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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
Air
Power

take years, not months, to build
them.
Unless a nation has adequate
air power ready for action at
a moments notice. il may be
defeated by a better prepared
enemy before the nation has a
chance to utilize its productive
capacity.
Air power, in this respect,
tends TO come closer TO the con-
ditions under which sea power
used to operate.
1t takes so long to build bat
tleships that industrial capacity
was less important at the mo-
ment war started, in the sea
power age. than the actual feet
in being.
If our industrial capacity was
the important factor in regain
ing our strength after the
crucial blow which was deliv-
cred 10 our navy at Pearl Har-
Dor, it is only because Japanese
sea power struck at our feet in
being instead Of our industry.
However, this will not be the
case in the air power age. Our
industry will be the first 10 feel
the brunt of the enemy's bombs.
Distributed by Mcknight synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
BY Larry
Newman

little picket fence Two col
leagues. Rod Macdonald and I'd
Bcwlcy died there reporting the
fab of Casino
A. YOU leave town. 20 the
right and left OF the highway
are the barracks and the rail-
road station.
a modern engine with II. 6.
Army on the tender works
bu>lly In the rail yards.
Outside town 10 the north
and south - are many cemc-
terie>
Americans and British and In
dianS and French are buried in
an Allied cemetery inside the
town ON the road 10 Naples
are two or three British GENE
tcrieS. On a shady hillside, men
Of the American Saith Division
rest. IN a quiet tree lined glen,
the Seth Division has buried its
heroes
Unlike other towns i'm Italy.
the citizens haven't pushed up
close TO the city awaiting the
time they could take up resi-
dcnce again.
Even the birds have refused
10 return.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
MAJOR DE SEVERSKY

AS aviation develops from
year TO year, our experts will
always know exactly how much
and what kind of enemy avia-
ton will suffice to destroy this
American target.
We know that bombers will
always go through, no matter
how well we are geared for de-
Tense, and the object is 10 make
them pay so dearly that the
effort becomes suicidal.
Our rock-bottom needs in air
power would thus appear to be
a defensive force sufficient TO in
f1ict damage on invading aerial
forces at a rate of attrition be-
You'd the enemy's capacity for
replacement.
Beyond that we shall need a
striking air force that can ami
hilate the enemys means TO
wage war.
But We will not be able TO do
that until we destroy the en-
emy's air power.
Therefore. our striking air
force must possess the bombing
and fire power TO destroy the
opposing air force in the air and
on the ground and assume COM
mand of the air over the enemy
territory.
INSTEAD of waiting until
L after this war 10 determine
the minimum aviation needs,
we should take advantage of
our chronological advantage
now.
Since Mr.. Patterson has con-
ceded that soon airplaneS will
be capable of striking across
oceans, why wait until this fact
is tested at our expense?
We have a perfectly good
guinea pig for experimental
ton, namely Japan.
We should proceed TO learn
what really long-range lombard
ment can do by trying ii out on
Japan, rather than by waiting
until ii Is tried out on US.
The reason for this is that the
size and weight of aircraft are
becoming so great that II will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

What, in truth, is worth any
young American gasping his life
away on distant battlefields, except
to preserve our freedom-our Bill of
Rights against all foes, foreign
and domestic" Except for that what
great difference would it make
WHO ruled us?
OUGHT not the Bill of Rights to
~ hang on the wall of every school
room, church hall and in every home
in America? We salute the flag but
no one can understand it's meaning
without the Bill of Rights. The Bill
of Rights is the PRINTED FLAG.
The Committee for G. Constitutional
Government, Inc, EOS East 42d
street, New York II, New York, has
prepared the Bill of Rights as a
beautiful sUal piece and has started
a program to place one million
wherever men -love freedom. The
text is not only in English. On in
side pages it Is translated into II
languages: Spanish, Polish, Italian,
Russian, German, Bohemian, Chi.
nese, French, Portuguese, Jewish and
Greek.
MILLIONS of Americans who
4N have come recently to our
shores will read the Bill of Rights in
their native tongue who might not
in English. Besides, these other
languages show it's worldwide mean
ing. Freedom, the only word in
any tongue fit for the lips of god"
What finer thing could churches,
employers, merchants, patriotic and
civil groups do on the home front,
this year, than to present copy of
this Bill Of Rights to their parishion-
ers, workers, customers, school chill
dren and naturalized citizens?
1t would do much to give this
land of ours "a new birth of
freedom"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

