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

were impressed by the way his
straightforward answers tailed
with the facts. His were not Rich
ard Halliburton oScapadeS; swim
ming the North Atlantic and seal
ing the Empire State Building.
His adventures, from being caught
in quick sand in New Britain to
fighting off North Atlantic storms
in a Gloucester fishing boat,
proved real He was no dude or
amateur fisherman he really
worked like a StcVednre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
Tonight's Concert
At Belle Isle

DUANE SAWYER. well-known
local saxophonist and hand leader,
will direct the Detroit Federation
of Musicians band concert in the
Belle Isle Shell tonight, starting
at BIS.
The program follows:
tar-spAngled Banner
l"El Captain March Sousa
I'tP6fsh Darte- SCharwenka
Selections from prince Of Pilsen" Luders
"Pavanne" Gould
I"Orpheus" OnenhsCh
I'Mll In the Forest Elenherg
UntermisSon)
Mile Modiste' Herbert
l"Plgrim's Chorus
lF-I'annhaiser March" Wagner
"Phsdre Overture" hassenet
| " n. c. Four March" RigeloW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08

for his second assignment, a CO.
starring post opposite Madeleine
Carroll. who Stirling thinks is
about the trimest thing that ever
sailed across a set.
The picture is Bahama Pas
sage" now in production, and from
the looks of the lineup they have
Standardization him, Mr.. Hayden is
going 10 have 10 confine his nauti-
cal activities TO sailing around the
breakwater at Santa Monica or TO
a canoe in Griffith Park.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
STIRLING HAYDEN

Although his sea-going friends
hung out the sailor beware sign
when he signed his first film con-
tract last year. there is little
chance of Stirling Hayden going
Hollywood or Of having his head
turned.
Stirling, you may recall, Is the
tall. blond giant, he's feet )
inches tall and weighs 200 pounds,
YOU saw in Virginia" with Made
leine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
The sudden catapulting Of young
24-year-old Mr.. Hayden from the
deck of a schooner in New Eng
land into the arms OF Madeleine
Carroll would have thrown a better
man than Gunga Din, but not our
stalwart Stirling.
RAISED ON THE SEA
Brought up on The sea, he ran
away from home when he was 10
and having travelled over 100000
miles before the masts OF Sloops
schooners. yachts and freighters
has made him pretty level
headed guy.
However. after interviewing him
and doing a little research, We
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08

at Night" ii:2i a m, 2:3s. $50, e:Os
p. m; "ln the Navy" 12is. 400. 7:16.
10 80 o. m
FISHER Wagons Roll a. Night "
1880, 3fo. $50. 10 p. m; "In the
Navy" 1854 5:o4, s1t, ii324 p. m.
ADAMS Sweetheart Of the Campus. %
n a. m. 1:2s, 3.56, s14. s.32. 10 so
p. m: broadway Rutzkreg" 1926.
81 5.i2 100 Gas p, m.
RTVGERA-"In the Navy" ~ 50. Al.
7i32, 1913 p m; Wagons Roll at Night. %
2 3D. $40, 92i p. m.
ClNDERELLA-"WaE Roll al Night ,"
~ 80 IS. 6.27. a:33 p m; In the
Nav" 1873, 4is, 7-an, lass -. m
ROYAL Wagons Roll a. Night. sal.
so p. m; In the Navy sos, 1i:i2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
Starlet Fever
1871 Cases Of Hollywood HObefmS
BY CHARLES GENTRY

(Ones q week N these col
pnns vii appear bret charts
Of the most recent cases Of this
endemic winch IS again Holly
woods cortsgior The follow
fre newconerS. or those COM
rsrstiveiy unknown. have Just
beer interviewed by this de-
nsr,rert and are among the
best bets for Sfsrdon during
THE coming year,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
Film Time Clock

MCHIGAN-"Ou ~ the Fog u %
a. m 2.5l. s.i3, a+2t N kiss the
BOYS Goodbye q" la. -iA455 p m.
FOX-"Tom. Dick and Harr, ~ a m.
r. g. s. IL p. m. The Perfect Crime 80
'l2;t2-3342 SAP. af2 ?. m.
PALMS STATE-"Toppe Returns II ~
a m 2fi Ssh GA D. m. Shepherd
OF the HIS l2;i7. Az, 1.27, 1912
BROADWAY cAPIToI.-"Wagons Roll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
IN PANAMA HATTIE

