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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Stt III u teHL UtL UQy ana L0ke
phone calls"
that grin on his lips, just as he said to
me, Lets go see some fun
One day he went up to the hills Just
south of Cherbourg where the Jerry
was getting tough with the 4th Division
We didn't know where the front lines
were, but We drove cur jeep along a
road until we could hear the Schmeissers
chatting up ahead. American planes
were all around, as they were all the
time these days. No German plane in
sight. Two PATS came across the hedge
400 yards astern of us and dropped two
black packages. 'Whoom, whoom,' they
went as the driver speeded up. We
found regimental command post and
the worried colonel told us to take to
the hedgerows. Our boys are a little
careless today" he said THE lines
aren't exactly clear and they've been
straflng u.s." That was the day Hank
Gorren of the United Press and Bob
Landry of Life Magazine got Is yards
into the German lines and had to be
rescued.
Ammunition Dump Blows Up
We went back along the road. An
MP stopped us. Better not 20 down
there for while" he said to Danahy.
there's an ammunition dump explod-
ing" We could hear poppings so yards
OF in an orchard and occasionally a
louder boom"
Drive on" said Danahy. We went
past the other stopped traffic at so
miles an hour. hid behind a 1o-in-1
ration cardboard box, as If that would
stop bullets, but Danahy just sat there
IN the front seat with the stuff going
OH a few yards away.
You're crazy" yelled at him,
Nuts" he said. These things won't
hurt you" think he really believes It.
Danahy went to England in 1912 to
do job with the British on airborne
stun. There were plenty of staff confer
ences going on. A lot of things had to
be troned out, such as uniformity of
battle procedure, equipment and the
multitude of tiny things that add I'D to
the vital elements of wan Danahy was
IN the middle of 1t. His advice helped.
He never would tell me how many
jumps he has had by parachute from
an airplane.
"4ou Just Drop Out"
What difference does it maker" he
would say. you just drop out the door,
the prop blast yanks out your chute
and away you go. Nothing dangerous
about It,"
He hasn't had as many as the colonel
or 1t. Col. Bill Ryder, the guy who gets
lot of credit in some quarters for being
the father OF American parachutists.
The colonel has had more than 100
jumps, which is tempting fate some
what, and Ryder, who dropped in Sicily,
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Among Naples, Pines
These Days S.s eE '3;I E; s0ko5sY

