page
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NEWS
BEHIND
THE NEWS
-ByPou.
MaIIon

UASHI%GT0% Tan rs Only
w people freely speaking their
minds those days ON the issues
Of the day are the men al the
front or uSt back
Although they are millions
strong and VIII be the prevail
ing influence ON the country
alter the war their views are
seldom publicly reported
Their common line of thought
Gas far as ! have BEEN able 70
Judge m conversational, Is fairly
accurately presented in a letter
from an army captain, received
hy hIS4athcr newspaper edl-
tor.
Things look different out
here, southwest Pacific, and
there is pIcntN OF time Ia reflect
on past life because life ont here
- 30 primitive, ~ basic, stripped
of all Injuries and nicetieS that
as American kids we took for
granted as part Of our country.
But now that We are giving. we
have gained much finer per-
CeptiNe--a finer appreciation.
- Nd for one do not de
Il sire 10 quit until we've
wiped Out-not Just beaten down
90 an unconditional surrender
hut wiped out--the youth Of ia
pan and Germany and Italy.
For n We do not, we shall have
children who will, in % years,
have To fight the children grow
Ing up In those countries now
with warped minds.
But will America get soft9
believe she is yet, and will go
easy on them. suppose the
American people still refuse to
face imperialism. But they
damn sight better learn quick
English mandates are being
handed back on a silver platter
out here 10 the English gov
ern0r as he moves i'm again
islands practically bathed in
marines blood. There il one l
can think Of at present. and
back To dear old England IL
goes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
Years PMy for
Veterans Urged
THE AMERICAN LEGION
CALIFORNIA HUT, POST NO. 273
Los ANGELES, CALF,
January 9Th, 1914.
Mr.. William r. Hearst,
Los Angeles Examiner,
I'LL South Broadway
Los Angeles, California.