In Buddy De SYlYa.S Panama
Hattie" which Is still going strong
on Broadway, curley-headed Joan
romped on ;he- stage and dragged
luStv Ethel Norman away from a
lot Of sailors who were teaching
her had habits
This does not mean that reform
is Joans forte. She is natural
in more ways than one. Her
naivete is unaffected but her in
eeniousness knows no bounds
When the s. p. c. C., under the
New York State Law refused "a
let her take a singing part on the
stage until she was is years old
Joan said:
well can talk. can't IL"
And il was her talking" Of the
number. Let's Be BuddleS,
which turned out TO be the hit OF
the show.
Joan likes ice cream cones, bus
rides, putting on her own makeup
and Jane Withers, with whom
Joan is very friendly.
The biggest obstacle in the
small tots career has been the
continual lkening of her 10 Shir.
ley Temple. Before Shiriey'S StaI
started 10 do nip ups in the gen
eral direction of the horizon this
more than any other factor, miti'
gated against Miss CAROLS recog
milton on the coast. Actually Joar
is nothing like Shirley. There is M
cloying sweetness. platinum per
feet curls or girlish lisp 10 make
of her a saccharine wonder child
AT present, R-k-O is whipping
UP "ObhGing Young Lady tidy
little epic in which they plan 4
exploit all OF the child's talents
without the shushing finger Of the
s. p. c. C.
We predict for this grand littl,
trouper a brief-because in thre,
years she will have reached IN
awkward stage but as brilliant ;
career as any Of our starlet choice
will experience.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08

Beginning Thursday night. the
Baker Twins will come to West
wood as the dancing attraction. On
Friday, August Is, the Gardens
VIII present the Original Polish
Ballet in two complete perform
ances nightly. but for a limited
engagement only.
This is the identical ballet that
was at the Masonic Temple here
in Detroit last April. The group
will feature characteristic national
dances with An augmented Svm-
phony orchestra playing for the
show
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
NEW BAND COMING

for the show is under the direction
of Larry Funk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-08
JOAN CARROLL

DESPITE Dickens and the Elsie
Densmore myth, all good little
GIRLS do not die Some Of them.
like a-year-old Joan Carroll. Get on
Broadway and become a WOW. And
If they're very. very good they go
10 HOLLYWOOD and get a foreiaSte
Of what the agents describe as
sheer heaven.
OF course little Joan Carroll,
whose real name is Joan Felt
originally came from the cinema
capital. But since. like many an
older and riper California product
she had 10 60 10 New York for
recognition, the first time doesn
count.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
School Fire Hazards

The annual report of the fire
marshals inspection of public school
buildings is not intended as an
alarmist document and should not be
so received. 1t means simply that
officials have gone thoroughly over
the various school structures and
have recommended everything that
should be done to make the system
as nearly 100 per cent freproof
as possible. Their suggestions are
accepted as the goal toward which to
strive with what funds are available
for the purpose. Neither school
officers nor the repair shop leave
long undone amy really vital emer-
gency item where money can be
scraped up for it.
The real problem is to see that
maintenance and repair appropria-
tions for school buildings are not cut
unduly in the future as they have
been in the past. Only with adequate
money in this item can buildings be
kept in shape and fire hazards pre-
vented from accumulating. The
small amounts sought annually by
the repair shop for the specific pur-
pose of. carrying out some of the
major emergency recommendations
of the fire marshal should not be
curtailed. In the face Of forty schools
needing modern fire alarm systems
Evening star., 1941-10-03
1t Adds Up to Something

There is something admirable
ABOUT trying to build a home against
odds. Sympathy is due the home
steader or squatter who, after pa
tiently building up a title by long
period of occupation, finds the site
condemned in the public interest and
taken away from him.
The sympathetic heart will bleed at
the sad predicament of the famous
mouse of Pineville, Kentucky, which
built himself cozy home somewhere
under the million-dollar key of the
adding machine in the Work Prof.
ects Administration commodities Of
flee. Each morning, when the
operator tried to add up the bad
news for the taxpayer, it was neces-
sary to dig into the works of the ma
chine and remove the results of a
nights construction work Each day
at quitting time the little home
owner would start to repair the dam
age, only to lose out again next day.
Finally, the authorities invoked
the principle of eminent domain, and
blocked the hole by which he gained
access to his nest. He is thinking of
moving to Detroit on the chance that
he can find, in some reduced-produc-
ton automobile plant, another add
ing machine that will remain idle.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
October Leaves

