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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19

DERN-When Kaiser Wilhelm was
I'D observing Swiss army maneu-
vers in 1912 he arrogantly congratu-
lated a crack rifleman, then asked:
"But what would you do if an
army of twice as many soldiers in
vaded Switzerland"
WED shoot twice as Often," the
Swiss soldier replied
Men of Switzerland, members of
their country's citizens army from
the age of 10 until they're 65, like to
tell this story today as they stand
guard over Swiss mountain passes
and prepare to challenge an enemy
who hasn't yet dared to attack.
For tiny Switzerland, which has
managed to avoid invasion since the
eighteenth century, is armed to the
brim by an alert, well-equipped force
of $4,000 men-all trained methodi-
cally through universal military
service. And the Swiss system of
training may well serve as a pattern
for America in the periious postwar
era.
Actually, the entire Swiss army
has only been modified twice since
World War II again threw the
nations island of neutrality into an
enflamed Europe. The first time, it
took only two days, was when Hitler
marched into Poland. And the
second crisis came when France fell,
and Mussolini began casting eyes on
all available loot.
CTILL, some 100000 men, trained
- through the years, are on duty at all
times And almost every physically fit
Swiss man between 19 and 65 is serving
at least three months of each year in
some type of army duty. Prepared in
peace, they are ready for war.
Along the vital tunnels linking Ger
many with Italy-whch at one point in
the war were the Axis lifeline-heavy
guards are on constant duty Huge de-
posits Of explosives were cached when
war broke out, with the open threat that
the tunnels would be blown up in event Of
an invasion.
y High in the majestic Alps, fortresses
have been hewn from the rock, with food
and munitions stored there for siege.
Skiers who have spent most of their lives
in the snow glide continually over noun
tain peaks.
CAREFULLY picked mountain units are
~ ready to crash artificial avalanches
down on attacking forces Pillboxes and
tank traps stud the countryside and from
tier units, who know every inch, slip in
and out of border regions on constant
alert
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
Brain Game

Where is the governments
recently completed big silver
vault?
"a new movie The Suspect"
stars an actor who played in
The Tuttles of Tahiti" or
The Man from Down
Under" Who is he?
3-Port Arthur and.Vladiyostok
are on either side of the
Korean peninsula, Which is
10 the east and which TO the
west?
4-What is (a) Dempsey's real
name? tb) Tunney's?
5-Where is the newly consti-
tuted u. s. Eighth Army
fighting?
6-True or false: The Aland
islands are at the entrance
10 the Gulf Of Bothnia.
What kind of a will is a
nuncupative will2
S-Who is the author Of the new
book "Cannery Row" 3?
ANSWERS on opposite page)
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
Swiss Military System
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
knowledge Test
BY DIR. SABINA CONNOLLY

1-Fuiiyama is near Tokyo:
(a) about 65 miles, (b) about
Is miles. tc) about So miles.
2-The President of United
States was a victim of infan-
tile paralysis in the year:
(a) 1921, (b) 1881, (c) 1941.
"a woman has the honor of
having written the poem in
the base of the Statue of
Liberty: (a) Edna st. Vim
cent Millay, (b) Emily Dick
insen, (c) Emma Lazarus.
4-The only u. S. President
born in New Jersey was:
(a) Woodrow Wilson. tb)
Grover Cleveland, (c) John
Tyler.
5-The light Of the sun reaches
the earth in slightly more
than: fal seven minutes,
tb) eight minutes, (c) nine
minutes.
e-Answer With q name: "a,
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19

These costs, Auditor Friel says,
include the finest administration and
service to patients in any hospitals
in the nation.
Wayne County, says Friel, has
got away from the old theory that
county institutions are merely poor
houses He believes that they should
be places of physical and mental re-
habilitation.
WE THINK Friel is right.
w Let not the service be curtailed
let the state pay. Those unfor-
tunates who need psychiatric care
deserve the best. Wayne County
gives the best.
State administration should
realize what Wayne County is doing
and pay for it--or send state
patients elsewhere.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19

What little girl followed a
rabbit down a rabbit hole?
(b) What boy had for a
gra ndmother. N komi s,
daughter of the moon? (c)
What girl fell in love with
an eccentric person named
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
WHAT HbO YOU KNOW?

