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Spare 1t So They
Can Wear II

Ever walked barefoot down a graveled
path? Or shivered in light spring coat
when balmy day suddenly turns cold and
light snow begins to fall?
Not very pleasant or comfortable ex-
perienceS, are they? Even when they occur
Just once in a while. Yet the people in
war-devastated countries of Europe have
been suffering from lack of clothes and
shoes for nearly five years, in ever-increas-
ing numbers.
In winter, you can follow the trail of
Polish and Dutch children by the bloody
footprints left by their unshod feet as they
trudged through the snow. Even thread is
scarce in Italy-So scarce in fact that it
sells by the yard and clothing collection
chairmen have been asked to see that con-
tributionS to the drive are mended because
of the lack of sewing materials abroad.
This is the kind of suffering you can
alleviate by contributing to the National
Clothing Collection this Sunday. Bundle
up disable clothing bedding, remnants of
material and place it on the curb near your
house for collection. If you fail to do so
on Sunday, take your donations to collec-
ton depotS at the fire stationG or Sears.
Are you wearing it now? If not, give
it to the National Clothing Collection.
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AS The General Said.

1t has been the fancy, these past several
years, for some advanced" thinkers and
theorists to express grave concern for the
little people" amongst us-a benign if
patronizing concern.
Their hearts bleed aloud and in print
for the little people," who are never quite
defined as they are being drooled over We
are permitted to understand, however, that
the most of us are just little people" who
should be guided and led and patted on the
head by the all-wise and all-great who alone
know what is good for us.
Well! :. :. AS we sit and ponder neat
way to wrap up this little" dissertation,
our mind keeps reverting to that fortnight
and free-born American commander whose
Yanks were outnumbered and surrounded
at Bastogne. The Fuehrer-hipped Nazis
demanded surrender. And the General
answered: "NUTS!"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-12
No Freedom Without
Free Markers

Although Russia and Germany have
entirely different backgrounds and tradi-
tionS it is no accident that overall economic
planning for government control or owner
ship of all productive activity has blocked
the existence of democratic institutions in
both countries
Where a central government assues
responsibility for operating the economic
system or of assuring employment, the free
expression of the will of the members of
that society is incompatible with the func-
tIoning of such a planned economy. Such
control of nations production and distri-
button inevitably destroys a free market,
and without free market, Individual free
dom which permits man to carry on private
enterprise and buy and sell as he sees fit,
cannot exist
1t is becoming more generally recog-
nized that peaceful world in the future
will depend largely upon free markets-the
interchange of goods and services between
nations Therefore, it is logical that the
greatest possible freedom of opportunity
IN production and distribution should exist
IN the United States in order to insure free
dom and opportunity at home But, instead
of that, we already find a well-planned pro-
gram reaching far into the future, after the
war has ended, to control production and
distribution, even down to retail trade
Those in charge of so-called postwar
planning seem not to understand the driv-
ing force of individual incentive which
flows from free opportunity to produce and
sell. The limit of their vision seems to be
to ration constantly dwindling supplies,
rather than promote conditions which in
crease production, with resulting increased
sales of food and commodities of all kinds,
with countless new jobs resulting therefrom.
While our national government talks
about free markets abroad, let it not forget
that the success of such policy that en-
courageS free markets at home where the
initiative of the individual is not restricted
by some government bureau at every turn.
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II Must Not Happen ~
Again
1T must not happen again."


That slogan, referring to World Wars
l and II, represents the wish, the prayer,
the determination of every American citizen
But in another important sense ''it must
not happen again" can and should be ap-
piled to the thinking of all American motor
lists, for 1t calls for long-range vision over
and beyond the limitations of immediate
postwar planning Our decision, as car
owners, to see that 1T must not happen
again can be as great a contribution to
the prevention of or the winning of the
next war as that rendered by the operators
and owners of approximately 25,O00,OOO
passenger cars.
Long-range thinking and planning can
not be lightly tossed aside on the oft
repeated ground that there will not be
another world war; In either case the task
ahead is still vital to the progressive main
tenance of our American way of life.
We must never again permit this ma
ton to get out on a limb by way of depend
ence upon crude rubber so that we run the
risks we did when Japan, during the winter
of 1941-42, seized well over 90 per cent of
the worlds supply of natural rubber.
We must never again permit our ma
tional supply of motor fuel to be jeopardized
by our own failure to insist upon construc-
lAOil oIII iIldIIIlSIldllCG VI dUG(ludlS storage
tanks a: d distribution facilities We can
not afford to have any major industrial sec
ton of the nation hamstrung through
policy of putting all of our eggs into one
basket, lie, too much reliance upon one
particular form of petroleum transport
We must never again permit our high
way systems, particularly city streets and
urban roads over which four out of every
five war workers travel daily, to lag in
construction and maintenance, or deterior-
ate to the extent that they constitute con-
tinuing hazard to the long life of tires and
tubes, and menace to the axleS and springs
of cars.
The time to think of these things and
plan their accomplishment is now, while our
narrow escape" is still fresh in mind. ut
must not happen again"
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PACIFIC IMPRESSIONS
by VIM H LTTTLEWooD


