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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

WHY Waste Basket Makers Rudy consumes
y quart of ice day He loves the Once
stopped at place and ordered 20 different havors
consume them ADJUST lick of paid
walked out whiStling This also the mall
Pencil Company has pencil called The popular
seller everywhere the West Coast
has had TO take off the market
japanese out there" L don't believe
NAVY Gag Newcomers invariably teased with
the IF President boards ship
into the how would he get? After give
upthe answer Is i3 Why 49,? you bite The
coming, 2l going and for
MICHAEL LORlNG he witnessed the whole thing
week in of the 18th street caeterias goofy guy
at the next table had bit of lettuce sticking of his five
nights IN Last night the dope the
table but this time his contained hunk Unable
to control his curiosity Michael
"Poddn me- mister don't want to rude-but would
please tell why your
Because the reply, o lettuce"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

never sufficiently adorned. nor Is any eX-
cess of adornment enough for them"
Needless 10 say the advice OF t.
Maccius Plautus is as good now as il was
1000 years ago.
A young fellow might ask himself:
what branch OF feminine adOrnment
selling could go into"
Well. sir. some years ago smart man.
noting the so-callcd "lcrscr' women was
not c9-tly beng catered TO dacidce To
specialize in things for the plump ladies.
And made himself and his heirs fortune.
Right now the tall women appear to be
much catered to and the short women TO
some extent ignored. How about shop
or line of goods especially designed for
the cute little tricks?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

'TIiE gal friend of famed Hollywood been back in New
York three months Pride has kept her from letting
know that things turned for her She s
Unable TO buy dress and she often hungry
other day was her birthday Her Romeo gift
A gold money clip
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

A poLF HITLER recently popped off
about his discovery that F. ID. r.
Is a Mason "A irightful thing" one
OF his Spokcsmen shrcked The Free
MasonS. as you know, are among those
banned in Naz Germany Another
American, Charles Lindbergh is also a
life member OF the Masonic Order
Lindbergh was indicted into keystone
Lodge No. 243. St Louis, Mo. He
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09
BY JAN VALTW

real mattress 10 sleep on. The
worker had stopped beside a
tree and was watching me
silently.
The trooper said sullenly:
"March. you red hound"
DISOBEYS ORDER
I did not march. Maybe
they had orders TO shoot me
so that l did not die. Shatter
my knee, or otherwise cripple
me.
Such Things had been done
before. A man with a shat
tered right knee would rather
sign a confession than have
his left knee shattered as well.
An ak slicing through the
neck, with a judge in a top
hat looking on gravely. and
Gestapo witnesses smirking
their self-satisfaction is less
than shattered knee. The
worker knocked out his pipe
against the trunk of the tree
and moved on with uneasy
eyes.
.HeiI Hitler" he said as he
passed the guards.
THE swine won't march,"
said one of tho troopers.
"Nc1l 'mciic him march,"
said the other.
One of them kicked me. l
pitched forward into the snow.
Boots struck my side and the
butt of a rifle came down on
my back.
Get up! Who In hell's
name told YOU to lie down."
stood up. Hard and cold
the barrel of a pistol pressed
into the back eff ny neck
"Now, march,"
COUNTS THE STEPS
I marched. l counted the
steps because l did not want
Ito think of the pistol pressing
the back of the neck. Thirty
81, Al
my hands get cold" the
trooper muttered.
/ felt him take the pistol
barrel away from my skin.
Keep marching" he added.
I marched. Three PAGES be-
hind me marched the guards.
"Sing," one of them COM
manded. "Sing the Horst
Vessel song"
l sang. L sang at the top
of my voice.
damn wehen Hltlerfahnen
ueber allen Strassen,
damn BRIGHT der Tag der
deutchen Freiheit an :"
The melody is one of a
revolutionary song. l had
heard it sung by workers
demonstrations. surge up from
hundred thousand threats.
The tramp Of militant prole-
tartan columns in hostile
streets was the highest music
/ knew. My mouth brayed
the Nazi words. but in my
heart other words welled up
in a pounding rhythm
"Hoch wehen Sovietfahnen
ueber Barrikaden,
So bright der Tag der rotten
Freiheit an -"
Once more the guards
stopped marching. 1mmedi-
ately halted, treading the
spot, still singing. The prison
waits heaved hollow echoes.
March" a trooper snapped.
IL won't march unless you
follow" l said,
"Oh, you won't march,"
NO." / answered.
STAND STILL THEN
"AIl right. stand still then
till you're blue In the face"
The troopers had a consul
tation while l stood still.
"If you don't march. we'll
give you a beating" one OF
them said.
March" commanded the
other.
/ did not march.
We'll beat you till you
hear the angels hallelujah."
i said nothing, stood still.
March" said the trooper.
/ did not march.
you're n stubborn, all
right" one of them muttered.
Take off your pants"
l unloosened my belt and
let the pants slip down 10 my
knees. The guards laid their
rifles in the snow. One of
them grasped his rubber
truncheon. The other held his
pistol cooked. They led me TO
the side of the road and
pushed my face against a
tree.
Bend over! Clasp your
arms around the tree and
bend over"
ITO be ContInuedl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09
CHAPTER SO


