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vntwi Ml Mltorlel. VOLUME 02, NUMBER 3 mr lilN. Uncafe Emergency Equipment Tht Injury of tare ptnaea, two of than, polleo officers and the third tick man who ra twins removed to a hospital, caused when the polic departmenTi top-heavy ambulance overturned following collision with another car. ahould be sufficient notice to the board of police and fire commissioners to replace the old equipment without further unnecessary delay. Oreat stress has been placed on the need of keeping all of the automobiles which use the streets and highways In safe condition but it appears that the police department is not practicing what safety experts preach when It uses an ambulance which reportedly would overturn if it rounded a corner faster than IS miles an hour.

The ambulance is not only so top-heavy that it is clearly unfitted for emergency use but it has only two-wheel brakes instead or the four-wheel brakes with which cars and trucks have been equipped for many years. The police board is said to have failed to heed warnings as to the hazards Involved in operation of the 15-year-old equipment, partly because of a desire to purchase a locally-made chassis for a new ambulance. It is desirable that local industries be patronised when possible but such a policy should not be followed if by so doing the Uvea and limbs of those who are forced to use the vehicle and of others as well are to be placed in Jeopardy. Lansing and that includes the police department is entitled to the safest emergency equipment available and the police board has the obligation of providing such equipment without unnecessary delsy. iwrraSttxittrT KCg WANNlNg-- Greenland and Iceland The United States has been granted permanent bases of specified location on strategic Oreenland, according to "authoritative'' information from Sweden.

Occupied by United States forces on a protective basis since 1M0. the big island now has been returned to Danish patrol and control in the reported negotiations with Copenhagen. The United States once established claims to northern Greenland based on discoveries by Admiral Peary. These were relinquished when this country bought the Virgin islands from Denmark in 1918. In the light of the coming role of the lands of the Arctic tas in the aviation age.

It becomes increasingly important that America look to bases on what many military experts regard as Its new northern frontier. The acquisition of air and naval posts in Oreenland. negotiated with the friendly consent of Denmark, would seem to be a forward-looking step in this direction. To the east of Oreenland lies Ireland, which declared its Independence from Denmark in 1944. The British occupied Iceland in 1940 to prevent Its seizure from the Oermans.

United States forces replaced the British there the next year. Some of them still remain and are pointed to by Russian mouthpieces in reply to demands that Soviet troops get out of Iran and elsewhere. But the strongest parties In Iceland not only are withholding demands that United States troops get out right away, but are disposed to grant an American application for permanent bases. NEW YORK Diary: Strolling in lower Manhattan. I spend some time looking over the dismal old Tombs prison, vacant lor years.

Our Indomitable park man, Robert Moses, wants to tear the old stone pile down and make a park of the oioca on wmcn it stands. Excellent idea. Long ago I suggested the same procedure, with two other blocks tossed in. The old criminal courts and the old district attorney Buumng, botn also vacant since erection of the skyscraper criminal courts, across the street, should be wrecxefl, ana the ground used far a pan, tnree blocks long. a as Two new drives, chiefly for nub- lidty purposes, have been under way in Mew York lately.

one is a drive against Uttering the streets. Some thousands of dol lars in fines have been collected. and presently the matter will be forgotten, and those who are able to vote for the existing administration will be able to toss the contents of the wastebaiket Into the street. The other drive is acalnst cam' biers and racetrack touts, who are having a war among themselves, murdering one another over the take. Any mayor or district attorney.

in New York or anywhere else. knows all about tne gambling and none parlors, wnere tney are sit uated, and who runs them. If they didn't know, they'd be the most Innocent citizens in town. La Ouardla made a lot of pub licity capital out of his talks on the air about tin-horn gamblers. But he permitted them to live and prosper in the town.

Now it has got to the big murdering game, and the cops have stepped in. Walking through Wast 50th street today. 1 passed an old DuUding that had an area way, about four feet wide, next to tne sidewalk. A stout iron fence closed off the areaway, and a single sign said. 'no pumping.

Apparently, everybody had been dumping everything he couldn't use into tnat narrow space lor years. It was piled through Its half-block length with old paper, garbage, broken beams, pieces of automobiles and I also saw a baby's high chair and a kite. Mrs. J. D.

Blevins of Beaumont. Tex, knows how to make sweet potato bread, which sounds exciting Sonja V. Halzhauer of Brockton, Mass, likes best the news about the family and dogs. In this column Family and dogs are well, as of this oate A pecan pie. as made by Mrs.

