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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03

n-In what part OF Germany
0 il the 10th Division located:
What il the status OF this
division r.. II.
Alt is one Of the Is
divisions scheduled 10 remain in
the European theater for the
remainder of l945, and was last
reported as located at Limburg,
Germany
Q--Is there a L. :. ship
named the Bloemfonteins
MISS VI. l.. r.
A-There is no record of an
American ship by this name.
but there is a Dutch ship of
this name, Of l0,0Sl gross tons,
built in 1854 at Amsterdam.
This ship is in the United
Nations shipping pool and cur
rently operated by the War
Shipping Administration as a
troop carried IN the Pacific.
Q-What do the three white
sidfs VII tnt subututf Bdtu
worn by members OF the Fifth
Amphibious Corps of the ma
riRes represent - II. X. T.
A-They represent the Ma
rine Corps, which at the time of
the organization of the Fifth
Amphibious Corps was COM
manded by lieutenant general.
The general order under which
the shoulder patch was adopted
states in part: e. in the colors
of the Marine Corps--a crimson
shield with gold alligator
head symbolizing the aggressive
fighting and amphibious charac-
teristics of the Amphibious
Corps. Pacific Fleet; the three
stars of cOilrcp raDreSpnt tho
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

I WISH I could do something
L 10 tighten the worries OF Rep.
Carl HlnShaw. but unfortunately
his problem IS a little out If my
line. Mr. HinShaw worry IS
the japanese birthrate.
The California Republican
would like TO see Japan stripped
OF her empire. but he says it's
going TO be very tough because
the Japs reproduce too fast. At
Nippon S present birthrate. he
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03
DEAR MARY HAWoRTH:

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
I HAVE been married for u
L years TO very good and
well liked man.
In all these years I haven't
known one bit of unhapplneSs
with him.
He has been overseas for
three years and last year | met
a fellow younger than myself
and we have been going out to-
gether for one year.
We love each other very much
and just when had resolved
10 write 10 my husband about
divorce, so that We could be
Married. received letter
om one of my husbands bud
Tiles. telling me about my hus-
bands medical discharge from
the army.
He knew I hadn't heard a
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03

being correct. But, parents
should know, shouldn't they?
3-FalSe. / dislike to dis
agree with so eminent a ply
chologiSt as the late DIR. Adler.
who made this statement. but
i cannot agree. IL is not neces-
sary TO do wrong and then
repent in order to develop
character. If that were so. then
We had better all go out and rob
somebody to improve ourselves,
and worry over past mistakes
weakens instead of strengthens
Character.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03

ist binding understandings un-
der the terms of which the
United States will be able 10
recover a part of the vast treas
ure granted hither and yonder
all over the world, both before
and after our entry into the
war.
Members OF the appropria-
tions committee will go very
carefully and thoroughly into
this whole question.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03
Connolly Answers

1-b: &c: "a; 4-b: 5-b;
6 (a) Night; (b) Will; (c)
Lowly; I'D Hero; te)
Christ.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03
Any Questions?

Any Questions?
THE DE ROIT TIMES
4 mails personal answers to
questions about the needs
and welfare, rights and privi-
leges Of servicemen and
women, veterans and their
dependents.
Many answers are printed
daily i'm this column. but ALL
questions will be answered
directly by mail.
Address questions this way:
AT YOUR SERVICE BUREAU,
DETROIT TINES,
TINES SQUARE,
DETROIT II. MICHIGAN.
Surely include your name
and address and a seif-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03

Walter WinehsH. now on
vacation. wiI return Sept. ,.
In the meantime. Jack Lait.
for many years one OF
Amer ieas most eoiorfui
neWspapsr men. Wdi keep
this spaes filed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03

"One hundred and ten million
Frenchmen pin their hope for
the rebirth OF France on the
American people" What does
Monsieur De Gaulle mean by
"one hundred and ten million
Frenchmen -
Is he correcting Texas Guinan
or has the male population OF
France so greatly increased
since La Guinan gave voice TO
the immortal words: Fifty
million Frenchmen can't be
wrong =?
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-03
On the
Side

