argus eyesVol. l~No. 7 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN April 23, 1943

That BulFs-Eye FlagA careful check throughout the plant

shows the following statistics relative towar bond sales based on payroll figures:

Plant 1, factory workers, 9.5%; of-fice, 8.5%; Plant 2, factory, 9.5%; office,6.1%; or a general average of 9.3% forthe whole of International Industries.

To win the bull's-eye flag for the en-tire plant, it will be necessary to attainan average of 10% of the total payroll.In case either plant reaches the 10%figure, a bull's-eye flag will be flownby that individual plant, regardless ofthe factory average.

It has also been arranged to awardsmall bull's-eye flags to individual de-partments which attain an average of10% of their .own payroll. The abovestatistics will show what has to be donethroughout the factory to reach thegoal, but in plants and in departmentsSee your bond captains and arrange toincrease your bond purchases to 10%or more if possible.

* * *The Minute Man flag for 90% partici-

pation of employees in war bond pur-chases has been awarded to both plantsand should be flying by the time thisissue of Argus Eyes is off the press.

The captains wish to thank everyonefor their loyal co-operation in purchaseof war bonds and ask their further support in increasing sales throughout theplant.

RetributionBy M. I. Pitkin

(In Cosmopolitan's Better Way)

Minute Man Flag Raised

To men of loyalty and rense, 1941 willlong be remembered as the most aggra-vating year in American history.

That was the year certain heroes, sen-ators, paragraphers and plain traitorsjoined with the faint-hearted and theAxis press in telling America what shecouldn't do.

Never during the blackest days of thedepression were .the nation's ears as-sailed by such a raucous and exasperat-ing concatenation of can'ts.

You can't buck the wave of the fu-ture. You can't break the machine-toolbottleneck. You can't overtake the Axislead in armament. You can't move anarmy past the Nazi submarines. Youcan't tool up heavy industry in time towin. You can't fight a two-ocean warwith a one-ocean fleet. .

Can't, can't, can't, the boys weremarching . . . the bad. daneerous invinc-ible Axis boys. Better throw in thesponge and save your necks. Better giveup the dangerous dream of stopping thisghastly business. You can't.

It was terrible to hear, particularlyfor those who realized the giganticpower and genius of American Industry.And next to pheer relief in seeing theworld shed of brigands, our chief joyin victory will come from Industry'rhaving caught the?e shabby defeatist-with their can'ts down.

w NoticeTo Argus Club Members

We would like all members of theArgus Recreation Club to know thatthe Argus Ladies' League paid for theirown bowling banquet this year. Thecompany paid for it la:t year and nothe club.

There has been some discussion orthis point. Most everyone thinks we hav<received too much monev from the clubConsidering the large amount of mone?the club has made this year, the $150.0we were allowed for our bowline shi^tis a verv email sum. We carried thname "Areus" on our shifts all year tadvertise the club.

We understand the club was meanto sponsor all recreational grouns or wwould not have asked for the banoue

We expect to have a bowline leaguagain next year, but if the club doenot sponsor us we will not carry "Argus" on our shirts.

The Argus Ladies' Bowling LeaguLaura Egeler, Secretary.

Distinction"Do you hyphenate headache?""Not unless it's a splitting headache

Sales Dept. Decidesto Mail Argus Eyes

to Its Key DealersApril 5, 1943.

FROM: Homer Hilton'O: Vern Heck, PresidentArgus Recreation ClubAs you know, the Sales Department

asked for a reprint of last month's issueof "Argus Eyes," so we could send acopy to our dealers. The reaction is so!avorable, in that many dealers haveexpressed keen interest in this newsyand interesting paper, they want to re-main on our list permanently, so theymay be kept in touch with what is goingon here at the plant.

We want to comply with the requestof these dealers, so wish to have 1,000copies each month hereafter, these to bemailed to our Number 1 dealers.

Inasmuch as this increased quantityis about half of the total number whichwill be printed each month, I suggestwe pay 50% of the cost because I believethis added expense of the Sales Depart-ment is fully justified because of thevalue we will get in creating greatergood-will for the Company among someof our dealers.

I am sending a copy of this note toGuy Core, so he will give proper instruc-tions to be certain the Sales Departmentpays their proportion of the expensehereafter.

One percent additional payroll deduction from each employee for bonds willive us the Bull's-eye flag. Can't we do it?

Although International Industries has>een entitled to a Minute Man flag forome time, it has not been raised be-ause we have been so close to a Bull's-

eye flag. The deductions for bonds havebeen running about 9.3% per month oreven-tenths of one-percent short. Nowhe Minute Man flag has been hoisted

and, due to the April drive, the ten per-cent flag will be up for at least onemonth.

In the April drive the two leaders areFrances Hill of plant two with $1,875

sold and Harold Peterson of plant onewith $1,825. The total of extra bondssold for April is about $12,000 in thetwo plants. No definite quota has beenset for our plant, but we would like togo about $20,000.

The payroll deductions for March inboth plants amounted to $16,449.01. Ifeach employee would raise his deductionone percent, we could keep the Bull's-eye flag flying all the time instead offor one month. Let's set our goal forthat.

Dolorous Dan McHugh

(Verse with moral, written in pursuance of the current advertising trend ofusing fine poetry to get across a selling message.)

A bunch of GI's was scoopin' it up in a Malamute saloon,With Corporal Cohen at the baby grand, banging a rag-time tune,When out of the night, that was 50 below,Dog-dour and loaded with woe,Strode Sergeant Dolorous Dan McHugh, the terror of Company O.Now, Dan was a sarge with a pan like a barge,With hard little slits stead of eyes,One look at his puss was enough to produce depression in 99 guys.On the night of my tale they had just got the mail,And a GI was handing it out.When he gave Dan his mail, the frown disappearedAnd in joy Dan gave vent to a shout.And from then until now, old Dan's been a wow,And they call him Big Brother McHugh,And he's everybody's pal, which goes to proveWhat a picture of home folks can do.Yes, a pictu-e from home some photographer sent,Made Wild Dan McHugh very tame.Now all is K. O. in Company O, _If you're a photog, do the same.

March 25, 1943.To All Argus Dealers:

It's been almost a year since an Ar-gus salesman has called on you. Thereason is, of course, that AviationRadios, Precision Optical and Fire Con-trol Equipment for the Army and Navyare rolling off our production lineswhere the C3, the Model A and the

rgoflex formerly held sway.Although we still haven't anything to

ell you, we think you'll be interestedn the enclosed copy of "Argus Eyes,"

monthly, publication issued by ourmployees' Association. The names andaces appearing in this lively little mag-zine will probably be strangers to you.3ut we want you to get acquainted withhem because they're the folks who are;oing to build more and better Argusameras for you after the war.We don't know how soon this will be,

Dut we want you to know that the sacri-fices you have made in going withoutcameras have, at least in a small way,lelped to hasten the day when we canresume civilian manufacturing.

Meanwhile, we hope your problems ofdoing business have not been too diffi-cult, and we look forward with keen an-icipation to the time when we will be

seeing you again.Until then—all good luck to you.

Sincerely yours,ARGUS. Ann Arbor.

