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Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
The On|ooker

A MAN. high in government
"A circles II don't dare use his
name for fear you wouldn't
know it) has asked me to aban-
don flippancy for a day and to
write on a serious matter.
''Why don't you do m article
on how TO change . typewriter
ribbon 2" he inquired by long
distance collect. Thousands and
thousands Of men and women
who never used typewriter be-
fore are uslng them now, In
army camps, In governpent Of
fees, In, well, here, there and
everywhere.
with my own eyes I have
seen untold working hours
wasted n these tipping recruits
struggled TO change . ribbon.
During your years - . news
papermsn you undoubtedly have
learned 90 accomplish the trick
swiftly and surely"
This Is a grave problem and
for the life of me ] do not see
why the government has not
long ago issued a pamphlet OF
instructions on how TO change a
ribbon. II has issued pamphlets
on everything else. surely. from
how TO grow phlox in thorny
ground 10 the correct method
of saddling a camel.
IF YOU doubt the quantity OF
Hints literature
turned out each day by govern
ment printing presses. ali you
have 10 DO is 10 visit the Ns-
tional Press Club in Washington
and examine the table reserved
for the output Of government
authors.
It is there. pile on pile.
stack on stack. How 10 cure
malignant Group In Doninecker
hens. Short courses In home
haircutting. Rose bush rust and
what TO do about IL.
How TO label medicine closet
bottles 90 papa won't get iodine
when he goes for gin. How to
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
The Brighter Side

John STEINBERG thinks the
81 richest retired restaurateur
old Broadway has ever known.
not barring Jimmy Thompson of
the once, celebrated Salvin-
Thompson combine, must be
Adolph Lorber, who had a res
taurant for years on the east
side of Broadway betwee n
Thirty ninth and Fortieth
streets. Its cuisine was of the
heavy German type.
Lorber, originally a barber. had
a small restaurant on Christy
street on the lower east side
and in the brief panic Of 1907
he attracted wide local attention
by feeding thousands of school
children at his own expense.
The resultant pilgrimage of
high-toned folks to his place to
see what he looked like gave
him the idea Of moving to
Broadway among these big
spending people.
John Steinbers, now 81, tall,
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16

find another tenant until re-
Gently.
The little storekeeper took a
lease on another site at 47th
Street, where the Worth e.
Worth hat store used 20 be.
In less than a year-along
came the Pepsi-Cola people and
decided that the location was
ideal for their Service Mems
Canteen.
They gave him young for
tune to get out.
He's retired.
DIGTOWN novelette,: This
- actually happened in San
Francisco recently.
When Capt. Frederick c. Sher-
man (now a Rear AdmiraD OF
the ill-fated Lexington arrived
there-he wore only his dun
garees--and those were bor-
rowed.
He set out 10 buy a new outfit
and. while en- route TO a naval
tailor, he stopped at S & 10
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
How to Put ON
New Ribbon

from your hands and unwound
all the way into the next room.
After you have rewound the
new ribbon. don't bother TO wash
up, because you are just starting
TO get dirty.
The big moment Is now at
hand. The time has come TO
put the right spool on the re-
volving business on the right.
Be sure that the arrows are
pointing the right way. and that
everything snaps into place with
a little "Click" or Pick" or
Look" or Life" Now. do the
same with the left spool
At this point il is excusable
to 60 and wash up. Whether
you know il or not, you are
black with ink from head TO
foot and need only to drop to
your knees, roll your eyes and
ciaSp your hands TO look like
AL Jolson on the second chorus
Of Nanny"
When you return, all spruced
UP. run the ribbon through the
little claw in the center and the
two little whatchamacallits on
each side. Now, by all rights the
ribbon should be ready 10 work.
Heave a sigh of relief, grin a
grin and start typing. all the
while watching the ribbon to see
II II Is moving and going from
one spool 10 the other.
II won't move a lick. II never
does. 1t just sits there. impe-
tiently waiting TO be worn out
In one spot, like a child waiting
for q spanking.
ESQ. start all over again. This
time put the left spool on the
right aide and vice versa. Pay
no attention 10 the little ar
ro-Ts; Kser s..:s:: :,...:s:.:.: sway and
then call for the repair shop and
they'll send q man over. Well,
not q man, exactly. More of a
magician, who'll do the whole
Job In 10 minutes.
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Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
MathewsOn Kim
Aids Doyle

