argus eyesVOL. 1—No. 2 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN November 6th, 1942

Her Husband Captive,Reality of War IsVivid to Argus Wife

The war has come very close to mostof us in that we feel the shortage of suchitems as coffee and sugar and some of ushave brothers or sons who are in thearmed forces of the nation. But uponElsie Ludwick, drill press operator inthe machine shop, the war has had agreater effect than that. Elsie's husband,Kirby, bos'm mate second class in theNavy, was captured by the Japanese atWake Island and is interned at a prisoncamp at Shanghai, China. A former resi-dent of Ypsilanti, Kirby Ludwick hasbeen in the United States Navy for thepast twelve years. The Ludwicks' twosmall boys, Donald, who is two yearsold, and Sonny, who is four, are withtheir mother here anxiously awaiting thetime when they will be able to see theirfather again.

Although Elsie had received informa-tion from the Navy Department that herhusband was in Shanghai, she receivedno further word until the arrival of twoletters through the Red Cross. The firstreads as follows:

Dear Elsie, Sonny and Don:We were told a day or so ago that we

would be able to write home, so I willwrite this and hope it reaches you.

I have been thinking of you and theboys and hoping I would be able to writeyou some time. I hope you are well andalso the boys. I sure would like to seethem. As for me, I am OK. I made arecording some time ago to be broadcastfrom Tokyo. I hope you were able tohear it. I don't want you to do any wor-rying about me, or what kind of healthI am in.

I would like for you to send me someBull Durham and also some chewingtobacco, plug preferred, also some toiletarticles and razor. I don't know if it willget here or not. Put what you send in agood strong box and wrap it well. Alsoplenty of papers.

I hope everyone at home is OK. Tellvour mother and father I said hello. Ihope thev are both well. Have you seenor heard from mv father lately? IsGeorge and Son still home? Have youheard from Bob? Tell my sisters hellofor me.

In case the Navy told you I waswounded. I didn't want you to worry,because they were only flesh wounds, nobones broken or anything like that. Iam alright now.

I sure would like to see the boys. I'llbet they have grown nlenty. I won'tknow them when I set home.

Well. Elsie, guess I will close for now.Give the bovs a kiss for me and tellSonny to look out for Don.

Lots of love,Kirby.

Japanese Internment Camp,Shanghai, China.Japanese Army Field P. O.Box 106.

The second letter is as follows:May 23. 1942.

Dear Elsie, Sonny, Donald and All:We were informed that mail would

probably leave for home soon, so I willwrite a few lines, hoping you receivethis.

Elsie. I hooe vou are well and every-thing is alright at home. Give Sonnvand Don a big hug and kRs for me. TellSonny to be a good boy and look out forDon. I sure would love to see th^m. a?I bet they have grown plentv. Tell vourmother and father I said hello and hopethey are in good health, and all mvwounds have healed, so I am just asgood as ever. The Japanese treatmentis alright and I have no corrmlaints t<->make. We have a radio, and the ballscores come over daily, so I still knowhow the Tigers are making out. Thewar does not seen to be bothering themanv.

Your allotment will expire the firstof June and also the insurance will ex-nire the first. So you will have to payit yourself. In case you need money,write to the Navy Department.

I made a recording some time ago tobe broadcast. Hope you were able tohear it.

Well, honey, I guess I have said aboutall for now. as my writing space is lim-

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War Wife Works to Keep Home Tog-ether

Elsie Ludwick, whose husband is a Japanese captive, works at Argus tomake materials that soon may help to free him. Her two sons. Sonny andDonald are also shown, as is her husband, Kirby, with one of their sons onChristmas day, 1939.

"Help Yourself"U. S. O.-COMMUNITY FUND CAMPAIGN

November 8th to 13th"Anyone of us would give an hour of our time to help distress. In direct

proportion to this emergency the employees of International Industries aredonating a minimum of four hours pay per person, both Office and Factory,as their quota to swell the Fund in support of the U. S. O. War Prisoners'Aid and Community Fund Drive."

We are quoting the statement by Mr.Hector Haas, Chairman of the Interna-tional Industries Committee and repre-sentative of the Industrial EmployeesDivision of the U. S. O.-CommunityFund Drive.

He further reports that his committeeis well on the way to complete the or-ganization for the campaign, helped theco-operation of every branch of the in-dustry and the rising tide of enthusiasmas November 8th approaches.

For several weeks now, members ofthe staff and factory have been readywith their advice and skills in much ofthe preparatory work for publicity forthe campaign. Their technical ability inphotography and sound slide film, whichhas played a great part in visually pre-senting to the people in Ann Arbor thegreat and neighborly need to "helpthemselves."

This knowledge of intricate mechan-ism of optical and sound instrumentswas invaluable and they were always onhand and ready to respond to the distresscalls of "Breakdown," when anythingwent wrong with machine or film in anypart of the city, either day or night.

Photography, recording, projectionand electrical devices worked smoothlyand effectively after they had beentuned and serviced by them.

From the beginning, International In-dustries have closely followed the pro-gress and development of the Fund Cam-

Recreation ClubHolds Fine Dance

The Argus Recreation Club HalloweenDance held Friday, October 23, at theMasonic Temple ,turned out a howlingsuccess.

Intervals of corn shocks decorated thedance floor's edges, while the stage frontlined with brightly colored leaves andtopped by pumpkins struck an autumnnote. In one corner fruit punch andcookies were provided for guests. Musicwas supplied by Johnny Cavell and hisorchestra.

Those responsible for the dance are:Verne Heck, Naomi Knight, JeanneHeikkinen, Herman Bauer, Bernice Phil-lips and Jeanne Crandell.

HOW ABOUT IT, MAYZO?Did you ever listen to the P ABetter known as the Broadcasting Sys-

tem?The names uttered thereWould curl your hair.What fun if the girls would try lispin'!

paign by sending representatives to thegeneral meetings called by Mr. EarCress, Chairman of the CommunityFund Campaign.

The General Committee, headed byMr. Hector Haas, included the following

Maurice Howe, Herman Bauer, JoeLyons, Eugene Livesay, Selma RoweDorothy Spannuth, Elliott Smith, RubenEgeler, Betty Reddeman, Jean Heikke-nen, Jeanne Crandell, Esther SchafferDave Martin, Neil Podewils, BerniceKearny, Joseph Brown, Paul HainesMargaret Young, John Steinke, Charle;Drechsel, Margaret Clark, Ward Peter-son, Marjorie Young, Vernon Peterson

Hilda Donovan, Ruth Keller, NaomKnight, Leslie Swambeck, Jesse CopeThelma Faber, Iva Cobert, MayzoKlager, Verne Heck, Cecilia Birch, Clifford Olson, John Groleau, Dorothy Janowski, Keith Tripp, Stewart McLeanEric Sutton, Velvie Westerman, RoberBillau, Ernie Darnell, Helen KlagerKatherine Steinke, Patricia Will, RobertaJones.

This Committee, together with representatives in all the industries of thecity, have adopted a mutual yardtsickand will use every endeavor, with ourcomplete collaboration to give goodmeasure, unitedly, unstintingly to preserve the moral and spiritual purposithat we have dedicated ourselves to, thimaintenance of Freedom and the idealof our way of life.

XMAS BOXESDo you want to be responsible for

some former employee now getting ;Christmas box from the Club?

You will be if you know any person';name, rank and station that you haven'turned in to the club.

Out of 100 or more that have left fronhere only 43 names have been turned in

We now have all articles which are tcbe included in these boxes.

Eight boxes were sent out October 271942, to those that are overseas someplace. We have the cigarettes, candygum, stationery, etc. Now all we neeis names!

A THOUGHT FOR TODAYOur house is a small one,High up on a hill,And if you enter unawares,There's dust upon the sill.But shining through the chaosIs happiness untold,That turns the dust to diamondsAll edged about with gold.

Argus Sets RecordAs Blood Donors

In the last call for blood donors, threeundred people were needed to completehe quota for Ann Arbor, and of thosehree-hundred,. thirty International era-loyees volunteered, filling ten per centf the quota. Taking into considerationhe entire population of Ann Arbor, such

percentage for one donor group is ex-ellent.The Red Cross unit assigned to this

rea comes to Ann Arbor once eachmonth and is stationed at the UniversityWomen's Athletic building. The medicalttendants are accompanied by members

the Red Cross Motor Corps and Nur-es Aides.

Special thanks are extended to thosewar workers who donate blood, as theynust reserve strength and stamina towork with every effort and carry theirpart of the load.

Those blood donors from Internationalare as follows:

Friday, April 17, 1942Verna Frost, Harriet Oliver, Eugene

Bixby, Jeanne Crondell, A. Ward, N.Ward, Charles Dreschel, B. Aldrich, Ed-ar Howard, Julia Ward, Walter Claw-

son, John Lariaux, Jack Davis, HaroldWirth, Edwin Wight, Ralph Ridenaur,Frank Andrews, Harry Sparks, PaulHaines, Herbert Oliver, Robert Miller,M. Jurmu, L. Gates, Albert Cius, Wil-liam Brandt.