and It's pretty much in demand to
break in all these new pilots" I
put on my best crestfallen look and
started to turn away. But he stop
ped me short! IF you can come
back at ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ing though, I'll take you up my
self" ! readily assured him that
I'd be there. and walked away.
damn near felt like doing q couple
of tailspins and outside loops my
self.
Before I 60 any further, I had
better explain just what q piggy.
back" is. A "piggyback" is q P-3S-
one Of those pursuit planes with
the double fuselage-that has been
rugged up to carry two men instead
Of only one. If you take out the
radio equipment and the armor
plate from behind the pilots seat,
there is just room enough for this
second man to squeeze around the
seat and crouch down In the space
that is exposed. Of course his head
Is practically resting on the pilots
shoulder, and he is hunched up and
bent over, which Is where they get
the name of "piggyback." But any,
way, you've got two men In a one
man compartment.
managed to talk my first SER
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LIGHTNING IN THE SKY

This happened some time ago,
but 1t was such a grand experience
for me that I feel as though I must
pass 1t on.
It all started When I was at a
local airport trying to bum ride
on a little Piper Cub that I had
seen over there. The Piper Cub be-
longed to a P-38 squadron. so
inquired where the squadron oper-
atoms shack was located, as that is
where you have to go to get such
rides. After attempting to follow
some confusing directions given to
me by a sergeant, I ended up In
the wrong place.
Isn't this the operations shack?"
I inquired of a captain.
mo, this is the ready room. The
operations shack is next door," he
answered. Before I could turn
around he continued: Il suppose
you're looking for a ride in the
piggyback?"
was little flabbergasted at this
remark, as such a though had
never occurred to me, but man
aged to answer with an affirma-
tive grunt.
We've only got one 'piggyback' +,
you know (No, I didn't knowD-
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gaant into giving me another pass
the next day, and reported at the
airport long before ten o'clock. The
captain heaved a parachute and q
Mae West" at me and we went
over to where the ship was being
gassed up. 1t was really a beautiful
ship, with lines and curves more
graceful than lovely woman's.
We clambered up on the wing
and I squeezed between the pilots
seat and the cockpit canopy to get
back into my position. With the
chute and Mae West" strapped on,
it was really a tight fit, but I made
it okay and tried to make myself
comfortable. The captain got in.
closed the canopy, started the two
motors, and explained the compli-
Gated instrument panel to me while
we waited for the motors to warm
up.
In few minutes We had TAXED
down to the end Of the landing
strip and were waiting for the take
off signal from the control tower.
In the meantime, looked back at
the big elevator fin stretching be-
tween the twin tails of the plane
and wondered how you escaped be-
Continued on Page 16)
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And at the end of his briefing,
the squadron commander gave
strict orders for the pilots not to
shoot at Japs coming down in par
achutes.
They're supposed to do it to US"
he said, but it isn't the thing for
us to do"
The bomber pilots and their en-
listed gunners and radiomen were
briefed the same way. After the in
telligence officer had finished, the
squadron commander said:
We're going to dive low on the
target before releasing our bombs.
Since we're risking our necks any
how. there's no point in going at
all unless we can do some damage,
so go down low"
All through the various strikes
on Japan, our task force kept
enough. planes back to fly a con-
slant blanket of protection in the
sky above us.
I remember the funny sign
chalked on the blackboard of the
ready room" first day, urging our
patrol pilots to extra vigilance for
Jap planes that might sneak out
from the mainland to attack US.
The sign said:
Keep alert-remember your poor
scared pals on the ship!"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-12

