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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

I COULD make myself out
L quite a stinker with the
booze peddlers and the booze
listers by pursuing my sug-
gestion the government proclaim
a cooling off period when the
war ends in Europe to minimize
the drunkenness that will surely
prevail in this nation and pre-
vent many accidents and some
deaths.
1t was my thought, as some of
my readers may recall, that a
recess from liquor selling of
about three days from the mo-
ment of the armistice would
cut the debauchery that is be-
ing made a matter of careful
planning by some of our citizens.
And l also said something about
every one going TO church and
giving thanks TO God, but just
forget that.
/ mean, l do not want people
going around saying what do
you think of that Runyon, trying
to force folks to go to church.
/ mean, I am planning on going
myself but / do not care to
have il bruited about that l am
scheming to regiment the citi-
zenry to religion. And as / say,
/ am most certainly not going
TO persist in agitating the idea
of withholding the means of get
ting drunk from the public.
I AM for the Constitution. It
i is the constitutional right of
every citizen, male or female, to
drink themselves into a coma
on We Day.
This comes under the head of
freedom, and freedom is what
our boys have been battling for
overseas. l am not sure the
plan of some communities to en-
force a hiatus in the rum-dum-
ming over We Day is constitu-
tional, and surely IL seems a
great injustice to those of our
citizens who should have been
in the service but somehow
manage to elude that duty and
who have arranged an elaborate
program of toss-potting to cele-
brate their certain immunity
from the war business.
In any event, 1 am not going
to contribute to the unhappi-
ness Of our boys overseas since
/ have been given to understand
they would feel most depressed
to hear that in the very hour
of their triumph there had been
eliminated at home those Won
derful scenes of drunken riots
with which armistices have
been associated since 1918.
MEAN those scenes seem to
L be cherished by the military.
can remember when the SOL
diers of 1918, in American Le-
gion convention assembled used
to indulge in the dadgumdeSt
didoes you ever heard tell of.
and they kept il UP for 20 years
until the majority of them got
bowed tendons, and arthritis, and
could no longer get stiff even
one night without knocking
themselves plumb out for the
remainder of the meeting.
The various cities of the land
will have to 60 through the
same thing. only on a larger
scale. for the next Is years, by
which time we will have an
other war and another crop Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Letters From
A Soldier

boy, he's tough, but he's pretty
good at that"
And they would go into some
CT anecdote or other, explain
ing how that colonel with the
hurt hand" scared the hell out
of them with searching ques-
ton or two, and then put them
at ease by explaining what they
didn't know, instead of chewing
them up.
1t was shortly afterward that
learned that he was Col. Bird,
who went to Europe as second
lieutenant with a national guard
outfit from Des Moines, and
came home again as a lieuten-
ant colonel, withdrawn from
action after German machine
gun in Italy had blown off part
Of his hand.
Now, that means something.
1t means even more than you
might think. Ordinarily the
army moves slowly. You know
that, of course. A man is pro-
NOTED in regular order. He gets
his promotion, then he waits and
waits, and when the proper time
has passed, and there is a va
cancy above him, he steps into
tiff he's qualified. naturally.
RUT to be promoted in the
- field, to be showed ahead
rapidly-that doesn't happe
often. except in the air corps,
which is a thing by itself. Pro-
motion in the field means that
man is an exceptional soldier.
1t is referred to as "the highest
honor you can earn"
It's different from medals for
valor because il is a sign of eff
cheney as a soldier. Well, Col.
Bird successfully went to first
lieutenant. captain, major, lieu
tenant colonel. One promotion
was made by Gen. Clark, an
other by Gen. Eisenhower. And
in addition to that he wears the
Silver Star fo- gallantry, and,
OF course. the Purple Heart.
Little by little I've learned
some Of what lies behind all
that, and it's story that gives
you chills.
more Of Col. Bird Tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