Wednesday, May 20Ruby Patrick, Emma Biedok, Eugene

Bixby, Oreitha Voelker, Fred Bentz,Paul McCoy, George Brooks, AnnThayer, Curtis Adams, Russell Brewer;Naomi Knight, Evelyn Brandt, CharlesWaggoner, Helen Van Assche, MargaretClark, Lenore Rupke, Harriet Oliver,Carrie Behnke, Ruth Beerup, FlorenceCarter.

Wednesday, September 23 \^--~--Norman Tweed, Naomi Knight, Curtis

Adams, Athial Ward, Oreitha Voelker.Julia Ward, Floyd Pratt, Ray Firestone,Anna Kneiper, Rueben Egeler, MauriceHowe, Bertha Garna, Frances Glessner,Alice Arment, Virginia Howard, RobertWard, Roland White, Jeanne Crandell,Herbert Oliver, Francis Wright.

Wednesday, October 21Noble Ward, Mary Loy, Mary Riddle,

Hazel Audritsh, Ervin Domzal, Lyle Dor-nan, John Bandrofchak, Nancy JeanCarlstrom, Henry Stitt, Betty Cole, Wil-liam Langford, Ralph Ridenour, KeithTripp, Paul Haines, Bertha Snay, Clar-ence Merritt, Edward Ehnis, OrellaWetherbee, John Perine, Ruby Painter,Marion Coats, Monica McKernan, JamesNutt , Nellie Hecox, Florence Butts,George Mayzes, Frank Andrews.

Argus Club HoldsOctober Meeting1

The last meeting of Argus RecreationClub was held Monday, October 5.

The old business was dispensed withby the distribution of membership cardsto department members for furtheringthe membership drive.

It was decided to hold a dance Friday,October 23, at the Masonic Temple. Theadmission price was a membership cardwhich permitted free entrance to thedance.

An overwhelming majority voted tosend the "Argus Eyes for Victory" to allwho have left the employment of Inter-national to enter the service, and also tothose who will leave in the future.

Christmas boxes for our boys in theservice will consist of stationery, candy,gum, tooth brush, tooth powder, soapand towels. The service committee ismade up of Naomi Knight ("chairman),Jeanne Heikkinen, Bernice Kearney,John Steinke, Herman Bauer and JeanneCrandell. This service committee willhandle all mailing from the club to serv-icemen and also be in charge of "honorroll" plaques which will be erected ineach building. The "honor roll" will con-sist of the names of those men, formerlyemployed by the company, and now inthe service.

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argus eyes

The purpose of this publication is, inSamuel Johnson's words, "to keep ourfriendships in constant repair." ARGUSEYES for Victory is a friendly publica-tion intended to interest, help and stimu-late all employees of the InternationalIndustries, Inc. The co-operation ofeveryone is needed to make it the in-spiration and constructive help it ishoped to be. It will be publishedmonthly.

Publishers:THE ARGUS RECREATION CLUB

Employees Who HaveNovember Birthdays

Office MenWesley Chester Fuller, Ronald Kaui-

man, Leslie Fred Schwanbeck, RussellWarren.

Office WomenWilmont Gray, Maxine E. Pierce,

Rosemary Read, Mary Jane Truax.Factory Women

Margaret Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Bliss,Donna Mae Boston, Rose Marie Briggs,Marion Beatrice Coats, Zobeida Cole-man, Helen Fraser, Barbara Jean Grun-dy, Clara B. Howell, Helen Klager,Mable Leone Palmerton, Lucille Rise,Mary Elizabeth Romelhardt, Helen Sny-der, Helen Van Assche, Ruth ClaraWackenhut, Mildred Ruth Williams.

Factory MenHarold Leroy Audritsh, Robert Billau,

Dewett Lane Brown, Reuben Egeler,William Camern Figg, Kniniss Mont-gomery Gardner, John Groeau, PaulFralick Haines, Norman J. Hartman,Everett Haynes, Marion C. Hines, Wil-liam R. Huffman, Walter F. Johnson,George Harry Letsis, Paul Cortland Mc-Coy, Joseph Elden Mariott, David JamesMartin, George Emerson Nelson, Paul G.Nicolai, Lawrence F. Rabideau, RobertDavid Redner, Gilbert B. Samons, GlennSheldon. Everett Teasley.

Navy Shylocks Demand 17 Pounds of Precious Flesh

See Scenery in Jeep

Along early this summer, when war-eligible young men were wonderingwhen Uncle Sam would give them a tap on the shoulder, J. Lavelle McCoy, ad-vertising manager, began looking into the situation. Because of his wide ex-perience in photography, as an author, lecturer and sales promotion executive, helaunched inquiries and was called to Detroit by the Navy. There he was told thathis experience could be used to advantage, but that if he was serious about want-ing a commission, he had better go back to Ann Arbor and start taking off seven-teen pounds of plumpness. So that is just what "Mac" did. With uncommon forti-tude he at once foreswore terrapin, canvas back, canary birds' tongues and otheiltreacherous proteins. Lo, and behold! came the glorious day when the 272 ounceshad melted into oblivion and our hero had a trim figure, something like a gazelleor something. Then he was measured for a uniform as Lieutenant in the Navyand late in September he shoved off for his preliminary training in the South.

In the picture above he is bidding good-bye, while Homer Hilton is saying,"God bless you, and good luck."

Below is a letter from "Mac" to R. D. Howse, president of International In-dustries, Inc.

FRANCIS W. HECK

Pvt. F.C. Francis W. Heck, better knownas Bill, when he worked in Camera As-sembly Dept. Bill was inducted into theArmy nearly a year and a half ago andwas immediately stationed at Camp Rob-erts, Calif. Since then he has been trans-ferred to various camps along the Westcoast, including Ft. Lewis, Wash.

According to a letter received by hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Heck of Ft.Wayne, Ind., he is now stationed inHawaii. He writes that the scenery andflowers are really something to see, espe-cially from the driver's seat of a Jeep.

Francis is a Private First Class Spe-cialist.

THE SIXTH COLUMBy B. K. K.

NEWS FROM LENS DEPT.Gordon McBride, smooth grinder, who

came to Argus from Miami, Fla., has de-vised a labor-saving, time-saving, self-feeding smoothing tool. He has put itinto use in the Smoothing Room and re-ports it working successfully.

At this writing it looks like wedding

Lieut. (Jg) J. L. McCoy, Jr., to Mr.House:

October 3, 1942.Dear Bob:

It has been in my mind for the pasttwo weeks to write you a short note. Iwas sorry you were not in town the dayI left.

The Air Station here is much largerthan you'd imagine. I was surprised tofind a complete city here, and the build-ing which has been going on for thepast few years has added a great manynew quarters and facilities. The entirearea must be 3 or 4 times as great asAnn Arbor. Though we're not far south,as compared to most Florida resorts, itis comfortable here. It goes up to 75 and80 degrees during the day, but thoseGulf breezes bring it down to 55 and 60degrees at night.

The photo course is a very good one,but color has been dropped. I guessAfga's color film is a hit and there aresome others that have been developed.The officer in charge, learning my back-ground, was careful to advise me to for-get it until I had finished their course,which is the way they want the factsknown. Indoctrination is the officers'training, and is best described as drill-ing—four hours a day. School is fiveand a half hours, and about four hoursof study are normal. Wjth meals itmakes about sixteen hours (just life atCentral Camera).

I've been told that I'll get twentyhours of flying for aerial photography,which ought to be interesting. The en-tire course is a four month proposition.When completed, I will be asked mychoice of stations and sent somewhereelse. Some of the officers I have methave used Argus equipment and oneespecially mentioned the value in thatModel A.

My heavy schedule begins Monday, soyou may not hear from me again forsome time.

There was something else, too. Be-fore I left, I wanted to tell you of myappreciation of the opportunity at Argusfor which you are largely responsible.It's human nature to take things forgranted, and like others, I have some-times followed that line of least resist-ance,. But the past several months, alltoo short, have been my most pleasantones, and I have enjoyed the contactwith a friendly and interested group offellow workers, many of whom I amglad to call my friends. These things Iwant you to know, so that you'll realizethat one day it's going to be a real pleas-ure to return and help reach the goalfor which we have all been striving.

Sincerely,MAC.

Lieut, (jg) J. L. McCoy, Jr.A-V (P) USNRPhoto School NASPensacola, Florida

bells for Jack Davis and Lillian Hurt,who met at Argus a couple months agoover a piece of butterscotch pie. Goodluck, kids!

May we recommend for your readingpleasure, "They Were Expendable"? It'sa book every American should read. Ifyou can't beg or borrow one, steal acopy.