Homer Hilton, Sales Mgr.Quite a few changes have taken place

n our dealer organization during theoast year. Won't you please help usbring our records up to date by fillingout the enclosed post card (no stamp re-quired). Mail it today so we can be sureyour next copy of "Argus Eyes" reachesyou.

Returns Being TabulatedFor Club Election

Although all campaigning is over andall parties are resting up from theirstrenuous efforts to win the election, allreturns are not yet in from all the vari-ous departments and no report can bemade as yet on the outcome of the vot-ing for representatives for the ArgusRecreation Club.

Some ballots from the far northernreaches of plant one seem to have beenheld up by heavy snow, but we expectby the next issue to have a full reportof the representatives elected and theirchoice of officers for the coming year.

Well Satisfied" 'Erbert. you really shouldn't have

kissed me like that, with all those peopleso close around us, even if it was in thedark."

"I didn't kiss you. I only wish I knewwho it was—I'd teach him."

" 'Erbert, you couldn't teach im noth-ing."

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argus eyesThis paper is an employees' publica-

tion. Its aims are:1. To present news of individuals

throughout the two plants.2. To keep former employees now in

the service informed as to what isgoing on at International Industries.

3. To present up-to-date informationon all problems vital to employeeswhich the war has brought about.

4. To give all employees an opportunityto express themselves.

No items will be used which will tendto ridicule or embarrass anyone. Humorand good-natured fun, however, are al-ways acceptable.

EDITORIAL STAFFEditors. . . Maurice Doll, Jeanne CrandellSports Editor Harold PetersonPhotographer Richard BillsCirculation Manager Naomi KnightFor the Argus Club Verne Heck

Chief Contributors:Laura Egeler Sophia Franczyk

ElectionsThe election of April fifth was a feeble

example of a great democracy in action.We do not mean this as any reflectionupon the men who were chosen for thevarious offices because they are in allprobability capable men for the jobs.We do believe, however, that the lightvote in this election is an indication ofthe value that is placed on a privilegethat men are fighting to retain.

We don't want to be accused of re-sorting to appeals to patriotism in thismatter, because the history of the pastfew years is a more striking proof ofthe danger that confronts us. Hitler'srise was not based entirely on force butrather on the power of the ballot. Hestarted out with a small political party,the National Socialists, who were orig-inally regarded as a joke, but by elect-ing a few members to the Reichstag,gradually exerted enough power to takeover the entire government. In Francethe same thing happened. Laval waselected to office by the vote of thepeople.

We have groups in this country thatcould cause a lot of trouble if. they couldget representation in our government.The Huey Longs and the Gerald L. K.Smiths aren't as ridiculous as we think.

Homer Hilton Surprised on Birthday

Inspection Dept. FetesRalph Rideneur

Ralph Rideneur was pleasantly sur-prised on his birthday, March 9th, whenhis inspection department held a partyfor him in the cleaning room. He waspresented with a large birthday cakedecorated with red roses and also a nicegift.

Everyone present, even the guards,enjoyed helping him sample the cake.The onlv disappointment was that heleft us all guessing his age. Kinda mean,wasn't it?

The Sales Department look a little time out a couple of Thursdays ago to stage this surprise party for the SalesManager—Homer Hilton. The brief ceremony included the presentation of a cake (only 3 candles?) decorated with abig blue ARGUS trade mark. In addition to his CENSORED birthday anniversary, the occasion celebrated Homer'sthird year with ARGUS. The staff also presented Mr. Hilton with a large leather traveling bag as a token of theirregard for him. Pictured above, from left to right, are: Ted Humphreys, Jackie Schaffer, Thelma Faber, Elma Lundahl,Ginney Meyer, Bob Woolson and Wes Fuller. Seated at the desk—with the cake and bag before him—is, of course.Homer.

AnnouncementAn eight-pound boy was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Jan A. Van den Broek onMarch 28, 1943. The following poem isdedicated to the Van den Broaks fromDept. 40:Pacing the floor in our old goon cage,He soon had us all in a flaming rage.At three o'clock he left the plant,To see what ol' Uncle Stork had sent,'Twas a nice little eight-pound baby boy,To mama and Blondie, oh! What a joy.They're proud; as proud as they can be,To now have a family consisting of three.He has blue eyes and very blonde hair,So he and daddy make quite a pair!If Jan Van den Broek the third's his

name,Then we all know he's headed for fame!Van came in at eight without any rest,And certainly tried hard to do his best.With puffed-up chest and big red eyes,He announced the news to all the guys.The best of luck, you fortunate three,We hope you continue to happy be!

Ordnance Department

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Because our most important job atpresent is making weapons of war, wedon't often find time to enjoy things ofa lighter nature. We do feel, however,that a short meeting of the workers inthe Lens Department is justified at thistime because of the importance of theoccasion.

As you know, we have all been con-tributing to the Red Cross; we have allhelped to wish "God Speed" to our boys

entering the "Service" and from time totime we have aided each other in dis-tress.

But behind all these things has beena moving spirit, a spirit that has notonly fostered these contributions, butone that has kept up the morale of theplant.

Therefore, in recognition of all thegoofy horseplay, of all the blasted in-solence and last, but by no means least,the insufferable insults that we haveput up with because of a few measlyscratches and holes, we celebrate this99th birthday of Roy Hoyer.

Folks, meet the Ordnance Department of Plant 2. Left to right, front row,are: Alda Knight, Alyce Miresse, Marjorie O'Day and Eileen Davey. Left to right,back row, are: Arlene Satterthwaite, Lucille Miresse, Ervin Domzal, W. K. Cook,Ethel Wagner, Eileen Lay and Rodney Mast.

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April 23. 1943 A R G U S E Y E S f o r V i c t o r y Page 3

BOWLINGThe Argus League is in its final stages,

but the winner of the title is yet verymuch in doubt. At the present time Of-fice No. 1 and the Lens Tool Room aredeadlocked in first place. After holdingthe lead for the entire season, the tool-makers finally succumbed to the com-bined pressure of their opponents andsome "professional heckling." The Of-fice team took over first place, winningthree games from the tough Inspectionfive, while the Lens Tool Room wasdropping three games to Lawhead andhis Lens Machine team. On the follow-ing week the two teams met in a crucialseries, but at the end of the eveningeach team had won two games, so theOffice outfit maintained their one gamemargin. Jess Cope, captain and choirman for Office No. 1, was the big gunteam and his opening 222 game gavethem that game and provided the neces-sary pins for the point for total pins.Sinclair and Hartman furnished thespark for the toolmakers and their ef-forts fell short by two pins of winningthe point for the total pin fall. Thismatch was one of the best and most in-teresting of the bowling season. Theone game lead was held by the Officeteam until the following week when theLens Tool Room gave the cellar dwell-ing Machine No. 1 team another white-washing, and Office No. 1 was takingthree games from Machine No. 2. Fol-lowing closely on the heels of the twotop teams are other fives that must begiven an excellent chance of snaggingthe crown in the final weeks of bowling.The Inspection, Paint Shop, Lens Prisms.Lens Office, and the Office No. 2 teamsare closely bunched and none is morethan six games from the top. If any oneof these teams should run into a "hot"streak it is very possible for one of themto carry off the highly desired first place.The winner of the title will most likelynot be decided until the final evening'sbowling.

