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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-05
$50 Get Pay Boost

Seven hundred and fifty en-
ployes of the American Blower
Company have been granted a D.
cent-an-hour wage increase under
a new contract signed with the
UAW-CIO, Ed Ayers, union or
ganiZer said today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-05
DIET TO HEAR MATsUoKA

TOXIC, June 5.--GNS)-A spe-
cial meeting Of the upper house of
the Japanese Diet was called for
tomorrow 10 hear report by For
eign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka on
his recent visit TO Moscow, Berlin
and Rome. MatSuoka also will re-
port on the international sltua-
fion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-05

Famous Union Hardware
double ball-bearing roller
skates with high metal
back. Each wheel is pro-
tected by metal dust caps.
Exceptional value at 97c.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-05
Shirts and Shorts

Combed yarn shirts and
generously cut fine quail
ity broadcloth s orts
with scovel gripper or
button fronts 49, III a n y
with double crotch. Shirt
4. 81 80 - -E
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

had been wrecked July tugowar that left him
with broken breath for the rest of his life.
POOR burdened children, crippled in health
battling for livelihood in untamed land not cheerful
picture So easily he might have SCARED outlook by the
weight OF his misery.
YET l NEVER THINK OF MY FATHER WITHOUT FEEL
ING THE RICHER FOR IT. AND THE SECRET IN
FACT THAT
HE NEVER THOUGHT POOR.
Many ped the blows him down.
but he felt that showed passed By
miracle which yet fahom above the broken
breath and the shabby lived life that brief span
flashed like blade.
THERE poor lonely soul whom he did not comfort
with his smiling warmth Nor shamed that he did not
lift from the mud and steady his stumbling feet
HE NEVER THOUGHT POOR
OF all the lessons taught is the greatest and
magical He might been another failure and sent his
shabby himself
limited years. did he
Indeed remember regarding schoomates with and
because their lives held much less adventure
might did finer dresses grander parties
but they could not touch richness.
did fathers laugh mine laughed storm
mine sormed stand with shining face telling
that days ahead?
NEVER THOUGHT POOR.
They built this land like that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07


the girls wearing them.
women of the yesteryear arc mentioned
the of the Sutherland sisters omitted
Yet of these weighed
pounds
u can't take with you? A-Coudnt say certainly
the inspiration for this observation Timothy
81 For brought nothing is
nothing out" Q-IIow long Shanghai
Shanghai. China A-l2S ON Of Shakespeare
plays does occur? A-LoyeS
Labor Lost" act 5.
MOST expensive Manhattan sable
AVA priced at $4,000 bought by
would be around SIS 900 present buy
ing power of the dollar
celebrated Margaret Mitchell author
OF Gone With the Wind Margaret weighs 100 pounds
~ inches tall Prefer
is even smaller than Margaret.
1"IHE perfect kiss three respect
passion" authority subject,
JOSIAH odhed The good doctor
to the proportions of the aforementioned ingredients the ao
mentioned perfect
incidentally there campaign against kissing way
Those campaigning kissing dangerous that kiss there
that each kiss between lovers they exchange 10000 disease
ducng bacteria.
NOW poll nav! reveals sailors prefer girls
~ this startling spread preference lengthy
explained? II due propaganda? The appears
when the little tricks should do something
regsnng their commanding the hearts Of their
countryrnen.
Just my : a girl VIII loved
torch song in prose" writes New Yorker Can YOU
How Rapturs Roadway" inspired by
lines Of Laurence Hope
Whom do yot lead rapt,res roadway,
Before poa ogontze them n farcrcUi
BY King Fesu, Syndicate
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

gist Hall. Inc, pub
fishers, New York. 1941)
The corner drug store still
exists and 1 suppose there must
be some good reason why cor
ners are selected, although 1 am
not so sure / understand it, but
the corner druggist, in the old
sense of the word, is largely dis
appearing.
He was the neighborhood
druggist. just as the doctor was
the neighborhood doctor and the
minister was the neighborhood
minister. His position, as Mr..
Nixon says, was at once the
most obscure and the most i'm
portant in his community. He
performed the greatest service
for the lowest pay.
APPRENTICE AT SEVENTEEN
The corner druggist here de-
scribed, began his apprenticeship
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