10 get some tooth paste. tooth
Brush. shaving cream and so on.
The salesgirl handed him sew
eral small packages.
MAY I have q rubber band to
put around them?" he asked.
The girl scowled and indig-
nantly asked:
mister don't you know
there's . war on;"
THE Big Parade: Atty. Gen.
i Francis Bi d d lie and Mrs.
Biddle leaving Carnegie Hall.
after his spellbinding speech on
Italian Americans.
Asst Sec'y of State A. A. Berle
and his wife at the Carlyle Ho-
tel on Madison in the 70s.
Gregory Ratoff, the film pro-
ducer. In the Pennsy Depot.
Washington-bound.
"Howz your newest picture ?"
he was asked.
"Eetz . smosh!" he dialected.
Mrs. James Young, wife of the
former ms correspondent In
Japan, chaperoning some of the
attractive cowgals from the Ro-
deo-in the Cub.
Warren Noble, the engineer
who planned Stalingrad. read
ing the headlines about its de-
struction-at 57th and 9th.
Janet Blair OF the screen. en-
tering the Savoy-Plaza. trying TO
ignore the low whistles in the
foyer.
Lily Pons wearing her name
in gold letters around her throat.
CALLIES in Our Alley: Over
~ heard at a Broadway drug
store fountain:
SCOT any good pork ?"
"Good pork. We got some
pork that makes better chicken
salad than any tuna FISH y'can
buy!"
Playwright Moss Hart was
saying he saw Alex Woollcott,
who lost 100 pounds being i'll.
How h he now:"
Positively acknowledgements
ing that he IL well"
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16

BROADWAY Smalltalk. The
~ catchiest number in Beat
the Band" they say. is Every
L Other Heartbeat" as Susan Mil
er delivers it.
' Hildegarde's crosses at the
Persian Room are reported
around 20 Gs.
Larry Doyle. the one time
baseball great. is i'll at Saranac.
The late Christy Mathewson's
family is paying the bills.
Arnold Reuben will be hon.
ored on the 26th. The amy of
his Is years In biz. A plaque
will be awarded by The Pro-
testant." a publication-for his
devotion to humanitarian causes.
Traffic sign:
"Thirty-five miles per hour
may seem slow. but IL ID fve
times faster than . horse-drswn
hearse!"
MANHATTAN Mursls: The
V1 hard-boiled hack Inspector
on w. SIND street-a woman!
The carts that peddle a hot
dog sandwich and a drink for &c
in the Wall Street sector
richest sector in the world.
The skyline of New York from
a ferry docked in Jersey-looks
like an old vaudeville street
scene" backdrop.
Riverside Drive In the dimout
resembling a country lane.
The miniature exhibit of Tof-
fenetti's window at 43rd and the
Canyon--Gutzon Borglum's Mt.
Rushmore sculpting of Lincoln,
Jefferson. T. Roosevelt and
Washington.
The sign on the vegetable
stand:
please don't squeeze me,
lady, until I'm yours"
MIDTOWN Horatio Alger:
Iv1 He was the owner of a
tiny luncheonette in the Sos on
nProadway.
The landlord forced him out
when he raised the rent from
$3.50 10 $500 a month.
That was two and a half years
ago-and the landlord couldn't
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16

A little sun. a little rain, ~
A soft ,oiNd bLovirg from the
tCest-
And woods aud fields are sWest
again
And warmth within the noun
tdin's breast.
A little love, a little trust,
"A soft impulse, sudden
dream
And life as dry as desert dust
Is frcshsr than mountain
stream.
Brooke.
Joan AWFORD. First
a Texas girl to make good in
Hollywood. Joan Is from San
Antonio.
Second Texan to become ia
nous as film star was Ann Hard
ing. She's from Houston.
And the third, of course, is
Ann Sheridan.
never can remember whether
Ann Is from Sherman or Eagle
Pass.
Katherine Brush. Smart look
ing writer. AS a rule feminine
writer's are not beautiful.
The percentage of cookbook
ing male writers is much higher.
The beautiful Miss Brush
originally wrote poetry. Her
first literary sale was a poem to
The American Golfer.
After she wrote poetry for
year and took in about $3.50 in
payment for the same. Katy de-
cided to 60 in for hot-cha ro-
mantle fiction.
Now she's rich and Is said to
have four mink coats.
Sally Rand. Danseuse. Sally
was a Wampas Baby Star in
1927.
Haven't forgotten the Wam-
pas Baby Stars, have you?
Nowadays they refer to this
type of cinema cutie as a
starlet.
nON'T know the record for
~ continuous service of one
automobile but a man In Exeter,
Cal. told me he continuously
used a Detroit Thomas 1907 car
for 80 years.
Why don't some people leave
well enough alone?
I mean like the historian who
recently stated that Pocahontas
didn't die of broken heart but
of smallpox.
The most remarkable OF one
armed athletes was Gene Neeley
of Dartmouth who despite his
handicap played football, base
ball, basketball, golf, billiards
and tennis.
Gene was also a clever trap
shooter and wrestler.
] have played baseball against
one-armed pitchers.
Not only that I once played In
a game against one-legged
pitcher.
He was good, too.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
Sally Rand
WamPas Star

