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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
DHiIy Short Story
The Gamblers
Nv CHARLES McGURK

OLYDE BENSON and Halle
" Merth were both Reno boys
They had grown UP together IN
the big little Nevada city. They
had gone through the University
of Nevada together. Each was "a
when Japan looSed her treacherouS
venom on Pearl Harbor on Dec.
z, le41. And they joined the ma
rines on Monday, December O.
because they were very angry in
deed and they were drawn by the
marines slogan, First 10 Fight
You would think, wouldn't you,
that two kids growing up as close
rs that would be as alike as two
peas in a pod? But Clyde and
Halle weren't. They were as I'M
alike as two men could be.
CLYDE was quiet. stu ious,
thoughtful and extremely careful
about everything he did. every
move he made. He was dark and
somber. He had black hair, black
eyes and a stubborn set 10 his
mouth. He was sparing Of words
but smooth spoken. He thought
before he said anything, and when
he talked, other people listened.
Halle was exactly the opposite,
He was noisy, needless. averse 10
study and reckless, He drove his
hopped-up car habitually at so
miles and hour. He was n blonde
with blue eyes who talked all the
time. He liked TO gamble--on any
thing from the speed of his car 10
risking every cent he had on one
throw of the dice at the Bank or
the Palace Club.
II was in gambling that the two
differed most and the attitude of
each toward gaming was the surest
indication of his character. Clyde
worked in a bank and banks frown
usually upon all kinds of gaming.
knowing from experience that
when the fever gets in a mans
blood. he doesn't care much where
he picks up the stakes with which
TO play.
But in Reno, which has had open
gambling for nearly 40 yearSa
bank clerk may gamble once in al
long while, provided that he
doesn't risk much and doesn't APP
pear too often in gaming places.
The bank needn't have had any
fear of Clyde ever getting the
gambling fever. He would go into
a gaming place once in a long
while, usually with Halle.
He would buy q stack of chips
and play roulette cautiously; or he
might risk 81 on blackjack: or he
would bet a dollar on the line at
the dice table. and. if he were
lucky, let ii ride up to $40 or so.
Then he would quit. He never lost
more than S. in his life.
Halle, again, was altogether
different. He worked in an auto
body repairing shop and he had
won half interest in the bust
ness by turning a card with john
Sewers. once his boss and now his
partner.
He would come into gaming
place and make straight for the
dice table. There he would bet
SIS on the line. If he won, he'd
let his stake lay. He either came
out of such place broke or sew
eral hundred dollars winner.
He had no patience with Clyde.
PUT up a real betw he'd urge.
"What's the use of winning a
dollar? Put up at least 10. Then,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Quiz Answers

1-Gobbler, tom, cock.
2-Teasing is the disentangling
of wool.
3-When it's a yacht race. The
first gun is a signal for the
yachts to get themselves in
position TO cross the starting
line at the moment the Sec
ond gun is fired.
usually brass.
ga land of plenty, abiding TO
the land allotted the Israeli
y ties in Egypt.
6-Only as a signal of distress.
7-Scotland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Club Once Headed
By Rick Names Chief

Lee Kanser today is the newly
elected president of the Air Serv-
ice Veterans Club which in the
early days after World War 1 was
headed by Capt. Eddie Rickcn-
hacker.
Other officers elected were
Frank Nau, vice president; George
ID. Woolley, secretary; Roger
Gamache. treasurer; Jack Voll-
mer, sergeant-at-arms; DR.. p. j.
Jaerling, chaplain, and Martin
Laurie. Roscoe O'Neal. N. NJ.
Kraemer, Joseph Dayton, Erwin
Season, c. J. houston and George
McQuesten, members Of the board
Iof governors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

OBJ Mt. Aconcagua, Chile,
Argentina: (c) Mt. Elbruiz-
Caucasus Mts.
Sal China; OBJ metal; (c)
furniture.
6-(a) blue: (b) dark reddish
brown; tc) delicate purple.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

II you win, drag II down and let
the 10 you won ride. Hell, you
can't make any money gambling
with chicken feed"
I'll play il my way" Clyde
would argue stubbornly. "1f my
dollar wins, I'll have two down.
III that wins, I'll have four. III I
win again, I'll have eight and
I'll either draw down seven or
all of IL.
THE percentage against any
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
By Walt Disney
Hush Money!
True to Form