V. S. Lowe. Jacksonville, is Just like a butterscotch pie. with a cup of ground pecans added The Dog Protective society in one of my favor ite towns.

Muncle. Wd, is doing a fine work in stopping dog-stealing Mary wuiiams 01 Ferry, ria. remarks how many New Yorkers apparently cannot read even large signs. At Pennsylvania station she has observed crowds entering through exits which are plainly labeled: "Do Not Enter." If anybody in the world can be more cruel than certain Americans, I do not want to hear about them. "Time" recently printed parts of a letter of a soldier who had been tortured bv American soldiers) in a prison, and witnessed tortures of others.

I know a sailor who wit nessed much the same routine in a horror shop in Chicago. "The gestapo hasn't a thing on our army." says tne "lime writer. My informant agrees. Irresponsible power to inntct punishment makes a beast of almost any man. I ve seen it working in police stations in many cities.

100 bad. but also true. Ask any police reporter. (Released by Mcxangni inc.i Good Ketcs CHICAGO. April 29 Young sters should be commended, not scolded for chewing gum in school, says Dr.

George Crane, psycholo gist and writer. He 101a a wooa County Teachers institute that gum chewing "grinds off" the nervous tension of city me and tnat a suck of gum given to each school child would "enable him to wora oil a tremendous amount of energy. Yesterdays In Lansing One Year Ago- More than 300 drive workers Willi Aged Howell Man, Long 111, Commits Suicide (Special to The State Journal) HOWELL. April 29 Funeral services for Andrew Parker, 74, of the Parker and Son Machine shop, who committed suicide Sunday afternoon by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun at his home, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the MacDonald funeral home. Rev.

R. J. Karney will officiate and burial will be in Lakeview cemetery. Parker, who had been in poor health for some time, had always lived in HoweU. Surviving are the widow.

Emma, and five children by a former marriage, Sherman and William of HoweU; Isabell and Helen of Detroit and Robert of Flint, and one brother, Claude Parker of Big Army Screening Test The army has started selecting 10.000 recently-drafted men to nerve as human guinea pigs In a newly-devised efficiency test. They will be equally divided between those qualified for general and limited sen-ice. It is a part of the general stairs planning to get the most out of the men entering the postwar army. Essentially, the reports will cover personal "efficiency and quality of performance, attitude toward the service, potentialities as non-commissioned officers and potentialities for further technical training." The war department makes clear that the information will not affect the status or disposition of the men involved. The data will not be studied in terms of individuals, but rather will be analyzed in terms of group characteristics.

This army test is a step in the direction of a goal of specialized efficiency which is regarded as essential in the armed forces of the future. It is designed to set up a plan of screening aptitudes for assignment for particular duties. It is an effort to get away from the "round peg In the square hole" that was all too prevalent in the hurriedly-gathered wartime army. Carried to its logical conclusion, it ahould provide a basis for efficiency which will be a requisite in the new military science. Na.

1 The club will meet Thursday in the club rooms at Shiawassee street and Grand avenue. A party will be held at 1 supper at 6:30 o'clock, meeting at 7:30 o'clock followed by a dance. No. The club will hold a regular meet ing Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the Community hall on West South street. A dance will follow.

No. 8 The club will hold a regular meet ing Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Woodman hall, Shiawassee street and Grand avenue. The la dies auxiliary will hold a popular party at the V. F. W.

hall, 325 North Washington avenue. Wednesday at 1 o'clock. No. 9 The club will meet at 214H North Washington avenue, Wednesday evening. Song services will be held at 7 o'clock, meeting at 7:30 o'clock followed by a card party.

Post-War Comment By DEWITT MACKENZIE (AP Foreign Affairs Analyst) The question of how the U. N. se curity council shall handle the Franco regime of Spain continues to be one of the serious International worries, and the week-end brought the highly interesting indication that the generalissimo may be getting set for a counter-move in the form of a referendum to test the temper of his people. While there has been no official news of a plebiscite, observers see the possibility of one In the announcement that a census of all Spaniards over 21. is to be taken.