They were out 10 break me
and | refused TO be broken.
WIS 4 pTCCC-Ut- tf1r pHTty-
They could Kill me. but they
could never, never kill the
party.
The old snarl was in my
throat. 1t leaped 10 my
throat even though / did not
call it.
do your worst, you
skunks. I'll tell you nothing"
The lights were out and |
lay on the iron network
which was my bed. shackled
hand and foot. / was about
10 blow cool air on my right
wrist which had been chafed
raw by the handouts when
! heard pounding steps APP
proach along the tier.
Were they coming for me?
II they came for some one
else, l should soon know by
the banging of a door, by
groans and yells and the
muffled cursing of the guards.
DOOR SWINGS OPEN
No. 1t was for me. From
outside a hand | could MOI s.o
switched ON the light 4 key
ratified IN the lock The door
swung open. l Suffened 10 al
tention. Under my wounded
nakedness the cot gave little
metallic creaks.
Two guards entered the
cell. Under the black steel
helmets their faces were pale.
Young Thin faces Mith- sgraNiSh-
eyes and colorleSs lips. Each
of them carried rifle, a bayo-
net, a pistol, a belt with car
tridges and a rubber trunch-
con.
They were not guards from
the tier. They were sentries
from the yard. One Of them
reached over and unlocked my
shackles. Mutely l wondered
what deviltry they planned.
i stood under the window
now, still naked. and swaying
queerly to and fro
The guards laughed.
SISSY. sissy" said one.
"Get dressed" commanded
the other.
At top speed I slipped into
my patched blue pants and the
shapeless tiger-striped jacket.
A guard growled;
"You move like a sack OF
-four. Hurry up"
REPEATS EPITHETS
put on the sinking, hob
nailed boots and the little
black round cap. For months
l had seen neither underwear
nor socks.
This guy looks like
Gandhi," one of the troop
ers said.
HE looks like an ape after
a bridal night" said the
other.
what do YOU look like ."
Like Gandhi," | said.
"Hell, no, not Gandhi."
Like an ape"
The trooper kicked me
hard.
what sort of an ape, hey?:"
he yelled.
Like an ape after n bridal
night" / said.
stared straight ahead,
wondering what they were up
TO. Had there been one. a
man could have al X @ d,
Talked sensibly. But when
they came in a pair or more.
one was ashamed of the other,
each wanted TO be the smart
est, most ruthless of the crew.
A guard jabbed his fist into
my stomach.
"Say: l am a dissipated She
ape" he ordered.
II am a dlssipated she-ape,"
l said.
Louder
II am dlssipated She
ape"
Ten times I roared:
~ am a dissipated she-ape."
The troopers watched me,
fascinated.
OUT INTO SNOW
"Step Outw
/ stepped out. The tier was
empty. Here and there
guard squinted through the
Spy-hole Of a cell. ! marched
BY Jimmy Hatlo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

Jackie Gleason, the comedian, writes
from Movieville that he had lunch with a
woman colyumist who was so thin that
she had knuckles in her knees. and every
time she sat down they made a fist"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09
Walter Wi5ycheIJ
On Broadway
Trade Mark Registered Copyright, 1871.