The world's great author did
create
The ser 10 fit the nuptiol state,
And meant blessing ia a Wife
To soioce the fdtigtes Of life;
And old inspired times display
HotO t0ives could love, and get
obey.
Matthew Green.
CAS- 10 wives obeying their
husbands. Eighty-five per cent
Of modern wives obey their hus-
bands. The more a wife loves
her husband the more she en-
joys obeying him.
DLACES in midtown Manhat-
i tan that specialize in ham,
burger sandwiches are cleaning
up. Charge for a sandwich is 30
cents. They are no better than
those retailed at ball parks, etc.
for a dime. All these places
offer are hamburger san d.
wiches, pie. cake and coffee.
l am studying them. l figure
I may need a little business on
the side in my old age just in
case my horse playing system
doesn't support me the way l
expect IL TO. Haven't decided
yet whether 1 will have a ham,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

about myself -. but I think I
have q right TO object to libel
Gus statements about my dog"
Mr.. Roosevelt is well aware
that no dog lover will stand for
dirty cracks about a dog. So
he tries 10 make it look as II
the Republicans had adopted an
anti-dog platform.
This is not true, Ladies and
Gentlemen. No one, that / know
Of. has MADE any remarks
d'rogatory 10 Fala PERSONALLY.
In fact, have heard many peo-
-ple-includipg few lifelong
Democrats-say they would vote
for Fala-if his master would
only withdraw in his favor.
So that is why / say TO you,
Ladies and Gentlemen, leave us
insist that our dogs be permitted
in politics. They would not be
fooled by any Of thish-this-
campaign oratory.
Distributed BY kim Features Syno Inc.
Reproduction IN whole or IN part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

sugar is insulin formed by GER
tain glands in the pancreas.
Diabetes is a disease of these
glands. When their secretion OF
insulin is deficient. sugar accu-
mulates In the blood, flows off
in the urine, just as choke ac-
cumulates in your automobile
when the spark plugs are dirty.
This can be treated either by
giving insulin artificially spark
ing1 or reducing the starches in
the diet. The improvement,
however, is only temporary. The
underlying condition still exists.
The treatment has 10 be re-
newed daily indefinitely. The
treatment. though temporary, is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

EDITORS NOTE-Ppt. Pick.
ering, former Times eoiumnist,
10 an infantyyman at Fl. Me-
Cieilan, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
Until now I've written to
~ you about the CTS, the nom
CONS, about myself, about the
raw recruits and the half-fin-
ished trainees, but I haven't
said much about the officers.
Other army privates know
why. The enlisted man doesn't
come to know much about the
officers. He Just quakes in his
boots whenever an officer comes
into sight, q moderate quaking
for a lieutenant and progress
sively greater as the officer
happens to be a captain, major
or colonel.
This is particularly true in
training camp; in a division the
contact is less fleeting, and in
battle it's the lieutenant who
scrapes all the skin off his stom-
ach crawling from one foxhole
to the next, looking after his
men.
So it's by good luck more than
anything else that l can tell you
something about one of our
colonies here, 1t. Col. E. w.
Bird. second in command of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

IL would call her a very
wise, mature, self-controlled,
well-adjusted woman, and 1
would prophesy for her a very
happy marriage. A healthy
woman cannot avoid the sex
problem. She can meet IL by
violent repression but cannot
solve il that way. II inevitably
takes something out of her in
some other unhealthy way. The
more she tries TO overcome her
natural impulses by twill
power" the worse they become,
because this fastens her mind
more than ever upon her i'm
pulses. The way this woman
takes II is the heaven-sent,
heaven-intended way. and leads
10 inner growth. and develop
ment Of real will power.
2-Unless IL must be decided
at once, you should set it CON-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

