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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-17

Iospltalized, England, wounded in
Germany, Dec. 20. Sic Robert
.. Pacific. Neil, merchant marine.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-17

WEST SIDE PLANT-Good Jobs nov
open for men with or without manu-
featuring plant experiences; no SundayS:
good wages. o4 hours q week. American
Brskeblock Division. Merritt Street ana
McKinstry
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-17

RAETsMAN=Rnzitian Experienced
layout and detail man. Good postwar
opportunity Best transportation Apply
General Spring Bumper Division. 1850
2 Grand blvd
CRAFTSMAN. mechanical layout. Men
preferred with knUwledge of all round
shop practice excellent postwar poSSi-
bilities BUDD WHEEL CO.. i2lAl
Chareyo!x
DRAFTSMES-Lsy out men. designers.
long tool programs, postwar opportunity.
Norman 2 Miller d Associates, 2751
East Jefferson
CRAFTSMEN 80 Experienced on dies
good future Apply 25ss 22d 81
DRIVER SALESMAN 90 Established bev-
craze route. splendid opportunity for
discharged veteran pleasant work. high
earnings Sweet Sixteen Beverage Co.
40 West Canheld.
DRY CLEAgERS-COOD PAY APPLY
INDIAN VILLAGE CLEANERS. 6s2s
EAST LAFAYETTE
ELECTRICIANS for maintenance and
construction Apply Employment Office
Continental Motors Corp. l2S0l East
jefferson.
EXPERIENCED lubrication man wanted:
f4-h0uf wees top wages steady en-
ployment. See Nr Nestle Highland
Chevrolet Co. 1887 woodward Ave
TO $4,000
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-17

BUSINESS office represeniatives, opera.
tors, clerks. typists. stenogrsphers,
workers are needed BY Michigan Bell
Telephone Co No previous experience
reoutred: good wares: regular increases.
These Jobs will last after the war, too,
Apply 1855 Cas- At state or ist Floor
General Motors Bldg. Michigan Bel
Telephone Co.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-17

Black. lost in, near Bijou
TheateT. 81 lAdyS wrist watch Inn
pUrtant papers Acaline Price. 2l27
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
2 State Men On Franklin

Hartford, Conn.,. May 18-(UPJ- Two Connecticut men, one of whom received a spot promotion for hero ism, were among the survivors of the aircraft carrier Franklin, the Navy announced today.
 William J. Mott, 20-years-old sec- ond class machinist's mate was pro- noted to chief machinist's mate for helping have the life of many Of the crew who were trapped below decks. Mott, who lives at Groton, was assigned to a forward engine room. He nurssd auxiliary engines and blowers into action to clear compartments of smoke which suf- located many of his shipmates. Mott enlisted in February 1942 and was stationed for Is months on seaplane tender before being trans ferred to the Franklin, aviation ordnanceman Harold Jacobs, Jr., Meriden, was trapped in gasoline pumping compartment with seven other men when the bomb concus- sion jammed the doors. He grab bed sledgehammer and smashed open hatch only to find it led into the sea. He then led the way through the smoking compartment and through the officers quarters to the forward part of the ship from where the eight gained top side. Jacobs helped fight the flames for Is hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
NovuI Hero
 Thanks God

New York, May 18-(UP) - A black-haired Jesuit priest who be- came naval hero and a sailors saint during the U S s Franklin s ordeal by fire said today that the Lord must have known he was too busy to pray for himself
 It. Cmdr. Joseph T. O'Callahan. Boston a fighting padre described by the Franklin's skipper as "the bravest man I ever saw said he buried the dead for two days after Japanese bombs turned the big Es- sex class carrier into floating bonfire.
 Scholarly. quiet O'Canahan said ne had no time to ask the dying what their religion was.
 They all wanted to say prayer, and I said the Lords Prayer and then the act of contrition," he said.
 In l8 hours of back breaking, heart-breaking work, O'Callahan was successively chaplain, dam age control officer. a fire hose handler, a first aid man and a res- cue worker.
 He once taught mathematics at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.
 T didn't mind being blown up with the ship" he said. For those who believe in God, death is a transition between earth and heav- en. Frightened? I don't think l was. But I don't think I was par ticularly brave"
 OCallahan said he leaned on spiritual values learned in 8 years of priesthood.
 The priest recalled gong into a smoking ammunition magazine where an explosion was expected any second. With bare hands he carried live, .blistering hot shells from the magazine.
 T wondered when it would blow up in my face he said. T didn't notice 1t was heavy but afterwards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Jap Pilot Realized
 An Aviator's Dream

