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to the patrol wagon, screaming, *There‘s gas in there! â€" They‘re going to kill me! They‘ll will you, too"" He was rushed to the mental ward... "He‘s an habitual drunkâ€" ard," a policeman said. ‘The drunken, redâ€"haired sailor who ‘had crashed into a grocery store, stolen money, and beaten the owner‘s wife and child. The large, drunk man, sobbing in the corner of the police station. A few hours earlier, on a bus headâ€" ed towards Pearl Harbor, he had whipped out a knife and attacked a The youth is a juvenile case â€" "the result of another broken home," a police official said. _ "OUTLAW LIQUOR® ... The young sailor, badly ‘cut and bleeding, who complained he had his head bashed against the wall by a burly bouncer in one of the local booze joints. ® PEARL HARBOR, T. H. * ‘Ted Nobriga, captain of Honolulu‘s rugged uniformed police, asked me to accompany his men as they patroled the streets of this rough, brawling city on a Saturday night. He wanted me to write a. report d&-ahofi.tvqtnmn&hc_“dthw. I was with the police five hours. * I‘ll : always remember Ml] ez aainme mexmsis‘!". The two battered sailors who had tried to bréak into the YWCA. and had been caught after a slugâ€" ging battle with a policeman. ‘ The bewildered little man, paâ€" thetically drunk, who staggered inâ€" to the police station > and .. comâ€" plained that his divorced wife had told him "to get the hell out" when he had come to visit his 14â€"yearâ€" yearâ€"old _ son ~"who I pay $20 a week for support."â€" "If only they‘d outlaw liquor, 98 per cent of the crimes would end," a police lieutenant who has been an .the Honolulu police force 15 years, remarked. _‘ The man arrested for drunk driving. He had nearly killed a child. . The Filipino woman, her hair mussed, her nose bleeding and broken, her eyes black, her face cut, crying and yelling, "I can‘t stand him no longer! I try to be true! He get jealous! He beat me night after night!" t Reeking with liquor, her dress caked with mud, she stood in this filthy Honolulu house, not fit for animals, and begged, "Take me away! Take me away!" The drunk sprawled in front of Honolulu‘s sedate public library. "HE BEAT ME!* Ens. Arthur J, . Krohn, 836 8. St. Johns averue, Highland Park. helped run up, while serving on IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE Local Service Men Now Back in Civilian Ranks Discharged from service at Gt. Lakes naval training station last week were David C. Stukey, Theoâ€" dore E. McGath and Robert Puzin of Highland Park;â€"and Robert F. Bartom of Highwood. s Ensign Krohn Runs Up High Mileage on Tanker Former 1st Sgt. William J. Dilâ€" lard, â€" 235 Liewellyn, Highwood, was discharged at Camp Grant afâ€" ter serving as a member of the military police in India and China. Also in the civilian ranks is} Raymond Plagge, son of Mr. and| Mrs. Harold Plagge of Deerficld. Raymond was in the Marines, in fact was about the youngest Marâ€" ine in the whole organization. He saw much service in various parts of the Pacific. George F. Hawes and Pfc. Frank 8. Supple of Deerfleld and 1st. Sgt. Alfred Esp of Highland Park. Released at Ft. Sheridan was Walter E. Vess, 1547 St. Johns, Highland Park. es ns 3 Arriving in NewYork aboard the Marine Fox last week were Lt. Arâ€" thur Baldauf, Jr., and Cpl. Erwin G. Meierhoff of Highland Park. Leonard W.. Millesen of Highâ€" land Park was aboard the USS Proâ€" eyon when it docked in Seattle last Pvt. Raiph G. Willen of Deerâ€" field arrived aboard the USS Basque at San Francisco. The Navy yard worker, dragged Aboard â€"the Marine Falcon, M STILL IN THE (Official U. S. Army Correspondent) Il Always Remember That Night! (Epecial to The Highland Park Press) j “Bfiug ‘em in," a bored shore patro] officer ordered. f GHASTLY SIGHT ... , _ Some. were wearing ribbons. Some had ratings. _ All were so drunk they could not walk. They were World War II heroes. "They‘re leaving for the States in the <~morning.. 