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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
EVANS EMBARRASSED

Harry Selkirk looked up, smiled
a trifle thinly. then sobered.
whats on your mind,
Evans he inquired not with
unfriendliness. hut with a GER
tain degree OF impotence, the
impotence Of the successful man
toward the admitted failure.
Don't tell me you're still ped
ding insurance."
Evans felt the blood rush 10 his
face, yet he had no defense against
Selkirk's hearty mockery. The
man who, each morning, in
structed the new insurance sales
men had told them TO consider
their service a boon to their
clients.
Evans, along with the other
newcomers, had been told that
one must never supplicate, one
must graciously offer financial
protestion. 1t was. the instructor
said merely a matter Of approach
Now. looking across the gleam-
ing surface of Harry Selkirk s
desk, Joe Evans found he could
not maintain that peculiarly
metaphysical approach which had
been urged upon him.
The fact of the matter was, he
was broke, and he needed the
commission desperately. He heard
himself saying TO Selkirk.
DON'T BE A FOOL
"You can see for yourself
that you'll get far more than
you'll invest In this policy we've
been talking about"
Selkirk said, Don't he a fool
man. I don't want TO tie up any
moro money. I've told you before
L Just can't do II. Nobody knows
what problems will como up. Thi'
war going on. Why, you yourself
have been hit by the priorities or
steel Look at you look al
you-'
Evans slid into a large leather
chair. II seemed 10 gobble up his
slim, weary body. He sighed, ano
began again. Doggedly he listed
all the advantages 10 Harry Sci
kirk. to Harry Selkirk's heirs, tc
Harry Selkirk's business; doggedly
ApyrpTisFMFNT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
DniIy Short Story
The Approach
Nv MIRIAM r. BRANDON

THE man who waited in the
- outer office Of Selkirk 4
Lane. contractors, was thin per-
son with stopped shoulders. From
time 10 time his worried eyes
sought the expressionless face OF
the telephone operator.
Unlike the other men who also
waited, he did not chat gaily, nor
did ne consult a bullying manual
as the salesman seated opposite
did. He did nothing but SIT,
patiently and a little tIredly
Certainly, he sat lmmovahly.
Soon the girl turned and said
mir. Selkirk will sec YOU now,
Mr.. Evans"
He nodded and walked slowly
toward the door marked President.
How often he had called upon
Harry Selkirk back IN the old
DAYS when Evans was one Of the
crack statesmen for business ma
chine manufacturing company.
During his short walk from the
waiting room to the president $
office he saw now the machines
he had sold 10 this company;
comptometers. typewriters, die
taphene shrouded in its dark
cover. He did not even square
his shoulders as he walked
sAro.scb the DIOR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
ACTED ON IMPULSE

Continued on Page Sl)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
By Walt Disney
Easy on the Feet

leave. He paused for moment in
the -deeFway-Frem- the arehed
portal of the Selkirk Building,
Evans saw the well-dressed. inn
posing figure of Harry Selkirk
emerge.
The executive paused, bought a
newspaper from yelling urchln.
and looked at the pedestrians idly.
He did not see the gray figure OF
Evans legRgiRg in the doorway of
the drug store.
Then Selkirk, walking with a
brisk heedlesSness, crossed the
sidewalk, cutting through the
crowds. Without pausing, he
stepped Of the curb on his way TO
the parking lot opposite. No par
ticular idea. either of envy, dislike
or hope passed through Evans
mind as he watched Selkirk's
progress. Indeed. he had no defi-
mite idea when he saw the truck
rounding the corner.
ACTED ON IMPULSE
His action was purely instinc-
tive. lie ran and jumped. He
landed on Harry Selkirk's we'll up
holstered body with such force
that both Of them went down in a
fCont,nuod nm Pare HyN
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

