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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
CaIIow Harvard Youths
Chided for Their Lampoon
BY DAMON RUNYON

To the editors of the Harvard
Lampoon. Cambridge, Mass.
Dear SirS-
We see where you recently
named Miss Miriam Hopkins,
the actress, as the least deSir-
able company on a desert island
We suppose you spoke in Jest,
but even so we are moved to
address you in spirit of
friendly counsel We fear you
may get the idea that you are
really competent to judge of de-
sirable company on desert
island.
Young gentlemen--boyS. if we
may be so informative implore
you to defer JUDGMENTS of this
nature until you have been out
of Harvard 20 or 30 years and
have had the opportunity of
looking around a bit and study
ing the situation. You will be
surprised.
WE NEVER met Miss Hop
w kinS. though we have seen
her on stage and screen. OF her
personality, her mental range,
her disposition, we cannot speak
with authority. But we assume
from her apparent understand
ing and grasp of her various
roles that she has intelligence,
which we assure you is not TO be
despised on desert island.
There are bound to come nights
when you are all tuckered out
and will want TO indulge in
little conversation on the side.
We do not know why you
named Miss Hopkins. Possibly
II was because of some unreal
soning prejudice born of seeing
her in a picture of few years
ago called "She Loves Me Not"
In that picture. Miss Hopkins
played the part of a night club
dancer in revealing garb. and
the revelation was not bad. boys.
Not bad. at all. Little things
like that count in company on a
desert island
WE. TOO, once had our ideas
w of least desirable company
under certain circumstances.
though in the main we preferred
TO let our mind dwell on the
most desirable.
We do not recall that we
were a stickler for a desert
island but we do remember that
we wanted our most desirable
company in some locality so re-
mbte as to insure us the com
pletG possession and attention of
the company without the sinis-
ter presence of some better
looking and glibber guy. You
see. boys, we were a slow
worker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Against

I FEEL that every dime given to England
l would be spent to better advantage in
America, as these loans are outright gifts.
The administration has frankly admitted they
do not expect repayment. Why not give
homes and food to American families instead
of throwing away billions in the charnel house
of England and Europe?
| wonder if some of these old cucks who
love England more than America have ever
dropped in at the station to see the boys off
for camp. I've done -seJ-aHd it would tear
your heart strings to see these poor mothers
and fathers notwithstanding their poor boys
are destined for battlefield and unmarked
grave somewhere in Europe.
The pretty high sounding speeches about
defense are lot Hypocrisy. Be honest
with the boys and tell them that theirs is to be
the great honor of saving England's markets
for her but that would be against the admin
istratons way of doing things,
Why should American parents stand the
cost of having their boys killed in war that's
none of our business? 1t would be cheaper
and kinder to feed them poison
WILLIAM IL. LONG,
Wheeler Road No. 3,
Bay City, Mich.
As FAR as diplomacy is concerned, we are
"A still in short pants.
Russia, of all countries made us give in.
Now that we supply war materials to Eng
land directly, and eventually Germany indi-
rectly Through her relationship with Russia)
we will invariably end up defending ourselves
AGAINST WHAT WE SUPPLIED.
FELIX c. REZNICK,
7749 Lambert street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Quiz Answers

|. Now Providence.
;. Legend has II Germany IN the
town OF Hamelln.
3. Forty ounces.
4. lis nectneSs and the fact that
il dwells in the highest parts OF
the Alps.
). Strong as iron bands"
s. ta) Madison; (h) Lincoln.
Z. Twelfth Night"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Trained Officers Needed
For Nations Defense


