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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
Almost Nothing Omitted
SIumguIIion Recipe
A Military Secret
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Although 7 shouldn't hcray military have
been asked what old established X Ps put the sum
guion.
II would be much easier 20 tell you what didn't.
When look back - years remember that the slum pot
stood marked Garbage. We in the X. Ps
because vision inaccurate.
There regular recipe for slumguion. It made
Of eovers from the warmedovers from the holdovers.
We chopped up everything fine with cleavers and added
parsley
Stun contained beef mutton pork veal and whatnot.
might call it hamburger steak in bad mood
When the soldier held out his kit for the slum he
averted his We slapped the scoop down the kit
and that that
If nobody called for the slum in 30 days belonged
him.
will concede that | soldier sum. After
loaded his he usually staggered around the barracks
and disappeared
few minutes later he showed up the canteen where
he ordered soda pop peanut bars and dolly cake.
Naturally didn't have slum every day. II didn't collect
that fast.
Oy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

Westward The course Of empire
takes ITS nay.
The toT FIST nets already
past.
4 ff'h shut riosc the dram
NTH The d0B;
Times modest offspring IL the
last.
George Berkeley Bishop Of
CoHne).
First line of above. one OF
the most quoted in literature,
is from a poem titled: "On the
Prospect Of Planting Arts and
Learning in America. -
Ut was written in the early
part OF the eighteenth century.
Bishop Berkeley was born in
Kilkenny County. Ireland, in
1855.
The town Of Berkeley. Cal,
locale OF the University of Cali
fornla, is named after him
EVDD
4 y IMPORTANT event in the
n literary history Of San
Francisco seems 70 have been
overlooked by the l6cal his
torians.
am referring 10 the fact
that Gypsy Rose Lee wrote her
first novel. The G-String Muir
der Al the Falmont Hotel on
Mob Hill, San Francisco.
There are not many soda
fountains in the San Francisco
drug stores.
San Franciscans don't care
much for soft drinks and those
who do prefer 10 get them at a
bar.
Writes Jack Norworth:
q "As for women copying the
hair styles Of actresses surely
you are old enough TO remember
when they copied the Della
Fox curl:"
The vogue Of Della Fox and
her curls came before my time.
However. l am old enough 10
remember Nora Bayes and Jack
Norworth in vaudeville.
And very pleasant memory
it is. too.
ELEANOR EARLY, Who does
- considerable exporting on
the habits and general char
acterlsticS Of the male of the
species, offers the following
suggestion TO females:
IF there are lot Of things
you don't like about a man for
get him. Or try to. anyhow.
don't try 30 make him over.
Take him as he stake him
or leave him"
Hotel maids in San Francisco
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
v andPnlBerC
w inS Cheers

school children carry strapped
10 thor books
Before | had laboriouSly meas
ured lis rooms and halls wished
more than once that | had gone
straight from the church with
MY bride and set up hou>Ckocp-
lug IN a phone booth or an
empty barrel or a bungalow
hird-ncst Of 'he type that wrcns
are so happy in
| STARTED measuring in tho
Il living room Everything was
fire M first like y littlc boy
playing train with his blocks
! took Off from a wall and
headed across tho room Then
! ran head-on into tho sofa
My first thought NVa> 10 work
around the sofa. but honesty
made me admit 10 myself that
such a procedure would increase
the dimensions ot the room.
Too there was the fear that
Mr.. IckoS. on seeing the dimcn-
SlonS OF my living room. would
question them, and come down
and measure them and prove me
a fraud
So / decided to go under the
sofa
! am not a man who il built
10 GO under sofas with or with
ou' dog biting at his ankles,
bat ] tired n
II didn { work. So I moved the
sofa
Ditto tho living room table.
Ditto tho living room end
table
Ditto another sofa.
was In the hauling and NOV
ing business before | got across
that room
Then. when I started across
the other way everything was
completely in the-way again.
DUT this wasn't tho worst part
- Of taking the living room
dimensions.
1t was not until I had finished
that | discovered that my COM
paniOn in life. who was sup
posed 10 be taking down The
measurements as | called them
10 her, had been talking on the
phone for Is minutes and hadn't
written down a blessed thing.
THEN. when all the measure
Il ments were taken. came the
multiplying TO get the number
Of square feet business.
II really doesn't matter
whether / get any fuel oil or
not
got so hot measuring my
house that spring will have ar
rived before / thoroughly cool
of.
Distributed ~ MeNsusht Syndicate. Inc.
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Oft Quoted Line
i'm Literature