UtdI III,
California Hut, Post 273 of the American
Legion, at its regular business meeting held Janu-
airy 4th. 1914 went on record as being in favor of
a years muStering-Out pay to all honorably dis
charged veterans Of World War II, and that action
be taken by Congress to cut red tape and provide
adequate legislation for the future disabled de-
tenders Of our country
HaSmUch as our membership IS composed of
disabled veterans from World War and ID from
World War H. we can sympathize with the dis
abed veterans being discharged from this present
conflict, as so many World War veterans have
had similar experiences in years past.
Keep up the magnificent fight for a JUST
and WORTHY CAUSE
Thanking you again,
CLAUDE KEMP, FRED J. ANSLEY,
Adjutant Commander.
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might seek to deprive us Of our Independence
and to destroy our libertieso"
Viewing with concern the progress Of the
war-hen raging in Europe and with far
greater concern our own unpreparedness Of
defense, Mr.. Hearst challenged
What better preparedness is there than a
whole citzenry mitary trained in their
vurtt' uut rruhy ~ respond -r1p1btv- ami
skillfuIy and utterly effectively, to a nations
GALE"
II HIS column Of May %, 1910, Mr. Hearst
L observed that the democratic nation Of.
Switzerland had maintained its peace and
security and also its democracy under a pro.
gram of universal military training
let us review the citizen soldicry of
Switzerland" he said land see if there are
not there principles and practices which can
be adapted to the use of our republic In
Switzerland there is no standing army what
ever hut a truly national militia which cor
responds in sense To our national guard,
except that it is completely comprehensive
and requires the services in some form of
EVERY CITIZEN"
Conservativey estimating that such
system in the United States would give this
country a permanent reservoir of 10 million
militarily trained citizens, Mr.. Hearst con-
Cluded
What nation on the face of Gods green
earth would come 5000 miles across the seas
to attack nation periodically defended by
TEN MILLION amply armed and adequately
trained citizen soldiers"
7 INHAPPILY, the United States did not
~ train and arm 10 million soldiers, or
even a small fraction of that number
Consequently, a predatory and powerful
enemy did cross thousands of miles Of the
Pacific Ocean 10 assault Pearl Harbor and TO
menace the entire Pacific Coast of the United
States
OF course the United States could have
been prepared for this war and could probably
have prevented it by program of universal
and compulsory military training, as the
Hearst newspapers so long contendcd and as
Secretary Knox now agrees.
We can stil prevent future wars by the
same means. Let us not again be as indiffcr-
cnt 10 our security as We were u those
negiectful years lest we again have dcs'Iuc-
tive wars in the future IN the pattern of the
present destructive and terrible war
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"NHIS all may sound blood
thirsty to the average
civilian very comfortable and
safe in an easy chair In car
peted home.
Il Just got acquainted with
primitive instincts that l fig
ured would never have 10
know. But | must rely on them
nQW-tO preserve the civilization
learned at Amherst.
it---.-->f+,--- Ff.sse.A-la-a -AAaA-
tOgct acquainted with the ways
our old pioneer ancestors did
things. We, like they, hew our
homes out of the forests, live
simply and plainly.
They tell me marines would
battle and wash clothes in
rivers and streams almost under
fire-So strong was the habit
from earlier training 90 keep
clean.
- LNEN now. washing clothes
II Is pretty primitive. |
usually do mine on the hood of
a leep with the 'front.' end half
way into the stream. Makes a
good dashboard. and a fast
running river furnishes plenty
of water.
Don't think just because we
are i'm the service We don't
have opinions"
Yes. and they viii be bring
ing them back-a strengthened
respect for the American way
OF life, a hrSt-hand knowledge
Of the inferiority and compcu-
ton OF other systems, A haired
OF political receptions, or small
talk propaganda In short
new realistic knowledge of the
world
4 Ny politician, ambitious for
n future office, could well 20
after the soldier vote by casting
d>lue Inc Old-tllne methods OF
promising pensions or making
laudatory speeches about the
brave boys and by sitting down
and talking with them straight
il this war merely frees this
country of the old political
double talk, hogwaShlng and
whitcwaShng vote buying with
public funds, Of the old tricks
of deception, and bring politics
ont into the open. IT may save
millions of lives in future poht-
cal wars.
bsr.hl'e' hy Kins Features sy7d Inc
HepHalruon N whole or In part
strictly prohibited
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TO THE EDITOR.

~ Ifir. fDl Ok.
WHAT happened 70 the prom
W iSeS We parents rot before
drafting the boys Of Is years OF
age. that they would not be sent
overseas for a year or unul they
had plenty Of training
nave son who was drafted
The end Of March. home for n
fve-day furlough in July He
was sent over by the middle
Of September and reported
wounded in action Dec S
II seems very unjust n pgf
boys into action with such shor,
training Even boxers and foot.
ball players get--more training
time md They are 20 NEE, q
nation that has been preparing
Tor war for 20 years or more
MRS. CHARLES BiJNaI
TO THE EDITOR
| HAVE a hrother-in-law IN
Il the army and his wife and I
have been writing him She one
day and / the next. He keeps
asking US what is the matter
or trouble at homo as ne does
not receive any letters from
home We send packages and
ne writes back that he didn
receive any
Nearly every friend that
comes home on Through tells
VS. and asks US the same thing.
Following are few limos
just received from my brother:
II don't know what the trouble
IL back home. II must he pretty
bad. The last letter l received
was mailed Dec. 49,
II don't know why suffer
for what goes on NJ home, hut
from now on I'll write To whom
writes to me.
ITS bad enough 10 he away
from home from the people I
love and trust. but even they
let me down. Maybe YOU think
have heart Of stone.
Eventually II will be.
II still love YOU and trust
you and VIII It'll I dir. MAY
God bless YOU and keep you In
good health" Johnnie
MRS. MARY MEROUX.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
POLITICAL PARADE
By GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN

DALLAS, Jan. 1S-Gov. John
~ w. Brcker of ONO has
brought his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for pres
ldent boldly into a state which
Is obviously lowering on tho
borderllne of political loyalty
TO the Roosevelt New Deal
One can>obtain two sets of
opinions here, from purely
Democratic sources.
According to one opinion.
Texas Will cast its electoral vote
for the Democratic candidate
for President, even for Mr..
Roosevelt If he should run for
fourth term. But probably. and
certainly in the latter event. by
a greatly reduced Democratic
majority
There is likely 10 be a very
large Stay-at-home Democratic
vote in Texas this year.
THIS means thar while there
IS widespread dissatisfaction
with the Roosevelt New Deal
administration. II viii not cause
Texas 10 desert the Democratic
Party
There is another Democratic
opinion here IN Dallas, which is
this that the people of Texas
arc completely fed up on the
RECOMMENDATION of the New Deal
on the lneffIcienCy Of the RoOSe-
Welt bureaucracy. and on certain
Social-polltlcal policies OF the
RoOScvcltS, especially those
more Identified I'm the public
mind with Mrs Roosevelt
According 20 this opinion
Texas Will 60 Republican in the
presidential election tins year.
II the Republican party VIII
nominate an attractive Candi-
date
NENDELL l. WlILKlF was
w d6tn Mere clustering abound
rn November and "a student OF
political trends inquiry con-
lned strictly 10 good Demo
Gratis. and mot embracing any
Republicans observers quite n
little Wlllue sentiment TIN Us
raiura he is i'm reality a
Democrat and he appeals 20
those Democrats who share tho
desire of the tration IN
Evening star., 1944-02-09
MurshuIIs
Continued From First Page.)

'SpIlOiIiOCd IIOIH TlISb EdRc.J
days after Kwajalein was invaded
January 81.
1t can now be disclosed that or
February S, Admiral Nimitz stood al
the invasion scene-sbout $500 miles
from Tokio-and observed:
Henceforth it will be very difficult
Tor the Japanese to use the Marshall.
AS bases-even for submarines"
The victory will "serve to speed ul
the tempo" Of the Pacific war.
1t definitely shortens commune
cations to the South Pacific anc
the Southwest Pacific"
1T is great pleasure that we
did 1t with such small losses (28t
American dead-8,122 Japanese"
japanese plane strength, particu-
larly naval air power, obviously is
considerably under its peak.
The enemy lacks destroyers ito
escort their supply conveys or to
make up an adequate battle fleet"
However. Admiral Nimitz firmly
believes that Japan cannot be de-
feated from the sea alone and said
yesterday. after returning from the
Kwajalein inspection, that his OBJ
jective Is ito get our ground and
air forces into China as early as
possible"
To correspondents at a press con-
ference he remarked "the Japs can
only be defeated from bases in
China" and, although giving no
indication of such an offensive time
table, added:
I think that II you'll watch the
Evening star., 1944-02-09

struck against CIO contracts with
the mills"
t2) "A Kansas City dispatch said
that 100 tons of war material lay
on docks, in warehouses and on sta
ton platforms when 900 truck driv-
ers employed by Al companies
walked out today, protesting the
War Labor Boards refusal to grant
wage increases.
The items, included in the regular
Domei news broadcast, were sand
wiched between Toxic story on the
recently concluded Diet session and
a dispatch purporting to come from
Lisbon which declared that the
Chinese were growing restive "over
the absence of major action against
the japanese in Burma"
The Kansas City truck drivers,
members of Local No. Al, an AFL
truck drivers union, returned to
work this morning after a 24-hour
Evening star., 1944-02-09