program, the unanimous desire of all Americans chat
this country should have military establishment second
in the world has been almost entirely focused
upon a demand for weapons.
OF course. We do need airpanos. tanks, batteshps,
machine guns and bomb-sights
We also need men trained to handle them.
But still more need officers corps of all grades
able to command the large complicated and formidable
forces organizing
The country has realized this need for a long time,
and it time for the people to demand from the
administration the proper facilities for training such
officers corps.
The Hearst newspapers have for years consistently
urged with the backing of expert opinion that branches
of both West Point and Annapolis be established on the
Pacific Coast Events have proved the soundncss Of this
view.
CALIFORNIAS representatives have not been idle in
u this respect Speaking before the Senate naval affairs
committee Senator Hiram Johnson recently renewed his
demands for added training facilities.
II cant fahom why shouldn't have another
academy" Senator Johnson said.
Navy objections the ground that this would lead
rivalry between line officers of the fleet and thereby
initiate against morale properly dismissed by Mr.
Johnson far-feched Similar objections from
a restricted army group are similarly far-fetched.
Two bills are before the House which, if enacted
will tend to remedy the present Deficiencies at moderate
and the immense progress of the defense program
One by Representative Costello provides for junior
military academy in Southern California. The other by
Representative Toan calls for junior naval academy IN
the Francisco Bay Each bill specifies S1OOOOOO0
as the estimated cost
D 9TH congressman emphasize that the purpose is not to
d create two West Points two Annapolses Instead
the Pacific Coast establishments would prepare
tory schools the first two years cadets then proceed
ing to the senior academies for the finishing education
graduation and commission.
From every point Of vieW-miftary, social and eco
nomic-both the Tolan and Costello bills form intell
gent and practical solution of major problem IN the
creation of two-ocean navy and hemisphera army.
1t is necessary and urgent, however that the
attention and concern citizens defense needs
be translated into personal action
Congress should be made acntey OF the publcs
determination equip the forces and also to provide them
with the properly trained leadership.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Connolly Answers

1. fa) Ben: Cb) Treasure; (c)
Death.
,. ta) Fate; OBJ least; tc)
moment.
3. (a) rip Van Wrinkle Irving;
tbl Tom Sawyer Twain; (c)
The Scarlet Letter" Haw-
thorne.
4. (a) AssueruS; tb) Zachary; (c)
BopZ,
5AtaE Brazil; OBJ Argentina; lc)
Andorra.
s. ta) Martha: hi "Clari. the
Maid of Milan; tcD I'll Trova-
tore.
I. ta) Vatican City. th) Agra,
India; tc) Panama Canal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ORTHODOX CHURCH,
1890 iTwenty-fiith street.

To THE EDITOR:
/ WISH TO vigorously protest
the action taken by the
RooSevelt-Wallace Club TO de-
rank Col. Charles a. Lindbergh
for his patriotic appeal to the
congressional com mittee to
strengthen our defense. be neu-
trail in the present war and seek
peace.
ON the contrary those in New
Deal circles who would involve
US in any way in European I'M
perialiStic wars should be de-
ranked or impeached.
GEORGE APOSTLES,
1916 East Jefferson avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
For Aid

4 MERlCA should not enter this European
n war for the following reasons
!. This war is not of our making. We
were never consulted on the events or factors
creating the condition, therefore I do not see
that we have any responsibility or obligations
to any one involved
,. The Axis powers do not constitute suffi-
cient threat to or mine To the point where
! can join the conflict on the grounds of self
defense
Looking at the facts. as I see them. inva-
sion by foreign power is illogical and entirely
out of line with the facts
Last May and June, hard driving, beau
tifully trained victorious German army drove
through the combined Allied forces as hot
knife slices through butter on hot day. but
was brought to a definite standstill by
narrow gap of Is miles of water This narrow
strip of water stopped this tremendous adj
vance so completely that Germany unable
to deliver the final knockout punch on
grocgy and almost defenseless England
How could this force, which is unable to
cross Is miles of water, carry war across the
Atlantic?
| do not think our present course will
require our active participation in this war.
What reports we hear from England declare a
snfficiency of men, but shortage of supplies.
Therefore, our function in this conflict should
be confined 10 material supply to England.
To put it bluntly | hate Hitler, but not
enough to be killed for it.
IRVING BOLOTUIKOFF.
ZIG Visger road.
River Rouge, Mich.
/ THINK that we will have to fight for our
1 freedom eventually? Why not now? l
would rather be dead than live under Hitler's
rule and l would give my life to spare my
country that shame.
MRS G. A. BACKSCHEIDER,
1868 Fifteenth street
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Tongue Of the North Pole,
Greenland, Vital TO u. S.
By BENJAMIN DE CASsERES

