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Evening star., 1942-07-04
Self:-Seekinq
Mars Great
Anniversary
Spirit Of Sacrifice
To Save Freedom
Seen as Lacking
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

1t is a strange kind of Independ-
ence Day. Today when America is
involved in a globular war and
when the underlying issue is the
Evening star., 1942-07-04
McLemore-
Woes of Stranded
Businessmen
Bv HENRY McLEMORE.

One of the by-products OF this war
is the businessman without traVel
priority.
I have seen hundreds of them, IN
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Cleveland Mother Sues Sister
For Return of 3-Yeur-OId Girl

ago, she testified, and is now able
to give her daughter a good home.
A third sister, Mrs. Mary Rogers
of Columbus, Ohio, testified she did
not want to hurt either sisters feel
ings, but do not think the present
home is the proper one"
Il think the baby belongs to the
one to whom God gave it," she said
The hearing will be continued
Monday.
Sam is selling were laid end to end
they would reach to Toxic. Buy them
and lay them end to end.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
The On|ooker

THINGS we could do without
department: Any more re-
ports on Russian morale by
weekend visitors TO Moscow.
You can count that day lost
on which some footloose digni-
tary from one of the United Ma
tons doesn't hotfoot II 10 the
Moscow cable office and rush
the breathless news that Rus
sian morale is high and that the
Soviet armies have no idea OF
quitting.
So help US. everybody must
know that by now.
The defense of Stalingrad Is
sufficient proof that the only
thing cracking in Russia is Nazi
skulls.
II must make even the grim
Russians smile when representa-.
tives of nations who haven't
started TO give even one-tenth
as much toward the defeat of
the Axis feel called upon to
wire their native lands that the
Russians are holding up. II
would make much more sense
II they cabled this question:
"How Il our morale: The
Russians are anxious TO know"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
The Brighter Side

THE old Hidalgo of Tia Juana,
Il James w. Coffroth, whose
name must revive memories of
golden era in the history of
sport, sat out his sixty-eighth
Dir ( h d ay in a chair under a
peach tree mid his Towering
acres in San Diego last week.
He was swathed in a tailor-made
dressing gown with white car
nation in the lapel and smoked
one cigaret after another in a
long holder.
To the Hidalgo, a purely fanci-
full title born of his fabulous
reign over horse racing at Tia
Juana, there came as he sat
there kilograms of congratula-
tons from all over the United
States and old friends in the
flesh to keep him company. and
rehash days gone by, for which
he has an amazing memory.
His aide-de-camp for years.
Tommy Silence, brought him the
yellow slips in patches. Occasion
ally Bobby. his colored cook, who
has also been with him a long.
long time, peered over the hedge
to see how things were going.
THE quiet house and the green
Il trees and flaming flowers in
the little park which surrounds
it made nice setting for a gen.
tleman sitting out birthday,
though the peacefulness of the
scene contrasted rather strongly
with the discussions which were
of days of turbulence and thrills.
But such days were pretty
much the life of James w. Cof-
froth, Sunny Jim" TO another
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30

THE First Nights: Just one
L. show tried to run the first
night gauntlet. "Vickie" was its
name, the CONNECTION of S. M.
Herzig of the Hollywoods.
It's V didn't stand for victory.
II aimed to supply good-natured
kidding of the war lassies in
uniform, but II wore boxing
gloves On its comedy points.
John Anderson declared the
farce left him AWOL. which he
translated as Altogether With
out Laughter"
The scorers found the players
capable. especially Uta Hagen,
Jose Ferrer, Taylor Holmes and
Nine. Matzenauer, who used to
assault the rafters at the Met
OPP.
Grapevine reports from the
dogtowns are that the attrac-
tons trying out need surgery.
The Lunts. travelling in The
Pirate" are gathering blessings.
but most OF the others-very
big time on paper-are getting
fresh writing.
G. Kaufman blacked out his
production of Franklin Street"
One producer mot Kaufman)
blamed the debacle OF his show
In the sticks on his company.
They're nobodies." he griped.
"This show needs names"
The author yawned.
"All right" he agreed, lets
use some OF those the out-of-
town critics called u.s."
THE Magic Lanterns: The ups
i and downs of a full dress
coat. from Boyer's shoulders to
a scarecrow. makes a novel
nicely of Tales OF Manhattan"
It's played in episodes. each step
down showing the garment
meeting various people.
Desperate Journey" is strictly
for meat eaters. not for the
nervous. It's a crew of British
filters, down in crash in Ger
many. nip-and-tucking il with
the Huns. Enrol Flynn and
Ronald Reagan carry the yarn
along your spine.
Seeing how Ginger Rogers
mopped UP AS a moppet. Diana
Barrymore slices of a few years
TO cavort in Between Us Girls"
Robert Cummings and Kay
Francis help her out in this
slapsticker-which too often is
stickier than il is slappy.
Glenn Miller's silence-shatter-
ers toot some good tunes in
Orchestra Wives" and Ann
Rutherford is plenty scenic. The
kindest thing you can say about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Jim COffrOth
68 Years Old

