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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08

ice. but it was the voice that
made her start. She must
have dreamed the voice,
though. dreaming about John.
The white coated ice cream
man pushed his vehicle over
to the curb.
Here, princess" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08

ing a doctors
likes to have
a disc SO
around that
oCcaSiona lily
excrtS $ o m o
authority. He
continues by
saying tn I
the cold is
SO common
or rather 50
pre- y alent-
that no one
Is Interested
in IT,
Stats tics
indicate that
al n = cause
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
HiBITUN COUGHING

In the course of time most
coughs get to be more of a
habit. \ cough, of course, is
really defense reaction-na-
tunes method OF getting infec-
tous material out of the body.
But when you have coughed and
coughed and coughed. your lar
ynX and throat get sore and ir-
rItated and produce a cough by
reflex action.
This habit cough has no USE
fitness because it does not de-
perd on the stimulus of Secre-
lions IN the bronchial tubes.
Here is where the soothing rem
cdlcS to the larynx come in, and
among the best are the syrupA
Syrt:p of wild cherry Is my
own favoritc, but there are
many others such as syrup of
tolu, syrup of licorice, syrup of
orange Il and syrup of hk3riodic
acid. They depend for their
soothing effect largely on the
sugar content. but they are
basic ingredients of mos. of
your cough mixtures.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
+. D.-"IIow can I stop my
eyebrows from falling out?
There are yellow particles in
them.
AnSwer-Thcre is probably
an infection in the hair follicles
and these should be treated
with Cermicidal ointment. such
as ammoniated mercury. II will
take medical advice TO deter
mine what tho infection is and
what is the best germicide.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
EXPECTORANTS

There are good many things.
however, we can do 10 make a
person with A cold more COM
Portable, even If we can't ox-
actly cure H. Among these. If
It rs coughing cold, are cough
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
Better Health
By DR.. Logan Ciendening

COLDS ARE oxaSperatine
things. according 10 a lifelong
student of the subject one Iea-
son. according TO HIM being
that a cold never Kills. He. be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
Elsie Robinson
Does Mother Know Best2

THERE rucons in the Allen family Hitherto Mother Allen
has ruled the She ruled il lovingly but firmly witt
the profound conviction that Mother Knows Best And now the
three Allen youngsters ranging from Is % and all
working dsputing that theory
They say mothers dear DOESN'T know best They
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08

say that her IDEAS are old-faShloned
that they won't work in this modern world;
that she doesn't understand what it's all
about"
Naturally Mrs. Allen is distracted and
indignant What nonsense to say she
doesn't understand, Wasn't she young
once herself? OF course she understands!
She accepted her mothers guidance .
why won't they? What will they amount
TO if they won't listen TO their own
mother?
THEY PROBABLY WILL AMOUNT
TO MUCH MORE THAN IF THEY DID
LISTEN TO MOTHER.
THAT'S hard answer to give distressed
mother, but its a true one. The aver
age mother of a modern working girl or
hoy knows far less about the world in
which she lives than that child
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
the Side
By E. V. During
e 10 f6rfS a edrdsH st1t HIS EdeN Keeps
Perennial pleasures plants

gordon st1t his EdeN Keeps
Perennial pleasures ploHs
Ard wholesome hortcst reops
Amos Bronson Alcott.
NOT an gardener Believe with him who said
To a gardener should have hinges in his back
less than
grown grapes apples peaches cherries black
berries Strawberries potatoes several other nondcorave
but useful trngs-EVD
WHATS this card called Honeymoon BrdgeE Am to
W understand people nowadays cards while their honey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
HOME-WAITING

Now she was back home
with only a memory. Mildred
sat in the corner of the apart
ment house stoop. John hadn't
even asked for her telephone
number.
OF course she managed TO
let him know where she
worked. Smith e. Smithston
was a big enough firm to
brag about. and she'd limited
at where she lived.
where the bus goes over
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-08
ALWAYS TOGETHER

