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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

can honestly say I've never faced a
season with the keenness feel now"
'I'd like to bet somebody" Mac
Phail said, "that Brooklyn will show
you the finest spirit in either league.
Every man on the club knows we
are all shooting for a pennant, and
that we have a first-class chance to
win"
"What about those Red pitchers?"
/ asked MacPhail. Meaning Wal
tiers, Derringer and Thompson, to
mention only few"
"They may not be as tough this
season as they were the last two
years." MacPhail said. ''Paul Der
ringer is still great pitcher, but
he isn't any rookie.
"For that matter you are going
to see much better pitching this sea-
son on the Brooklyn side of the
fence. Much better. Higbe alone
will make big difference. I think
he'll do better than 20 wins. He
may even reach Is with his share
of the breaks. Hamlin will be more
than useful. So will Wyatt. Out of
the lot we'll get at least four good
starting pitchers, with others who
can help lot.
''And don't forget what I told you
about Reese. He means lot to
ball club"
Brooklyn is still the peoples
choice" No other club in baseball
has so many far-fung hamlets work.
ing along Rooters' Row, pulling for
Brooklyn to win.
The answer is that Brooklyn is
baseballs daffiest baseball town,
with the lone exception of Detroit.
Baseball to Brooklyn is something
more than pleasant way to kill off
a summer afternoon. 1t is big
part of the soul Of the old city,
where the average fanatic begins
practicing quick starts for the bug
house early in March.
And now Brooklyn has a Snowman
and ball club that carry an even
deeper appeal than usual. Both Reds
and Cardinals will have to be strong
er than they were last summer to
keep these Dodgers from boiling
over.
Their Main Problem
According to most of the master
minds connected with the Dodgers,
their main problem is center field.
eff we get this spot fixed up in
the right way 1 don't think any club
can beat u.s." one of them told me.
eff we don't, the job will be lot
tougher. You know how important
center field play is to any champion
ship club. The line of winning
strength runs through the middle
catcher pitcher second base and
center. Both shortstop and second
baseman are concerned with second
base play. think we'll get this
fixed up. But it is the only spot
now that is giving us any worry"
Larry MacPhail has worked out a
Dodger spring schedule that will
keep his earnest athletes hard at
work until opening day.
cts not as tough, however, as it
looks" he said. "We've split the
work up among two or three teams
to give everyone chance to show
what he has under fire. No one
will be overworked and I don't be-
lieve there is any chance that We'll
hit the old home yard tired or stale.
This part of our training will be
closely watched. We have enough
reserve strength this time to send in
relief when it is needed"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
Broadway Wiseguy:

He knows the same elements as
other people, but in his world they
have different functions The
air is something you listen to for
songs, sketches, speeches. Water is
what they put in stocks, and fire is
what poor performance misses
+. . He thinks skirt isn't a gar
ment, but a woman in one-and
when he talks of turkey he means
fop-show He lives and moves
and has his being in theater-town
. Things that are said and done
on stage or screen amuse and
touch him, but try to make him
weep when the show is over . Try
to make him laugh, for that matter.
He read it long ago or he heard it
when you were still breaking in your
longies People who take
hours telling story (Which is a
gag in his lingo) are usually bores,
phonies or jerques When he
says he doesn't like pictures he
means movies, not paintings A
book isn't something to read, but the
plot in musical show, or the thing
wager-makers make for racetrack
bet-placers He is that loud
voice giving away the secrets of
pals.
He argues that money will buy
everything and anything, and he has
never learned not to mistake public
ity for fame Most of the United
States to him is "the sticks" or
"the hinterland" The over $780,
100000 people are suckers
The name of Shakespeare always
recalls the time he won bet on
horse by that name He has
many friends he doesn't like, and
they detest him He has won.
derful knack for ignoring the check
1t has been said of him that his
conscience is more his accomplice
than his guide His idea of a
good song is BEAT Me, Daddy, Eight
to the Bari" He is deeply con-
cerned about the foreign situation be-
cause it has cut off his supply of
post cards He's the guy you want
to know-until you do.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
ACTION ON HOUSING

