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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
Is It Fair TO Bring a Baby
Into This Upset World?
By Elsie Robinson

grim DAYS ahead no one
" knowing where wei land.
every one wondering what will
come next. S'pose YOU were
young, healthy. recently mar
ried with A good job apiece
lots of freedom, friends
and fun.
WOULD YOU RISK TT
ALL BY HAVING A BABY?
Thousands Of young people
are asking that question to-
day Yes perhaps some Of
them are a little selfish. a little
cowardly. Some of them may
he saying one word for junior,
100 for themselves. Neverthe-
less it's a plenty serious quiz
and deserves A serious answer.
So.
us II fair To bring baby
into an upset world >"
But babies always have been
born into an upset world
There never has been an era
Of total peace or security in
human society. Since this
earth was created, it has been
growing.
Growth cans change.
Change means dislocation dis
order. discomfort, danger
Every babe who has entered
this world found these condi-
tions just as his parents did
before him. Always he found
a challenge facing him
A burden waiting him
risk ahead of him.
I OOKING back through the
II softening glaze of time.
YOU think the bygone years
were safe and easy YOU
believe that Dad and Nom had
a snap in their youth.
But they weren I and
lnoN ulun I.
Relatively speaking your
Father and Mother faced As
tough tests in their youth as
YOU are facing now.
COST? or COURSE IT
COSTS. PLENTY,
BUT VIII r r r WOULD
AMERICA BIZ TO-DAY II
THE PILGRIM FATHERS
AND MOTHERS HAD SAT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

+. j, BIS II harmful for
any enc with asthma to eat
pork or smoked meats or
fish ,"
Answer 4 person with
asthma may he sensitive 10
any of these substances. but
il IS unusual The only way
10 find out is 10 try them one
AT a time and cat nothing
else If no asthma comes on
for five hours after eating one
of them, it is safe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

that flashes light the easily unnerved
Barney Gallant saying Cosmopolitan piece
he was fed up with New York.
REMEMBER Katherine Emery? She was the lovely one in
"Chldrens Hour years back Well emoting
Sundays THE Shadow
rp Nat Defense may away public enemy
gov hasn't been able 10 bootegeer
He faces determination prores it
difficult 10 obtain pots copper worms used
during prohibition about replaced or
the stuff mellow.
The Eugene Field Society honored Virginia Iolton for her
writing contribution to contemporary literature
John MURRAY ANDERSQNS place in California
the weekend Didn't last month tough
son who always stages such beautiful show" 1t
unit
Lbbie Block Denver nesspapcrsoman described by
admirers the Future Ferber She Golfers
the other issue. Beautiful, young wealthy and w1dder.
Screen Guides best guide gwho-don think twice Out
of 4s Hollywood eopemental cases 20 ended
The latest in femme Only one shoulder strap
Mango will star in Oscar Sens Raymond Massey
directing Swell tttle+2cufaff eiotre tip
THE Andrews Sisters will $500 week they headline
the Paramount Theater October 20
Hugh Martin Ralph those ear-caressing
the bg hit Best Foot Forward
wreup They're doing their old vaudeville
One the upstate gr.case going
whacky growing long beard and worried Not
mention has barber
JACK BENNY 5 the star We think to talk his
sponsor recording program
repeat show Lucky
Uncle Sam hep to three foreign femme ~.
tinted STATES
Despite their 'ant-Naz attitude"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

AROUND PICKING DAISY
LEAVES AND WAITING
FOR LADY LUCK TO GIVE
THEM TIE HIGH SIGN
MD w ERE WILL
AMERICA BE TOMORROW
If THE NEWLYWEDS OF
i941 PROVE TO BE A
BUNCH OF PLAYBOYS AND
y l. A YGIRLS WHO JUST
CANT BE BOTHERED"
Last night / listened in on
a domestic rumpus. The Kid.
who's about 10 he inducted.
was telling his veteran Dad
how soft they had II way
back in 1917
Dad was equally intent on
showing his offspring how
tough those old days were
without all these modern
luxuricS.
Twast five minutes before
they both were so worked up
they choked.
4 REGIMENTS like that are
"A going on everywhere in
America. Both of them are
wrong Of course. Neither gen.
Grafton had anything on the
other when it comes 10 hard
knocks. It's all a matter 81
perspective az II always
was and always will be.
But what Of IL?
THE GREATEST BIRTH
DAY GIFT YOU CAN GIVE
ANY RED-BLOODED CHILD
IS A CHALLENGE. A CHAL-
LENGE SO NOBLE. so
TALL THAT IT WILL LAST.
HIM ALL HIS DAYS.
FACIN G CHALLENGE, '
MEETING RISKS
BEARING BURDENS
THESE ARE ALL PART OF
THE GRANEST AND MOST
GLORIOUS HONOR LIFE
CAN BESTOW UPON US
TIE HONOR OF BEING
A MAN.
Fair 20 bring a baby into an
upset wOrld7
Given health and hope. cour-
age. love and faith. you're a
piker If YOU DON + bring that
baby into this upset worldi
Copyright 1871 by KING Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
20 Pounds Off by Christmas

