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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
George Washington Bridge
at CoIonia Hole

IN THE SPACIOUS LOBBY
and halls of the lovely Colonial
hotel approximately $50 people
gathered last evening for the
George Washington bri d g e.
sponsored by the Daughters of
Isabella. The hostesses, attract
i've and gracious in their colonial
attire, which suited the occasion,
greeted the guests. They were:
Mollie Rich, Patricia Caldwell,
Dorothy Lambert, Marguerite
Smith. Colleen Moore, Greta
Miller, Dorothy Unze. Shirley
LaPointe, Marion Merrill, Ber-
nice Parniske and Mrs. John
Kroon.
Patriotic colors were used for
the table decorations when re-
freshments were served The
lovely George Washington tai
lies were the handiwork OF Mrs.
Francis Rouleau. Door prizes
were awarded TO: Mrs. w. l..
Neville, H. l.. Glenn, Birdie
GinSburg. Mrs. A. Rozyn, Mrs.
A j. Nebrich, Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Croman, Jr., Mollie Schoenfeld,
Ann Gordenker. Mrs. Elmer
Stier and Mrs. Clifton Hayes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Dessert Bridge
Next Tuesday

THE MACO NIB COUNTY
BOARD of the Kings Daughters
are sponsoring a dessert bridge
at the Kings Daughters Home,
February 20 at 100 o'clock.
There will be prizes for each
table and several door prizes.
Mrs. otto Engelbrecht is in
charge of the dining room with
Mrs. Earl Burke and Mrs. Perry
G.. DuBay assisting.
Those in charge of the kitchen
are: Mrs. John Arthur, Mrs. Rus
sell Glasgow, Mrs. William No
Vile, Mrs. Albert Fattler and
Mrs. Charles Woolard.
Each circle is asked to be rep
resented by at least one table.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Perry DuBay, Dial
4440.
MR.. AND MRS. CHRISTIAN
MATTHEWS and DR.. and Mrs.
A. A. Thompson have returned
from a weeks visit in New York
City.
MRS. JOSEPH M. CROMAN,
SR., has returned to her home at
the Washington Apartments,
after having been patient at
the st. Joseph hospital the past
Is weeks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

The organization and the COM
mittee of the affair. of which
Mrs. Donald Parent was the
chairman, wish to express their
gratitude TO all who helped to
make il a grand success. Spec.
ial acknowledgment 10 the fol.
lowing organizations who so
graciously offered their assist
ance Manager Of the Colonial
Hotel, Mr.. William j. Cox; Fred
Tyack, Earl Dedenbach, A. Ham,
eiSter, st. Peters church. D. N.
Cooley Funeral Home. LaCroix
& Groesbeck Funeral Home, z.
A. Schwarzkoff Funeral Home
of of Utica, The Young Women's
Club, The Eastern Star and the
knights of Columbus.
MRS. (. + YOST of Waco,
Texas, arrived Saturday at the
home of her mother Mrs. M. r.
Beatty Murdoch lace, for q few
days visit.
THE T. n T Club will be en-
tertalned at the home of Mrs.
Louis Longsdon Tuesday eve
ming.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
23d Annual Day Of Prayer Friday Turner Methodist Chapel
Mother and Daughter
Banquet Announced

THE FIDELIS CIRCLE of
Zion Evangelical Church. met
last evening with Mrs. Paul
Hogue. South Wilson boulevard.
Plans were made for the an
nual Mother and Daughter ban
quet which will be held at Dad S
Rest, March l3, at 7 o'clock.
Evelyn Ruschky, chairman,
will be assisted by Mrs. Fred
Resico and Mrs. Edwin Roiser.
The Circle sends greeting cards
to men in service and ask par
ents or relatives to send in any
change of address since Christ
mas, so that Easter cards may
be mailed correctly. Dial either
Mrs. Hogue, OH or Mrs. O. G..
Bell, 6480.
Following the business meet
ing cards were played with
prizes going to Mrs Howard
Harder, Mrs. Ray Ward, and
Miss Ruschky. The March meet
ing will be held with Mrs. Rois-
err. 2l64 Harper avenue, at 7:30
o'clock.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