enterprise under any circum-
stances.
DUT Coffroth built itsup. until
- winter racing AtF1ia Juanas
became as sound and respectable
as racing anywhere, and owners
of the best horses In the land
were glad to ship there.
He was the first man to put
up a purse of 100000 for the.
race that became world famous
as the Coffroth Handicap, and
no other race for any amount
has ever had the color OF the
Coofroth. "a
At Coffroth's heels came z,
veritable torrent Of money to
Tia Juana and the gaming there
established an era comparable
with that of Saratoga's palmiest
days.
When Aqua Caliente was
built a few miles below the old
plant at Tia Juana and the lat
ter abandoned, Coffroth, while
he had some interest in the new
enterprise. withdrew from the
racing game. His boat was
loaded, so to speak. And he is
one of the few men that ever.
lived who knew when he had
enough.
Sunny Jim" has devoted him.
self ever since to travelling and
reading. chiefly the latter, and
to his home in San Diego. He.
can have no regrets. He was
recognized in his active days as
a sportsman and a gentleman;
and he remains both today.
Copyright. io42. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Tired Of Reports
On Red Morale

for the FBI, too-they are max
ing a serious mistake.
The war is being won every
day by the comic strips.
The creators of the strips
rank with the great military
minds of all time.
When they send their heroes
out on a mission against the
Japs and Germans you can just
relax and know that they will
be successful, and that no mat
ter how superior in numbers the
forces are that are thrown
against them, they will over
come all odds.
The tactics Of these pen-and-
ink warriors are usually very
startling. but this war has
taught us that standard pro-
cedure Is not enough.
THE finest part of comic strip
4-MarfaFe is that no one ever
gets killed. that is, on our side.
The enemy falls in vast num-
bers but our men move from en-
gagement to engagement with
out a blemish
One of our favorite heroes is
an aviator and
What he can do with a plane.
His Strategy-and we hope
General Arnold is a reader of
this particular strip-enables
him to land plane that has no
wings, no motor, as well as en-
gage as many as so enemy ships
without a chance OF being
brought down.
AS for the war pictures-well,
General Marshall could learn a
thing or two from the writers
who concoct them and the direc-
tors who supervise them.
This is particularly true of
spy pictures.
The danger of enemy espi-
onage would vanish overnight il
we could enlist a few hundred
men with the knowledge of
Humphrey Bogart and Preston
Foster. My, but they make
those Japs look foolish!
SUGGESTION depa rtment:
y That the government E for
excellence pennant be awarded
the parents of Henry j. Kaiser
for producing such a son.
The West Coast genius has
now built a ship in 10 days.
Before he gets through, Mr..
Kaiser will have every one of
his critics standing in a corner
wearing Ounce caps OF such a
height that their sides can be
used for ski runs. NM
At the rate he Is launching
ships, ii would be much cheaper
for him to operate his own Vine
yard so that he could get his
champagne for nothing.
More of the same department:
II the Russian morale does ever
slump, and we want to make
them fighting mad again, why
not send them a picture of the
thousands Of cars parked at the
Belmont race track every day?
II you don't think the horse
is here TO stay, why take a
. look at the rubber and gas peo-
pie waste TO get TO the tracks TO
watch him cost them money.
Dstributed BY AeNaught Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
BY Henry McLemOre