look like Yankees, even taking on
their prejudices.
Our road. running between Otis
and New Boston Is approximately
eight miles. II is an unsurfaced
road which is scraped each year ac-
cording to the methods of the Pers.
ians and the Modes. The brush IL
cut and gravel is laid on over bad
spots. but good rain washes the
gravel away. After each winter,
the frost heaves up new rocks
which have to be Clipped OFF. A
few years ago. a bright and up
standing young man. got himself
elected first selectman and he has
put in some culyerts and tried TO
straighten out a few bad spots
but on the whole. these country
roads are not very much better
than they were when General Bur
goyne cut them open during the
French and Indian War.
There is no electricity for seven
out OF the eight miles. For my
own uses. have a small Delco
plant. but my neighbors still burn
lamps and candles as their ances-
tors did in medieval Europe. Some
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of them operate radios by batteries.
The. telephone service is OF the
model OF the Lord knows when.
The wiring is antiquated. The
switchboard is antiquated. The in
struments are Anticipated. None OF
this has anything 10 do with the
war, which is being used as an ex-
.cuse generally for inefilciency; II
was so before there was a war.
Few OF my neighbors on this road
have telephones; they often use
mine for important services like
calling a doctor or a vet. When a
storm hits the wires and fuse
boxes. the telephone might be out
OF order for some time.
They still teach the children In
a little red schoolhouse and al
though must say that the chill
dren do not suffer from some of
tho fancy buncombe that is given
in city schools. they do not get an
adequate education. The argu-
ment. so often used up here, that
Noah and Daniel Webster had no
better does not impress me, par
ticularly when realize that there
is no longer an excuse for the pri-
native character OF these schools.
There is one physician up here
who has a daily routine OF the un-
believable mileage of we'll above
100 a day, his day coming very
close to "a hours many times a
year. The nearest hospital is IS
miles away and the best Is 27
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AIMS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Recently there have been many
comments--bothf favorable and unfa-
vorable-regarding the articles
which we, the Governmental Affairs
Committee have been releasing
through this Public Opinion Col.
umn. What are your aims? What
are you after? What do you expect
to accomplish? Where Is this all
going to end? We have been asked
these and many other questions ill.,
Vulnerable times. and even though
our aims have been stated in the
Ypsilanti Daily Press previously,
we feel that re-statement OF these
aims are in order. They are as fol-
lows:
l. Lower Tax. Rate through bet
ter management of city govern
ment. a Equality in tax assess
ments. b. Central purchasing agen-
cy. c. Efficiency in all departments
OF the city. az Study OF the Yps'-
lanti budget. (2) Study and compar-
ison OF budgets OF other Michigan
cities.
2. Necessary Reyisions to our
City Charter. a. Bring necessity oil
charter revisions before citizens.
b. Work with Michigan Municipal
League on their recommendations
concerning charter revisions.
8. Greater Civic Consciousness
among the Citizens of Ypsilanti. a.
Get Out to Vote campaigns. b. Pub
lie interest in attending council
meetings. c. Creating more pubic
interest in all governmental al
fairs.
We are receiving the full coopera-
ton of the administrative heads OF
our city, which is enabling US 10
compile a complete and accurate
analysis OF our city's current bud
get.
Ypsilanti Junior Chamber OF
Commerce.
Governmental Affairs Committee
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For years and years, have been
listening TO politicians make grand
Eloquent and robust 4speeches about
what they have done, are doing
and will do for farmers, and | sup
pose that in small matters they do
enough 10 encourage proper voting
But i'm the essentials, namely, edu-
cation OF the young, rural electri.
fication. good roads for proper
transportation, a sufficiently cheap
and efficient telephone service so
that farmers might call doctors and
veterinarians, increased hospital
and nursing facilties-and other
essentials OF modern life. | note
that the noises OF the political pro-
duce inadequate action and results.
have a farm in a rural com.
munity in western Massachusetts.
in the Berk shires. which il you like
nature not too attended by summer
hotels, is one of the glories of the
eastern part of the United States.
Our folks are Woodworking. small
farmers. mostly Yankees. with n
few Poles and other foreigners
thrown in. 1t is remarkable how
rapidly those Europeans talk and
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miles away. He could do with q
permanent nurse or two IL there
were enough money in it TO pay
for one-which by any calculation
there is not.
am not complaining | love
this place and come back TO 1t
year after year like homing pig
con and thank God that there is
still such simplicity upon the earth.
But | must admit candidly that the
simplicity is a tonic for me; 1t Is
the permanent fare OF these people.
and their young leave and go where
the comforts and advantages OF life
are closer to that which is so elo-
quently described in the magazine
advertisements and which they see
in the movies when they get at
them. II the politicians really
want to do a job for the farmer,
this piece points the way to essen
tial Improvements OF life.
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CAPTAIN KILLED

Detroit, Aug. al AP - Capt.
Tellas d. Lee, "a, OF the Romulus
Ferry ComWand. was killed and
his wife Alice, SO. was seriously
injured early Sunday when an au-
tomobile in which they rode with
friends collided with another ma.
chine. Mrs. Theresa Wilson, 40,
suffered fatal injuries Saturday
when, police said. she stepped from
between two parked cars into the
path OF a moving automobile.
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The Rest Of Ny Life With You