Why over 21? Naturally the thought is that it has to do with the vote. Be that as It may, my recent visit to Spain leads me to believe that it need cause no surprise if Franco tries to beat the security council to the punch by having a referendum. This might be in the nature of a "vote of confidence" in his government, or it might adroitly couple this idea with the question of whether the people would like a return of the monarchy. As this column has said previously, I believe be would agree to restoration of the throne il the pretender, Don Juan, would make concessions enabling the general to retire from the dictatorship gracefully, that is, without loss of face. British Prime Minister Attlee said Saturday that be "should like to see the Spaniards put an end to it (the Franco regime) as quickly as possible." He didn't offer any thoughts as to how the trick should be turned but undoubtedly he had peaceful means In mind since both England and the United States, while anxious to get rid of Franco, are equally anxious to avoid the horrors of civil war.

Anyway, there is much doubt whether the United Nations would find much balm in a Spanish referendum held under the auspices of the Franco government. In the first place the question arises as to how much freedom of action the voters would feel they had under a powerful dictatorship whether a referendum would mean a great deal. However, the thing cuts deeper than that. While there are a lot of Spaniards who would like to see a revival of the republic, there are a lot of others who want a restor ation of the monarchy and there are still others who swear by Franco but would vote for the king if the generalissimo indicated his Intention of withdrawing from the leadership Observer Concluded from Page One adjusted" was during their service under the flag. Wary' UT and here is the catch many have returned to their ways of crime upon discharge.

Ernest W. MacFarland, sentenced to death for a sex murder, became the nation's No. 1 public enemy when he recently made a daring escape from a District of Columbia jail. Many others have been arrested or shot in the "midst of their assaults upon society. They reverted as soon as they were on their own.

So the psychiatrists make this point, based on these experiences: If army discipline and training has any salutary effect on such youngsters, why would not the same regimen benefit the normal boy between the ages of 18 and 20? The higherups may make further studies of the army and post-army behavior of the youngsters who progressed from prisons to the service to discover their eventual reaction. The findings would be a valuable contribution to our systems of teaching, reform and rehabilitation. But they are somewhat wary of presenting these records to congress in justification of a youthful draft or compulsory military service. tCopyt McClure Newspaper Synd.) Prominent Deaths (Bt the AsucUteS Preni) BICHABD HENRY LITTLE OLD CHURCH V. RwhsrH Vnn Little.

78, retired newspaperman, who covered the SpanUh-Amerlcan. Russo-Japanese and First Wnrlri war tnr 4H Chicaio Tribune and later authored the Tribune column. "A Line o' Type or Two." Be was born in Leroy. IIL CAPT. ROBEBT A.

BABTLETT NEW YORK Cant Rnhrt A tain Bob" Bartlett. 70. famed Arctic ex plorer, member of the 1909 Peary expedition which led tn Hlwviv.r n( ih. Pole. Be was born in Brians.

Newfound land. BT. REV. PAIL F. DELACOUR DB LABILLIERE LONDON Rl Ru Pnl De Labilliere.

67. dean of Westminster wjF. wiiu continued to noia services Jn the abbey despite air raids in World Anclican chaplain in the army. mi 11. ana wnn wnrin BM www lO IS BAMMAN BALTIMORE Dr Tll HammaM Jtt famed diagnostician, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins university, and 1940 president of the Association of American Physicians.

He was born In Baltimore. GBATTAN T. 8TANFOBO NEW YORK RMtan ma general counsel for the Sinclair OU 'corporation 1916. Ho was born in Mon- uccuo, in a. JWi "PWAan THOMPSON LONDONTlr.

Fi1w.nl ThMiMM mt Enslikh novelist anri nw. mnu works dealt with India. BOX MtXLEK BALTIMORE Rnv Millar a noUtical and business furure. president of the Louisiana Texas Intercoastal Canal association, mayor of Corpus Christi from 1913 to 1917. and on time editor of the Corpus Christi Caller.

Be was born in Blue Rapids, Kan. Cneladesl frsva Page Os Industry. The President himself will discuss the situation witn govern' ment experts this week. Administration Bewildered It was apparent, however, that the administration waa bewildered as to a solution. Reconversion Director John W.

Snyder, who gave air. Tru man a week-end report on the dis pute, told him the government simply did not know exactly what Lewis wanted. The coal mine operators 'have; voiced the same complaint. Meanwhile, a responsible official in the civilian production administration told the United Press that production in the coal-starved steel lnaustry was expected to fall this week to so percent 01 capacity. Japanese Concluded from Page On in no sense implies" exoneration: other names may be added.

indictments included SDeciflc charges of starting the war against tne 11 Ail lea nations, and 10 01 the prisoners including To Jo were accused of murder by "ordering. causing and permitting the armed lorces 01 japan to attack territory, snips ana airplanes" 01 otner nations in the December 7. 1941. sneak attacks. The charge listed as murdered some 4,000 Americans at Pearl Harbor and others in the Philip pines.

