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Evening star., 1941-10-05

Dave went down in the ninth. The
referees white arm began swinging.
"Quit again." Abe Tart's voice said
from the press row. Crodched by the
ring platform with towel and fan,
Aspirin was blubbering. Connie
couldn't stand any more. She got up
and hurried out. "Sixr the crowd was
chanting as the white arm swung.
Seven! EightW
SHE was home, sitting staring at the
wall and beyond it, when Dave
knocked. She opened the door and he
was there. battered, a mouse under
one eye and strip of tape above it,
red bulge at one cheekbone.
"Oh, Daver' She went into his
arms. 1t had been so long. Nothing else
mattered. 1t didn't matter that he'd
never be champion. Everybody can't
be champion. He'd done his best.
There were other things in life. They'd
have the things that all the little
people have, the millions of little
people who never are champions. She
was 50 happy, clinging to him there in
the doorway. She was so happy that a
great dry lump grew in her throat and
it made her sob to breathe.
"They were right" he muttered.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
FOR INSTANCE

1926 we're rewarded with certificate
of registry from the United States
Trotting Association and he became
a thoroughbred on his twenty-ninth
birthday - December "a, 1898.
NO IMPORTANCE is attached to in
dividual birthdays in Japan: ages in
that country are computed from the
first day of the year. rather than from
the day Of birth. Thus, two japanese
children, although born 1854 days
apart, are legally the same age.
KAY BURR
Evening star., 1941-10-05

AN AVIATION school in Los Angeles is
so certain of placing its graduates that
students are permitted to put their
$500 tuition fee in a bank. If they
have not found job within month
after completing the course, they may
withdraw their money.
ONE of the few race horses who
worked his way up from mongrel to
a thoroughbred was Single G. the
famous PAGER. Although some ances-
tors of his dam were unknown, his
record achievements from 1918 to
Evening star., 1941-10-05
QUITTING TIME
II Bounces Back
Cossinesd from poos sixfssn

'I'm such gutter. Tart was right"
Dave, don't feel like that. Let's
not talk about it, Dave"
But / have to explain. Connie. /
was SO ashamed - yes, and hurt, too.
l couldn't see you. l didn't have the
right to ask girl like you -"
Look, darling" She stood at arms
length. hands on his hard shoulders,
smiling with tears blurring her eyes.
'It doesn't matter to me. If we're
together, that's all that matters. I
don't care if you can hit some man
harder than he hits you. wanted you
to be champion for your own sake. But
50 far as I'm concerned, it doesn't
matter that you're not"
SAY, wait a minuter' Dave said.
"You don't suppose I'd have the nerve
to face you, now. if I'd quit againr'
you mean that " what do you
mean. Dave?"
Dave shook his battered face. "You
thought I'd quit again, too. Well, l
can't blame you. for leaving - Honey,
l climbed off that mat at the count of
nine and went back to work." And
then. after a long pause: Honey.
you've just been kissed by the cham
pion of the woridr'
Tie Fad
Evening star., 1941-10-05
just Do This At Bedtime Tonight

processed for easy digestion the rarer
food elements Vitamins A, b., d and
G.. protecting minerals. all the essential
amino acids, pyridoxine, pantothenic
acid-elements now known to be de-
flcient in many foods. Thus acts rs an
insurance against strength food
deficiencies which affect more than one
third Of al people today.
So by al means, try this Especial food"
idea modern science is urging. Turn to
new, improved Ovaltine at night and in
the morning. starting tonight. See If you
don't soon begin to look and feel far
fresher-with far more sparkle and zest.
Evening star., 1941-10-05
What To Do

In light of this new knowledge, thou
sands are taking cup of new, improved
Ovaltine each night and morning. For
Ovaltine is special food-concentrate de-
signed to do two important things:
First: When taken warm At bedtime,
Ovaltine fosters sound sleep, in a safe,
natural way, without drugs relieving
that feeling Of "nervous tension"
Second: Ovaltine supplies 4 special
combination of food factors designed to
replenish vitality whiie you sleet-re-
build worn-out muscle, nerve and body
cells. 1t provides-in q food specially
Evening star., 1941-10-05

IF your mirror shows you looking
L tired in the morning If your fresh
ness and sparkle seem to be slipping
away in the stress Of these strenuous
times, here is important news.
Today, throughout the world, there is
a new idea Of what to do to meet special
strain. A revolutionary, scientific idea Of
how to build up increased vitality to
stand physical and nervous stress You've
undoubtedly read about it in recent
newspapers and magazines scientists,
governments of warring nations, and our
own authorities all endorse 1.-THE idea
that people need special food in addition
to the normal diet to be at their best.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Abandons His Pay