The Bendix Wildcats who had beenmoving along in high gear were sloweddown to walk by the unpredictable Ma-terial Control team. Going into thematch, the Wildcats were the decidedfavorites to sweep all four games, butthe controllers really poured it on thewild ones. The Wildcats were forced toaccept four humiliating defeats to theiropponents who won the games withoutthe benefit of any "spot." For the Ma-terial Control it was the "TerribleThree" of Harrie, Harvey and Fisherwho "dood" most of the doing. Thesedefeats practically eliminated the Wild-cat team as a contender for the ArgusLeague Championship.

The real surprise of the league forthis year has been the showing of theOffice No. 2 team. This five started theyear with only one experienced bowler,Glenn Hilge. "Lucky" Koegler, HectorHaas, Frank Ferrier and Gene Livesaywere all bowling in league competitionfor the first time. Despite this fact thisteam has been no set-up for any of theother fives and have now gained a strongfoothold in the first division and onlysix games in back of the leaders. Thelatest team to feel their sting was theWildcat outfit who dropped three gamesto them despite the fact that "Lefty"Kendrovis rolled a pair of 200 gamesand a 580 total.

SOFTBALLWith the coming of nice weather many

Argus "softballers" are anxious to getout and loosen up their arms gettingready for another season. The last twoyears the Argus teams have capturedthe title in the Industrial League, andthere is reason to expect that they willagain field a good team. Last year Man-ager Joe "Connie" O'Donnell led histeam into the play-offs against a goodKing-Seeley nine. The King-Seeley teamhad gone through the season withoutonce suffering a defeat. But in the play-offs the Argus team played inspired balland won the title in two straight. Al-though many of the players who par-ticipated in those games have joinedthe Armed Services of the UnitedStates, there are some still here whoare eager to make it three straight titlesin the Industrial League. Bernie Fisherand Ed Keuhn who did all the twirlinglast year are again on hand to baffletheir opponents with their assortmentsof stuff. "Slugger" Sinelli, "ColumbiaLou" Belleau, "Rifle-arm" Kelly, ShrimpRayment, and Dick Towner are mem-bers of last year's team who will beplaying again this year.

Formal Opening of Cafeteria

Judging by the crowd in this picture, the formal opening of the new cafeteria was a huge success. William An-derson vocalized and Gene Schumann played the accordion at the opening of the lunchroom. The pie counter's prettywell stocked, so it looks as though Russ Warren, champion pie eater, hasn't been past as yet.

GOLFOn any nice week-end many em-

ployees of International will be foundchasing the elusive white pellet on thewide open spaces. With such a greatdeal of interest in the game it should berather easy to form some kind of a clubso the game could be played in a com-petitive manner. All scores could beturned in and a handicap could be ar-rived at in the same manner in whichthe bowling handicaps are figured. Inthis way matches and tournaments couldbe held with all players having an equalchance regardless of the kind of gamethey shoot. In the past seasons therehave been numerous employees whohave enjoyed their golf, but there hasbeen no organization. It is the writer'sopinion that a great deal of interestcould be aroused if this were done.

Women's StateTournament News

The Argus Camera team did very wellin the Women's State Tournament. Theyplaced 13th position in class D, receiv-ing $16.00 for their 1998 series. The girlson the team were: Frances Hinton (cap-tain), Mary Tucker, Ori Wetherbee,Ethel Jones and Mary Briggs.

In class C singles three of the teamplayed for prize money. Mary Tuckerhad 466, Frances Hinton had 460 andMary Briggs 436.

Stephanie Gala placed in class Esingles woth 380 and also in the doublesevent, with Winnie Frazer taking 6thplace.

This was the girls' first state tourna-ment and I think they did fine.

Other Argus girls winning prizemoney were Leola Stoner, Nettie Parks,Nellie Hecox, Joy Hartman and LauraEgeler. These girls did not bowl onArgus teams.

Championship MixedDoubles News

Ori Wetherbee and Leigh Thomas wonthe Argus doubles championship with afine score of 1345. Mr. and Mrs. GlennHilge took a close second place whenGlenn missed that fateful ten-pin inthe last frame of the third game. Theyhad 1341. Laura and Rube Egeler placedthird with 1326. Eric Soderholm and theMrs. followed close behind with 1325.Lauretta Egeler and Hank Klager tookfifth place and Lucille Brezee and DickFredericks finished in the cellar.

This was one of the best mixeddoubles we had this year, having twenty-eight couples bowling. They filled thetwelve alleys at the Twentieth Century.

This was the final mixed tournamentunless some one is a bear for punish-ment and insists on another one. Wehave had a swell time this year and hopewe can do the same next year.

We hope to have the trophy on dis-play soon so everyone can see it. Oriand Leigh will each have nice littlemedal to keep for their own.

Thanks to Jule Eder at the TwentiethCentury for such splendid co-operationand thanks to every one who took partin the mixed doubles till next year.

Laura and Rube Egeler.

News From Dept. 41We are all glad to see Lydia Coleman's

smiling face back in our department.Lydia just returned from a vacationwith her husband. Fred is in the Armynow.

Speaking of birthday cakes. The onethe girls in Departments 41 and 44 gaveRalph Rideneur tops them all. A goodtime was had by all. Ralph also receiveda pair of gloves and a billfold. "Goodcake, wasn't it, Ralph?

Ann Hartwig has a room with a view.From where she works, she can see herhusband and give him the big eye allday long. Look out, Freddie. She hasher eye on you. It's allright, Ann, we'rejust jealous.

Ask Claude Ward why his face wasso red the other day when he broughtthe oscillator girls a new jig.

Ask Viola Curtis how she liked herride to Jackson Saturday afternoon. Onthe other hand, perhaps you hadn't bet-ter, because Hazel Dally had a flat tireon her Ford and Viola had to walk amile for help. "Darn the retreads," saysHezel.

Wanted' A ride to the fortune teller'sin Jackson. See Grace Bultman in de-partment 41.

Edith Gerstler, where have you beenthe last couple of days? Is that Sergeantfrom North Africa on furlough?

Just a Little Leeway"Now, madam, I take it that you fa-

vor a straight-life policy?""Don't make it too binding; I like to

step out once in a while."

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Shutter-Tripper Photographed

If a man bites a dog, it's news. If a photographer has his picture taken, it's news. In this case the occasion was DickBill's birthday. We don't know how old he is, but judging by the cake, a fire drill should be in order.

Problems of the Heart V-Mail Letter From B. Aldrich

Dear Lucretia:I am a poor, defenseless girl working

in a war plant. The wolves are plentifuland hard to cope with. Every night Ifind at least one on my doorstep. There'sone in particular who is now on theroad, A.W.O.L. (A wolf on the loos<from the picture of the same name).What shall I do about them? For my-self, I have no particular objections, butmy husband does. The other night hegreeted me with my very best rollingpin. Now I'm in the infirmary with acracked cranium and my hair parted onthe wrong side. The question is, "Wolvesand what to do about them?"

Signed,Confused.