honor, he said Gary had been awarded the silver star.
 A junior officer said Gary hadn't received the silver star.
 T pinned some medal on Gary the other day." Gehres said. What was it?"
 Gary stuck his head between the shoulders of two reporters. That was just well done sir" he said.
 Everyone on the ship was hero, Gehres said. The story of the ship was a story of heroic men
 Comdr. L. H. Hale, Gary, Ind, air officer of the Franklin, said the only equipment that came through topside fire and blast was four jeeps, used to tow planes on the flight deck.
 We lashed them together and hauled debris. We used them to generate electricity. We couldn't possibly have brought the Franklin home shipshape if it hadn't been for those jeeps," Haie said.
 Hale disclosed that the Frank lin was as trim as she could be when she nosed into New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Gehres said the crews saved Uncle Sam $100,00O and the Navy Yard two months work by drying out compartments, re- packing equipment and heaving debris overboard.'
 Hale said the first food survivors ate came from locker that had escaped serious bomb and fire dam- age. We broke that locker open. It was filled With-What do you think-Spam. We had Spam for two days until we busted into a steak locker. We were sick Jf steak by the time we hit Pearl Harbor."
 The man Gehres called the brav- est I've ever known" didn't attend the press conference. It. Comdr. Jo- seph T. O'Callahan, of Boston, the carriers senior chaplain, was con- valescing from a nasal disturbance and he got it in New York" York" Gehres said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
O'CoIIohon Risked Life Dozen Times

Washington, May 18.-UP) The USS Franklin in the space of a few hours last March 19 produced heroes by the hun dreds.
 One of the greatest aboard the stricken carrier was It. Cmdr. Joseph T. O'Callahan, a black-haIred, blue-eyed Irish man from Boston who was the carriers Catholic Chaplain. O'Callahan, a former pro- lessor of mathematics, philoso- psy, physics and language, had been aboard the Big Ben only 17 days when it sailed against the Japanese home islands last March with Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's task force 58. When disaster came, the Jes- uit Padre went all over the blazing ship saying last rites over the dying. consoling the wounded, carrying injured men to safety and organizing and leading fire control parties.
 He braved burning magazines to wet them down and prevent explosions which might have sunk the ship. "He risked his life a dozen times" an officer said. The carriers skipper, Capt. Leslie E. Gehres, said of the priest:
 He's one of the bravest men I ever saw
 OCalahan was wounded, how seriounly the Navy didn't say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
BY LACK ROWLES

New York, May 18,-(UP)-Capt. Leslie E. Gehres, skipper of the USS (floating helD Franklin, said the Japanese pilot who bombed the carried realized an "aviator's dream.
 Everything was just right for him." Gehres told reporters. There were clouds at 2,000 feet. Above them, the weather was good. We were launching planes. He got us at the perfect moment"
 Gehres, stocky, wavy-haired vet eran of the Pacific nightmare, con- stantly reminded reporters that the big story about this is the Santa F'e and those other ships and men who got us out of the mess If it hadn't been for them we'd be at the bottom now'
 At the edge of the crowd that encircles Gehres during the press conference yesterday stood lean, tanned officer. Nobody noticed him while the skipper talked. When Gehres got around to the exploits of It. Donald A. Gary, whom he has recommended for the medal of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

Capt skipper Fe ignored flying rockets and soaring flames slammed his ship against the Franklin further to said daring of seamanshp The Big Ben the rier division flagship division which pulled alongside He helped direct operations from bridge Heroism and daring ouhe Fankin
 the New refted further combat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

by three Jap bombs Sixty exploded ripping decks ana null to pieces Small oecK Bung machine bullets
 be1ore cruiser could line dead in
 the "ater-ony 38 miles from the made p the that
 ay o Danvle Ill., carried fire hoses burning
 eaog on hS feet The badly listing when an unknown enlisted shifted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

The spectacular photos height of what oVed to be Of the greatest the Pacifc-te .ns o ne os Franklin aircraft carrier turned 0nes oy 100000
 
 or arans Inland Sea Although antas- tlca!y Leslie 10 abandon ship and did wi heroic crew and tose od rescue ships Caught off ca With planes carrying full ship was hit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

Dissatisfied workers in Mexico now stage series of sit-doWn strikes until they get attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