4 LONG the same line depart
"A ment: How does Josef Stain
find time TO run Russia when he
has so many visitors to enter
tain7
OF late, he has been spending
half his time slipping into some
thing presentable and greeting
emisSaries from here, there and
everywhere.
They all expect a bite 10 eat,
too. and a long chat with him.
Stain doesn't look like an ex-
ceptionally gracious host, but he
must be.
They keep calling on him.
What puzzles us most of all is
what Stain and his constant
stream of visitors find TO talk
about.
There is only one subject he
Is really interested in-the ini-
tials are S. F.--and. so far. none
OF his callers has been able 10
talk senSibfy on That.
About the only satisfaction he
gets is the reading of his bread
and-butter notes.
WE WONDER bureau: Do our
w naval and military strate-
gists keep close eye on the
comic strips and war pictures
turned out by Hollywood?
II they don't--and that goes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30

coffee cake they give you a
blank look.
Good bakeries always, have
been rare. &c
However. every city has few
famous bakeries. Passing up
their own mediocre neighbor-
hood bakeries customers come to
these famous bakeries from
miles around.
There are IL children In our
family and IL are girls" writes
a Detroiter.
"Our brother gets along nicely
with most of his sisters"
Imagine having IL sisters.
That lad seems TO be in a good
spot TO write an article: What
Have Learned About Women.
BLONDE subscriber says the
- man of her heart always
called her Sunshine" and when
they were married the inscrip-
ton on the wedding ring was
made to read: Sunshine Al
ways"
A young Manhattan fnatron
has a 5-year-old son who is
interested in fire engines. He
demands to be taken on visits
to firehouses.
So far the loving mother has
taken her young hopeful on
visits to II engine companies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30

Some positive, persistin0 fops we
know,
Who, II once wrong Wii need be
Glwdys so;
But you, Nth pleasure, DUN your
errors past
And make each day a critique on
the last.
Pope.
UMY DEAR fellow, your
w ignorance surprises and
depresses me-" writes a Mil
waukee subscriber. Don't you
know residents Of Wisconsin are
not called Wisconsonians but
Wisconsinites 2"
Am informed that women do
not, as a rule. sing in the bath
tub. They sing while brushing
their hair.
My mention of the Butte,
Mont. author Mary MacLane
has inspired Carl Harris 10
suggest that Mary's story: Men
Who Have Made Love to Me"
could be made into a good play
or film, or both. l think Mr..
Harris is right.
A Californian claims to have
invented a noiseless plane motor.
He has patented il. The United
States government has not tried
this patent out. Would seem
the boys in Washington, d. C..
would rush TO give a noiseless
plane motor a trial.
CTUART ERWIN. In Man
~ haitian to appear in a
Theater Guild play. / wish he
had stayed in Hollywood long
enough TO play the part of VIII
Rogers in the film based on the
late humorist's life. Mr.. Erwin
is the only actor in Hollywood
who even remotedly resembles
Rogers.
Lawrence Tibbett. Well known
acting vocalist. Tibbett has a
powerful voice and seems ex-
tremely proud of its power.
He is partial TO songs which
enable him TO show what a big
strong voice he has. Too bad
he isn't a basso.
Then he could sing Many
Brave Hearts Lie Asleep in the
Deep" / like singers who sing
simple songs that soothe and en-
terrain. Like John Mccormack.
A BAKERY that sells really
IA good doughnuts is hard to
find. 1t is even harder TO find
a bakery that sells good CHINA
mon buns. And If you ask at
most bakeries for race track
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
BY Damon RunyOn

generation, before he retired to
his present pastoral environ
ment in San Diego. They called
him Sunny Jim% because OF his
luck with the weather when he
was the greatest pugilistic pro-
moter in the world. He oper-
ated IN San Francisco, his
name was the synonym for big
presentations and he put on all
the champions in his day.
HCUNNY JIM" COFFROTH
~ has seen them all since and
he seems inclined to the belief
that Bob Fitzsimmons was the
old-timer who, in his best form,
might have been the most formi-
dable opponent for Joe Louis be-
cause he was a tr e m e n d Gus
puncher. But Coffroth thinks
Jim Jeffries was a great heavy
weight. too.
He staged these old champions
in some of their greatest battles.
He was a spectacular promoter
and George TEX" Richard who
came later borrowed much OF
his method.
However, il was after he quit
promoting fights and got hold of
a shabby, rundown little race
track at Tia Juana across the
Mexican border from San Diego
that Coffroth established even
greater fame than he did as a
fight promoter.
In the early days he had to
hold the track against business
enemies practically at the point
of guns, and few thought he
could make anything of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Innocent
Bystander