OUR war department is study
" ing the mission, size and
composition of the postwar air
force necessary for the protec-
ton of this country" according
to Under Secretary of War Rob-
ert p. Patterson.
Sooner or later the United
States will have TO work out
definition Of what constitutes
adequate air power.
Common sense indicates that
we shall require air power supe-
rior to that of any potential
enemy or group OF enemies.
That's the maximum. But
there is also minimum, and
that, at least, can be reckoned
in advance.
Airmen have said for many
years what is now acknowledged
officially by the war depart
ment: that in the near future
hostile air power will be able 10
strike from across oceans at the
sources of Americas military
power anywhere within our own
borders.
The reverse is no less true
that we shall have to deliver
telling blows against the
enemys means of conducting
war in his own home land.
War will therefore resolve it,
self from the first hour of con-
flict into a colossal duel be-
tween contending industrial
giants, using air power as their
striking force.
Each side, while parrying
blows from the other with de-
fensive aviation, will strike at
the heart of the adversary with
its strategic bombing force.
On both sides. the industrial
setup and the complex of other
means to wage war will consti-
tute the Number One target in
the respective countries.
THE size and disposition of
L the target in America will
therefore give US the basic idea
from which 10 estimate our
minimum aerial needs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
What About Pearl HarbOr?

The American people know we
did not meet this great danger
head-on.
We met it helplessly and expen.
sively.
1t left us, in fact, so nearly fat
on our backs that actual and devas.
tating and overwhelming defeat of
the United States was threatened in
the very first day of an undeclared
war.
That is the record on which Mr..
Roosevelt is compelled to stand in
his self assumed role as an all seeing
and all.wise prophet and protector
of his country.
The plain truth is that President
Roosevelt was everywhere inviting
dangers from abroad and often
indeed was more than meeting them
head-on.
sn,nr =. -. So. 49,. :. -,
N SPITE OF the fact that he had
1 pledged himself in the 1910 presi.
Dental campaign against involve
ment in any foreign war, he had
opened the Golfers of our national
wealth and the reservoirs of our ma
tional production to belligerent ma
tons in the European war, and had
even ENGAGED OUR MADE.
QUATE ARMED FORCES IN
THAT WAR.
If this is the record upon which
Mr.. Roosevelt wants to stand, the
American people should take him at
his word.
Let the American people carefully
consider, and calmly and wisely de.
eide, if FOUR MORE YEARS OF
POWER can safely rest in such
hands-the four more years of power
which will raise the ominous specter
of THE PERMANENT POWER we
were warned against by Washington
and Jefferson.
1t is not inexperienced leadership
we have as the alternative to the
Roosevelt New Deal in this election,
but tried and trusted AMERICAN
leadership, conscious of it's American
duty and competent to perform it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
POIiceman'S Anniversary

TO-DAY is an important one for
l. Oscar G. Olander, commissioner
of the Michigan state police.
It is his 25th anniversary as a
member of that splendid organiza-
ton.
We say splendid advisedly be-
cause we endorse the constantly
widening opinion that our Michigan
state police are of the very first rank;
that they are as good if not as large
as such justly famous and older pa
troll bodies as the New York and the
Pennsylvania state police and the
colorful Texas Rangers.
To great extent Oscar Olander
is the reason why.
LIE IS a career man pure and simple
IL and his career is the Michigan
state police.
From the moment he joined
July 26, 1919, he has lived and
breathed and dreamed little else than
devotion to his outfit.
The commissioner is known
affectionately up and down the state
as "Ole" or "Oley" but that doesn't
imply las nicknames sometimes do)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
4 'ASSINO TODAY

hll' If> a table rock with
walls 30 feet high
AZ the turn into tho town
proper b. the Baron Palace and
across the street the Coliseum
Down fe~- yards are the Con-
tincntal Hotel and the Hotel
Dos Roses. The Snout OF an 49,
millmcter gun sticks menacingly
from the lobby of the Continen-
tai A BOBBY trap hangs from
beam
a battered paratroOper'S he'll
met lie, IN a doorway a little
wire runs through the bullet
hole IN the forehead Another
BOBBY trap
1 : YOU reach the sharp turn
Il IN highway 8 in the middle
Of the battered city, the monas-
terry comes into full view above
Everything Two side walls
stand Two >Ightseer> were
killed there 10y mines Just the
other day
Near the southern edge of the
toUn ~ The Rapido Rivers edge
arc iWu graves surrounded by q
Wednesday, July 70. 1874
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

