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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
aer Recalls 1917
Baer Recalls 1917
Army Mule Kicks
For Own Amusement
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Before going into this mule matter any further will
remind you that the army mule got the entire edition of
the National Geographic.
The photography printed in the mules natural color
which mostly glum and griste
The mule has elusive memory II you good to him
he foges you. But you abuse him he will remember you
with compound interest and court charges.
The mule is hybrid with the appearance of animal
and the stubbornness of senatorial bloc.
has a long record of service in peace and without
being able to tell one from the other.
We hang hoss-shoes doors for good luck. But
mule hangs his shoes place he feels like it. When he
starts you lucky If there is a door near there.
When they got to a hospital after Dynamite kicked
in the stomach they undessed My stomach looked
nearghed servant girl had used me for ironing board
while answering the telephone.
The burn my abdomen shaped like the Hoss-Shoe
Curve the Pennsy. The only to fan 1t with AL
Smiths brown derby dipped in aromatic spirits of ammonia.
Atrocities in different shades, from revenge
vcousness But the rainbow Of the mule is all corrosive
submae of He kicks for the unduated ecstasy
the spasmodc effort.
once wrote about lady who not a professional
singer but who sang for her kicks
the way mule he will kick barn pieces
in thunder-shower.
water gets into mules ears, he will drown.
The only reason the mule kicked that in
range. That's enough for him.
The in range that detailed to curry
the Missouri hybrid.
That's exactly what the Congressional Medal says
and above the line of duty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
On the Side
San Francisco knoDs hotc.
William Hovavd T.ft

San Francisco knoDs hoe.
William Howard Taft.
HCTRANGLER" Lewis. the 81
~ year-old ex-wrestler. re-
Gently reduced his weight by so
pounds, asked what kind of ex-
ercise he took to bring about
this reduction. Mr.. Lewis an
swered:
by walking. Gods exercise"
San Francisco is the greatest
city in the country to walk in.
/ am only walking IS miles a
day here right now but that's
because I have to get in better
condition to make the hills on
high.
THIS is the pups first visit to
l. San Francisco. He is in a
gayer mood than ever. revealing
his appreciation of the spirit of
the city.
However. it's a good thing he
can't read or his love of his
current surroundings would be
lessened.
On Union Square Park and
several other parks are huge
signs, reading:
Dogs prohibited"
II that order Is strictly fol-
lowed it is the only kind of pro-
hibition that has ever succeeded
in San Francisco.
HT CAN make you q suit, but
L for n big guy like you
can not furnish q vest" said the
tailor.
l might say at this point that
! am not an unusually big guy,
Just an average big guys feet
IN. weighing 100 pounds.
There are thousands like me.
Perhaps We average big guys
should organize. Anyway, the
question I wish to discuss Is
this: rs a vest necessary"
/ thought il wasn't until
ventured out one day last week
without vest. / was cold.
1t was one of those days when
II is too cold to 90 without a
vest and too warm to wear an
overcoat.
II they won't give us average
big guys vests what are we sup
posed to do-wear sweaters?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Movie House
Vacation

couldn't dance its way off a hot
stove.
4-Working OF international
spies. and how they are finally
trapped by an Irish flatfoot, a
woman reporter and good
natured drunk who turns out to
be an FBI man with a taste for
gin.
5-A picture in which there is
a long shot of papers rolling of
the presses. leaves being torn
violently of a calendar to show
the passing of time, police cars
careening down a dim street
with all sirens going full blast.
and a comic maid who jumps
every time a window is closed
or a door shut.
A MERIcANS will miss these
"A pictures.
And if MIR. Mellett is success
full in eliminating double fea-
lures he will undoubtedly move
toward the elimination Of the
half a hundred other cinema
knicknacks that make up the
program.
don't believe ] could get
along without my travelogues.
They're like dope.
After a man has seen a GER
tain number of technicolor
tsudies of many of the dullest
cities in the world, he needs
them.
Wouldn't you miss those
breathless shots of native
dances, old ladies stringing
beads. medieval bread making,
and professions of donkeys wind
ing their way up and down
mountains
Could you suddenly give up
those travelogues which show
the marriage rites of a country
you can't spell. how the natives
weave thir own costumes, and
those bloodshot snaps of sun
sets and sunrises?
MO. any more than you could
~ give up that voice OF the
travelogue narrator.
And how the American movie
going public would regret the
loss of the Disney imitators,
with their animated creatures
whose colors are too bright,
whose voices are too sharp, and
who are downright boring.
No. Mr.. Mellett, leave the
movies alone.
To 60 into a movie at 7:30
and get out at midnight, all
worn out. and with the eyes and
head hurting. is as much a part
Of American life as stuffing bal
lot boxes.
Distributed by MeNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Bob Benchley
Stymied

