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received lift in morale by engaging in
Industrial work;
And children who may have been
terrorized by the possibilities of air
raids In the early days of the war, de-
velop mental attitudes which enable
them to cope with the fact Of war.
They md relief, he said, in boasting
about the strength Of our armed forces,
In participating In war games wherein
they fancy themselves as machine gum
ners routing Japs out Of the backyard
bushes-and in taking part in scrap and
salvage drives.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Americas 772th Week of War
23Oth Week of World War II
By H0yard p. Bailey.

The Nation profoundly shocked last
been the reacheous attack Pearl
and the Navy made public eyewitness Of the
of American Filipino prisoners
Corregidor fell in April, 1912
At ODonnel
after
leans died by October 1912 Filipino casualties
AS the public dged the horrible story besiay
cold and Secretary smsons
those responsible probably
desires
Adding fresh fuel to the flames the Toxic
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The general can hit crow at more than
400 yards. In North Africa one day a
Messerchmidt came into range. The
generals favorite rifle was not within
reach. What duck shot that would
have been!" he lamented.
Today he weighs 1872 pounds, but his
figure Is still hard and trim. He is getting
bald on top, and the raven hair is flecked
with silver. He wears family tinted
tortoise shell glasses and looks more
like school teacher than military
conqueror. He doesn't smoke, and drinks
and swears with extreme moderation.
AS he disliked being cooped UP in
buildings, he lives in a truck when on
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accompanied by statement from WMCe
House Secretary Steve Early that the
United States has given up hope of
being able to aid any surviving prison.
ers, urged the American people to form
peace clubs.
British Are Aroused.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden ad-
vised the House of Common in London
of the treatment of American prisoners
and reaction in the United Kingdom
was as menacing to the future of the
Japs as that in the United States.
Already, discussion of how the Axis Is
to be curbed in the future has brought
about suggestions that supplies of petro-
leum products and nitrogen be limited
to actual civilian needs and that the
japanese be confined in their home
islands. Last week Admiral Emory S.
Land, chairman of the Maritime Com
mission added the further suggestion
that for a sufficient number of years,
no Axis power should be permitted to
have any sea-borne trade carried on in
Axis ships.
On the diplomatic front there were
several important developments last
week with Argentina breaking off diplo-
matte relations with Germany and
Japan because, the announcement
stated, vast network of spies had been
discovered operating in the South
American republic. Many persons were
arrested and Argentinian shipping was
halted as hemisphere solidarity at last
was attained.
Spain, which has been believed help
ing the Nazis for some time, came in
for little drastic treatment which may
bring that unhappy country into the
Allied camp or at least into real neu-
trality. To accomplish this, shipment
Of petroleum products to Spain was
prohibited during the month of Febru-
airy, thus seriously crippling all trans
portation in the Franco country.
The Polish-Rus situation is not
responding too we'll to the. efforts of the
United States and Great Britain to
bring an agreement between the two
countries. Mr.. Eden, reafirming Brit
ish foreign policy, said that Britain will
not consent to the partition of Poland
though he did leave an escape from an
arbitrary position when he added that
border changes could not be recognized
unless freely agreed to by the affected
parties.
Polish Premier Mikolajc jczyk is coming
to Washington to confer on the situa-
ton although Russia has declined
American offers to mediate. American
and British correspondents were taken
to Katyn Forest where the 11,o0O mas
sacred uniformed Poles were buried. The
Soviet accuses the Nazis of the mass
deaths which at one time had been
charged to the Reds by the Poles thus
raising one of the most difficult points
of issue between the two countries.
Soviet officials are seeking to remove
any doubt that the Nazis are to blame.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Axis Loses All Fronts Revelation Jops

Experts Doubt War Impact
Causes Many Mental Crackups
Situation in Britain and in United States Cited to
Show That New Interests and Outlets Have
Even Proven Beneficial
and
a
which
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

If that alone represented the achievements
of the women workers of the Red Cross it
would be a remarkable record but to. get the
whole picture it is necessary to mention sur
vivor bundles for rescue ships comfort bags
and capture parcels for our prisoners of war
in Europe.
For five years the women OF Canada have
remained faithful to their task. 1t is not a
glamorous job, but real hard work. No med
ais are bestowed, the only reward being a
feeling of satisfaction that comes with the
performance of a loving duty well done.
This year will be the testing time. There
will be a sharp increase in casualties, and there
will be more wounds to dress. This means
more and more work for the women of Canada
through their Red Cross.
We know that a call for more help will
not be a call in vain.
Before the allied invasion of France the
American Red Cross had conducted swimming
classes in England in which more than l,oOO
United States army men were trained to carry
on servicemen's instructions in combat swim
ming.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09
AMERICAN RED CROSS