grows fastest among the peanut
politicians.
The best-seller lists are top
heavy with newspapermen in
Guiding James Aldridge, Marion
Hargrove, Elliott Paul, Ernest
Lindsey, Forrest Davis, Harry
Flannery. John Steinbeck and
Eloquentin Reynolds.
TYPEWRITER Ribbons: Faith
L Baldwin: Travellers agape
with touriosity.
Tyrone Power: I've known
many a rut 10 become an
eventual gutter.
Douglas ii. Monroe: His Sue
cess went to his head where it
became the tombstone of his
ambition.
Paul Calvin Payne: Sentiment
tally is no indication of warm
heart. Nothing weeps more
-eepio4sfy than a block of ice.
Ed Wynn: Are you worried or
single?
j. B. Massieu: Gratitude is
the memory of the heart.
Sidney Smith: He had &C.
casional flashes Of silence that
made his conversation delight
full.
viii Judy: What a woman
needs up TO the age OF IL is
good health and good parents.
From ID 10 40-good looks.
From 40 10 60-personality and
from so on-cash.
Anon: Many a Broadway hero
with medals on~his chest-has
more scars on his back.
Sir James Barrie: What Is
charm? II a woman doesn't
have il. what else she has
doesn't matter.
TFIE lads on the late watch
L were Cabling about the i'm
ported race horse, brought kere
after many triumphs at the
French tracks.
The sports pages were
crow ed with the steed's
achievements for months.
But in its initial start il ran
last, and the owner alibied:
He didn't feel well. Strange
surroundings, you know"
The second time IL ran fifth,
and the owner said:
He must still be shaking of
his ship legs"
On the third try the much
publiciZed horse ran last again.
The owner then announced:
1T must be your American
tracks. I'm taking IL back TO
France"
To which loser groaned:
I'll bet II misses the boat.r
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30

and AZ hook and ladder COM
panies in New York.
No wonder they keep saying
mother love is wonderful.
Anyway this mother says:
"You stated every Are COM
pany In New York had .
Dalmatian dog OF the lib
fire companies we visited only
20 had Dalmatians."
900 AN expert says all women
~ should play some musical
instrument. That q stenographeR.
for example, should play an
accordion and q housewife D
banjo" writes Detroiter. ).
II was n stenographer and
now I am housewife. 1 play q
jew's-harp much to my hus-
bands annoyance. I don't play
any particular tune.
II just strum away at IL 80
no one knows what I am play
ing including myself. !.
by the way, both my hus-
band and I were born In July.
We don't get along most of tho
time.
Guess we both want to be
boss. Have you any advice
for u.s."
(Note-Regret to say at pres
ent we have nothing in our files
dealing with the solution of the
problem of July-born man who
is married to a July-born woman
who plays a jew'sharp. How
ever, our horses and women de-
partment is looking into the
NATTER
QUERIES from clients:
cXAQ-You say Rabbit" Ma
ranville was the best pint-sized
major Lacquer? How about
Wee Willie" Keller, Johnny
Evers and Ray Schalk?
A-Can't argue about Keller.
Never saw him play. But I
wouldn't call either Evers or
Schalk punished" players.
Q-What is a good name for
a female black and white
springer spaniel?
Allow about Bonita? Then
you could call her Bonnie" for
short.
Q-What do you think of
compulsory vaccination for sol
diers?
A-That Is something I am
not qualified to discuss. All I
know is that 1t never did me
any harm.
Distributed by King Features synd., Inc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30

the story is that it never re-
fused shelter TO cliche.
THE Magazines: Helen Hayes
L observes that she hasn't
genius-just talent.
The difference?
"Oh, talent goes afoot; genius
has wings"
Waldo Frank reports: THE
truth IL, the Argentine people
are with us In this fight and the
government In against u.s."
Dorothy kilgallen lists the 10
Most Attractive Hollywood men
and omits Robert Taylor. Ty
Power, Jimmy Stewart. Charles
Boyer and Vic Mature.
THE Front Pages: Bill Corum
L wrote a corking lead on the
Alsab victory over Whirlaway.
Whirlaway, he said, still has
the longer tail. but Alsab had
the longer nose.
The bookworms agree that
Quicksilver is the most read
able of the new novels. Fitzroy
Davis is author. an actor who
knows his Times Square side
streets.
Good book for youngsters is
c. S. Forester's "Poo-Poo and
the Dragons little. Brown.
John Burgan's Even My Own
Brother" shows how American
Fascists are born.
The poison, he points out,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
What War Bonds Buy