Morley. These two, a secretary
and a nurse, while Irene, doubling
in white, performed both duties for
her husband. She thanked heaven
every day of her life for Nellie,
who ran the apartment with the ut
most efficiency. A cleaning woman
came in for the heavy work and
once week, on Nellie's day out,
Irene cooked dinner.
Luncheon was a matter Of sand
witches and milk, sent in, and shared
with Matthew on his desk, if he
happened to be in the office. II he
was out on calls. he took lunch
where he found it and his remark
able digestion survived. During
the first year they often ate out
on Nellie's day off but this proved
to be too expensive. Sometimes
Kate switched her day off, and they
went to Mary's but as a rule Irene
managed to get home in time to
cook dinner. Under Nellie's tuition
she was becoming a much better
cook, Matthew told her.
At the end Of the second year the
books showed a profit and Matthew
was able to pay not only the up
keep of the apartment but Nellie as
well. They couldn't save, however.
He had to have good clothes, he had
to make an appearance and to
maintain his car. Office equipment
came high and he insisted upon the
best and the newest Sometime he
would have his own X-ray, he told
Irene. It would be more convenient
for his patients, cheaper for them
in the long run. He'd have q tech
nician.
What about mel" asked Irene,
who was giving diathermy treat
ments, taking metabolisms, and
giving hypodermics. She was an
intelligent, quick pupil. Matthew
was interested in glands and in al
leroy, just coming into prominencs
then.
"You have enough on your
hands," he told her.
Matthew stopped in to see his
mother one late winter afternoon
and found her sitting by the fire
over a cup Of tea, with book beside
her.
"I'm so glad you came, was
lonely. expected Lynn, but he was
delayed" she said.
"How is he? l haven't seen him
since we all dined with him before
Christmas"
Hes fine. But his wife has been
i'll again. He had to go upstate to
see her. You know how that is, it
tears him to pieces each time"
"Poor fellow!" murmured Mat
thew.
as Irene all right7" asked Mary.
81 thought she looked rather pale
last night"
"She's fine" answered Matthew.
Look here, mother, she's been at
me again"
about what?"
"Oh, you, of course, and the shop,
and working too hard"
I'm not, l never felt better"
He said briskly, "It won't be long
before you have me entirely of
your hands. Another year and
think well be out of the woods-'
Ito be continued)
osoyrisht. 1919. By Faith Baldwin cgthrcni
| Disuibuisd ~ Kias Features syndie.i@ la
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-21

WASHINGTON, --AP- Presi-
dent Sveinn Bjornsson, OF Iceland,
has arrived in Washington for
meetings with President Roose-
welt and State Department officials.
Bjornsson, whose country has gar
risoned thousands OF American
troops since pre.war days, was a
White House guest. He expects 70
visit New York Aug q before re.
turning TO Iceland.
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THEY say

Albany-Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey,
Republican presidential nominee:
"In view especially OF the progress
of the war in Europe | am con-
viaced that every effort to organize
both temporarily and permanently
for the establishment % lasting
peace should be accelerated.
Misunderstanding OF state
Corden Hull in a message to GOV.
Dewey: 81 am immensely gratified
to receive your assurance OF d.
partisan cooperation in the effort
to establish lasting peace"
Washington-Rep. Clare Boothe
Luce opposes permanent acqulsl'
ton by the United States OF Allan
tic or Pacific islands except those
essential to keep the peace: why
take them over since we are COINS
to free them anyway"
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By Faith Baldwin

DR.. johnson was . classmate Of
Matthews, somewhat his senior.
They'd have a long day. Matthew
would play golf. There would be
too much to drink and eat. Monday,
work would begin in earnest
She said, Matthew, on Mon
day"
"On Monday" said Matthew
sleepily, 81 announce to a waiting
world that l am open for business.
You're the drawing card, darling
g.. the prettiest Office nurse :"
His voice trailed off. Suddenly he
reused himself and said in a brisk,
loud tone, "Wait till a years gone
byl"
why a year?"
But he was sleeping without
sound, his curly head on his arm,
his big bare chest rising and fall
ing rhythmically.
Irene put aside the book and
crept cautiously from bed. She
opened the windows, she pulled q
blanket over Matthew, it might be
very chilly before morning. She
looked around the room shirt
draped over a chair, one shoe on the
bureau, another under the bed, his
trousers flung across the foot OF
the bed, his coat
Irene picked things up, retrieved
his socks from unlikely places and
went to put them in the laundry
basket in the bathroom. She came
back cautiously, but he still slept
soundly; she hunted out fresh
socks, clean underwear. She
thought, l really should shine his
shoes. He'll forget if I tell him
tomorrow to have them shined.
I Well, she could in the morning
when she got up early to get int
the bathroom ahead of him and Il
cook breakfast. 1t will be so com
Portable to have Nellie here, she
thought. Still, it worried her. Mel
lies wages were higher than they
could afford to pay for long time
and Mary had carried the burden
for so long, it wasn't fair to expect
her to carry it now. Nellie, all the
extras which Matthew's allowance
didn't cover. And the Office as well
all that expensive equipment.
She thought, browsing off, vel
perhaps he's right-perhaps in q
year. -.
Matthew was right. At the enc
Of a year he was beginning to bt
firmly established. BY the end Of
two he was exceptionally busy. Pa
tients sent other patients to him
His first debutante had published
him abroad, in night clubs anC
cafes and over luncheon tables
"My dear, l have discovered thu
most beautiful doctor =. he's stu
pendous! The handsomest crittel
you ever saw. And good. ] wax,
up every morning hopeful tina
what have is worse than hang
over"
ais he married, Babs?"
"Nice blond little thing. Sh'
works in his Office" Babs sighed
AT that" she said sadly, "he does
mt give me tumble; maybe that
why I keep on going to him."
| Matthew got on very well will
his associates, stocly, redhcadeC
Bill Taylor and lanky, sober San
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SYNOPSIS