HAVE just been looking az
IL table Of fancy statistics
which indicates the younger the
mother tho better chance the
first hapn-v~4ll he- - hay-
Mothers between the ages Of
Is and 10 have the highest per-
Centagc Of male children.
City children are healthier
than country children
So states Or. Edgar Mariner
of Detroit.
The good doctor says the
reason for the better health ot
the city children is that they
have access 10 better medical
facilities and their parents are
better informed than those in
rural localities.
My opinion is that the best
place to raise children is in a
country place near city. That
is, a good suburb.
60 JACK DEMPSEY has
- written a book on How 10
Get Tough" OF this book
Frank G.. Menke says:
y ~ fyweight after browsing
through the pages Of How to
Get Tough and studying the IL
Illustrations can whip heavy
weight and heavyweight be-
comes equipped 10 subdue three
gOrillas."
Mr.. DempSey'S new book re-
calls TO me that the ManaSsa
-Malllnt2 nnce- gaze n4e same les
sons on how to defend myself
in the event Of my being picked
on by some tough guys.
l have had only one occasion
10 use what Mr.. Dempsey
taught me, but at that time it
worked fine
WHEN those in Washington,
w d. c., in charge Of coffee
rationing figured a daily allot-
mcnt OF one cup a day would be
about fieift-they-base their
calculations on the population
and not on the number of coffee
drinkers.
II also seems sometimes that
when the WaShingtonians de-
cided on certain taxes their de.
CiSion was based on a belief
that all wage earners in the
United States had enjoyed an
increase in income comparable
10 those people who are work.
ing m war plants.
There are millions Of citizens
who have had no increase in pay
since 1899.
The post office employees. for
example. have not had a raise
in over ID years.
Copyright. 1912. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

are paid 81 a day plus tips for
an eight-hour day.
This is the country'S highest
wage scale for the hard work
ing hotel maids.
IHeiidef4 A n Hire < sttt-
cisco maids are making bCds
much better than formerly. 10
doubt they have received some
lessons from huS b and 5 or
brothers who are in the army.
nURING rainstorm | hailed
~ taxi driver at the top Of
Mob Hill and was aStoniShed
when he said he would not
drive down the hill as it was
dangerous in the rain.
That Is the tiTSt time I ever
encountered a San Francisco
taxi driver who lodged a hill
at any time.
That fellow must be new
conner in the city. Probably
from Los Angeles.
Now the scientists have found
a way 10 rid our armed forces
Of the Cootle pest In World
War l the AEF sang the fol-
lowing:
The cootic is the national bug
nj France.
The cnntic az the rational bug
of Frnncc,
You find him lchererer gou hang
your pants;
HinkeY, diHkcB poriey roo!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
The Brighter Side

4 PORTLAND, Ore. Judge re-
n Gently ruled that General
Dewitt, who commands the
West Coast thcater Of war. had
no jurisdiction over American
citizens inaSmuch as the area is
not under martial law, but the
American-bOrn j paneS 10
whom the decision is taken 10
apply especially are not likely
10 take advantage Of il and start
roaming around
In the first place the Ameri-
can-born japanese went 10 the
camps on their own volition and
with rare discretion because if
they had remained I'm Los An
geleS, San Francisco and other
West Coast cities. they might
have been inviting trouble As
things got hot in the Pacific,
and they knew il.
Some Of the civilian popula-
ton might have been stirred be-
yond all control had the Japs
continued 10 occupy their col
onleS like the Little Toxic" Of
Los Angeles in large numbers.
THEY waived legal resistance
Il 10 General Dewitt's evacua-
tIon orders with CELEBRITY that
perhaps forcStalled open demon
STATIONS Of bitter hostility on
the part Of their American
nelChborS.
The wonder now Is that All
those thousands Of JapS were
moved out of the coast area
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
4. S.-ROrn .lapS
Major Problem

and adhere 10. the traditions of
their native land.
The majority of West Coasters
have always been more or less
opposed to the presence Of the
Japanese in large numbers in
their midst. and after the war
will be more strongly opposed
than ever.
Some Of them hold that the
American-born Japanese should
be deprived of citizenship and.
with the aliens, deported TO
Japan after the war, although
in the case of the Americans
born an amendment to the Con-
stitution would probably be-
necessary.
IT IS going to be a big ques-
Il ton one Of these days, with
many citizens raising their
voices on both sides, although
at the moment the average
American would favor any step
that would clear these shores
forever Of japanese blood.
As for the Japs, they are re-
ported doing very nicely in the
camps, raising garden sass. eat
ing regularly and well. drawing
pay and. if born here. casting
their votes, although the welfare
reports on our Americans in the
hands of the JapS in Pacific
ports are by no means so rosy.
Copyright. 1882. by KING Features
Distributed BY International News Services
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