II ERE pleasant little game that will give
day II is numerical puzzle designed spell
fortune Count the letters first II number
Of letters is subtract the number
add The number Start the
hand Of the rectange and check
numbers right
the checked figures give you. 40
cOpsn. 1872 by wa.m uu., KING synd ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20
Connolly Answers

1-ta) Duluth; (b) Chicago; (c)
Cleveland.
2-(a) music term, fish: (b) pig,
to scatter seeds; (c) INJURY,
twisted.
3--(a) Aphrodite, Freya, Helen;
Venus.
la Mount Mckinley, Alaska;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

player making more than three
passes Is something like 80
against. Why should 1 buck the
law of averages"
"The law Of averages don't
mean anything II you're lucky"
Halle would tell him. "And 1t
won't work for you, il you're
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-20

21--Charles Lambs penname.
23--Wide- mouthed pitcher.
25-Extremely hot.
26- Strain.
27-Brownish red.
2s--Ancient times (poet)
30--Simmer.
33-- Roman emperor.
as Slender finals.
3s--Obstructs.
40--Oll: comb. form.
43-Japan.
decentralization.
4s-Gauzy silk material.
5l-Diminutive for Edward.
53-Negative.
56-River-island.
5s-Armed conflict.
60--Legal charge.
6i---The (Fr.)
62--Hypothetical maiden.
64--Accomplish.
66-Symbol for sodium.
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foresight out OF all proportion 10
its social foresight.
And 1t doesn't even act eco
nomically. 1t acts commercially.
The essence Of economies is to
create what We need. The es-
sence of commercialism is to sell
it at q profitable money price.
We need gasoline. Except for
food, 1t is the most critical ma
terial Of our life. The oil COM
panies produce 1t and In SUM-
cient quantities. On this pro-
duction they have made immense
profits. And they are proud
that they produce an essential
war material.
Their directors are men Of wide
knowledge. Presumably they
could forsee the likelihood Of this
war and that the production Of
oil and It's distribution to every
community in America would be
a leading problem. Yet they have
not prepared for this. Accus-
toned to transport coast-wise by
tankers, the cheapest method,
and having . large investment in
such tankers. they closed their
minds against the obvious fact
that in war coast-wise trade Is
endangered by submarines.
Ickes' Idea Ignored.
Mr.. Ickes pointed this out q
long time ago. but the big COM
panies don't like Mr.. Ickes and
apparently are unwilling to weigh
the reasonability Of any PROPOSE
ton emanating from him.
Neither is the Government free
from this commercial and trad
ing concept. The Government
did not force the issue. So now
its business is to exhort US to
sacrifice. The American people
will sacrifice anything. including
their lives. But they intensely
dislike making sacrifices because
of the lack of foresight OF either
industry or government.
We have the question of rubber.
1t, too, is an indispensable COM
modify for war and domestic life.
We have been accustomed to
using crude rubber. imported
from the East Indies.
Our relations with Japan had
been worsening steadily for five
years. Presumably. in case Of
war, the East Indies were in
danger. Again, foresight was
needed on the part Of industry
and government to prepare .
substitute.
But immense investments in
crude rubber were threatened in
case a chemical substitute should
be developed in 4 vast way. The
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Army Pilots Resume Hunt
For British Student FLYERS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoctAted Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, May "a
Army pilots resumed a search to-
day for two British student flyers
missing after a night cross-country
flight in which four other English
men were killed.
The dead and missing were men,
bers Of q group of IS who encoun-
tered squall Wednesday night
between Atmore and Evergreen,
Ala. They left Gunter Field on .
training flight over a triangular
route to Crestview, Fla; Mobile,
Ala, and back.
The dead, all in separate ships,
were listed as:
Leading Aircraftsmen James Z.
Maddox, Dundee, Scotland; Victor
w. Lear, Rapstock, North Bath,
Somerset, England; Patrick G. M
Overton, Portcawl, South Wales,
England, and Ronald E. Randall,
Birmingham. England.
The two missing flyers were not
identified by Gunter Field.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
The Great Game of Politics
Shipping Outlook Tokes Encouraging Turn,
But AdmiroI uund Needs Better Assistants