Without regrets, l abandoned
two days pay and boarded the
first freight toward the coast. 1t
was a cattle train. While chung
precariously to the lattice work
of the cars, the wheels thunder
ing beneath me and striking
showers of sparks, felt the
tongues Of cattle inside run over
my hands and wrists. l managed
to climb to the roof of the car
and there I fell asleep.
When / awoke, it was daylight
and the train had stopped. A
man stood above me, prodding
me with his foot.
Got a gun on you:"
"No."
Get up. Raise your arms"
He searched me. Then he or
dered me to climb down a n d
walk ahead of him to a station
house. / asked the man who he
was.
I'm q special officer of the
Southern Pacific Railroads."
he said.
Then l asked him to let me 60.
He demanded a dollar. ! gave
him the dollar and he COM
manded me to get out of town.
"What town Is this!"
"San Berdoo," he said.
A man in a big blue car Of
fered me a ride. l accepted. He
was a cameraman who had
travelled far and wide. He drove
at breakneck speed. When I got
out of his car, stiff-legged and
tired, i stood in front of tn e
William Fox Studios in Holly
wood.
Ito BE Continued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

Isabella Florence Ariz; Beatrice Neb and Maud Okla
Songs often bring memories DO any following 40
Tea for Two I'll See You My
Ol Man River when Day Is Done Russian Lullaby My
Blue Heaven Lover Come Back Me Star Dust Good
Night, Sweetheart"
RUDOLPH sEIBER Marene Dietrichs husband Rudolph
~ lives East Maene lives West couple who should
know the who said Absence makes the heart fonder
right
Peabody President Of AntiNoise Society Says most
annoying city noises
Italy. auto horn blowing permitted any
cy record for traffic fatalities 40 per better than New
Yorks AS for loud radios couldn't people
phones after 10 at night little cooperation between
and the world would be much happier.
John r. FLYNN. Writer and The voice oso help
have forgotten what Mr. Flynn Of
quite voice remember when he city editor and
beard Only city editor with whskers 1
became voice he shaved the beard Guess in his
when he was finishing speech on high.
Samuel Honenstein Whose brilliant light versyins much
Kissed Mr. Hofenstein, in addition a
-ote poetry with touch Of tragic thought such
Nothing from a straight line swerves
SO 50; ;h H.u as t. soyans - cures
Can ever put them straight again.
HOLLYWOOD which practically every activity
"A group in the country fighting against production of Queer
People" which dcules the film colony More proof the
enthusiastic dhers the that can't take it,
Wall Street stock exchange seats 10
rise They have plenty Of for it. In 1910 Junus Morgan
sold stock exchange for $4,000 In 1929 stock exchange
sold for s625OO0
"a man live from so to 80 days without food eight
days without water and only 10 minutes without A.
Carlson Hter thousands of working
fare have been produce something that will
have the effect the civilian population England
lack Of air.
'1DONT know the Pulitzer Prize winning Henry
Prnge said ssrology the bunk" writes Pittsburgher
Did Henry tha7 Well he wasn't the first about 400
ago Sir Thomas Aqunas said:
"Astrology, thou banless business" But still think
there is something 10
Secretary Ickes recommending "gasess Sundays" for
United citizens while American sting
Japan Who champion puzzle
Let's chip and send him Washington find
for us what current situation is all about
by ting suress yndI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

Bandura retorted. "Show us
by picking q ship where the
chow Is rotten. Follow her
around from port to port and
make the crew raise Cain till
the chow gets good. For ac-
ton we need no politicians;
we need 'activists.'"
"How can q man get a ship
In Antwerp" ] demanded.
antwerp Is bad. But there
are other ports. Best chance
Is England. Alien seamen
can't stay In England, SO for
eign ships are hard up for
men In British ports. since
Englishmen won't work for
less than eight-pound-ten."
Tn 20 to England" l said.
GO to Liverpool. Liverpool
Il best"
Throughout our conference
Mariette was curled up on he
couch, listening with apparen
interest. but never saying
word. When I was about to de
part. Bandura stopped me.
81 20 first" he said. 81 60
first and come last"
Before he went, Mariett'
sprang up, took off his cap. an'
kissed him lightly on the fore
head.
l lived and worked with Ban
dura's band for several days
They had their quarters in gar
rets above various small water
side saloons. The saloon owners
Greeks, Germans. Estonians, anc
even a Hindu, tolerated Ban
dura's "activists" because they
brought a lot of seamen witt
money to spend into thu
premises.
We spent the day in the har
Dor, visiting ships, arguing Will
crew members, distributing
small action paper written anc
printed by Bandura in English
German. and Swedish. Bandurs
had a remarkable aptitude fol
languages, but his photography
was atrocious. Nevertheless, thu
paper had punch. 1t appeared
as stated under the title. "wher
needed" It's name was Oul
Rudder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Elsie
Robinson
Auiators' NeuO Word Has
a Meaning for All

