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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
Ban on Productions Of 'Mkado' Silly,
AS Masterpiece Really SIaps at Japanese

which is about as near a click
heel, regimented commufascist
society as you can find any
where.
But Bellamy who put the
whole indictment of our civilI-
cation and Qualification of a
slave state into a book called
Looking Backward thought
it was the perfect state
The book had a sensational
success and it was translated
into many languages, whore
the mOoncakc eaters saluted
Bcllamy as a great prophet.
The book just has been re-
published by Houghton. Mifflin
e Co, and il makes interesting
reading today particularly if you
are a student of wacky ideal
ism and phoney prophecies. for
We are nearly now halfway 10
Bcllamy'S millennium of 2000.
and as we 90 10 press it looks
as if that year, So years hence.
VIII no more look like, socially
or politically, what Bcllamy de-
ScribcS than Adolf Hitler looks
like Abe Lincoln.
IN HIS book Bellamy wipes
L out pouf!-p private capital.
aboliSheS poverty does away
with crime, has everybody work.
ing for the common good" Gust
as they do, theoretically, today,
IN Germany and RUSSIA and. in
fact - with his pen - makes
everything on Gods battered
footStool hunky-dory
That Bellamy did fOrcScc some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
By BENJAMIN DE CASSERES
WTHE MIKADO," the Gilbert

WTHE MIKADO," the Gilbert
Il and Sullivan masterpiece,
is now prohibited in Australia,
and there is a foolish movement
in some American cities to stop
its performance
The Mikado' is such a drastic
satire on the about Weakness
of the japanese that it never
has been performed in Japan.
As one eminent Jap said:
1T took our face away"
When England and Japan had
A military alliance many years
ago the Japanese minister TO
London requested the English
government 10 prevent The
Mikado'S" performance in Eng
land and throughout the empire
There was. l believe. polite
refusal on England's part
Every character in The
Mikado" is a spool at various
Japanese characteristics.
Pooh Bah Is broad burleSque
on the prepoSterouS pride of the
Japanese-fff-the- stuck-up caste
system.
Pooh-Bah is. moreover, an
official who holds many high
offices he is a government
monopoly in himself and he has
a very sticky palm when money
Is being passed around.
Nanki-Pooh is a CariCature OF
the romantic troubadour lover.
still eXtant in Japan when the
opera was written, 90 some
years ago.
KatlSha is also phony caste.
Ko-ko, the lord high cNccu-
toner Is a satire on executions
ln Japan and the rlgmarolc that
surrounds his office.
The Three Little Maids. with
Their mlnclng steps and stream
hncd GlgglcS, are delightfully."-
muShy and slyly hypocritical
minXeS.
The Mikado" himself is all
caricature- blowsy. blustery,
iaky descendant OF a SUM-
goddess.
one OF the most effective
weapons that can be used
against an enemy is ridiculc.
The Mikado' is mostly that.
Ask Hlrohito and Too
The MIkado' should 20 on
on the radio, the screen and the
stage 1t Is certainly not
propaganda for Japan. If YOU
think II Is. the answer is. again,
that Il never has been per-
formed in Japan-by imperial
orders,
Let il ride!
tBOUT - years ago an Amer
\ lcan lawyer and news
paper editor by the name of
Edward Bellamy had dream
He was IN the year 1000 IN the
dream
lie found himself in society
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24