Dear Confused:Your plight, I should say, would con-

cern a disgruntled husband and acracked cranium more than the wolves.The answer to your question, however,is to "wolf the wolves," and sooner orlater they'll get fed up with their owntactics and you too, tuck their tails be-tween their legs and run. Don't worryabout your rolling pin,—someone musthave a second-hand one that they'rewilling to part with.

Lucretia Panzpress.

Dear Lucretia:I am a widower, thirty-seven years of

age, with six children tied to my apronstrings. I'm employed at present as acity streetsweeper. After a day's workI must return home to cook, clean, andetc. for my children. I've tried to hire ahousekeeper, but help being what it is,I've been unsuccessful in obtaining any-one. My hands are red and rough fromsuch chores. Please tell me what to do!

Signed,"Dishpan Hands."

Dear Dishpan Hands:The solution to your problem is a

simple one. Get married! What withthis excess of women today, you shouldbe able to do rather well, especially ifyou're employed as a street-sweeper.You know how a uniform attractswomen! As for your red, rough hands—get some hand-lotion. You'd be sur-prised how beautifully it works!

Lucretia Panzpress.

"Air-conditioned" socks of a self-ventilating weave have been developedfor American desert troops.

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By Lucretia Panzpress

raHere's an interesting item reprinted

by "Letters," house organ of the WolfDetroit Envelope Co. from Printer's Ink:

At the Richmond Golf Club, nearLondon, England, these emergencyground rules are posted, in all serious-ness, on the locker room bulletin board.

1. Players are asked to collect bomband shrapnel splinters to save thesecausing damage to the mowing ma-chines.

2. In competitions during gunfire orwhile bombs are falling, players maytake over without penalty for ceasingplay.

3. The positions of known delayed ac-tion bombs are marked by red flagsat a reasonably, but not guaranteed,

safe distance therefrom.4. Shrapnel and/or bomb splinters on

the fairways, or in bunkers within aclub's length of a ball, may be moved

Eddie HamiltonMarries Miss Willis

Wedding bells rang for Dorothy M.Willis of Second Street and Eddie Ham-ilton.

Eddie is presently employed by Inter-national Industries in the machine shopin plant number two. They have justreturned from a short trip and are mak-ing their home in Ann Arbor.

All of plant two join Mr. and Mrs.Hamilton's many friends in wishingthem loads of luck and happiness in thefuture.

Wedding Congratulation

without penalty, and no penalty shallbe incurred if a ball is therebycaused to move accidentally.

5. A ball moved by enemy action maybe replaced, or if lost or destroyed, aball may be dropped not nearer thehole without penalty.

6. A ball lying in a crater may be liftedand dropped not nearer the hole, pre-serving the line to the hole, withoutpenalty.

7. A player whose stroke is affected bythe simultaneous explosion of a bombmay play another ball from the sameplace. Penalty one stroke.

Reassuring"Oh, doctor, I'm afraid I'm going to

die.""Nonsense, that's the last thing you'll

do."

Esther Schaffer became the bride ofWilliam Phillips, March 19, at the ZionLutheran Chapel, Ann Arbor.

Esther has been with International In-dustries for several years, starting inthe Kadette Division, then camera, andis now in the mailing dept.

Bill also worked in the camera divi-sion repair dept.

Until his recent honorable dischargefrom the Army he was stationed at Shep-pard Field, Texas.

Only men who have been in servicereally know how big the job is that wehere at home have to do; until ours isdone, the boys on all fronts won't beable to finish theirs.

So in his present job at Willow Run,Bill's still helping all his former buddies.

A very sincere note of thanks fromMr. and Mrs. Phillips to all InternationalIndustries employees for the beautifulwedding gift (a chest of silver and atable cloth).

Double thanks from Esther, becausedue to the increase of mailing it has be-come impossible for her to sell postagestamps, though she still has defensestamps and will be very glad to sellthem to you.

Editor's Note: Just how handy it wasto be able to buy all our stamps atEsther's we never knew. Hope that shewill be able to resume sales soon. Wemiss that service just as much as youmiss our smiling faces, probably more.

April 23. 1943 A R G U S E Y E S f o r V i c t o r y Page 5

One Moment, PLEASE—Here's Why! Awarded Medal and Citation

The above picture is not a "phony,"it's the way our switchboard actuallylooks during a busy moment. ChiefOperator Mayzo Klager, with her assist-ants, Louise Gerrard and Juanita Boyd,handle more than 1,500 calls per day—an average of one -every eighteen sec-onds!

So if you delay answering your phonefor only eighteen seconds, you have justdoubled the time it should take to putyour call through.

Although one small board and oneoperator formerly handled an averageof 200 calls per day, International's war-time tempo has necessitated doublingthe switchboard capacity and addingtwo additional operators. Of course, inaddition to handling an average of onecall every eighteen seconds throughoutthe day, the girls spend a surprisingamount of time paging people on theP. A. System and handling telegramson direct wires to Postal Telegraph andWestern Union.

If you like to contribute to the wareffort—without even leaving your desk—just follow the few simple requestsoutlined by Chief Operator Klager.They are listed in order of their im-portance, and if everyone will followthese rules the efficiency of the switch-board can be improved immeasurably.

1. Please dial your own number (whenmaking outside calls) if you have adial on your phone.

2. Please answer broadcasts promptly.

This saves the operators lots of timeand also saves time of the party call-ing you.

3. Give the called party time to get tothe telephone before hanging up.

4. Please answer your phones when theyring—other calls may be waiting.

5. In calling departments where thereare several people on one phone, askfor the person you are calling, thereare different rings for these people.

8. In flashing the operator, flash two orthree times slowly, she will see yourflash but may not be able to answerit immediately. Don't keep flashingsix or seven times until the operatoranswers, because while you are flash-ing it is impossible to receive yourcall.

Engagement AnnouncedAnnouncing the engagement of Miss

Helen Van Eyk, daughter of Mr. andMrs. John Van Eyk, of Grand Rapids,Michigan, to William Fischer, Jr., sonof Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer of Buf-fula, N. Y.

Miss Van Eyk is at present employedat the Willow Run Bomber plant. BillFischer is employed by Argus in thepolishing department of Plant two. Theywere engaged March 13, 1943. The wed-ding date has not yet been set.

Congratulations and the best of luckto both of you from plant two.

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Mary Tucker holds the Medal of the Purple Heart awarded posthumously toher husband, Sergeant Harold H. Tucker, for military merit and for wounds re-ceived in action resulting in his death. This order, as the citation reads, wasfounded by General George Washington on August 7, 1782.

RelievedA woman motorist swerved to a sud-

den stop before the county jail."What's happening?" she asked ex-

citedly."We just had an earthquake," ex-

plained a deputy sheriff."Oh, thank goodness! I thought I had

a flat tire."

Music Hath Charms

Say, the folks here really have a good taste for music. Pictured here are Verne Heck, Barbara McCalla, Lois Conkey,Helen Fraser and Doris Lyons. They are selecting some of the jive to be played over the P. A. system in plant two.

Plant two appreciates the music that's played every day from 11:00 till 12:00 A. M. and 4:00 till 5:00 P. M. We kindlythank those who have made it possible. It's a great help during that last hour.

ArgusLadies' Bowling NewsThe bowling season has ended for the

Argus Ladies' League. Everyone hashad a swell time from the first placeteam to the last.