THE aviators-that strange.
L gypsy-hearted, new breed
Of men-have coined a lovely
expression, ARB orne." II
means that magic moment
when the plane, having felt
her way cautiously over the
bumpy field, suddenly senses
the familiar element beneath
her wings and rises. clear OF
the rocks and stubble, into
the free and endless sky.
"Airborne." It's a new
phrase TO most of us. Yet it's
not new in our dreams. Often
in our sleep, we glimpse such
wide and glorious freedom.
then wake to weep over old
tragedies or worry about cur
rent problems.
And often spend our lives
earthbound by grief or fear.
never once feeling the spread
and swoop OF our unused
wings.
But we weren't meant to be
earthbound. We were meant
to be "airborne," when the
time Is ripe. Meant to know
freedom, with all its wonder,
risks and terrors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Contraband Liquor

Without turning his head, he
wiped a tear from his eye.
Among the Eleonore's crew
were men who had taken part
in the wild voyage of the Lucy
Woerman. Before leaving Ham
burg, they had formed a syndi-
cate Of sailors and stokers, and
laid in contraband cargo of
liquor which they hoped to sell
in the United States at a great
profit.
They drank it themselves in
stead. In the Caribbean, the
engine room personnel became
thoroughly drunk. The blazing
sun and the heat reflected by
the iron decks did the rest.
Quarrels broke out, knives
flashed, and a coalheaver totter-
ing away from a pursuer who
was swinging knife, went clear
over the rail.
The ship was stopped and the
drunken comrades Of the coal
HEAVIER fought some more in the
attempt to man and lower a
boat. When they were stopped,
they became raving mad. The
watch on deck, aided by volun-
teers from the watches below
and led by the chief mate, a
former submarine commander,
overpowered the drunken stok-
ers.
1t was an ugly job. Each man.
and most Of them were naked
in the grim sunlight, had TO be
stunned by blows and then tied
to ringbolts on the hatch-coam-
ings and drenched with cold
water.
Meanwhile a sailor whose
name was Ronaikal swan out
to the man who had fallen over
board. He dragged him to the
ships side and both were hauled
aboard with bowlines. The coal
HEAVIER was dead.
For me this was a lucky
break. l signed the ships art
icles and became a regular crew
member in the drowned mans
place. / became a coalheaver,
carting coal in a wheelbarrow
from the reserve bunkers to the
fires on the watch from IL to 4.
So. when the Eleonore steamed
into San Pedro harbor two
weeks later, the immigration Of
ficers had no reason to detain
me as a stowaway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Ship TO Liverpool

Came the day when Bandura
informed me that he had a ship
for me to go to Liverpool. The
ship, a British weekly steamer
was to sail from Client. In the
night and in a pouring rain, a
young Lett and ] started out on
the highway TO Client.
Toward morning, a half-tipsy
businessman on his way to the
Kortryck cotton exchange in
vited US TO ride in his car, and
two hours later he dropped us
near the imposing old castle OF
the Counts of Flandres in the
heart of town.
The following night I was on
my way TO Liverpool in the coal
bunker of little weekly tramp.
Lying on sacks spread over the
coal, packet Of sandwiches as
a pillow, l counted the beams
overhead and the raindrops
which came through a crack in
the bunker hatch.
Hardly out of the canal, which
connects Client with the North
Sea, / was discovered by trim.
mer who entered the bunker
with smoking kerosene lamp
gave the trimmer 10 Of the 16
shillings in silver from Ban.
dura's treasury. He agreed to
say nothing.
For the 10 shillings he sup
piled me with a blanket and
food-on British weekly boats
seamen buy and prepare their
own provisions-and kept me in
formed of the vessels progress
along the coasts of England anc
Wales. North Of Bristol Chan
mel we ran into fog; the plain
tive yells of the siren continued
until we reached the Mersey
after a scant four-day voyage
dug down into the coal during
the customs examination. and
when that was over. scrubbed
myself off in the stokehold
dousing pals of hot water over
my head.
The working class quarters OF
English cities are the mos,
dreary in the world. The har.
Dor gates are well guarded. BY
IL o'clock, the whole city seems
to be asleep except for stagger-
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and a
few querulous whisky-Marys.
heartily disliked my new
surroundings. Illegal shipping
masters demanded four pounds
in advance for an illegal berth
on a Greek or Baltic trampship
Two nights I slept in a boarding
house for West Indian Negroes
which was run by a toothless
bag who charged ninepence per
bed and night.
obtained meals during my
cruises through the docks by
washing dishes for ships' cooks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