Llevando Ell coche en- la segun-
ola velocidad, cast lentamente,
SIN prisas, por aquellos paseos
como encantados de la EXPOSE
cion, atravesando parques Y Jar
dimes, entire palacios Y fuentes
y rlachuelos y caScadas artifi-
clales, Llull, ell corpulento Y qua
pote y cinico fabricante, volvi6
9 mirar a la artista como Sc mi
ra una jaca de lujo.
Ella lie sonri6, con su boca di-
vina, cen una gracia que era al
go celeste que cayera sobre ella
desde las alturas.
-iBueno, chica, 70 no Sc que
tienes! Me vuelves loco! iSera
ia gracia de Dios?....
i Vaya listed a saber RE
pusO chlonamente Mercedes.
-iPor qe no quieres hacer-
case?
-POrque no.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

Mercedes Sc dirigi6 tambien
al auto, tras murmurar, entire
Sonrisas:
i Bueno, chicas, y til, hasta
ahora! iQue no os encontremos
mucho mas alegresl
mo digas tonterias, mu-
ier! iCuando volvais, este es u
ma panderetal. l..
Sc reprodujeron las risas,
mientras todas las mujeres de-
voraban con los ojos a la que Sc
iba, seraiS de pronto, contem-
plando la belleza y la elegancia
de Mercedes.
Los hombres, no hay que de-
cirlo, la devoraban tambien des-
de las otras mesas, Y Sc levant6
una tempestad de concentrates.
1iCuidado que eS guapa!-
dijo una de sus compaheras.
-iY elegantel-ahadi6 otra.
-iY como Sc viste!....
-lY que formas tienel....
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

cuidada. La mayorfa de las We
ces no contesta. Y no es porque
sea sorda, porque oye crecer la
hierba. GV6is ell c6sped?... iPues
ell otro dia me 10 decia, aqui en-
Ia Exposition! "iChica, Lola,
vamonos de aQui, porque me
molesta ell ruido de la hierba,
que esta creciendo que Sc vuel-
We local.. con que.
Todos rieron a grandes carca-
jadas.
Sorribas bati6 palmas, para
que les trajeran mas tapas.
Y, mientras tanto el auto de
Dlull, de un color beige elegan-
tisimo, de lineas bajas, rectas V
g~raciosas, parti6, sin un ruido,
ligero, serene, suave como una
somlbra que avanzase sobre el
enarenado Y recien rega-
do, entire los arboles nuevos, por
troncos trepaban los rosa
les en- flor.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

Rushing, johnson, Huerta, r.
Jackson, Hobbs, Favata, Tuck
er, Boyd, Miranda, Hughes y
Vaccaro.
Los visitantes utilizaran en- Ell
jpartido a P. Tillman, Bolden,
Colson, A. Robinson, ]. Roberts,
Howard, Parker, Wells o Lane,
Everidge, ]. Brown, Bender y
Y c. Brown.
Llevan sostenidos tres parti-
dos los de Plant City. Ganaron
dos, frente a Bowling Green y
Jefferson, y perdieron uno, con
81 Andrew Jackson, de Jack
sonville.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

mo hay como Mercedes,
chicas!....
-lQu6 Mercedes? Isl no Sc
Hanna Mercedes!
i Esta Sc ha empenao en-
que no sc llama Mercedes!
=iComo que no Sc llama!
5IY como Sc llama, enton-
ces?
70 no Sc. Pero me consta
que ESQ de Mercedes Espaha es
un nombre de guerra. I'm NOM
bre que ella ha escogido para ser
estrella de cine.
Ii Vamos, anda!
los digo que sill
-Pero. de d6nde te sacas til
ESQ, Lola?-pregunt6 Sorribas,
intrigado.
va os 10 dire algdn dia. So
10 Sc que no Sc llama Mercedes.
No teneis mas que hacer una
prueba. Llamarla, nombrarla
por Mercedes, euando este des-
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
LAS PANTERAS Y Ell JULIA
LANDON
HardR 81 riaie pOr treR