THE worlds greatest lottery
and sweepstakes organiza-
ton is Tattersalls which has
lis offices in Tasmania. The
first prize in Tattersalls sweep
stakes on Australia's Melbourne
Cup horse race is about $780,
600. The winner has no tax 10
pay. Tatterssls pays all taxes.
Am informed the colorful
bandmaster. Creatore, is still
active at Asbury Park, n. j.
He certainly IS an old-timer.
having been a band leader since
the days Of Sousa. Gilmore and
Pryor.
WRITES a New Yorker From
w recent speech Of De
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Father of the Modern Submarine

Simon Lake was the father of the mod ern submarine. Fifty years ago under water craft was something unheard of to many still living; but because of the ra- pid strides in it's development the Subma- Iine seems to have been with Us always Mr. Lake, who originally intended this craft for use only in peace-time pursuits died last Saturday at the age of 78 years.
 Submarines for commercial purposes was his original idea, and though two wars have since intervened his aim was to use his craft in peaceful interests Many submarines have gone under the water, you might say, since he built his first one in 1894. MT. Lake might be termed an underseas explorer, and he had different objects in mind; one, to lift up or contact underseas treasures, two, to clear northern ice-bound ports. Among the treasures that he hoped to seek via the submarine was the SS Lusitania equipment, but ...his plan never worked out.
 The story of his submarine searches read somewhat like a book. MT. Lakes
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 Their aims are much more lofty namely "quieting titles of states to lands beneath tideWaters and navigable waters" Expressed with less adornment, this means that beneath the Pacific ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are rich oil lands some people think potentially the richest in the country.
 The oil companies wants these submerged oil lands to be leased by the States, not by the Fed eral government. They know they can handle the State House boys much more easily than the In- .erior Department in Washington; so they now demand that Con- gress pass a law giving these tide water lands to the states. The attorneys general of 46 states are backing them.
 Wrapped up in the whole thing is the future of one cabi- net officer, plus the prosperity, of the Democratic National Treasury, plus lot of internal Democratic politics.
 Two men have waged the tough est fight to keep these oil lands in Federal hands-Atty. General Riddle and Secretary of the h. terior Ickes. Riddle has already lost his job. Now the boys are ganging up to throw out Ickes. TRUMAN DIDN'T HESITATE
 For some years, Middle and Ickes had argued that the U. S. courts should decide this ques- ton. Several times they put it up to Roosevelt, but he postponed a decision.
 So. when Truman came in, Riddle put the matter up to him. Truman didn't hesitate, immedi- ately agreed that the courts should decide who owned these tidewater lands. Riddle warned that Tru- mans friend Ed Pauley, treasur- CT of the Democratic National Committee, was in the middle of the oil fight (Pauley is reported to get about $30,000 month in royalties from submerged oil wells) |, but even SO, Truman told Riddle to go ahead and try the case.
 Now the politicians are sore as blazes. They claim Ickes and Riddle should not have put Truman on the spot. The ques- ton should have been allowed to simmer on the back of the stove. they claim.
 lCKES' DEATH BATTLE
 And while Riddle will be out of the Cabinet next week, Ickes is fighting mad and determined to battle things out - even if it is the last thing he does.
 Meanwhile, the politicians are out to get Ickes. They have nom- mated almost everyone in Wash ington to take his place. Han negan, who isn't mixed up in oil, wants him out for other req sons.
 His whole Interior Depart ment contributed only $500 to the last campaign" Hannegan complains. And when send anyone over to Ickes for a job, you might think they had a rec OmmendatiOn from Hitler"
 One move the politicos are con- sidering against Ickes is a tax case against him which Mayor Ed Kelly of Chciago has been sitting on. Ickes made an error in evaluat- ing building which he owns in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

his home in New England, his mother had placed a New Testa- ment in the pocket of the haver- sack she arranged for him. In one battle he was so badly wounded that one arm had to be amputated. In days of convalescence, having a desire to read something, he picked up the Testament which his mother had given him. He found the Gospel of Matthew so interesting that he read straight through until he had finished Revelation. Then he read the Testament through again, and again. Sometime later he became Christian and at the close of the war entered the ministry and had long career of usefulness in that calling.
 We are facing a serious future, but many of the religious leaders in the years ahead will be men who saw active service on the fight ing fronts.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Views Of The Press
PASTURE ROSES
(NeW York TineS)