between the armed services has now
been established and certain other
plans made which should diminish
the sinkings. However. until these
have been proved effective. 1t would
Be better II Secretary Knox would
issue no more statements to the
general effect that the submarine
menace has been mastered-or, In
fact, any statements.
Operation Needs improvement.
As to operations. it Is agreed by
most of those in position to Judge
that our merchant marine has not
been-and Is not now-well oper-
ated. The chief operating prob
lams are In routing ships, allocatins
cargoes. and arranging for protec-
tion-all functions wholly distinct
from the building Of ships, yet Just
as vital.
Clearly. if operational efficiency
over 1000 vessels could be improved
20 per cent. 1t would be equivalent
to 200 new ships. There Is room
for that percentage Of improvement.
And, If that degree Of improvement
is combined with better Navy
understanding. adequate steel plate
supply tnow said to be assured) and
less loafing Of labor in the ship
yards, while there will never be
enough ships. the lack will be far
less critical than 1t Is today.
To . very large extent it Is all 4
question Of men. Admiral Land is
the right man in the right place,
but he needs better men on the
operating end and in other depart
ments. And. 1t would help II in
Army and Navy the best possible
talent for dealing with the protec-
ton problems were drafted. Also,
1t would help II priorities were ad-
ministered more skillfully and with
. firmer hand. 1t Is, of course,
easy to point out the need of better
men. but 1t Is anything but easy to
get them. There is an unquestioned
scarcity of first-class men here in
Washington. which is Why the few
really good ones stand out like 4
lighthouse In . fog.
This pregnant fact deepens regret
At the continued disinclination Of
the President to bring into the war
production machine the available
first class men on the outside whom
he does not personally like. That is
. weakness which, In the national
interests, he should overcome. 1t
Is not paralleled in England. There
no outstanding and available man
Of ability and experience, no matter
how hostile he may have been polit-
ically or personally TO the head of
the state. is outside the government.
Unfortunately, there are many such
here.
tCopyrisht. lp42).
Evening star., 1942-05-22
This Changing World
Conflicting Reports on Fote Of Prinz Eueen
Arouse Skepticism on Allied Communiques

mobilizing . substantial portion
of our combined naval forces.
The United Nations could not
permit . repetition Of the Bis
marck incident, and had to keep
. sharp watch on all movements
Of the powerful Nazi raiders.
On Wednesday, however, less
pleasant reports were received
from London. An authoritative
source" declared that actually no
evidence was at hand Of the dam
age caused to the Prinz Eugen
in last Sundays attack, nor was
there information about her
whereabouts.
Most observers found it more
or less natural that Prime Min
lister Churchill should attempt to
salve British feelings after the
escape of the Nazi warships from
Brest by saying that the job Of
British air and naval forces was
made easier because they would
know where to find the enemy.
But the stories Monday and
Tuesday Of what happened to the
Prinz Eugen followed by the
candid statement Wednesday
make some Of the Allies most
enth isiastic rooters wonder how
much stock can be taken in their
communiduex.
A similar uncertainty sur
rounds Russian communicates.
We know one thing for certain:
Russian armies are fighting hero
ically. Their spirit is comparable
to that of our Marines at Wake
Island. But the heavy curtain
drawn over what Is actually hap
pening along the huge front Is
disquieting
The overwhelming ma jority Of
the public naturally is inclined to
accept most reports from Russia
such as tales Of cavalry charges
against tanks-as true.
Optimistic news from across
the Atlantic leads the public to
believe we have the Axis on the
run, but professional soldiers,
Evening star., 1942-05-22

who have more or less accurate
data regarding the military power
OF the Axis. do Tot share this
belief. They know we must over
come many more hurdles before
we can see-without a periscope
that ridge Of victory mentioned
by Prime Minister Churchill.
No one In Washington doubts
the final outcome OF the war.
But military experts insist We
have reached only an advanced
preparatory stage without being
actually ready for q general Of
fensive.
Evening star., 1942-05-22

the whole they correspond to
headquarters announcements and
articles In Red Star, the Russian
Army newspaper.
The German communiques are
crisp. but we know they are
greatly exaggerated. Those who
follow the situation are inclined
to believe the communiques Of
our associates and discredit those
OF our enemies. This Is only ma
tural. But observers are shaken
in their belief In the veracity Of
United Nations communicates
when incidents occur like that
which happened this week.
Reported Out Of Action.
Last Monday the British air
ministry ohcially announced
that the Nazi heavy cruiser Prinz
Eugen. which escaped from Brest
with the battleships Gneisenau
and Scharnhorst, had been
severely damaged In an attack
by . large formation Of British
bombers and torpedo planes.
The number Of planes in the
formation, and the name Of the
commanding officer - who re-
ported how many torpedoes had
struck the Maxi warship-wers
ofiicially announced.
The next day the British Air
Ministry news service said that
while the Prinz Eugen had not
been sunk she certainly was put
Of action for at least three
months and in all probability was
limping toward some port in the
Reich.
This was excellent news. m
deed, because the PrinZ Eugen
and the battleship Tirpitz have
been quite . headache to British
and American naval authorities,
their presence In Norway i'm
Evening star., 1942-05-22
By CONSTANTINE BROWN