mines. lis villages the habits
of the natives during the long
nights, its glaciers. fauna, flora
and a closeup of the rampartS
of the ice kingdom as you 20
north toward the pole
A thrilling visit for you to a
httle-kI1own part of America.
NOW GIVE your globe-map a
~ good twirl
| suppose that We Americans
know less about the coaSt-line of
Arabia than about any other
region in the world.
This coast. as we'll as Arabia
itself, however, is a region of
adventure mystery and legend
second to none. It's the last
unknown country
Avian NIllicrS. in Sons of Sin
had CScribncrsl. takes Us along
this coast IN a big decp-Sca show.
II is believed 10 be the first
voyage along the whole coast
ever made by a white man in an
Arabian vessel Heroic. amusing
and fantastic characters crowd
the pages OF Nh. Villicrs book.
lis an excursion INTO another
world a grand book TO sink into
under your lamp. turn off the
radio for the night and forget
what's in the newspapers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Beauty ofLife
Born in Sea.
Science Says
Flowers Fail TO ESQ a p e
Mans Mad Rush
BY EDWIN c.. HILL

BIOLOGISTS of the Univer-
sity of Denver have con-
cluded. after an extensive study
of the Rocky Mountain region,
that it was once vast plain.
Then came a mighty volcanic
CONFUSION which literally turned
the earth inside out, and which
raised the great Continental
Divide.
1t has been said scientifically
that about all of North America
was once submerged in the sea.
Perhaps that fact accounts for
the fascination which the sea
eXerts on most people. The
blood within our bodies and the
water of the sea contain the
same salts. in Just about the
same proportions.
Science surmises. indeed. that
sea water is the mother medium
from which our blood derives.
The rhythm of the ocean is the
rhythm of our life-cycle
Somewhere, sometime. far
back on the dim and distant
trail of evolution. we may have
been jewellers upon the sea-
floor, fellow to wondrous things.
10 immense forests. to subma-
rine jungles beautiful beyond be-
lief
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

EVEN lovely, fragile flowers
IL have not escaped mankind'S
mad ardor to rush nowhere in
particular at break-neck pace.
Director A. +. Dewerth, of
the Phipps Conservatory in
Pittsburgh, has reported that
about half year has been cut
from the time il ordinarily takes
for a tiny orchid seed TO pro-
duce a bloom. the initial step
in an advance which may mate
rally cut the cost of this tender,
exotic, romantic flower.
Men have died. perishing in
dark iungles. garnering these
aristocrats of the flower king
dom. Interestingly enough, or
chidS have enthralled men as
much as they have enraptured
women.
Kitchener Of Khartoum turned
aside from deeds of high emprise
to plunge into the wilderness in
search of orchids.
In the England of Queen Eliz-
abcth's time when those sea-
hawks of buccaneering. Sir
Francis Drake and Sir Henry
Morgan, gave England its run
ming start in grabbing a quarter
OF the worlds surface and peo-
pie, stars and earldoms were
crowded on illustrious orchid
hunters.
In Assam and Borneo and
Burma and Malacca. over the
Andes, up the Orinoco. in Costa
RIGA. Nicaragua. Guatemala. or
child hunters have themselves
been hunted 10 their death by
little copper-colored men with
bows and poisoned arrows.
England once sent great
military expedition to the heart
of Tibet. TO the holy city of
Lhasa, 10 find a lost orchid. It
had been brought from Tibet
cultivated. but the strain had
disappeared.
Colonel Younghusband led the
expedition, spending lives and
treasures, and the lost orchid
was found to the thunderous
drum-beats of empire.
Copyright. 1871. King Features synd.. Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

Dare TO be true: nothing can
need a lie;
A fault which needs il most,
grows two thereby.
George Herbert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

TO THE EDITOR:
WE EXPRESS appreciation
" and gratitude for the pub
llclty your paper gave our
church on January 10, comment
Grating the christening of Christ
in the River of Jordan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
IRVING BOLOTUIKOFF.
PIG Visger road.
River Rouge, Mich.
| G tt erS
TO The Editor

Please triple-space letters for
this column. Send to Letter
Editor. The Detroit Times. You
MUST sign your name and adj
dress; otherwise your letter will
not be printed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

WE WALKED in dream
w among uncaged menageries,
gone millions of years ago, every
fantastic antediluvian form of
life from a sea-horse TO sea-
serpent, from a clam to
whale.
We knew then how dark and
cherries are the depths of the
sea. not ray of sunlight be-
low 200 feet. The only lights
if lights they can be called are
from the ghoulish denizens. gen.
Grated within their own bodies:
a cold. mysterious light which
throws off no heat, which man
cannot reproduce.
Coral creatures. flower-like.
radiate weird shades of purple,
blue. red, orange and green.
But there is life there in that
dreadful dark and cold, for the
sea which gave us birth is con-
stantly taking life and giving
life in cycle as old as creation
itself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
DETR0TTaSs TIMES

