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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26
Losing Temper Healthful


Losing your temper doesn't
cause apoplexy; it prevents apo
plexy. You're mad anyhow, and
YOUR adrenal glands are pouring
out secretion into your blood
stream that raises your blood
pressure. And if you keep quiet
and coop II ait up, something may
bust. But if you explode, and let
of steam, you use up the adrena-
lin, and your arteries are saved.
think it was the late Profess
sor George Lyman Kittredge who
said that a few prejudices and a
tendency to indignation stlffens
mans moral fibre. 1t proves he is
a man of culture.
And Captain Yancey's cook in
The Vanishing Nirginian" said
she liked to work for quality folks,
she "knowed Mr.. Yancey was a
'ristocrat de minute heerd him
cuss so pretty"
SO culture, arlStocrauc bearing
and health all follow losing your
temper. Human character"
writes DR.. Horsley, like diet,
should be made up of well-bal-
anced elements. A disposition in
which there rs f1eTeH any any trace Of
occasional righteousness would be
uninteresting and boring. A bad
temper can furnish the necessary
additional fuel for unusual physi-
cal or mental effort"
It's wonder we haven't lost
our temper at the people who have
told US it was bad for US to lose
our temper. Come to think Of 1t,
we recall that we have.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
H. Pr. would like for you
to explain and tell why the Was
sermann blood test should be
given to every person in the Union.
2. Do you think that it is neces-
sary for the Federal Government
70 enforce TINS
Answer: The Wassermann test
is a fairly reliable test to deter
nine the presence of -reeeht-eF-
latent syphilis. 1t is believed that.
If every person with syphilis could
be detected and adequately treated,
the disease would disappear.
Whether this is an ideal that can
be realized, is for time to tell. The
Federal Government can theoreti-
cally enforce such a procedure
under the clause in the Preamble
70 the Constitution which says
promote the general welfare"
Whether the treatment is best
carried out privately or by the
Federal Government is another
question.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26

And now comes my friend, DR.. J.
Shelton Horsley, of Richmond,
Virginia, who sends me a pam
phlet - "In Defense Of a Bad
Temper"
Thank heaven FOR people like
DR.. Horsley. | didn't realize it
before | read his treatise, but it
fills a long felt want. For CEN
turtles we have been advised TO
control our temper; we have been
told that TO lose our temper is bad
for US. | don't mean we in the
editorial sense, but everybody has
been told that. 1t is supposed 70
embody the wisdom Of the ages.
Now comes DR.. Horsley land
tells US that il is good for us TO
lose our tempers. And away down
inside Of US all the time we have
known that as great funda-
mental human truth.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26
THEY SAY

Denver-Phillip BaFolette. form.
or governor OF Wisconsin, ventures
q prediction
III Britain and Germany fight
TO a finish. chaos will oyertake
Europe with Bolsheyism prevail
ing"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
bis column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26

many admirable qualities. He or
she will be enterprising. steady,
cautious. contemplative. good-na-
tured. philosophical, and possessed
of much artistic ability Good
fortune is assured for such per-
sonality A word Of caution. how
ever, should be spoken; over-gen-
crosby should be guarded against.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26
Your Health

Losing Temper
Healthful Saws
Doctor in Treatise
BY Logan Clendenning. NJ. n
Not long ago had the pleasure
Of bringing to your attention
New York Doctors idea that q
good cry was Of considerable
therapeutic value. Many diseases
have been cured by a good cry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26

One Minute Test Answers
/. Haakon Of Norway. Wilhel-
nina of Holland. Leopold Of Bel
GUM and Carol of Roumania.
2. Thomas VOTES. You Can't
Go Home Again"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26
Observations
Many Contradictions
Prove Pulling to
Even The Experts
BY Charles P. Stewart

EVENTS and speeches and NJ
mors and denials contradict one
another SO frequently these days
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-26
Difference OF Opinion