MR.. POSTMASTER, Ladies
1'A and Gentlemen and Mr..
Hillman, my dear friends:
/ would like 10 say a few
words today on a subject that,
/ am sure. is dear to all Our
hearts-the dog in politics,
/ ask you, Ladies and Gentle
men and Mr.. Hillman-and you
TOO, Mr.. Toastmaster-who is
mans best friend2
Mono. / don't mean me,
although your error is under
standahle. l mean the dog,
I mean the dee,-the dog, La
dies and Conference.-The dog!
The dog -hic! par'm me.
Mr.. POSTMASTER! lis always
true blue. He shares your
troubles and sorrows swell as
your joys. In all things he is
a confldante and friend-in all
things but tone. He is excluded
from polix-I mean politics.
TNIIS'S not as should. be, La
l. dies and Gentlemen. The
dogs place is IN politics.
We have in this great n glori-
Gus country today. many thou
sands OF mans besh-best-
friends. But how many OF EN-
have been allowed in politics?
Two,
Only two in all this great n
glorious country. Ladies and
Gentlemen 49, Mr.. Roosevelts
Scottie and Mrs. Luce's cocker
spaniel,
| tell you, my dear friends.
this dscrlmination-this rank
discrimination. II l may use
such a word-strikes at the
very foundation of democracy!
We must stop shaking these
foundations until we have killed
the goose that lays the golden
eggs. We must nip IL in the
bud
Take my own dear little dog
gle. Fallible. Why hasn't he as
much right in politics as '.r.
Roosevelt's Scottie and Mrs.
Luce's cocker spaniel? / pause
for an answer-no. l don -
you shut up. Mr.. Hillman!
7 WOULD not bring this SUBJ
i ject up. Ladies and Gentle
men, il l did not schent-scent
"A plot. II should be obvious
TO every thinking man. woman
and dog. The New Deal is try
ing TO get 10 the voters through
their dogs!
Mr.. Roosevelt, in his firsh
speech of the campaign, went
after the dog owners vote by
saying the opposition had ira
duced his Scottie "Fala. He
said:
He has not been the same
dog since. I am accustomed to
hearing malicious falsehoods
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
I RECEIVE numerous letters
il ...L,n -aiI h ALA dta hnAor

7 RECEIVE numerous letters
i which say have diabetes.
If ! diet will ever be cured?
orr have sugar in the
urine and blood. / have taken
insulin and the sugar is gone.
Can I stop now"
The honest answer to both
these questions is-"No." They
both show an entire misconcep-
ton OF the nature OF the disease
diabetes. Diabetes is a disturb
ance Of starch or sugar nutri-
ton. Sugar is burned In the
body 10 furnish energy-muscu-
lar action and body heat, just
as gasoline is used in an engine.
The substance which sparks the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

DEAR BOSS:
DEING a hero" is wonderfully,
- Since every American in
these parts is cheered, kissed,
wined, dined, fed on compli-
ments and surrounded by Old
Glory in every town and city
and along every road it's like
one continuous big parade.
Liberation is a pretty exciting
business.
Awhile back / had the chance
TO visit some Of the FIJI in
Grenoble. where they showed
me the printing plant and files
they had used the last four
years where false identified
ton and ration papers were
printed for the use of the
Maquis and where records were
kept Of every collaborationist
IN the district.
l was amazed at the COM
pleteness of their files and the
vast amount of information
they had.
l guess it's one OF the mira
Giles of modern times, the way
the Maquis had functioned and
grown in spite of the German.
While there / met a poet, who
writes surrealist poems. l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Brain Game Answers

1-Reyk1avik.
2-The Yangtze.
Six were inaugurated IN their
40s. 20 in their Sos and five In
their Cos.
A plebiscite was held and an
overwhelming majority voted
for return to Germany.
5-Menuhin, violinist; Anderson,
singer; Flagstad, singer;
Iturbi, pianist; Kreisler, vio-
linist; Toscanini, conductor.
6-(c) is correct. The Langley
joined the u. S. fleet in 1921.
1t was a converted collier.
BLACK Sea and Persian Gulf.
8-The name means CHURCH In
the Dunes"
Copyright. 1914. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

SHOES \
Airplane stamps 1 and 7-vs,id indef-
initely
PROCTSSED FOODS
Blue "A through L-s-Valid indef-
nitely.
MEATS. CHEESE, FATS
Red "A through OSWALD indefinitely.
One ID. SALVAGE fat rood for . cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
Stamps 10, n. n and n. Bcek g.
valid indefinitely
Stamp 40, No. q Books lbs for can
Ming Though Feb as. 1915
Spare stamp ~, No. . Book-vslid
for maximum Of 20 lbs. for canning.
Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupon a. gallons valid from
Sept ~ through Dec. 81.
b-s and G., Coupons-5 gallons each.
"a and ca Ceupous-s gallons each.
tLsv requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period and Period s-valid In
Period i-vslid through Sept. 80. le45.
LIQUOR
No. ts-vsnd through Sept. so.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Connolly Answers