MRS. ARTHUR ROSE enter
tanned her Tripoli Club on Sat-
urday evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Rev. Dozier Will Speak
of Afternoon Session

churches are cordially invited TO
attend.
Mrs. M. r. Little will read
from a leaflet Standing in the
Need of Prayer" at the morning
session. A collection for the
Leper fund.- will be taken.
Mount Clemens Council has
sponsored this project for sew
eral years, the fund is for the
American mission TO Lepers. All
societies holding pig banks are
asked to turn them in at the
morning meeting.
The afternoon meeting will be
held at 1870 o'clock. Rev. E. NJ.
Dozier of Turner Chapel will
speak, his theme, And the Lord
wondered that there was no In
tercessor." Mrs. H. Meier and
Mrs. Highstreet will sing a duet.
Mrs Walter Tiffin will be the
organist and Mrs. Ruth Payton
will sing a solo. The collection
at the afternoon session will go
toward the Home and Foreign
Missionary work and Migrant
Observation-Disclosures.
The officers of the Council for
the ensuing year are: President,
Mrs. Norman Mial, Turner
Chapel; LIST vice president, Mrs.
William Schonschack, Baptist;
End vice-president, Mrs. c. E.
Forier, Episcopal; Bird vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Emma Kramer, Zion
Evangelical; 4th Vice President,
Mrs. Esther Jenkins, Morning
Star Baptist; 5th vice-president,
Mrs. Katherine Shelton, Presby-
terrain and secretary and treasur-
err, Reta Stockdale, Methodist.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Mh the Goors

with his mother on North Wal
with his mother and friends. His
brother, George p. Johns, is
with the USING, AVG, sta
toned somewhere in the South
Pacific
VINCENT E. SMITH, B. M.
&c arrived home from the
South Pacific after having been
overseas % months. He is at the
home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuart Smith, 1895 River
side Bay Court.
sc. &C AND MRS. LEON
ARD Lovalvo Betty Mumea)
arrived by plane from New
York Saturday afternoon to
spend the weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Mu-
mea and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Lo-
valvo.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
New President
Of Civic Chorus

LAST TUESDAY EVENING,
Feb. IS, Mrs. Lee Kettenring
formally accepted the office of
presidency at the Board meet
ing of the Civic Chorus, held at
the home of Miss Betty Miller of
washington avenue. Mrs. ket-
tenring, former vice-president
replaced Mrs. Vernon Marston,
who has moved to Savannah, Ga.
Miss Viola Rebe has accepted
the office of ce-presidency.
The Civic Chorus board are
now working on plans for their
spring concert. The music they
plan to present is Gounod's "St.
Cecilia Mass" This will be sung
Palm Sunday in the Zion Evan
gelical Church.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Mrs. Hugh NeaIe in Charge
Of w. s. CS. Program

sented Mrs. Ronald Clarke, Mrs.
Campbell Ward. Mrs. Gardner
Carpenter and Mrs. Lee Ketten-
ring in a double duet, singing
the 23rd Psalm.
The regular business meeting
followed. Final plans were made
for tonight's missionary pro-
gram. All members were asked
to attend the World Day Of
Prayer services Friday. The
group will sponsor Mother
Daughter Banquet in May, also
dinners TO precede the Lenten
services.
Mrs. Hugh Neale, in charge
OF the program, presented Mrs.
Shepherd, who reported on the
great Crusade meeting held in
Ann Arbor last month. Mrs.
Neale then discussed the work
of the Crusade and the report of
the Federal Council of churches
commission, six Pillars of
Peace" Mrs. James c. Jackson
summarized the first two, the
need of political and economic
collaboration.
Mrs. Cecil Fansler told Of the
need for flexible treaties and
eventual autonomy for all ma
tons. Mrs. Paul Hirt spoke of
the need to restrict military es-
adjustments and the right of in
dividuals TO religious and intel
lectual liberty. Mrs. Neale con-
Guided by pointing out that
everyone must take part in
forming a strong. articulate pub
lie opinion. A question and an
swer period followed.
MRS. HAZEL BJORNSON
and Harold Hill of Fraser were
quietly married February 10, by
Earl Buss, Justice of the Peace
of Fraser. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Horn attended the couple. They
will make their home at l49
Court street.
MRS. ARTHUR ROSE enter
tanned her Tripoli Club on Sat-
urday evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