Mary Norman, attractive widow,
lived chiefly for her son, DR..
Matthew Norman. The income
from her decorating shop had seen
him through college. She was
overjoyed when lovely Judith
Lambert, daughter of an old friend,
dropped in for a visit en- route to
Maine for the summer. Mary had
INDUCED in mental matchmaking
anent Judith and her son For
years Lynn Mortimer, lawyer, has
been in love with Mary, but his
wife. a mental patient. was still
living. Mary was stunned when
Matthew married Irene Murray,
nurse. Mary found her daughter
in-law charming. Irene continued
at the hospital until Matthew began
practice and then became his Office
nurse. In the fall, Judith Lambert
dined at Mary's with Irene and
Matthew. At dinner Mary warned
Irene she'd spend the rest of her
life picking up after Matthew. He
teased Judith about being an old
maid, but after her departure,
predicts someone will snatch her
up soon" Lynn calls with some
books for Mary, two of which
Matthew promptly borrows. Be-
fore leaving. Matthew orders his
mother to bed after Lynn had
pointed out how tired she looked.
Irene, too, is worried about Mary's
health and tells Matthew he should
persuade her to give up the shop.
CHAPTER TWELVE
"Irene," said Matthew, and his
gray eyes laughed at her, will you
stop worrying? Can you imagine
me in a little place? l had enough
of cramped quarters as an intern
Sometimes | felt like throwing bed
and bureau out the window in or
der to breathe. If you don't stop
, think I'll throw you out the window
right now"
He pushed his glass aside, rose,
picked Irene up in his arms, carried
her to their room and dumped her
unceremoniously on her bed. She
lay there, laughing at him. She
couldn't help it. He sat down and
demanded, will you be good?"
Matthew leaned over her, and
kissed her long and hard upon the
mouth. Irene lay still, her heart
pounding. She loved him so much.
She was always passive under his
tender, savage love-making.
She said, How about that mys-
terry story"
"Not yet"
Later, Irene sat up in her bed
the pillows behind her, the ligh;
shining on the book, and read
aloud. Matthew lay pillowless, his
head on his crossed arms and lis.
tened, relaxed, yawning. Now and
then he put his hand across the
space between and touched hei
arm.
you're not listening" she &C.
cused him.
Irene was so terribly tired. Her
nerves quivered with fatigue. To.
morrow she must go down TO the Of
fee and see that everything was In
place. Tomorrow was Saturday
Sunday they had promised TO &c
out to the Johnsons on the Island.
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WAR FUND DIRECTORS

Lansing, Aug. FLAP - Two
Michigan men. Albert L. Miller.
Battle Creek, president OF Federal
ed Publications, Inc, and Frank ID.
Eaman. Detroit attorney and form
err police commissioner have been
appointed to the board of directors
of the National War Fund. II was
announced today.
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SEEK DRIVER

Lansing, Aug. 21-AP-Police to-
day were seeking the driver OF a
car which fatally injured Gerald
Arthur Herrick, IS, of Holt. short
ly after midnight Sunday morning
as he was returning from the Ing
ham County Fair with three conf
DaniOnS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-21
Your Health
Specialists Find
Combination Nose,
Throat Ailments
BY Logan Giendennlns, M. o.