NOEL EDWARDS negative Of
~ I'm which We Serve" is
three weeks overdue by air from
England.
Banquet biz at hotels has hit a
new low.
Cops tell you a strip star may
be convicted.
Sandra Rambeau. was ques-
toned for 5 days at the Mexican
border. Her gems are still de-
tanned.
What worries most stars
about the IS G.. ceiling is that
they'll have to give up their
pools for bathtubs!
IF IT'S a boy the playwright
Il Elmer Rices will name the
himage Robert for playwright
Bob Sherwood.
IL it's a blessed she-vent-the
name will be Nab for Mrs. Max
well Anderson formerly Nab
Maynard).
Dennis Morgan recently spent
the night in a Van Mugs hoose-
gov for not dimming his lights.
1t. Douglas Fairbanks is in
town on special leave. To greet
a stranger.
Racing will have raised nearly
3 million dollars for service
groups this year. Racing has
contributed 10 million in pari-
mutuel taxes in New York State.
GEORGE N. COHAN'S great
VI est gift wasn't in his last
will. With his passing Cohan's
Japanese valet tfor more than
25 years. need have no fear of
being thrust upon an unfriendly
America. For In valet Mike
Hirano's possession Is q letter
written by The Yankee Doodle
Dandy latter Dec. Z, 1922
which vouches for Hirano's pa
triotism, devotion and character.
Copyright by Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
BY Henry McLemOre

has asked that double features
be eliminated. He feels that for
Americans 90 sit three, four
and even more hours In a movie
house, binders the war effort.
So we are cooperating"
bought my ticket any way,
but as ! was walking home after
fieetlng two hours in the
movies, ! could not help but
wonder if Mr.. Mellett had not
made a mistake in attacking the
double feature.
TNHE double feature program
Il has many advantages.
For one thing, il guarantees
that one OF the two pictures will
be good.
This is because one OF the pic
lures on the double bill is so
awful that the other is sure TO
stand out as a masterpiece.
The No. 2 feature. or COM
panion piece, is always dreadful.
Nine times out of ten II deals
with one of these subjects:
Mad doctor, who, dissatis-
fled with his contract at MGM.
has discovered a liquid that will
reduce the human race 10 a
bunch Of blithering idiots.
A major portion OF the scenes
In the picture show the mad doc
tor working with his test tubes
in a cobwebbed laboratory.
2-The inner-workings OF cat
tie rustlers. and how they are
foiled in moving a herd OF
blooded longhorns through a
canyon by the two-fisted, two
gun efforts of an honest cowboy
and his lady love.
There is always much guitar
playing in these pictures, and
songs that tell how cowboys like
10 be buried alongside their
horse and favorite musical in
strument.
3-Backstage Of Broadway
musical, with a cast that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18