Washington. D.. C.-In the last minute
rush to put their affairs in order before D-Day.
more than $1,000 American servicemen i'll
Great Britain called on Red Cross during the
past month to get reports on the welfare OF
families at home, for help in personal prob
lens. for loans and reinsurance on matters
that have arisen since leaving their home
ports.
To get the answers to many OF the prob
lens and to prevent unnecessary worry over
emergencies at home. Red Cross field directors
and their assistants exchanged more than
81! 900 communications with local chapters and
with Red Cross National Headquarters in
Washington.
A Red Cross field director in North Africa
also reported an increase in requests for Red
Cross service to servicemen, particularly in
rest camps for troops coming back from the
Italian mainland and adjacent islands.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09
CANADIAN RED CROSS

When the history of the present war comes
to be written the part played by the women
of the Canadian Red Cross will be an inter
esting and inspiring chapter. An mixing OF
the contribution from the women is contained
n the annual report of the chairman of the
National Women's War Work Committee pre-
scented to the S~ociety's Control Council at a
recent meeting.
Since the outbreak of hostilities nearly %
million articles of comfort and supply have
been distributed to our Armed Forces, the
Merchant Navy, victims of war in Britain and
Allied nations. and hospitals. In 1913 alone
The grand total of articles reached 1921 AIS
including the following civilian relief, 1881
297; hospital supplies, o7l 900; surgical dress
:"os. 777SfCH; woollen comforts for the
Forces. $40. 1913, and woollen comforts for the
Auxiliary Services. 98.335. In addition to
these figures a large quantity of goods was
sent to hosp tails in Canada and Newfoundland.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

learned it from their parents, but more par
ticularly to the many friends of the Syrian and
Lebanon people. There are many Americans
who talk with great enthusiasm of the Spanish
cafe and Spanish cooking, and if you can find
one in Detroit you are lucky. But one who
comes from a long line of Hispano ancestry,
can say that if you want to find some of the
real cuisine of Granada and certain well known
parts OF old Spain, then go to the Shiek. Mine
host, Joe Shannon and his able wife. will serve
you lamb (the king of the Spanish table,,
the way it should be cooked with all the life
left in it. and the delicious salads and black
olives which remind you of the Alhambra.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

The ladies who enjoyed SO much serving
the Military Police on July II are again Civ
ing their services to the service men on the
evening of Wednesday, August 9, at River
Rouge Recreation Club House at the end OF
the West Warren car line. The ladies spon-
soring this party are Mesdames Najeeb Ferri,
Chekri Salloum, George Rasheed, Edward
Sire. Sam Sphire, Maron Hakim, Rose Hakim,
Ida Abraham and many others. Invitations
have been extended Mr.. Shauki Rayess, editor
of the Guide, Mr.. Joseph Aschkar, associate
editor of the Guide and Mr.. Guillermo Err
mando, circulation manager. For further in
formation. call Townsend 5-o6O8.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

A new waterproof package for Red Cross
surgical dressings make it possible to float
needed dressings to men on beachheads or
islands without landing facilities.
Red Cross leave area service clubs in the
British Isles are equipped to serve 388,895
meals and snacks and to provide 1897 bed
accommodations daily to servicemen on leave.
Each American prisoner of war in Europe
may receive 90 pounds of books a year at the
rate of five pounds a month.
Five Red Cross clubmobiles are being
equipped for use on the Aleutian Islands, and
two already travel the Alcan highway.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

On Sunday, August 10th, the Feast of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin will be cele-
brated at Our Lady of Redemption Church.
Rt. Rev. Monsignor A. Riashi will officiate at
the Solemn High Mass which will be preceded
by a solemn procession around the church at
McDougall and Charlevoix. This celebration
promises to be one of the outstanding events
in local Catholic history. In the procession
will be carried the statue of Our Blessed Lady
upon a splendidly decorated platform with an
escort composed of the young girls of the
church all dressed in white. Then all the So
cieties of the church will march with their
banners and the clergy in full vestments. All
who can possibly attend this magnificent and
beautiful tribute to the Holy Mother are
strongly urged to do so.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09
THE ROAMING REPORTER