SARDIS night they wondering what spot In the
"A Broadway Belt would provide the best AFRAID shelter
Baycs suggested Jack Clifford its
had a hit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09


habit OF forcing my thought
into neutral channels. Just
-tt1rr1 was ruurr1bfing TO my
self:
Green birches- remind me
Of young girls The waters
Of the Rio de la Plata are
Yellow with floating mud ="
Halt" a trooper ordered.
WHISPERED TALK
A whispered conversation
took place between the guards
at the outer gate and those
who had taken me from my
cell. From the troopers
kitchen drifted the aroma of
pea soup and fried onions.
Heavily a crow Topped over
head. One of the sentries
pushed his face close TO mine.
"Ob. it's yOu," he said softly.
That's good. Did you ever
have a busted spinee No"
Well, good-by, darling"
A portion of the heavy gate
clinked open. l looked into a
dark road lined with trees.
The road led away among
gardens, patches Of empty
ground a few cottages with
feeble streaks of light.
The night was immense.
The great outside leaped at
me. engulfed me, and the first
sensation was one Of suffoca-
ton. In those distant houses
lived men who were free and
who did not know the value
of freedom.
Free TO walk down any
street they chose; free to walk
into a restaurant for coffee;
free TO crawl into bed and put
their arms aroun d their
women; free TO sing, to open
doors, to switch on and off
their lights!
My head feeled and I heard
my heart pound and my
senses clamor. And then l
asked myself again: What do
they want Why this ex-
cursion in the dead of the
night?
"Step out"
I stepped through the gate.
Keep TO the middle of the
road-Marchw
MARCH ALONG ROAD
I marched along the middle
Of the road, the sweet smell of
manure in my noStrils. Some
where nearby must have been
a barn with horses and COWS.
Far off a locomotive shrieked.
II was a fearful thing 10 think
of a locomotive speeding
through the night. Going to
Cologne, TO Amsterdam, 10
Paris or Turin.
To the left, silent orchards
foated away in inpenetrable
darkness. The man behind
me stopped hitting me every
- steps. Snow fell. To the
right, the prison hulked like
a giant geometric shape
aginst the sky.
"Where are you taking
me-" l asked.
"We're going to shoot you"
was the curt reply.
They're going to shoot me-"
/ thought. what Of IT,"
When the lead-filled whips
come biting into a mans car
caSs, he thinks Of being shot
as a festival. One single slash
of a whip is more painful
than a slug in the head, he
thinks. So death by shooting
can become a final, merciful
CareSS.
Beyond the colossal out
lines of the prison the search
lights from the flying field
played like avid fingers in the
night. listened 10 the
thunder of a plane which was
circling to land. 1t was a
night like any other night. A
night full of diScord and
danger.
THIRST FOR LIFE
Gradually l realized that !
did not want to die. Death
would put an end 10 the
dancing whips. the shiverihg
nights. an end 10 pain and
degradation and hope that had
no right TO exist.
A man iS@ready 10 die, but
when death is ready TO spring.
he discovers that the privilege
10 breathe. the good clean air
alone is abundant compenSa-
ton for all the hellish whips
can do.
Three PAGES behind me the
troopers boots crunched on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

>"Boy," said one. "this Is the life! Nice
atmosphere and higher type of people to
stare at you. What more could you ask:"
yeah" shifted the other "but you get
better herring In Lindy's."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

received the Blue Lodge Degree upnn return
from his nonstop hop with life membership by
the branch
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

Benay forwards the fable about the penguins
waddling Rockefeller Center:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

EGYPTIAN henna is running very short
- IN TINS country. ttnfeSS science coHes
10 the rescue with substitute only
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

down the stairs through a
gloomy hall and toward the
yard. ! crossed the yard and
The SnnAV- crunched- under my
feet. The cold night air sang
IN my lungs and mounted into
my head like wine. Behind
me. the trooper counted the
steps
Links. Links! Links, zwei,
drei, vier :"
Every Il steps his rubber
club came down on the back
of my neck.
The guard at the gate raised
his hand in the Hitler salute
and let us pass. We marched
through the darkness of an
other yard and on the SOFT
earth the snow made little
Swishing noises about our
boots.
At times the beams Of
searchlights leaped up and
down the walls like animals
who have lost their way.
Along the outer walls I saw
the immobile shapes of sem
tries in black greatcoats and
under black steel helmets.
Their hands buried, they
hold their rifles in the hollow;
OF their arms. and when they
pas cd the lantern at the
outer gate. ! saw that there
were hand grenades in their
belts. The outer gates. gray
and huge, blocked the way.
l had begun to cultivate the
habit OF forcing my thought
into neutral channels. Just
-ti7rn was rnurrbfTng 10 my
self:
Green hirches- remind me
Of young girls The waters
of the Rio de la Plata are
yellow with floating mud -
Halt" a trooper ordered.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09
On the Side
BY E, v. During