side on the front porch since
the day was warm and filled
with Summer fragrances, and
talked.
And soon / began to realize
how greatly / had interfered
with your life. How much
you had sacrificed for me by
your devotion. Not in these
words were these things told.
but by implication.
She spoke of a boarding
school a hundred miles away
where little girls were so
happy: that should I go there.
| would love II. On holidays
| would come home, spend
them with her and daddy.
At this l sat up straight
and looked directly at her.
and a smile touched her lips.
She nodded. Yes. you and she
were 10 be married. very soon.
Docs daddy want me to 60
away to SCHOOL," | asked.
We've talked about IT," she
admitted. hesitantly.
OF course you wanted me to
go, l saw that clearly enough.
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develop into excellent wives If properly
trained by strong minded persistent
patient man. We have nothing in OUR
files regarding the characteristics of the
other 36 types of blondes.
My Sister and l. is a currently popu-
lar song l don't mind hearing over and
over. Seems the newcomers in the music
publishing field are turning out songs with
better lyrics than the old timers . a
brother and sister, or two sisters. are more
closely related than a mother and daughter
or father and son and are more likely 10
have characteristics and talents in common.
That is why so many brothers and sisters
are successful IN the same type Of activity.
THOSE who get past age Of SO in good
health have a good chance of living at
least 30 years longer -. Now the wearing
of shorts by feminine bowlers is objected
to. ridiculous objection. Probably spon-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07
Better Health
By Dr.. Logan Clendening

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 prac-
tice in the way of prescribing
for common ailments.
So far as I can see, he did II
pretty well. He took care of a
great many illnesses at a cost
which the patient could afford
to pay and filed a place in the
practice of medicine which am
not sure was SUPPLE by the
regular medical profession.
The public relations counsels
of the various druggists associa-
tons tell me that this practice
is dying out but 1 am not so
sure but what il is a good prac-
tice. Your baker now sells you
vitamins, why shouldn't your
druggist sell you simple herbs?
The old-fashioned neighbor-
hood drugstore was an institu-
ton unique in American life
AN ACCOMMODATION
The corner drug store was an
accommodation center much like
the modern filling station. People
come there to use the telephones
or the rest rooms, to get free
maps and free information. and
occasionally to buy. So it was
with the drugstore.
Father said that loafers
bought cigars in other places
and came there to smoke them;
that they bought drugs some
where else and came there to be
entertained. People dropped in
for the weather report. to look
at the thermometer, to buy q
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 Is hours a day, he
had no opportunity for any other
social life. The familiar story
was of the pharmacist and his
friend who were playing
checkers
The latter whispered. Doc.
customer just came into the
store
Yes. I know. Keep still.
Maybe he'll 60 out again"
LONG HOURS, LOW PAY
The average neighborhood
druggist has a hard time keep
ing his head above water, or
staying a few steps ahead of the
sheriff =.
Suppose druggist fills six
prescriptions day at so or even
IS cents. Let us say 1t is all
profit. That makes $3.50 or
$3.50. Let us say his average
daily business is $50 That Is a
very fair average. Mis- profits
cannot possibly be over one-third
of his gross receipts. That gives
him $40. He must pay store
rent. light. heat. and a relief
clerk. and usually he has q bog
10 help him."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

Edith undoubtedly thought
she had merely planted a seed,
and / don't for a moment be-
lieve she contemplated my
direct line of action in the
matter.
But that night I went 10
the little den of the dining
room where so often you
worked AT night.
You turned from your desk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

1 | { e r a r Y
world. There
w a s Doctor
II ertZle RS
Horse a n d
Buggy d oc-
tor. " followed
by Country
f d i I o r"
&C o u n try
p a r s o n"
"HosS d oc-
tor. " and now
we have Rob-
ert B. Nixon
Jr.'s account
of his father,
called Cor
n,-
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distorted. But he stays as real and vivid
as the day he left And. as my own under
standing grows, realize so much more
clearly what he really meant.
He'd been a giant once 4. one of
those lusty, laughing young giants who
made California in its early, dangerous
days. A tall, smiling TitanWith pale, fiery
eyes and slender dancing feet-and a
temper like leashed lightning One of those
hellions who guarded the Wells-Fargo
Express
Always, of course, he was poor. Yes,
know; they tell such fabulous tales of the
pioneers. But the truth is, most of them
were poor in cash =. rich only in fighting
blood and Joyous shenaniganS. II was that
way with him. Long before l was born
the shine had gone from his only good
suit and the tilt from his broad-brimmed
hat.
Long before, too his splendid strength
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