A fierce battle is raging In
Russia, but no one In Washing
ton knows how it k going. Queries
in quarters which should be able
to supplement the communiques
with authoritative information
are met with the reply that any
one In the Capital who claims to
know what is going on in Russia
Is simply lying.
Thousands OF words are cabled
daily from our ofncial represen-
tatives In Kuibyshev. temporary
Russian capital. They contain
= few more second -hand details
than the press dispatches and
give resumes Of statements by
prisoners and deserters. but on
Evening star., 1942-05-22

serious problem
and will re-
main 50. clear to
the end Of the
war. This does
not mean that
our war effort Is
going to- bog
down through
lack Of ships. It
does not mean
that our forces
abroad are not
going to grow
steadily stronger
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Father Hanna Named
War College ChopIoin

Appointment Of the Rev. Austin
B. Hanna as chaplain Of the Army
War College-the first time it has
had a chaplain since the World
War-was announced today.
Father Hanna announced that
both Protestant and Catholic serv-
ices will be held on the War COL
lege grounds beginning Sunday. A
visiting Protestant clergyman will
conduct the Protestant services, he
said.
Father Hanna served parishes at
Rochester. N. Y, his native city.
and Auburn, N. Y, before joining
the Army. He has served tours Of
duty at Fort Ethan Allen. Va.
and at Fort Devens, Mass.
Evening star., 1942-05-22

CONSIDER some OF
the annoyances
q n d nuisances
that the curtail-
ment and re-
stri c ms re-
move.
Right now lots
Of people e are
frettin g and
stewing over the
railroad S l I u a.
ton. T hey are
disturbed er
the prospect Of
not being able to
Evening star., 1942-05-22
On the Record
Cos and Rubber Shortages Cited in Plea
For Imaginative Thinking in U.S.. |
By DOROTHY THOMPSON,

What stands out in ever more
glaring relief is the gap between
scientific accomplishments and
imagination regarding the uses to
which they are put. The greatest
star in the crown of 20th century
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Brown Elected Trustee

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, former SUI
perintendent OF Metropolitan police,
has been elected q trustee Of the
Glenwood Cemetery, to I'LL the un-
expired term made vacant by the
death OF Lewis M. Thayer. 1t was
announced by Odell s. Smith, SEC
retary.
Evening star., 1942-05-22

Sea it would appear that this was
doubly dificult for the Japanese
because many airplanes were In
volved against each other. This is
to be inferred from the fact that
both sides in their official announce
ments specifically refer to enemy
aircraft carriers as engaged In that
battle.
Evening star., 1942-05-22

AiSI tAlCy cVcIltuaAy IVpl4Cc t0e
natural product. The argument
against them is that they cost
too much" They start. how
ever. by costing more and even-
tually cost less. Always. But the
mind, concerned with invest
ments and price, stops dead be-
fore the social or even economic
reality.
Rubber Financing Criticized
Rubber can be made from oil.
So the oil companies acquire pat
ents for the manufacture of the
synthetic product. Whether they
acquire them from the I. G..
Farben Industrie-the German
firm-and on what terms OF mu-
tual confidence Is beside the point
OF this article. They argue: If
anybody Is going to enter this
new industry. it's going to be us.
Mind you, they have got their
hands full as 1t is. They haven't
even solved the problem of the
internal distribution of gasoline.
But there Is q chance to make
money. 50 they get $500, 900 900 or
more from the r. r. c. to put up
synthetic rubber plants. Just
why the people Of the United
States should finance enormously
rich corporations to manufacture
q product for which the people
themselves are q certain market
Is beyond the range Of my finan-
cial thinking. Why don't they
put up their own money!
And how long will it take to
make this rubber, after this delay?
Two years. at least. Maybe
three. And what's the price Of
time? Our life as q nation.
And must rubber be made from
odl7 No.
For months, leading chemists
Of both Britain and America have
called attention to the fact that
rubber can be made from some
thing that We. the people. own in
vast quantities: Grain. We own
tens of millions of tons Of it,
stored In Mr.. Wallace's ever
normal granary.
And, say these chemists, this
grain can be turned into rubber
in from 10 to II months and even
without creating new factories,
If the American people will 60
without whisky and give US the
distilleries. This isn't . new pro-
hibition movement; its . neces.
sity Of war.
Cost Would De Zero.
What are the arguments against
It? Grain 10 too expensive"
Listen, this grain costs exactly
zero. It Is worthless unless used.
Shortage OF copper for adjust
ments In distilleries." But I am
told We can use silver, and silver
We have in immense quantities.
TOO expensive" Listen, the cost
Of the silver to the American
people Is also sero. We bought 1t.
We own it. And unless used It
Is worthless. And, anyhow, We
viii still have 1t.
I don't know whether We have
enough gold to build q pipeline
from Texas, but If we do, that
would be q good way to use 1t.
It's no good buried in ingots in
Kentucky. Only . job Of re-
burial in another form.
If We are going to survive this
epoch We have got to do imagina-
tive thinking. And stop letting
people whose brains have grown
dull on monopoly do II for us.
Relea sed By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-05-22