Sure enough" agrees Congress
man Martin. "ItH be the signal
for us to put the Whole, earth on
our relief rolls"
AS Secretary Wickard sees the
future wen be fixed to compel the
creation of an idealistic new age
As Congressman Martin sees il,
Claude may be right, but it'll be
Evening star., 1941-11-04

worry of farmers just now Is not
farm prices today. They are both
cred about farm prices tomorrow.
They want to produce, but they
know what Surpluses did to their
prices and income in the past.
They are wondering what will hap
pen after the defense effort is over.
I don't blame them for worrying.
I do some of it myself. Yet I am
convinced that we have learned
something from experience. The
attitude of Congress toward agri-
culture since 1882 shows that this
country realizes the necessity of
protecting agriculture. Only a few
months ago Congress took steps to
protect farmers, who had been asked
to increase their production as
part of the defense effort.
Good food and lots of it Is real
wealth. We are the best-fed ma
ton in the world, but we aren't any
too we'll fed at that. One of the
encouraging things about the past
few years is that we renamed over
production We know now that
overproduction is really under
consumption. Through the school
lunch programs, direct relief pur-
chases and the food stamp plan we
have begun to use some of our sur
plus food wealth. There is lots
more to be done. In the situation
in which we find ourselves today
am pleading with our farmers to
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Red Cross Launches
Home Nursing Course

AS part of the civilian defense
program, a Red Cross home nursing
course opened today at the District
chapter of the Red Cross, 1870 E
street NV. Glasses will be held
from 10 am. until noon on Tuesdays
and Thursdays for the next six
weeks.
Miss Catherine Sheehan, reg
istered nurse, is conducting the in
struction, which is limited to 20
women
Evening star., 1941-11-04

produce abuhdantly. And I am
pleading with the rest of the coun-
try to see to it that the farmers are
rewarded-not punished-for that
abundant production.
In this world Of ours food is too
precious to waste. I have said it
is one of the strongest weapons Of
democracy; it may be the strongest.
Let us therefore take the steps that
are necessary to insure it's abundant
production and its wise use after it
is produced. That is one of the
best ways l know to defend and
protect democracy.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
c7ickled
Pink!!
And why7 Be-
kA ko,snA

there was q way to relieve that
aggravating gas, headache, istless-
ness, coated tongue and bad breath,
from which he had suffered, doe to
spells of constipation. He tried
ADLERKA-why don't your H 10
an effective blend Of 8 earminatives
and ; laxatives for DOUBLE aetion.
ADLERIKA quickly relieves gas, and
gentle bowel action follows surpris-
ingiy fast. Take this I'd along 70 The
drug store.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
tuberculosis Is Topic

DR.. Esmond r. Long, director OF
the Henry Phipps Institute, will dis
cuss "The Control of tuberculosis
as a Public Health Problem" in the
second lecture of the Smith-Reed-
Russell Society at II am. tomor-
row in the George Washington Uni
versity school of medicine.
Evening star., 1941-11-04

To conserve dye, Britain will print
its postage stamps in lighter shades.
Evening star., 1941-08-31

the fourth floor, but they've had no luck
trying to move together.
Evening star., 1941-08-31

boarding homes quit serving meals this
week because of food hikes.
Wherever the girls live. they eat
lunches outside. The Welfare and Rec
reational Association cafeterias at Gov
ernment buildings have felt the increase
in employees sharply. They serve $4,000
to 10000 persons daily-6,000 at o. P. M.
alone. The Washington Association for
the Blind serves 10000 daily at cold
lunch stands in 20 Government build
ings.
Despite dishwashing and cooking
chores. many newcomers prefer sharing
apartments if they can find furnished
ones cheap enough.
Jerry Woodson. Jolly girl in the
81 $40 bracket at o. P M, is one. She
worked overtime too often to get home
to boarding house meals. so after five
months she and two other girls got
an apartment for $40. They each put
in Sc every pay day for groceries. laUne
dry and household expenses-fgure their
cost is S35 to $40 a month. Jerry shops
for staples on Saturday.
Four girls making $1,440 have a FIVE
room furnished house in Virginia, pay
irg $75 monthly plus utilities, and split
the cost of driving car to work.
Every girl tells different story about
how much fun she has. At o. P. M.
a handbook of helpful hints on Wash
ington living by Mrs. Mary Mcfarland
of the personnel staff has helped many
over rough spots. Mrs. Pauline Cham
bers, o. P. M. nurse counsellor, dis
tributes it and helps with personal ad-
vice. Newcomers learn where the shop
ping section is, how to use the telephone
books classified section, where to cash
checks, how to save carfare with pass,
where to find a church, how to get q
doctor near home and how to enjoy the
Capital while they're here.
1--WE never get lonesome in our apart
ment," one junior typist confided. One
Of the girls is pretty and has dates. I
run around with a married couple a
lot. Other girls come over and we
60 see them. We've never been to any
of the selectee dances, but one girl
goes to church parties and services"
Out of four girls interviewed at the
American Women's Volunteer Service
lunch bar in the park near the War
Department, two said they soon would
be married to boys met since coming
here eight months ago. One was marry
ing her supervisors son.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
What 1t Means to Be Washington Government Girl