gayety to me. You knew how
TO talk my language. 10 be
young with me, and we had
Jolly times together.
When ! was u. Edith came
into our lives. She was tall
and graceful. she could play
the piano and sing a little.
She liked games and you and
she often played tennis to-
gether. l used 10 sit and
watch you, though ! felt that
Edith would rather have been
alone with you.
Hilda went about tight
Tipped. and once she said TO
me. CONTINUOUSLY:
Prepare for changes In
this house"
She wasn't happy in the
thought, / knew. but she was
sorry she had said even that
much TO me. She cooked nice
dinners when Edith came. and
suggested TO me that | put
on a pretty dress and act like
a little lady.
I was much of a tomboy at
that period.
EDITH CAME
Then one afternoon Edith
came alone 10 see me. She
brought a box of candy that
Hilda later took away, since
/ was not allowed too many
sweets. certainly not such
rich ones.
But Edith was very friendly.
very charming. We sat out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

Within the past few years our
literature has begun to notice
the figures in American life who
have been so familiar as hardly
TO attract the attention of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

DEAR daddy:
~ Tomorrow is my we'd
ding day. and I am sitting AT
my desk upstairs in my room
using the last hours ! shall
spend here, writing a letter TO
you.
Earlier. after saying good
night TO Bert, and going
slowly up the stairs. the house
dark and slumbering about
me. | thought Of another time.
years ago when, tip-toeing up
the same stairs, / peeped
through the banisterS and saw
you and Uncle Frank sitting
in the living room.
Your words came clearly 10
me:
Tonight, at dinner, Frank,
did you notice that Marjorie
Is growing up, with opinions
OF her own ?"
Definitely, I nOtice d."
Uncle Frank chuckled, "she's
pretty cocksure about under
standing the world"
You laughed, then spoke re-
gretfully.
II wish I might have done
more for her"
you did YOUR best"
II tried TO, Frank. But
what really can a mere man
do for a motberless daughter"
STILL HER FEARS
So now. remembering I
want TO put down what he
can do. what he did do for
that daughter. He can still
her fears, awaken her faith
when her small heart is torn
and bewildered, by sudden
loss.
He can be standby. al
ways there through the years.
patient and understanding in
all the trying phases.
Mother died when ! was s.
! felt abandoned In a dark
world. ! wandered about.
searching. Those near. Uncle
Franks wife, Hilda. who took
care OF me. everybody, md
mother away in the shadows.
But you brought her back
10 me clearly and joyous as
always she had been.
One night after I'd been
put 10 bed and lay in the
dark. lonely and afraid, you
came in. You sat down on
the edge of the bed and lifted
me into your secure arms.
You began TO speak of
mother. and suddenly she was
there with US in living
memory. Together we re-
called the way she smiled.
how her voice lifted when she
was gay.
You made me know that so
long as we could talk of her
that way, she would never die
TO US.
There followed years Of
play and of school-going. And
you kept Hilda on. She was
never upkind or unjust. simply
lacking in warmth.
She was like a rock. always
there. but like a rock her
breast and arms and yet
early this morning she came
here 10 my room TO look at
my wedding dress.
MATTERS CLEAR
She touched It's filmy lace.
and then she drew near TO
me. and put her hand on my
shoulder.
Think Of me always ready
10 serve you" she said. and
added: IL wish you all the
world can give"
So you must have known
that great loyalty lay beneath
the austerity of her ways.
Strange that this night 81
many things are clear 10 me.
the last one l shall spend here
in my home.
You were gay. as children
like. 1t didn't seem a forced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07
FIND DOG