IN 1908, Alexander Y. Malcom-
i son was the principal inves-
tor in the Henry Ford automo-
bile enterprise.
Mr.. Malcomson put up S25..
900 in 1903 and sold out In 1905
for $175.000.
James Couzens, then a clerk
In Malcomson's office. put up
50. 500 in the Ford project and
held on until 1919. when he sold
out for S29, ,31S,S5S.
In a western newspaper. which
features matrimonial ADVERTISE
ments. note one seeker after q
husband, describes herself as "a
handsome young widow of 81.
lying GILLETTE was advised
IN to manufacture something
people only used once and then.
threw away.
That's how he started manu-
featuring razor blades.
Carl Laemmle was advised to
get into something in which the
main prices were 5 and 10 cents.
That's how he started in the
film business. That was in the
days of the nickelodeons.
Perhaps. if you could think of
something that would sell for
5 or 10 cents. and that people
used only once and then threw
away, you might become a mil
lionaire.
In any event you might make
a lot of money.
Way taxes are nowadays. il is
almost impossible for a man to
become a millionaire.
IN EGG expert says only an
"A egg that is strictly fresh
can be properly poached. There
fore, IL In a restaurant you get
a poached egg that Is not prop
erly poached you can view the
matter of its freshness with
suspicion.
Somebody should write a book
titled: How to Eat in q
Restaurant" That is, one deal
ing with the matter of selecting
and judging food.
Lon Howard of Hornell. N. Y,
has worked with the same or.
ganization, the Hornell Evening
Tribune, for II years. If that
isn't the United States record
for continuous employment, you
name it.
Out West there Is a horse
named Clarcarole. This horse
was named after Clark Gable
and Carole Lombard.
Writes a Chicagoan:
81 have checked on astr0I0Ky.
too. 1 have noted that VirYo
men are artificial and incapable
Of any emotion of tho heart.
They are cold, selfish and de-
ceitful. Virgo women have the
same characteristics. Most Virgo
women are terrible firts. Next
week 1 will tell you about my
study Of SO Capricorn men and
| women"
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
BY Damon RunyOn

bald and bland, was then work.
ing as head waiter for Louie
Fisher at Reisenweber's on
Eighth avenue near Columbus
Circle and Lorber, knowing lit
tie of the Broadway clientele,
borrowed Johns services from
Fisher for a year.
The new place ran for up
wards of 20 years and did an
enormous trade, Lorber finally
retiring of his own volition.
Steinberg. now manager Of the
Hillcrest Country Club In Los
Angeles, and said TO be the high
est-priced executive OF the kind
in the United States, began as
a bus boy in the Cafe Boulevard,
the swankiest restaurant the
lower east side ever had. at the
turn of the century and his sub
sequent career as head waiter
and manager of Broadway cafes
and night clubs covered an asso-
citation with the Montmarte, the
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
Broadway
BY Walter WincheII

Trade Marx Registered. Copyright. 1914
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16