1 can‘t underâ€" stands why they want to get.this way before they go home. â€" If only their proud parents could see them now," a shore patrolman with 44 points, but â€" who â€" is â€" not â€" allowâ€" ed â€" to â€" go â€" home â€" because â€" his â€" ed during the half hour â€"I was there.) k One by one, groaning,. moaning, vomiting, screaming, the sailors and marines were dragged from the mudâ€"filled wagon. l Early this month Roy B. â€"Kirby, | 565 Homewood, was released from service at Fort Sheridan after 40 ‘mth in the army, 32 spent ovâ€" erscas. Here were two shore patrol wagâ€" ons loaded with drunks, stacked three and four deep. (Ten wagâ€" ons carryingâ€"drunks were unloadâ€" The drunks, their uniforms black with mud, their eyes glassy, their tongues trying to mumble someâ€" thing, were dragged into the staâ€" tion; booked; tossed irto a foulâ€" smelling cell filled . with other drunks. THROWN INTO CELL ... Minutes later we found her small husband, drunk, wandering aimâ€" lessly in the road wondering where "my wifie is at" . .. A QUIET NIGHT : .. The police sergeant and I reâ€" turned. to the station. Shocked at what I had seen so far, I asked the police lieutenant if this night was typical of Honolulu Saturday nights. Just then I heard shouting outâ€" side. â€"*‘Take a look out there and you‘ll really ‘see something," the lieutenant said. LIKE NAZIDOM . . . f I‘ll never forget the sight. It reminded me of those newsâ€" reel pictures I had seen of the bodies piled one onâ€"top of the‘ othâ€" er at Jap and Nazi camps. of Honolulu. the merchant tanker USS Cheâ€" mung, a grand total of 257,495 traveled miles for that ship, in eight different oceans and seas, Navy records have disclosed. *No," he replied. ‘"This is a quiet night. You should come here after payday." < _ T These are SOME of the sights I saw while patroling the streets The Chemung has hauled 174,â€" 300,000 gallons of fuel to the Fleet during her war career, and suffered damage only _ once, â€" but without loss of a single life. One of the largest and fastest tankers in the world, the Chemung was commissioned in July, 1941, and, so desperate was the need for a tanker of her size and speed at the time, she was sent to sea 10 days after her commissioningâ€"cerâ€" emonies. * After seeing service throughout the subâ€"infested Atlantic during the European war, the Chemung went to the Pacific where she took part in the Okinawa and Japâ€" anese homeland campaigns. Much Decorated Vet, T.A Roy D. Kirby, Is Granted Release dress With the 10th field hospital moâ€" tor pool, attached to the 3rd,â€" 5th and 7th armies, he in campaigns in Africa, fi:. Italy, southern France, the Rhineland and central Europe. In civilian life Kirby was an emâ€" ploye of Nelson Motor sales. His wife, Alice, lives at the above adâ€" Among his decorations are the Silver star, two Bronze stars, the Victory medal with bronze arrowâ€" head, the meritorious unit award and good conduct medal. She was rushed to the hospital 1029 at the first spare parts deâ€" pot to be established by the navy On this tropical island, miles south of the equator, the Seabees set up a special "protective treatâ€" mekt" plant to guard the 45,000 dtffc!-:;m:liu-!‘n-l- (The following letters, taken from "DEAR EDITOR," a gripe column in STARS AND STRIPES, of which Cpl. Whitt N. Schultz is coâ€"editor, disclose three angles from which a single issue may be viewed. These opinions on the comâ€" parative status of officers and enâ€" listed men, are those of the writer, not necessarily those of STARS AND STRIPES or of this publicaâ€" . ... What disappoints me is that the officers refuse to speak out against a situation within the Amâ€" erican armed forces that is admitâ€" tedly unfair and barely tolerable to the men under them everywhere â€"privilege. Personne} at the depot received little glory for their share in the Three Viewâ€"Points If the time comesâ€"when the Amâ€" erican people are finally foreed to remind the Army and Navy that America is not a land of pri and peasants, the damage zfi alâ€" Pacific viectory, but letters and ofâ€" ficial dispatches from combat comâ€" mands have let them know that they have kept equipment in operâ€" ation which built key airstrips and harbors. y UNEQUALI ED IN SIZE AND DIVERSITY Chicago and Northern Illinois PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS T HE PRESS ‘This is the fourth of a series of advertisements on the industrial, and residential advantages of Chicago and Northern Illinois. For more communicate with the Information on the industrial, agricuitural and residential development of Chicage and Northern Iilimeis Forgive them for they know not what they do" would be a jolly way for the EM to forget the ready have been done whole unhappy state of affairs, but the consequences are too foreâ€" Continuation of a policy disunitâ€" ing officers and erlisted men will in the end debase and weaken our military organizations and demonâ€" strate to the world a definite lack of faith within our armed forces in the very principles