Hello. Anchorville! Your Roaming Re-
porter ventured forth beyond the limits OF
Detroit and got as far as Anchorville. where
the Yezbecks. Checker and Nabijha and their
children. Joe. Freddie and Laurice, enjoy
their week-ends. And he took a dip in the
Yeebicks lake. What a pleasure it is to be
with the Yezbicks.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09
NOTES o THE FRONTIER

The editor of the Guide, Mr.. Rayess, and
circulation manager, Mr.. Ermando, were in
vited by Russell Hewitt of Windsor. to a con
ference with Mr.. l.. Champness of Norwich,
England. Mr.. Champness is a public speaker
of note and is particularly popular before audi
ences today, in view of his %sojourn in Japan
and the Malay for eight years, prior to the
war. His experiences in the far east were
most entertaining to us. He has been in con-
tact with many of the near and far east ma
tons and is quite coversant with the Syrian
and Lebanese peoples, for whom he mas The
highest regard and mentioned that some of
his closest personal friends and house guests
are among these people.
Speaking of the possibilities of a perman-
ent peace and the means of avoiding the hor-
rors of war, Mr.. Champness believes that the
foundation of peace OH earth is good will, each
toward the other. all over the world. This is
becoming more and more a necessity. in view
of the fact that for reasons beyond our con
troll. we are neighbors one and all and becOm-
ing closer neighbors in view of the faster
means of travel. He believes it impossible for
war to break out where good will exists.
We hope some time to be able to present
Mr.. Champness as a speaker at some of our
meetings on his favorite subject, namely, his
experiences in Japan and the Far East.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

The numerous friends of Mrs. Maron Ha-
kim may rest assured that she is now much
better. having convalesced from a severe at
tack of grippe which confined her to her bed
under doctors orders since last Friday. We
hope she is up and going before August Is,
otherwise she will be missed at Cary, Ohio.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

Anyone who wishes to enjoy the excel
lencies of Eastern fare in a truly Near East
atmosphere should visit the Shiek Cafe at
$40 E. Lafayette, Detroit. This advice is not
for the older generation who know it already,
nor so much for the younger one who have
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Latoff and their two
charming children, Joseph Jf. and Elaine. of
Washington, d. c.. have arrived i'll town and
pitched their tent, so to speak, at the home
OF Mrs. Latoff's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Najeeb
Ferris, % Labelle Ave, Highland Park. Get
ready, Mr.. Butros, we have a visit to make.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

Thanks very much for the beautiful cravat.
May | wear it at your wedding, Badra? You
are rightly named, SO we. say to the lovely
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maroon Hakim of
1927 Agnes St, who has just returned from
a weekend trip to Petoskey, Mich.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

Second Petty Officer James Habib is in
excellent health and having a busy life at his
present station, according to what his excel
lent and gracious better half, Mrs. Alma
Habib, tells us. We will have a few notes
on his activities in the next issue.
Ad-daleel., 1944-08-09

The picnic at Belle Isle held last week by
the Syrian-L Lebanon Ladies of Charity for their
families and friends was a grand success and
everybody had a splendid time. The children
particularly enjoyed themselves as the ladies
had prepared a splendid program of games
with nice prizes. Anyone, whoever has had
the pleasure of attending a picnic of the 81
ladies, or for that matter any event which they
give, will leave it with but one strong desire
and that is to attend another. SO far as we
are concerned, we certainly look forward with
keen longing to the time when the ladies will
have their social season underway, beginning
with the autumn. We can endure the heat
of the present summer looking forward to that.
Evening star., 1944-06-04