October leaues, ho,o steadily they
fall!
Ho,O like great fakes OF crumpled
gold
They roll earth10ard-their yello1o
furry SlantS
Before the restless minds. ConSoled
Is bush and FURNISHED tree Uhose
scarlet torch
Must all too soon grotD gray, phoSe
emberS fall
In fre-M flakes and fame the 1Uorld.
And
Push through this ruSt-Stained slush,
and mute, recall
That once these Uery ledUeS fingered
the far
Sky, and In their tiny palms Graded
star. r. EVA BLACK.
Evening star., 1941-10-03

be on every order which goes out. The
deputy" is the real chief of the Office:
the Czech is there as window dressing"
A new outbreak Of intensified terrorism
in the 'protectorate" will not help the
campaign which the Germans have been
conducting from the beginning to per-
suade the rest of the world that the
Czech people are contented, even happy,
to live under German oppression.
The charge of treason" against those
who have been murdered in cold blood
during the new campaign of repression
will be recognized as the familiar old
German distortion and pretense and will
deceive no one. Czechs are under no
legal or moral obligation to the German
usurpers, who are trespassers in the land
and have" no rights there. in fact. have
no right to be there. How can there be
treason when there is no obligation on
the one side, or any rights, any just
claims on the other?
The fact that the executions started
within few hours after the new pro
tektor" took charge is also an admission
that the victims were killed without trial
But day of reckoning is coming The
truth will triumph"
EDW. WOLESENSKY.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Sacrifices by All

In warning of the dangers of the
initiation threat, Secretary Morgen-
thau yesterday reminded the Amer
lean Bankers Association that three
weeks ago, in speech at Boston, he
had declared that it was sheer
folly" for the farmer to seek higher
prices for his crops at this time, for
labor leaders to seek continual new
increases in wages or for landlords,
businessmen, bankers or any group
to exploit the present emergency for
selfish gain" He expressed the hope
that the administration price con-
troll bill will be passed by Congress
without delay.
But in testifying in favor Of this
bill last Friday, Mr.. Morgenthau
drew a sharp distinction between
sacrifices expected of labor and
those expected of other classes of
citizens in the war on price imitation.
He registered strong protest against
proposals of Bernard Baruch and
QUILTS IIldG UIle Dlll Dt dlllellucu 81
as to provide for control of workers
wages as we'll as farm prices and
other factors entering into the cost
structure. Surely, however, if it is
sheer folly for labor to clamor inces-
sanity for higher wages, under threat
of strikes, it would be sheer folly for
the Government to exempt wages
from its price control program, for
soaring wages play an important role
in the imitation cycle. Mr.. Morgen-
thau told the House Banking and
Currency Committee that labor
should have preferential treatment
because labor is not a commodity,
but human. But labor has some
thing to Sell-its ServiceS-juSt as
farmers and merchants have goods
to sell, and farmers and merchants
certainly are just as human as fac
tory workers.
Mr.. Morgenthau correctly pointed
: out to the bankers that the COM
hination of emergency taxes, priori-
Evening star., 1941-10-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

! a box keeps everything close. BY fall
wren house needs good cleaning out.
y *+
The easy theory of most people, that
the birds clean up the nests, does not
exactly ring true.
While the birds do carry off old ma
terial upon occasion, there must be
great deal that they cannot get at.
The wrens are more likely to nest in a
nice clean box which shows few traces
of prior occupancy.
Even If the box had been occupied by
the same birds they would not find it an
inducement to nesting to discover the
old nest there While the birds know
nothing of the germ theory, mother
nature has implanted some principles in
their little minds A certain amount Of
sanitation is observed by all her
creatures.
1t is a good idea, we believe, to clean
out all bird houses in the fall, so that
they will be fresh and new in the spring
1t is in the spring, it must be remem-
bered, that the insects come to life under
the influence of warmer days.
If bird house roofs are made of metals
some insulation must be incorporated
beneath them, as Mr.. G.. has suggested.
The hot sun of summer will cook young
birds under metal roof without inSula-
ton thick enough to protect them
1t is also a good idea to place bird
boxes in the shade, or at least to put
them in such a location that not more
than an hour or two of morning sun will
be upon them.
Incorporation OF a window of some
sort may not DO the birds any particular
good, but it will be a real pleasure to the
| humans who wish to observe the fiedg-
| lings on the nest.
Here again it is a matter of conven-
ience. 1t is difficult, if not impossible,
| to really see through wren house door,
which should be not more than 3 of an
| inch, although some authorities suggest
l inch. The floor should be by inches,
the depth of the box to 8 inches, the
| hole above the floor 5 to inches and the
height above the ground to 10 feet
tdllHOuSu We lldNc IldO IlIcuI IltSl . 4CCS
| from the ground.
| House Wrens arrive in Washington and
vicinity on an average about April IS
! and some remain until october IS. So
wren houses should be put out at least
| by the first Of April. Eggs have been
| found in nests from May l to July 7.
| If the young birds are to be seen easily
| in the nest a window of some sort is a
| good addition to the house. 1t must be
Of glass or screening, however, in order
to keep enemies out. A simple hole will
/ not Go.
| There is popular impression that
wrens will nest more certainly in house
! painted dark green, but there can be no
! question that thousands Of these little
/ birds make free use Of thousands Of
/ houses Of various materials and colorings
/ 1t should be pointed out that If there
are no English sparrows in the neigh
borhood the entrance hole Of the wren
house can be made little larger This
will make it easier for the female to
carry in nest-building material
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Woshinqton's Traffic