They tolk about a icomaa's sphere
As though il had a limit,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

real mattress 10 sleep on. The
worker had stopped beside a
tree and was watching me
silently.
The trooper said sullenly:
"March. you red hound"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-09

7TCTC mol pIdce N cnrfF or HtoreH
There's not q task 10 mankind 0ireN
without a C0mdH W n.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
What Goes On?

According to reports reaching
Robert Grady Johnson, former pr
SON head now doing special de
fonse" work for the highway com
mission while awaiting the date he
takes over as ABC chairman, about
fifty members of the Both Engineers
U. S. A., arrived in his home town
OF BurgaW Il few days ago, pitched
camp, and now give every indication
of sticking around for an indefinite
period.
Much mystery is being made Oh
THEN presence, Johnson said. 70 al
queries replies have been very vague
though members of the cadre have
intImatcd they viii be in the neigh
b0rhUOd three or four months ii,
least.
Now Fender e the possibility OF
new environment developments in tbs
immediate BurgaW area.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08

world. There was DR.. Hertzler's
Horse and Buggy Doctor, followed
by Country Editor, Country Par
son, HoSs Doctor, and now we
have Robert B. Nixon, Jr.'s ac-
count of his father, called Cor
ner Druggist (Prentice-Hall, Inc,
publishers, New York, 1941).
The corner drug store still exists
and | suppose there must be some
good reason why corners are Sc
lected, although l am not so sure
/ understand it, but the corner
druggist, in the old sense of the
word, is largely disappearing. He
was the neighborhood druggist,
Just as the doctor was the neigh
0orhood doctor and the minister
was the neighborhood minister.
His position, as Mr.. Nixon says,
was at once the most obscure and
the most important in his COM
munity. He performed the great
est service for the lowest pay.
Apprentice at Seventeen
The corner druggist here de-
scribed, began his apprenticeship
when he was II years old. He
lived over the drug store. He was
available day and night. He did
a good deal Of medical practice in
the way of prescribing for common
ailments. SO far as | can see, he
did it pretty well. He took care of
a great many illnesses at a cost
which the patient could afford to
pay and filled a place in the prac-
tice of medicine which | am not
sure was supplied by the regular
medical profession. The Public
Relations Counsels Of the various
druggists associations tell me that
this practice is dying out but am
not so sure but what it is a good
practice. Your baker now sells
you vitamins, why shouldn't your
druggist sell you simple herbs?
"The old-fashioned neighbour
hood drugstore was an institu-
ton unique in American life. >. .
A Neighborhood Accommodation
"The corner drugstore was an
accommodation center much like
the modern filing station. People
come there to use the telephones
or the rest rooms, to get free maps
and free information, and occa-
sionally to buy. SO it was with the
drugstore. Father said that loaf
ers bought cigars in other places
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08

Congressman Lon Folger, after be-
ing critically injured in an auto
mobile accident, died at ll:30 p. M.
At | a. m, n hour and a half
thereafter and before rigor morris
had a chance to set in, former Con-
gresham Frank Hancock of the
Fifth was reused from his bed by
a long distance phone call regarding
selection of successors to Fol ger AZ
congressman and as Democratic ma
lIOMuI committeeman.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
Mule Dealer.

The mule dealers profession gain
cd another practitioner when Ton
oop,l, who polled more than 80,
600 votes for governor IN 1910, ran
last in a field of seven, for city
councilman IN Wilmington Tuesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
Stock Leaders
Lack Strength

v.,, York. May 8.-(AP)-A few
metals and specialtIes stepped
I'.'' small sized rally today but
,1rg market leaders generally lack
t" p,.r,, lajlcd To hold "a many in
AuNcvcr, and the direction
s ,.t--tN cloudy at the close.
T'., .. were around 100000
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
By LOGAN CLENDEN1NG, NJ. D.