Jolt whitfield the model for
" the first revolver out of a
piece Of wood while in his teens.
And 10 81. Nicholas Magazine
for July 1900. an S-year-old Chi
Cage boy Jack Reddlck, contrib
ulcd the first automobile
gun description of a motor
propelled combat car built at
Jacks suggestion by the manual
training class cadets Of a mill
tary academy in Highland Park,
Ill.
IN 1912, the then 20-year-old
i Reddick recommended that
caterpillar treads be adapted to
armored combat cars. 10 over
come barbed wire and machine
gun nests,
He said armorcd tractors
would go over block houses
like steam roller
Jack Reddick was one Of the
first prophets OF the modern
meCndnlLcd army.
TlIE origin Of the tank is A
i much disputed subject
Actually, types Of land battle
ships propelled by sails date
back 10 the Middle Ages
After World War I tho Brit
iSh government appointed a
committee 10 determine who
was responsible for the creation
Of tho first military tank.
II seemed impossible 20 de-
- 2ne vino had the idea first:
there was no doubt that
WINSTON Churchill was tho man
who forced tho construction, in
England of the FIRST tanks
Churchill SAYS no man living
can claim 20 be- solely response
bic for tho invention Of The
tank
Churchill. FIRST lord 81 the
admiralty got the tank, built
after The amy had vetoed thcm,
by calling them land bar'IcshIp>
I'VE surprise tanks proved 20
L Boz. 20 the Germans in 1916,
g. odd considering that on Feb
- 1912 u German patent Tor
tank which was almost dup'l-
cato Of ButHn's first tanks was
recorded .u tho United states by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
BY Damon ERunyOn

with almost no trouble, and the
smart ones among them know
they would be suckers 10 press
their luck.
Public fury would never have
paused 10 inquire OF each Jap
as 10 whether he was alien or
American born.
In the second place. the Port
land Judges view of the law is
A matter that would undoubtedly
require the judgment of the
highest court in the land before
il would be accepted as apple
able even under present condi-
lions. In the advent of an imme-
date showdown. General Dewitt,
whose administration is conSid-
cred exceptionally good. could.
Of course. declare martial law,
and then the civilian authorities
would have no say whatever.
But such step is extremely
unlikely.
I HAVE explained before that
Il one Of the great after-war.
problems in this country VIII be
the disposition of tho Japanese,
both alien and AmcrIcan-born,
but especially the American
born.
They are American citizens by
right of birth and were recently
permitted TO cast absentee bal
lots IN the West Coast elections.
Their parents in most cases
were born in Japan, and many
Of them preserve the customs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
The OnIooker

a. 7 happen 20 ho in Michigan
wren rho next election rolls
around and find myself near an
anEuardod ballot box lam going
uG n "a fe0 votes for Scna-
~Arthur Nandouhcr-
I'll. is tho most prominent
voice raised 10 date against tho
unholy number of qucstor0aircS
with which The government is
flooding irs citizens.
Tho senator has expressed fNc
hoJct that tho amount of paper
work fhc American business
man ma. to DO IS a deadly men
acp 30 national morale and n
serious threat TO tho war effort"
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trained for war in open nghting.
TO smash through all existing
trench systems.
"Our allies and enemies have
gone crazy over trench war
fare and special weapons, l re-
call General PerShing saying at
a staff conference l attended as
aide 10 General Parker.
They have forgotten decisive
victory can only be had In open
warfare"
Pershing's First Army. IN the
Meuse-ArgOnne offensive, for
the first time in the four years
OF war. drove the German troops
out of and back of their last
line Of trenches and caused con-
fusion 10 the kaiser's armies.
Had he had cavalry available.
he could have turned it into a
complete rout.
Ocean transport difficulties
had prevented shipment of a
large cavalry outfit.
IN MY book, M hanize d
Il Might" / say the entire fu-
ture Of the world depends on the
mechanical might produced IN
the United States.
Though no victory in this war
~ speed can be accomplished
Without superiority in The Air,
and though naval strength fig
ureS prominently. no victories
can be decisive, or final. without
the most efficient meChanIZed
and motorized force.
HOWEVER. horscd cavalry is
H still OF great use in the mod
ern army.
The Russians used il effec-
lively. notably at Tula, late in
l@l. when charge of CoSsacks
broke up and cut off an advance
OF motorized infantry and helped
seal Hitler into RuSSia's SHOWS
for a dlSaS trous winter.
CAVALRY and polo. the cav
" alrymen's game. play an inn
portant part in training men for
mechanical war.
Polo teaches officers 10 make
instantaneous decision, while
moving AZ great speed under
stress Of great excitement. need
for which BY tank officers Is
obvious.
NOTES After the Revolution.
' Congress ordered all army
units dlsbanded. except 20 r1cn
n guard stores. Congress be-
hovef VIC wouldn't need an
army
There was no doubt about
unity of command n the army
and navy then
General Washington. com
nander NJ the Continental Army.
established the Continental
NAVY.
First 20 have the tito ~ com.
n7nder IN chief Of the feet vas
q colonel IN tho army
one ~ ny fOrcfathcrs John
Henry RaborE. was in Washns-
ton infantry
C07lngh, ~ psNy Nirrof Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