Accused with Tojo In the mur ders were Doihara, Hiranuma. Hi' rota, Hoshlno, Kaya, Kldo, Klmura. Muto. riagano, oaa. osmma.

Sato. Shlmada. Suzuki and Toko. "it may seem strange to include charges of murder, said Keenan. but it is high time that promoters of aggressive, ruthless war and treaty-breakers should be stripped of glamour and exposed as they are plain, ordinary murderers.

un Murder On another murder count, all defendants were held responsible ior planning to procure and per mlt murder on a wholesale scale of prisoners of war in ruthless pursuit of victory in the unlawful war Twelve were charged with killing many thousands of Chinese civilians and 14 were charged with murder of Russian troops in 1938-1939." Otner major charges: That the indicted leaders were, "in the course of many years, continu ally preparing for war" against Rus sia. The indictments listed specific steps 01 aggression as early as 1931 and "a beginning In 1928, to expand through Manchuria. That Japan, her people's minds systematically poisoned by military propaganda and their rights throttled, sought with Germany and Italy "to secure military, naval, political and economic domination of the whole world, each (Axis nation) having special domination in its own spnere. That the Indicted prisoners were responsible for "mass murder, rape, pillage, brigandage, torture and other barbaric cruelties upon helpless civilian populations." That while the United States sec retary of state and the Japanese ambassador conferred in washing-ton In March, 1941, "Japan continued at a feverish pace to prepare for war," and that she had continued, her earlier aggression in China despite assurances "she had no territorial ambitions. she violated a long list of treaties, from the 1899 Hague agreement for peaceful settlement of disputes to the 1941 Japanese-Rus sian neutrality pact.

That an imperial conference July 2, 1941, decided oil an advance southward, directed against the United States, the Netherlands and the British commonwealth; that a tentative decision to plunge into war was reached September 6, and that a final decision was made De cember 1 secretly. That she attacked without warning, and that she delivered "no declaration of war," even after the attack. The whole series of indictments, Keenan told the tribunal, is based upon the principle that responsibility lies "not only upon the humbler individuals who actually com mit" violations of international law. "but also upon those In higher positions" who have made the deci sions. "The Indictments involve no new law," he asserted, and in each case the charges are laid under the char ter of the tribunal, "which is a restatement of international law." The murder counts, he added, are violations of domestic laws "of all countries concerned, including Japan." April Concluded from Page One measured only 61 hundredths of an inch.

In April. 1942 precipitation totaled only 88 hundredths of an inch and unless there is some rain fah Monday or Tuesday this April will become the second driest. Following Saturday night's low temperature of 26 degrees and a rather chilly Sunday during which the mercury climbed only to 57, the weather man predicted warm and sunny for this afternoon and mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with rising temperature. He forecast a low of 45 degrees for tonight and a high of 72 for Tuesday. The highest temperature on rec ord here for this date is 81 in 1942 and the all-time low is 29 in 1945 Gty in Brief Current issue of "Bygeia," health magazine published by the American Medical association, carries a long article lauding the work of the Lansing school safety patrols, together with pictures illustrating the work of the patrols as directed by Sgt Ray Benedict, school safety officer of the police department.

Austin DeFord. city hall custodian, who recently returned from the armed forces after exposing black market activities in the Philippines, for which he won a citation from General Douglas MacArthur, will speak before the East Side Commercial club Tuesday noon at the Y. W. C. A.

The local chapter of the Red Cross announced Monday that the sixth lesson of the home nursing course starting Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in Room 108 of Technical high school can accommodate additional members. The class will meet each Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for three weeks. NEW YORK, April 29 UP) William Benjamin, 36-year-old factory owner, was under arrest today charged with forgery and grand larceny and District Attorney Prank S.

Hog an said he admitted defrauding credit firms of more than $500,000 most of which he lost at the races. Hogan said Benjamin made 000 legitimate profit during" the war years, and used the reputation thus established to swindle his creditors. Benjamin admitted losing $38,000 on a single race. Hogan said, quot ing the businessman as saying his smallest bet on one race was $1,500. His worst day at the track.