Housing for civilian defense work.
ers, one Of the most muddled phases
of the defense program, now looks
as if it is going thanks
to the quiet Intervention of Mrs.
Roosevelt and Frederic A. Delano,
uncle of the President and chair
man of the national resources plan
ming board.
Both exerted their influence
through FDR, himself. The First
Lady told him of shocking housing
conditions among defense workers
which she had seen in several cities,
and warned that there would be Sc
rious consequences unless something
was done quickly. Delano urged
Roosevelt to get behind the c. I. O.. IS
plan for prefabricated homes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
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Washington, d. c.
SUBCONTRACTOR PROBLEM

Every train to Washington brings
a group of small business men with
rumpled collars and bullying brief
cases. They've heard high officials
declare that the defense boom
should be evenly distributed.
They've read about a subcontract-
ing program for the smaller firms.
So they come to town loaded with
blue-prints and inventories of ma
chine tools.
The visitors wait patiently in de-
tense offices to ask the same ques-
ton: ''When do we get contracts
or subcontracts?" Then they go
home empty-handed, cussing the
''bureaucrats running the defense
program"
What they don't know is that the
issue of subcontracting is being
fought over daily, and with increas-
ing bitterness, at the inner confer
ence tables of the Office of Produc-
ton Management. The question is
whether OPM should crack down on
Tie UlS primary CONTAGIOUS anu
force them to farm out their piled
up orders.
The powerful big industry clique
says mo" 1t argues that forced
subcontracting would be costly and
unreliable. Bob Mehornay, liberal
small business man in charge of
subcontracting, holly denies this
and is battling to override them.
The cold facts are that although
100000 firms are available for de-
Tense contracts, 80 per cent of the
orders awarded during the last half
of 1910 went to 600 large concerns.
And ia of them got 95 per cent OF
all contracts over 100000, amount
ing to Sc, 668, 300, 1000.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
WILLKIE CAN WEAR SHOES

Much water has gone over the
dam since Secretary of the Interior
Ickes labeled Wendell Willkie a
barefoot Wall Street lawyer" All
is sweetness and light now between
Willkie and the New Deal-which
includes Mr.. Ickes-since Wendell S
outspoken support of the lend-lease
bill.
However, one inquisitive reporter
at recent Ickes press conference
wanted to be absolutely sure. "In
view of recent developments" he
queried, "do you still think Wendell
Willkie is Wall Street barefoot
boy?"
Replied Ickes: II think anybody
has a right to wear shoes in Wall
Street in this kind of weather."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
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tWNu servicel

tWMu seryicel] s&$S$$a&saa3#
The Village News Press:
prop. and Editor, W. WinchelU
The Govt says you can deduct bur
glary losses from your taxes. Wendy
Barrie wonders if that includes
night club overcharges.
Prof. Emery Deutsch, who has
been appointed conductor of the CHS
Salon orchestra, always did detest
playing in night clubs, and never
dreamed the day would come again
when he could hold his head and fid-
die high. Nice boy, Emery. And
his pretty bride is a nice girl, too.
Inez R0bb of our town spent a
quiet weekend over at Mrs. Evelyn
McLean's house down Washington
way. Mrs. Mclean being the owner
of the well-known Hope diamond.
The first day breakfast was brought
to Inez's boodwah, but the second
morning it was necessary for Inez
to ring. Beside her bed were two
buttons Inez reasoned: COB
viously the black button is for night
service; the white one for day." So
she touched the white one delicately
1t being morning Well, sir.
Sirens screeched forth from here,
there and everywhere; Great Danes
barked their heads off and folks
started running hither and thither
through the halls. Inez, it seems,
had rung the fire alarm. Mrs. Nc
Lean, the owner, merely turned over
in bed. She knew there was guest.
But the coffee-when it did come
was hot.
Ye ed sure got big laugh out of
the story the other day about the
6O-year-old president of a Rotary
club who ran off with a woman %
years younger. He can be prose-
cuted under the Mann act, a federal
offense. But look at what the Rotary
club is worried about: That he missed
his first club luncheon in 10 years!
EMS Boyer, the singer and con-
slant subscriber, says We eds daily
stint is absolutely conseqwinchell."
Ha, ha.
See where Marshal Petain's al
lowance for the next three months
will be 954, 1000 francs. That's about
100000 year. In other words, Pc
tain gets more to ruin France than
FDR gets to run the U. S. A.
Jean Cabin, the big French actor,
told how the Frenchmen feel about
Great Britain. He says: eve are
both pro and anti-British. Those who
are pro-British say each night in
their prayers. Please, GOO, let the
gallant British win quickly Those
who. are anti-British say in their
prayers: Please, God, let the awful
British win right away"
Over at Frank Cases inn the pic
lures of the drama critics are on
display in the lobby. Frank asked
Bub Benchley what he thought of
them. ''The one. of George Jean
Nathan" Bub said, "don't do him
injustice"
Guy L0mbardo heard a deb say to
another: "What color galoshes are
you getting with your new spring
suit?"
And Jerry Cooper doesn't believe
all that talk about a food shortage
in Italy, considering all the crow
they have to eat.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