Raw Inspection pulled through thelast few weeks and held first place posi-tion to the end. There was a battle forsecond place between Paint Shop andPurchasing. The last night of bowlingtold the tale when these twso teamsbowled each other. The Painters wonthree games from the Purchasers to cinchsecond place. Purchasing took third.Camera held fourth and Engineeringtook fifth.

Accounting ended in sixth place andthere was a tie for seventh and eighthbetween Optical Two and Optical Three.Optical One took ninth and Sales weretenth.

My hat is off to the team that endedin the cellar. Those girls have been inthere trying every night, but luck justwasn't with them. They will probablyshow us all up next year. These girlsraised their team average 133 pins, whichis a very good improvement. Clen Don-ner on this team raised her average themost of any girl in the league, whichwas 44 pins.

Other prizes were, high team threegames, Paint Shop, 2110; high teamsingle game, Engineering, 785; high in-dividual three games, Clarice Lytle, 547;high single game, Laura Egeler, 212.Low game prize went to Frances Soder-holm.

The League held their banquet onMarch 22, with a war on and a lot ofother things that came up, I hope every-one had a good time.

There was an election of officers heldat the banquet. The new officers are:President, Frances Hill; Vice-President,Salley Kneiper; Secretary, Laura Egeler,and Treasurer, Verald Adams.

The League presented Ginny Meyer,the past president, with a very lovelygift for holding her office so well.

Good luck to the new officers and wehope to have as good a League next yearas this one has been.

Laura Egeler,League Secretary.

Beatrice McCallumEngaged

Announcing the engagement of MissBeatric McCallum, daughter of Mrs.Otto Graff of Saline, to Gregory Letsis,son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Letsis ofAnn Arbor. Miss McCallum received abeautiful ring, in which is engraved,"To Pete from Greg." "Pete" is hernickname. It also bears the date of theirengagement, March 27, 1943. Heartythe employees of plant two. Pete, Gregcongratulations to both of you from alland Greg's father are all employed byArgus.

Doctor's Orders" I thought the doctor told you to stop

all drinks.""Well, what of it? You don't see any

gettin' past me, do you?"

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Our Trip to America

By Heather Reeves

I shall never forget the day when thecable arrived from my American auntinviting me to bring our three boys overhere, and I knew that a momentous de-cision had to be made by my husbandand myself.

When War was declared in 1939, wewere on holiday in a tiny village on thesouthwest coast of England. My husbandreturned to London, but the childrenand I remained in the country and myhusband paid us flying visits when hewas able to do so. The Spring thatFrance fell was indescribably beautifuland it was hard to believe that the ter-rible events happening such a short dis-tance away across the Channel couldpossibly be true. Soldiers suddenly ap-peared one morning and caused quite asensation in our little village. Theycovered our beach with barbed wire andbrought Anti-Aircraft guns, but we stillcould not realize that our danger wasreal and imminent. Each time weturned on the radio we thought—thistime France will have made a stand,this time it will be all right. But as youknow, things went from bad to worseand we started going to bed each nightwondering whether "it," the invasion,would have happened by the morning.

It was during this period that thecable came and we decided that the boysand I should come. The British Govern-ment was sending as many children aspossible to the United States and Can-ada and we felt that if the worst shouldhappen to England, our children wouldbe needed. By the time we sailed thecrisis seemed to have passed. Hitler forsome unaccountable reason had not in-vaded England, our "back to the wall"position had put the whole country onits mettle and there was a spirit of grimdetermination everywhere. My husbandstill felt that it would be much betterfor the children to be in the UnitedStates, so we sailed in the middle ofAugust, 1940.

I shall never regret our decision. Iknow that whatever the future may holdfor us, our lives are the richer for hav-ing known and loved America. It isonly by actually living among peoplethat you really get to know them andthe longer I live among Americans, thebetter I like them.

My husband feels that we have beenaway long enough and I quite agreewith him and sincerely hope that theWar will soon be over. When I mention

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War Saving* Staff

TREASURY DEPARTMENTWASHINGTON

Mr, Homer HiltonInternational Industries, IncorporatedAnn Aroor, Michigan

Mr. Hilton:

It gives me great pleasure to transmit

to you the 0nclo*«& citations eigaed \j %h«

Secretary of tk« frea«ury, in recognition of

yovtr outstanding *erriee to the for Bond

V»ry truly yows,

H. LansChief, Advertising Section

War Soring* Staff

NEW BANK SERVICE FOR FACTORYWORKERS

Starting Friday, April 2nd, 1943, allAnn4:30

Arbor banks will be open fromP. M. to 5:30 P. M. for the

venience of factory workers who havefound it difficult to get pay checkscashed during regular banking hours.All bank services will be available. Thebanks will try this for two months. Bankpatrons other than war industry work-ers are requested to bank as usual—otherwise the purpose of this courtesymay be defeated.

Cured"The Smiths seem to be getting along

better these days.""Yes, he visited his old home town last

going home to the boys, they say, "Well,' month and saw the girl he was in lovehow about Daddy coming over here?", with twenty years ago."

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As anyorie can see, there are eight eyes here and though some may be limpid,with beautiful glinting tints, others can be agate hard if the price is not right.From left to right: Frances Carl, Peg Nelson, Mrs. Lucille Gillespie and KayCastro.

Spring Comes toPlant Number Two

Thursday, March 25th, marked the of-ficial arrival of spring in plant two when"Chet" Wisner of the tool room blos-somed out in gorgeous knitted suspend-ers and matching tie. Words fail us andadequate description is impossible toconvey the real radiance of "Chefs" ap-parel. Even Solomon in all his glorywas not arrayed in such as these. Flam-ing red with bands of vivid yellow wasthe color motif, and one had to lookquickly, then glance away, as whenviewing the setting sun. Truly, thissplendor must have been seen to be ap-preciated, and only a color photographcould do justice to the ensemble.

In fact, our photographer did his bestto record and pass on to those who wereunfortunate enough to not have seenthe resplendent Chet in person, a truepicture of spring's arrival. He triednon-halation film, and the film turnedgray and vague, like a ghostly lighthousein a fog. He tried ortho-chromatic and,like the chemeleon on a piece of plaidcloth, it just shriveled up and passedaway. In desperation, he used fireproof,non-explosive, pan-chromatic; the filmcurled up, the lens melted, and thecamera went up in smoke. So did ourphotographer.

Many is the guess as to Chefs objectin such a display of finery. One says itwas a gift from a lady friend; another,that he won it in a poker game; and stillanother declares Chet must have lost abet. At any rate, we all agree that Chethas what it takes; that good ol' intestinalfortitude. Spring has come to plant two.

A restaurant proprietor lately madethis acknowledgment of bad service inhis establishment:

Please be kind and respectfulto our waiters. They are muchharder to get than customers.

Citation Awarded toHilton by Secretary

of the U. S. Treasury

For distinguished service rendered inbehalf of the War Saving Program, thiscitation is awarded to Homer Hilton byHenry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the

I Treasury.