Today take a leaf-a green leaf-from the book on
treatment diabetes and have green vegetable day
1t equally coed week for obesity for diabetes
II will reduce you than any other single day of your
diet You have only five and per cent of carbohydrate
vegetables fruits They satisfy your appetite bh ADD
nothing your weight,
Breakfast:
Half grapefruit go.
Black coffee.
Lunch:
slices fried eggplant So.
Cold slaw So.
Glass milk
Coffee with and sugar.
Dinner:
helping squash 100.
helping asparagus 10G).
Lettuce go, tomato $50, watercress (5ft),
onion 900 and cucumber SO salad.
glass milk.
Coffee with cream and sugar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
Long Life Often TraceabIe TO Heredi+y
Eminent Physicians Have Discovered
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, VI. ID.

~ LOoFtaN Villas oHSANhANof We u
"WE ARE all omnibuSes in
" which our ancestors
ride, and every now and then
one of them sticks his head
out and embarrasseS us, so
averred that eminent Boston
physician, DR.. Oliver Wendell
=HaiaeS5
OF course they don't always
embarraSS us. Sometimes
we are mighty proud of them.
A newspaper clipping from
Oregon tells of a human
omnibus with some very valu-
able passengers:
Halfway. Ore. July 81
Frank Louson, -, is put out
because the state ruled he
was too old 10 have his driV-
er's license renewed without
taking a special test.
why. I'm young man
in our family LousOn com
planned.
"He explained that n
brother, 81. pilots his own
plane i'm Alaska; his mother
did all of her work until she
died AZ 30; his father died at
100, and his immediate grand
parents at 1903, 100. ll9 and
1913 years respectively"
That certainly tends 10 sup
port my old contention that If
YOU are aiming AT longevity
YOU should begin with your
grandparents People are al
ways asking doctors what
KIND OF diets and what other
things they should do to live
to AN old age.
My observation is that OK
Ccpt IN extreme cases of lack
OF moderation, II makes very
little difference what YOU do
after 80 The life force gave
YOU shove when YOU were
born and iust how much Of
shove determines the days
OF your years.
Mr. Louson, who wanted
his license renewed probably
exaggerated Just tceny little
hr on the members of his
family who he claimed lived
TO be ll9 and 123.
ONE hundred years is the
~ upper limit Of the pan OF
human life. according 90 our
greatest medical stauStician,
tho late Or RAYMOND Pearl
Tic claim of Thomas Parr.
who was supposed 10 ~be-l52
when he died. and Henry jon
klns who SWAMI a river az the.
age of 100 20 year, before he
died have been shown 10 boz
due to mistakes In The record
ol their datos OF birth
Several AraH~ ayr began
collecting books of advice on
how 90 lye 10 a ripe old age.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

One is by that reputedly wise
man. Lord Bacon. They are,
however, a melancholy col
lection
Most Of the authors Of
works on longevity die young
The only exception was an
Italian, Luigi Carnaro; he adj
ViSed q system of living 10
promote longevity and he
lived TO be 90 himself But
ne was over = when he he
gan TO advise on how TO live
long.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

Chief Mulcahy spoke from
the corridor.
you're under arrest, Linn"
he said "Stay right where We
are. An. Dunneyan. make II
snappy. Eye got work 10 do"
Judas, that's right"
Fireman Dunnevan chuckled
happily.
You're excited amt
you excited. Benny"
This brought a glance of
stern reproof from Seaman
Inns bright blue eyes.
Nuts" he said. "You act
like fourteen hundred Is i'm
portant dough, like YOU was
millionaire or snmepiH,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
ON SECOND VERSE