was jubllant to be back In
America. Here a man could
roam over a whole continent
without being accosted by a
border guard. l deserted ship
the first night in San Pedro,
slept in a Mexican colony of
shacks known as Happy Val
ley" and in the morning !
walked into the nearest lumber
yard and asked the foreman for
a job. He hired me on the spot
az cS day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Hall for Bandura

len Gays Workcu IN lIls iuiu-
Der yard. Half Of my earnings
/ sent to Bandura. The follow
ing FIVE days, ] worked in a
sardine cannery in Wilmington.
Then l was discharged, having
been caught Juggling a case of
canned sardines to the l. w. W..
Hall where travelling delegates
slept on crude benches.
l had a high admiration for
those ingenious and resolute
invaders who travelled 1000
miles on freight trains with
nothing more than a red card
and a dollar or two.
A few days / worked in Los
Angeles as a dishwasher. Then,
with a young hobo from Iowa,
i loafed through the orange
plantations toward the town of
San Bernardino, sleeping in the
bungalow of a man who had the
obsession that his mission was
to build a church. For a bed
and breakfast l promised him
to collect a ton Of stones for his
church. We struck bargain !;
hut he hammered to be queer.
The bargain ended with the
builder of churches yelling for
help, with sudden fight as my
lot. In the San Bernardino
Mountains, leaped aboard the
first freight train that toiled
slowly up an incline. 1t carried
me across a most dismal stretch
of desert and at a village called
Barstow was obliged to get on.
I was promptly arrested by a
cheerful ruffian with a gun in
his holster and a badge on his
chest. He told me to choose
between going to Jail for va
grancy or going to work on a
bridge construction job in the
desert. I chose the job, and the
deputy sheriff drove me to q
railway camp.
"Ho, Mr.. Robinson he
called. Here's q stiff who
wants to work."
I went to work. l carried &C.
ment sacks on my shoulder,
from a shed to a greedy con-
crete mixer, at a run, 10 hours
a day at so cents an hour, with
an angry sun beating down from
a cloudless sky. Cement mixing
with sweat entered my pores
and hardened.
I shivered through a cold
night in a boxcar crowded with
Mexican fellow-workers. In the
morning, the deputy sheriff
came around to see if was still
there. The second night / pre-
tended to go to sleep, but slipped
out into the night when all was
quiet. The stars shone bril-
liantly. The yellow mountains
loomed in the moonlight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

With the Red revolt crushed
AZ Hamburg. late in October.
IS75-and the "scspegosts" of
the "bsrricades" dead. in hos
pitfalls. prisons. or in Hight-Jsn
Vslfin escaped 10 Rotterdam
where he hoped 10 return 10
the sea. He is struggled into
Belgium and in Antwerp meets
Mariette. She tells him of Ban
durs. What does he do9" asks
VsItin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
CHAPTER XIV