When the marines get their
service pack, there is included
therein a bright shiny new
shovel cased in a muslin carrier.
The shovel costs 6S cents and
the carrier 80 cents, or S107 for
the ensemble.
These intrenching shovels are
used by marines around camp,
digging trenches, setting up
barbed wire entanglements and
in many other ways. Your pur-
chase of war stamps through eff
fective schools at war programs
can readily equip our forces with
these necessary implements for
warfare.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Quiet During Night

Many a time I wished a
preacher. or some one well versed
in Scripture, were present. The
wording l used would certainly
shock a Bible student.
Nightfall brought quieting in
the boat. such is the force of life
long habit. The night was cooler,
and more treacherouS, and when
the moon was down and clouds
covered the stars, IL had a dark
ness that few landsmen know.
Shutdown brought lull in con-
versation. The prayer meeting
gave us a sense of having an eve
ming, but then our lids grew heavy.
and we remembered bitterly that
somewhere folks were crawling
into bed
In such reflections we fell silent,
each of us with his own thoughts,
which 1 imagine came close to a
pattern.
Gene took the watch. Tony lay
down in the bottom again and
tried to sleep. 1 idly checked the
consultations, and tried to keep
my thoughts impersonal by going
over and over VARIOUS navigational
calculations regarding our posi-
ton and probable drift.
We sat thus for some time, our
thoughts accompanied by the
monotonous tapping of small waves
against the raft. Several times a
sense of something changed, some
how. tried TO disturb my reverie.
Finally, moved by some automatic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
IL Rains Again

Then 1 became conscious of a
growing sound-soft, like the wind
rustling from fronds, but with a
higher tempo, and steadier. In
another few seconds the first big
drops hit my head and shoulders,
and Immediately reused Tony.
We were having another rain.
Our arrangements for catching
water, once rehearsed. were like
well-drilled manual. The shower
thudded upon us with violent fury,
then was as quickly gone.
Our system of making every
pliable inch OF fabric into yes
sci. augmenting the water thus
caught by wringing out the highly
absorbent rags from our shorts,
gave US all good drink this time.
When the brief rain was over
we again disrobed and wrung our
clothes. To US, this was almost
like having a bath. The refresh
ment braced us mentally. and we
chatted fairly merrily for perhaps
an hour until the heavy night be-
gan to press again and stilled us.
The wind had lightened when
Genes second watch came around.
Don't seem as II we're NOV
Ing" he said as he settled on
the forward thwart.
Hard to tell" I agreed
sleepily. l was wishing for a
bunk.
Gene wet his finger and held il
up TO test the wind.
"Ain't hardly no breeze Mt
ALL" he said.
He leaned over the side and
dipped his hand in the water. 10
see if he could feel any drift.
His fingers had no sooner got
into the water than he let out an
agonized yell. Instantly, as If he
had touched something scalding
hot. he whipped his arm upward,
high.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Bitten by Shark

A gray shape flung itself from
his hand and went into the water
on the opposite side of the boat
with such splash that a small
spray plopped back into the raft
Gene was holding his wrist by
the other hand, and was moaning
softly.
envy God, what's the matter 2"
I asked.
IL think n shark bit me-" he
said.
Tony was up now.
"Jeez, is II bleeding:" ne
asked, deeply concerned.
EYES," Gene said.
II was obvious that Gene was
badly frightened, as indeed we
all were.
In the darkness we could not
see how badly he was bleeding. Oh
course. under the circumstances
Gene believed his injury was worse
than il actually was-and il was
bad enough, indeed to cause con.
Germ.
Fortunately, had a handker.
chief. We bound his fingers, anc
the bleeding soon subsidized.
II was plain that Gene had beer
badly bitten by something. We
agreed that 1t must have been
shark.
I was impatient for the first
light of dawn so / could examine
the finger closely. When morning
finally arrived. we saw that the
wound had bled surprisingly little
considering the severity of the
cuts.
The hand was badly lacerated
Tooth marks showed plainly or
the fingers. The shark-if shark
ii was-had raked down his indes
finger. cutting almost completely
through the nail in two places
The root OF the nail was so thor.
oughly mangled that il was plair
he would lose the entire mai
eventually.
I began to realize how badly we
needed some sort of medical kit
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1e42. by Henry Holt A Co.
Distributed by King Features Syn, Inc,