Hogan said, showed a loss of $46,000. The attorney quoted Benjamin as saying he also lost $5,000 in one gin rummy session and $25,000 on three lights one night at Madison Square Garden. He spent between $300,000 and $400,000 in two months. Hogan said. The well-dressed Benjamin, wearing a blue tie upon which hand-painted red horses galloped symbolically, was held In $50,000 bail.

Hearing was set for May 6. Hogan said the manutacurer of hydraulic automobile jacks and screw machine parts obtained the $500,000 by borrowing money from discount and credit companies on the strength of orders and accounts payable wmcn were fraudulent. Hogan said creditors asked an investigation after they became suspi cious and were told by Benjamin that his books bad been burned. Keaseyj Concluded from Page Oao offered for adoption will oppose any effort to remove the sales tax from food items. Friday the state association was named defendant in a suit filed in circuit court by Howard O.

Butler of Cedar lake, seeking $100,000 damages for alleged llbeL Butler, operator of the Butler Food products company and a manufacturer of soya butter, claimed in his suit that an editorial in the association's magazine, edited by Keasey. falsely accused him of fraud and violation of state food laws. Keasey told the assembled food merchants Monday that he was Yoregoing entering into a further report on the suit" at this time, but he added a resolution would be reported on the subject Between 600 and 1,000 delegates are expected to attend convention sessions, which will close with a banquet Tuesday evening, when Governor Kelly will deliver the principal address. Hearin Concluded from Page On authority and failed to correct thines. If vnll wrrn hsmnmrf in your honest efforts to do a job.

say so." Says Prison Too Large Francis asserted ths nrlun ad mittedly was too large and contended that during the war the Quality of tniards wax sn nmr that inmates "took advantage of them." 1 ne ming tnat concerns us." said Commissioner George J. Burke, "is not the faults nf the men vhn hart been there 60 days but of men who At una ucen mere years. Francis asserted that vhmn anything wrone was broueht tn mv attention I acted." Checked against his previous statement to Dethmers' investigators. Francis gave a qualified admission he had told them "I dldnt interfere witn otner men doing what was supposed to be their job. It was tough when you saw other neonle not rinino- their job." rettit was the only ex-official be WOUld SflV he hurl mpant in that statement.

He asserted "noliev svajK mad hv the warden. Some of it may not have coincided with my Ideas, but after talklne it over with him trio1 a follow his ideas. I was loyal to the waraen. Dethmers nupstinnaH Sim a statements H. C.

Watson, former records clerk, had made to the Investigators, but Francis denied knowledge of the incidents Involved. 83 Guards Absent Daily Cant. Robert E. Stetekliih official, said an average of 83 guards were absent dallv. a sta.tmnt in tended to explain past testimony nuuut a guara snonage.

He said ho had no knowledge of Francis allowing Inmates Imnrniw ilecting his duties. or tne appellants, Jackson Intends to present eight witnesses, while Watson, has snin Hn V11U S1V defense on the theory that he suc- tcaaiuuy met au testimony during cross-examination nf th. taf. 1. nesses submitted by Attorney Gen- Three other ai statement, Walter L.

Wilson, former chief guard inspector; Richard T. Riley, former athletic director, and Joseph G. Poirier, former accountant of inmate funds, have said their rebuttal was completed. All took tho stand In their own defense. The six were dismissed last August bv the state mrmtlnn.

1JT1 niuiiiiaaigjij 08518 of Dethmers charges I hQf than a "jr ijcmuuea lax and improper conditions within the "world's biggest walled prison." ines Concluded from Page Oat headed the dominant Nacionallsta. DaitV. in the month nrrHino tha election. While Osmena remained In the palace. Roxas put his oratory powers to work in an energetic cam paign wmcn em Graced tne wool archipelago.

In conceding rh oWtinn rkm.n. declared that to "prolong the passions of elsctirm tlmo mM U- A only to tragic civil strife." neveruieiess, posi-eiecuon ''nnni-i between armed lawless elements and militarr nolle mm wmlil Wn central Luzon, where 11 had been Kiuca. Military pouce at canana- tlian said thv harl man twnmts of persecution of Roxas supporters in the area. Til rnnipp British Admiration Two Britons. Field Marshal Sir Henry MalUand and Lieut.