Although it's estimated that $4,000
Washingtonians live on that pattern,
boarding houses are not popular with
many of the new girls coming to town
Il tried four in six months" exclaimed
Helen Antrim, brunette Nebraska new
conner at the War Department. "I de-
cided that was not the way to do it,
You don't get balanced meals, nor ade-
quate food. 1t costs more. but I couldn't
stand potatoes, lima beans and corn
bread at the same meal. have room
now with three other girls at 81 apiece
week and eat out. I allow 81 day for
food.
Blond, brown-eyed Mary Margaret
Lange who arrived at the War Depart
ment February from North Dakota
said she rooms and eats out too
"I was very lucky in my roommate"
she said. Il met her on a street corner.
She is in the Navy. We found room at
$40 apiece within walking distance.
Rooming is fine, according to Sarah
Puckett, slim little Virginia addition at
the munitions building, but mo double
vacancy" is her current worry. She's on
the second floor with good friend on
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Correspondent Went Through Fire
With Desert Troops
By Edacard Kennedy.

Then came the evacuation from
Greece with the army We spent some
time in Crete but left before the para
chute invasion.
In Syria we switched from sector to
sector in small parties, getting together
for the triumphal entries into Damascus
and Beirut.
We have been shelled, bombed, dive
bombed on land and sea- machine
gunned from the air. None of these is
particularly pleasant but machine
cunning from the air is unquestionabl"
the most disagreeable, especially wher
you see the plane which failed to ge
you turn around for another try.
One of our number met death-Ralph
Barnes of the New York Herald Tribune,
who was killed in an airplane crash.
Two other correspondents were wound
ed slightly in Cyrenaica. Two more we're
captured in Syria but later released.
Our risks, however, have been slight
compared with those of the fighting
men, since we usually can find some
relatively safe observation place. What
for us is something 70 write home about
-"how I almost got killed'-is to the
soldiers just part of the days work.
While the British Army has given
correspondents wide facilities for seeing
what's going on, the censorship here
has been extremely rigid. As correspon-
dents accredited to the army, We wear
uniforms and are under loose military
discipline.
Desert Campaign
When the campaign opened in the
desert, there were eight of US, but now
there are several times that number.
l am the only American who has been
with the Nile army continuously since
the show started.
The western desert is not bad place,
as deserts go, except during sandstorms.
You get attached to it after a while Its
daytime heat is not unbearable and the
nights are cool.
It's sunsets are the most beautiful l
have ever seen. And there's good swim
ming along the coast
For one period I lived with a group of
Australian correspondents in a cave out
side Tobruk. It's entrance was a little
hole on the desert floor just big enough
for a man to slip down.
Inside We had plenty of room for
camp beds, tables and benches. The walls
had been plastered in some ancient day.
and bore inscriptions in an alphabet We
never before had seen.
I spent an unpleasant hour beneath
the desert surface as the Australians
were besieging Derna. With an r. A. F.
officer, went out to the Derna airfield
beyond the front lines.
All was quiet at first, but just as I
was opening a can of corned beef for
lunch, Italian guns across ridge opened
fire. I dropped the corned beef and we
jumped into fragile dugout which the
Italians had built
They dropped $50 shells on the mile
square airdeld One burst near enough
to dislodge shower of stones on us from
the dugout covering.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
By Beth Campbell.