You drove back with me at
once, and we found the poor,
hurt animal. We took il to a
veterinary before we returned
home.
You asked no questions. but
I told you the story. The re-
action had set in and l was
all strung up, at odds with the
world.
So when you said: "There'll
he the right man for you some
day, Marjorie" l returned.
impertinently: And I must
fold my hands and patiently
wait"
And then. as always. l
turned back to you. "Oh
daddy, that's the hardest thing
for me to be patient I
want everything, all at once"
We1l fix that" you said.
when that little dog il bet
ter well bring her home, and
we'll call her Patience, that
may act as a deterrent to i'm
pulse" Then we both laughed.
Tomorrow is my wedding
day when l shall marry Bert.
/ face our journey together
with love and courage for
whatever may come. That is
the belief in life, the courage
you gave me.
Once / said I would stay
with you forever. But you did
not stay with me. Deeply 1
wish l had told you when we
were still together what your
never failing understanding
has meant to me.
But somewhere, in some dis
tant land. perhaps you know
am writing this letter to you.
THE END.
Tomorrow'S short story:
Mr.. Peterson's Pension" by
Dorothy West.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

prime Minister Churchill who usually his speeches with
quotation saving the above last words of his
Napoeon.-EVDD
NOTE young described butter blonde Is
said there 81 types blondes golden
blondes reported the difficult manage said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07
On the Side
By E. v. During

He thought 10 queH the stubborn hearts Of oak,
Mddmnr!-To chain Nth chains. and bind icih bands
The island queen who sWavs the foods and lands;
We taught him LoLoiier moods
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07
Elsie Robinson
He Never Thought Poor

THERE'S hour that don't remember him, the dear
= Dad who went ahead Of Sometimes
the figures of those fade with eor senmentaly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07

as I entered.
why hello, Marjorie" you
welcomed me.
Daddy" I said, 81 don't
want to leave you and 20
away to school, but ! guess
that's the best way. So this
afternoon l began to get
ready. mended all my
stockings to take with me
and 1 won't even come home
for holidays"
Here, what's this" you
cried. standing up.
Then l told you. I had no
blame for Edith. looking upon
her merely as an ambassador.
You didn't want to tell me
yourself" / went on, so Edith
told me I'm sorry I kept
you back from lots Of
things you might have done
but for me. I'm sorry-sorry
l was ever born TO do all that
to you, daddy"
The tears came, but l
forced them back.
II don't want TO co." re-
peated, but you said I must
always be brave and face
things
But when you took me in
your arms. the tears could not
be held back.
You've faced this through
all right, Marjorie" you said,
but you're not going away.
Never, you are all 1 have. 1
need you"
NEVER LEAVE
Light shone through the
darkness. / made the vow
II will stay with you for
ever, daddy >"
Edith passed out of our
lives. Hilda said very little.
but the cloud passed from her
face.
Now your father can call
his soul his own" she re-
marked once. then the subject
was closed.
You always had a special
way with me, daddy, even
when as Hilda put 1t. l was
getting out of hand.
For at Is 1 had entered a
new world. A high school
sophomore. doing as l pleased.
and running about with a
crowd of Just such youngsters
as myself.
The boys didn't have much
money, but we all shared in
paying for excitement.
There was one boy. Kirk
Reynolds. older than the rest
of us by few years. smooth
and sardonic. knowing what
he wanted and how to take it.
He had been away TO school
and he had returned to our
village scornful of its slow
ways. I fell in love with
him. That Summer l went
dreaming.
Kirk and | SELDOM went out
together with none of the
crowd along, till one evening
he called me saying there was
a moon and a straight white
road calling. And he would
be there before my door in
Is minutes.
We drove 10 a roadhouse
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-07
Daily Short Story

Kirk knew out on the MARI
boro road. We ate little.
dancing mostly in the main
room TO juke box music. Sud-
denly Kirk said:
MAR jorie. let's run out to
the next county and get mar
ried."
Before I could speak. he
went on:
We can be married and
later, since neither one OF us
Is of age, they can annul on
US II they want 10 Your
old mans a lawyer"
But our marriage would be
for eternity" / told him
solemnly. He nodded: "Of
course Let's get out Of
here now and start" he I'm
iShed.
We went like a wind in his
blue roadster. The world was
before US, romance. beauty,
love. Everything else for
gotten.
RUNS DOWN DOG
Then the car gave a Sicken-
ing jolt, there was a shrill
cry. but Kirk went on, un-
needing.
What happened ?" ! cried,
and Just a dog" he answered.
Just a dog.
Let's turn back and find
IT," l begged. But he laughed.
"See here, Marjorie, don't he
childish and spoil q gorgeous
moonlight night, with a JUS
tice of the peace at the end
Justice of the peace, I
don't know why those words
should have brought strongly
10 me sense of your con-
fidence that / would always
be worthy of your trust,
daddy. But that's what hap
pened:
It's cruel 10 leave q suf-
fering animal" | said.
Kirk was bitterly angry.
you're putting on an act,
you've changed your mind,
and the dogs an excuse. It's
probably dead and i won't
stop TO zee. anyway. But I'll
drive you home :. and that's
that
And he did not speak an
other word, not even when
Hilda met me at the front
gate saying:
"YOur fathers just come
home. haven't told him you
were out so late"
l went straight 10 you,
daddy, though Hilda was pre-
pared to herd me up the back
stairs, so you would know
nothing Of this nights doings.
She knew there'd been some
crisis, evidently signs were
written on my face.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Broadcast Ends Mixup
In Drivinq Permit Case