With the passing OF September
Washington ended its worst month
in more than four years so far as
traffic deaths were concerned,
record of tragedy which has been
equalled only three times since 1886.
But the toll of SiXty-Seven lives which
have been lost in the first nine
months of 1941 is only one phase of
the disturbing and complicated
traffic condition confronting the
Nations Capital While exact figures
are not ayailabl if the ratios of the
past are a guide, more than 1000
persons have been seriously injured
this year, nearly 1000 Of them des-
the rest of their lives, and some
200 permanently incapacitated. In
addition there have been more than
10000 cases of property damage.
Added to this picture is that of con-
geStion, which limits the availability
of the city'S streets and the accessi-
bility of public and private property.
For several years serious efforts
have been made to meet the problem
In piecemeal fashion. One phase
at a time has been discussed, hear
ings have been held; earnest, honest,
wise and sometimes futile SuggeS-
tions have been made. Reports have
been drawn up, some of them have
been adopted, others have been lost
In the dust of pigeonholeS. When
pedestrian protection was under
consideration, no thought was given
to congestion. When parking and
public transportation studies were
under way the community forgot
conditions in Traffic Court, where
four judges alternate from month
to month and nearly 10000 cases are
tried" year, three times as many
as any judge could be expected to
handle efficiently.
At no time since Washington has
come of age has the whole traffic
problem been considered comprehen-
sfvely. No complete plan ever has
been adopted. The effect is that
OF small boy with an air rifle.
There are so many interesting things
to shoot at. Some may be the wrong
things, some may be all right in a
small way, but bigger game is not
touched. Outstanding has been the
WhitehurSt report, which went thor
oughly into the engineering factors
involved in the traffic problem.
A similarly efficient study of all
phases of education and enforce
ment, tied in with definite general
plan, the elements of which could
be put into effect one at time, if
piecemeal adoption is necessary, is
the only way in which conditions
can be improved. No simple action,
whether it be assignment of a single
traffic judge, a change in the speed
limit, additional signals, improved
safety zones or barricaded sidewalks,
Is going to be of major avail in low
ering the death rate or reducing the
tremendous economic loss which is
confronting this community.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Army Equipment

The Army, as every one knows, Is
short on many items of equipment,
but one of the most important de-
f1ciencies brought to light during the
Louisiana maneuverS concerns the
facilities for radio communication in
the field.
At present, the Army, when en-
gagged in field operations, depends
exclusively for radio contacts on the
So-called "Walkie-talkieS" and the
somewhat more powerful mobile sets
mounted on trucks. The former, under
ideal conditions, have a range Of
about five miles, but seem constantly
to "go out" when needed most. The
mobile units have a range of about
fifteen miles and, generally speaking,
are more dependable, but since the
trucks seldom can leave the roads,
their usefulness in the field is cor
reSpondingly limited.
Urgently needed is a unit striking
a happy medium in range between
the truck-mounted units and the
Walkie- talkieS, which can be carried
anywhere in the field that men can
go, and which, at the same time, will
give constant service.
This is a problem of which the
Army high command has taken cog
niZance. and eyery effort is being
made to find a solution. 1t is we'll
that this is so, for a disruption of
communications in wartime is apt
to spell disaster for the affected unit.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
The Youth Report