After the hostess intro
duced them they'd been to-
gether morning, noon, and
night. Tennis in the morn
ing, bathing in the lake LIohn
and Mildred were easily the
best swimmers there). rides
TO the quaint little New Eng
land towns nearby. mountain
hikes.
Mildred knew she was al
tractive in her climbing shorts
and high boots. John seemed
duly appreciative the day they
hiked, but he was dumb on
the subject of Mildred's
future beyond asking her to
be ready to dance early that
evening.
She felt that there was
something that kept him from
talking. She wondered if II
was another girl.
Once she thought he was
going to be serious - talk
about themselves. They were
reclining in the moonlight on
the old dock.
Princess, this all can't he
real" he had leased her about
being at Redwood in disguise.
She had waited for him to say
that Redwood was grand, but
he only added:
Princess vacations are
unreal. they're not life"
But they're fun" she pro-
tested.
"Yes-this place is fun, but
it's not life. Life is a job. and
the movies on Friday night
ne let his voice trail,
She hadn't come to Red
wood to have things like they
were the so weeks of work of
the year.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

the Civil Aeronautics Board in Octo-
ber for navigating their planes in
the District air space reservation in
dicates that violators of the regula-
ton will face disciplinary measures.
The action of the board should serve
a useful purpose, therefore, in i'm
pressing upon airmen the necessity
for complying with the law.
Extending from points east of the
Capitol and the Union Station to
Dupont Circle and New Hampshire
avenue, the air space reservation
embraces those parts of the city in
which most of the Government build
ings are located, including the White
House, the War and Navy Depart
ments, and the new defense agencies.
A plane crash in this area might not
only cause loss of life, but destroy,
by fire or otherwise, valuable Gov
ernment papers and files. With the
United States embarked on all-out
defense effort, the safeguarding Of
this area against such dangers has
assumed an added Importance
The air space reservation has been
laid out to reduce to a minimum
these hazards. Airmen should IA
miliarize themselves with the boun-
aries of the reservation, and obey the
regulations by keeping their planes
out of the prohibited area in the
District.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

In one of the most striking passages
from ST. Pauls gifted pen, he employs a
metaphor that has become increasingly
familiar to us today 1t has to do with
dier to meet the stern perils that must
attend him in his eXacting service. he
says, take unto you the whole armour
of God, that We may be able to withstand
in the evil day. and having done all, to
stand" In detail he suggests what this
equipment must be, and urges that II
be complete and adequate to meet every
emergency. Put in modern language he
would say "You are called to go forth
against what may prove superior ODDS.
You have a task that will call for some
thing more than your equipment. You
need a kind of preparedness that WILL
give you moral courage and strength to
stand up against all your enemies. Your
armament is essential. but behind 1t must
reside qualities OF mind and spirit that
will stabilize you in the time OF your
severest testing, wherefore, be possessed
of that kind of fortitude and strength
that will enable you to resist and over
come that which is evil and being pos
sessed of this you will be able to stand
and ultimately to triumph"
What he says is applicable to every
severe trial to which we may be sub
jected. man needs more than that
which another's hand and brain have
fashioned There is an armor OF the
soul, the investment of which does more
to strengthen the will and prepare it to
fulfill its task than all strong armor
that clothes the body and encases it in
steel In the quarrel scene between
Brutus and Cassius, in Julius Caesar,
the former to defend himself against
false accusations says:
There is no terror, Cassius, in your
threats;
For I am armed so strong in honesty,
That they pass by me as the idle wind,
Which respect not"
His defense was not in his Damascus
blade. or in his battle shield; 1t was in
the finely tested qualities of his char
acter, the enduring strength of his
blameless life.
There is conflict in our modern world
even as there is a conflict in every mans
soul. To overcome all that is false and
mean and base calls for fitness, for mora
worth, the equipment Of the soul. In
| the larger world of action that TO-DAY
| challenges our mettle, We again are called
to show our worth, our fitness for any
Evening star., 1941-12-07
A Sure Cure