Mr. Hilton's connections with theUnited States Treasury Department goback to days of his organization of theNational Photographic Contest, whichwas to be sponsored by the TreasuryDepartment through the State Offices—and for which Argus had agreed to do-nate $10,000 in prizes. This contest wasaccepted in the beginning of the Na-tional Drives of the War Saving Pro-gram, but was ultimately swamped un-der by the gathering force and im-petus of the program which assuredsuch tremendous proportions.

Mr. Hilton, however, has continuedto give his advice and help as consult-ant to the Department, and has been ofgreat assistance to the Treasury fromthat time.

International Industries was also se-lected for this award and honored bythe United States Treasury Department,not only for their unreserved servicesto the Department in Bond Sales, butalso for their allowing the unrestricteduse at all times of the services of Mr.Homer Hilton.

International Industries is doublyproud of these awards, which gives newvalor also to the flags which so proudlyfly over the factories.

Wedding Shower GivenFor Erma Seeger

A shower was given for Erma Seegerof the machine shop by Alice Arment,Elsie Ludwick and Betty Howard atAlice's home on Green Street. Ermawill become the bride of Don Stilts soon.

After the gifts were opened, gameswere played and a luncheon was served.Attending were Gladys Mueller, GladysButler, Rose Judson, Mrs. Harrie, EthelHuffman, Mary Briggs, Wilma Bailey,Betty Schmitz, Olive Knowlson, MarianThorpe, Leona Smith and MargaretGault.

Herb's Best Girl

Madelyn Kay Oliver, Papa Herbie'spride and joy, is now nine months oldand is wondering what it's all about, asexpressed by the above picture.

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Letters from Service Men In Mississippi

Pvt. Robert Haines (U.S.M.C.) tells ushis gift box was more than welcome.We can't imagine a Marine transferringinto the Navy, even to be in the Opticsdepartment. We aren't a bit surprisedat your decision, though. We don't meanto imply that there's anything wrongwith the Navy and we know that bothbranches will fight for the other, butthere has to be that friendly battle be-tween the two. Lots of luck in addingand subtracting "Zeros."

Pvt. Francis Wright, better known tous "Joe," writes to,tell us that he's nowstationed at Hawthorne, California, andthat he's just passed his driving test andwill do that type of work. He's not farfrom Hollywood and all the glamourgals. Not a bad place to learn the art ofsoldiering. We're glad that you passedyour Army driving test. Just think, goodtires and all the gas you need withouta ration book.

Corporal Charles Poe writes that hehas arrived in Africa after a stay inEngland. He says that he is experienc-ing a little difficulty with the money,the language and the drinks, but thathe's in good health. He'd like to hearfrom someone in the shop, so get hisaddress from the Argus Club and drophim a line.

Pvt. Dwight Gerstler wants everyoneto know how much he enjoyed his giftbox and the paper. He hopes to get afurlough soon and when he does, Inter-national Industries will be one of theplaces on his visiting list.

Pvt. Edward Sayre has a new address.He and Mark Luedi are in the samecamp. Ed., who worked for Doc Bensonin the service department, sends sincerethanks for his gift box.

Pvt. Wilber Salow thanks everyonefor his gift box and the copies of ArgusEyes. He says that he misses all hisfriends, especially those in department33, but that he is sure that if we here athome continue to send the supplies thatthe boys at all fronts won't let us down.

In Texas

Cpt. T/5 Harold Mangus

Harold Mangus, formerly of depart-ment 15, now is in a Tank DestroyerTraining School somewhere in Texas.Harold's only been in service since De-cember and already he's wearing twochevrons, so we know he'll be havingsome of those shiny little bars some ofthese days. Lots of luck!

Not So Romantic"So you met your wife at a dance;

wasn't that romantic?""No, embarrassing. I thought she was

home, taking care of the kids."

Pvt. Olen Morris

Pvt. Olen Morris writes that it's plentytough getting through the rookie stage,that he has blisters on his feet and thatfive-thirty is the middle of the night tohim.

Corporal George Dragich, formerly aguard at Argus, writes that he is in-structing at a camp in California, butthat he'd much rather be in combatservice.

Ensign John Strauss writes that hisgift box was a complete surprise andtherefore doubly welcome. He wonderswhere we were able to get such a selec-tion of goodies. We'll let you in on thesecret, John. All the supplies for theservice boxes were purchased fromLeigh Thomas before the shortage be-came so acute. We have shipped nearlyone-hundred to date. We hope yourleave comes up soon, John.

A second letter from Mitch Hopperstates that Mrs. Roosevelt was at theirservice center and that he managed toget into a couple of pictures taken withher. We'll be looking for you in thepapers and newsreels. Mitch, and hopeyou'll be in that top twenty percent.

Pvt. Charles Ceronski writes to thankthe club for his gift box. He hopes tobe sent into combat soon and he sayshe's sure that if we here at home keepthe supplies coming, the boys over therewill do their best to end it as soon aspossible.

Pvt. Jack Reed sends a note of thanksfor the gift box from himself and theboys in his barracks. Attention: Rivet-ing department: He says he'd like verymuch to hear from all of you.

Sgt. Melvin Bahnmiller writes fromsomewhere in North Africa to apologizefor not writing before. We guess fromwhat we've been reading in the papersthat he's pretty busv. He savs that heenjoys the paper and that unless one isin the same circumstances as he is theyhave no idea just how much papers andletters from home are appreciated. Helikes all the news, but especially thepictures. He thinks his write-up was abit overdone, with which we don't agree.Besides he's worrying about all the girlsin department 36 and says for someoneto kiss them all for him. We'd like toknow who wins this honor. He could nodoubt give our lovelorn editor some ex-cellent advice after he completes the job.

Athol Ward thanks the club for thebox and the paper. He's still in the hos-pital but expects to be released soon andmieht even be back looking at ourbadges and purses.

Pvt. Mark LueHi pays he received hisbox and enioved it very much. He hasonlv three more weeks of school at aweather station. Mpvbe he can do some-thing about this Ann Arbor weatherwhen he returns.

Pvt. Tony Rupas savs that he and hispirn crew en^oye^ the box very much.Like all sood soldiers, he believes hiscrew to be the be~t one in the wholeArmy and we're rure that they are.

Pvt. Fred Bent? savs to thank every-one for his gift box and paper. He savshe would like to hear from all his oldfriends and co-workers. How about it;let's get out our pens and pencils andwrite a few lines.

In her school essay on "Parents," alittle pirl wrote: "We get our parentswhen they are so old that it is impos-siblbe to change their habits."

Marine's LettersReveal Premonition

The following are two letters fromPrivate H. Williams of the Marine Corpsto his mother. Pvt. Williams was thebrother of Sarah (Billy) Hamlet of De-partment 39 and Gerry Otts, formerlyof International Industries.

Pvt. Williams was killed in action withthe Raider Battalion in the Pacific wartheater.

The First LetterThe October 2 letter follows:

"Pvt. H. Williams"U. S. Marine Corps"October 2, 1942.

"Dear Mom:"Just a line or two to the best sweet-

heart, friend, or mother I ever had."We landed O. K. and I am safe and

sound."The minute you receive this letter,

write to Mrs. J. N. Shad, 4015 McGeestreet, Kansas City, Missouri, and tellher that Bill and I are still together, andboth O. K. now. Don't forget to do thatbecause Bill hasn't a chance to write.Also write to Jerry and Sarah andHerbie and tell them I didn't have achance to write to them as much as Iwould like to. Tell them thanks forsending the package, but I never didget it. Also write to Grace and tell herthat I didn't have a chance to write her,but I appreciate all of her letters.