Biggest morale boosters—the radios,Jack Suddarth, Roy Hoyer—and, ofcourse, the girls.

listed in the Army Ordnance Divisionand expects to be called soon.

Did you see Willy Salows red-stripedshirt? Or was that Crosby?

By publication time Jack Suddarthshould have walked the floor many timeswith that new family addition he is ex-pecting any day now.

Harry Eskin, Centering Dept., has en-

Bob Haines, fine grinder, will soon behelping them get the situation well inhand, for he has enlisted in the Marines.Good hunting, Bob.

Wise and OtherwiseWhen the industries of the United

States changed from the production ofconsumers' goods to implements of war,there was one drastic revolution thattook place, one which we are not en-tirely aware of but which will probablycontinue after the peace is written. Thatis the change from a haphazard methodof manufacture, a "build it to sell cheap"'method to a precision or "build it well"method of manufacture.

Look back and consider some of thearticles that you bought. The Venetianblinds didn't work just as smoothly asthey should have; the belt came off thevacuum cleaner just when you werecleaning the last rug; rivets were usedin places that screws would have heldbetter. However, the factories wereturning out just what the buying publicwanted. All this was a matter of incon-venience to the purchaser but no seri-ous damage resulted.

With the change-over to war produc-tion the methods of manufacture meantthe difference between life and death.If a bolt comes off the engine when thebomber is in the air, the pilot isn'tmerely inconvenienced—he may lose hislife. Fortunately, the engineers, theworkers in the shop itself and all thoseconnected with the manufacture of ourwar needs were equal to the problem.One gauge maker in Ann Arbor said re-cently that the limits that we used toconsider very close a short time ago wecould almost measure with a yardsticknow.

Nevertheless, there are still a greatmany workers who have yet to realizethat it isn't up to the inspectors alone tosee that the product is absolutely preciseand that it is the best that can be made.It isn't a case of "It'll get by," but a caseof "It'll hold up through hell and highwater." The fellow who has to use thematerial that we make should be able tohave full confidence in it. He can if eachworker who has anything to do with itmakes it his individual responsibility tosee to it that he has done his job to thebest of his ability. After all, lives de-pend on it.

They can't move the steel mill to yourbasement, so let's get the scrap to thesteel mill.

I recently received a letter from mybrother, who is stationed in Australia.He made a statement that seems to betrue of everyone in the armed forces.He said that he had everything hewanted, except more letters and cigar-ttes. He wrote that even a newspaper

is as good as a letter. These fellowsdon't always have the time to answerletters, but they still like to receive themand those of us at home do not have ourtime taken up to such an extent that weannot find a few minutes to write to

our friends and relatives who are man-ning the guns in our behalf. Let's set aquota of at least one letter a week.

No, that noise in Machine Shop is notan Indian water buffalo calling its mate,^ r is it the call of the bull moose of the:ar North. It's just the public addresssystem. Some sort of adjustment shouldbe made on it so that no further compli-cations will result such as some thatlave already occurred.

For instance, last week two salesmenfrom some Detroit company heard theipeaker blare out and thought that it

was Gabriel blowing his horn. Theydropped to their knees to confess theirsins. A large crowd soon gathered andhey had already gone through their-ninor shortcomings and were gettingnto the more serious offenses whensomeone explained the source of thenoise. Just recently the operator calledJohn Bandrofchak on the P. A. and tenemployees went out and moved theircars and another went out to see if hisar lights were on.Almost any day we expect the whole

shop to run for the cyclone cellar in thebelief that the zooming is a flock of Zeroson a bombing raid.

(Continued from Page 1)ted . I am thinking of you and the boys

every day and don't worry about me, asI am alright.

Lots of love,Kirby.

Elsie did not hear the broadcast men-ioned in the letters, but some people inhe West heard it and, although they did

not know her, they wrote and told herabout it.

Elsie has a brother in the Marines.When last heard from, he was in Cali-'ornia waiting to be sent overseas. Thiss an outstanding example of a family'sparticipation in the war—her husbandn an internment camp after fighting inhe Pacific, her brother on his way into;he combat area and Elsie herself help-ng to produce the equipment that willoring the war to a close, and she's do-ng a fine job of it.

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SPORTSBy Peterson

BOWLINGThe Men's Argus League is only in its

eighth week, but already the well-bal-anced Lens Tool Room team has movedinto a commanding lead. In the twenty-eight games rolled to date, the tool mak-ers have been on the short count onlythree times. What makes this so amaz-ing is the fact that there are quite a fewteams in the league that have higheraverages. But when the pressure is on.these bowlers seem to have what ittakes. Many of their games have beenvery close, but so far they have alwaysbeen able to come through in the clutch.In the early part of the season it wastheir anchor man, the smooth bowlingNorm Hartman, who was getting thosefew extra pins needed to win. However,last week with their star out because ofan operation, the other members of theteam came through and gave the PaintShop a whitewashing. The Paint Shopteam felt sure that they would be ableto stop the winning streak of the leaders,but they looked the same to the ToolRoom as all of the others. However, theseason is young, and maybe soon someteam will start the leaders on their wayout of that number one spot. Last yearthe Camera five had a very command-ing lead quite late in the season, butwere whittled down and at the end ofthe season were in fourth place. Willhistory repeat? Time will tell.

When the league was organized thisyear, there were many of the fellowswho had never bowled before. Therehas been a very noticeable improvementby these beginners, and they are now atthe point where they are showing upsome of the veteran bowlers. The Of-fice No. 2 team, made up almost of firstyear fellows, is causing quite a bit oftrouble and is now in the runner-up po-sition. Another team that was consid-ered a "soft touch" early in the seasonwas the Material Control. But latelythis team has been taking some of theleading teams and is now right up therein the first division. So when trying tofigure out the winner of the ArgusLeague, don't count out the teams withthe lower averages. If these bowlerscontinue to improve during the remain-der of the season, it is altogether pos-sible that one of these "dark hordes'"will walk off with the coveted leaguechampionship.

There is quite a battle going on forthe individual high average of theleague. Keuhn of the Paint Shop andLawhead of the Lens Machine are nowtied at neat 183 averages. These two arethe only ones in the entire league whoare bowling with no handicap. Thereare a few others who are in a positionto challenge the twosome, but so farthese have just failed to reach the 180mark.

IMPORTANTOFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION

Arthur H. Sarvis, State Director600 Griswold Street

Detroit, MichiganOctober 13, 1942.

To All Plant Transportation Advisory Committees.To War Production Plants of 100 Employees or More.RE: Share Ride—Swap Ride—Amendment 37.

It is a pleasure to announce that the Tire Rationing Regulations have beenamended, effective October 13, 1942, to provide for the eligibility of all membersof a group-riding team, whose cars are used alternately by the group for trans-Dortation to work. The alternate use of cars is usually referred to as the "PontiacPlan" or the more widely known "Swap-Ride."

There has been no other change in the requirements of the regulations.While this amendment adds many cars to the eligible list, it is highly sig-

nificant to note that quotas of new Grade II tires have not increased. Recap quotaslave already been increased substantially.

It is clear that this move has been made primarily to bring into useall cars of a group, whose members can ride together, so that tire wearmay be more evenly distributed and so that their present tires may beconserved through recapping.It is just as clear, in view of the foregoing, that unless Plant Committees ar-

range to inform, by some method, each employee of the intention of the program,;here will exist a serious misunderstanding of tire rationing as it now applies towar workers. This is a recapping program, not a new tire program.

Since new Grade II tire quotas will not be increased, it is our opinion thatrationing boards will issue new tires only in unusual situations, for example,where through accident one tire is needed to keep a good car with three good tiresin operation, or where new tires are required for an eligible car transporting otherworkers who do not own cars and who have no other practicable means of trans-portation.

This amendment provides greater flexibility for Plant Committees in theoperation of a transportation plan, eliminates many past objections, and providesthe impetus needed to full success in this rubber conservation plan.

(Signed) M. F. SANTMYERS,State Tire Rationing Representative.

Copy to all War Price and Rationing Boards.

FOOTBALLWith the 1942 football season only half

over, it has already furnished morethrills and upsets than any other year.Before the first game was played thisyear, the gridiron experts were pickingNotre Dame, Texas, Michigan and Min-nesota as the outstanding teams of thenation. But all of these teams have beendefeated, and now one guess is as goodas another as to what team will be giventhe mythical title of National Champion.Ohio State, led by the Sophomore sensa-tion, Prekete, is now considered the topteam. Georgia, with All-AmericanFranky Sinkwich running and passinghis team to five consecutive wins, isclosely behind Ohio State. But thestandings can be scrambled by one Satur-day afternoon's footballing. In the BigNine this year it may go to the last dayof the season before the Champion is de-cided. On that day traditional rivalsmeet, and it is most likely possible thatthe outcome of the Michigan-Ohio Stateand the Minnesota-Wisconsin games willdecide the championship. And eventhough the Wolverines of Michigan andthe Gophers of Minnesota have eachbeen defeated twice this year, it wouldbe far from an upset if either or bothwould end the season with victories overtheir favored opponents.