A glance at the average japanese
newspaper shows columns of HERO
glyphics representing the very acme
of indignation against America. In
contrast is one bunch of hen tracks,
the brain child Of 1chiro Kewose,
member Of Parliament. He politely
thanks our President for humani-
tartan services in repairing Kewose's
health. 1t seems that since the
American gasoline embargo he has
been forced to do much walking and
this, together with a shortage OF
sugar, also attributable to American
action, has cured him of diabetes.
Mr.. Ichiro KeWose is quite well
come. Uncle Sam has now taken out
a doctors license, and is qualified to
practice, with variety of treatments
He has, in fact, made speciality OF
japanese ailments, especially de-
lusions OF grandeur, expansionism
and adhesions to the Axis, and has
the right medicines at hand. With
drawal of gasoline is merely one OF
hundreds of prescriptions which, il
is hoped, will effect gradual cure
without the necessity of the knife
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty wears ago the Fifty-Second Con-
eress opened. The Star of December 7,
1891, described the ceremony in part:
In defiance of the rain, which prevailed
from early morning till about noon,
when there was a slight clearing up OF
the weather. the Senate galleries we're
crowded with spectators eager to wit
ness the opening of the
sd Conoress Fifty-Second Congress.
Nnene -" " At noon the Vice
President took the chair
and the session was opened with prayer
bv the chaplain, Rev J. G. Butler After
rendering thanks for the abundant har-
vests and continued peace mot granted
so richly to other people, the chaplain
prayed for continued favor for the Ma
ton and for blessings on the President,
Vice President, cabinet and both houses
of Congress The Vice President
welcomed Senators to the resumption
of their official duties and called the
Senate to order"
Meanwhile. 1t was not vet settled who
was to be Speaker of the House. The
contest Was IldlllIN UclNCCll 4iAi4o VI
Texas and Crisp of Georgia. 1t was
nearly 10 pm. before Mr..
! Sneaker Crisp got the honor on the
Flerted 30th ballot. The Star OF
December I, 1891, printed a
10 O'Clock extra announcing this: Crisp
is nominated Thirtieth ballot-Crisp,
1l2: Mills, 106; Springer, 7; Stevens, l.
Everybody seems to have gone wild. 1t
was perfect pandemoniur. People
threw their hats in the air and the
noise was deafening."
OF timely interest today is an article
appearing in The Star of Monday, De-
cember 7, 1891: Secretary Tracy in
| his annual report urges the further in
| crease of the Navy in the following Ian
| euage: The course of events during the
| past wear has shown anew the necessity
of continuing the development of the
=, MIL Navy The demands upon
- 1t have been constant
Strength and thew are constantly
| Demanded growing = believe
that public opinion in the United States
desires to see this country provided with
an efficient naval protection. The press,
which represents the best intelligence
OF the country, speaks on the subject
with clearness and emphasis. 1t believes
and the country believes with it, that
this protection is an obligation upon the
national Government. ''' But it is re-
peatedly said the United States should
avoid war. = = But war does not require
the agreement of both parties; it may
come upon us without our consent AND
even against our will. If hostile fleet
should attack San Francisco tomorrow
war would exist as a fact. although il
had not been declared by legislative
enactment
Secretary Tracy should be given credit
for foreseeing that modern device Of
statecraft, the undeclared war;
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Bible Week

OIDIS VSGk
During the first World War Rear
Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap
was engaged in laying the North Sea
mine field which helped to bottle up
the German fleet at Kiel Now that
second great emergency has de-
veloped the same energy and devo-
ton which he manifested in 1917 and
1918 are being applied to what
properly may be called the purposes
of spiritual defense He is acting as
chairman of a Committee of One
Thousand to make the American
people conscious Of the religious
background of their distinctive way
Of life.
I'VE are not only threatened in a
military way" Admiral Belknap says,
but by alien doctrines and ideals.
more powerful for the destruction Of
a nations future than any physical
force You cannot kill an idea with
a bomb. Let us look to our most
powerful weapon, the Bible, which
for two thousand years has been un-
ouestionably the strongest force in
the world, the very symbol and
foundation of democracy"
A casual glance at the history Of
American civilization suffices to
show that the sentiment thus ex-
pressed is abundantly justified.
Each separate stream of immigrants
coming to America from Europe
brought the Book as sacred posses
sion From the Scriptures came the
doctrine of equality set forth in the
Declaration of independence, the
ideal Of the common good established
in the Constitution, the philosophy
of honorable individuality confirmed
in the Bill of Rights. In every crisis
Of the past three centuries the people
of the Western-the newer-half OF
the globe have turned for aid to
the Gospels So, in the prevailing
emergency, Admiral Belknap and his
committee, working in close collabo-
ration with the Laymen's National
Committee, Inc, of which DR.. Frank
Kingdom is chairman, have desig-
mated the week beginning today as
First Annual Bible Week" They
ask the help of all men and women
of religious conviction to the enc
that there may be national realiza-
tion of the part religion plays in oul
governmental realization that oul
spiritual defense must keep ster
with our military preparedness"
Evening star., 1941-12-07
FinIond's New War