true things in his pretty little
blueprint l grant you. He fore
saw many of our electric Gadgets
Of these days, but that, on the
whole, did not take any eXtraor-
binary powers of claiyoyance,
for in 1887 they were all on the
way.
The great fault with Looking
Backward and all such Utopian
toSh is that Bcllamy, like all So
cial pcrfectlonIStS. leaves out
lust one important factor in his
scheme of better things.
That important factor is hui
m an nature, which hardly
changes at all in the course Of
thousands of years.
These BcllamyS, MoreS,
MarxeS. LeninS. etc. lack the
one thing needful. the psyche
logical gift. or in plain cigar
store English, a knowledge Of
the "low-down" in man and
woman.
They arc mathcmaticians,
architects They believe in ideals
instead of human nature.
They erect new houses with
their mouths and pens for hu-
mans 10 live in, but neglect TO
invent a new kind Of human be-
ing 10 live in their houses.
And that is the reason why
Looking Backward is just a
bit of empty dreaming, a clever
tour de ackamarakuS, a SNUG
piece Of hoOey.
Human beings arc warllkC.
greedy. Sclf-centcfcd. hypocrlti-
cal, with touches here and there
OF the sublime and heroic. They
do not fit into any kind of
Utopia. and l hope they never
will. We'd all die of boredom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
AERlNG DOWN ON THE NEWS:
sill Keeps CNH
BY ARTHUR Bugs" BAER

BY ARTHUR BUGS BAER
my nation beck and call that the Japs
have stabbed the beck.
still have the call An army doctor told to stick
out my tongue and say, All
He said, oh" asked 'Eh? And he replied "Uh."
VOID, % TWO syllable
TIE doctor turned NO down TO-, aisA,r.us uiy couh-
tys and call. He sand need '4c from, and
the beck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24

\ BOLT u years ago an Amer
\ lc1n lawyer and news
paper editor by the name of
Edward Bethany had a dream
iic was IN the year 1000 IN the
dream.
lie found himself In a .ocletv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
buy a Bomber
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Jan. ~. I9<I

British troops move farther
westward in Libya; Raj planes
bomb Derna and Bengazin.
Greeks make new gains north
Of KliSura and their planes bomb
Elba>an and Bcrat
YiScount Halifax. new British
ambassador. arrives in this coun-
try aboard Englands newest
dreadnaught the King George v.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24

SIGNS are commencing TO APP
~ pear in public places in Los
Angeles warning against Cabling
Of military matters and repeat
ing rumors. The other night we
saw a bartender quietly gesture
toward a placard on his back
bar that read briefly, mix
cracking" by way of admonish-
ing a brace of loquacious citi-
zens who were loudly discussing
a rather preposterous rumor TO
dry up. They dried
However. il must be said that
the local rumor factory has been
surprisingly inactive lately after
a period OF working overtime a
couple OF weeks ago.
When the war first started
the rumor-makerS almost had
the population hiding under beds
with their wild tales.
Now II requires verified
press dispatch TO support any
yarn and other cities might take
example from Los Angeles.
Distributed ny King Features synd Inc.
Copyright. 1912, by KING Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
L @ If ers 10
The Editor
TO TIE EDITOR:

I WOULD like to express my
L feelings toward the way some
people talk about the President
OF the United States.
/ have great respect FOR the
President, that is one reason
why write this letter. If YOU
print It, IT mign, wake up these
silly people who get a big kick
out of knocking Mr. Roosevelt,
a man who will go down in
history rated with George Wash
lDCtOD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
a Bomber

a table of death rates for de-
ficicncy diseases. prepared by
the census bureau. shows that
few deaths are reported due to
inadequate diet. The death rate
per 100000 population for rick
cts and other bone diseases de-
creased from OF IN 1913 30 Of
in 1899 Pcllagra fell from 10
IN 1915 to 10 in 1889.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
buy u BOMBER
% YEARS AGO TODAY
Jan. ID. 1917

Allies shot down IL German
planes near Mature Pas. in the
Verdun region in France.
Bulgarian detachment crossing
the Danube opposite Tultona is
wiped out by Russians.
Germans press Russians back
a mile between Tirul swamp and
the River IA; also take prisoner
1000 Russians east of Kalmzem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-24
AMILE MICHAEL.
1893 r.. Jefferson avenue.
TO TIE DIrNR.