Rochester? Id What little
boy was always asking for
more Cruel? te) What girls
dead body was rowed down
a river on a barge?
(Answers on opposite page)
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19
BY WARREN IRWIN
New York Daily Mirror Special Correspondent


Who are these soldiers, in a country
which has no professional army? They
are the butchers and the bakers, the
bankers and the bootblacks. They are
the men who go into the army for
training period as youngsters and who,
at the end of that period, are mustered
home, along with their uniforms (com-
plete for battle aetions) and their rifles
AS a Swiss man gets older, he takes
progressively less "refresher" courses
each year, but that uniform and rife,
along with the best, modern war equip
ment, are available to the government at
instant call until he's 65.
The Swiss are not wealthy people,
but to ease the financial strain on citizens
during their army service, the government
has imposed per cent tax on all earn
ings and agreed to appropriate an equal
amount. And to soldiers who don't have
private wealth, the army issues salary
of approximately 65 cents daily, aside
from maintenance.
ONG before This country began planning
IL for seleetive service, the Swiss had law
returning from their annual army service.
But with the war, with the service terms in
creased, many professional and businessmen
have faced near financial ruin.
When the European war ends. hundreds
of thousands Of men now in the army under
-retatieH-system- will be released to their
private lives
But the Swiss program Of universal
training, dating back TO the Middle Ages,
part of a people instilled with the William
Tell tradition, will continue. For the people
Of Switzerland know they will face new peril
in the future, and they are determined that
each man is taught to fight as part of
modern force.
FTNHIS sense of preparedness, this willing.
Il ness TO fight for peace stood the tiny
nation in good stead in 1899 when Hitler was
imperiously summoning one European states
man after another 10 Berlin or Berchtes-
gaden. In that year, Hermann Obrecht,
Swiss minister of public economy, was able
to say pointedy at Basle, on the German
frontier
1T isn't from Switzerland that one
makes pilgrimages to foreign lands"
And il was this awareness that the peo-
pie know how to make war which enabled
Switzerland, right after the fall Of France,
to make a victorious Hitler bargain for GER
tain raw materials he wanted. While those
negotiations were going on, Swiss soldiers
marched brisky along the border in full view
Of NaZis on the other side.
Today Switzerland suffers from acute
food and coal shortages with no relief in
sight. But the Swiss, practical democracy,
make certain their citizen-soders eat we'll
and are warm
And ii looks as if once again they have
avoided attack by being prepared.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-19

money on which the New York public
schools depend for large part of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
The Tariff Problem
heseDaysSSysSSis o Io z: 50z0Hs%

60 900 900 jobs for which there can
be no more than 100000 workers
II any attention is paid to arith.
metic. How does Henry Wallace
or anybody else know what will
bring jobs out OF foreign trade UNI
less and until he knows the econ
omic state OF trading countries. the
value Of money, ours and theirs.
rates OF exchange, controls OF pro
duction, wage-scales, standards OF
living. For instance. what is the
purchasing power OF Germany to-
day: what will II be ten years
from now? How can anyone tell?
Mrch is made OF our postwar
trade with Soviet Russia. Yet,
every report Indicates that that
country is trying TO borrow $4,000
100000 for postwar purposes. In
a word, Soviet Russia will pay us
with our own money. which in
creases our national debt and our
tax load. Is that kind OF trade
worth while? Maybe. But | should
like to see some figures proving
il. Henry Wallace's excitable
words are not proof
Before we can approach this ques-
tion OF tariff nationally. We need
to have some knowledge OF the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

To the fore again is the question
OF the American tarifi--a political
and economic irritant since Alexan.
der Hamilton laid the foundations
OF our hscal policies The Re
publican party has generally been
for a high tarif. the Democrats
have supported a lower tariff, eX-
cept on such agricultural products
as they desired to have protected.
The author OF the doctrine OF re-
ciprocal tariffs was Republican,
William Howard Taft and his con.
cepts have been expanded by Mr..
Hull in the present tariff treaties.
Those treaties are obviously obsO-
lete because OF the war and the
alterations in the economies of all
countries that have occurred dur
ing the war years. When. for inst
ance, our reciprocal trade treaty
with England was arranged, that
country was the principal trading
nation OF the world. What is her
trading position today | think
the British would like 20 know.
Henry Wallace has, with charac-
,eristic self-assurance, hurled him
self into this tariff argument and
II seems TO be his conclusion that
II our tarin is low, we shall enjoy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