Marietta drew her knees uI
to her chin, and put both hands
against her temples.
He make trouble" she said.
81 buy him overcoat and
shoes; sometimes he makes
me afraid. He sends other
men to me and makes me hide
them from police. Police come
around many times and ask,
Where Is man from Riga?
Where II little Chinaman?
Where Is big Pole" laugh.
Bandura, he only interested In
trouble"
MAYBE I'm from the police.
How'd you know" | inter-
jected.
II know you're not"
II want to meet Bandura."
"Sure." She paused and
then said: "Soon II is nine.
My friends will come from the
ships. Now you must CO."
About FIVE the next afternoon
I met Bandura in Varieties
den. He looked the part of a
tight-lipped, picturesque brig.
and, a big-boned, starved-lookins
man with angular Slavic fea.
lures. He wore brogans, a reek.
ing old overcoat and a smeary
sixpence cap from under which
protruded the fringes of matted
yellow hair turning gray. He sat
on the extreme edge of chair
peering at me asI came in and
said
Good you come"
We talked. The simplicity and
ability Of the man impressed me
from the start. answered many
searching questions. Bandurs
was a Ukrainian anarchist who
carried on an independent war
against all shipowners whose
vessels traded in ports in which
Bandura happened to be at the
moment.
He worked for no organiza
ton and recognized no authority
except the right of the underdoe
to help himself. His collabo,
rators. he maintained, were pro.
letarians of every creed, and
nondescripts with a vein fol
rebellion.
Bandura was the typica
representative of those itineran,
waterfront revolutionists ! have
since met in every port Of cal.
One and all, they were fugitives
from the political police of their
own lands.
Few had passports. Thus de.
prived of all chance TO obtain &
lasting refuge and steady work
they vagabonded from one coun.
try TO the next. often volun.
tarily, more often bounded as
dangerous undesirables.
II hope you are no mutton
thief" Bandura said 10 me.
What are mutton thieves ."
Fellows who come with
sample cases full of programs,
big theories, big plans. Eel
lows who scram in danger.
Heels in a cloud of dust. Fell
lows who want ham and eggs
every morning."
Then I'm no mutton thief"
l said.
You'll have to prove it,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

DUT we can't know this
ID wider fight all at once. for
a human life, like a plane,
takes long in the making.
First there is the sheltered,
guarded airdrome, or home
the many months or years
of gradual preparation. The
gradual tests and adjust
ments, and then the tougher
challenge of the open field,
the wide flying spaces.
M e h AMI les manipulating
motor, wing and fuselage. Life
molding character giving
us the works. Giving us dis
appointment and humiliation.
boredom and rebellion. grief
and despair, to test our
mettle.
What next? That depends
on the plane-and the man.
For there's many a plane that
fails when the time comes to
take off-and there's many 4
man.
Neither can leave the clut-
tered runway behind and face
the tremendous challenge of a
new and greater flight. Many
don't even come through their
"test-hop."
In other words. they cam
not, will not, be "airborne."
YOU'VE known them, those
L earthbound spirits. HUI
man beings who can never
rise above their pasts
who can't swing free into a
higher, more impersonal life.
There's the youthful humili-
alton or failure which you
can't forget. Or the youthful
dreams.
There's the grief you can't
put away. The grave you
can't leave.
There's the endless litter OF
infantile fear and resentment,
loneliness, foolishness, regret.
And the vanity, as dangerous
10 mature life as boulders are
to a planes take-of.
These things aren't unnatu-
raj or unusual in themselves.
They come to all of us. They
accompany every life as surely
as the bumpy field spreads
out from every airdrome.
But the soul that has grown
strong and wise escapes them
when the call finally comes.
1t puts aside its personal
handicaps, as the plane puts
aside those small handicaps
that line its way.
1t rises above It's private
existence into a greater di-
mension. It sees life in the
whole and opens the wings of
its soul to the endless reaches
Of all human experience. TT
Id AAkSoOftlNE.
IS A IRBORNE" is a modern
IA phrase. but the truth II
expresses is as old as human
existence and applies to every
one of us. None Of us can
ever know freedom or true
power or pride until we rise
above the runway of our per-
sonal bewilderment.
None OF US can enter into
the larger. grownup life until
we can leave the childish
bondage Of our own hates and
hurts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

brafQ." says Ethel Jacobson. Is she right?
And what Dickens character said
I'VE know. Mr.. Weller-we. who are
mon of the worId-that . good uniform
must work its way with women, sooner or
later"
Don't know whether it's the man or
the uniform but the navy men seem to get
the attention Of many more beautiful
women than the soldiers. And the marines
do better with the ladies than either the
army or the navy.
C0UR shrimp cocktail has Is different
ingredients including q special sauce"
Is what one eatery proudly states. That's
a lot OF ingredients but in my shrimp
cocktail I principally want lot OF shrimp
$50 you know America" writes a
Chicagoan. "Then tell me six towns
named after womens first names" That's
easy, sir Elizabeth. NJ j.; Marion o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
the Side
By E. v. Durling'
Swsst u revenge,
Especially TO Uomen.

agreement above general part Of men Of
experience witness the observations such Hell hath
like a The fool who willingly
woman etc. Tners with feminine affections should keep
this in mind but they do.-EVD)
HOW does boy friend look in his unorm
- Or how did yours look in his World War unifom