On October 24th, Michigan and Min-nesota tangled at Minneapolis in a gamethat may go down as the hardest foughtroughest game of the entire year. Bothteams had to win in order to make theirseasons successful. Michigan has beensmarting under eight straight defeatshanded to them by the Minnesota eleven,

and the Gophers had already been de-feated twice. The Wolverines and theirfans felt confident that this was the yearto break the jinx that had houndedMichigan, and had given Minnesota somenot too deserving wins. But when thesmoke of battle had cleared, the Minne-sota team and the jinx had again con-quered Michigan. This time by the scoreof 16-14. But the margin of victory wilbe debated for years to come. With thescore tied at 7 and only seconds to playin the second quarter, Bill Garnaas madea drop-kick good for three points and theeventual margin of victory. The legality of the kick will be argued for a longtime, and it will perhaps never be settlecin the minds of many football fans.

With the "Fighting Irish" of NotrDame on Michigan's schedule for thefirst time in years, there are quite a fewdifferences of opinion as to the outcomeof the game. With Mike Sinnelli, PeckStott and Joe O'Donnell leading the waythe Irish have quite a following. BeforeNovember 14th, when the argument ifinally settled at South Bend, the gamewill be played many times at the lunchcounter here at International IndustriesSomebody is going to have to take somigood natured razzing on Monday morning following the playing of this gameIt is a battle that would be well wortrgoing down to see, but the tickets are aa premium, so most of us will have t(take in the game by radio.

Candid CommentsManicuring is a process by which a

woman's hands are rendered unfit fodishwashing.—The Progressive Grocer

Protectors of Argus Eyes

Happily Married

MRS. DEWETT BROWN

Dewett Brown, of the Optical MachineShop, was married on October 11th toMiss Elizabeth Parker of Murray, Ky.The young couple were married at

harleston, Mo., with Kay Rudolph andharles Smith, also of the Machine Shop,

present at the ceremony. They are atpresent making their home at HorseshoeLake.

Argus Ladies' BowlingNews

The Argus Ladies' League is now infull swing. So many of the girls havefound that they can bowl after all.

We have had some very good scores.The Accounting team has top honors forteam three games, having a team scoreof 1903. Camera has high single teamgame of 707. Laura Egeler has highsingle game of 199 and high three gamesof 489.

The night of October 19, there was abuzz of excitement. Three teamss weretied for first place. The Paint Shop tooktwo games from Engineering, whom theywere tied with. Purchasing took onlyone game from Optical One, so PaintShop sailed into first place, undisputed.Engineering and Purchasing are tied forsecond place.

Inspection and Camera are still stick-ing close together. They are Tiea torthird place. The rest of the teams havea good foothold now and are right inthere pitching, too.

We are proud of our subs, too, andthankful for their support. When a teamhears that Leola Stoner is subbing onthe opposing team, you can hear fivefeminine groans. Leola is really inthere this year, pitching her best forwhatever team she is bowling for. Shehas a nice average of 157, which isplenty good for any girl.

If you want to see a bunch of goodsports and have a lot of fun, come andsee the girls bowl on Monday nights atthe Twentieth Century Alleys.

—Laura Egeler.

Front Row: H. Smith, H. Letsis, E. Pierson, Corp. C. Dreschel, First Lieut. W; H. Ohort. 6ihL. Rabideau, R. Barnett, Corp. N. Ward. Back Row: R. Brown, L. Beckham, G. Dragich, L. Baker, A. Ward.C ' ^ h ^ u a r d i S c e V a r r e c e n t l y sworn into Federal Military Police service by Lieut. W. H Ohorl of the 6th^ServiceCommand. In the future they are to receive their orders from the 6th Service Command through Mr. Earl Allmand.who is in charge of plant protection.

4th Floor South Wing-Come On, Look In

Fourth floor, south wing,Come on—look in.When you come up the stars,Holy smoke—should that be air?John Kenne, important man on the floor,Stands at the telephone, next to the door.Girls coming in,Some fat, some slim.When at 8 the whistle blows sharp,Girls and boys are ready to start.Hammers are sounding,Machines are pounding,Hands are flying,Hands are tryingTo raise production high,Keep (make) connection in the sky.The loudspeaker's voiceIs only more noise.Press air with his switch,Goes through your nerves like a stitch,Volume controls B. C's and F. F.'s,Resistor boards, dials, wires, chassis,Button switches and soddervoll,Everything is under control.Neat mounted the cables to inspect,Now, here comes Guinan with some Re-

ject.H. Kitchen, mysterious like out of the

fables,A nice little witch backing the cables.And don't forget there at his place,The bonus sheet grinning into your face.The day goes on. Ten minutes to five,In the tired crowd's eyes comes some

life.The machines, the hands suddenly stop,One minute past five it's all quiet on top.

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Help Yourself by Working for - Co-operatingWith and Contributing to the U. S. 0. CommunityFund Drive - November 8th-13th Inclusive

Argus Clicker Clicks for Community Chest

Dick Bills, Argus Eyes staff photographer, did the pictures for the Community Chesi-U. S. O. campaignp film. Helook many impressive shots that will help the worthy cause. Above, he himself is shown getting ready to take one of

. the posed scenes.

Labor to Aid Fund DriveTrade Council Officials' Decision Ac-

claimed By Campaign Chairman

Ann Arbor Trades and Labor Council,for the first time in the city's history,will officially give its full and activesupport to the USO-Community Funddrive, which will open November 8.

The labor council's decision to play anactive role in the campaign was an-nounced today, and was acclaimed byEarl H. Cress, general chairman of thecampaign, "as important for the successof the campaign and the welfare of thecity."

The labor council plans to sponsor themachinery for soliciting the members ofits affiliated unions, and it was revealedthat there is a good possibility that vari-ous of the unions may, in addition, givelump sums from their treasuries.

The statement making the decisionpublic came from five representatives ofthe labor council: Fred Norris, financialsecretary of the council; Gerald D. Kim-berly, recording secretary; Fred Ander-son, business agent of the carpenters'union; Lloyd Clickner, business agent ofthe laborers' union; and Francis Hines,business agent of the electrical union.

"We know it's a big job," they said,"but the unions will organize the solici-tation of their members."

A meeting will be held in the nearfuture to decide details of the solicita-tion and to discuss how much money theunions should raise.

Many in Service"A lot of our boys have entered serv-

ice," the statement said, "and we wantto see them taken care of. As far as theCommunity Fund is concerned, some ofus have seen the good work that is beingdone by the Salvation Army and otheragencies.

"Some of us also feel that the tradesand labor council has an obligation toparticipate in this community campaign,because the council is a cross-section ofthe city. Moreover, it is the nationalpolicy of the American Federation ofLabor to join wartime civic drives."

The unions affiliated with the laborcouncil are estimated to have a member-ship of 2,500, and are the carpenters',

the laborers', painters', electrical work-ers', plumbers' and steamfitters', bricklayers' and plasterers', truck drivers'auto workers' (AFL), stage employes' andmotion picture operators', city employes',fire fighters', laundry workers', railroadmaintenance workers', telegraph oper-ators' union and the American Federa-tion of Teachers.

While wandering around the halls, Iheard a weird wail emanating from theInspection room. Upon investigation, Ifound it was only the girls in Dept. 39singing (??) a western ballad.

Husband in Service

Pfc. Elmer Knight (husband of NaomiKnight, employed as timekeeper in In-ternational's Cost Accounting Dept.)joined the forces of Uncle Sam April 15,1942. He was employed at MichiganState Normal College previous to hisinduction, and upon entrance was calledfirst to Fort Custer, Mich. Basic train-ing was given Pfc. Knight at CampForest, Tennessee, and at present he isin Fort Lewis, Wash.

Window Displays Add toMounting Pre-CampaignPublicity For Fund Here

Window displays are being added tothe rising tide of pre-campaign publicitythis week as the leaders of Ann Arbor'sUSO-Community Fund drive intensifytheir efforts to summon the city's atten-tion to the community-wide effort thatwill begin November 8 and last throughNovember 13.

Biggest in the city's history, the $77,500drive carries a double objective: To raisemoney for the United Service Organiza-tions, which provide morale-raising rec-reation for the men in uniform; and toraise money for the Community Fundagencies, which have had their work in-creased by the social dislocations causedby war.

No Ordinary CampaignAs the dates of the general campaign

drew closer, Earl H. Cress, general chair-man of the drive, again emphasized thatthe USO-Community Fund drive is noordinary campaign.

"We must not think of this uniteddrive in terms of the usual CommunityFund campaign," he reiterated. "A newperspective of greater needs, greater ef-fort and greater giving must be acceptedby Ann Arbor in order to make thisdrive succeed.