Above: Approach
ing one of Great Brit
aims formidable forts Il.
of the sea. These giant
masses Of steel and 4
concrete, literally bris- /
Ting auith guns, are a
ne,v departure for ,Oar,
and so far as England is
concerned, a good invest
ment. They are planted
in ''strategic' spots
around England.
Right: On the gun deck
of a floating fortress the
creO prepares a 3-incf
anti-aircratt gun for triny
against enemy planes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
ARMY MORALS

Genial Mark McCloskey, the Fed
eral Security agency's recreation
expert, has the soldiers moral lapse
figured down to one crucial hour.
This hour is the one during which
he waits for a bus or train to take
him back to camp.
McCloskey, whose job it is to wor-
ry about such things and work with
the army and navy, has doped out
that if time drags heavily during
that hour of waiting the soldier may
make for honky- tonks-and who's to
blame him?
"The smart thing to do" McClos-
key says, "is to brighten up the
terminals. Give the boys place
to shoot pool, get some good chow
at low prices, and read new maya.
zines. Some pretty mattresses fol
the boys to kid won't hurt any
either"
He doesn't think a tour through
the museum of art or a brisk walk
do much to combat temptation. In
stead he'd like to see every town
near a camp organize an honest-to-
goodness information bureau for the
men.
fsIf the boys want to go to a
dance, get date, visit with some
patriotic family, or see ball
game, the community ought to ar
range it for them," contends McClos-
key.
He beams when he mentions the
200 girls at the Tom Huston pea.
nut factory at Columbus, Ca,
who volunteered to act as host.
esses for soldiers at dances and So
cial events.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
MERRY-GO-ROUND

That $l-a-day wage increase asked
by the United Mine Workers was
compromise forced on John l..
Lewis. Looking for trouble, he want
ed to demand So day, but other
UNIV leaders, at the secret policy
meeting, voted him down.
Although his reelection is still 10
months off, Rep. Bob Ramspeck's
denunciation of the bill in the
Georgia legislature to ban strikes in
defense industries already has
brought out an anti-labor candidate
against him.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

The Village News Press:
prop. and Editor, W. WnchelU
The Govt says you can deduct bur
glary losses from your taxes. Wendy
Barrie wonders if that includes
night club overcharges.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

Prof. Emery Deutsch, who has
been appointed conductor of the CHS
Salon orchestra, always did detest
playing in night clubs, and never
dreamed the day would come again
when he could hold his head and fid-
die high. Nice boy, Emery. And
his pretty bride is nice girl, too.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

See where Marshal Petain's al
lowance for the next three months
will be 954, 1000 francs. That's about
100000 year. In other words, Pc
tain gets more to ruin France than
FDR gets to run the U. S. A.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

Guy L0mbardo heard a deb say to
another: what color galoshes are
you getting with your new spring
suit?"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

And Jerry Cooper doesn't believe
all that talk about a food shortage
in Italy, considering all the crow
they have to eat.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

Over at Frank Cases inn the pic
lures of the drama critics are on
display in the lobby. Frank asked
Bub Benchley what he thought of
them. "The one. of George Jean
Nathan" Bub said, "don't do him
injustice"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27

EMS Boyer, the singer and con-
slant subscriber, says We eds daily
stint is absolutely conseqwinchell."
Ha, ha.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-03-27
CAN YOU REMEMBER

Away back when an invitation to
get off the earth was practically an
isolated instance?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Road Bonds Big Debt
10 Millions 70 60