DOSALIND RUSSELL and
~ groom, Freddie Brisson, are
imiging.
Reuben Mamoulian. the direc-
tor, is waiting for his bride-to-
be's Rehabilitation.
The Comdr. ]. Farrows' MAUI
reen O'Sullivan) blessed-adven-
ture is on the calendar.
: Ilona Massey tells chums
! there isn't a chance of reconcil-
iatien with Alan Curtis.
r Roscoe Kearps' little girl.
. Mary Jane, comes Mrs.
. Dwight Hart Jr.
Miamians hear that railroads
will sell tickets TO Florida first
10 persons who live there or
: have important war biz. You
come last.
TIVE $4,000 wage limit, which
i nobody seems TO savvy well
enough 10 explain to Hollywood
stars and others, is best shown
up, we think, by this:
Bob Benchley. the writer and
comedian, will be among others
who will no longer be able 10
purchase war bonds, he says.
"In fact" Benchley told us, ~
can get along on SIS n week, but
i will simply have to stop sup
porting several old destitute
friends (nOne Of whom Ia de-
ductible, either) and I will have
) 10 sell all my war bonds 10 pay
this years taxes"
FRANCES MERCER will
i merge with Ii. A. Murray.
That little blond debby who is
trying 10 wreck a recent mar
riage OF showfolks-is flirting
with sure disqualification.
Marion Rosamond, EMPOWERS
model tnow with 20th Century,
will become Mrs. Chas. Drew
! after Yuletide.
Jackie Gateley of the Latin
Quarter choir Of Ensign Donald
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
The Brighter Side
DEP. THOMAS J. LANE of
the Seventh District of

DEP. THOMAS J. LANE of
the Seventh District of
Massachusetts. has introduced a
bill in Congress III. R, 7664)
which would provide that MEM
bers of the merchant marine be
given all the privileges accorded
to veterans of the armed forces,
which in my opinion is a long
step forward In the campaign
for greater public appreciation
OF the services Of these gallant
men.
And now / can tell you more
about the effort to provide
facilities for the rest and re-
cupreation of the men when
they come ashore after their
hazardous ventures at sea In
taking the supply ships to port.
These facilities will presently
be available not only in every
American port but in every
major port of the United
Nations all over the world.
The United Seaman's Service,
which l mentioned the other
day, has supplied me with a de-
tailed statement of its plans
and of what has been accom-
plished in a very few weeks of
action.
This enterprise was set in
motion by the United States
Maritime commission and the
War Shipping Administration
and is directed by Douglas p.
Falconer, until recently the di-
rector of the Greater New York
Fund. 1t will expand as
private project sponsored jointly
by shipbuilders. ship operators,
the maritime unions and the
public.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
The On|ooker

THROWING my sheep dog
- about me. and whistling TO
nuy great coat. set OF across
the moors today 10 my favorite
motion picture theater.
My heart was happy and the
IS cents in my pocket jingled
merry tune.
With long, swinging strides
] STROBE toward the Bilou. stop
ping now and then TO catch my
breath and one of the many
small animals that are always
scampering across the moors.
love the Bijou because il Is
n double feature movie. IL Of
fers the biggest moneys worth
since Manhattan was sold for
$2i.
For very small admission
fee man can come close 10
spending a vacation at the
Biiou.
II opens early in the morning
and by the time a fellow has
seen all OF its attractions he
needs shave and a square
meal.
There is no such thing as
stranger al the Bijou.
It's patrons are thrown to-
gether for so long a time that
that by the time they depart
they know one another as well
a brothers.
IT WAS a surprise and a dis
Il appointment 10 me when. on
arriving at the Bijou today. /
discovered that il had aban-
doned double features, and was
limiting its show TO a single
picture. a newsreel, a cartoon
and a travelogue.
The girl behind the ticket
window explained that the
change in policy was due 10 the
request of Mr.. Lowell Mellett.
chief OF the Office of War In
formation Bureau OF Motion
Pictures.
MIR. MeIlett." the girl said,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
BY Damon RunyOn

CLUBS and hotels as well as
~ the rest and recuperation
centers are included in. the
plans, the first of the latter
being set up through the
patriotic cooperation of Mrs.
Kermit Roosevelt early in Sep
tember. She gave her estate
near Oyster Bay, L. l., to the
USS; and men and officers
of the merchant marine who
were torpedoed at sea or other
wise incapacitated in pursuing
their wartime occupation are re-
covering there.
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt is the
daughter-in-law of the mighty
Teddy. Her husband. Maj. Ker-
nit Roosevelt, is now with the
armed forces Of his own coun-
try after serving with the
British.
Another rest and recupera-
ton center was opened by the
USS in late September at Bay
Ridge. in Maryland. and the
Andrew Furuseth Club at 80
East Thirty-seventh street, New
York City, shortly afterward.
This is the old Dartmouth Club
House, Mrs. Junius Spencer
Morgan donating the building
to the USS.
In late October, the third rest
and recuperation center was
opened at Hamilton Farms, the
c. Suydam Cutting estate near
Gladstone, N. J. This has facili-
ties to accommodate 40 mer-
chant marine sailors regularly
and 200 under emergency.
Now the USS has representa-
tives in Philadelphia, Norfolk.
New Orleans and San Fran
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Merchant Marine
Gets Recognition