SUBSCRIPTION rates Tin advance by mail
o any place in the United states. Canada
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

Because such aid TO Britain
as will help to stop threat Of
unfricndly European act on
westward il enlightened self
interest"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

WALL peSSHlE Cdppl W Naii pAA -'ioi'N''"'
his dog. When at last he tried to
explain his visit, Cabot was indifferent
I've got last chance to go home
and try to be a white man again An
nesley pleaded, taking girls picture
from a torn envelope and showing it
Waiting for you. eh ?" asked Cabot
NO, begged for a picture and she
sent it with news she was gong TO
marry the other fellow"
Cabot took the picture. Tell me
about this home of yours, he-saidr
who's in it,"
MY grandmother-she,s seventy and
blind and dying That's why Eve got
TO 20 home.
Where's this girl
She's at the house. too. She's Ruth
Allen When her parents died, my
father took her in"
Then suddenly came a burst of
music from a hurdy-gurdy and girls
voice singing an air popular in New
York years before Cabot strobe through
the flimsy house. opened the door and
faced Chin Chan who motioned the
hurdy-gurdy man to silence.
You brought Annesley here" said
Cabot. Il told you to keep away" She
made a deep curtsy and he beckoned
her into the house. There Che stood in
corner of room while the men squatted
on the floor Now" said Cabot to
Annesley. lets hear about this business
of yours"
And Now Go on with the Story.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
% @z8ng

UTHINK of that fellow wanted by the firing
squad keeping himself tagged by white bull
terrier" This Bob Anneseys exclamation when
DR.. Kung. Chinese agent, told him that Gene Cabot
noted his courage and daring back in Shanghai
Like Annesley, Cabot American exile in China
and Dr. Kung sought him to MACHINE guns past
the Japanese The job was worth $4,000 Cabot
would act, and Annesley, desperate, penniess and
eager to get home agreed to find and ask him
Finally he got on his trail through Chm Chan, a
dancer he had with MIN. Suspecting Annesley
might want to betray Cabot though he had said ne
was great friend she denied knowing him but when
he explained he had Job for him with couple OF
thousand dollars in IT she asked How we'll do you
know ling Why doesn't he go back to the States
Il don't suppose he wants to burn in Salt Creek
does he ,"
All right - she-said, YOU knew him Yet need
money to go home. That's what Jing needs-to go
home" Eludng spies, she led him to Cabots hideout
promising to help persuade him take up DR. kung
offer Arriving there she ordered him to climb wall
enclosing a small garden where Cabot sat with MS
dog He hesitated you're afraid" she tainted.
how you're afraid of him. shamed he climbed the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

want b o u < n I IN
samsu and served 1t
IN bowls. Cabot
held up a bowl at
the tips of three
fingers. AS he sip
ped the strong stuff,
the eyes of Annes-
ley had a chance to
study his face free
ly. He was pale
about the mouth;
there was a slight
flare of the nostrils
and a stiffening of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

Continued on Next Page)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21
GIN Perfects Plan to
Make Plane Parts
Continued From Page CneN

.actuFe OF arplane parts alone.
wilson SAID construction of a S24,-
000.O00 plant for the production Of
2.000 Pratt and Whitney aircraft en-
sines at a cost of S3G,491, $40 and at
The rate OF 800 a month would soon
be undertaken by the Buick Motor
Division.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21

Jumps and blistars. Tofay we wish
to continue the su5yDe. and take
up the other forms.
Pimples or pustuIes on the
hands are usually due 10 a second
airy infection of a dermatitis. The
dermatitis may come from soap or
other chemicals.
RingWorm is possible on the
hands and may become infected,
producing p.mples. The same
thing is true Of scabies or the itch.
Plain old-fashioned smallpox may
appear on the hands in more pro-
fusion than anywhere else on the
body.
Scales - The commonest cause
of scales on the hand is some form
Of eczema. Eczema is an old-fash-
toned term which VIII probably
v go out Of usage, although
skin specialists are rather anxious
to discard it for the reason that
it is sort Of a cloak for ignorance
and the eczema may actually be
due to a chemical dermatitis or
some other form of irritation.
Psoriasis
The commonest chronic disease
which produces scaling on the
hands is psoriasis. Treatment in
the case of eczema or psoriasis is
dependent on the cause, the age,
and the condition of the patient.
Ringworm is a very common
disease On the hands and produces
scales in certain cases. 1t will be
noticed that ringworm may pro-
duce nearly any kind of an erup-
ton.
When crusts and assures ap-
pear in a localized area, cancer
must be thought Of.
The commonest cause Of dry,
assured skin on the hands, how
ever, is too much soap and water,
especially laundry soap. The
treatment of this is protection
with rubber gloves.
Ulcers or open ore are caused
in most cases by lancer. Some
times contact infection must be
thought of.
Chemicals such ss lime or
chrome will produce ulcers; so
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21
Movable Capitol.