El fuerte eGuipo del institu-
to de Plant, las Panteras, saldra
hoy para Jacksonville, en- tren,
con ell fin de jugar ALI, manana
por la tarde, a las cinco, con ell
"once" del Julia Landon.
Acompanaran al coach Price
Leeper, que Sc mueStra satisfe-
cho del estado fisico de sus mu-
chachos, estos futbolistas Mill
sap, Burk, Fischer, Cannon,
Smith Fletcher, B. Lowry, Gull
breath, Klosterman, Moore,
Pitts Mullen, Hayes, Groves,
Lofts, Owings, Younger, Nc
Donald, Golden, Baghman,
Billy Belle, Bobby Belle, C. j.
Lowryu, Carte Bryant, Wilcox,
Batten, Ennis, Clark, Gretz-
macher Hub Williams y Doug
Bolden.
Las Panteras vencieron al
Landon ell ano pasado, con ano-
tacion de 10 por 0,
Hace tambi6n el viaje, ell Sr.
c. Phil Peters, director del ms
tituto.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
OEPORTE
ABSUELTOS DOS PELOTE-
RIOS Y CUATRO FANATlCOS
DE

New York, Octubre 9.-Dos
peloteros de los Dodgers, cuatro
fanatics y dos acomodadores
de Ebbets Field, comparecieron
en- la corte de Fatbush bajo una
montana de acusaciones y con-
traacusaciones de conducta de-
sordenada y maltrato de obra.
Los cargos fueron retirados y u
nos y otros Sc perdonaron. Ha-
bfan participate los ocho en- una
rina tumultuaria que tuvo lngar
el dia 16 de Septiembre, antes
del desafio entire los Piratas y
los Esquivadores.
Cuatro fanaticos de Brooklyn
miembros de la Casa Bond Boys
I'm club social y atletico, baja-
ron hasta los asientos de palco
detras del banco de los p~eloteros
de Leo Durocher, para obtener
AUTOGRAPHS. Los punos ~entraron
en- acci6n cuando un acomoda-
dor les pidi6 que Sc marchasen
porquen o tenian los billetes CO.
respondents a los asientos
que provisionalmente ocupaban.
Los testigos dijeron que Dixie
Walker, Mickey Owen Y otros
peloteros Sc agregaron a la rina
despues de que un concentrate
de Walker habia sido contestadc
con frases vituperantes.
Aparecfan acusados por los pt
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
DERROTO Ell TORNADO A
LOS DRAGONES

Ell Tornado de la escuela de
segunda ensenanza de Clearwa-
ter, que la semana pasada ven
ciera a los Terriers, aver apabu-
ll6 a los DragoneS de la escuela
Jefferson, en- ell terreno de Phil
lips, con anotaci6n de 8 puntos
por 0.
Jugaron por los j6venes tam
penos Schaibly, Leto, Johnson,
Lentz, Ippolito Mote, Ragsdale,
Parker, Overstreet, Reed y Ros
substitutes, Hair, Gonzalez, E.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

loteros y acomodadores, Michael
Vigfante. gu hermano James,
Antonio j. Fischetti y Michael
Di Giuseppe. Al mismo tempo
los cuatro retiraron los cargos
que a su vez habian hecho con-
ira los peloteros y los acomoda-
dores Peter Casey y Chester
Breves.
Representaba a los fanatics
el abogado Eugene Pelcyger y a
los jugadores y empleados Mark
Hughes.
Ell fiscal Aldino dijo que su O.
ficina debi6 ser consultada an
del juicio; pero no Sc opuso al
arreglo.
Admiti6 la reconciliation" q
iuez Charles Solomon.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
SALIERON LOS ESPARTA-
NOS PARA MIAMI