communiques, you'll see us mov-
ing on"
He limited strongly that his Navy
Army and Marine Corps forces in
tended to take leading part In
the China offensive.
Latest pictures and press dis
paches from Kwajalein portrayed
graphically how complete was the
preparatory devastation wrought by
battleship guns, bombing planes and
artillery.
One photograph taken by Frank
Filan, Associated Press cameraman
representing the wartime still pic
ture pool, showed broken concrete
and twisted steel that once was q
three-story enemy blockhouse. An
other showed half dozen bodies
Of Japanese lying near the rem
nants Of 4 pillbox.
Attackers Go Ashore Quickly.
Left Erickson, Associated Press
war correspondent who went ashore
with United States 7th Army divi-
sion forces on Kwajalein Island,
said the preparation was so deadly
that all assault waves were able to
get ashore within half an hour. AS
one evidence of the destruction, he
reported that twin-mounted 6-inch
naval guns had been blown or the
mount into the emplacement pit.
Technical Sergt. Walter c. Coch-
rane, marine combat correspond
ent. also on Kwajalein Island, said
shells and bombs sent pieces OF
concrete sailing through the air
like bits Of paper"
What was once the islands air
Evening star., 1944-02-09
13 More Jap Planes
Downed in Big Allied
Attack on Rabau|
Ey the Associated Press.

'S ''N n"ootlhbeL fTeSS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb
9,-Allied airmen have shot down 13
more japanese planes over Rahaul.
New Britain, bringing to Ill the
number OF enemy aircraft reported
destroyed there so far this month
and putting this japanese South
Pacific bastion high on the list of
suicide assignments for the Mikado's
pilots.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
mulque today said Mitchell medium
bombers and Liberator heavies. with
fighter cover-more than $50 planes
struck Lakunai Airdrome at mid
day Sunday with 124 tons of bombs.
The planes were from Admiral Will
liam F. Halsey's bases in the Solo,
mon Islands.
1t was the seventh raid on Rabaul
since February ! and the fifth on
Lskunai Field.
Airdrome repair shops and revet-
ments were blown up or set afire.
and aside from the 13 enemy planes
positively accounted for, the attack
ers chalked up 10 probables. Dam
age to Allied craft was minor, the
communi1ue said.
January communicates reported
more than 400 japanese aircraft de-
stroyed and 1872 more probably de-
stroyed against an Allied loss of at
least 78.
Evening star., 1944-02-09

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Toxic Radio Reports
u. ). Labor Unrest
BY the Associated preS,

BY the Associated Press.
Rejecting the close attention with
which American labor problems are
followed in Axis countries, the Toxic
radio today broadcast these two
items which the Domei News Agency
said had been received via Lisbon:
ID "A dispatch from Fall River
Mass, said that the United States
Army took over operation of seven
textile plants last night at the di-
rection OF Roosevelt, owing to q
strike by independent unions which
Evening star., 1944-02-09

strip looked like a field plowed with
a giant hook" he reported.
In contrast with japanese sue
cess in remaining alive in under
ground shelters in the Gilberts, the
devastation on Kwajalein even
searched them out In big reinforced
caves.
William L. Worden, Associated
Press war correspondent, quoted a
captain who visited one such cave
as saying, THE place was a hor-
rible mess, with dead Japs all
around"
Evening star., 1944-02-09

layoff. Their return was urgently
requested yesterday by Government
officials and an Army officer.
They had stopped work in protest
of ruling of the WLB's National
Trucking Commission denying them
a scent hourly wage increase. A
key rate of 73 cents an hour is in
effect. The drivers agreed to re-
turn to work pending further nego-
tiations.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
lloyd K. Garrison Named
Morse Successor ON WlB

Lloyd K. Garrison. executive di-
rector and general counsel of the
War Labor Board. was named by
President Roosevelt today as public
member of the board to succeed
Wayne L. Morse. who resigned re-
Gently to seek the Republican sena-
torial nomination in Oregon.
Dean Garrison, formerly a mem
Der OF the faculty of the University
OF Wisconsin. was chairman of the
first National Labor Relations Board
The President also named four al
Evening star., 1944-02-09

ternate public members of the board.
They are Edwin E. Witte. Detroit:
Frank B. Marley. New York; Dexter
M. Keezer. Portland. Greg. and Lewis
M. Gill, Cleveland.