In 1921 the stale issued $4,000
-A-tt-et -voi1tt-t~-- t1or1tfx tr1rrtfS, ut
which $4,000 go still remains In
paid The treasury department pad
Nl5.0O0OO0 on July - and will pal
TIT nd TdHCF Uy -t1CrOUFT II
The total interest," winch viii
have been paid by the retirement
date on soldiers bonus bonds viii b.
S3l 900 900
Both Auditor General Vernon J.
Brown and Treasurer Theodore l.
Fry agreed the states Golfers viii
have funds available 10 pay on ali
debts when tho retirement dates
arrive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

toctivcs checked COINS age found
he was A.
Conn had often expressed a de-
sire TO be- buried IN Texas and So.
despite objections 10y some of his
own race. his body was carried
back to Texas and buried. after a
Gcnjllc service.
The detectives found lone
fiugerprInt on The gun It wa,
not Conn'S and may be that of
tho killers
Detective Branjon believes De-
= CTn answer Conn DYING QU7--
ton as 10 why the bandit shot
hum after he handed over the
money.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Probably a Kid

The wanted man II proba-
bly, just kid" Branton said
This was probably his first
crime and my guess would he
that the gun went oil acct
dcutally. don't think he
meant Ia shoot Conn"
Detectives Branton and Wuum
are pretty sure tncN know who
luhed Roy Harry Conn hu' there
is no way they can locate his
whereabouts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

UP Assistant Prosecution William
=. Long and with a >tcnocrapror
made their way 10 the dyiH-
mans bed
"Now tell us all YOU can
about the man who shot YOU.
Roy" the prosecutor began
Slowly painfully Roy Conn
told the story of his customer
Every time he spoke he Croancd.
= for the bullet had entered his
abdomen. pcrforaung his liver
stomach and spleen.
"He was about % years old.
. Conn said about ; feet
inches tall. aud weighed about
40 pounds"
What was he wearing,
ROY ." Tho prosecution asked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
STOP THAT MAN"
Chooses Slayer

Frank DepolSter Of l252 West
Forest avenue was riding down
Michigan avenue ~ the door of
tho arcade opened and a man
came running out Al the same
ume he heard dying Roy Conn
voice.
The bandit heard il TOO and
as ne saw that DepoSlter was
after him. ran up Fourth street
DepoSiter turned the corner, be-
came confused when he saw he
was going the wrong way on a
one-way street and stopped ms
car.
Jumping out he started after
the youth. lie went about 20
feet when he slipped on the icy
pavement and by the time b."
regained his feet the wanted
man had disappeared.
Climbing back into his car.
DepoSiter Circled the block and
again saw the escaping bandit.
But again he lost him
Meanwhile. A paSScrby had
called an ambulance and Roy
Conn was rushed TO the hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Nv WALDO McNAUGHT

TT WAS cold TOO cold To boz
outside without An overcoa1
on last February 90 But the
man who entered the Penny
Arcade Al $40 Michigan avenue
didn't seem 10 mind II
Roy Conn yawned As he got
zip Of his chair in the back Of
the arcade to wait on the new
customer II had been a duh
day and the young man IN front
of him was The first customer
although IT was now 20 minutes
past noon.
The customer seemed bat
nervous as Coon approached as
n maybe he didn't want any
thing after adjust the chance
10 get IN ont of the cold.
The customer smiled Al Conn :
questioning glance and motioned
toward tho shooting gallery IN
back Of the arcade
How much for shots" Conn
was asked
They're FIVE for dime or IS
for a quarter"
Laying a dime on the counter
the customer waited while Conn
put FIVE bullets into the p cali
Der Winchester rife.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
kA()R)E
DETROlT'S UNSOLVED CRIMES OF 1871
Police Wait One MiSStep
By Penny Arcade Slayer

Give me your money" he
muttered.
Conn looked into The eyes al
The man who faced hum and
fulckly reached into ms pocket
Without word h" handeC
over all the money Sl4
The bandit reached foi lt VIII
his right hand and sS ne did ta
pulled the Trigger OF the gun hr
,tIll held IN M, left
Conn fell 10 the floor and o.
the bandit hed from the store
screamed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Buried in Texas

Detectives Brn'on and Wwm
fhcn began checking hIS past litc.
They learned that Conn WAS
adopted as an infant in kaufman,
TcA-- LN family pamed -kellNr
They raised hrm as Gentle. CIV
inc HIM am the advantages thcy
gave their own children The dc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

Detroit's UnsolVed Grimes Of
i94l will he printed from time
to time. The story Of Murder
In The Penny Arcade" WAS oh
tanned through the co-ope ration
of Insp, John o. Whitman, chr
Of Detroit's homicide squad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Describes Killer