To TIE EDITOR:
IN THE last World War I was
L here in Depmt doing every
thing that a working man
could do. or was asked 10 do, 10
win the war.
l labored and toilcd II and -
hours day making shells to be
sent overseas. and also was
donating money every month for
those that had gone overseas.
But here is another World
War and what am l doing?
NOTHING and Why
| have been denied the
privilege TO work 10 support
myself and family. much less To
help defend my country simply
because | viii not unite and
JON up with something ! don't
believe i'm.
If a working man has got 10
pay tor tho privilege to work,
then why not the government
take 10 and use IL 10 help WIN
Tn" War. instead OF letting few
men get behind screen called
Lano, and pile uP millions of
dollars for their own selfish
gam
/ ana willing 10 do my part In
any Way for my country |
want 20 work and need 10 work.
hu' as % Too per cent American
N.ttlt ,.tI.t. ,rCf,, ,t,.... -,
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
WHAT ABOUT MR.. DIES?

Every time Chairman Dies makes
a report to the House Of Represen-
tatives somebody steps up and tries
to swat him. Vice President Wal
lace landed a hard punch on Con-
'eressman Dies this month.
MIR. Dies and his associates have
uncovered a lot of fifth column
lists" on the administration payrolls
and exposed them as unfit to hold
federal offices. This information
from the Dies Committee has been
a fine public service.
Long before the war began the
Dies Committee started to hunt up
a lot of "bad eggs whom
were some leaders of the youth
movements that were backed by
Mrs. Roosevelt. Dies offended Mrs.
Roosevelt, and the President.
The Dies Committee is a fact
finding group of the House of Rep
resentatives, and it is important to
remember that the House has given
this committee overwhelming votes
of confidence on several occasions.
Those okehs came from the Demo-
Gratis in Congress-principally be-
cause they believe Dies is helping
to clean house by driving out per-
sons who are hiding in Sleeps
clothing. Dies realizes that the
way of reformers is hard-but he
never gives up.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
RADIANT LIVING
RADIANT ENERGY
By REv. @. M. GRIFFETH
Pastor Methodist Church, Cecllt0n, Md.

One of the most fascinating
countries of ancient times is the
land of Egypt. This is especially
true concerning its religious
thought.
There was Amenhotep Nv, for in
stance, some nineteen hundred
years before the birth of Christ,
who broke away from the many
idols of his day and declared that
the only God that actually existed
was the glorious sun which beamed
down upon them every day.
He based his conviction on the
scientific observations which he
made, that all life on the earth is
sustained by the radiant energy
which streams from the sun.
To express his conception more
clearly he adopted, as a symbolic
description, a circular disk which
represented the sun. From the cir
cumference of this, he extended
straight lines in all directions
which represented the beams of
light streaming forth from the sun
CdIlJlu6 ItlC ldulutAl CuCA5y vi stuC
sun in all directions. At the end of
each Of these lines he drew a tiny
hand, in which was grasped the
Egyptian sign which represented
the fact that the sun imparts the
gift of life to all that it touches.
What Amenhotep " observed
and depicted is indeed true in the
realm of the Spirit. All life is sus-
tained by that radiant energy
which streams forth from God.
Declared the Apostle John: God
is light and in Him is no darkness
at ALL
To have that which is abundant,
healthy, prosperous, and happy,
one needs tosexpose himself to the
radiant energy of God.
AS the same Apostle has also de-
c1ared: HTf we walk in the light as
He is in the light, we have fellow
ship one with another and the
blood of Jesus Christ His Son
US from all sin"
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
FRESH FOOD DRIVE
HELP In TIN SHORTAGE
ASP COOperates With Government
Nutrition Drive To Double Con-
sumption fruits, Vegetables