cipating Ameri-
can ships.
T h e incident
serves as an ex-
cellent example
of why secrecy
must be main
tained and why
sometimes there
is a long interval
between the date
of a battle and
the. announce
ment of losses.
No sooner had
Evening star., 1942-05-22

quately maintained and equipped
because they will be. Nor does 1t
mean that we are slowing up In
sending supplies to our Allies.
What 1t does mean Is that the
lines Of transportation are 10 un-
precedently long and the stun to be
transported 50 vastly greater than
any previous conception that there
will never really be enough ships to
send abroad all we produce in the
way Of men, arms, munitions and
supplies. At best, this will always
be 30. but when the shortage is
enhanced by submarine sinkings
then the supply and operation of
ships becomes Of such overwheln-
ing Importance that nothing short
Of 100 per cent efficiency is toler-
able.
Calling attention to these facts,
Walter Lippmann has twice, uncon-
tradicted, asserted that ships are
being sunk faster than they are be-
ing built: that the reassuring state
ments from the White House tend
to create . dangerous complacency;
that a greater concentration on the
problem is vital If we are to play
our full part In the war. In all Of
which he is absolutely right and 1t
Is encouraging to be able to report
that steps are about to be taken
certain to ameliorate the whole situ-
alton.
Building Not Enough.
In the first place, it should be
said that there Is no criticism Of
Admiral Emory s. Land and no plan
to supplant him with anyone. The
appointment OF Lewis w. Douglas
as deputy administrator is import
ant. timely and good. But every
body comedies that Admiral Land
has done . great job and no one
UCttCI oQulpHCu !" VoAC Ills pldCc
has been suggested. In the mere
building Of ships. he will exceed the
5000 900 tons scheduled for this
year and probably reach $4,000 900
next, which will be ahead of the
Presidents most optimistic FORE
casts for both years.
But, Just building the ships is
not enough. They have got to be
adequately protected and efnciently
operated. Protection is q matter Of
airships, destroyers, corvettes. con-
voys. The right kind Of protection
has not yet been achieved. One rea-
son has been lack of cooperation
and understanding between Army
and Navy. Another has been the
strain imposed on the Navy In con-
voying cargo ships and transports
for long distances In both oceans.
And there are others.
The basis for better cooperation
Evening star., 1942-05-22

capitalism Is
its creation of
our industry.
The greatest
blot on 1t Is
its recurrent
failure to put
the public in
terest. neces-
SHY dIlU wei
fare in the
foreground Of
its thinking
and planning.
It has tech
nolog 1 ca
Evening star., 1942-05-22

Means Committee, Mr.. Crowther
was elected a Representative in
1918 and reelected since. He serves
the 30th congressional district Of
Schenectady. Montgomery, Hamilton
and Fulton Counties.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Crowther, in House
"a Years, Will Retire
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. May a.
Representative Crowther. u, q men,
Der of Congress "a years. announced
last night that failing health" pre-
vents him from seeking reelection
this fall.
A member of the House Ways and
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Jap Strategy
PIoguedby
u. S. Secrecy
Foe Still Fishes
For Dotu on Losses
Of American Ships
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The Japanese government Is stin
trying to find out what units Of
American naval strength were
engaged in the battle Of the Coral
Sea and the damage to parti-
Evening star., 1942-05-22

Drama Colony this summer. She
has . leading role in the presenta-
ton Of She Stoops to Conquest.
to be presented by the Gunston
drama department May 30.
Evening star., 1942-05-22

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