1 I tried lifting a five-inch shell and I wouldn't want to earn my living at it."
 O'Callahan was the first Jesuit to enlist in the navy. Capt. Leslie E. Gehres, skipper of the Franklin, has recommended him for the Con- gressional Medal of Honor. What he did" Gehres told reporters yes teroay, wasn't required of him at all. He was all over that ship" Augusta, Me, (UP)-The 10 mem ! bers of the legislative inland fish and game committee voted alike on every one of the GA bills they con- sidered
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

you. Work is the supreme panacea.
There isn't going to be household
in America, in the next year or two,
that doesn't face this or some more
serious problem. The problem of
our physically manned and wounded
isn't going to be the worst of it;
it'll be the mental, the nerve, the
psychopathic cases that put heavy
burden on us all. Lift your burden
off the great total by accepting the
unexpected gaiety and independ-
ence of this wife of yours; add to
her capability, her completeness, a
new capability and completeness
of your own.
Normal Pattern Will Return.
Once you're well started, and the
first baby likewise, the whole pat
tern will fall into normal lines, and
this restless, dissatisfied, resentful
phase of homecoming will seem
only a dream. You have the mate
rials for an unusually happy mar
riage here; don't throw them away.
Postwar marital problems pre-
sent every variation of trouble to
which human hearts are heir. The
returning husband who grows be-
yond his wife, and finds her unex-
pectedly dull, less pretty, less dear
than he remembered her. The wife
who hardly knows the boy with
whom she danced so merrily into
wedlock, and who doesn't like him
much, on later inspection. The re-
turning soldier jealous of his baby.
The waiting wife all ready with
plans for divorce The criticisms
of her because she lived with his
mother, or because she didn't. The
discomfort because she worked, or
else she didn't. The wounded prob
lens and the problems of the
manned and the blind.
Make a fresh start, Bill, and
solve yours yourself.
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HOLD ON A LITTLE
WHILE

another returning soldier has
found his ,oite changed. When
he left she vas timid and shy,
and depressed by the death of
their first child. Nop she is gay
and happy, interested in parties
and entertainment, and quite a
social tauorite. She HUes Nth his
mother and Uorks in the same
foundry on part-time shift. The
t,co ,Uomen get along very ,UeH,
and are al,cays laughing and
"gabbing."
While Dorothy is afectionate
and anxious to please, she is no
longer dependent and clinging.
William feels somehow that she
is a stranger =. not the ,Uonan
he thought he married. He ,Uon-
ders if he should try to make q
60" of this marriage .. maybe,
he thinks. he had better get out
of it for the benefit Of both him.
sell and Dorothy. He left college
in order to marry her, and no,U
he ,conders if it ,uere the sensi-
Bile thing to do.
The separation and the expert
ences Of rcar change both hus-
band and ,Uite, replies Miss Nor
ris. One uiH mature more than
the other, but ,chen there is no
fundamental disagreement, time
riH harmonize the differences,
and the original happiness can
be regained.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

not wonderful. Nothing seemed to
be logical, and to me the people
seemed to be Slightly on the de-
mented side.
l looked at the French through
what were, supposed, cornfield
| eyes, but l was making up my mind
as to what l saw and felt. They
seemed aloof and artificial, some
times on the verge of childishness.
| Now that I look back, this may
have been because l met only the
| French who came in contact with
the public. l did not get into a
home where could meet "the real
French" as my wiser and more
experienced friends called them;
and l could not parley their Ian
| guage. So I had to judge by what
saw. And that was what l have
done all my life. realize much of
it has been wrong, but still it was
my own point of view.
We went to the Riviera and took
rooms at the Grand Hotel in Sainte
Maxine and l went to work on an
| idea for the novel that was to fol-
low "West of the Water Tower"
The guidebook said Sainte Maxine
was one of the lovely spots on the
Mediterranean, and the two or three
Americans we met said it was de-
lightful. To me it was just plain
cockeyed. The crooked narrow
streets, the yard-wide sidewalks, the
! nonSenSical tWo-wheeled carts, the
mailman carrying his letters in a
tin box suspended from his Shout
derS. The people eternally sitting in
cafes swigging beer or tiny drinks.
Such place was interesting to see,
like pumpkin show, but certainly
not the place where l wanted to live.
Or the kind of life wanted to live.
Dale Carnegie, who was born on
farm a few miles from where l was,
came to see me. He had seen much
more of Europe than had; in fact,
had lived there. But when we got
down to cases, he felt about it much
as I did. I suppose you can't ever
get a farm out of a person. For
that matter, l don't know that l
want to.
The part I liked best was to see
how the French farmed. OF course
couldn't talk to them, but l walked
across their land and watched them
working. must have watched SYM
pathetically, for none chased me off.
I was fascinated by their market
days and, no matter how hard was
supposed to be working, managed
to be there. Taking pigs to market
in baskets! Carrying sheep with their
feet dashed over pole! 1t was play
farming. Having manure pile just
outside the house. 1t was disgusting.
But when I looked little deeper
and saw the handicaps the farm
ers had to overcome, and their poor
soil and primitive machinery, my
respect went up. 1t was toy farm
ing, but, everything considered, they
turned in good job.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