There Is more than irony in the
relentless march Of events which has
brought forth formal declaration of
the existence Of a state Of war be-
tween Great Britain and Finland.
For Americans, and for the people OF
Britain and Finland as well, 1t is
truly tragic state Of affairs.
For the time being, it does not
appear that the British declaration
will bring any material change in a
condition which has existed for some
months. Britain's naval blockade
was extended to include Finland last
June. and diplomatic relations were
officially severed on July %. Thus,
the immediate consequence OF the
pronouncement of state Of war
probably will not amount to much
more than a formal recognition OF
the status quo.
But there Is the future to be con-
sidered, and this Is painful to con-
template. At the moment, it Is
believed in some quarters that Fin
lands minimum war aims anticipate
the occupation Of East Karelia, a
vast territory which has never been
q part of Finland as we know 1t
today, although the population OF
the area is preponderantly Finnish.
Under Russian development, accord
ing to the Firms East Karelia has
become a gateway for invasion OF
their homeland. and 1t Is on that
assumption, presumably, that Fin
land has based her supposed plans
Tor staying in the fight until the
territory is occupied. There is no
indication, however, that the Rus
SLAMS intend voluntarily to surrender
East Karelia, and there that issue
hangs.
On the face Of things, 1t seems
preposterous to suppose that Firms
and Britons would ever shed each
others blood over an issue so remote
as East Karelia But issues, under
the spur of war. have way OF losing
all semblance of their original iden-
tity, and there is some indication
that this may be the case with
Karelia. Commenting on the Brit
ish declaration, Finland's President,
Risto Ryti, is quoted as saying that
Europe's salvation hinged on war
against Bolshevism. II that means
that Finland proposes to keep fight
ing until Soviet Russia is beaten,
Britain's formal declaration of a
state of war, made on the twenty
fourth anniversary Of Finnish indie
pendence, may be but distressing
prelude to a fight to the end between
these two exponents of all that is
finest in European democracy.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
'TheirChristmos'

When Newman S. Sudduth, a Star
artist, was asked to illustrate the ap
peal of the 1941 campaign sponsored
by The Star, the National Broadcast
ing Company and the Warner
Brothers theaters in behalf Of hap
pier Yuletide for the needy children
of Washington, he drew a picture
which certainly dramatizes the issue
with a poignancy not possessed by
even the most meaningful words.
The composition is reproduced
elsewhere in The Star today. Once
seen, it will be remembered for long
time. The Joy of the boy riding his
new bicycle in the street contrasted
with the speechless misery of the
an occasion for heartache tells the
story with a conviction that could
not be surpassed. 1t is the hope and
the aspiration of the directors of this
years effort that they may provide
the neglected child with the only
proper answer to the question:
What did you get for Christmas?"
Perhaps by the morning of De-
cember 25 Mr. Sudduth may have
justification for a secondhand in
fnitely less Sorrowful picture 1t
lies in the power of the people of the
! Nations Capital to direct his pencil
and his brush to such pleasant end
Not much is asked. The friends of
childhood in Washington are invited
merely to contribute to the making
of the merriest kind of Christmas
Money or new toys or new clothing
are wanted-not for adults, not for
grownups, just exclusively for
children.
The campaign opens today. It's
progress will be told as it develops
from hour to hour What success shall
be achieved remains to be chronicled
The Star, the National Broadcasting
Company and the Warner Brothers
theaters are cooperating to furnish
the machinery for the fulfllment oil
an opportunity for generous fellow
ship They are confident that "theil
Christmas is in your hands" is 6
plain statement of a challenge which
the whole community will wish tt
accept.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Fighting Chetniks