Pointing out that the work of both theUSO and the Fund agencies is essential,Mr. Cress added: "I am confident thatthe people of Ann Arbor will not leteither one down. I believe that the wholecommunity will want to turn its full at-tention to making the united campaigna real success."

Plans for the final city-wide solicita-tion, to start November 8, are still beingperfected this week, but the advancedgifts division of the campaign is in fullswing.

John F. Moore, executive secretary ofthe drive, reported this morning that itis still too early to give an estimate ofthe results of the advanced gifts cam-paign since only 10 per cent of the jobhas been done so far, but he added thatcontributions are showing an increaseover last year.

Ralley to Open Nov. 8Community Meeting in Hill Auditorium

Will Inaugurate Fund Campaign

Ann Arbor's $77,500 USO-CommunityFund drive, biggest campaign in thecity's history, will be opened with acommunity rally at 3:30 Sunday after-noon, November 8, in Hill Auditorium, itwas announced today by Earl H. Cress,general chairman of the drive.

Group singing, band music and gleeclub offerings will be included on theprogram, as will a speaker whose nameis to be announced later.

Final arrangements for the send-offrally are to be made by a committeewhich will meet Monday afternoon.

Other pre-campaign developments to-day included a resolution by the Wash-tenaw County Building and ConstructionTrades Council endorsing the programof the drive. Added to the endorsementwas a check for $100, to be given to theUSO's share of the campaign quota.

It was also announced today that theexecutive committee of the Ann ArborTrades and Labor Council will meet at3:30 tomorrow afternoon in LaborTemple to set a "yardstick" to determinea quota for the members of their groupand to discuss means of solicitation.

NAOMI KNIGHT,Secretary, The Argus Recreation Cluband prominent in the U. S. O.-Commu-

nity Fund Drive.

First Display ReadyFirst of the displays to go up in the

city's shop windows were those of theMichigan Children's Aid Society and thePublic Health Nursing association. Pur-pose of the displays is to tell the publichow the Community Fund agencies servethe city, in war as in peace.

The Michigan Children's Aid Societyhas mounted its display in the windowof the Mayer-Schairer Co. The displayconsists of a series of specially paintedposters showing the society's work withchildren who need assistance. The artistwas James Doll.

The Public Health Nursing Associationhas placed its display at the Bertha E.Muehlig store and features the centralfigure of a nurse preparing to bathe ababy, and showing the equipment neces-sary for giving an infant a bath.

The display was prepared by the asso-ciation's publicity committee, consistingof Mrs. I. L. Sharfman, Mrs. Edgar H.Gault and Mrs. James B. Pollock. Thecommittee was assisted by A. F. Diez,Mrs. John Bradfield and Myrtle VanderMeulen, who is the director of the asso-ciation.

Other window displays will be put upin the near future. Among the organiza-tions planning to do this are the BoyScouts, the Dunbar Community Center,the Family and Children's Service, theGirl Scouts, the Salvation Army, theYoung Men's Christian Association andthe Young Women's Christian Associa-tion.

November 6lh, 1942 A R G U S E Y E S f o r V i c t o r y Page 5

USO AGENCIES

SOLDIER -This bright-eyed child will be protected and have her chance

to fulfill the promise of her youth—in Freedom and Security....

WE WILL NOT FAIL YOU

HELP YO URSELF !"WE WHO GIVE, receive more than those io whom it is given, because in a measure it

atones for the fact that we are well fed, nurtured and amply clothed while within our gates ourfellow humans are existing miserably.

We must therefore break our bread and share it and, while regretting that our contribu-tion is so small, consider it the greatest sacrament thai men know."

Ann Arbor is the kind of a community it is today because many of hercitizens have cared enough to share with their less fortunate brethren. It isonly as each of us help ourselves by helping others that we will maintain andraise our standards even higher.

HE LOOKS TO US!HISTORY has shown few equals of his courage, nor a stouter barricade against a common

foe!

HE IS GIVING his life with all the strength of Holy Purpose for the Freedom of Mankind.

His eyes look back from the Black Tragedy of war and destruction shining with faith andconfidence that until his task is accomplished on the Battle Front, we here in Ann Arbor willmaintain the Health, Security and Spiritual Strength of his people on the Home Front.

WE MUST GIVE—we at home must pledge to match this courage and sacrifice. Our battleline runs through every home, every office—every factory and every farm. It is a daily battleuntil the fight is won!

The destiny of this and every coming generation, the preservation of our Heritage of Free-dom, lives in our Pledge—TO GIVE.

The USO, composed of six Nationalcharacter-building agencies, is devotedto recreation and leisure-time activitiesfor the men in service. The USO hasestablished more than 600 club houses,and altogether operates about 1,000 unitsfor soldiers and sailors both in trainingcamps and in military locations abroad.

National Y. M. C. A.National Catholic Community ServiceSalvation Army

National Y. W. C. A.Jewish Welfare BoardTravels Aid Association

WAR PRISONERS' AID

The War Prisoners' Aid is a functionof the International Committee of theY.M.C.A. and provides a service for warprisoners similar to that of the USO,operating under the terms of the Genevaconvention.

AGENCIES OF THECOMMUNITY FUND

BOY SCOUT COUNCIL324 East Huron StreetWalter MacPeek, Scout ExecutivePhone 7215COUNCIL OF SOCIAL AGENCIESC. F. Ramsay, President1447 Washington HeightsPhone 2-1986

DUNBAR COMMUNITY ASSOCIAT'N420 North Fourth AvenueDouglas H. Williams, Exec. Sec'yPhone 7784

FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE330 Packard StreetMiss Mary Hester, Exec. Sec'yPhone 2-3157

GIRL SCOUTS343 South Fourth AvenueMiss Estelle Griffiths, DirectorPhone 2-2581

MATERNAL HEALTH LEAGUETuomy Building, 120 N. Fourth AvenueMrs. Donald M M.aithews, PresidentPhone 2-2404

MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S AID SOC.202 East Ann StreetMiss Jean Ruigh, Exec. Se'yPhone 3382

OLD LADIES' HOME ASSOCIATION1422 West Liberty StreetMrs. Arnold H. Goss, PresidentPhone 4365

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ASS'NTuomy Building, 120 N. Fourth AvenueMiss Murtle Van der Meulen, DirectorPhone 8185

SALVATION ARMY220 E. Washington StreetBrig. P. Carl Ellis, Corps OfficerPhone 8353

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N110 North Fourth AvenueLester Hargan, Executive SecretaryPhone 9613

YOUNF WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N343 South Fourth AvenueMiss Kathleen Simms, Exec. SecretaryPhone 2-2581

For 21 years these organizations havemade our civic democracy the thingwhich today we are fighting io preserve.We must support the foundations of thisdemocracy both at home and on thebattlefield. The company Fund repre-sents your opportunity io extend thissupport.

U. S. O. COMMUNITY FUND CAMPAIGNNovember 8-13 Inclusive - Phone 2-1986

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Judson Toots Trumpet in Far Lands

CORP. HARVEY JUDSON

A member of that much publicized"Umpity Umph" division swing bandwhich sent a plea to Benny Goodman,Tommy Dorsey and Glen Miller for ar-rangements (and got 'em) is Harvey Jud-son, 26, former employee of InternationalIndustries, and son of Mrs. Nelson Jud-son, 1207 Roosevelt Ave.

The "Umpity Umph" division swingband boys are good musicians, and Corp.Judson plays the trumpet under the di-rection of Private Jack Lavin, formermember of Tommy Dorsey's well-knownswing band, as well in Australia as hedid in his own orchestra, known as theAristocrats here in Ann Arbor.

Harvey was inducted April 6, 1941,and though he wanted to get into a bandimmediately, he was obliged to take atemporary detour to Camp Grant, 111.,before breaking into music at Camp Liv-ingston, Ga. He played for a short whileat Fort Devens, and in San Francisco,before being sent to Australia.

His wife, the former Rose McSymetzof Ann Arbor, presently employed at In-ternational, heard recently that he hadbeen made a corporal.

Incidentally, all the boys in the bandwere professional musicians before en-tering the service.

Mrs. Harvey Judson723 So. Main StreetAnn Arbor, Michigan(U. S. A.)My Darling Wife:

Received three letters from you in thepast two days and I'm really happyabout them. One contained the picture(snapshot) in it. Do you ever look swellin it, Darling!! I sure wish I was homethere with you.

We are playing very steady now—infact, we don't seem to have one minuteto ourselves. We are doing a lot ofbroadcasting, too, which keeps us on ourtoes. I wish you could hear the bandnow—it really jumps. I bought a newmouthpiece for my horn and find itmuch better playing on. So much for theband, darling.