(New York TimeS)
 As su.oer comes, the Pasture Roses open their pointed buds and spread patches of beauty on the countryside. One finds the tangled masses of vines and blossoms high on the sides of granite-studded up- land pastures, on the brows of low mountains, and on the south sides of hills were hemlocks and naples and pines give way to gray birches and stunted oaks. They encircle the rock piles of the upper moving field; they climb over the weathered stone walls that bound the pasture lane.
 Rose humulis is partial to dry rocky places. It rarely grows more than three feet high, but the pas ture rose is generous with its beau ty and spreads its thorny, tangled branches over a wide area. Though 1t does not have showy height of it's extrovert cousin, the Swamp Rose, it more than compensates by its gentle modesty and delicate beauty. The light-pink pc tals are two to three inches in diameter, surround
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

"the sort of thing which makes me doubt the advisability of a free press" Though New York City hospitals were unable to buy eggs early in June, more than 100000 cases of eggs were put in storage simultaneously in New York during a single week. Their owners are holding out for better prices :. . While Army re- mobilization pictures have been held up because of the film short age. German prisoners in this country see two Of the latest Hollywood pictures each week. Special 16-millimetre prints (or- dinary theatre print is 35 milli- metres wide) are made up for the prisoners, who are charged Is cents per show Although some cried and many were ob- viously affected, at least half the German prisoners in this country refused to believe the evidence of the camera when shown the atro- city pictures taken in Germany. ATTLEE WASHES DISHES
 The Rt. Hon. Clement Attlee, former Lord President of the Conncil and Deputy Prime Min ister of England, is now busy campaigning against winston Churchill. But not long ago, he did heavy dish-washing.
 Attlee was invited to dine with an old friend, San Francisco Printer Joseph Collier, who, 30 years before, had been mem Der of the same Labor Party club in the outskirts of London. Mrs. Collier,h owever, didn't even have a maid to serve the Number Two Man of England. Attlee, who didn't mind this bit ate a huge mealand asked who was go- ing to do the dishes.
 'Why. I'll do them later my
 self,'' Mrs. Collier replied.
 Attlee protested, went into the kitchen, put on an apron, and the Golfers watched the Deputy Prime Minister of England wash the dishes.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Selected Poem

PRAIRIE BORN (Edna E. King in The New York Times) He who is bred to virgin sod And song of the prairie breeze, Walks in peace and nearness to God Where earth is free from fence and rod. He who is born to the pungent sage, That spreads like purple mist, Lives each day like an open page, Unfearful of death or of age. Friendly starlight and open sky And faith undimmed by the years, Prairie born to live and to die Where the lark and the swallow fly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

life was inventful, and eventful. The even-keel submarine was one of the great inventions of this day and era. Today's submarine is devoted to destruction, but the submarine that Simon Lake encour- aged was to be source of discovery, means of salvage, until World War l ar rived and the government had other uses for so devised piece of water craft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

When he got back home, he asked me to re- place that Testa- ment, which I did gladly. Best of all. he told me of a religious experi- ence he had had a short time be- fore going into battle. I had the feeling that evil as war is, there are some good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