state OF our own economy. We need
to know what we shall be compel
ing against not only in the mar
kets OF the world but in our own
market at home. Against what, let
US say, is goods manufactured at
one dollar an hour 10 competeI
Against goods manufactured at 20
or so cents an hour, or perchance
against slave labor?
That Is what we need TO know
before we decide for a high tariff,
low tariff, a reciprocal tariff or
any kind OF tariff. We need facts
which are today unavailable and
without which no intelligent per.
son can form an opinion.
For instance, we know that the
Krupp Works, the Skoda Works
and similar European competitors
OF our steel products companies
have been bombed perhaps out OF
existence. Skoda used TO manufac-
ture locomotives and such heavy
products in competition with us. OF
excellent quality but lower price,
the dinerential coming out OF their
lower wage scale plus a subsidy
from the French government Our
plants had no such subsidy from
any source and paid a higher price
for wages and raw materials.
Their destruction IL to our ad.
vantage. if-and that Is the big
word II somebody will discover a
way for European countries TO pay
for what they want to buy. Up TO
now, the only solution offered is
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
Wings
AT M'ENNAN AIRPORT

- ~ GNNHN SihFOhI
The miniature Dawn Patrol Of
McEnnan Airport flew TO Holland,
Mich, to see the tulips Sunday.
Those flying their ships or renting
ships and going are Wellington
White. Clser Copeland. olin Ring,
Gwen Morhouse, Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Gault, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hol.
liday, Jean Schuman and Perry
Deal. They also stopped at Austin
Lake on the way back.
Orval Throne few TO the Civil Air
Patrol Dawn Breakfast in Adrian
Sunday.
George Woods few in Sunday
morning. Earl Duffy flew in sun
day morning TO borrow the FIRST
aid medicine kit for the maneuvers
Of the Civil Air Patrol.
Harley Langan flew his Culver
Cadet 10 Chicago Saturday and
came PACK sunday.
Edward Avery flew his Fairchild
PT-l9 in on Sunday.
George Brewster flew his Aeron.
ca In on Sunday.
The latest T-hsngar Is all com
pleted except the doors and Arthur
Nelson's Aeroncs Chief is being
hangared in II at Norman Airport.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
Corpses at Indian Stones

news. l thought she was staying In
New York. She wrote me 4 note
after the funeral-saying she didn't
feel like q summer here, any more
Understandable"
"Then she's changed her mind
as usual. Really There ought to be
some way TO get legal protection
against a woman Of that sort! l told
Martha"
"Oh, come" the professor said.
"Danielle's gaudy-but not wicked
She's unmanageable-but that's be-
cause she's spoiled. The Bills Of
this world spoiled her. ! think she's
quite nice-and I've missed her."
"Nice!" said Mrs. d. ANY word
but-Hiee"
who's niceg"
Aggie turned farther or the bank.
Beth was standing behind him in
magenta bra and shorts. Her hands
were full Of dark hair which she
was twisting up so that 1t could be
covered by her cap. She was dark
er tan than he. Her posture made
. Z 9osHe-noS,ssq' flgoz 49,, r;aSyoid-
able-and acknowledgements. He
remembered he had once said to
Sarah that Beth was the sort Of
girl you found yourself getting
mixed up with when you least ex-
pected It. Now he found himself
rejecting that such an involvement
would have its merits. he grinned.
'Danielle.
Beth was startled. "Danielle!"
"Shs's coming back" He made
up reasons. "Hot in New York.
She's lonely. Sat in the apartment
getting morbid. Can't blame her."
Beth's face lost the animation
that had marked her inquiry. Let's
swim. Aggie. 1t must be ninety In
the shade"
"0ke," he said. He raised his
voice. "Heyl Bugsie! II you want
to dive on my shoulders - here's
your chance!"
A juvenile chorus took up the
offer.
1t was perhaps four o'cloek-the
sun was casting blue shadow from
Garnet Knob - when Beth, right
ing a canoe which she and some Of
the children had deliberately over
turned, spotted Aggie in the water
near by. "Take me for a ride" she
said.
Sure"
He assisted in towing the canoe
to the dock. He heaved himself
ashore, drew up the boat, spilled
out the water, mopped the ribs with
a towel, and invited Beth 10 step in.
He found backrest and some cush-
ions for her. They started toward
the islands-through a hotilla of
boats. Two teams Of boys were prac-
ticing rowing for a race. Some girls
were doing lifesaving. Fred, owner
Of the fish spear, was being pro-
PEELED along the shore by a smaller
boy. Fred stood in the bow Of his
boat, taut, ready--a figure Of mem
ace to frogs, water beetles, and
small fish. In a distant cove, Byron
Waite was casting for bass-an-
noyed, no doubt, at so much laugh
ter and sound.
Ito be continued)
] Cop,risht. 1915 by Philip wylis:
DistfiDutsd b. klns Features sJDdieats Ia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
By Philip WyIie