Gen. Sir Cordon MacReady. were fascinated by a United 8tates army demonstration of a new device which enables soldiers to see the enemy in absolute pitch darkness. The army engineer board the other day jerked the hush-hush label off a startling Infra-red method of snooping and signaling in the dark that arrived too late in the war to have the great effect it might have had. The liphts went out in a tunnel at Fort Belvoir and the observer couldn't see a thing.

Then he looked through the telescope sight of a rifle handed him. There at the other end of the tunnel wax a real soldier Funding in an artificial bush. He was plain to be seen, but no light about htm or anywhere else was created. "What makes me mad." commented Sir Oordon. "is that In 1941 we British were fooling with this infra-red stuff looking across a dark room with it.

You had nothing. And here you have it working while we are still where we were. You can hand these problems to your big corporations. We have nothing like that to help us." Todays Verse ENIGMA "The Daily Grind." we say. and grimace, There is no joy of living in us.

But when we're sick and have to rest We "cuss" our luck and are distressed. For then our lives are duU and humdrum. Ah, Man, thou art a great conundrum! Effie McQuillan. Blaze Destroys Kalamazoo Plant Newly-Remodeled Building Is a $125,000 Loss KALAMAZOO. April 29 (JFh-State and local investigations were under way here today to determine the cause of the fire which just after midnight destroyed the plant of the American Aggregates corporation at a loss of $125,000.

The structure, 90 feet high and Just remodeled at a cost of $75,000, was entirely consumed with all the costly equipment, according to F. Emills, local manager for the cor poration has district offices in Detroit and national headquarters in' Greenville, The flames were discovered by a passing motorist, who smashed his way through a soutn window 01 tne offices to telephone an alarm to Plainwell and Kalamazoo. The Plainwell department arrived in time to save a macnine snop ana some outlying sheds. The plant was lo cated along the Pennsylvania railroad right-of-way about seven miles north of the city. At 1:30 'this morning tne entire east side 01 the building toppled over on the railroad tracks, and workmen had to use steel torches to clear away the tangled debris before train service could be restored.

The plant supplied all southwest ern Michigan with sand and gravel for building construction and for railroad ballast. Attorney General Gives Ruling on Right of Way Anv statute enacted to decrease right of way costs and prohibit im provements within limits of the pro, posed right of way would be uncon stltutional. John R. Dethmers, at' torney general, ruled Monday. In an opinion prepared ior unanes M.

Ziegler, state highway comjnis-sioner, Dethmers declared, "an act, the effect of which would be to diminish the compensation payable at the time of actual acquisition or condemnation where not sustainable under the police power, would undoubtedly be held to be an unauthorized taking under the power of eminent domain." Ziegler had asked whether the legislature might constitutionally provide for a determination to be made of the location of a proposed highway, the establishment of the width of the right of way to be ac quired, the recording of the plan and prohibiting tne making 01 perma nent Improvements within the limits of the right of way which might materially increase the cost at the time of acquisition. Portraits By JAMES J. METCALFE You're welcome A "thank you" for a favor Is The least we all expect And by established custom it Is socially correct But we who do the favor for The friend who is in need Should also let him know that he Is welcome to the deed Not Just because the rules declare It is the thing to do But to assure him that our thoughts Are generous and true To let him know that we are glad To help him all we car- And that we find It comforting To serve our fellowman And so when thanks are said to us For any courtesy We ought to say "Indeed you are As welcome as can be." Health Talks By WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

Tonsil Diathermy Demands Rare Skill Out of their own mouths a good many doctors betray their muddled notions about tonsils. Almost every day 1 near 01 some specialist look lng into the throat ox a patient who has had electro-coagulation (diathermy) treatment of enlarged or Injected tonsils, and remarking, witn wnat tne little man expects will be a devastating effect, that the patient still has his or her ton alls. Well, naturally, little man. So what? The proper purpose of either di athermy treatment or tonsillotomy (clipping off a portion of the ton- su) is to disiniect. sterilize or ex tirpate the damaged portion of the tonsil or the portion that may be obstructing breathing.

It is not to eradicate the entire tonsil. That would be advisable only In rare cases, malignancy. lor example. rar too many pnystcians, general practitioners and throat specialists too. are muddied in tneir tn inking about the tonsils.