cisco making surveys for clubs,
hotels and rest and recupera-
ton centers while other repre-
sentatives are overseas for the
same purpose.
THE same facilities that now
Il exist here will be set UP In
Cardiff in South Wales, LIVER
pool, Glasgow and Goulach--in
Russian ports and ports of the
Caribbean such as Port of Spain
and Trinidad. Stanley z. Davises
has been appointed to develop
a unit in Iceland. The overseas
facilities will serve seamen
whose ships have been sunk and
those who, for other reasons,
are spending time In distant
ports.
They will provide health serv-
ices, emergency financial help
and recreation for the men
while they are waiting for new
berths. Meantime, the USS will
do everything possible to help
the families of the men here at
home.
I think Il should be mentioned
that the entire United Seaman's
Service Is operated by men and
women who know ships and the
men who man them. Admiral
Emory s. Land Is chairman of
the board and Henry J. Kaiser,
the shipbuilder. is president OF
the organization, with John z.
Bierworth, treasurer; John B.
Stafford. assistant treasurer, and
Mrs. Lewis w. Douglas, secre-
tary. The vice presidents are
Joseph Likes. Joseph Curran,
Harry Lundeberg. John d. Reilly
and Marshall Field III.
Copyright. is42, BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18

THE human animal expert
l. ences so many and such
profound changes in the early
years of life that were a ply.
stefan acquainted only with the
adult body he would hardly
know how to examine a new
born baby.
He would be justified in
thinking it was a new species
of animal.
The proportions of the new.
born baby are all different.
The head is much larger in
proportion to the body and the
upper part of the head is away
out OF proportion TO the lower.
Watching the eyes, if you
get a chance TO find them open.
you will notice that they move
independently of one another
and make no attempt to focus
on objects as an ADULTS do.
THE abdomen is much larger
Il than the chest, due to the
size of the liver.
The abdomen Is the furnace
which prepares all the materials
for growth and since that baby
has TO increase two or three
times its size in year or two,
the furnace must be adequate.
The activities of this little
bundle of humanity are naturally
strictly limited.
II tends to respond with mass
movements when stimulated.
That is, the whole body moves
rather than a part, as is the
case with an adult.
He viii draw up his legs, beat
his arms about, shake his head
and roll over in one movement.
1t is doubtful how much the
baby sees, hears, smells or
tastes. It's sensory world is GER
tainly very different from ours.
EVERYTHING the baby does
IL is a gradual pattern of i'm
provement.
The sequence of motor activ-
ity Is as follows:
/ month-lies on abdomen and
lifts chin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Sam Francisco
Walking Boon

In 1870 by an entertainer known
as The Little Lost Chicken"
That dance known as tho
turkey trot" first was danced in
1904 at Lew Purcell's so differ
ent saloon on the Barbary Coast.
Ask your ma and pa to show
you how the turkey trop was
danced.
TN San Francisco when you
Il give your seat in street car
TO a woman she never fails to
thank you.
Yesterday I saw a boy Of
about 6 give up his seat and
when the lady said thank you,"
the Lad said:
ITS q pleasure, mA'am."
I heard an elderly lady sitting
nearby say:
THAT boy reminds me Of my
grandson when he was young.
He was 90 polite, 90 kind. so
considerable. He In I'm the Solo
mon Islands now with the navy"
No monument to Raphael
WE'LL of San Francisco has yet
been erected by the newspaper
display advertising managers Of
the United States.
And / can not understand why,
because Mr.. WE'LL was the first
man to take a full page adver.
tisement for a department store.
CHICAGO bachelor, a civilian,
~ says he is about to visit his
girl friend who is a lieutenant
in the WAC at Des Moines,
Ia, and propose marriage to
her.
I suppose II the lieutenant ac-
cepts she will want to have q
military wedding.
That should be something to
see a military wedding Of q
WAAC and a civilian.
The famous French aviator
Bleriot, some years ago put
SIS, ZOO in prize money In q
French bank to be awarded to
the first man who travelled in a
plane at the rate OF 900 miles an
hour.
1 suppose the Nazis have that
dough now.
I have heard 1t claimed that
some of the fellows on dive
bombers do at times actually
attain a speed of 800 miles an
hour.
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18