458 Indiana avenue. Instead of homes
having to be Communicated as in 1918,
owners listed 500 new rooms last month
to bring the total available August 20 to
4,743, although hundreds have been
rented since the registry opened March
IS
Roy Miller, director, estimated that
the average rent for the rooms listed
was $40 for singles, $50 for doubles. More
than 600 of the rooms are in boarding
houses.
Miss Saida Hartman, supervisor of the
125 volunteers who inspect all rooms
and detail such information as win
doWs, closet space, furniture, size, pri-
vacy and bath facilities for the Gov
ernment girls said they had found very
decent conditions, with only two or pos
sibly three girls to room as rule.
Isolated instances, where one girl oc-
cupies bed by day, another by night,
or group gangs up in room, are oc-
casioned by the girls determination to
save money, rather than by any short
age of rooms, she said.
Hunted for Board
just for information, this reporter tried
hunting for room and board at $40 a
month, and within half an hour found
three such rooms on Wyoming avenue,
just half block off the Mount Pleasant
carline
81 have a double" the first landlady
said. When I explained that there was
just one OF me, she said of course, but
that she would furnish the roommate
This little girl works at the British En-
bassy and is just about your size.
You'll like her. We're just one big, hap
py family"
That room was $3.50 with breakfast
and dinner, twin beds, two closets, two
windows four on the bath and walk
up to the third floor Another at $40
was a larger room, with a brunette
roommate at the Treasury, an extra bu-
reau, second-f1oor location and seven on
the bath. The landlady promised all
the green vegetables that the market
affords.
At another house $40 would obtain q
nrst-door room, another British Embassy
Evening star., 1941-08-31
DIPLOMATS Wife Has Hard Role
By Ruth Cowan.

Thomson easily made personal friends
in and out of the diplomatic set.
People who saw her frequently in the
days before international affairs sepa-
rated their paths speak of her as Charm
ing" and very nice" and often add too
bad that We can't see her more-but
that's the way life goes"
Her official role requires that she 60
about to some extent and keep smiling
At President Roosevelts inauguration
last January she was observed sitting
quietly, her fur coat pulled around her.
in reception room as the wives Of
other diplomats chatted while waiting
to join their husbands in the diplo-
matte section for the ceremony.
Last spring-just four months ago
she was a prominent figure at a re-
ception at the Russian Embassy given
by Madame Constantine A. Oumansky,
wife of the Soviet Ambassador. The
Reich and the British Empire were well
represented there that afternoon.
Draws Spotlight
role such as Frau Thomsen's. draws the
spotlight Who fingers to chat with her,
and especially who doesn't, are details
carefully noted by reporters and others
seeking for hint as to the way the in
ternational winds are blowing.
Frau Thomson is of medium height
a few inches more than five feet.
At home the other afternoon she was
wearing a yellow starched cretonne
frock with a large floral pattern in
which purple flower predominated,
1t had a square neck. fitted bodice,
puffed sleeves and flaring skirt. Around
her neck was a single strand of pearls.
She has small regular features. She
wears her dark auburn hair parted in
the middle and in trim but fluffy bob.
Her eyes are brown and intense. There
are bird-like qualities about her-her
quick movements, the timbre of her
voice and laugh. In society columns
one finds the word "piquant" used to de-
scribe her.
A native of Saxony, she was born in
Liechtenburg Castle, an old fort then
commanded by her father, Emil Oscar
De Mem. She met Hans Thomson in
Berlin shortly after the World War. She
was sitting for her portrait and the ar
tist was also modelling the head of
Evening star., 1941-08-31

What OF auburn-haired. vivacious Frau
Hans Thomson these days?
AS wife of the German Minister Pleni-
potentiary, who is acting Ambassador,
she has one of the most difficult femi-
nine roles at present on the diplomatic
stage in this Nations capital.
She has to carry on the role OF rank
ing hostess-and every woman knows
the role of hostess calls for a smile in
situations that are sometimes far from
amusing-of an embassy representing a
country whose policies Uncle Sam has
used strong language in opposing.
In normal times life in the diplomatic
set is rush of official functions
White House receptions, dinners to be
given and to attend at other embassies
and legations-and a merry round OF
parties with important hostesses vying
for an ambassador and his wife as
guests.
But Mars changed all this.
The White House cancelled its annual
brilliant diplomatic reception to avoid
possible embarrassment to some of the
guests Hostesses here worry that on
the night of dinner party their diplo-
matte guests might not be speaking TO
each other.
But there has been no plackout OF
parties in Washington. official or private.
Far from it. The influx OF names i'm
portant in society and in industry into
the core of this Nations defense pro-
gram has quickened the tempo of en-
tertaining.
Annelise de Mem Thomson has a
pretty woman's fondness for parties
and gayety-probably an inheritance
from her French grandmother-but
few are the invitations that postmen
and messengers leave these days at the
Thomsens' gray brick home out on
Colorado avenue And few invitations
are extended.
Popular in Society
Not so long ago Frau Thomson and
her tall, suave husband, whose diplo-
matte career antedates Hitler by sew
eral chancellorS, were a very popular
couple in Washington society. They
were invited here and there. They
joined exclusive clubs.
The Thomsens arrived from Berlin
five years ago this September Frau
Evening star., 1941-08-31