"Mom, above all, keep this letter be-cause when I get back home I want toread between the line for you.

"I haven't had any mail since the firstof September, so I don't know the con-ditions at home, but I hope that you areall O. K.

"Mom. I have $10,000 of insurance, soif anything happens to me. you will geta notice from the Veterans' Administra-tion (U. S. A., Washington. D. C). Theinsurance is arranged so that you willget $55 a month for the rest of your life.

"Now, Mom. don't get all upset be-cause I am telling you all this; but it hasbeen on my mind for some time. I haveno anticipation of what we call crappingout, but I just wanted you to know allthis.

"Well. Mom, I must close, as it is verylate and I have more letters to write.

"Your loving son.Pvt. H. Williams."

So read the letter that was nevermailed.

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mailed either and written on same sta-tionery: The death letter.

This letter, too. brings auestions. IfHollis was already wounded when hewrote the first letter, then ouite surelythe death letter was written in the verynresence of death. The mother so be-lieves. But some wonder how Holliscould have written if his death was froma grenade explosion that fractured hisskull—perhaps even tore awav a hand.But it is very plain that this death letterwas to go to a mother who would neversee her son again. That is sure. It talksof facing eternitv and the iudgment andit expresses confidence that anv sins hemav have committed pan be forgiven..And at the end the letter contains noslight hope of ever cppin(? his belovedmother apain on this earth: "I shall lookforwaW to our reunion in the nextworld."

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The Death"The the Best Mother in the World—

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On Guadalcanal

The above pugnacious looking Marineis Private George Walker, son of Roy G.Walker, former Argus Sales Managerand now representing us in the opticalfield.

A former employee of Argus, Georgewill be well remembered by folks in theSales Department and Service Depart-ment.

Although he left the employ of Argusabout three years ago, he continued inthe photographic field until Pearl Har-bor, enlisting in the Marines Monday,December 8. After his training, he waswith the Marines in the first landing ofGuadalcanal and spent five monthsthere, later being evacuated to Australia.

Those who remember George as astrapping, husky youngster, well oversix feet, will have no doubt that hegave good account of himself and causedthe Japs plenty of worry during thosefive months.

In a recent cable to his dad, Georgesaid he was fully recovered from Malariaand was with the U. S. Fleet someplacein the Southern Pacific.

Although he is able to write only in-frequently, the excerpt from his letterprinted below is certainly worth readingand will give some of us here at homean idea of just how the boys feel aboutthings.

(Excerpt from a letter of George Walker,U. S. Marine Corps, Oct. 12, '42.)

It's amazing how people get a differ-ent aspect on the United States and theword "home" in general, after we havecome to be so far away, and for such along time. To we out here on Guadal-canal, the United States has become aplace where all people shall live freelyand equally, even at the supreme sacri-fice of some of us.

Her shores must never be touched bythe maliciousness of a foreign powerand by the help of God and the determi-nation of the men in service, they neverwill be.

When I was back in America. I fre-quently heard people say that "home"was wherever they hung their hat. Whata terrible delusion that is! Out here onthe front, "home" has become some-thing sacred to each of us. Its memory—and the promise that some day—how-ever distant—we will return to it, servesto keep our spirits hierh. One mighteven say that it is all we live for!"Home" has become a symbol of peaceand happiness, where one is free fromstrife—where each person can. withinlimitations, pursue his or her idea ofhappiness and self-comfort without re-straint, in any way they see fit. provid-ing that wav is harmonious with that ofthe communitv. When it is all said anddone. I guess that's whv we're all fight-ing this war. and by God we'll not ceaseuntil every last menace is wiped fromour doors.

I honestly believe that if every per-son in America were to spend just onehour on the war front, the period of thewar would be cut in half. They wouldhe^orne co incenced with war's crueltiesthat each would treble his efforts forwar production, and we would have nomore pettiness and stupiditv as shownbv the strikes back home. If they couldcnend just one hour here. I am surethev would change their attitudepromptly.

Don't misunderstand me now—weknow that the troublesome group is?mall and that the great percentage ofthe population is doine wonderful work—as we all can see. And we know theywill continue to do so.

Impasse"When are you to be married, Nora?""Indade, an' it's niver at all, I'm

thinkin'.""Really? Why, what is the trouble?""'Tis this, mum. I won't marry Mike

when he's drunk, an' he won't marryme when he's sober!"

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Corp. and Mrs. Birdand Friend

Pictured here are Corporal Roy C.Bird; Mrs. Roy Bird, first-aid nurse inplant two; and Private Bill Bell. Mrs.Bird has been visiting her husband, whois with the armed forces stationed some-where in Virginia. Corporal Bird wasmanager of the Inter-State Truck Sys-tem before going into the Army.

He is doing just fine since he joinedthe Army. He teaches athletics to alarge group of boys. May the best ofluck be his forever.

Mrs. Birl met her husband in New-port News, Virginia, where they spentthe week-end together, enjoying everyminute they had. Mrs. Bird is now backat work.

Optical Assembly NewsWe are very glad to have Mrs. Irene

Walker back with us at the plant. Shehad been in her home town, Columbia,Ky., where she underwent an operation.We all hope you'll feel like your old selfagain very soon. Irene is employed inOptical Assembly in Plant two.

Mrs. Paul Gentry has left for SaultSte. Marie, where she will join her hus-band, Corporal Paul Gentry. We wishboth of them all the luck in the world.

We wish Mrs. Louise Denton a speedyrecovery. Louise was formerly em-ployed by International.

We are very sorry to hear that CharlesVan Aken had pneumonia. We do hopethat he'll be up and on his feet soon.Good luck, Charlie. All the gang inoptical assembly wish you the speediestrecovery.

According to the news coming out ofNorth Africa it appears that Rommeljust couldn't face the Sfax.

Marine's LettersReveal Premonition

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honor to die with an outfit you knowwill always be recognized as the bestfighting unit in the world. Their tradi-tions shall never be forgotten nor marredin any way. The Marine's heroic standat Wake Island should never be for-gotten. As long as America has menlike these, the American flag shall flyover the land of the free and the homeof the brave.

"As for the raider battalion, we arestill Marines and are proud of it. Weare trained for a certain type of fightingand each man volunteered for each raidhe ever went on. Too much praise cannever be given to those brave men whohave never flinched in the face of death.I am proud to have been a member ofan organization such as this.

"In closing, Mom, may I add that youhave been an ideal mother to me, aswell as a friend and a sweetheart. Iwill look forward to our reunion in thenext world.

Lovingly yours,Pvt. H. Williams."

Department 39 NewsBy Merna Palrick

Doris Sherman and Wilma Lettera]left for Portsmouth, Ohio, to visit rela-tives and friends of Wilma's. We missedtheir cheery "good mornings" and"hello's." They returned on Sunday.Did you meet your sailor, Doris?

Billie Hamlet wishes to thank all thegirls for the lovely gift she receivedwhen she was ill. Billie is back on thejob now. Sorry you were ill, Billie.