I built a home in Forest Hills,
Long Island, New York ("The Lit
tie House with the Big Mortgage"
I called it) and wrote two more
ping books. wrote all sorts of stuff,
and that's just about what it was.
There was my old trouble of new
er being able to tell whether what I
was writing was good, or not. 1t all
seemed good when the words were
flowing; pretty bad when the words
were stiff and cold. But l kept
grinding away and managed to
make a living.
We had more ambitious plans
than burning mortgage, and soon
we were about them. Yes, actually
on the way to Europe. One of the
persons on the ship was Walter Lipp-
mann. I wrote him a note I would
like to meet him, and soon I was
buying him a drink. How sweet it
was to consort with the famous, ell
bow to elbow, no looking up and
no looking down.
And it was not long before we
were in Paris. Wonderful Paris!
That was the way I had always
seen it described and that was the
way it was always mentioned by re-
turning friends. But I had to see
it through my own eyes. 1t was dis
appointing. 1t was odd and strange
and it was interesting, but certainly
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Value of Victory Garden

A good home garden is first of all
a source of food. 1t is important
from an economic standpoint as it
supplies fresh foods in season and a
surplus for canning. 1t is also inn
portant from the standpoint of
health and family morale. Working
in a garden is source of recre-
alton and education for all the fami-
ly. 1t develops team work and
fellowship between family members
of all ages. 1t also gives youngsters
an appreciation of the land and its
marvellous products.
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E. Q G%Tga y (! zss e! ~

THE STORY THUS FAR: Amos Croy
and his wife settled on a farm in Mis-
souri,, where Homer was born. Sunday
meant church, company for dinner and
steer weighing. The Croys attended the
Omaha Exposition, where Homer had his
first taste Of the outside. He finished
high school and college, then went to New
York City where he secured job as cub
on Theodore Dreiser's woman's maya
zine. On a visit home he was glad to
learn that Phebe, who had been his IA
TIERS housekeeper since his mothers
death, was to marry his father. Homer
returned to New York and had his first
novel, "Boone Stop" accepted for pub
LEGATION. Royalties were practically moth
ing on this book.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell Syndicate.-WNU Features.

Nh1A tohC yoo olh lllOllLllo,
it may take you a year to
l. rebuild, when that man of
yours comes home, but mar
riage is worth six months or
twelve months of doubt and
pain. True marriage is mir
acle, and to cheat yourself out
of wonderful years of COM
partnership and planning just
because things are difficult now,
is an expensive mistake.
"Tm completely bewildered,"
writes William Martin, in letter
that illustrates this point. 1--WE
been two years overseas. When 1
left her my wife was a sweet, shy
girl who had no friends in my home
town and cried bitterly when she
came to join my mother for my abb
sence. Just before I left Dorothy
had the sad experience of losing a
newborn baby, so that my memory
of her is of an exiled, scared, tear
full, bashful little thing who assured
me that she could not hold her head
up at all until came back.
Completely Changed
well, I got back six weeks ago,
and if you ask me, I'd just as soon
return to France. Dorothy is COM
pletely changed creature, and l
don't want to take on stranger for
my wife. She and my mother are
like two girls together; laughing all
the time. They play cribbage every
evening, gable at every meal, and
trot off to work still chattering. They
work part-time in the same foundry
Dorothy has picked up a lot of
friends, most of them daughters of
my mothers old crowd; she wants
me to 60 on weekend parties, where
she is great favorite, and she
wants to have them in for i'm
promptu suppers and games. She's
perfectly amiable about everything,
anxious to make me happy, says
she'll give up work the minute I'm
established, hopes we'll have a lot
of children someday,-this doesn't
sound so bad. I wonder if I'm get
ting over to you what l mean?
II mean that a man likes to be
important in his own house, he likes
to have the say. If I suggest this,
Dorothy is all attention; what would
l like to do? Well, the truth is I
don't want to do anything, except
sit around. I don't even want my
mother or wife near me, part of
the time. always wanted to take a
forestry course, but after two
years of college l quit, and got a
job, so could marry. Then the war
came. I have no money now, and
I'll be darned if want my women
to support me. Shall just get out
of their lives. go off somewhere,
and work it out MYSELF"
No, by no means do that, Bill.
Your marriage is worth saving, with
such a woman. Instead of running
away, as so many of our people do,
today, work it out yourSelf-but at
home.
l think you'd make those two
women supremely happy if you an
nounced that they had to support
you until you finished your forestry
study. Your government will help
you, and all it will amount to will
be that they take care of them
selves for another year or two.
Then go to work with VEN
geance, and see how fast you can
beat the regular term time.
The moment you're hard at work
the whole world will change for
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08
ASK me- ..!.-,,-.7