Give 10 for each correct answer
through question sin. 20 each for the
remaining two questions. For each In
correct answer subtrack ave points. Any
score IS, or higher, IL excellent.
More than one city in the
United States is named
Rochester. Can you place
two of them?
Pin the Bible story. which
lady cut off SIMPSONS hair,
thereby depriving him of his
great strength?
3-Supposing that you are
soldier on patrol and see the
smoke of an enemy gun.
Five seconds later you hear
the sound of the firing of
that gun. Would you report
10 your battery headquarters
that the gun is 500 yards,
one mile. two miles or 10
miles from your position?
4-Names of eight states OF the
United States begin with the
letter n. You should know
them well enough to to name
them quickly.
5-The words green, meaning
gullible, and sponge. mean
ing parasite. are not slang
but were brought into the
English language by which
of the following writers:
Ring Lardner, Mark Twain,
Stephen Leacock. William
Shakespeare?
6-Occupying a position in
South American history
comparable to that of
George Washington in the
United States. this man is
known as one of the worlds
great liberators? What is
his name?
I'm a deck of cards. to which
suits do the one-eyed Jacks
belong?
S-Science tells US that one
substance makes the blood
red and the grass green. You
may have to do a little
guessing on this one. but do
you know what this common
substance is?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
copyrisht. 1894. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

EASSINO Italy. July 70 Two
" month, after is fall Cas-
mo remains a city of death
and destruction
Only a path has been cleared
'hrouc b me hateful city for
trucks and lecp>. The wrecked
guns and tanks lay where they
stopped.
At tho north edge Of Casino
cu route 6 ign proclaims N
huge letter.
This - Casino II II lousy
with m ines aud BOBBY traps.
Don't leave the road even for a
few feet Remember YOU have
been warned"
High up on the lctr hand .dc
~ route s ~ you enter NE town
!, Phantom RidEe" where
many Pole, Cled in The hbal and
successful attack on the town
There Il, = Polish national cCme-
terry tncis now
Below Phantom Ridcr is
"lisngmau I'LL where scores
Not Ghurkas were ISOLATED Tor
Gay How did they get on the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

any lack of force in his character.
He is affable and likes people. But
he is a true policeman and can be as
tough as steel when necessary.
Under his shrewd direction the
organization has made enviable SCI
entific as well as practical progress.
1t boasts thorough crime detection
laboratory, highly efficient radio
system and other specialized
branches including safety and traffic,
Identification, fire spotting and
detective investigation.
THE authorized strength at pres
Il ent is CTS men. Olander has
fought doggedly and long for a
bigger force.
1t should be bigger. 1t should
be four or five times its present
strength.
This newspaper hopes that as
soon as the war is ended the state
administration will take steps to
enlarge it.
Strictly on the record Oscar
Olander and the fine policemen under
him deserve every aid that the state
of Michigan can give them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
knowledge Test
BY DR.. SABINA CONNOLLY