ellis will blend on November
q.
That is a ridiculous war be-
tween canteen workers of the
Father Duffy group and the Red
Gross. Keeps some of us from
contributing coin-knowing the
petty jealousies, etc.
June Walsh. daughter Of the
Park Central exec, was married
10 1t. Raymond Gibney over the
wk-end.
Racing will continue al Flor
ida during the winter and here
next year.
The N. Y. Sun weeks ago per-
suaded Steve flanagan TO write
a piece about Rickenbacker, be-
cause Steve wouldn't write an
obituary on him.
IL just know he's alive" Steve
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Distributed BY King Features synd.. Inc.

A QUESTION often asked is:
"A what would you grab
first II you had to get out Of
your burning home In . hurry"
Anyway, In the 1905 San
Francisco fire Enrico Caruso
rushed out of the burning Pal
ace Hotel with towel around
his neck and carrying a portrait
Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Ever taste Australian whisky?
Neither have ].
Didn't know there was such
thing until / saw a bottle of it
in a San Francisco store window.
This Australian whisky was
made from malt, was IL years
old and the price is $2.49 a
quart.
MOTE II is claimed that white
~ hair is a beauty asset to a
woman" Maybe I'm no Judge of
beauty, but ! think that claim is
ridiculous.
1t is the same as saying iron
gray hair makes q man look
distinguished" when ii really
really makes him look like an
elderly sugar daddy.
The type of ditty known as
the crying into your beer" song
was introduced in San Francisco
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
Baby's
Body.

2 months-lies on abdomen
and lifts chin and chest.
3 months lies on back,
reaches for object, such as a
ball, usually misses il.
4 months-sits with support.
5 months-sits in mothers lap,
grasps object.
6 months sits on chair,
grasps dangling object.
z months-sits alone.
8 months-stands with help.
9 months-stands holding fur
niture.
10 months-creeps.
IL months-walks with sup
port when led.
IL monthsAis able to pull it,
self to standing position by
grasping furniture.
13 months-climbs stairs.
IA months-stands alone.
Is months-walks alone with
out help.
uERE Is the observation on
j IL activities of an 18-month-
old baby:
He carries things 10 the porch:
q spade, a wheelbarrow and a
cart.
He stopped over to pick up
the spade, but arranged his feet
several times before he could
keep his balance when he leaned
over.
He backed down two steps of
the porch, on his hands and
knees, and walked up and down
a narrow path on the lawn.
When he fell down, he picked
himself up by keeping his hands
on the ground until he was sure
his feet were steady.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
II. S. b.: Are watermelon
and cantaloupe harmful to a
diabetic?
Answer: No food in itself
Is against or harmful TO a
diabetic-only the amount Of
starches taken In.
II your starch consumption
allows you a slice of watermelon
or cantaloupe, they will do no
harm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
Films Record Work
 Of Defense Groups
Unsua Educational Feature Available to Clubs,
 Societies; Connecticut Fights" Outstanding Film

A catalogue listing nearly 250 films of various phases of the war effort including civilian defense work has been issued by the State Defense Council.
 One of the features listed is a series of News Parades" of 1888, 1889, 1941 and 1942 showing the news highlights of those years. Some of the outstanding events of history such as the meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Singapore, the Battle of Midway and General Me- Arthur in the Philippines are now available in 16 nm. sound films.
 "Air Raid Warden" one of the most popular Civilian Defense films, issued by the Olive of Civilian De- fense shows the duties of an Air Raid Warden. The film is of parti- cular interest to the Air Raid Wardens.
 Connecticut'S role in the war is effectively portrayed in the film, Connecticut Fights" which shows the part this State is playing in