InterneS Immediately notified
Homicide Inspector John O.
Whitman who assigned Detec-
tive Lieut. George Branton and
Detective SerCt Edward Wurm
10 tho case.
The Nctcran delcciiNeS picked
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

lie had on a brown suit
and-uurc "A brown hat
He didn't have To- shoot me, "
tlc dying man went ON II gave
him the money. Why did he
shoot me ,"
Shortly after The policemen lcr
RoS Harry Conn died
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Soon TO Be in Black

provided the national income
continues Ia rise aud Nichigan's
auto product ton IL not reduced too
rnfch. VIE ran -prty-tuok- forward tn
q ledger that IL In the black" Nim>
said
~ the Republican Legislature
does not decide To 20 I'm spending
spree. the state will do we'll Ia
develop n reserve that will tide III
over the lean years that may follow"
Two years ago the states gen
pral fund dehcit stood ~ approx
rately SIS, 0OO, 900. Estimates vary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Potato Plants Grow
Tomatoes, Or Do They!

ALlQUIPPA Pa Aug. -
GNS) HorticulturiSts, please
note Bernard De Long. Who hss
no tomato plants. reported this
phenomena IN his garden
Light green tomatoes are
visible right At the top ~ one
~ the potato plants In nsT
uatgh 4"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

nFLUGFD with boom-time tax
~ dollars undreamed of 10 years
ago, state officials are looking
toward a retired deficit IN a years
time and a debt-ires Michigan IN
1912.
Though most tax collections are
On the increase. sales TAX collections
are mostly responsible for this bright
turn Of events
When this law was passed bN
the 1893 Legislature. II was hoped
10 collect about SIS 600 900 a year.
This year, Sales Tax Director Louis
NJ. Minis declared, the state Will be
enriched by 1900 600
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Demands Money

lie picked up the gun as Conn
laid II down on tho counter
took careful aim and Knocked
over a target.
He hesitatcd a moment and
then turned tho rife toward
Conn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

TTERE is pleasant game VIII give you
day numerical puzzle designed to spell out
your your II the number
the number less than s.
ado your key number the upper left
cctangc every OF key
right read message the letters under
The check ed asurcssstsc you, 81
f.nt. rp,t t9 v,.r,-J ua ut-tsa-i F,.rs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31

Themselves and tho first miSStep
Will bring the murderer Of Roy
larry Conn into their hands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
Health Rule
OF Long Ago
Now Fake
ny International New. Servie.

BERKELElY Cal, Aug. 3d.
do you still cling TO old-fashioned
health rules which have no Scien-
tihc foundation
DR.. Arthur II. Steinhaus. pro-
feSSor of physiology at Williams
College and member Of the Uni
versity of California Summer Ses-
sion staff, answering the question,
declared that they can be for
gotten.
TOO often health rules wero
merely devices designed to force
the pre- judices Of one generation
on TO the next" he stated.
Proved False
Here are a few of the rules
which Doctor Steinhaus says SCI
ence has proved false:
Is il all right TO drink water
with meals?
Earlier views held that IL
was harmful because the
stomach juices were thereby
diluted. Experimentation has
proved that water Is one of the
best stimulators to stomach 80
erection. Digestion IL improved"
Is there any danger in eating a.
irregular times?
THE traditional three square
meals a day Is purely a matter
of convenience.
Eat When Hungry
Much more sensible would II
he 10 eat whenever We become
hungry. For young children and
certain adults who suffer ter
rible hunger pangS,V five, six. or
seven light meals per day would
he more effective.
An such statements that
warn against eating certain
combinations of food are ground
Less The factS-are that some
people are allergic To shrimp,
others To Strawberries. and milk
may harbOr deleteriOuS bacteria;
hut this has nothing 10 do with
combinations
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
State Officials Look
Toward Retired Deficit
BY Don GARDNER

hut most experts now concede INC
balance OF $4,000. 900 can he wIpec
out automatically by July J, 1912.
Road Bonds Big Debt
The largest outstanding DEBT re
.uted from the issue OF S6l.9l9OG
m Highway improvement bonds
which began in 1919. The totai
mount remaining unpaid on these
bonds was 1882 900 on June 30
This year $1,000 900 viii be paid
10000. 900 in 1912 $1,000 600 IN
l943 and $4,000 600 IN 1914
When this debt j. finally retired
The state viii have spent more Than
S44 900 900 in interest alone.