regarded as a bearded, bookish. an
achronism.
He was thought Of, rather. as
something Of a fireball. The sort
of man who would ingeniously and
calmly break in on a dead body in
the middle of night, using an auto
mobile jack. "he sort Of fellow who
would barge into a secret cellar all
alone and without a weapon, when
there lurked in it dangerous thief.
A man in whom a captain OF the
State Police had implicit trust. A
man, Notwithstanding TO testi-
mony Of numerous wide-eyed kids
who could tell the greatest stories
on earth about Indians and Eskimos
and African natives-every one Of
them true.
Aggie yawneG. 1t was very rest
full. No more horror or alarm. Jim
Calder buried-and his family try
ing to forget. Danielle gone.
He saw that Mrs. Drayman was
about to cluek SHE more, so he
qyerrods the topic. "An extra
Stdfnarity io%e!y -i-y p Ic slzit.". =.
She veered reluctantly. Quite
lovely. Quite"
1.-THE lake." he continued, "is es-
pecially-vivid."
81 prefer Upper Lake." she re-
piled, still wanting 10 hear further
items about Beth's prospective resi-
dence with the Plums. "It's more
private - and nearer our cottage.
Still-since the bay waters been
spoiled-we've had TO swim here.
It's turned quite brown, you know.
Algae-or some sort of weeds, !
presume. Very nasty and nothing
like II ever happened before. Where
is Beth, by the by?"
Changing her clothes" he ans.
wered calmly. "Going in with me.
He looked at the other bathers
Gus" His dark eyes defied the up
raised stare of Mrs. Drayman
Extraordinary, too, the way
things have settled down." he said
Since Mrs. D. was the mother-in
law of the son Of the deceased Mr.
Calder, her interest in the drains
at Indian Stones was second u
nothing else. "lsn't it? | was ter
ribly upset for days. Our Bills pre-
dicament was so embarrassing! HI
did disapprove Of his father, you
know. My Martha, too And thai
Davis ALPHABETICALLY forcing VIII
liam to go up on Garnet Knob tha'
night-Jim-was found! 1t wal
providential that you followed then
and listenedl Otherwise - wha'
could my poor daughter have
thought"
"The worst" answered Aggie sol
EMMY.
Mrs. Drayman did not know she
was being kidded. yes! Exactly
As it was, she's kept Bill in the dog
house practically ever since"
"Hmmm," said Aggie. "Sht
ought to let up, about now. By
cones. I find Bill Calder an ex'
tremely likable chap"
az disagree" Mrs. d. responded
"Not about Bill. He's generous
enough, as young men go. About
Martha letting up. Danielle will be
back shortly"
Aggie sat up straighter. "Thats
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

that the United States lend them
money. through credits or by eX-
change manipulations. That means
that the American people pay for
the goods that we sell to the Euro
peans and that we agree TO be
repaid in goods. which we can our.
selves manufacture. when they
have them to offer us. And we
pay for their goods in credits or
cash. Then they pay the debts
with our cash or their cheaper
goods 70 compete with our wage
scale.
Maybe that is the only way II can
be done. Maybe that Is the only
way we can keep our oyer-expand-
ed industry going. But II will
break us in the end because II Is
unsound We need figures on all
sides--and accurate figures are
still suppressed or unavailable.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
THIRTY.THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Aggie yawned and started to-
ward the stairs. There's somebody
in this vicinity so clever, and so in
tuitive, that the less l think about
it the better III sleep!" He called
down, q moment later, Incidental
ly, Sarah, have Windle get me
about three dozen steel traps, will
you! was serious about that. Fox
traps. And good night"
On a day in early July, dazzling
day. Of the sort that makes people
who cannot swim wish they had
been Drawer, and people who can,
hasten 10 the nearest lake, river or
pool. Agamemnon Telemachus
Plum, ABB, BIS, MA, LTD.
Ph.D.-and Phi Beta Kappa as a
matter of course-sat on the edge
of Lower Lake at Indian Stones
with his feet in the water up to the
ankles. Two weeks in the noun
tains had made changes in the en-
inent paleontologist- The most
-exGiiy slsgesniAsA Ss1b9gs was -
perfcial: his skin was now as
brown as a hlbert, instead Of the
academy white which it had been.
His beard was neater and shorter.
Another change was in his social
station. That In to say. as he sat on
the tepid margin Of the pond, peo-
pie spoke TO him amiably and in
such . way as 10 suggest esteem. A
child, aged about six, threw itself
on his shoulders and shouted,
-Dive in with me, Aggiei"
Aggie laughed and said, Soon.
As soon as / 90 overheard"
Mrs. Drayman busted herself
with her knitting in a way that sug'
gested she had q problem in her
mind rather than in the stitches
IL understand Sarah has asked
Beth to keep house for your"
Two weeks ago, Aggie would
have blushed and stammered. Two
weeks ago, the fact that a young
woman had been invited to move II
with himself and his aunt would
have caused him to depart from In
dian Stones. Now, his embarrass
ment was only moderate. why
yes. Company Someone to run thu
place for US. Sarah's better-bu
convalescing slowly. And after all
Beth's at loose ends"
"Hunh" humid Mrs. Drayman
Meaning, Aggie thought, tina
Mrs. d. is onto the fact that Saral
will go to any lengths to arrsng'
things between Beth and me. Mrs
D.-and the rest Of Indian Stones
He let the insinuating syllable hans
in the air for a while. He had al
most packed up when Sarah sug
gested il But not quite. He wa
uncertain why he had stayed. Per
haps out Of scientific curiosity-t'
see how a young and very handsome
woman behaved, from . proximat'
viewpoint. OF perhaps because h,
had grown somewhat more blase
owing to the fact that he had re
Gently been interviewed by repor
ters, policemen, detectives. coro
ners, and the like-the fact that thu
papers had been full Of his name
and his statements-and the fac
that Indian Stones had changed Its
opinion of him. He was no Longer
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