score for each 81 the hrst ave
Tue stions and ) for the last question.
, 10, brilliant; 80, bright: 80. average
D-J, duh.
1.-The boy who stood on the
burning deck was: ca Hia-
watha. lb) CaSabianca: (C)
Monte2uma?
. A caravcl Is Ca) a ship. (b)
a circus; tc) spice
3 What American said this:
Let me die in the old uni
form in which | fought my
battles for freedom. May
God forgive me for putting
on any other: (a) Philip
Nolan; tb) Benedict Arnold;
Ccl Nathan Hale?
4-lWhen a flag is referred 10 as
A tricolor, what country's
flag is meant: ta) Spain;
tb) Holland; tc) France?
> Lake Tahoe is on the bound
AIRY between: Ia Indiana
and Illinois; tb) Arizona and
New Mexico: tc) California
and Nevada?
6 Match these columns
ts1 II he sDup tvD Russian
makes the sol
der
%, The best sol. tw) Chinese
der comes from
the ploW
C. Flog two 20 OK spanish
death and train
one -
ID There h. M 81 French
love lost be-
tween soldiers
and sailors
tel The hest ca English
soldiers are not
wArltkt -
ANSWERS on Opposite Psge)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, &C
i cording to his acceptance speech,
asks a SIXTEEN YEAR GRANT
OF POWER from the American
people on the grounds of a palpable
fiction-that he alone saw the
danger from abroad" and "met-it
head-on."
WHAT ABOUT ARL
HARBoR?
The American people have par
ticularly vivid memory OF the man
ner in which this nation was plunged
into war.
The danger from abroad" which
finally brought America into the war
was that eliminating in the japanese
attack upon Pearl Harbor.
If President Roosevelt saw"
this danger, he was singularly unim-
pressed by it and unprepared to
meet it.
Instead of meeting this danger
head on" he met it like sitting
duck
THE japanese caught almost the
L whole of the American fleet i'm
modified at Pearl Harbor, when it
should have been dispersed in readi-
ness for the attack WE HAD BEEN
AMPLY FOREWARNED WAS
COMING.
The japanese destroyed or Grip
pied much of the American fleet
far beyond their own hopes or ex-
pectations.
If the japanese had ever dreamed
that they could catch the Americans
so flat-footed and render them so
helpless, they could have occupied
the Hawaiian Islands and had the
entire Pacific Coast of the United
States under aerial bombardment.
That was the full visitation upon
us of the danger which had been
brewing abroad-not for mere weeks
or months, but FOR YEARS.
If President Roosevelt foresaw it
and understood it, why did he let it
come upon us with such crushing
force?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

score for each ~ the Hra ave
questions and for the last question.
9-lO, brilliant; 80, bright; 80, average;
0-J, dull
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26
Brain Game

Give 10 for each correct answer
through question six. 20 each for the
remaining two questions. For each In
correct answer subtrack ave points. Any
score 65. or higher, IL excellent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-26

Wednesday, July 10. 1874
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

The Sunday lesSon-Sermon sub
ject in all branches of The Mother
Church, The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, will be Truth" p"
The Golden Text is from Deuter-
onomy: "Ascribe ye greatness unto
our God. He is the Rock, his work
is perfect: for AL his ways are
Judgment God of truth and
without iniquity just and right is
he"
A leSSon-Sermon passage from
jeremiah reads, Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord, that 1 will
make a new covenant with the
house of Israel, and with the house
of Judah: =. And they shall teach
no more every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying,
Know the Lord: for they shall all
know me, from the least of them
unto the greatest of them, saith
the Lord" These words from the
Psalms are also included: Il will
praise thee, o Lord, will sing
unto thee among the nations 'Let
thy lovingkindness and thy truth
continually preserve me-"
Mary Baker Eddy, the author Of
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" writes: Christian
Science brings to light Truth and
it's supremacy, universal harmony
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21
Shower Honors
Mrs. A|Iard

Among recent social events is
the shower given for Mrs. William
F. Allard and her infant son, Will
liam F. Allard, Jr. Mrs. Ella Hayes
being the hostess and the party
taking place at the home of Mrs.
w. w. Warner.
Here the house was gay with its
clever decorations of flowers and
blue and white candles. The baby
occupied the center of attention,
the opening of the gifts being the
other highlight of the evening, Mrs.
Allard being assisted by her sister,
Mrs. RoSenbalm.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Warner to-:
the Misses Halle Brown, Sally
Forester, Eva Enders, Wanda Jean
Briggs, Ina Dobbs, Jewel ThOmp-
son, Ruby Jumper, Marjorie Wat
son; Mesdames Barbara Jean Can
non, Dorothy Donaldson, Jane
Harris, Esther Trousdale, Grace
Davis, Bessie Snively, Virginia
Francis, Hilda Rosanbalm. Carmen
Johnson, Jean Kilgore, Doris john
son, Clamie Holland, and the guest
of honor.
Others invited and who sent gifts
were the Misses Shirley Brown
Lucille Nice, Ann Forman, Donna
Nesbitt, Rosamond Anderson, Lu-
cille Cannon, Helen Wiley, Mar
jorie Moore, Frances Smale; Mes
danes Lizzie Atkins, Lula Spencer,
Sue Shipler, Phyllis Nelson, Winona
Trammel, Nora Sharp, Martha
Acker, Matte Wynne, Mary Lou
Harris, Elouise Sherwood, Gerry
Burke, M. B. Friffin, Corrine
Rosanbalm, and the two hostesses
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21
IS Girls Needed
For Dance This
Saturday Night