THE MOUNT GLEN S
COUNCIL of church women
will meet for the 23rd annual
Day of Prayer at the Turner
Methodist Chapel, Beyne and
Robertson street, February rs.
The business meeting will begin
at 11:15 o'clock, followed by a
mox luncheon with the ladies of
Turner church serving the bev-
erage.
The churches participating
are: Presbyterian, Episcopal.
Baptist, Zion, Evangelical,
Methodist, Morning Star Baptist
and Turner Chapel. OF r
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Local Girl Member
of DenisOn Choir

ANNE SULLIVAN, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard P. Sui
livan, 1913 Moross avenue, a
freshman at Denison University,
Granville, Ohio, is member Of
the Denison choir which pre-
sented THE Hymn of Praise"
(Mendelssohn) February 20, in
Swasey Chapel.
The presentation Of this sa-
cred cantata takes the place Of
the annual Passion Week cam
tata omitted because of the ac-
CELEBRATED program.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

NEARLY 100 MEMBERS of
the Womens Society of Christ
ian Service attended the regular
meeting yesterday afternoon in
the Methodist church parlors.
Dessert was served by Mrs.
Jacob Hoffman and members of
group /. Mrs. Oliver Smith
poured. Mrs. Bert Gwinn, Mrs.
Marion Ehlers and Mrs. Hoff-
man were on the reception COM
mittee.
Mrs. Robert Shepherd presid-
ed. Devotions were led by Mrs.
Milo Warner, who discussed the
principles of the Bishops cru
SADIE. Mrs. Kendall Walton pre-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Student Council
To Sponsor Dance
THE "VICTORY HOP"

THE VICTORY HOP
stage dance, is being planned by
the Student Council of Mount
Clemens High School, to help
the sales of War stamps. The
admission fee is fifty cents for
two war stamps.
The dance will be held in the
boys gymnasium, Friday eve
ming from $50 o'clock until IL
o'clock. The "Buddies' 'orches-
ira will furnish the music.
MR.. AND MRS. LOUIS SZA-
30 and twin daughters, Jane
and Joan, of Cleveland, Ohio,
were the week end guests of
Mrs. Szabo's sister. Mrs. Duane
Tryloff and Mr.. Tryloff.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

MIR. AND MRS. ARTHUR
HOFF of Hubbard avenue, en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Wagner of Pontiac for Sunday
dinner; also Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Schalm and family of Har-
per road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22