It is we'll these days to recall John Stuart Mills words on Freedom of the Press, and public opinion-'The evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; poster ity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion still more than those who hold to it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth; if wrong, they lose, what is almost a greater benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by it's collision with error"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Your Health Bv Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment. will be answered by pr. Brady IT a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclose. :. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can he made to queries not conform inc to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National News paper Service. 32O West Maolson Street, Chicago. Ill.
 NOT ACCORDING TO HOYLE
 From a mid-western village or town of perhaps 2000 population comes this important letter from 2 schoolboy-and I wonder Wnethei there is still any special adVantagS in being born and raised in smal! town or village, now that time ana distance mean so much less tnaH thev meant when I was boy IN Canandaigua:
 Dear Sir: .o,,.
 We have been studying aoout the teeth in Hygiene class ~ school. We have read your article "Brushing Isn't Harmful to the Teeth" In it you stated that you know and teach that brushihs doesn't save the teeth or prevent decay of the teeth.
 would like to know what yos would recommend. IL.
 We found that article m !lh national Geographic Magaziie that YOU referred to !: (Nov, ,3a number. article by w. Rooert Foran describing condition o1 tne teeth of inhabitants of Tristan oo C,1rha1 but we can see no connection between those peopie and us. Their diet most hkeIy wakes I'D for the lack of brusn- ing their teeth.
 Our seventh grade Hygiene class would like reply as soon
 Charles Henry James Yours truly
 Get us call lO
 First Charles, there must be eXs cellent teachers in your school, os YOU are an exceptional pupil, stu. dent, in fact. It takes more than attending school to make a stuoeht and more than being a student to make a scholar. , ., When YOU infer that the diet or the inhabitants of the lonely South Atlantic isle of Tristan da Cunna makes LID for the absence Of tootn- brushes from their way of life, you hit the nail on the head, Charles.
 To drive it home let me cite the facts again. Examination of the teeth of the natives by dentlst from H. M. s. Carlisle in ls3A showed that their teeth were prac- tically perfect. Among l56 persons ranging in age from childhood td o2 years. the dentist found l3l en. tirelv free from dental decay. l, would be hard to find 13l adults Tn the United States and Canada Who are free from dental decay. Tnere is nothing primitive or out of the question for Americans in the ole' of these people on Tristan da cum ha. They live on potatoes, som& whole cereals (when supply ships arrive). fish, crayfish, sea birds in season eggs only rarely have meat. Tomorrow Charles, I'll try to an- swer your question explicitly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

show in Washing ington. More bed- lam, more vii l d statements, a n d millions of words that = should be- eaten = with = or = without = ration points spilled all over the floor.
 On nearly every q u e S Ii on, t h e a r g u ment W a s split right down the middle aisle, t he Republicans favoring amend ment of OPA all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 8:52 p. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at 5:22 a. m, sets at 8.28 p. m. (War tinae)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Midsummer Day has come and gone. The longest day of the year has passed Summer days will pass rapidly. Days to come may be very hot, but already we can be assured we have had some of the hottest days of summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

things which come out of it.
 Recently I was reading about certain Major Whittle. who had served in the Union Army in the war between the states. AS he left
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Rv EARL nOI1CI m
WAR TURNS MEN TO GOD
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D.D.

WAR TURNS MEN TO GOD
 When young friend of mine went off to war, I gave him a copy of the New Testament. Just before terrible battle in Belgium he dis covered the Testament was miss ing. That night he and 190 of his fellows went into battle, and only six of them came out-he badly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

ing cluster of beautiful golden sta- mems. The deep-greer. serrted Me leaves form a contrasting back ground for the pink and gold of the blossom.
 On a Sunday afternoon when the countryman takes walk over the upland pasture he says perhaps that he wants to check on the graizng for the COWS and neat stock. But when he pauses for a few minutes and looks at the thick masses of Pasture Roses he is glad that Na- ture provides beauty for the dry stony areas as we'll as the moist meadows. Upland pastures may not furnish the feed for COWS that the experts sa va pasture should pro- vide. But when it's wild rose time the thin-soiled areas compensate in part by the masses of pink blooms among the juniper clumps and gram ite bOulGerS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
COP. Strategy Against O.P.A.
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat-NEA Wash inUfan CNrraGnNnHAnt

ington Correspondent
 Washington, June 26 - When the House of Representatives goes into one of it's knockdown, dragout free or-alls-as it just did in its seven- hour nonstop fight over price con- trol renewal - there isn't better
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Soys Lobby Wo Roses Over Submerged Lond Cunning for ekes Bra zon Anbosodess Lobbies tor Rockefeller. the
  ntion word
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Allergy