Seventy-five girls are needed for
a dance Saturday night in the
Veterans hall, a dance to be given
by a group of combat engineers
who will be in the city for the
weekend and who have arranged
the details of the party, bringing
with them an excellent orchestra
for the evening.
Mrs. Edna Morrison is securing
chaperonage for the party and
mothers who would like to attend
the dance with their daughters
will be welcomed.
Every detail has been worked
out to make this an exceptionally
nice party and the cooperation of
the young girls is asked as this
is the only party this particular
group will have. Immediately after
their weekend, the men will go
Cn manuevers in preparation for
overseas duty.
Arriving Saturday in the city,
the group will set up its own head
quarters in the ball park, complete
with tents, field kitchens, etc, the
city having made available to them
the showers there.
The men have made all the ar
rangements for the dance and have
done everything possible to assure
a pleasant evening for their guests
and an urgent plea has been sent
out that as many girls as possible
attend. One hundred and twenty
five men will be present.
Dancing will start at 8 o'clock
Saturday in the Veterans hall.
Mrs. Harold E. Shelby, the former
Jean Donohue, will assist in chap
eroning the dance.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21
BrawIey Club
Hears Talk
On Prices

BRAWLEY, Jan. 21.-Ralph Tut
tie of CaleXico, price field repre-
sentative for OPA, was guest speak
er at the BraWley Woman's club
meeting Wednesday, giving a de-
cidedly interesting talk on the price
adjustment program and urging his
listeners to be sure that they paid
no more than the fixed prices.
Mrs. George King, president,
conducted business meeting dur
ing which the club voted to have
the next meeting, which falls on
the same day as the Southern Dis
trict-Imperial County meeting in
Ell Centre, joint meeting with that
group.
Mrs. H. j. Ingram gave a talk
on federation and is meaning.
Mrs. Roger Simons and Mrs. Bert
Warner, tea hostesses, served tea
after the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21

Two speakers, Mrs. Warren Cur
rier and Shields Charlton. both of
whom gave excellent, informative
talks combined to make the Ten
Thousand clubs meeting Thursday
afternoon another outstanding day
fer the membership.
Mrs. Robert w. Ware, program
chairman, first presented Mrs.
Warren Currier, club current events
chairman, who said that in her
opinion, Russia constituted, the
chief current event of the day, and
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-21
Methodist Choir Scores Hit
In Gay Nineties Program

I've never laughed so much il
all my life" was the universal COM
ment on the gay nineties program
given by the Methodist choiI
Thursday evening for the church's
monthly pot luck dinner and fel-
lowship evening.
Without question the program
was an hilarious success and many
remarked that, although the hall
was filled to capacity it was too
bad more could not have seen ii, SO
cleverly worked out was every de-
tail.
j. E. Brock, almost unrecognizable
behind his flourishing whiskers and
beard, was master of ceremonies,
garbed in linen duster, and wear
ing high silk hat. His ready wit
tied the various acts together and
kept his audience in the proper
mood for each number.
Prior to the program Mrs. War
rem Brock, pianist, played the
Fifth Nocturne. a classic of the
nineties, while Dad Clark of the
choir, sold peanuts, netting SIT for
the choir fund.
Led by Mrs. George S. WaShburn,
rattired in bathing suit of the
nineties, the ladies of the chorus,
all in authentic costumes, filed
across the stage: Mary Jane Neal,
Mrs. Walter Weldon, Mrs. w. w.
McEuen, Aletta Kneip and Mary
Edna Doffing, their costumes VIM
ming them much applause.
FLORADORA NUMBER
The first act was the famous
Floradora sextette, only in this in.
stance it was quartette, those ap-
pearing in it being: Mr.. and Mrs.
Wendell Waterman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Waterman, Mr. and Mrs. George
Kirk, the women with their pretty
costumes, bustles, ruffles, and their
effective parasols, making a charm
ing picture.
Next came "Warbling Juanita'
who proved to be Mrs. Wesley He'll,
picturesque in circus costume,
who brought down the house with
her version of Don't Go in the
Lions Cage, Mother Dear
Perhaps the prettiest costumes
were those worn by the Sunbonnet
Babes" who sang Il Don't Want to
Play in Your Yard gOwned in
fetching pinafores, the Babes being
Lois and Carol Martin, Wilma
jerks, Mary Merryman.
A true barber shop male quartz.
followed, Clarence Tarner, 1t. Bob