A General Quiz

l. Was Beau Brummel a real or
fictitious character? .
2. What is the tactile sense?
3. When Noah sailed in the Ark
how many women were aboard?
4. What coat of arms suggested
the use of stars and stripes in the
American flag?
S. What one thing remained in
Pandora's box?
6. What Biblical characters went
to heaven without dying?
7. Is the army man of today tall
er than the army man of World
War 1?
8. When it's p. m. in London,
what time is it in Chicago?
The Answers
1. Real George Bryan Brun-
meD.
g The sense of touch.
3. Four - Noah's wife, Shem's
wife, Japheth's wife, and Hams
wife.
T. The coat of arms of the Wash
ington family.
5. Hope.
6. Elijah and Enoch. .
7. Yes, soldiers of this war are
two-thirds of an inch taller. The
proportion of men over six feet
tall has also increased.
8. Noon.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-22
New War Plot
OF Naziis Told

WASHINGTON. June 21 CUP)
Sensational charges were made
today that German induStrisliStS
have prepared detailed plans "a
resrn Germany and finance Nazi
party underground activities.
The charges, based on hitherto
secret documents, were made hy
Senator kilcore tD) OF West
Virginia who recently returned
from Germany.
kllgore aimed lis accusation
principally AZ leaders IN German
Industrial CartclS
"MaSquersding as neutral
businessmen without political
allegiance they hsVe already
conceived vicious plans for
third attempt at world con-
quest" ne declared.
kilCore announced that 'he
subject would be pursued further
IN hearings before the Senate
military affairs subcommittee on
war mobilization. Of which he is
chairman The hearings begin to-
morrow with Bernard NJ Bamch
as the first witness. State and
justice department officials Viii
follow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-22
Carrier S Airmen
Down "a Japs

WASHINGTON. June Il GNSl
Navy Air Group s4, based OF
an EsseN-ClaSs carrier, was credit
ed today by the navy department
with. a record bag OF pa Japa-
nese aircraft destroyed in a five
month combat tour in the west
eTn Pacific.
The group is composed or both
navy and marine flierS
They have sunk or damaged
more than 10000 tons of enemy
shipping in 5000 combat SortieS.
Group 81 was led by 1t. Cmdr
r. r. Hedrick of San Gabriel. Cal,
after Cmdr. George Ottinger of
Memphis. Tenn. was hit by anti
aircraft fire over Okinawa
The avenger pilots scored nine
torpedo hits on the japanese bat
tleship Yamato when II was sunk
in the east China Sea April 7.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-22
'Fair IriaiI
is Doubted
D.,r.a ri@.. w..A,..,.s s.r...

WASHINGTON. June 2l-The
trial in Moscow Of the 16 Polish
underground leaders on charges
OF reasonable activities against
the Soviet army in Poland today
was labeled by Rep. WaSielewSkl
(Dl Of Wisconsin as a means OF
Smesring and diScrediting the
Polish commandments IN Lon
don.
WaSielewski suggested that the
So-Ca He'd trial would consist solely
OF the presentation OF the prose
cution'S : case.
"Will the accused be given =
chance TO lnterpo@e a defense"
ne asked.
With the close censorship ~
news out OF Russia, only such
stories as are approved by the
kremlin arc permitted 10 he
transmitted, he added "It may
take many months--if ever
before n truthful account OF the
trial becomes known"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-22
Percy Jones Arrivals
Listing Is 'Sndfued'

FORT CUSTER, June PA
new system of registering names
OF arrivals at Percy Jones Hos
pital Center has prevented listing
Of names since Monday. The
army calls il snafu.