Surprised when he heard his
name mentioned in a broadcast of
Police Court procedure yesterday
as that of a defendant on trial on
a charge of obtaining drivers
permit through Misrepresentation,
James E. Dutch, colored, of the 200
block of H street S.W. rushed to
court. Result:
His visit not only cleared his
own name but helped establish the
real name of the defendant as
James E. Turner, 10, colored, of the
200 block of G street S.W., who
was said to have claimed his name
was Dutch.
After Dutch told his story, a
sentence of $50 fine or 80 days in
Jail, imposed on Turner when he
was tried under the name of Dutch
on the charge of obtaining per-
nit through Misrepresentation, was
vacated by Judge George D. Neil
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Natures Children
Mountain Diamond Rattlesnake
(Crotalus atrox-scutulatus)

ton. A deep inhalation of fresh air
initiates the great rough, scaly body,
the intake being loud enough to be
heard as a low rushing sound of air.
The body moves so as to uncover the
rattle, enabling the war cry to be
broadcast with startling sudden
ness. The diamond-back is no fool
ish striker. Watching every move
of the enemy, the belligerent reptile
makes lightning strike effecting a
blow that will send the long fangs
deep enough to kill a mortal and
usually causing the instant death
of a natural foe. This serpent is
never coward. The rattles and the
pose are warnings and backed up
with action if the reptile considers
Evening star., 1941-09-05
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Diamond-back rattlesnakes are
our most deadly North American
reptiles, and they rank in size with
the largest of the venomous SER
pentS of the tropics of both the Old
aa6 New Worlds.
-srror Seizes the beholder when
confronted with this giant snake-it
is so bold and alert. 1t is brilliantly
and symmetrically marked, and
though we may shudder as we gaze
on il, as it coils ready to attack, we
cannot but admire the awe-inspiring
creature. Unless we disturb it, we
are in no more danger than from
the harmless reptiles. 1t is on the
defensive because it's nature is to
be SO, and even though it has be-
come quite used to its captorS, it
never really loses its wild, wild ways.
On the fiat tableland of Mexico
and into Southern Arizona, this dia-
mond rattlesnake, a phase of the
diamond-back rattlesnake, is often
confused with the more westerly
cousins because of the diamond
markings appearing on many of
them. These are rather blunt and
far spaced but do not form a con-
nected chain. The markings are
either -greenish or yellow, and the
black and white bars found on the
tail are dull and broken.
The markings on the head consist
of a dark band which starts behind
the center of the eye and extends
to the angle of the mouth, with
broad pale band in front of this
darker one. The eyes are a glitter
ing black. The tongue waves slowly
back and forth, apparently keeping
time with the incessant rasping of
the rattleS.
Those well acquainted with the
habits of rattlesnakes will assure
you that the slightest vibration of
your footsteps or crash from
falling object will cause the snake
to instantly throw itself into posi-
Evening star., 1941-09-05

to strike the creature so that the
fangs will pierce the flesh, the jaws
close sufficiently to permit enough
poison to flow into the wound sub
DUNG the victim The whole epi-
sode takes place too quickly for the
eye to follow. The animal may be
seen making final convulsive
move. The reptile already has as
sumed its original position, the
whole event too swift for mortal eye
to follow.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON FRIDAY

son when he was informed that
the defendants real name was
Turner and that he had no permit.
Judge Nelson imposed a SEN
tence of SIS fine or Is days in Jail
on a charge of operating without
a permit instead of the original
sentence.
When Turner was arraigned un-
der the name of Dutch, the court
was told that the defendant said
he got another man to get a per-
NIT for him. Investigation showed
the real Dutch had permit. A
comparison of handwritings also
indicated that Turner was not the
man who applied for it or who
had obtained it.