THE SPECIALITY of the nose
1nd throat was not Joined TO that of
the ear just because all the struc-
lures and organs involved happen
to be above the collar line. The
nose, throat and ear combine to
form a physiologic unit. They are
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YouTA pRoWNs

Pontiac, Aug. FLAP - Alfred
Ayoub. II, Detroit, drowned in Ce-
dar Island Lake near Pontiac when
the boat in which he was riding
capsized, deputy sheriffs said.
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DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
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Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
At the meeting wCTU the home OF Mrs Charles
Harris elected T. Huckle president Mrs
Snidecor vice president Miss Hattie Rood recording
secretary Milton Webb corresponding secretary Mrs Leon
Hathaway, treasurer.
Miss Margaret Boss the Torch Clubs first president who
married Paul Ehman, presented with
Stratfofd Avon the clubs president Mrs Ethel
Van Etten. The 80 present autographed picture.
Births To Mr. and Ray Rayznar, Bellevlle boy.
Boyer Hospital. To Mr. and Mrs Pikingon (Thema
SMITH Brooklyn. N. Y, a daughter, Mary Jane
la Fifty Years Ago
The drought and the bean weevi playing
local bean crop The grain yield also disappointing
drouth.
Death: Alice NJ Cowel, 1s, o tuberculosis
Fred johnson and Henry Patt attending the
ms where Wilkie Hnox is competing.
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Public Opinion

Discussion OF any subject OF
general interest is invited in
these columns. Writer'S name
must be given but may be
withheld from print IL desired.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
Believe 1943 Crop
OF Cotton Will
Reach $4,000 Bales

In its last ginning report for
the year, the U. S. Census Bureau
reported Arizona ginnings at 129,
against 191 ,999 for the 1912 crop
from a much larger acreage. At
the time the report came out some
Pinal county gins were still oper-
ating and cotton was still being
picked in various places in the
state.
Cotton authorities estimated
there will be another 1000 to 5000
running bales ginned in Arizona,
to give a total of around $4,000
bales of 500 pounds each for the
1943 crop.
American-Egyptian cotton OF the
state crop is almost all ginned,
trade sources reported Monday.
Best estimates are that Ameri-
an-Egyptian accounts for slightly
under $4,000 running bales glnned.
Arizonas cotton crop for 1943
was grown on 1O7 900 harvested
acres of short staple cotton, and
90 900 acres of American-Egyptian.
In 1912, state growers harvested
$4,000 acres of short staple cotton
and $4,000 acres of American
Egyptian, the long staple producing
about $4,000 bales, upland the re-
mainder.
The U. S. Census Bureau report
ed that 11.120,512 running bales, or
|11,42O,561 equivalent 500-pound
bales of cotton, exclusive of linters,
had been ginned in the nation.
Ginnings from tie 1912 crop were
12,438,033 running bales, or 1888,
SOC equivalent 500 pound bales.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
Coolidge Locals

Q Mrs. A. ]. Simmons, her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Lester Simmons, and
her aunt, Mrs. Bob Davis, spent
Tuesday shopping in Phoenix,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24

evening he isn't having guard du-
ty.
Mrs. Goodman, who came out
with me, is working and has a
room, although it isn't as nice as
mine-it was just all there was to
be had. There are no apartments,
they run $85 and up and there are
$50 couples ahead waiting for
them"
There are four beauty shops in
La Jolla, with quite a number of
girls working at each place, Mrs.
Skrla says. She had not planned
to start working so soon, but in
looking the situation over, she was
so surgently requested to start that
she agreed. They even asked II
1 knew where they could get six
more operators. There is a million
dollar hotel on the beach here and
it's guests have already started
getting their tans. Most of them
are young women and it surely
makes one wonder what their fu-
ture lot in life will be-" Mrs. Skrla
asks to be remembered to al her
Coolidge friends.