. Within the past few years our
literature has begun to notice the
figures in American life who have
been so familiar as hardly to at
tract the attention Of the literary
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
Opposition Against Hoey
AS National Committeeman
Forms in Roosevelt Faction
CONTINUED From Page One)

not yet said he is a candidate tol
the committee post; but has sad he
will accept if it is rendered by q
virtually unanimous vote. =,
This unanimous support he VIII
not get unless the New Dealers ind,
after thorough investigation, tina,
thev haven't even an outside chance
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08

EDITORS NOTE: DR.. Clendening has
seven pamphlets which can be obtained by
readers. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
For any one pamphlet desired, send 10
cents in coin. and a self-addressed envelope
stamped with a three-cent stamp, to DR..
Logan Clendening, in care of this paper.
The pamphlets are Three Weeks Reduce
ing Diet, indigestion and Constipation,
Reducing and Gaining. Infant Feed
ing, instructions for the Treatment Of
Diabetes. Feminine Hygiene ana The
Care of the Hair and Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
Familiar Old Corner
Druggist q Passing Clan

and came there to smoke them:
that they bought drugs somewhere
else and came there to be enter
Rined. People dropped in for the
weather report, to look at the ther-
mometer, to buy two-cent stamps,
to have specks taken out of their
eyes. -.
Father, like most old-time
pharmacists. cursed the people
who came to talk instead of to
buy, but he would have been lost
without the gossip and hustle
around him. Because he was on
duty eighteen hours a day, he had
no opportunity for any other So
clal life. The familiar story was
OF the pharmacist and his friend
=. who were playing checkers. .
The latter whispered, Doe, a GUS
toner Just came into the store
eyes, l know. Keep still. May
be he'll go out again.
Long Hours for Low Paw
The average neighborhood drug
gist has a hard time keeping his
head above water, or staying a
few steps ahead of the sheriff.
Suppose a druggist fills six
prescriptions a day at sixty or
wen seventy-fve cents. Let US
say it is all profit. That makes
$3.50 or $3.50. Let us say his aver
age daily business is thirty dollars.
That is a very fair average. His
profits cannot possibly be over
one-third Of his gross receipts.
That gives him ten dollars. He
must pay store rent, light, heat,
and a relief clerk, and usually he
has a boy to help him."
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
S. D.:-"Is oatmeal, eaten every
morning, harmful for a bad liver,
and what would you advise for a
bad liver?"
Answer-Oatmeal is not harm
full for anything, but is a highly
nutritious and well-balanced ar
ticle of diet. Doctor johnson once
sneered, "The men and horses in
Scotland both eat oatmeal and
some Scotchman in his audience
replied, "And where will you find
such men and such horses?" The
tenn bad liver" is too indefinite
to attempt to explain. bad liver"
is a term loosely used for anybody
who feels out of sorts, headachy,
etc, and the liver usually has
nothing to do with the condition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-08
GllouliSh.

cation in HendersonVillc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
SERIAL STORY
BY HELEN R. WOODWARD

THE STORY: The climax oF many Insults aimed at Diana Curt hy her sister~ln-law, Adela, comes when the vicious, spltefuL girl fsnznes . meeting between Diana and her former employer, fllrta- tiaus Richard Thorpe. Diana, knowing Thorpe and Adela arc having an affair, goes tO his hunt Ing lodge believing Adela Is there. stephen finds them together, Is hure and bewjldered even though hts marriage tO Diana is tempo rary and one of convenience, con- tFacted Co secure his SS,OOO,O 900 in- heFitance which he would not re- ceive unless he married before the are Of S5. Others in the story arc Phil Bruce, Stephens best friend who ls strongly attracted to ni- ana; Evelyn Thorpe, beautiful blind wife of Richard, whom Di- aIla believes stephen loves, Been somewhere, Diana?" triumphant Adela asks when her plot tO Ais- credit his wife with stephen has worked. "I love him." flashes ni- ana. ''and I'm going to fight for hlm," stephen wonders why Di- ana makes no attempt Co explain, somehow feels that she Is inNO- cent. For that reason he decides, readylng for an important trip to south America, to leave things at home In charge of Diana,
 
 DARK CLOUDS GATHER