ID. &c. 3-b. &C. Sit Is
not measure of distance. but
Is the speed Of one nautical
mile per hour. Ga.
copyrifht. 1914. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

effective, and diabetes Is now
one Of the easiest of all the
chronic diseases to control.
THE advantage of using this
i control is that if conscien-
tiously done tn, sugar tolerance
OF any diabetic gradually stages
some degree of a comeback. To
that extent we can speak of a
cure, or partial cure.
There are two general classes
OF diabetes - young and old.
They need different kinds of
care because the young diabetic
always has a severe case and
requires insulin almost daily,
while the older diabetic has a
more or less mild case that can
be controlled in most instances
by diet alone.
II is in this latter class of the
middle-aged, or elderly, diabetic
that treatment is so gratifying
that IL may be said they make a
partial recovery. They renew
their spark plugs. They are good
examples OF the old saying of
DR.. Osler that the way to live a
long time is 10 acquire a chronic
disease and nurse il.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. F. F.;-My son ga years
old fails 10 recognize colors. l
have worked with him for hours
on end but he still mixes them
up. He is bright otherwise and
he tells me endlessly about
something that is pretty so /
don't think he is color blind.
Answer: He probably is color
blind, nevertheless. Only males
have IL. The color blind person
lives in word Of beauty, even
though il is different from ours,
so may think something is
pretty. II is best 10 find out
whether he is color blind or not,
because many adjustments in
life depend on IL. Any oculist
can tell you. Four per cent of
all males are color blind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
DEAR Boss

EDITORS NOTE - This Is
from one Of the So who have
zone into ssrpiee from the
Times editorial department. The
writers Pot. Sherman T. Cross.
who was in France at the time Of
WritinR.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

pletely aside. Do all you can to
think of something else and let
the problem drop entirely out
of sight and out of mind.
the best book yet writ
ten on how TO become a grown
up, mature, balanced PERSONAL
ity BE Your Age" Marjorie r.
Greenbie wisely says, TRY 20
better your own achievements
Of last week or last year"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

effective. and diabetes is now
one Of the easiest of all the
chronic diseases to control.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Study Club Told of
Religions in India

The religions in India were dis
cussed in a paper prepared by Mrs.
Claude Wright for members OF the
Riverside Study Club at their an
nual picnic meeting, Thursday al;
Gilbert House. The paper, which
had been prepared for a previous
meeting. told OF the various relig-
ions found there. and OF the fine
work OF the missionaries. She told
OF their difficulties owing to the
caste system, which they are trying
to overthrow. There are parts OF
India that have not yet been
touched by the missionary, owing
to the poor roads. she said, and
added that those that have been
reached are quite receptive 10 the
missionary spirit. Machinery has
been sent from America and the
people have been taught modern
methods.
The members and guests had a
pleasant social time and enjoyed
a bountiful picnic at tables in the
yard OF Gilbert House.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Good Attendance
at Fairgrounds

The reports OF attendance at the
school playground areas for the
week OF July 1922 shows a big in
crease at Foster School, where the
number OF boys and girls was al
most doubled, jumping from ass
boys the previous week to GA in
the week ending July %, and from
l4S to 3S5 girls. There were also
80 adults as compared with seven
the previous week
The boys and girls also came in
greater numbers TO Simmonds
School playground. The attend.
ance OF boys was $50 against 214,
and 407 girls against 206 OF the
previous week Baptist Church
play lot showed an increase OF five
boys and 10 girls.
The Ross School showed a slight
decrease. There were sS7 boys
as compared with $50 OF the week
before, the girls attendance drop.
ped from 41S TO 307 and the adults
from 105 to 70.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Birthday Bible
Class Entertained

Mrs. Harold Badger was hostess
for the July meeting OF the Birth
day Bible Glass, which Is open to
anyone interested, at her home,
Thursday afternoon following a
nosebag lunch. Eleven were present
including two new members, Mrs.
Leroy Thayer and Mrs. Vincent
CelebrezEe.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Mrs. Dan Y. L. Patch.
The class. under the leadership Of
Mrs Frank Huff, studied the chap
tiers IL TO rs OF Genesis. At the
close OF the meeting. two records.
I'm the Garden" and The Old Rug.
ged Cross" were played and Mrs.
Thayer offered prayer.
The birthdays OF two members,
Mrs. Elite Ashton and Mrs. Charles
Alban. were celebrated.
The class meets the fourth Thurs
day OF each month.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Navy Mothers Club Will
Sponsor War Bond Drive.