son OF Mrs. +. TODD, 1879
Charles street, now stationed at
Camp White, Oregon, will at
tend the Communications School
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
PVT. WILBUR A. KLEMM
has been promoted to the rank
of Technician 5th grade, accord
ing to word received by his wife.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William P. Klemm, stationed
with the U. S. Army Ordnance,
Fort Lewis, Washington.
THREE NEW RECRUITS re-
ported at the U. S. Naval Train.
ing Station, Great Lakes, Illi-
nois from Mount Clemens, they
are: Frank Louis Chontos, 2O86
Conger Bay drive; Nick William
Clayssens, Route 3 and Leonard
l.. Grawburg, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles William GraWburg,
4417 Clinton River road. Upon
completing their recruit train
ing, these men will be home on
nine-day leave.
SERGT. JOHN HALL of
Camp Banding, Florida, has
been home on 13-day fur
Tough visiting his mother, Mrs.
M. F. Hall, and sister, Mrs. Wal.
ter Brass.
LEO N. BRAUN, Phm. Mate,
End class, U. S. Navy, spent the
weekend at his home, 81 Madi-
son street. He is on recruiting
duty at Springfield, Ill.
CONTINUING HIS COMBAT
TRAINING as a pilot of the Ar
my Air Forces, A/C James c.
krause, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert S. Krause, 299 North
Gratiot avenue, has reported to
the Training Command Basic
school at Perrin Field, Texas,
for nine weeks instructions. At
this school Cadet Krause will
fly a 450-horsepower plane that
has the handling characteristics
of military combat craft.
S &c WILLIAM DAVID
HOUSEHOLDER observed his
18th birthday anniversary Feb
ruary 10. He is stationed at
Pearl Harbor.
A/C FRANK c. HUFSTED-
LER has been transferred from
Olathe, Kansas to Corpus Chris
ii. Texas.
SERGT. EDWARD F. KOZ-
LOWSKI, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kozlowski, Center Line,
has completed his course of
studies as an aviation mechanic
in the Army Air Forces Techni-
cal Training school at Amarillo,
Texas.
TIA DOROTHY ]. MILLER,
19l North avenue, has been
awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. She is stationed at the
First WAC Training Center,
Fort Des Moines, Iowa. This
was one of the first awards of
this nature ever presented to a
WAC at Fort Des Moines. The
Good Conduct medals were
awarded to WACs who had
shown exemplary behavior, eff
ficiency and fidelity and who
had served in the Army for a
year or more. Since no medals
are presented by the War De-
partment during the war, the
WACs received red and white
striped ribbons and will be
awarded the medals when the
war ends. The ribbons are worn
over the left pocket.
CAPTAIN j. j. REICHMAN,
who has been stationed some
where in North Africa, is now
somewhere in India, according
to a cablegram received by his
wife.
PFC. FRANKLIN BOELTER,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Boel-
ter, 915 -Glenwood road, is home
on 7 day furlough from Camp
White, Oregon.
MRS. FRED FURTON re-
ceived word from her son, STAN
ley, in Australia, that he has
been promoted to a Staff Sergt.
PFC. LINCOLN JOHNS has
returned to Camp Philip, Kan,
after epopdinU q IN daN f,,rlo,,gb
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-22
Marguerite Zienert
Engaged

MIR. AND MRS. AUGUST
ZIENERT of Washington, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Marguerite to Norman
Harms, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Harms of Macomb. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

The Wonder Man"
TEL me- i asked her, now
that you've played opposite
two Of the top comedians OF
our time, which one do you
like best, and how do they
compare?"
She opened her big green-blue
eyes, looked at me and said:
II couldn't say which one I
Hike best-they are so entirely
different. Bob bubbles over all
the time, and IL he can make
anyone I'm the company laugh,
he feels he's done great days
work. Probably that's because
he saw how necessary IL Is to
make people laugh when he
was out In the far South Pa.
cific. On the contrary" she
added, Danny is very serious.
He concentrates so completely
on his picture that he has little
time to play practical jokes.
But i think understand that,
too" she added. Bob has al.
ready arrived. and Danny is
just starting"
You'd better not let your
boss, Mr.. Sam GOldwyn, hear
that chuckled. Danny is his
most important star"
Judging by the rapid progress
Virginia has made in her brief
career in the movies, she may
become a top. ranking star. It's
been done before. l learned that
her ambition is to star in comedy
the very field in which it's been
her good fortune to make her
debut in pictures.
Virginia, whose natural ash
blonde hair, hazel green eyes and
creamy complexion photographs
beautifully in Technicolor, is TAX.
Ing advantage of every break.
I'm so grateful to Mr.. Gold.
wyn for the big chance he's
given me-" she said glOwingly.
Its strictly up to me from
here on, and I'm going to work
awfully hard not to disappoint
him, as well as myself"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
BY lOUELLA O. PARSONS
Motion Picture Editor International
News Service
IN AN unguarded moment ]
mentioned that considered