Tin priorities and the curtailed
use of cans for food should present
no immediate problem for local
housewives as fresh fruits and
vegetables are being made avail
able in steadily increasing guam
tity and variety, T. e. Kelly, sales
manager for the A & P stores in
the area declared today.
He announced the Inauguration
of a nationwide advertising and
promotion campaign to feature
fresh fruits and vegetables design
ated to provide vitamin-and min
eral-bearing fresh produce at rea-
sonable cost and in greater guam
tity.
There are four main purposes
behind this campaign" Mr.. Kelly
said. First, the A & P has pledged
its cooperation in the governments
nutrition drive-the program which
calls for 100 per cent increase in
the national consumption of fruits
and leafy green vegetables and a
20 per cent greater use of citrus
fruits and tomatoes for the sake of
the nations wartime health.
Second, because the huge in
creases in production demand
greater efficiency in distribution,
the A G P is increasing its effort
under its long-standing policy of
giving support to growers in mar
keting heavy crops at seasonal
peaks.
Third, we believe that in the
present crisis, it is doubly essen
tial that American housewives
should be given every opportunity
and aid in setting a good table,
and that one essential of the good
table is a goodly supply of the
health maintaining fresh foods.
"And fourth, if she is to maintain
the proper dietary balance for her
family, the housewife must be able
to get these foods at lowest pos
sible cost. In order that this be
done we are moving fresh produce
from farm to retail store by the
most direct routes, in shorter time
and with fewer landings and less
cost than by any other CONNER
cially employed methods"
Several advertising means will
be used during the promotional
campaign, Mr.. Kelly said, but, as in
the past, greatest reliance will be
placed on newspaper advertising.
Stress will be laid during the
campaign on home canning pro-
grams being sponsored by the gov
ernment as part of the nutrition
drive, the food chain executive
said. Not only will it bring a
wide variety of perishables before
the consumer but will emphasize
commodities in heavy production
periods and thus aid the grower in
moving his crop and giving the
housewife the advantage of favor
able buying.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
DACSBORO

The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service met Thursday night in
the primary room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Sturgis of
Millsboro were Sunday guests of
their mother, Mrs. Laura Sturgis
and son Woodrow,
Guests of Miss Henrietta Vickers
last Sunday were Miss Bertha Mae
Lingo of MillsbOro, Robert Maston
and Bonard Murray of Gumboro.
Miss Elizabeth johnson of ROX-
ana spent the weekend with Miss
Virginia Hickman.
Mrs. Knowles of Georgetown
called on Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Long last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary E. West celebrated
her 18th birthday on April 21. Her
children were present and ice
cream and cake were served. After
enjoying a pleasant evening they
departed wishing her many more
happy birthdays.
Mrs. Ward Cobb visited her hus-
band at Rehoboth Life Guard Sta
tion last Saturday.
Joseph Vickers returned to New
York on Monday after spending the
week with his family here.
Mrs. Lizzie Thomas and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Pearl Crist motored to
Milford recently to visit Mrs.
Thomas son, Harry Thomas, who
is very i'll at the Memorial Hospi-
tai. His many friends of this town
wish him speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Kitchens of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Timmons and
children of Philadelphia were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Brumbley over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Steel of Drex-
ell Hill, Pa, were recent guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornel
Steel.
Mrs. E. H. Hickman entertained
to a dinner Sunday in honor of her
birthday.
Mrs. Laura Brasure is nursing
Mrs. Kendall Hickman, who is very
ill, near Millsboro.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
sgLANeHARD'S STATION