side chat citation from the Presi-
dent.
DR.. Wassel's story has been
filmed by Cecil b. De Mile and
this bond drive will be sponsored
by the Huron Navy Mothers Club
Of Ypsilanti concurrently with the
showing OF The Story OF DR.. Was
sell" by the local theater. The thea
ter management has been most
cooperative and helpful in planning
for this Salute 10 the Medicos, q"
Navy Mothers will occupy a booth
in front OF the Martha Washington
Theater during the hours OF the
days the picture will be shown Aug.
uSt 60 for the purpose OF selling
War Bonds Aside from this. Mrs.
Walton and the committee say any
member OF the club will be glad to
take your bond order at any time
Buy a Bond and Save a Life"
Show your appreciation for what
this brave doctor and many others
have done and are doing every day"
All persons in the Ypsilani COM
munity who are gallon donors TO
the Red Cross Blood Bank will be
given complimentary tickets To
The Story OF DR.. Wassell" by the
theater management. There is 10 be
a Blood Donor Day Aug. ! in the
Methodist Church after which time
the names OF all local members of
the Gallon Club" will be pub
lished. Their blood has saved count:
less lives and they deserve high
recognition.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Dental Work


Services OF four physicians and
one dentist are now available to
the Willow Run residents with the
addition to the Public Health Ser
vice stan OF DR.. r. B. Robins who
opened q dental ONCE Wednesday
at I'LL Sanford Rd. in the Village
commercial district.
A graduate OF the University OF
Michigan dental College. DR.. Rob-
ins resides at 3741 Collingwood
ST.. Detroit. The dental once will
be open daily from 10 a. m. TO IL m,
l to p. m, and from Z to 9 p. m.
Monday. Wednesday, and Friday.
Other staff doctors for the VIII
low Run area are DR.. Marcia Pot
ter, zoos Holmes Rd., and DR.. B. A.
Hogan, GIG n. River ST., both OF
whom have Offices in the village
community center, and DR.. Waldron
W. Wellman, 1910 Holmes Rd., and
DR.. l.. w. Frost, Norwayne, who
are the Willow Lodge inhrmary
physicians.
Additional health services Of
fered within the Willow Run area
include the services OF Miss Madi-
son, director OF the Health lnirm-
airy at Willow Lodge assisted by a
stan OF 20 nurses and nurses
aides; and Miss Alberta Wadey,
1120 olivia st., Ann Arbor, who Is
the director OF the Public Health
Clinic In the village. Also avail
allie TO the Willow Run residents
is the base area hospital near Ro-
mulus Air Base.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28

The Navy Mothers Clubs OF Amer
ica. each club in its own locality,
are sponsoring a national Buy a
Bond and Save a Life drive as a
salute TO the American doctor.
A statement from the Navy Moth
ers' Clubs OF America says, He Is
doing q splendid Job both at home
and in the war areas and surely
deserves some special recognition.
Not only is he guarding the health
and saving lives on the home front,
he is also doubling and TRIPPING his
efforts in behalf OF the fighting
man on every war front. We know
that our men have the best medi-
cal attention OF any fighting force
in the world and that this Is be
cause OF the devotion TO duty and
often far beyond the call OF duty or
our American doctors who are
serving with the armed services OF
our country. These brave doctors
need medical supplies and equip
ment SO that they can save those
precious lives and this takes money
which the public is prlvileged TO
lend our govern ment in the form
OF War Bonds. The Navy Mothers.
each with a son or sons in service
who might some day need this vital
attention, ask from the public only
that il Join in this salute In
material way"
This bond drive is 70 be spon-
sored locally by the Huron Navy
Mothers Club OF Ypsilanu under
the Craftsmanship OF Mrs. Ivy Wal
ton.
The inspiration which prompted
this movement by the Navy Moth.
ers' Clubs OF America was the
heroism OF former Arkansas coun-
try doctor, Commander Corydon N.
Wassall, NC. U.S.NR., who, early
In 1912. supervised the safe evacu-
alton OF ~ seriously wounded L. 5.
sailors from Java and later person
ally took the last nine men aboard
a little Dutch coastal ship and de-
rvered them safely in Australia un-
der a rain Of Japanese bombs. For
this Incompatible service he re-
ceived the Navy Cross and fire