Seaman Linn was Just start
ing on the second verse a
rtbald description of the dead
Marine when Chief BoSun :
Mate Mulcahy unlocked the
door and Fireman Dunnevan
lunged in Seaman Linn spat
nonchalantly through his
teeth.
"Hi-yah, Tim" he said. Il
knowed all the time the Cap'n
was jest foolin'. Does the
Lawd love United States sail
ors or don't he? Hows-
about"
Look. Benny. \ check. Fer
fourteen hunnert an
Give il here"
Seaman Linn. his large
Adams apple betraylng an
otherwise perfect Sang-froid,
Inspected the check while Fire
man DunneVan somewhat in
cohcrently explained the
miracle.
INnaN Tim pipe
DOWN"
But l already told Chief
=AI4ileaha=-=.,=
"Didia tell" anybody else ."
Lieutenant BrNs !
did" then, As Seaman Linn
WINGED and shook his head,
"Why, Benny? Amt it no
good" l. il jest gag -
ITS "A GNP, YOU dumb
head"
Gype WHY >"
Fourteen hundred bucks
Chicken feed, them law
yers is keepin' the rest, prob'lIy
a hundred thousand"
Firman Dunnevan bllnked
Uncle Terence Gint have
no hunnert thousand"
Yeah How do YOU know ."
~ guy don't save that kind
Of dough 'tendin' bar, Benny.
Besides. he was honest an
churritihle."
These facts gave Seaman
Linn momenlaIN pause
We'll, Wen find out" he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

ambition and also became captain ol my
college football and baseball teams ] figure
tho dad I used 20 be- was not much dis
appointed i'm me- Such is the advantage Of
having limited ambitions as a boy and not
hoping 30 he President Of the United
states movie star or a managing
editor ENDl
I'VE latest figures show tho average
1 longevity of men is SO 6-1o year,
and ttat of women is "a $40 years
The reason women live longer IS that
Trey ale interested I'M more things than
mon and do not suppress their emotions
as much
Gaylord Hauser with his diet and system
Of living certainly has done a lot for Greta
Carlo. Nowadays Carlo not only does
not want 10 go home early, she wants to
stay until closing time. In brief the once
melancholy Swede is full Of the Joy Of
living OF course it could be love.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
Walter WincheH
On Broadway
Trad. Mark Registered. Copyright. 1871.

Trade
IT COULD only happen in the movies en- Well happened
at New York afternoon when the city supposed
10 photographer South
Carolina.
Instead they him North Carolina 400 miles
away-tch. tch
Strangest sight Fifth these days-seeng Boris
kaof the Hollywood chbly entering Elizabeth Ardens Not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
s1NTY suddenly mechanically hayvire l couldn't


- troll it, said Philadelphia had A child
The said the had cost him SIT When are those
mechanical wrecks going be ruled of the and highways
Some talk Of raising hot dogs 6 each Might
mistake Things dogs should be geaed TO the
currency should 10 be paid for with
nickel dime
Who remembers pieces Of copper
and hree-cent pieces this country? device
which VIII phone record phone owners
absence device the mechanical secretary
Is not in use in New York City but soon viii be
- be ht the head by burglar She woke up
warning The husband a travelling 300 miles away
Later husband told his wife had suddenly awakened and
found burglar his
Comparing wife found her husband had awakened
300 miles away the had screamed
ing her he danger DO you believe this?
my YOUNG smart all the quiz kids put together
~ I think" Seattle subscriber. The
thinks try stump him take this
I thought him told him YOU had putting
toothpaste a impossible.
or Immediately o the
squeezed oothpaste tube holding
way manipulating paste
stump Smart Aleck Kids Depart
ment.'"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

-Srrri. We heier lake this
check TO the bank before they
stop payment" Seaman Linn
picked up his hat. "C'mon,
Tim"
"Hut. RennN-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

TO get prettified, merely 10 remove the
gray streaks from his hair so he will look
more like Boris Karlof in Arsenic and Old
Lace"
Viva OBrien,' a new girl show fea-
lures a waterfall which looks like water,
but is really $4,000 lbs. of granulated sugar
'THE navy is very active these days. En-
sign Hall is conveying lovely Mary Jane
French, the Conover model
Robert Taylor, the star, will fly his
own plane east from the Hollywoods
One Of the leading male models "a six
footer who poses for he-mannSh advertSl
was recently turned down by the army.
The production of "AS You Like IT.
will be cast with only American players
The first time, we believe, as IL is generally
claimed that few American actors are cap
able OF handling the Bard.
The next thing in phones will be one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

4 FEMININE subscriber says that Chicago many men in
"A their forcs try hirt young have heard that
often happens Detroit And in ST. Louis Pittsburgh and
happens Brooklyn. a 40-or-more year-od
Brookyne boherS with the young he knows
and fores interesting
heard a fellow California who by Use Of different
lay either white blue red
POSTWAR can't retire until he 90 and he gets pension
- Of S2307 week possible for New York policeman
Of Al and higher pension than postnan
With appealing sranIness young woman writes:
sole purpose getting self
husband. the outnumber the 10 TO |
Detroit Isn't there least in this where the
ounumber the women"
understand there several Nevada where the
ounumber the But the last young whom
told that said;
After ALL when YOU Nevada what have
cote"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
Il. v. DHrHHg
On the Side