Occasionally, in this column, I
can't resist talking just about books.
After all, what is library but
books waiting to be read? While
there is much routine and detail
in a library, the librarians greatest
JOY is placing a good book in the
hands of a person who will enjoy
it.
I can only mention a few books
in the space of a column; but they
are all ones you will be glad to
know; and the concensus Of critics
opinions assures you that they are
all worth knowing.
1 enjoyed Henrietta Buckmaster
Henkle's DEEP RIVER immensely.
An historical novel Of Georgia dur
ing the last two years before the
Civil War, for me it crystalized
troubled and confusing political is
sues. 1t cast light on the beginning
Of our current Negro problem. II,
as the New Republic" accuses, ST.
mon Bliss, the leader of the anti
slavery movement, was repetitious
in the declaration of his convictions,
to me he certainly was never bOr-
ing. The stormy but tender rela-
tionship between Simon and his
Savanna is one of the most beauti-
fully told love stories I've read in
many a year. 1 responded to Simon
and Savanna with the same inten-
sity I did to Martin and Leora in
Sinclair Lewis ARROWSMITH, and
more recently, Give and Prue in
Eric knights THIS ABOVE ALL.
1.-THE Yale Review speaking Of
Irving Stones IMMORTAL WIFE,
says Stone is a better historian
than he is a novelist" Regardless
of that, this novelized biography
about Jesse Benton Fremont, the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-12
Ration NeiUS
Red Stamps

hcQ Stamps
It's, US, VS., WIS, KS book four,
good through April %; vs., rs, Az,
b, CT, Do, valid through June 9;
E2, F2, CO, H2, u valid through
June 80; K2. LIZ. M2, NJ, P2 valid
through July 81.
Blue Stamps
CO, Do, Ed, F2, G2, in book four
valid through April %; HI, u,
K2, ID, No valid through June 2;
NJ, P2, O., RI, 50, valid through
June 80; To, w, w, VIZ, X2, valid
through July 81.
Sugar
Stamp No. IS.
Shoes
Airplane stamps /, 2, 3 in Book 3
valid indefinitely.
Liquor
Ration book four.
Gasoline
Ais coupons good for four gal
Ions each through June 81; BIG and
CO; BIT, CT good for five gallons.
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Letter Box
NO APPEASEMENT FOR JAPS

-
April 2, 1945
Editor, News
Wyandotte, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Was a member of California SEN
ate when it enacted the Alien Land
Law. Since then I have read Dr..
Jaegers comment: Dogs and coy
otes readily interbreed. The domes-
tic dog is naturally pugnacious,
brave. When, however, he is crossed
with a coyote, the puppies almost
always are worthless as to the needs
Of man. Such pups are distrustful.
sneak away.
After the war, We may try ap-
peasing the japanese by giving them
an immigration quota. This their
war lords demanded during the
years 1921 to 1899. If so, we can
expect human hybridization This
must be as inharmonious as cross
ing domestic dogs and coyotes.
Respectfully,
E. z. GRANT
San Francisco. Calf.
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Notes from
Bacon Memorial
Library
BY Helen M. Boothe

"indomitable wife OF the American
explorer and geographer, John Ere
mont" continues TO be a best-Seller
and has such favorable reviews that
it should be read for its eXcitingly
told historical events if for nothing
else. Frankly, the book has been so
popular here at the library that L
haven't been able TO corral a copy
long enough to read it. At the first
available opportunity, I will!
You will have to take Robert
Graves unflattering picture of John
Milton "cum grano sails" (to Dor
row a favorite phrase from the
Saturday Review Of Literature .
Geniuses are. in the accepted point
OF view, VIGOROUSLY hard 10 live
with: but Graves goes a bit far
in Ihis Characterization Of the
PARADISE LOST as a stuffed
shirted" eccentric. Nevertheless, I
liked his story of Mary Powell COR
Marie, as she calls herself) WIFE
TO MR.. MILTON, and the critics
did. too That laughter-loving Mary
and the stern, Puritan John should
have an unhappy marriage was
inevitable. Graves manner Of tell
ing their story up to few weeks
before Marie's death at the age OF
26, is admirably suited to the time
they lived and, to the discriminate
ing reader. makes a continually in
tereSting tale.
In the realm of non-fiction there
is so much of interest that 1t is
difficult to make a selection. The
ones mentioned briefly here are
only a few Of the excellent books
currently available.
Betsy BartonA AND NOW TO
LIVE AGAIN is the story Of her
Continued on Page l6)
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Ernie Pyle With the Macy:
Pilots Coached Before
Attacks On Tokyo Area
Japs Jabber at Sight of Yanks;
Rescue Airnan Off Enemy Shore
BY Ernie Pyle

IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC - We were up an hour and
half before daylight for planes had be in the air at
the first hint of dawn.
The first patrol always launched by catapult be-
the wind-Swept semidarknesS too danger
Gus for them to make the down the rolling deck.
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bed and ignored
it, but that was
impossible. The
catapult'S huge
launching ma
chinery was di-
rectly above my
cabin, and every
time it shot a
plane off it was
just as though
the Washington
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-12
Foe Surprised
By Strike

We didn't know whether our first
planes over the mainland would
surprise the Japs or not 1t didn't
seem possible. yet there were no in
dications that they knew.
Continued on Page 16)
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Alter seeing the IHgIltS IduIlCleu
the first few days, it became old
stuff, and 1 would have stayed in
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Continued on Page 16)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21
Prof. SaSa Santel:
MAKSiM GASPARI

Rad pisem O MEM, slikarju-
poetu, sal me veze mani spomia
ma ona tako nadebUdra leta du-
naiske "Vesne". Precej Sc je
ze zavrtelo OF tedaj kolo casa.
Marsikatera veja je re zrastla V
tenn razdobju na deblu slovea-
ske umetnosti. Mnogo jih je po-
gnalo bohotno listje, mnogo
Sc jih je tudi posusilo Ga
spar jeva vcja pa je ostala zdra-
va vso to dolgo dobo, in zdi Sc
mi, da je poztala samo Sc bolj
kosata in lepsa, vendar enako
zelena in nlada kakor je bila
pred lett.
Ne gre mi il spomina mala
drustvena sobica, Xxi srno jo BIZ
Ii najeli "a "Vesno', drustvo
jugoslovenskih dijakov ma du-
najskih umetniskih solah. Ma
dvoriscu stare hise v stranski
ulici Tongasse V 3. okraju je BIZ
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

karja in A. Gabra, izmed Hrva-
tov pa Mestrovica in Kerdica.
Nikdar pozneje nisem v druzbi
ikovnih umetnikov dozivel vec
taksne harmonic, kakrsna je
vladala nekaj casa med clani
"Vesne". Morda je bila tenn u
Vzrok daljava, XII mas je locila
cd domovine in XII nam 10 je da-
la gledati v najidealnejsi luci?
Gotovo je ia daljava pripo-
mogla k romanticnemu razpo-
lozenju, XII je vladalo med clani
in XII je vsebovalo med drugim
tudi program pristine slovenske
umetnosti. Morda ie k temu pri-
pomogel tudi takratni nacijo-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

10 to skromno shajalisce nladih
slovenskih in hrvatskih slikar-
jew in kiparjev. Dolga mia, ne
kaj stolov in drustvena omara
so tvorile edini mobilijar te So
bice, XII bi bila ostala pusta in
dolgoeasna, da je nj oprenil Ga
spari z dobro uspelimi karilzatu-
rami vseh glavnih casov "Ve3-
ne'. Tako Sc nam je bila ia So
bica priljubila in imeli S m 0 v
njej pogosto sestanke, v kate
rih snlo sc navdusevali "a pro.
cvit nase umetnosti. Drustvo j.
s,elo takrat do diva set clanov
med katerini maj imenujem IL
med Slovencev Gasparija, Birol-
10, Kemencica, Peruzzija, Smre-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