TALKING to a group of
Il friends. a young woman who
was expecting a blessed event,
said:
"How I wish / knew whether
IL was going TO be a boy or a
girl"
A member of the group asked
the young woman TO take off her
wedding ring.
Then she requested her to lie
on the floor.
Tying the wedding ring on a
string the friend dangled it
around over the young woman's
PROSTATE form.
The ring went around in a
circle clock-wise.
at will be a boy" said the
friend.
1t was a boy.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL, one
1V1 of the five men who have
driven an automobile faster than
200 miles an hour, used a 2350
h. p. Rolls Royce.
In his speed runs he got about
a quarter of mile on a gallon
of gas and his tires lasted only
three minutes.
This shows what speed will do
to tires.
There has been so much said
and done regarding the wear
caused on tires by speed that I
suppose after the war some
scientific genius will produce
speed proof tires"
Boy, that's not a bad trade
mark.
Maybe I should copyright il.
There are residents of Los
Angeles. Cal, n a m d Rosary
Cross, Rube Pigfood and Victor
Pinches.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
Plenty Chickens

The commissioner explained,
very worried, that the island was
low on provisions Of all sorts. be-
cause there had not been a supply
ship along in some time, owing to
the war.
There was a little rice. flour,
tea. sugar and salt. but the stock
Of canned goods was almost gone.
His wife had used the last tins OF
carrots and peas to make a stew
for us our first day on the island.
Chickens were still plentiful, and
there were wild pigs, but of gen.
eral provisions the ISLANDERS now
had supply sufficient for only
two weeks.
Ito he Continued Tomorrow.
Copyright. isti, ~ Henry Hoit . Co..
Distributed ~ Kins Features eynd., Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16
On the Side
BY L. v. DurIing-

Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-16

he eSIIIIldttu IHdT n IHITu OF IHe
lcoconut trees on the island had
been blown down. Those left
standing were so badly punished
that il would be two years, he
estimated, before they would be in
condition 10 bear again. All the
Islands taro was killed except his
own home garden. and all the
banana trees were destroyed be-
Evening star., 1942-06-02
installation Of Tablets
In Post Office Banned

City Postmaster Vincent c. Burke
has denied the request of the Citi-
zens' Association of Chevy Chase,
D. c., that it be permitted to in
stall tablets on the walls of the
Chevy Chase branch post Office in
honor of men serving in the war.
Mr.. Burke said that while he is
in full sympathy with the patriotic
purpose involved, the responsibility
for verifying the correctness Of all
the names would devolve on the
Post ONCE Department.
A memorial plaque in honor of
postal employees serving in the first
World War was placed in the Dis
trict Post Office. In that instance,
Postmaster Burke said, the office
had the means of verifying the
correctness of the names of its own
employees.
Through Donald N. Carpenter,
association Memorial Committee
chairman, the Chevy Chase group
sought permission to erect two tab
lets, one in memory of servicemen
killed in the present war and a
second tablet listing the names of all
Chevy Chase area men performing
military service.
Evening star., 1942-06-02
British Were Ready for Drive
By RommeI, Churchill Says
Nozi PIuns for Initial Offensive
Have Gone Awry, Commons Told