the tull statement with Whlch
Administrator Aubrey Williams pro-
poses to meet allegations of "numer-
Gus Irregularities in the National
Youth Administration made by Gen.
eral Accounting Office investigators,
is decidedly in order. The report
which Controller General Lindsay C.
Warren sent to Senate and House
Appropriation Committees contains
charges that reflect on MIR. Williams
personally, and on his adminiStra-
ton of the youth organization, which
is accused of reSorting to question:
able tactics to spur enrolment of
project workers and thus Justify it's
continued existence The public is
entitled to complete explanation.
Terming the report a smear" Mr..
Williams has wasted no time in deny
ing that he misled Congress on the
cost of an employment service eStab-
HShed to place clients of the admin
istration in private industry. He is
equally emphatic in repudiating a
charge that enlistment of project
workers in the Army was opposed
because it would cut into the ranks
of the Youth Administration In this
connection he makes public CORE
Spondence with the National Youth
Congress to show that the admin
lStration actually aided Army re-
cruiting efforts before the Selective
Service Act was passed. Another of
the major irregularities" cited
that age limits for enrollees were
lowered to expand the rolls of the
StratlOn-remainS to be an
SWered in Mr.. Williams later state
ment.
There are indications that the
House Appropriations Committee
plans no further action on the re-
port, but will dispose of the matter
by sending it to the subcommittee
which handles the Youth Admins
tration appropriation. This seems to
cC AOuGI1Ac PIOCtuuIe III SuCn IN
stances and raises a question as to
whether any benefit is derived from
the periodic reports the General
Accounting Office sends to Congress
on practices in the executive agen-
cies. Invariably these contain serious
charges of lax administration that is
costly to the Government, but sue
ceeding incumbentS of the Office of
Controller General have complained
that there is no effort to hold those
responsible to accountability.
Without assuming to pass on the
merits Of the present case, it cannot
be denied that the charges are of
such nature as to warrant the
thorough congressional investigation
suggested by Mr.. Williams. Either
their truth should be established, or
the General Accounting Office re-
quired to admit that they have no
factual basis.
Evening star., 1941-10-03

ties, savings and price control is
bound to cause inconvenience,
hardships, sacrifices. There is a real
need, he said, to convince "the aver
age citizen, right now, that he will
have to accept far greater taxation" :"
that it will require "all-out effort on
our part to tip the scales in this
war" The average citizen will do his
part cheerfully if he knows that the
inconvenience, hardships and sacri-
fees are being shared proportion
ately by all citizens-that there is no
privileged or pampered class from
top to bottom of the economic setup.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
EDW. WOLESENSKY,
Indorses Plans for Improving
Home for the Aged at Blue Plains.

To the Editor of The Star:
Much has been said about improve
ments required to be made at Blue
Plains, and it earnestly is hoped that
many of the suggestions may materialize
Certainly, the transforming of Blue
Plains into comfortable home for the
aged is needed.
Why not let those dear old people live
in an atmosphere where charity is not
constantly apparent? 1t would be help
full for them to have congenial, we'll
ventilated rooms and attractive grounds,
where they could take exercise, if they
be able to do so. They should be made
just as happy as possible, think. Many
of these unfortunate people were accus-
toned to good surroundings in their
younger days.
1t is to be hoped that those in au-
thority on Capitol Hill will not let the
proposals for the improvement of Blue
Plains drop, but will use their best en-
deavors to further them without unnec-
essary delay. A. MINERVA WILSON.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Dorothy Thompson in her column for
September % argues for a widening
American economic and political power
for today and afirms she would have
had in the yesterdays no reduction of
crops, fewer ploughings-under and less
all-around prohibition.
The distinguished columnist's intent,
no doubt, is to be constructive, as she
usually is; but she makes use of an un-
fortunate illustration.
Miss Thompson might have recalled
that from the days of Mount Sinai and
the Ten Commandments eight of which
are direct prohibitions essential to char
acter) down to the Atlantic City beauty
contest, whose winner this year CRose-
mary La Planche) announces that she
abstains from liquor and tobacco, the
little word mo" has been a good one.
That real experiment" in social prog
ress failed because we had not enough
moral and political integrity in our
country to obey honestly and inforce
honorably a simple codicil to our own
Constitution. Finally less than Is per
cent of our electoral strength voted re-
peal, for us.
Miss Thompson might note that we
stand for a good deal of sophistry these
days, but isn't there some justice"
still? SAMUEL w. IRWIN.