of democracy for which Americans were supposâ€" ed to have fought, bled and died. HAROLD M. DAVIDSON, NA 1/c . . . I‘ve been reading in your paper all the gripes about officers from enlisted men. The only reaâ€" son is that they are jealous because theyâ€" are not officers. * We officers have it tough someâ€" times and we have all kinds of reâ€" sponsibility and we get hell if the work isn‘t done. â€" Why not give credit where credit is due! If some enlisted men were officers they wouldn‘t be grousing* al} the time. 9 I‘ve been a 2nd lieutenant for 32 months and I never cried beâ€" cause I never got higher, so why should they cry when we finally have it easy? 4 . .. The officer has a great numâ€" ber of privileges. He is given these on the assumption of a reâ€" ward for his dapacities and responâ€" sibilities. Many do not earn these privileges. No EM will deny an officer his privileges as long as he feels that this officer is a true leader and competent in his job. Privileges must be earned continâ€" uously. â€" TERRITORIAL INFORMATION DEPARTMENT The officer must feel that men born and raised in the idea of equality will resent with every fiâ€" ber of their being these inequaliâ€" ties and privileges. "My Men First" o on indugiy (]!ngo" .lndNalhcnmmunym m;u 4 i is jivusifie:l.lnxdidan.thhmisavuidhuboflphlmnlmx liversified. In addition, this area is a world hub of agricultural and rommercial activity. These factors combine to ide an economic valance that tends to cushion fluctuations in business. Railroad Center of the United States . * â€" World Airport * _ Infand Waterways * Geographical Center of U. S. Population * Great Financial Center _ * . The. "Great Central Market" _ * _ Food Producing and Processing Center _ * _ Leader in Iron and Stee! Manufacturing * Good Labor Relations Record * _ 2,500,000 Kilowatts of Power * Tremendous Cooal Reserves * _ Abundant Gas and O# * Good Government * Good living What do we meanâ€"industrial diversification ? There are 10,000 manufacturing plants in Chicago and Northern ih‘no’a.‘l'hthevuyd-ingémmwtood: from brasive wheels to Xâ€"ray mâ€"nmlnmulsvmm -efmthemofdmflz. dollars. 86% of all types of U. S. ‘dustries are represented in this area. § ving here reached a rate of 7% billion dollars annually, that this |comeisofmtelccttclinbny-i:§ , and that buying power raxedmiltndchthtOiag nadmmruuamd- ag 2 billion dollars in 1943. More than that is fact that the lth}xeoimthh“hfitu_-mdingmowfichm_fl- est l’t‘lâ€"lfl"l "m'v '“qmb', s'! tes l ‘ ea in the world. This, in turn, has made Chicago and Northern linois an outstanding center for food processing and distribution. Here is also an area that creates tremendous bu power of its wnâ€"rmmmhm‘mm&mm ust have. ig 2 billion dollars in 1943. More than that is the fact that the hi area is an outstanding center of wholesale tradeâ€"another wfifhmmmmmâ€"um {artâ€" attracts 400,000 buyers a year. These are some of the reasons ‘hy Chicago is nationally known as the "Great Central Market." What does all this mean to you? 1t means that if you are ing location or expansion of niéflu&%-mm n size M.the(h:c.d oo Tllinois area deserves thorough e shall to assist study |mis-undmmm”whgy. To industries locating in this This area has a population of about five million. Why is Chicago and Northern Ilinois so i in the nation‘s ,by?dw-r important is some cause. A true leader wilt should be the motto. Whenever the EMâ€" be eager to know what it is, how he can step in and help, and if he planation, some truly felt words of understanding will do a lot to Griping is an excellent baromâ€" ourolthn&::n-dfle.’l leadership. In a led outfit, there will be a minimuni 0# gripâ€" ing even when circumstances go from bad to worse. e t What do we meanâ€"tremendous buying power? ° We mean, for instance, that this year the total iricome of Having spent nearly eight years in the service, four and one half of *Word substituted. n, for instance, that this the rotal income of pe reached njtflepf?_%l_;m dollars annually, that LT. IRA KORNER, AGD Thursday, Nov. 22dn, 1945 "What the hell â€" he‘s just a good Joe. We‘ll take care of what he obtains a reason or solution for inâ€" papers out, and what tickles me most is that it follows through and He‘s easy." . ;. _ I personally fee} that Theé Stars why the officer in the field will usually be found at the end of the chow line â€" I know I was. That is why the good officer prides himâ€" self on "looking out for the men lost the respect of their men are 18T LT. R. T. BUEHMAN, SC