Dtr.eu,sd ry K.ns rssturss SYNDICATE u
Across tte fe'ds ~ gesterd0V
So sometimes comes N me-
A little lad jHe' hack from p'0p,
The iad Z used 20 bel.
And yet hc smiles so WisifHHg
Once tc has crcuf fithW,
! rorder n hc f0pCst1 scc
inc MON I might haze bccn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

"AAe will he, benny i--
Yeah"
Verse. I've seed YOU start
out with 80 cents AN wind up
with 40 bucks. Whut'll YOU do
startin' out with fourteen hum
merit bucks"
Then, Fireman -Bunnevan
looked at his pal with A per-
feet faith: II an you Is rich
men. Benny"
TRIBUTE TO GENIUS
This tribute to his genius
soltened Seaman Linn some
what.
That amt the main point
right now. Tim" he said. 1.-THE
main point is collectin' that
check before them lawyers
steal 1T 0ff'n us. too" He
staggered back 10 the door.
Chief Mulcahy-how's for a
little help here ."
"Eh. Linn? HOw's that ."
Chief Aftf4r.4t1v-1 -1TfSfTfT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14

I IERE pleasant little game give you
day II is numerical puzzle designed spell
fortune Count the letters your
Of letters subtract the
add B. The result upper
hand Of the ectangle your
numbers left to right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you Io./4
copyrgh, lsU. Miller pubgtes by KING Feau 1ua
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
MULCAHY SPEAKS

But. Benny"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26
LIBYA:
British Assault

The British assault in North AZ
RIGA looked extremely favorable, de-
spite the fact that hordes of Nazi
planes were challenging the Ameri-
can-equipped British in the air.
The imperial forces were speed
ing up their attack on points to the
west Of Tobruk, and had moved
even west of Derna at some points,
and were following strategy of
rapid and mobile slicing move
ments from the south upward to-
ward the coast at different points,
each of them cutting through Ger
man communications and supply
lines and forcing them to be re-
established at tremendous cost.
In one of these onslaughts, for in
stance, the British claimed to have
destroyed an ammunition depot OF
300 tons, and to have taken l,100
prisoners, in addition to destroying
or confiscating much fuel.
The center of fighting by General
Rommeps forces had moved to a
point Is miles west of Gazala,
plateau the fall of which would open
the road to Derna, second big stop
ping place of a westward movement
against Cyrenaica.
The British, usually conservative
in claims, frankly said in their COM
muniques, sit looks as though de-
cisive victory is not far off,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26

MIKADO, MICH. - This village,
christened IS years ago in honor Of
the emperor of japan, wants to
change its name. Its 125 citizens
are distressed. They now want to
rename Mikado Roosevelt" Above
photo shows some of the DIRECTORS.
and Hawaii, was not so highly op-
timistic an outlook, viewed as a
whole.
Military observers said the Japs
probably overestimated the fifth
column aid they would get in the
Philippines; also the disaster that
their sudden attack would create
in Hawaii.
They believed they reckoned with
out the bounce-back of the navy
from Hawaii, and without the firm
ness and ferocity of the Filipino
troops, and the military ability of
General Macarthur.
Guam, it is true, had fallen, but
Midway and Wake had held out, and
the Japs had broken the force Of
their attack on Luzon without get
ting anywhere.
r However, it was in Malaga that
the chief japanese onslaught was
taking place with enormous num-
bers of men from Indo China, NOV
ing through Thailand with complete
cooperation. 'A't
The British had been frankly
afraid that if Singapore did not fall,
then it might very well become
useless as a naval base, and they
pointed out that if the ships could
not enter and leave the harbor, and
that if planes could not take off and
land from the fields-then Singapore
might fade from the picture.
A major British defeat in Malaga
was, therefore, regarded in the best
quarters as a distinct possibility,
and the picture of what would hap
pen next was not pretty for the de-
tense Of the Philippines.
The other dark spot was Hong
kong, the siege of which was being
undertaken by the heaviest possible
Japanese forces. This, too, it was
conceded, might fall, not with so
much military advantage to jap
anese plans.
The plan, therefore, for a unified
command, and the suggestion that
General Macarthur be placed in
charge, was considered Of vital i'm
portance. Study of maps showed
that a Jap victory in Malaga and
at Hongkong would make reinforce
ments to Manila a severe problem
to the United States indeed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26
CENSORSHIP:
ADOPTED by u. S.