Please accept grateful thanks on behalf of my husband for thd prompt relief he obtains by using the potassium and vitamin c tab" lets you recommended for year. around "hay fever"-he was miser< able for hours nearly every day. but now he goes armed, as he expresses it. and takes one or two tablets al the first sign of oozing and sneez- ing, and in a very short time ha is perfectly comfortable for the day.
 (Mrs. S. Al Answer-Thank you, Ma am. I am glad to mai the pamphlet Re lief for Allergy' to any reader whd asks for it in writing (no clipping, please) and incloses stamped self addressed envelope.
 Mystic Symbols
 School doctor examined my son and told him his heart is C-Z, I am so curious to know what this means. (Mrs. M. H0 Answer-You know as much AS I do about it. Never mind the doctors code system-let your own doctor examine your son and advise you whether there Is anything the mat ter.
 Sooner or Later Pupils Overtake
 Teacher
 Have read your column for years, learned much, tsk-tsked a little, groaned some and laughed a lot. Now I want to own a Brady Baby Book and Preparing for Maternity but you'd better make it quick! have never questioned anything in your column until lately. The doctor who delivered me of my first baby told me to .. But you say ..
 (Mrs. P. H. Ej Answer-I ALWAYS say, Ma'am. that when you employ physician you had better accept his advice and follow his instructions, regardless fo what you, some eminent spec. ialist far away or Doc Brady may think or say about 1t.
 Copyright 1945 by John F. Dlle co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26
A Thought for Today

in the multitude of people is the kings honor, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.-Proverbs 4:28
 It is difficult to speak to the belly, because N has no ears.-Cato the Censor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

Copyright, 1945, by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-19
No. 2-The Stirring Case of Ruthe Cruger
By INEZ ROBB

HESPITE the haunting legend of the Lost
4 j Dauphin, the living legend OF Charley Ross
49, and the growing legend of Judge Crater, il is
virtually impossible for woman to vanish
completely from the face of the earth. To disap-
pear so that never again is the familiar face
by family or friend or chance acquaintance is so
rare that the very exceptions prove the rule
The world is too small today TO make possible
such dsappearanceS, of insignificant men.
And police work too thoroughly and knowingly.
Yet New York City did not create its Missing
Persons Bureau until 27 years ago. Scandal, rock
ing the Police Department, forced the city fathers
TO act The city Secthed with indignation in the
early spring of 1917 over police bungling in the
case of 17year-old Ruthie Cruger.
-Four years earlier citizens had been confounded
by police incompetence in the of big Tim"
Sullivan, Tammany's Emperor of the East Side"
furious. Out of that fury was born the Missing
Persons Bureau in March, 1917 In a way, the
bureau is a memorial TO Ruthie.
On the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1917 Ruthe left
home with pair of ice skates bound for a neigh
bofhood bicycle repair shop to have them sharpened
I'll be back in no time I won't bc gone more
than 20 minutes, the pretty young girl, who taught
a Sunday School class, told her sister.
No member of her family or friend was ever to
see her alive again For four months one knew
what had become of Ruthie Cruger beyond the fact
that she had left home to have her skates sharp
ened. The owner of the repair shop Alfredo Coochi,
Italian insisted she had left the skates with him
and had returned later in the day to get them.
The police made cursory search Of Coochi's
premises His friends included motorcycle police
men whose machines he repaired from time to time
and TO them and some detectives he reiterated his
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-19

TOOCHI, arrested in Italy, still protested
- innocence. His wife, he insisted had
killed Ruthie in fit Of jealousy. Finally,
he admitted the murder OF the young girl,
whom he attacked She never had
chance. Coochi had used a heavy wrench
10 beat her TO death
Under Italian law, because he was still
an Italian citizen, Coochi could not be re.
turned here for trial. But he was tried in
Italian courts and sentenced TO 80 years
in solitary confinement and never heard
from again.
BY the time Ruthie Cruger's body was
uncovered, the Missing Persons Bureau
had already been in operation for three
months. 1t was formed less than month
after her disappearance, while public
indignation was at its peak.
Fifteen men were assigned TO the new
bureau. From March, 1917, when they
began to operate, until Jan l, 1918, they
handled only 636 cases. Ten years later,