WASHINGTON-AP-OPA Mon
day banned the retail sale OF
loose cigarettes, putting distrihu-
ton on a full package or nothing
basis. Since the beginning of the
current shortage some retailers
have curtailed package sales, offer
ing instead individual cigarettes,
usually at / cent each.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

WASHINGTON-AP- President
Humans first cabinet nomination
came before. the Senate Monday.
Republicans are set for a yolley OF
criticism at selection OF Democra.
tic National Chairman Robert f.
Hannegan for Postmaster General
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

LITTLE ROCK, Ark-AP-A "a
year-old cab driver, James W. Hall,
whom officers say has confessed he
killed at least six persons. was
summoned 20 trial Monday. Hall
court-appeinted counsel. NJ, V.
Moody Of Little Rock. has an
nounced that the stocky. red-haired
onetime sharecropper would plead
innocence and insanity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

MOSCOW-AP-Russian troops,
Systematically examining { h e
bodies found in the Nazi Chancel-
lery in Berlin, have not yet report.
ed finding Adolf Hitler or Joseph
Goebbels. although the bodies OF
many members OF the general stan,
leading Stormtroopers and high.
ranking Nazis-all suicides-haye
been found. The Russians still be-
lieye that the report OF Hitler's
death was a Nazi trick. and that
the Fuehrer is In hiding.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

b. MOBILE. Ala.-AP-Police and
Aremen Monday had established
tentative Identification OF nine OF ~
persons who died in q lodging house
Are early Sunday. Three others
were injured. and five escaped the
building unhurt
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

NEW YORK-AP-Contract me-
gotiations between the United
Mine Workers and operators OF
goyernment-seized anthracite mines
remained deadlocked Monday. de-
spite a federal order that miners
return to work Monday morning
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

WASHINGTON-AP - Comdr.
Chester w. Nimitz. Jr., son OF the
Fleet Admiral. has been awarded
the Navy Cross for his exploits as
submarine commander.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

INTERNATIONALLY Sunday
Potomac cruise gave President
Truman his first away-from-Wash-
ington relaxation since he took Of
flee April y.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08

The duck.billed dinosaur used
his curious bill 20 gather aquatic
v citation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-08
Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

New Rotary Club officers installed Ho acting az In
sng officer b. South president; Brown president:
d. LaFue secretary; Whitmire C. p SteimIe
hergeantatarms Lawrence Thomas editor Of club paper
Mrs A. Root entertained
James Root Oak ST. Covers
we're Mr. and Mrs j. G. Wichert MssMdred
Corning. Hrlsdse.
Birth Mr. and Mrs Roy Edward
Fifty Years Ago
Clinton Elder city rehearsing part in Marian the
Daughter OF the Revolution produced
At the city council meeting Mayor Wells inaugural
made appointments OF Candy:
Mereness: deputies NJ Warner p Ror
son 7. ID. Creech, Dan Ostrander.