President Roosevelt's appointment
of Byron Price, an Associated Press
editor, as chief of the American CEN
sorship bureau, and the adoption of
a central censorship was met by a
press resigned to the fact that some
thing of the kind was necessary
war measure.
The first days of the war had
found so much confusion and so
much printing of rumors of air raids
and Of speculations as to move
ments of troops and of ships that
the public was gradually becoming
a little jittery, particularly along the
East and West coasts of the conti-
nent.
The naming of trained news
paper man as head Of the censor
ship and the Presidents announce
ment that he would be permitted
to create his own organization and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26
HAWAII:
Changes

Despite the fact that Secretary
Knox had revealed that the army
and navy forces on Hawaii were
"not on the alert" against attack,
and the fact that President Roose-
welt had appointed an investigation
board, the extent Of the disaster as
revealed by the naval secretary left
a general sense of relief in this
country and in England that it was
no worse.
Even before an inquiry board
headed by Supreme Court Justice
Owen Roberts and appointed by the
President could start its work there
was a shakeup in the Hawaiian
army and naval commands. Adj
miral Husband Kimmel, command
er of the Pacific feet, was replaced
by Rear Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
In the army Lieut.. Gen. Delos G..
Emmons was ordered to replace
Lieut.. Gen. Walter c. Short, COM
mander of the Hawaiian depart
ment, and Maj. Gen. F. L. Martin,
chief of the Hawaiian army air COM
mand, was relieved of his post and
Brig. Gen. c. L. Tinker appointed
in his stead.
Chief outright loss was the battle
ship Arizona, $4,000 tons, a good
ship in good condition, and undoubt-
edly most Of the 2,500-odd who lost
their lives were centered in her.
The fact that the Pacific feet, still
intact and still in considerable
force, was ranging the great ocean
in pursuit of the Japanese fleet was
comforting news.
Also of considerable relief were
the navy secretary's stories of hero
ism on the part of army and navy
men, also Of civilians in the Homo
lulu area as well as in Pearl Har-
Dor itself. The Americans had con-
Quoted themselves as such in trying
circumstances, and while dealt
crushing blow had bounded back,
full of enthusiasm, to carry the fight
to the enemy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26
UNREST: Az
Report ReUiUed

The tempo of attack from the
"Ostland," or on the Russian front
brought from Stockholm, Bern and
other neutral sources increasing re-
ports of unrest inside Germany.
Though returning correspondents,
ousted from Berlin before and after
the declaration of war on this coun-
try, told frankly that Germany was
preparing for war on five-year
basis, neutral quarters advanced
the theory that Hitler was having
hard time explaining the Russian
situation.
1t was said that the subterfuge of
refusing all holiday leaves to Of
ficers and men back from the east
ern front, and other means Of keep
ing the people in ignorance of the
disaster were being resorted to, but
that the German high command
was having its hands full explaining
why Hitler's vaunted attack on Mos
cow had failed.
The Reds were boasting that Len
ingrad was safe; that Moscow could
not be taken; that the Caucasian oil
was definitely beyond the German
grip; that before spring would re-
turn, the Russian armies would hurl
the last German out Of Russia.
Hitler's simple announcement
that Germans could not fight in the
cold weather, and that the Russian
campaign would be abandoned for
the winter, Stockholm said, would
never be able to satisfy the home
people for what was bound to hap
pen, the return of broken, smashed
divisions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-12-26
RUSSIA:
Moving Steadily


Steady advances by the Russians
on all fronts, despite weather con-
ditions, and reports of huge cap
lures of prisoners and Of booty had
begun to convince the world that
the German effort to hold their win
ter lines was doomed to failure, and
that the retreat might duplicate for
the German armies what happened
to Napoleon in the same situation.
One such strategic point as Kali
min being captured had spoken vol
umes. This town, 80 miles north
west Of Moscow, had been the first
point the Nazis had grabbed in
starting their enlightenment of Mos
COW and Leningrad, and lying as it
does on the main route between the
cities, had virtually isolated them
from each other.
The northward drive of the Red
armies had smashed, Moscow re-
ports said, six divisions, or 10000
Germans at that point, and the
enemy was described in full retreat
and in danger of humiliation.
Tanks, motor vehicles and guns
were being abandoned in the fight,
and without mechanical equipment
in large quantities the orderly evac-
uation Of such huge numbers of men
under Russian weather conditions
was seen as impossible.
London sources realized that the
Reds had now wonderful opportu-
nifty for a double-flanking operation
against the great arc Of Germans
around Leningrad and Moscow, and
that if pressed home with vigor a
disaster without parallel in all war
fare was in store for Germany.