They confuse in' lection, septic foci in the tonsils. witn simple hypertropny or enlargement or swelling, of the tonsils. This is downright sloppy medicine. for example, a neaitn writer, ad vising the public about this new tangled "Removing Tonsils by Elec tricity," of which the man evidently knew little or nothing, said: "The surgical method is so ab solutely safe and the danger of the anesthetic, when administered by a skilled anesthetist, so slight, that there is no Justification for the electro-coagulation method, which means a number of visits to the doctor's office. There are of course certain cases where the electro-coagulation method should be used.

such as heart disease, advanced age and In those who bleed too easily, Absolutely safe" is hardly the way some of these bereaved parents would describe it, II you ask me, I rather make a docen visits to the doctor's office, meanwhile keeping on with my reg ular work, play and eating, than make one visit to the operating room, with maybe a side-trip to another institution on the way home. If the so-called "surgical" method is absolutely sale why not give el derlv natients. bleeders and those with heart disease the benefit of 'such safety? Doctor, let's not tak the the people all the time. The truth is that these "abso lutely safe" operators are a little niffed because the diathermy (elec tro-coagulation) treatment, which haa become the method of choice for a great many people, demands far greater skill than most of the nounas possess. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Well, Well, Here's Sairey Gamp Again I was advised by a woman who said she had once been a nurse, tnat cooking in aluminum is a di rect cause of cancer, especially can cer of the stomach, because of the effect of aluminum on the food.

'L. J. Answer We have used aluminum ware in our house for more than 40 years still have some aluminum ware that has served au that time and nary a sign of cancer. Even if Saireygamp can take a tempera ture and shoot such skill does not qualify her to advise about health. Barbiturates My wife has taken a grain tablet of (one of the barbiturates) nightly for over two years to prevent attacks of After reading your article about the barbiturates we're afraid they were prescribed by our physician.

(H. Answer She bad better continue taking the tablets as the phvsician directs. Surely she. should not take the drug for an indefinite period without examination by the physician at reasonably frequent intervals. Oh.

far Heaven's Sake I am inclined to agree with you tnat one does not catch cold from exposure or drafts, but how do you account for the tact that I choke up on rainy or extremely cold days? I am subject to asthma. (D.B. Answer An asthmatic attack is I ss closely related with rain, cold or climate or season or weather as Ingrowing nail or a pain In the neck. But, there, there, I know you do not mean to provoke me send a self-addressed stamped envelope and ask. in writing, for pamphlet on Asthma.

(Copyright 1946, Jaha F. Dille open the Lansing Y. M. C. newpretensions of our feuow quacks too building fund campaign tomorrow seriously.

After all. we can't fool nupios. Elks Concluded from Page On present for an initiation Monday night by Lansing's championship ritualistic team. Mr. Kepner, who arrived early Monday morning in Detroit and mo tored to Ann Arbor for a luncheon, was to reach Lansing about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.

He was -to be met at the city limits by a delegation from Lansing lodge and a police escort A reception will be held from to 6 o'clock in the Hotel Olds for Mr. Kepner, with Claude Cady, past exalted ruler 01 Lansing lodge, serv ing as chairman. Other past ex alted rulers with key roles in the reception are L. M. Richard, J.

Wood, August Sepanek, Dr: F. Bradshaw, Benjamin F. Watson, Harold Kramer and Harold Burwick, Gov. Harry F. Kelly, a member of the fraternal order, was extended an invitation to attend the reception at the Hotel Olds, but had to de cline because of a previous engage' ment in southeastern Michigan.

Dispensing with the usual pre-lodge complimentary dinner for the membership because of the large gathering expected, Mr. Glazier said a buffet dinner would be served the members and visitors after the lodge meeting ends. Mr. Kepner will be feted, however, at a dinner for visiting exalted ml ers, grand lodge officers and officers and trustees of Lansing lodge In Estill's cafeteria greenroom. He also will have a meeting with exalted rulers and district deputies at o'clock, either in the Hotel Olds or in the Elks' home.

Mishaps Concluded from Page On reported in "poor condition" at St. Joseph's hospital, Pontiac. George McOanan, 75, retired Wal- halla resident, was killed by a hit and run driver on US-10 Saturday near his home, 10 miles east of Lud ington. Mason County Sheriff Ed Anderson reported today they are holding Robert Cunningham, 24, of urancn. Area Youths to Attend Junior Farmers' Meet Four Michigan 4-H club youths were members of a National 4-H club group to.

attend the three-day Ontario Junior Farmers' conference at Guelph, Ont, over the week-end. The Michigan members of the group included Mildred Reed, Albion, Ar- dis Stampfly, DeWitt, Fay Upright, Charlotte, and George West brook Ionia. All had been delegates to the National 4-H club congress at Chi' cago. Bargain for Parkers COOS BAY, Ore, (INS) "Bar- gain day" on parking violations has been announced in Coos Bay. City Manager Harry McCrea announced that violators who take their tickets to the city hall within 24 hours will be let off with a SO-cent fine.