I can't write too much in a letter likethis, but they are faster. I'll write others,too. I've written Ma quite a lot—sheshould have mail same as you. I'm sohappy mail is getting through okay. Theway things are going now, mail will soonbe going over much faster, I hope.

Darling, I can't get over how nice youlook in the picture you sent—you "knockme out," no kidding! Lil Paul is gettingto be quite a boy, isn't he? Sandra looksdifferent in the picture and much bigger.

I'll say hello to all the fellas for you,darling. They ask about you a lot. Ithink you made a big hit with them,especially Chet. Have you heard fromChefs wife lately?

Well, here I am at the end of this let-ter already. I'll write very soon again.Take care of yourself and don't worry.I love you.

Your Harvey.

My Darling Wife:Not much to say and not much to say

it in! Same ole routine day in and dayout. We're playing every night, once aweek in town. I always look forward toour regular Sunday night job and Mon-day morning recordings.

I've had one letter from you in thepast several weeks, which I answeredalready, and a few more. It is awfullyhard to write anything interesting, dar-ling; there really isn't anything to writeabout.

Oh, yes! I'll soon have some picturesto send you; they weren't quite readyyet, darling. Chet sent his already, butI guess my face was too much for thecamera! I tried to send some pictures ofthe band, but they wouldn't go through

the censor just yet. Maybe later, he said.Darling, we just got through playing

a show for an outfit, within our division,of course, nearby. They had a moviethere before our show. I really enjoyedit. Sweet—although I believe I'd seen itbefore. It was, "A Little Bit of Heaven,"with that young singer in it. I guess itwas Gloria Jean. Boy, movies are surelyscarce around camp here. There are sev-eral shows in town, but we never gettime to see them. When we get intotown, it is for playing only. By the way,if you are curious to know where we are—we are near very close to where Chefscousin is located over here. The nexttime you write or see Wilberta ask her,because Chet wrote home telling themthe same thing.

Darling, I got a letter tonight fromBud Barth—8 pages long. It really mademe laugh, some of the stuff in it. Gee,he's certainly been a good friend to me.I can always count on hearing from him.You don't know your real friends tillyou get in the Army, I guess.

Well, take care of yourself and don'tworry, darling!

I Love You,Your Harvey.

8 Japs Are AbsurdlyEasy For Bill Combs

Bill Combs, wrestling captain at Mich-igan in 1940, is now a member of theMarine Corps, and already has been inaction in the Solomons. Combs, accord-ing to an Ann Arbor source, was set up-on by an attacking party of eight Japsduring one particularly furious battle.He killed seven of them with his tommy-gun, but the gun jammed before he couldget the last foe.

The Jap, with bayonet fixed, rushedthe unarmed Combs. The former Mich-igan wrestler grabbed the Nipponese inan old grappling hold and tore an armfrom the socket of the Jap, seized thebayonet of the latter and slit the throatof still another Jap.

Combs is now in a hospital in SanFrancisco, recovering from wounds re-ceived in the clash. Combs is five feet,11 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds. Hishome town is Tulsa, Okla. Bill formerlyworked in the machine shop at Inter-national.

Frilly Tilly

That ain't no angel—Frilly Tilly's gother blouse caught in the conveyor hooksagain.

HONOR ROLLof Argus Men in Service

Pvt. Joseph AllisonPlat. 888 R. D.Marine Corps BaseSan Diego, Cal.

Corp. B. Aldrich, 206330451611 S. U. Unasgd.Area E 550Fort Sheridan, 111.

Pvt. David K. BommerCo. A-788 M. P. Bn.Boise BarracksBoise, Idaho

Pvt. John Benzler56th Air Base SquadronGoodfellow FieldSan Angelo, Texas

Pvt. Louis BirchTroop A5 Sqdn. C.R.T.C. 2571Fort Riley, Kansas

Pvt. Glenn F. BoettgerMed. Det. A.A.F.T.T.C.Nautilus HospitalMiami Beach, Fla.

Pvt. Gus ChristPlat. 888 R. D.Marine Corps BaseSan Diego, Cal.

Sgt. Melvin C. Bahnmiller, 16043637341st SquadronA. P. O. 875% Potsmaster, New York, N. Y.

Pvt. Vinton DonnerA. A. S. D. Btry. D

amp Davis, N. C.

Pvt. Harlon L. Dicks348th Engrs. Co. E

amp Crowder, Mo.

Pvt. Patrick Donnelly1st Q.M.R.T.C. Co. DBldg. 224, Tent 5Fort Francis, E. Warren, Wyo.

Pvt. Francis O'Donnell438th C.A.B.N.A.A., Btry. C"amp Edwards, Mass.

Pvt. Norman Egler, 36108926iasual Group T.U.P.

A.P.O. 1295% Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal.

Pvt. Ernest E. Eddy357th T.S.S. (SP)Flight AJefferson Barracks, Mo.

Pvt. Gordon Fleming57th Tng. Bn. Btry. A

amp Callan, Cal.

Pvt. Calvin Foster, 36180050503rd C.A.A.A. Btry. DA.P.O. 948% Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal.

Pvt. Hazen Figg, Jr.S.C.R.T.C. Co. B

amp Crowder, Mo.Dfc. Richard GaineyHangar No. 8 Co. BSelfridge Field, Mich.

orp. Conely GravesU.S.A.A.F.323rd Sch. Sqdn. Sp.

ochran Field, Macon, Ga.

fc. George R. Gillen, 136172035HQ and HQ Squadron325th Service GroupA.P.A. 634% Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

t. James P. Gillian23rd Obsn. Squadron6th Obsn. Group'ope Field, Fort Bragg, N. C.

Pfc. Francis W. Heck, 35161752160th Infantry, HQ Co.A.P.O. 1288% Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal.

Sgt. Max Hammond177th F. A. Btry. BFort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Pfc. Orville HarrisonBtry. DFort Cronkhite, Cal.

Jack HentzClass 43-D, AAFF TDBrayton Flying ServiceCuero, Texas

Pvt. Joseph Juergens, Jr.14th C. A. Med. Det.Fort Worden, Wash.

Pvt. Paul KlagerA.A.F. 863San Angelo, Texas

Sgt. Richard LyonsStation HospitalPendleton Air BasePendleton, Oregon

Lt. J. L. McCoy, Jr.A-V (P) USNRPhoto School NASPensacola, Fla.

Corp. Wesley Osborn41st Air BaseGeiger FieldSpokane, Wash.

Howard Reed Oliver, V6-ASU.S.N.T.S., Co. 1245Great Lakes, 111.

Pvt. Arnold Peterson1609th C.A. Co. A, Brks. 1012Fort Custer, Mich.

Pvt. Charles Poe396th Post. Bn. T.C. Co. DTent Area 6Fort Dix, New Jersey

Pvt. Phillip Rothenbecker, 36162366186th Infantry Co.A.P.O. 41% Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal.

Pvt. Clare Rhoades56th F. A. Btry. DBldg. 6313Camp Roberts, Cal.

Lt. Carl Swickrath8th InfantryCamp Gordon, Georgia

Charles B. Winams AS.U.S.N.T.B. Co. 952Great Lakes, 111.

Pvt. Howard White31st Tech. Sch. Sqdn. Sp.Flight AJefferson Barracks, Mo.

Pvt. Louis BetkeMed. Det. A.A.F.T.T.C.Nautilus HospitalMiami Beach, Fla.

adet Lester Bailey, 365222290315th T.S. SquadronBarracks 760Sheppard Field, Texas

Pvt. Donald Strite601st F. A.Service Battery

amp Carsons, Col.

Pvt. Charles Stotts30th Brks. S.C.R.T.C.

o. Bamp Crowder, Mo.

Pvt. Walter Reddis740th M.P. Bn. Co. C

amp Skakie, Glenview, 111.

ARGUS BOND DRIVE GOES OVER THE TOPMr. Norton T. Brotherton, Director of Personnel, has released the latest Bond

ale information. With this latest release comes the announcement of our com-pany's having won the right to fly the Minute Man Flag over our two plants. Hav-ng more than 90 per cent of our 890 employees making regular payroll plan pur-hases of bonds is but one step removed from 100 per cent participation. We can

earn the distinction of flying the Bulls-Eye flag when the few who have not willoin the great number who already have joined in freedom's fight. By our workn the war effort we are already aiming the guns and signalling the planes. Let'slelp buy the guns and planes and tanks and ships for our loved ones who needhem to carry on OUR fight. You're not GIVING, you're lending your war-earnednoney for Victory today and Security tomorrow. LET'S GET THAT BULL'S-;YE FLAG BEFORE THE NEXT ISSUE OF ARGUS EYES.

dumber of employees in firm 890dumber of employees participating in payroll savings plan 816ercentage or participation 91.7

Amount of gross payroll $154,000.00Amount being deducted for purchase of bonds $14,993.00Percentage of Payroll subscription 98%

These figures are as of October 1.