boy as some girls" one pretty blond from
Oklahoma announced. Il seem to spend
all my time swishing disinfectant around
in tub"
A veteran of five rooming houses in
six months shrugged at one of the alb
breviation- filled ads that promised "Rm
mr. sh'ers'
"I guess that means a room near
showers she translated, "and near
probably means that they're only half
block down the street."
Finding place to live seems to be
problem number one on everybody's list
the 1,000-odd girls added at the War
Department each month, the 278 arriv-
ing monthly at the Navy, the others
scattered around at defense agencies and
Government departments.
Avoid Shortage
In spite of the steady influx, there Is
no housing shortage at present for the
girl who can pay $40 up for room and
board. That price may mean she will
have to double up or 60 outside the
20-cent taxi zone, but so far there's no
need for overcrowding such as veterans
recall in World War days when six girls
lived in room for two and they died
like flies in the flu epidemic.
This time the D. c. Defense Council,
with the help of the Washington Hous-
ing Association and the Alley Dwelling
Authority, set up q housing bureau at
Evening star., 1941-08-31

WITH THE ARMY OF THE NILE,
Aug. 30.-I have been with the British
and Allied Middle East forces for a
year now-with them in victory In the
western desert, in defeat in Greece, in
victory again in Syria.
have seen much valor, much daring.
Especially in the early days, the story
was always the same-outnumbered and
short of equipment, sometimes slightly
muddled, but always brave and conf
dent
One British detachment in the desert
marched out with wooden tanks and
wooden cannon, intending only to dis
tract enemy fire while the real thrust
was made elsewhere But the ruse worked
so well that several thousand Italians
surrendered.
RE Army of the Nile up to the pres
ent has performed successfully its one
big task-holding this vital gateway be-
tween east and west.
Still. it perhaps has been greater in
defeat than in victory. The British
Army probably is the best retreating
army in the world-and that's no joke.
Almost any army can be good when
it's going ahead, but it takes the kind
OF courage this army has to withdraw
as we'll as it did from the death trap
that was Greece in the face of an enemy
force several times as powerful.
Front-Line Action
doubt whether press correspondents
anywhere else have been permitted to
see as much front-line action at close
range as those with this Army of the
Nile.
Last winter we swept across the desert
with the British and Australian force
which smashed the Italians in Egypt
and then took all Cyrenaica.
We went through fire with the first
troops which entered Bardia, Tobruk
Derna and Bengasi.
Later, while most of us were in Greece
that desert campaign largely was un.
done when the Germans arrived il
Libya and retook everything up to thu
Egyptian frontier except Tobruk Blu
the drive removed the threat of i'm.
minent invasion of the Nile Valley, de.
Stroyed Gen. Graziani's army of 2O00 00C
men, and did much to discredit ITALY
as a fighting power
When We accompanied the expedition
10 Greece, we barely had reached the
front-line region when the Withdrawal
began. The first action We saw in Greece
was the incessant attack of Stukas or
long lines Of army trucks moving back
from the Mount Olympus line, bomb
ing roads and bridges to hold them up
Soon we were a hundred miles back
on the Thermopylae line, where a sec
ono attempt was made to hold Hitler's
panzer divisions.
Fifty planes attacked our camp one
morning, bombing and machine-gun-
ming for an hour and a half as we lay
in the mud of a riverbank. For the rest
of the day-"black Sunday" we called it
we were kept jumping into the nearest
ditch for shelter as bomDerS came over
I twos, new pair every ten minutes