En- la manana de hoy partie-
ron para Miami, donde manana
jugaran con los Hurricanes, los
Espartanos "semi-desconflauta-
dos" de la Universidad de Tam
pa.
Hacen ell viaje 80 jugadores,
coaches y ayudantes, manda-
dos por Melvin Vines.
BESIDE Miami informan que ell
once local Sc halla en- perfec-
tas condolences ffsicas y espera
lograr una facil victoria.
No tomaran parte en- ell par
lido los apreciados futbolistas
Willard Knight, Frank Straner,
Cliff Coggins Y Jack Layfield.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

moreno, de formas eSculturales,
con grandes y rasgados ojos ne
grisimos. Era tan guapa y AFRO
gante, tan bella, tan distingui-
da, que nj Llull nj las otras mu-
jeres, nj Sorribas, nj nadie, Sc
explicaba que andase en- esta vi
da, de artista de cine y medic co
cote a la vez... Sc decia que a
la saxon sc entendia con Llull,
que habiala elevado, desde lue-
go, a la categoria de estreia en-
su empresa de peliculas va ha-
bian filmado una porci6n. Y ella
tambien desempenaba ell princi-
pal papel en- la que habian fill
mado esta manana.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
La Gaceta Folletin No. 4O6
TONIC TERCRRO
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

-iQue dices, hombre?
i Que 81 os vents conmigol
7iY ad6nde vas?
-Ahi cerca. AL Paralelo,
IA que?
"A recoger unas pruebas al
cromo. Y, de paso tambien, a re-
coger a la Ban6n.
d Me llevas en- tn coche?
@iQue pregunta! iClarol
-Entonces me voy contigo,
La mujer Sc puso en- pie.
La que habia sostenido este
dialogo con ell fabricante, era
una mujer de unos treinta y Gin
co a treinta y ocho amos, pero
acknowledgements conservada,
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
LOS JESUITAS CONTRA Ell
TEAM" DE BARLOW

Ell "equipo" Local de los Jesui
tas, llevando en- la direction a
Perry Ruby ira esta noche a
Barlow y ALI Sc batira con ell
"once" de la escuela de segun-
Ga ensenanza de esa ciudad.
Las esperanzas del team
tampeho aparecen depositadas
en- Buddy Freese, Vince Sulten,
fuss, Sam MacDaniel, Jose L6-
PEI y Bobby Fabian.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
Cesaron las risas.

NAA - $3.50
Cesaron las bromas y las fra
ses.
d Ad6nde vas?
Il Ad6nde te vas, chica?
-Nos dejas, Mercedes,
lie vas, Nina ESpa1G?
81, me voy con Domingo
Ulull un momento. Pero no Sc al
borote ell gallinero, que volve-
mos en- seguida. IVerdad, Do
mingo?
En- seguida estamos aqui-
repuso el fabricante, comenzan-
do a avanzar hacia su coche, un
Hup soberbio Y elegantiSimo-.
Vamos a recoger unas pruebas
al cromo!
-iY, de paso, a traernos pa
IA AGA a la Bah6n !-anadi6 Mer
cedes.
II Que es otra prueba al GRO
me !-brome6 Sorribas.
Sono una carcajada.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
SEGUNDO DESAFIO DE LA
SERIE POR Ell CAMPE0-
NATO INTERSOCIAL

Ell domingo, a las 2:30, en- Ell
parque Cuscaden, Sc efectuara
el segundo desafio de la. serie
por ell campeonato Intersocial.
La Unione Italiana, commando
la por Manuel Onis, gan0 ell pri
mer juego, bateando j. Schiro
los cuadrangulares.
Siete errores cometi6 la move
ma del Circulo Cubano, tres de
clos del director y p%elotero Vi
cente Granell.
Sc da por SECURE que Mickey
Hernandez lanzara de nuevo por
los garibaldinos.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
LOS CAIMANES JUGARAN
CON Ell ONCE DE AUBURN