bile, in October. 1901. Brig. Gen.
a. r Bates said
1T IL of no Use whatever on
the ordinary country roads, eNen
of the eastern country.
Nevertheless our army or
dcrcd II of the vehicles and
-hteaffe- The pioneer IN ttre- rrrrffr-
tarization Of the gasoline motor.
PerShing IN his Mexican cam
palCn was tho FIRST general 10
use motorized infantry eilec-
lively.
IN IT'S comparatively short
Il military history the United
States has developed an cNtraor-
binary number of men ConS,d-
cred as The worlds greatest
generals hy the military experts
Of the world
The campaigns Of Lee Grant
and Sherman are studied m the
military colleges Of the world
Per hing Is among the ail-tme
greats.
In "a new book. that able Brit
ish military historian Maj. Gen
John r &. Fuller. recalls that
when The Americans iol1cd
World Mar an NE Allies
wanted va, more infantry.
Fo,A wanted 20 spread tho
mon along tho whole front.
pcrSttrr fought 10 build an
American army and succeeded
This" SAYS Fuller. was not
only victory for Pershing. hut
also for the Allied cause. for had
the adjustment proposed hy
Eoch been agreed upon, i'm all
probability the war would have
continued into 1919"
NIiEE pct,b.nc arrived in.
W France and looked over the
situation he concluded inmc-
d.afe.y that 20 break Tho stale
mate ~ thrice wears OF trench
warfare and p'oaure quick re-
suits, American troops had 20 DO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

1t. Com. Walter Winchell
is temporarily on leave out
of the country. Meanwhile,
ION Broadway" will be writ
ten by guest eolumnists. To-
days guest is Maj. Paul c.
Raborg.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08
by Dr. Logan CIendening
Nurses
Needed

tor that the course be reduced
10 two and one-half years, but
In my opinion this is not enough
Of reduction.
The army, navy and the pub
lie health service viii certainly
need nurses for period Of at
least five or ten years.
Even if hoStllities should cease
in 1913 the nursing corps. with
the medical corps, will probably
be the last TO be demohllized.
This, Of course. stands TO
reason and Is perfectly natural
because there VIII be number
Of wounded and conValeScent
mon 10 be taken care OF for
months and years 10 come,
4 r TIE same time civilian
"A hospitals have been increaS-
ing their demands for nursing
and hoSpltal personnel.
Charles y Taft is quoted as
saying that 10 years ago hospital
superintendents STATED they
needed 17.70O graduated nurses.
$40 student nurses and 10000
other persons giving nursing
care.
a recent survey OF these same
hospitals showed that they then
employed $500 graduate
nurses. 50 400 student nurses
and - 500 other persons giving
nursing care.
II a campaign is needed 10 OBJ
tam the number OF nurses the
situation demands. let US get the
campaign started az once,
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
T J. r Have cucumberS any
food value1 Is surgery the only
cure for a varicocele?
Answer -CucumberS have very
little food value: about one-half
OF one per cent protein; one-ffth
Of one per cent fat; two and
one-half per cent carbohydrates
and produces Ii calories per 100
grams but they are valuable for
ruughage.
Surgery is the only cure for
VaricOcele.
Constant Reader: I have A
friend who now has tuberculosis
Since she has been Ill I've
been hearing LOT about
pneumo. phreno and thoraco OPP
eratlOnS.
Would YOU please explain
what these terms mean
Answer. All Of these forms OF
operation are devised to put the
lung AZ rcSt.
They are about the most ef-
fcCtive forms Of treatment we
have for tuberculosis Of the lung
al the present time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