November 6th, 1942 A R G U S E Y E S f o r V i c t o r y Page 7

Old Married Folks Now

The marriage of the happy couple above, which took place September 5th,was reported in the last issue. They are Stewart Garrand, who works in theInspection Department, and Mrs. Garrard, formerly Louise Loy, switchboardoperator.

Who Is He?

Being editor of the paper isn'tchild's play. In fact, one editor is inhis second childhood. This recentphoto gives you a good idea of howmuch weight he's lost preparingcopy for this issue.

A Short Day For AlmaOne day when the morning recess bell

rang, Alma Fox must have had her mindon something more interesting than poorold International. She dashed into thecloak room for her coat, zipped throughthe corridor, punched the clock andstarted for home. She thought it oddthat no one followed her and finallyrealized it was quite early for lunch.Very red-faced, she returned to finishthe rest of the day.

Don't feel bad, Anna, the rest of usaren't so clever, either.

Answer to "How AboutIt?"

When the Argus Ladies' League wasformed in the fall of 1941, there was norule made excluding girls who were notemployed by International. In fact, wewere very glad to have outsiders. Noone knows the grief we had trying tokeep the league together. We could notget girls from the shop who would evenconsider bowling in the league. As alast resort, we asked girls we knew fromoutside the shop to bowl. A lot of ourgirls dropped out of the league, with noexcuse, and did not get some one to re-place them. We had to pay their bowl-ing fees out of our prize fund.

When we formed the league this year,we thought these girls were good enoughto help us out last year, so they wereasked to bowl with the league this year,too.

If the person who put the "How AboutIt?" piece in the Argus Eyes was at ourmeeting of the league, it was up to herto put in her complaint so it could bevoted on.

We are sorry that every girl in Inter-national cannot bowl in the league, butthere are not enough alleys obtainableto accommodate so many.

Any girl who would like to sub in ourleague is welcome to do so by payingher sanction fee of fifty cents to theleague secretary. We are always in needof subs and will be glad to have you.

LAURA EGELER,Secretary of Argus Ladies League.

Slumming?What long, tall gal from Iowa has de-

cided to make the rounds of Ann Arbor's"night clubs"? She just wouldn't be seenin this one or she'd die if seen in thatone. She finally decided to do 'er andfound it wasn't so bad, because most ofInternational is there, too.

HOWARD WHITE, formerly of theTime Study Dept. and now with ourUncle, sent us the following message viapostcard.

Dear Gang: I just finished processingand classification, which are a group oftests and interviews. Next week westart drill, 18 days of it. I hope my feethold out. I'll get my first taste of K. P.tomorrow. It's not as punishment, butit still means getting up at three-thirty.

Howard.

SGT. BY. ALDRICH, plant protectionpioneer, has been touring the country atUncle's expense. He's been to the Westcoast twice and the East coast at leastthree times. His travels have taken himsouthward, too. It looks easy, but tripswith troops are all in a day's work forthe sarge. "By" acts as M. P. on thetrains. He'll continue to do so until heenters Officers' Candidate School on the10th of November.

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SURPASSING even

the hundred-eyed Argus of

ancient mythology, the

modern Argus, with its

facilities, research, quality

and precision production

methods of today, furnishes

numerous eyes for science.

These all-seeing eyes serve

many hundreds of uses —

for defense—for industry—

for recreation.

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. S U B S I D I A R Y ,

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INC.ANN ARBOR • MICHIGAN

This ad appeared recently in Fortune Magazine. International Industrieshas been running quarter page ads in this publication since last February andplans to continue. Fortune is only one of many leading publications that carrythe International and Argus story every month.

Notes FromProduction Control

orTHE DEPARTMENT OF

UTTER CONFUSION

The center hallway leading to the Pol-ishing Room is the home of ProductionControl. Many are the forms that flitthrough this hall—at all hours. It ishere that the choice bits of informationare passed along.

The lens from the Blocking Room,Cleaning Room, Centering Room andPolishing Room all pass through thishallway; and so the bits of information,the stories, the confessions and thegripes of all departments center in thehall.

Ye Ed will gather these bits of wis-dom, human interest stories, gossip andwhat have you and pass it on for yourenjoyment—if you do.

The hallway is known as the WailingWall, for there gathers the ProductionControl, bosses of the Blocking Room.Rough and Smooth Grinding Room, Pol-ishing Room and Cleaning Room andSoaking Rooms. Some of the gripes areamusing, some are unnecessary, andsome are just plain gripes. We'll let youin on many of them.

This column will present news andviews on all departments that come nearthe Wailing Wall. Look for your name.Maybe it will be there.

Ann De Vine and Fred Hartwig an-nounced their engagement the other davAnn flashed that ring and a very pleasedsmile. Fred was pleased, too. and sowere we all. A very nice couple.

Suggests New ArmyRules

Margaret Clark won the football pooltwo times running. We are not sure butmaybe she is coach on the Michiganteam, evenings.

What difference will it make to meOn the day I come to die.

That fortune never smiled on me,That fame passed me bv?

What difference that another hadFar more or less than I?

It wont make any differenceOn the day I come to die.

But what a difference it will makeOn the day I come to die,

If I have kept the faith secure,My purpose true and high.

So, as each new day breaks for meIn the quiet eastern sky,

Let me live as I shall wish I hadOn the day I come to die.

—Marie Barbier,Plant II.

Maurie Howe has Argus Eyes for RuthKeller. She's wearing his ring, youknow!

Hazen Figg, who left to lick the Axison October 9, was employed in the Op-tical Assembly as a Group Leader.

We hope that his experience with firecontrol instruments will help him at hisnew job.

He has promised to use nothing butour gunsights. This may cause some dis-cussion between him and the Sarge—but he thinks he can straighten that out.

He has a set of rules drawn up thathe plans to bring to the attention of the"brass hats." These include free beer,breakfast in bed, no marching beforenoon and a few other things that willmake life easier for the boys.

Taking a chance that his wife doesn'tget a copy of this, we'll mention that thegals he left behind in the Assembly De-partment are heartbroken.

Wears New SparklerJust in case anyone should labor un-

der a false impression regarding "Ro-mance in a Paint Shop," we would liketo offer conclusive evidence in the formof a sparkler worn on the left hand ofEvelyn Black, newest recruit in PlantNo. 2's Paint Shop.

The red face of Chuck Ceronski, whoworks in the Machine Shop next door,leaves no room for doubt as to who thehappy man might be.

Best of luck to you both, and let's alljoin in the chorus of "Met Her on Mon-day."

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Letters From SoldiersCochran Field, Macon, Ga.

October 11, 1942.The Argus Recreation Club,Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dear Friends:I received the book you sent me, and I

want each one of you to know I reailydid appreciate it, and it was awful niceof you to think of me. Some Ann Arborboys are here at this field with me andthey also enjoyed reading the books.Several boys here at this field have Ar-gus cameras; they like the camera fine.However, we are not permitted to takepictures here on the field, though wecan take pictures in town. This field isnear Macon. I've been here about fourmonths, and doing just fine. I was madeCorporal October 1st. Have a goodchance to make sergeant on 1st of No-vember. I have spent a lot of time inschool since I've been in the Army. Iam now a second class Air Plane Me-chanic.

I was glad to get Norm Agler's ad-dress, as I would like to write him. Iknow you are real busy at the plant,though I know you will keep the goodwork up, and us boys here in the Armywill try to keep them flying. I will beglad to hear from any of the gang at theplant if they care to write.

My best regards to all.Yours,

CONLEY.Address:

Cpl. Conley F. Graver,U. S. Army Air Forces,323rd Sch. Sqdn. Sp.Cochran Field, Macon, Ga.

Likes Argus EyesHi Ya, Gang:

Hell everyone. I just received yourpaper the other day, and I want to thankyou very much. You don't know howhappy it made me feel to think that Ihad not been forgotten since my de-parture for the Army, and to read aboutthe happenings of my old friends. See-ing their pictures and reading of theadvancement of the shop; it was swell.

I am ashamed not writing, but I havebeen vepy busy. This Army life as awhole is far torn a bed of roses, and toget ahead is e^pri hardpr. but. T havebeen working hard and have nowreached the rank of Sergeant, so perhapsyou will understand my lack of time towrite. )

I am, of course, in photo work, bothground and aerial. The ground workconsists of doing crash pictures, damagedmaterials, expansion of fields and theusual routine laboratory work. Theaerial work is working with Bombgroups recording bomb hits over targetareas. The mapping of cities and un-charted land. Yesterday I was up forsix hours doing some mapping; we wereup 20,000 ft. Although the weather onthe ground was very warm and we weredressed in fur-lined clothes, it was verycold, in fact, below zero, at that altitudewe wear oxygen masks, along with thenecessary phones. This makes it verycumbersome to work, as well as givingthe appearance of a man from Mars, butit's fun.