Others win have to pay the usual dollar. Not a 'Beer in 13,000 PUEBLO. Colo. (UP) Nearly 000 men were Inducted into the armed services through Pueblo draft boards, but not one bas returned with a "beef" over having to serve, according to Chief Clerk Joe R. Gillespie of the selective service office.

Where Are They? The office of war mobilization and reconversion continues to In 1st that civilian production haa reached an all-peacetime record, but the American public Just as persistently continues to ask what has become of all these things that are being turned out with such a lavish hand. It Is an eminently proper question and. in spite of all the statistics in the world, it will not be adequately answered until It is possible once again for people to go into stores and obtain Uie goods they need so badly. Figures are all right in their place, but they are a poor substitute for new automobiles, radios, washing machines, shirts, stockings and a host of other commodities still in short supply. They cannot be ridden in.

they cannot be eaten, clothes cannot be washed or ironed in them, they cannot be worn. To be fed them so constantly is. in fact, a pure and simple aggravation. Perhaps the OWMR would be belter advised if It remained silent on this subject for a tune. It may be granted that the demand for civilian goods is extremely heavy and that consequently most items are snapped up the minute they are offered for sale.

But so long as stores and showrooms have "for display only" signs on much of their merchandise, the average citizen is not much impressed by recurring statements of record production. He can hardly be blamed. Indeed, if he thinks that it is merely another of those government Jokes. evening at a kick-on ainner in me main ballroom of the Hotel Olds, it is announced. While millions of persons throughout the nation ac claim the premature announcement of V-E day.

Lansing remains largely calm, cool and collected. Clyde E. Fuller. 49, of 4600 Donald street, and Mrs. Mary A.

Walters. 80. of 304 -West Barnes avenue, die at their respective residences. With two carloads already shipped and a third now being loaded, the United National Clothing collection will continue here this week. Mayor Ralph W.

Crego declares. Ten Year Ago Petition lor dissolution of the Community Cooperative Industries, a self-help organization of the unemployed formed in the midst of the depression, is filed in circuit court by a majority of the board of directors. The Michigan Merit Sys tem association launches a cam paign here to arouse public sentiment in favor of civil service for state employes; The state liquor control commission grants a 10-day extension of the deadline for obtaining 1936 beer licenses. Fire starting from a gasoline stove causes a loss estimated at $75 at the farm home of J. E.

Firestone, located northeast of the city in Lansing township. Twenty-Five Years Ago Defeat of two important meas ures, both introduced by Representative George Welsh of Grand Rapids, one defining and prohibiting general libel and the other providing for repeal of the James vocational law passed last session, features a long, tiresome grind in the senate. Mrs. Agnes Patrick. 33, wife of Oeorge A.

Patrick, dies at the home of her mother. 90J Bensch street The first annual banquet and get-together of the local Amer ican Automobile association mem bers will be held May 2 at the Elks home, according to plans be ing perfected ov the committee in charge and the local secretary. E. L. Phelps.

Average Income Once In a while there comes from government a suggestion that Is amazing for the attempt to seek out Justice. Roy Blough. assistant to the secretary of the treasury, told of an instance of this type when he said that the administration was considering an individual income tax plan wherein low and. high income years could be avenged. Mr.

Blough cautioned his audience, a conference of the Controllers Institute of America meeting in New York city, against trying to read a treasury position Into his remarks, since many of the matters are still in the study stage, and he said he considered major tax revisions as still some distance the future. But he told of one proposal for an Income tax plan which would permit a carryback and carryover of unused exemptions and would prove of grest aid to millions of families In low income brackets. He also said that there were many individuals, such aa author, actors, professional men and business men who often work for many years for a moderate return and finally make a "killing" in some one or two years. While their income on the average Is moderate. It extends for the particular year or two to the higher brackets and they may derive relatively little from it.

he said. The government might be able to work out a system which would eliminate the latter -objection. In view of the fact that It succeeded in simplifying income tax returns for of persons after befuddling them for years, one cannot underestimate the abliity of some of these treasury officials..