Dorothy Elliott took a short jaunt toIllinois on March 27th. Wonder whatthe special attraction was.

Millie Williams seems to have anextra special friend in the Air Corps.We hear she just spent quite a bit ofmoney on an extra special picture. Wasthat for him, Millie? Gosh!

Sorry to hear about Adeline Opheim'shusband. We hear that he has beenwounded. We hope it isn't too serious,Adeline, and that he'll be home soon.

We welcome to our department Dor-othy Little. Lucille Havens. EleanorMorey and Evelyn Barth. La Vita Shawand Ann Nordman were transferredfrom our department to department 41.Be good girls now that you're awayfrom us. Don't step out too many eve-nings.

March 2nd was a great day in our de-partment. Our boss, Harry Sparks, hada birthday. He received a large cakebeautifully decorated and also book-ends and ties. We all had lots of fun,which was climaxed with a telegramfrom "Moitle" wishing him a happyboithday.

We wonder if Greg Letsis has learnedthat there's a lock on the cementingroom door. We also wonder how hisnose is.

We wish to inform a certain memberof the office force that the banks of AnnArbor do not open until 10:00 A. M. Ifyou don't understand, Sparky asks thatyou ask Ed Allman.

Mr. Peterson has been acting verycheerful these cold mornings. Must behis wife has returned from her vacation.How about that. Ward?

Armanda Dupper. a newcomer to ourdepartment, brought Sparkv a genuinehome-baked cake. In school we broughtapples to our teacher, now it's cakes tothe boss. We don't mind, Amanda. Itwas delicious.

We hope Eddie enioyed Soarky'sbirthday cake. Sparky heard his wasgood.

We missed Virginia Buss the two daysshe was gone. She's back now flutteringabout with a pair of golden wings.

Sparky is no lonser called "Mr. Five-by-Five." It's "Double-breasted meatball" now.

Wilma Litteral and Doris Shermanhave a new recipe for whipped potatoes.They put "blinky" milk in them. It'ssupposed to improve the flavor. If you'rewondering what blinky milk is, askWilma.

Department 10 NewsErma Seeder is wearing a new dia-

mond. Don Stilts is the fellow with thebig smile on his face. We understandthat the big event will take place thismonth and that invitations are beingsent out for a party celebrating theevent.

Harold Bailey's name has iust beenadded to our roll of honor. He left tohelp out Uncle Sam. Good luck, Harold!

Harold Forbes is back in the machineshop again. He received an honorabledischarge from the armv. He savs he"wanted to stay in the forces but thatUncle Sam thought that he was slightlyover-age.

Al spiro, who wrote the move ticketsfor department ten. left for Washingtonto take a job with the Navy department.

Marian Thorpe has returned to workafter a stay in the hospital.

Gus Christ was back in the plant re-cently. He had a week's furloueh fromthe Marine Corps. He says that he ex-pects to go overseas shortly.

Fritz Reese Tells of Trip to U. S.

An Austrian's StoryI was born in Vienna, Austria, too

many years ago. From this time I triedto develop into a human being, an aw-fully hard job when critically viewed.You see, the development is not so diffi-cult, but the fixxing. There is no hypo in-vented yet for fixing humanity. Historyshows that many epochs have developedtheir specific sorts of humanity, butevery time the fixation failed to workand the bright, hopeful picture fadedand got darker and darker. My lifespans two bright and two dark periods:the gay nineties and thirties and the twoworld wars. Therefore it includes study-ing, traveling, fishing, hunting, runninga big company and pushing a wheelbar-row, starving, being kicked and humili-ated in the concentration camp. The firstdid not spoil me, the second did not killme. I don't boast about the first and Idon't complain about the second. Every-thing, even the worst, turned out goodfor me.

The prescription for such a calmphilosophy is simple enough. Don't takethe deep emotions and great events asimportant. Whether I left the old coun-try with two dollars in my pocket (as Idid) or with $20,000 (as I wished to do)is absolutely unimportant now. The onlyimportant matter was that I emigratedwith the great hope in my heart andwill in my brain and that came from avery insignificant, though deeply sym-bolic, and therefore highly enlightening,experience. I tell you the story underthe headline, "My first conception ofAmerica."

In the first World War I was ski in-structor in the Austrian-Hungarianarmy. This army, as the whole mon-archy, was the most venerable mess onearth; a bunch of ten different nations,each one using its own tongue and notunderstanding the language of any othernation. Traditions, ambitions, jealousyheld them apart; a stubborn, but cleveradministration and common economic in-terests kept them together. It was likea jig-saw puzzle: each piece a nonsenseand the picture as a whole wonderful.Among these nations were the Ruthen-ians. They belonged to the Russianbranch, living in the farthest north, eastof Austria. They represented the Cin-derella in the auarrelinCT familv of na-tions,, poor shepherds arid lumberiackson the lowest level of civilisation. I wasattached to a Ruthenian company andthere we were, hi^h un .in the Tvrolianmountains in snow and sun. I couldshow them what to do. but not explainhow to do it. The poor fellows did notunderstand a word of German. I. the•sophisticated Viennese not a word ofRuthenian. Helrjle^b' T stared at themobediently grinninf thev poppled backat me. It was the tyniral .Austrian rjic-ture and it wp^t on s fe»w minutes. Thenone of the soldier^ ster>ned forward anda?ked me in faultl^s American whetherI understood En^l^h: h^ would serve asan interpreter. He had been emigrated

a child with his r^rpnt<; ?nH had livedall the time in the United States On avisit in th° old rrmntrv. he was trappedin the sudden nnt.br^aV nf war and. stillan Austrian citi7<a>T; he harl to serve. WeAustrian^ WP'P P+. war with the UnitedStates, but mv r>ey? AmpHran friendnabled me to instruct An°trian soldiers.

America provided understanding.This evening in the pmnkv inn of the

little Tvrolian viJlaee. I thought aboutthe strange experience and tried to for-mulate rnv firyt contention of America.It must be p ^re^t country, reachingwith ar. irwicihie arm across the oceanand half nf Europe. A great countrywith a rti]l Greater destiny: wining outwith a kind, helpful smile mistrust, ig-

norance, jealousy, contempt which sep-arate and disunte the nations of the oldworld. All that amid and in spite ofwar. A great country, indeed, thatof America! I have never had to revisemy first conception since.

Will They Repeat?

The cup above was purchased by theArgus Club for last year's softball team,twice winner of the Industrial Leaguechampionship. Let's do it again, fellows!

FROM THE MOTION PICTURE,"MRS. MINIVER"

"This is not only a war of soldiers inuniform, it is a war of the people—ofnot only the battlefield, but in the citiesall the people—and it must be fought,and in the villages, in the factories andon the farms, in the home and the heartof every man, woman and child wholoves freedom! . . . This is the people'swar! It is our war! We are the fighters!Fight it, then! Fight it with all that isin us! And may God defend the right."

Married at Fort Smith

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Announcement has been made of themarriage of Miss Velnie Westerman toCorporal La Von Ball of Milan, Mich-igan, on Tuesday, March 2nd, at FortSmith, Arkansas. Cpl. Ball is serving inthe Quartermaster Corps of the UnitedStates Army.