Gainesville, Octubre 9.-El sa
bado por la noche jugaran aqui,
en- ell estadio de la U~niversidad
de Florida, los Caimanes y ell
"once" del Colegio Auburn.
Creese que no podran jugar,
Bill Latsko, ell habil, y Jimmy
Pratt, Ell fuerte "derribador.'
Veinte partidos llevan soste-
nidos los dos equipos, con II vic
torias para ell Auburn, ocho pa
ra los Caimanes y un empate de
7 puntos por Z.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
DERROTA DE GUS DORAZI0

Oakland, Cal, Octubre O.
Gus Dorazio, el conocido gladia-
dor del peso complete, con 1877
libras, fu6 derrotado aver, por
nocaut tecnico, a manos de Tur-
key Thompson, de Los Angeles,
Pesaba ell ganador 2O5 libras.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
LOS TERRIERS JUGARAN
HOY CON LOS RECOGE-
DORES DE FRESAS

Los Terriers del Institute
Hillsborough, comandados al
presente por Crockett Farnell y
Dick Spoto, jugaran hoy por
la tarde, a las 5, en- ell terreno
Phillips, con los recogedores de
fresas de Plant City,
Ell "once" local comenZara la
batalla con esta fuerte Inca :
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

Ippolio, S~chamberg, Tucker y
Dawkins.
Anotaron los visitantes su
touchdown" en- ell tercer perio-
do.
Sc distinguieron en- el ataque,
Dor parte de los vencedores, For
6es, Moore y Young.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09

All levntarse esta mujer es-
plendida, bellisima, que daba Ia
sensation de ser una flor recien
alberta en- un rosal, Sc produjo
un movimiento de expectation
enorme.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
ia uACTrA

GraneM eecogerA entire Long
val y Stephens.
Regiran los mismos precios de
la semana pasada.
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
LA GACETA

Id psri6dico en- idioma EsPs6ol
de mas circulation en- Tampa
La gaceta., 1942-10-09
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La gaceta., 1942-10-09
Vtctoriano ManteiSa, Editor

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05
Aldern1anic ':Stooges" M Sn1Oke-Screen Act Stage Stupid Performance" on Machines, Over look Real Issue of Auditors Report,
 Charges Udelowitz.

audit made of the city's books, since the city's charter provides for such an audit. The auditors, having ap- parently completed their task, turned in their report. And when they brought in their report, they dropped two eggs, as the saying goes. One of these touched on the matter of obsolete ordinances that can still be found in the city char ter, one of which regulates the price of hack fares and the other was the cause of the present controversy, whereby the auditors sought reim- bursement for the leasing of book keeping machines.
 It is worth while to note here that the auditors mentioned nary a word about the audit itself and what 1t disclosed and this is what they were hired to do. Doesn't the whole thing smell of 8 red herring? And wasn't the matter of the busi- ness machines brought out and laid down neatly for the Republican al- dermen to pick up and raise rumpus about for the purpose of laying a smoke screen around the auditors report to avoid extensive discussion of 1t? I believe there are some fairly good grounds for such an assumption. For after all the whole amount involved is only $4,O0O. And the Republican alder men did not present proof that the machines are not needed or that there was any corruption involved in the transaction. And their role as watchdogs of the treasury as- sumes a hypocritical complex when consideration is given to the fact that these same aldermen have for years voted without question for bond issues and temporary loans that involved millions of dollars and which were the direct cause of the corruption that prevailed here in the past.
 If these aldermen had real de- sire to serve the public they would delve into the report of the auditors and see what they can find there instead of chasing will of the wisp. But doubt that they will do so, as such activity is not healthy. Former Alderman Reiner found that out. He dared oppose the last batch of bonds and refused later to act as stooge to Mayor Scully in a radio broadcast debate over those bonds and he was "purged" by being refused 8 re- nomination. And in carrying on this controversy over the machines it is rnanifestly evident that these aldermen are merely acting as stooges for the administration. Well, we should be fed up with that stuff.
 EDWARD UDELOWITz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05
NEW GAS PRICES
 EFFECTIVE TODAY
Station Dealers Changing Markings on Pumps as
 Quickly as Possible