He was tidy and serene in the early morning.
and his eyes beamed over the rims of his
bifocals. He offered her a crmpet and went
to fetch hot coffee. They ate in silence and
peace and were close friends. and 50 she
could ask him There was no one else she
could talk to. but she could ask this gentle
man with the sensitive smile: Did you ever
hear OF a woman's falling in love with man
who was dead?'
His eyes measured her. and he looked young
with keenness and old with sorrow "Is it
Henry?" he asked.
Il know it's fantastic" she said. She
walked around the room as she talked, 50
that he might not sense too clearly how
stricken she was I've never seen him. All
know is what you've told me - you and
few Others. Yet I'm closer to him than to
anyone else I've ever met"
You love him?"
Mot as legend, not as one of the hon.
ored dead"
You love him d"
"Passionately, as lover pretend that
he will come back, and we will meet and he
will love me, and we will make home to-
gether I torture myself by imagining his
kisses She stopped pacing, her hands on the
back of a chair The morning sun struck
glints from the old Furnished silver of the
coffee pot Haltingly at first, she told him
all she cared to about her strange communion
with Henry Enders.
You make it seem very real. he said at last.
Its the realest thing that's ever happened
to me-" she said 'Of course, you II say it was
all dream
is that the way it seemed to you?'
Il had thought so much about him that
it carried over into kind of hallucination -
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want any ties. Now | know that wasn't it
- it was you"
How do you mean?" She was suddenly
afraid to ask questions. His hair was soft and
curly under her fngertips.
The Arabs have a word for it, he said.
They say 'Maktoob''
What's that?" she asked.
1T means 1t is written
'Maktoo6'," she said "Destiny?'
Destiny, if you like. Me for you and you
for me-"
Foreboding and realization were yelling
up in her and she hid her face in her hands.
What happened to Destiny in the sky over
New Guinea?" she said. He took her hands
away from her face and made her look at him.
1T was meant for US to meet" he said.
And he said, Il love you" He said it over
and over, and his kisses were hard against her
lips. There was strength in his arms, and ten
de1ness and an arrogant denial that he was
lost to her before their love was born.
YET afterwards, in the loneliness of full
awakening, she lay desolate. as the sense of
loss rose and overwhelmed her. She let the
tears roll down her cheeks as child might,
racked and comfortless.
There was no sleep left in the night for her,
and she Lit cigarette and stood by the win
dow watching for daylight The glass pane
reflected her face, wraithlike, without con-
tours, and she looked at it grimly.
You're psychopathic case" she said to
her reflection "A hopeless neurotic." But she
didn't believe it. The sky began to glow and
she dressed quickly and packed her bag.
She had coffee in the corner drugstore,
and then she walked up the hill to the cottage
behind the school The old schOolmaster's
eyes twinkled with pleasure as he let her IN.
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shelves 1t was nice room, orderly and rest
full. There were pictures of airplanes tackled to
the walls. The windows looked out ON pear
tree, its boughs beginning to encroach on the
house.
''Im going to keep things just the way he
had them, said Mrs. Enders. did you see in
the papers where it told how that pilot hacked
his way out of the jungle after six weeks?'
Yes, read about it." said Wanda drily.
Well sighed Mrs Enders, Il suppose
I'm foolish to go on hoping -" She got out
the album of. childhood snapshots. They
showed slender boy mostly squirting into
the sun. He never filed out much except m
the shoulders" his mother said.
flying suit 1t was poor picture, villamousiy
retouched, but Wanda got good deal cut of
it. The eyes looked off at some attention
point of the photographers, but Wanda
could see the full mouth, mobile and compass
sionate. and the firm jaw line, and something
eager in the tilt of the head. She could add
transparent skin, color that came and went
swiftly in his face, the quick gesture with his
hand that never succeeded in quashing the
cowlick.
What did he like to do?" she asked.
What sort of things did he care for - out
side of airplanes, mean"
well, reading lot, guess. ALI sorts of
books, philosophy and all like that, MIR.
Rhodes got him interested over at school.
OF course when he went to State it was
mostly mechanics -"
Did he sing? Did he like music?"
Henry? Oh. he couldn't carry tune. He
wasn't happy unless he was somewhere with
his head stuck in book, or else making some
thing with his hands. He'd get making things
- an airplane model, maybe, or present for
me - and he wouldn't want to stop to eat"
What did he make?"
oh, carved things and ash trays and PEN
wipers and shoe racks and don't know what
ALL I've still got some OF them"
'Id like to see them"
There was leather thing that was right
pretty. A watch fob, guess it was; leather.
YOU know, with some lettering on the disc
oart. don't know where it is now"
Wanda spent long time in Henry's room.
She twirled the propeller of an airplane model
that had the place of honor on the desk.
There was small schooiboy's globe of the
world, and she picked out Ohio and then
turned it around to find New Guinea. She
studied the book titles, especially the ones
with worn bindings: Plato. Spinoza, Voltaire,
Walter Pater: strange, she thought, for abstract
ideas to enthyaH boy whose ombitson seas to
fy. But there was plenty of action books. too
- Kim" and Captains Courageous and
'.Moby Dick and time e-scarred Treasure
Island" Books about voyages of discovery
and exotic lands and pioneer aviation. Books
that had given him wings before he had ever
Evening star., 1944-06-04