During the first eighteen years Of
constitutional government North Car
DINA had no fixed capitol. The first
assembly met at New Bern in 1777.
Other meetings at New Bern were
held in 1913, 1870. 1884, 1853, ll9I,
1892 and 1893, the last named session
actually held IN June OF the next
year.
Hillsborough was the meeting place
for five sessions, in l778, 80, 80, SO
and '34. Halifax saw meetings in l7I8
and 10. Fayetteville had five scs-
sions. in 1886, '88, 80. 80 and '93. The
assembly met once al Smlthfjeld in
1873 and once al Tarboro in 1881. y
session was held at Wake Court
House. located in the village of
Bloomsbury. in 1881.
AT the meeting in Tarboro IN 1887
a convention was called to consider
the location of a permanent capltot.
and that convention was held in
Hillsborough the following year anC
plans set in motion for he perma-
nent seat of government at Raleigh.
Since 1894 this has been the pcHma-
nent meeting place of the legislature
and the seat Of the state government.
By hat time not only he scat OF
government but the forms and GUS
toms had become somewhat more
stabilized and the American Repub-
lie was becoming able to stand alone.
But its troubles were mot over, and
North Carolina Was always IN the
forefront OF the fighting whether
EOiitiCal or martial.
Legislatures elected governors I'M
til a new constitution Was adopted
in 1888, when the ability of the peo-
pie to name their chief executive
officer was recognized. The assembly,
however, continued TO elect United
States senators until about 25 years
ago when the seventeenth amend-
mcnt to the Federal constitution pro
yIdcd lOr their election by popular
.Ote.
Secession, Reconstruction and
Fusion.
Mann hectic meetings Of the as
semblv were held during the days
immediately preceding and follow
1ne secession from the Union and
through the dark days of reconstruc-
| ton. North Carolina. though furnish
inp more Confederate soldiers than
| any other state according to popula-
| 1lon, and bearing a large part Of the
| economic load of sustaining the Con-
lederacy, was actually never much Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21
Provincial Council Named at
HiI!SborOugh.

1t was at the third Provincial Con-
gresS, meeting in HIllsbOrough in
September, ITS, that the FIRST Pro-,
Vlncial Council was named. 1t was
composed Of Samuel Johnston of
ChoWan as member-al-large: Cor
nelius Harnett and Sam/l Ashe of
New Hanover, representing the Will
mingtOn District: Thomas Jones Of
ChoWan and Whitmill Hill of North
umptOn. representing Edcnton Dis
trlct; Abner Nash and James Coor
of New Bern, representing New Bern
District; Thomas Person Of Granville
ard John kinchen of Orange. repre-
senting HillSborough District; Willie
Jones and Thomas Eaton Of Halifax.
representing Halifax District: Samuel
Spencer of Arson and Waightstill
Avery OF Mecklenburg. representing
Salisbury District.
The second council, known as the
Council OF Saioty,' Was named by
the congress in May of l776, with
Willie Jones of Halifax as member
at large. This council gave over the
government in December of the same
year to Richard CaSWcll. first con-
stitutlonul governor of North Car
Dina.
The constitution Of 1776 provided
for election OF a governor by the leg
iSlaturc. but the same convention
which adopted the constitution NAM
ed Richard CusWo!I to serve until thc
assembly could meet, CasWclI WAS
elected by the assembly as the FIRST
constitutional governor. His term
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21

Mail boxes in Paris ne usually
ound outside tobacco stores.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21
Sees Threat
To Peace

(Con..nued from yasc One)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-21
Is Seamen
Are Drowned

Continued from P.ge One)
Evening star., 1941-03-16

There are an estimated $500 ,68S
miles of automobile highways
throughout the world.