Federal regulations directing reduction of two and half cents a gallon in the price of gasoline went into effect today. A survey by The Democrat late this morning showed that a large number of stations still had failed to post the new prices.
 Dealers who were queried said that the price markings were being changed as quickly as possible. De- lays, they said, were caused by the fact that gallonage on hand had to be measured before the new prices could be posted.
 The price reduction eliminates an increase that the government au- thorized late in June. The increase was made because of increased transportation costs, but payment for the extra cost is now being talk en over by the REC.
 For more than a month prices have ranged in the neighborhood of 22 and g cents gallon for regular gasoline, and 24 and 25 cents a gallon for premium gas. Cheaper fuel has sold for 20 cents upward.
 Prices for fuel oil are also ordered reduced, effective today, but this is of no immediate benefit since deliv- cries of fuel oil have been halted by federal order until Sept. IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05
New "SubPrOO Radio Set BuOyS Up Lonesome Sailors Morale

So the Government had to forbid anyone aboard any merchant vessel of looO tons or over from using radio receiving set while at sea-Which depressed the morale of sailors today long lonesome voyage Some even have refused to sign on.
 PROVED TOUGH PROBLEM
 This has been a nightmare against which Gov enment and employers have struggled. But they simply could not risk letting the sailors use receV- ing sets with the Seven Seas virtually danger zone To counteract this secret danger the Government asked for @ secret weapon. In response the Scoe. nonradiatinR receiver was produced, the result of over nine months of intensive research.
 The box is only 20 1-2 inches wide, 1S deep, IF high and in a metal cabinet, weighs 1O3 pounds It has an S-inch P M. speaker with 2l-ounce mag net, phone jack and phono terminals to connect a record player. Its power supply Is 1lS Volts OV cycles A. O. but there is converter for D. o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05

To the Editor of The Democrat: Whenever discussion concerning the weakness of the local Repub- lican party takes place, the ques- tion of the ineptitude and 1neffec- tiveness of the Republican members of the board of aldermen is brought into the discussion. And the con- clusion is invariably arrived at that this tneptitude and ineffectiveness plays an important part in keeping the party weak and befuddled. However, there is difference of opinion as to the underlying causes of this ineptitude. Some lay it to pure stupidity, while others say that 1t Is not as simple as all that and that there Is some invisible Machiavelli around who leads these aldermen into the morasSes that they generally get into.
 Perhaps what took place at the meeting Monday night will shed some light on this question. There is no question that the rumpus they kicked up at that meeting was about as stupid a performance as ever took place in that august body. But there is a question as to whether they alone were to blame for the performance. And to determine this question it is necessary to delve into the background of the whole thing.
 After being In office more than two years, our city fathers got around to the matter of having an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05
CANDIDATES MUST
 SUPPORT CLAIMS
Supplementary Gas Given Providing Four Require
 nlents Are Established

Boston, Aug. B. Candidates for public office have not been granted special privileges to obtain all the gasoline they want, Kenneth B. Backman, New England Regional OPA administrator, declared today in a message sent to all New Eng land state OPA directors.
 The message said:
 ITO correct a misleading impress sion, we desire to point out to you that no special privileges have been granted to candidates for public of- flee to obtain all the gasoline they want.
 Actually, the regulations include a provision for candidates for public offlce to obtain supplemental gaso- line for purposes essential to the prosecution of his candidacy How ever, as provided in the regulations before a special ration is granted the office of price administration through the local war price and ra- tioning board must find:
 q: That such special ration is needed by the applicant for the purposes claimed;
 "2: That ration previously is- sued is not reasonably adequate;
 8 That transportation is neces. sary to the accomplishment oi such purpose;
 A That no reasonably adequate means of transportation are avail able"