Opisano stremljenje, ustvari-
ii Slovencem novo, zares tipic-
no slovensko umetnost, nj bio
nauceno v solah 1liti je bilo ko-
pirano, temvec ga je smatrati
"a nekako reakcijo proti suno-
parnenu akademizmu, XII vzbu-
ia kakor takrat Sc danes V mno-
9Th dijakih nasprotstvo do pre-
pricanja, katero mu izkusa wee
pitt ucitelj, a tudi "a reakcijo
proti kopiranju modnih struj, XII
je bilo re takrat in je danes Sc
posebno vabljivo "a mladega
studijozusa tujem velemestu.
A lie prekratko je trajala do
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

ba skupnega kovanja nacrtov v
"Vesni''. Napoeil je cas-, ko Sc
je bilo treba vrniti v domovino.
Skromne studijske podpore so
prenehale in odpadal je il ives.
ne' clan "a clanom, dokler nj
drustvo usahnilo. S propadom
"Vesne" je propadlo tudi mno-
go idealno zamisljenih nacrtov.
Zacela Sc je borba "a zasluzek,
"a narocila, nameseenja, in bivsi
Vesnani so sc razkropili ma vse
vetrove. Tudi sen O slovenski
umetnosti Sc je razblinil pri We
cini bivsih clanov - a Gaspari
je ostal tel ideji dosledno zvest.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

nalni pokret med slovenskim di-
jastvom in slicna stremljenja
med drugimi slovanskimi dijaki
ma dunajskih urnetniskih solah.
Nj mi ma tenn, da bi iskal vzro-
ka temu pojavu, VEN pa, da je
bill ze takrat mladi akademik
Gaspari poleg njegovega prija-
telja Birille med nami glavni
propagation ideje O narodni umet-
nosti.
To nj cudno, &c pomislimo, da
sta oba prisla il krajev, v kate
rih je pristni slovenski tip kmet-
skega zivljenja morda Sc maj.
bolj ohranjen: Birolla il skofja
Loke, Gaspari iz Kamnika.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-12-21

Topa nj bio tako lahko. Kaj-
ii v domovini je drugace, kakor
81 to misli mladi dijak v tujem
mestu. Pri mas moras pokazatl
obcinstvu namovejse dunajsko
blago, &c hoees imponirati, -
kakor trgovec. Ko pokazes
umetnostnemu ljubitelju - teh
je bilo vcasih bore malo - svo-
je izdelke z oznacko made in
Slovenia", Sc dobremu Sloven-
Gu namrdne nos,. ces, Nemci,
Anglezi in Francozi tako ne sli-
kajo. In tt pridejo ;umetnostni
zgodovinarji, svojimi dobami,
still in strujami, pa te vprasa-
! (Dalje ma 8. strsni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-12
on THE AIR ToNleHl

on THE AIR T0NI6NI
WRc, 7:30-Joss Fener ss PhIlo Vance
solves another crime. Frances Robinson assists
WT0P, 800. Carroll Nalsh in football" "
story Of q fathers faith In a son accused Of
murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-12

n. v. kaitsuberu viii be guest mod
orator on Americas Town Meeting
tonight. The subject: SHOULD the
government assure jobs?" Some be-
heve it will inevitably lead TO dicts-
torship in which the state owns all
business. Others say society is now
so complex that only government
can guarantee jobs for all. Hear
both sides of this exciting program,
sponsored by The Readers I i0est.
$50, WMAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-12

MMAl, 8:30-"should the Government Be
Responsible for Continuing Full EmpIoYmsnff'
H. v. kaIisnbom moderaiss.
WRc, e:00-eonnee Boswell and Josh White
| W5if.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-12

VOL, s:30-Nssior thaTss sings "tIays
Iiios" and lorna Pieelna."
Wpc, 9:30-Basil Raihbone drops In.
VOL, t0:00-honis carnossky In Or. Bluff. "
Wc. 10:30-The story Of HungaN's revolt
against Austria In i848.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-07
ASSAILs STATE FIGURES

lie declared Morrison was un-
justified In excluding from the
state figure SurpluSeS earmarked
tor specific uses and was low in
estimating anticipated sales tax
and liquor sales revenues and
high IN estimating liquor pur-
ChaScS. Earmarked surplus s
could readily be diverted by leg
iSlative action nc insisted.
Tobin predicted that the states
surplus alone-uneN-
pended budget balances he esti-
mated at S26. 400.000-would ex-
coed MurrlSons figure.
In addition. Tobin said. the Leg
1vtaturT CUutd tap tt1c state :
A42 eo0 g9e-Postwar reserve. $50
100000 in available cash balances
m the general fund and Sc. 100000
In state highway department
funds.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-07
Why Prayers Alone
Did Not Stop Hitler
ADVERTISEMENT

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