Virginia Mayo the prettiest
girl to come to Hollywood this
year. / say ''unguarded" because
such a remark constitutes a chal.
lenge for an interview, column
or two, and all my best adjectives
to Sam Goldwyn, who is never
bashful in following up any com.
plimentary remark about his
properties. But / was glad to
meet Virginia. for had enjoyed
her beauty and her young fresh
ness In THE Princess and the
Pirate" when she was the lady
love Of the ebullient Bob Hope.
Unfortunately, she came to see
me just as was trying to do
dozen or more things and make
a train on time. But we had
nice little talk and I couldn't
help thinking how gentle, how
sweet and pretty she is, this
girl who was grabbed by Sam
right out of Billy Roses "Dia.
mond Horseshoe" and brought
to Hollywood.
She looked as II she might be
heading for basketball practice
In her gray suit with her match.
ing sweater. She could be any
high school or college girl, only
here she We, being polished,
groomed and aided for possible
stardom by Sam Goldwyn, who
has created many stars.
II was the ring mistress In
q stuffed horse act" she told
me, when Mr.. Goldwyn came
to see me. He arranged for an
interview, and when I went to
his office next day, I was so
frightened I could hardly speak.
] was practically tongue tied.
My self. confidence was at low
ebb, and I was sure I wasn't
making any kind OF an impress.
sion. Then he noticed my hat.
IL was one had designed my.
self-a scarf tied around my
head-and he began asking
questions about Il. I became so
carried away telling him about
my interest I'm designing that
/ found myself entirely at ease
and able to carry on a con.
versation without fainting from
fright"
Well, I've known people who
wer emit would be" actresses
who tainted from fright when
Sam Goldwyn was interviewing
them! didn't tell the lady that,
because she's only known Sam
a scant year and half, and I've
known him for 80 years, so why
disillusion her? At this writing,
she thinks he's perfect--a gent
with wingS-but then she hasn't
been in Hollywood long enough
TO start fussing about her dress.
ing room, grabbing about the
way her hair is done, complain.
ing of overwork. She's new at
this business, and excited about
the whole thing and therefore
easy to get along with.
To return to her interview tDith
Samuel Johnson Coldwyn. Her per.
sonaiity must have Impressed him,
for few weeks later she was on
her way TO Hollywood Nth the
coveted CoIdwyn contract in her
pocket.
Her success did not come as
easily as 1t might sound in this
story. She was first only atmos.
phere In Danny Hayes up In
Arms" but she was photogenic-
she spoke her couple of lines
well-and so Sam, who has ere.
ated as many stars as any pro.
Queer in this business, gave her
the role of the Princess" in Bob
Hopes The Princess and the
-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
BY Hal. WARD

FIN NIGHTALL was % years old.
Healthy. Husky, a man with
grippe.
He was gripping as he shoveIed coal
into the firebOX OF locomotive chug
ging through al little te4e-ff- III Cam
bridgeshire Old Ben Gimbert. the
engineer, grinned. He was used TO
Jim's beefing
$50 goes down 10 London" the
fireman beloved over the clank of
steel and the hiss of steam. land |
says to the recruiting sergeant, says,
it's a blooming frame-up. You're
afraid I'll come back with the Vic
toria Cross.
Then he goes into the same old
song and dance: The army amt TAX.
ing no experienced railroad men.
Especially them what's runnin NUM-
tons trains. And good firemen are
hard to find And why don't l quit
talkin' about bcin a hero and get
back to my blinkin' engine? And.
Jim never finished his gripc. The
engineer had suddenly leaned out the
cab window. He was staring back at
something. Jim kicked the fireboX
door shut and looked, too.
At first his eyes picked up only the
long line of chunky wooden boXcarS.
Fifty OF them loaded with bombs for
the Raj. And then he saw it--a yell
low tongue of flame licking the side
OF the car coupled 10 the tender.
Without a word the engineer shut
down the throttle and eased on the
brakes By the time the big locomo-
tive ground TO a stop, he and the fire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
Men without Horse Sense