ONE Of the most serious short
~ ages IN manpower that has
presented itself 10 the country
IN tT1p emergency i really
shortage Of wOmanpower.
All over the country hospitals
are complaining that they are
not getting enough nurses 10 fill
their classes even baSlng the
number OF students in the
Classes on peacetime basis.
At meeting of the Ameri-
can Hospital Association this
year one Of the speakers said.
I'm the future the demand for
nurses will be two or three times
greater than il has ever been i'm
the past
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

HOSPITAL authorities arr
IL FRANKLY puzzled n 10 why
the shortage should exist
Some Of them believe that the
superior attraction of the
WAACS and WAVES has been
so puhlCized that ! has turned
the attention ~ the young
women from the less glamorous
role ~ the nurse.
Still another explanation has
been that the course is TOO long.
! am inclined 10 believe there
Is good deal 70 this objection
and for the period Of the cmcr-
Ccncy | think a year and a half
instead of the present require
mcnt Of three years is quite
enough 10 III an intelligent
young woman TO take up the
duties Of a nurse.
CERTAINLY the armed forces
Y would benefit bN getting
more nurses sooner II the course
were reduced 10 the one and
onc-half years period with an ar
ranCcmcnt after the war Is over
10 allow these nurses 20 COM
plete their nursing course Of
three years.
! understand that the National
League of Nursing Education is
contemplating recommended
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-08

4 RNY and navy requirements
"A are tremendous and il IS
hard 20 give the exact figures on
them
A. the same meeting of tho
American Hospital Association
ono speaker stated that the
army and navy would require
1000 nurses a month in 1913.
another speaker stated that the
requirement would be 1000 and
Stlll another, 1000 a month.
Apd finally ! find an authori-
tatlVe statement that nf the
country : 100000 women in
white. 80 600 viii bc needed n
The army and navy bY July,
1913.
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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
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when such resorts to care for honor
deceased are aimed at. But rather,
there should be systematical
method from which to proceed that
will add dignity and reverence to the
cause which so greatly challenges us.
So the Cemetery Association offers
this method. Will you enroll, at
tend the meetings, subscribe to the
solicitors and play well your part in
achieving this most worthy undertake
ing? The Cemetery Ass ociation has
as its President DR.. Brooks; Secre-
tary, Mrs. Sadie Jones; Treasurer,
Mrs. M. M. Cullum; Financial Secre-
tary, Mrs. Kittie Matthews, the wife
of the late DR.. R. B. Matthews, who
because of his outstanding service as
a physician, would like to also serve
her community in some undertaking
that is well worth while. Mrs. Mat
thews added to the organization will
reflect great credit to the work.
Rev. E. A. Mays, Reporter.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03

The Cemetery Association, under
the leadership of DR.. l.. F. Brooks,
M. D., of this city, has gotten under
way again to render to the COM
munity and Colored citizens the very
fine service of identifying the
cemeteries and keeping the graves
of our honored deceased clean. 1t is
very much hoped that those who
have cooperated SO genuinely in the
past will attend all Of the meetings
and that new members will enroll to
help promote this service in the life
of our people in thja city.
Your continued cooperation is
earnestly solicited and the hope =
that the unstinted faith, loyalty and
assistance Of the past will be excelled
by what we do in this direction in
the future. We are our brothers
keeper, even our honored dead. And
it does seem more than neglectful
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-07-03
PINEY WOODS SCHOOL
OFFERS OPPORTUNITY

The nationally known Piney Woods
School desires to get in touch with a
settle man musician to be adviser for
their young mems travelling orches-
ira, settle lady teacher for utility
teaching in high school mathematics,
biology or english, young man be-
low draft age who plays saxophone
or trombone, an elderly blacksmith
to teach blacksmithing and woodwork
and nurseryman, also settle wo-
man for matron or the laundry. They
can use folk who are masters of their
profession, whether college graduates
or not.
For further information, write
Laurence G. Jones,
y Piney Woods School,
Piney Woods, Mississippi.