In January I am in line for a furlough,"if I'm still here," and I hope to seesome of the old Gang still working atthe shop. I would also like to see thenew addition, where I "almost" worked.Well, I will close now, with the hope ofhearing from you and seeing you againsoon.

WES OSBORN.

Grandpa Is a Pushover

Happy Roy Hiscock, of the Per-sonnel Office, with two of his grand-children. Needless to mention theyboth have Roy in the hollow of theirlittle hands.

This is the house that Jack built.

This is the scrap that lay in the housethat Jack built.

This is the chap that found the scrapthat lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the bomb that came in time;rushed off from the assembly line andmade from the scrap turned in by thechap that lived in the house that Jackbuilt.

This is a ship going under the waves,owned by the ruthless Axis knaves, hitby the bomb that came in time, rushedoff from the assembly line, and madefrom the scrap turned in by the chapthat lived in the house that Jack built.

Case DismissedRex Guinan, the "Dexter Flash"—ex-

constable and present deputy sheriff,was arrested Saturday afternoon in theMachine Shop by Corp. Aldrich, M. P.,charged with using violent language.Rex insisted that the violence was oc-casioned by the interest the guardsshowed in the peculiar contents of hisdinner pail, which he tried to slip pastthem. Sentence was suspended on prom-ise of good behavior.

Sgt. Wes Osborn,41st Air Base,Geiger Field, Spokane, Wash.

TRY IT!The cheapest things upon this earthAre free—or so we've heard,And yet we wonder 'bout some folksWho never give to mirth.Yet, laughter is the best of all,As long as it is gay,Not aimed at us but with us, please,Helps brighten up the day.

—F. Aldrich.

A Soldier's Letter HomeMy Dear:

I am one of the fellows who made theworld safe for democracy. What a crazything that was. I fought, and fought,and I had to go anyway. I was called inClass "A." The next time I want to bein Class "B," B here when they go, andB here when they come back. I remem-ber when I was registered. I went upto the desk and my milkman was incharge. He asked, "What's your name?"So I said, "Young man, you know myname." "What's your name?" he barked,so I told him, "August Childs." He said,"Are you an Alien?" "No," I replied,"I feel fine." Then he said, "When didyou first see the light of day?" and Isaid, "When we moved to Philadelphiafrom Pittsburgh." He asked me how oldI was, so I told him 23 the first of Sep-tember. He said, "The first of Septemberyou'll be in Australia, and that will bethe last of August."

A veterinarian started to examine me.He asked me if I had ever had measles,smallpox, St. Vitus dance, and if I tookfits. I said, "No, only when I stay in asaloon too long." Then he said, "Canyou see all right?" I said, "Sure, but I'llbe cock-eyed tonight if I pass." Then helistened around my chest and said, "Ithink you have a wart somewhere." Isaid, "Wart, my neck, that's a button inyour ear." The doctor said that he hadexamined 140,000 men and that I wasthe most perfect physical wreck that hehad examined.

Then I went to Camp, and I guess theydidn't think I'd live long. The first fel-low wrote on my card, "Flying Corpse."I went a little further and some guysaid, "Look, what the wind blew in." Isaid, "Wind nothing, the Drafts doingit." On the second morning they putthese clothes on us. What an outfit. Assoon as you are in it you think you canlick anybody. They have two sizes—too large and too small. The pants aretoo tight. I can't sit down. The shoesare so big I turned around three timesand they didn't move. And what a rain-coat—it strains the rain. I passed anofficer all dressed up with a fancy beltand all that stuff. He said, calling afterme, "Didn't you notice what I have on?"I said, "Yes, what are you kicking about?Look what they gave me."

I landed in camp with $75.00. In tenminutes I was broke. I never saw somany 3's and 12?s on a pair of dice. Nomatter what I did, I went broke. Some-thing went wrong even in cards. Onetime I got five aces and was afraid tobet. A good thing I didn't, for a fellownext to me had six kings. Finally I said,"This is a crooked poker game." Thefellow next to me said. "We're playingPinochle." Everything is crazy. If youwere a livery hand, you were put in theMedical Dept.; if you were a watchman,you were made Officer of the Day. I sawa guy with a wooden leg and I askedhim what he was doing in the Army.He said, "I'm going to mash potatoes."Oh, it was nice—five below zero onemorning and they called us out for un-derwear inspection. You talk aboutscenery—red flannels, BVDs of all kinds.The union suit I had on would fit TonyGalento. The lieutenant lines us all upand told me to stand up. I said. "I amstanding up. this underwear makes youthink I'm sitting down." He got so madthat he put me out digging ditches. Alittle while later he passed and said."Donf throw that dirt up here." T said."Where am I going to throw it?" Hesaid, "Dig another hole and throw it inthere." By that time I was pretty mad.so another guy named Jones and mvselfdrank a quart of whiskey. Finally Jonesacted so funny I ran to the doctor andtold him Jones was going blind. Heasked me what we were doing and Itold him. So he asked me if Jones sawoink elephants. I said. "No. that's thetrouble, thev're there all right and hedoesn't see them."

Three days later we sailed for Aus-tralia. Marching' down the pier. I hadsome more bad lurk. T had a Sergeantwho stuttered an̂ l it took him so long tocay "Half that 27 of us marched over-board. They pulled us out and the Cap-tain came alone and said. "Fall in." Isaid. "I've just been in." I was on theboat 12 days—seasick all the time. Noth-ing going down, evervthine1 coming up.T leaned over the railing all the time.Now in the middle of one of my leansthe Captain rushed u'n and said. "WhatCompany are vou in?" I said. "I'm allbv myself." He asked me if the Briga-dier was up yet. T said. "Tf I swallowedit. it's UP." Talk about you** dumbpeople? I said to one of the fellows, "Ieuess we dropped anchor." He said. "Iknew they'd lose it. Tt.'s be^n hangingout ever since we left New York." Wehad a life boat drill and when the boatwas being lowered over the side of theshin, it spilled some men into the water.Only the Second Lieutenant and I wereleft in the boat. The Lieutenant gaveorders to pull the men out of the waterby the hair of their heads. I was strug-

Argus Hero BringsDown Second Nazi

Sgt. Melvin Bahnmiller, 22, Ann Arborgunner, now has the downing of twoGerman fighter planes to his credit.

Cited in dispatches for the first timeseveral weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. GottliebBahnmiller, 522 Felch St., have receivedword that their son has repeated his Iheroic action by bringing down anotherFocke-Wulfe fighter plane in one of theAmerican-RAF attacks over occupiedFrance.

Sgt. Bahnmiller got his first Nazi planelast September 7 when, returning froma successful bombing mission on Rotter-dam, the Flying Fortress in which hewas an aerial gunner, was attacked by *about 50 Axis fighter planes. .

Still in Photography

Pfc. George Gillen, previously em-ployed as inspector on International's Aand E camera lines, was taken intoArmy service Friday, February 13, 1942.

After leaving Fort Custer, Mich., hisfirst station, George began training atSheppard Field, Texas, as Air Corps Me-chanic. From Mac Dill Field, Florida, hewas transferred to the photographic di-vision at Sarasota Field, Sarasota, Flor-ida.

Pfc. Gillin, a local Ann Arbor boy,has been in England safe and sound forthe past three months.

Black-Out!The boys from the Paint Shop pulled

a good one on John Bandrofchak lastweek. He was doing a little carpenterwork at Ginny Lau's one night while thePaint Shop boys were dabbing a littlepaint. When John turned on the lightsof his car to drive home, there were nolights. The boys had slipped a little withtheir paint brushes and had painted theheadlights of John's car.

God created a patternAnd then he made a mold.From this he made Hilton.Who broke it—tale is told!

Segregator"I killed five flies today—three males

and two females.""How can you tell a male from a fe-

male?""Well, three sat on the beer bottle and

two on the mirror."

gling with one man when another fel-low with a bald head yelled, "Pull meout." I said, "Go down and come backup the right way."

Well, we landed in Australia and wereimmediately sent to the trenches. Afterthree nights in the trenches all cannonsstarted to roar and the shells started tofall; I started shaking with patriotism.I tried to hide behind a tree, but thereweren't enough trees for the officers.The Captain came around and said,"Have you no red blood in you?" I said,"Yes, but I don't want to see it." Hesaid, "Where do you want to go?" Isaid, "Anywhere it's warm." So he toldme where to go. Five o'clock, and wewent over the top. 10,000 Japs came atus. They looked at me as though I hadstarted the war. Our Captain yelled,'Fire at Will." But I didn't know whichone was Will. I guess the fellow behindme thought I was Will. He fired his gunand shot me in the excitement. On myway to the hospital I asked a fellowwhere they were taking me and he said,"You're going to the morgue." I said,"There's some mistake. I'm not dead."And he yelled, "Lie down, do you wantto make a fool out of the doctor?"

Love and kisses.