THE natives of Kokoda, New
Guinea, were given the surprise
OF their lives the other day when
an American transport plane landed
near their wilderness village and
horse was led out. 1t was the first
one they had ever seen.
Although Liberators, MitchellS,
PISS, Wildcats. ZeroS. and Mitsubishi
bombers are familiar sights TO the
Kokodans, they had never before laid
their eyes on a nag until MacArthur's
men ferricd one in.
According TO the fliers who were
on hand when the four.footed passen-
ger stepped out the eyes of the ma
tives nearly popped out of their
sockets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
AnA|armC|ock f fer Deaf

He fined James SIS and gave him
sharp warning that if he ever was
brought back into court on the same
charge the penalty would automati-
cally be doubled.
The deaf man went home in
quandary. He hadn't been kidding
the judge He had tried everything
even putting big gongs onto alarm
clocks-but he heard nothing once he
was asleep.
Then the tardy war worker got his
big idea. He rugged vibrator TO
his bed and hooked up the alarm
clock to IT, SO now, whenever the
alarm goes off. it starts his bed to
shaking and rocking until James
gets up and shuts the machinery off.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

For the first few days. after it was
tethered near the Yank camp, the
Kokodans wouldn't 90 within 100
yards of the oatsmobile. Then a few
got up enough nerve TO touch the
creature. When nothing unusual hap
pened, they were delighted. =
Some of the natives, however,
fuse 10 believe ii when the soldiefN
tell them that the horse is an animal.
Some have even stood watch all
night and have looked on the fact
that since the strange looking visitor
never lies down 10 sleep, it is not an
animal, but just another one of the
white mans fearful and wonderful
machines of war for killing off the
hated Japs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
oChan;c:a'<
lobe a Hero

man were out and run AHWg
ming.
May be too late" 6l
whcezed Old Ben. But
we gotta try to get that car away
from the others and head for the open
country five miss, Eng1IndH be
short one trainload Of bombs and a
town"
The coupling stuck bit, but finally
the rusty steel fists came apart and
the old man and the youngster were
back in their cab. The throttle was
yanked wide open, but the driving
wheels spun crafty before they bit
into the rails and put daylight be
tween the flaming car and those be-
hind it,
Jim grabbed a dirty gunny sack and
scrambled up the black slope of coal
in the tender Maybe he could beat
the blaze out Ben jerked his old body
back and forth in an absurd effort to
pick up speed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

mos mouth Pr% @S;oii ~eSR~
Ia find Jim"
He didn't hear
them saying that
one end of the town was a pile OF
Tubble. That 500 dazcd and homeless
people were digging themselves out
by the red glare Of the burning gas
works. That there wouldn't bc any
town, or any live people for miles
around, except for him and his fire
man.
His numb brain heard only the
words gotta find Jim
And at last, stumbling, falling,
crawling over twisted steel and Splin
tered wood, he did One of Jim's legs
stuck out at an allwrong angle. Where
a muscular forearm ought 10 be. there
was only stump, ragged and red.
Jim" ne whispered, its me. Ben
You all right"
One charred eyelid tried TO open
Swollen lips stirred. Slowly a cruel
caricature OF Jim Nightalls young
face came unstuck.
mo. Ben" IL rasped. still Sc.
gripping never. get to-. be -. a
hero. now. I'm a g.. goner
And before Old Ben could think OF
anything TO say he was.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

NEHEN George James, sci
y" entific instrument filter at
w a factory in the little English
village of Brentford, was brought
into court the other day on charges
of being persistently late for work
an offenSe in wartime Britain 80 he
argued that he was too deaf 10 hear
an alarm clock.
But the Judge was unsympathetic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08

Then hell broke loose.
Old Ben found himself
sprawled in the wreckage OF
shed Is yards from the tracks. He
was staring dumbly at the twisted
ruins of his engine when someone
tried 10 put him on a strctchcr. Then
there were other people putting hands
on him and talking.
60 way" he mumbled through