The Chetniks are fighting again Tor
Serbia and news dispatches tell of
their successes against the Germans.
A great battle against three Nazi
divisions in the valley Of the western
Morava River; the destruction OF
munitions dump with the death Of
1900 persons at Oujitza, Serbia: the
execution Of Serb "Quisling" gen.
eral-all these are but the latest OF
their reported exploits and betoken
the strength of the Serbs traditional
struggle against oppression.
The Serbs thus are giving the most
emphatic demonstration OF any Of the
occupied countries Of refusal to &C
cept Axis rule. The war goes on in
Yugoslavia in continuous guerrilla
operations which signify the exist
ence Of the closest thing the Allies
have to a second continental front
against the Axis. Cut off from the
rest of the anti-Axis world, the Serbs
undeterred by mass executions, have
reverted to Chetnik tradition and
Chetnik tactics to expel the invader
The Chetniks are the modern
torch-bearers of the spirit of those
earlier Serb guerrillas, the hajduks,
who helped win Serb freedom from
Turkey early in the past century
They take their name from the Serb
word "cheta" small band and
whenever Serbia has gone to war OF
suffered alien oppression they have
risen to the fight.
Today, in a struggle which re-
quires all the daring, skill ano
strength they have ever possessed, il
Is the Chetniks, their ranks swollen
with hordes of regulars who refused
TO surrender, who lead the fight
Their commander is General Draja
Mihailovic, who was a prominent
Chetnik In the Balkan and Worlc
Wars, and who in 1889 took command
Of all the Chetnik battalionS as
signed to the five YugoSlav armies
With him is the aged Kosta Pecha-
mats, who has fought as a guerrilla
since youth and who in 1916 landed
behind German lines by plane and
stirred the Serb populace to revolt.
The Chetniks travel light, carry
mg only rifles, machine guns, bombs
knivss, hand grenades and some
Axf1t artillery saved from the de-
Evening star., 1941-12-07
No Time to Cut

The demonstrably effective work
of the District of Columbia Defense
Housing Registry is being threatened
by a curiously ill-timed decision at
Work Projects Administration head
quarters to cut the clerical personnel
which since last March, has been
performing increasingly important
work in locating desirable housing
for defense workers. Under the cir
cumstances, there should be an
increase in this clerical force, rather
than a reduction, and it is desirable
that w. P. A. reconsider its decision.
The defense registry project repre-
sents a successful cooperative un-
dertaking to meet the housing
problem in a practical way. Opened
last March by a committee of the
District Civilian Defense Council,
the Board Of Trade has obtained
contributions for managers salary,
telephone bills and other incidentals;
the municipal government has pro-
vided the space, light and heat; the
inspection of available rooming quar-
ters has been done by volunteer
workers and the Alley Dwelling
Authority has inspected available
rental homes and apartments.
w. P. A. has furnished the clerical
personnel and the Division of Defense
Housing which has
established some 200 such agencies
throughout the country-has helped
to publicize and otherwise to pro-
mote the work of the local registry
and has planned to expand it.
About 1000 persons a month, most
of them in the lower salary brackets
have been placed in satisfactory
living quarters through the registry
and there are now some 5000 rooms
listed as available. Government per-
sonnel officials have come to rely on
the agency to solve many immedi-
ately pressing problems for defense
workers brought to Washington.
It is doubted if w. P. A. is furnish
ing a more valuable service any
where or that w. P. AS need to cur
tail extends to this vitality necessary
defense work.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

bacle Of last April. They obtain
their supplies by raiding German
garrisons. They snipe at sentries
and frequently make large-scale
forays against German-held towns,
working hand-in-hand with the
peasants. Their operations have
been so successful that they are now
engaged in what appear to be full
fledged military operations, holding
positions in defense of specific
mountain territory.
Invaluable to them is the work Of
their women, many of whom are en-
rolled directly in the organization.
The feminine Chetniks not only
smuggle supplies, serve as couriers
and carry on elaborate espionage,
but frequently engage in battle with
the German troops, sacrificing their
lives for YugoSlavia.
1t is by such an indomitable will
to victory that the final defeat of
Hitler will be achieved.