tor her, an eager boy munchIng CIumpetS al
the tea table and arguing about good and
evil. fatalism and free will. :.
Wanda took hot bath and more aspirin
and went to bed The town was quiet, quiet
as her own home had been in her girihood,
50 that little sounds became friendly. had
meaning. Thousands of tosOns like this all
oseT the country, she thought, the young men
wa7- gone, to fight - like Henry Enders - and
perhaps to die.
Like Henry Enders Many people had given
her bits of him, and the bits could be fitted
together into mold, the shape of a man:
He was kind of an intense guy" >. He
had the keenest eyes I've ever seen; pilots
eyes, guess you'd call them" 'Oh, he
danced all right, but it was like he didn't pay
much mind to the music" you should
have seen him after his first airplane ride out
at the Fair Grounds; his face was shining and
he couldn't say word" He had dog
- just mutt, you know. Caught his paw
in a trap one day. Henry nursed him for
weeks, gentle as mother with sick baby
:. Sure, he was reckless; he was flyer,
wasn't he? But none of your smart-aleck
stuff" Popular? No. wouldn't say he
was popular. If he thought things certain
way, he'd stick up for his own ideas even if
they went against the crowd" -. Il remen-
Der once he made speech. Oh, forget what
it was about - some guy getting raw deal"
-. He was sweet on girl his last year in
High, but it was only kid stuff She married
an older man with money. and after while
he got 50 he laughed about it. -. There
was the time he made forced landing and
smashed wing-tip, He got the plane patched
up and flew her back to base before he ad
mitted he had couple of cracked ribs HIM
self" Quiet" -. Gentle" -. "Reck-
less" Keen"
WANDA lay awake. casting the man from
the impress he had made on the minds of
those who had known him. And then she
slept, if you can call it sleep. As in dream
she accepted the strange and the impossible.
For he was there in her room, the Henry she
had created, with unruly hair and wide apart
eyes that smiled at the irony of their meeting.
Its foolish thing" he said, but don't
even know your name. What do they call
you, the people who love you?"
So it began. and they talked. a little shyly
at first, as people do who have heard about
each other and are alone for the first time.
She told him about her childhood in small
town 50 much like his that she knew how he
had dressed up on Halloween, and what
presents he had been given for Christmas.
They laughed about the things that had
loomed 50 large when they were children -
he was never any good in Latin, and her
ankles turned when she tried to skate. They
laughed quite lot, because laugh doesn't
need a future They talked about the years
of growing up, and the people they had
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Walter Pater; strange, she thought, tor aosfT0d
ideas to enthyaH boy whose o~bttaon teas to
fy. But there was plenty of action books, too
Kim" and Captains Courageous" and
'Moby Dick and time-scarTed Treasure
Island" Books about voyages OF discovery
and exotic lands and pioneer aviation. Books
that had given him wings before he had ever
sat in pilots cockpit.
IT WAS still early evening when Wanda
walked back to the hotel. She bore with her
a hundred impressions of Henry Enders, from
the boys he had gone to school with. the girls
he had taken to dances, the family doctor,
the neighbors. the Scout leader. And from
Mr.. Rhodes, the schoolmaster.
She had found MIR. Rhodes in his cottage
behind the school He was gray and ascenc
and courtly, and Wanda thought him one OF
the incest people she had ever met man
who had lived many years, all OF them rich IN
human understanding He had pictured Henry
The Nome nugget., 1944-04-12

gram have far exceeded the num- Der we had anticipated" said Maj. George L. Hall, commandant of the Alaska Branch of the Insti- ute. Sufficient numbers have enrolled to justify group classes in several subjects.
 Initial enrollments have dis closed several interesting facts. Mathematics, notoriously unpop- ular with many high school stu dents, is definitely the most popu- lar field with the service men, and this goes for algebra. geom- etry and trigonometry as well as bookkeeping and accounting.
 In the language field, Russian is number one in popularity where French and Spanish had headed the field in America for decades.