1--WE have also had our losses,
he continued. TT is inevitable in
a battle Of this kind that casualties
on both sides in tanks should be
high. but our recovery organization
is working very we'll"
He said Gen. Sir Claude j. E
Auchinleck, commander in chief OF
the British Near Eastern forces, hao
informed the government fierce
fighting still is proceeding; the bat
tie is by no means over"
Mr.. Churchill read a statement
by Gen. Auchinleck asserting that
the continuous fighting in Libya
had been "of the highest order" and
emphasizing the excellent per-
formance" of American tanks with
which, the general said, AL users
are well pleased"
The statement added that the
new British heavy anti-tank gun
had proved a tremendous asset.
Armored Formations Destroyed.
British sources estimated that SO
per cent or more Of the Axis arm
ored formations in advanced areas
Of the Libyan battle have been de-
stroyed by the British.
They gave the credit to skillful
British gunners and the quality of
their tanks, particularly new 28-ton
land cruisers from United States
factories, and said two German
armored divisions and the Italian
Ariete division had been crippled
Evening star., 1942-06-02
LargeC Convoy Reaches
Russia After 5-Day
Battle
Ships Fought OFF U-Boots
And Well Over 100 Nozi
Planes, British Report
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, June "A large
United Nations convoy carrying
American and British war sup
plies to Russia has reached q
North Russian port after a run
ming battle of five days and
nights against German U-boats
and we'll over 100 NaZi planes,
the British announced today.
With almost constant daylight
now in the Far North waters, the
Admiralty said this was the most
difficult time of the year to push
conveys through that route.
But in spite of such conditions,
the British indicated only six or
seven Allied ships were sunk. calling
the German claim of bagging 18
ships an "exaggeration OF over ITS
percent"
(The Germans announced last
Friday that II ships totaling
114,0OO tons had been sunk by
attacks on the convoy during
several days.
Gallant Defense Cited.
That our losses were not far
higher than they were against this
scale of air and underwater attack" /"
the Admiralty declared, was due to
the gallant defense and magnificent
handling of the heavily laden ships
in the convoy no less than to the
efforts of the escort.
The officers and crews of both
the convoy and the escorts have the
satisfaction of knowing that they
have delivered large and impor-
tant reinforcements to Russia s
equipment in her present struggle. u
The first attack was delivered the
evening of May Is by Heinkel
torpedo carrying planes and Junkers
SO dive-bombers. Three were beaten
off with no loss, the Admiralty said.
But thereafter the German at
tacks were virtually uninterrupted
until last Saturday, the Admiralty
added.
Constant Bombardment.
Bombers, dive bombers and tor
pedo planes almost constantly flew
into the assault.
The Admiralty said one Heinkel
and two Junkers bombers were shot
down, two more planes were prob
ably destroyed and two others dam
aged.
A Hurricane plane catapulted
from a ship destroyed the Heinkel
and damaged another plane. The
Admiralty pointed out that its cat
apulted planes have to land on the
sea when their fuel is exhausted and
the pilots must take their chance OF
being found later and picked up.
The pilot of this plane, Flying
Officer Alastair Hay, r. A. F., was
wounded but was picked up by one
of the escorting ships.
Evening star., 1942-06-02
Mexican President Siqns
Declaration of War

MEXICO CITY, June (P.-Mex-
leo took her place today as a full
fledged ally of the United Nations
casting her fortunes with the nine
other Latin American republics
linked in arms against the Axis.
Mexico's declaration of war as of
May % was signed last night by
President Manuel Avi1a Camacho
without fanfare in his private resi-
dence. On May % the Mexican
cabinet decided that full belligerency
was the only answer to submarine
attacks on Mexican shipping.
Mexico thus became the 9th
member Of the United Nations and
put before the Axis an unbroken
stretch of hostile coast in two oceans
from Panama to the furthest Arctic
reaches of North America.
Even as President Avila Camacho
was signing the declaration author
lied by a special session of Congress
last week, Mexico was taking her
first steps against the enemy within
the large group of Axis nationals
and their Mexican partisans.
Evening star., 1942-06-02
Tanker Blast al Tampieo
Attributed 10 Accident
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June Am acci-
dent and not sabotage caused the
explosion aboard the American
tanker Cacalilao which caused the
deaths of at least four men and
injuries to 20 at Tampico Sunday,
Gen. Anacleto Lopez. commander of
the Tampico garrison. informed the
National Defense Ministry yeSter-
day.
The mishap, the general said, ap-
parently resulted from carelessness
in loading the vessel. An inquiry is
under way to fix the responsibility.
Besides the four known dead, Gen.
Lopez reported that five workers
were missing Fourteen American
crewmen were among the injured
The victims, Capt. I. M. Martini
usen of the Casalilao, Seaman Tom
Jacobsen and Ignatius Camiolo,
Americans, and Fermin Castellanos
Santander, a Mexican, were buried
today.
Evening star., 1942-06-02
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, June 2.-Prime
Minister Churchill in a Commons
statement on Libya said today
the British had foreseen the
drive launched by Nazi Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel last week
and were ready for 1t.
He said it was clear from cap
tured documents that Marshal
Rommel intended to defeat the
British armored forces and capture
Tobruk.
ut is clear we have every reason
to be satisfied and more than salts
fled with the course the battle so
far has taken" the Prime Minister
declared, "and we shall watch its
further developments with earnest
attention.
Fierce fighting still is proceeding
and will 60 on, but whatever may be
the result there is not shadow Of
doubt that Rommels plans for his
initial offensive have gone COM
pletely awry and cost him dear in
men and material.
Enemy Tank Toll Put at 260.
"A conservative estimate gives the
number of enemy tanks destroyed
or captured as about 260. There is
no doubt that the number Of enemy
transport vehicles destroyed or cap
tured is very large"