The Greenwood Home Demon
stration Club will meet at it's reg
uIar meeting time on the third
Thursday afternoon of this month
at the home of Mrs. Alfred Short
of Oakley. instead of the home of
Mrs. Roy Judy as was planned.
Staff Sergeant Levin Tull and
wife of New Hampshire, have been
recent guests of their aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. e. Laird Kratz
and son and also his sisters of near
Nelson's store.
Reverend Dorsey Blake and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Harmon and
son attended the funeral of DR..
w. w. Day, age n years, held on
Saturday at 2 p. m, at his home
in Farmington. DR.. Day died at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon of
Hast week in the Milford Memorial
Hospital, after being sick for sew
eral months. During the winter he
suffered bronchial pneumonia
while he and Mrs. Day were visit
ing their daughter in Brooklyn, N.
i Y, and. was then taken to. a, hospi-
tai. He recovered enough to be NOV
ed to his sister and brother-in-law's
home three weeks ago, where he
suffered a heart attack one week
ago and was removed to the hospi-
tai where he died. He leaves to
mourn their loss widow, Mrs.
Ruth Hill Day of Pennington; one
daughter, Mrs. David Grant of
Brooklyn, N. Y, and one grandson
David and a student at a naval
academy in Virginia; a sister, Mrs.
Clara Hall of Pennington, and
host of friends throughout this
community, TO whom he had ad-
ministered aid. Dr. Day had kind
heart and was loved by all who
knew him. The many floral sprays
and baskets which banked the room
proved the love he left on earth.
His funeral was in charge of Rev
erend Robert E. Green of Harring-
ton, assisted by Revf Davis of
Pennington. His pallbearers were
Chancellor Watson Harrington of
Dover, DIR. Chapman and Gordan
Smith of Harrington; DR.. William
Marshall of Milford; Frank Mich
OILS of Greenwood and Theodore
Harrington. cashier of Harring-
ton bank. Burial took place in st.
Johnstown's cemetery, his prefer
red resting place by undertaken JOS
eph Grant, a brother of his SON.
in-law of North East, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Elwell and
mother, Mrs. Emma Lambert were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Smith of Rock Hall,
Md.
Master Ralph M. Harmon spent
Sunday as the guest of Master Ev-
erett Marvel.
Mrs. Lester Isaacs and son Ev-
erett have been recent Dover Wis
itors.
Ezekiel Lloyd and Lester Zott
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. F. II. ,Zott and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Cleaves and
Mrs. E. M. Cahall of Greenwood
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz zott
and family on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Edgell called
on Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Elwell on
Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
One For All And All For One

ave need all the competitive spirit
that we can muster-even more than
we had back in the good old days
when Dodge and Pontiac, Cadillac and
Packard, Ford, Chevrolet and Plym-
outh were engaged in an all-out battle
of rhetorical barrage."
No. that's not a sales talk on COM
mercial competition under business as
usual" It's part of recent inspiring
speech by an outstanding automotive
engineer talking to other automobile
manufacturers gathered to pool their
brains and their experience in an all
out war effort.
Il said we are no longer in compe-
tition," again quoting o. E. Hunt,
Vice President of General Motors.
well, think I'd like to take that back
because competition is the greatest spur
to action and accomplishment that the
human race has ever discovered. know
that may sound bit old-fashioncd but
it's true. That's what made the auto
industry so virile. That's what made
it what it is.
But we are still in competition. We
are competing in the biggest single
contest that the world has ever wit
messed. We are jointly competing
against three other guys who'vc got it
into their heads that they are the
Champs"
Previously Mr.. Hunt, along with
other auto manufacturers, had urged
the fullest cooperation throughout the
industry, something already greatly in
evidence. He said: 1--WE must not only
have the willingness to consider the
other fellows viewpoint, but full op-
portunities must be provided to ex-
change experiences and cross-check our
viewpoints for the benefit of the war
effort as a whole. Where new devel-
opments of a patcntable nature, in
either products or processing, are in
volved we should continue to disclose
our Improvements to our companions
in arm production. We should grant
to these companions, for military use
and without remuneration, the right to
manufacture under our patents for the
duration of the war and for, let's say,
six months thereafter, in return for
like rights flowing from them to US.
We are no longer in competition. It's
One For Al and an For One"
Let's not be complacent but do let's
find some assurance in this great arm
in-arm effort of the greatest mass pro-
duction industry ever known to man,
now engaging in a 100 per cent war
effort on the factory front.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
sELBYyMLE

Next Sunday, May 10, will be
observed as Mothers Day at Salem
Methodist Church with Mothers
Day sermon by the pastor, Rev. w.
James Ennis, at 11:00 A. M, inn
mediately. following the close of
Sunday School.
The evening services will include
a musical program by the Young
People from the Youth Fellowship
group of the church at 1880 o'clock.
Preceding the sermon last Sun
day morning, Rev. Ennis read the
fourth chapter of Hebrews, as the
Scripture lesson, and the text was
from verses IA, 15, 16 of the same
chapter-"Seeing that we have a
great high priest, Jesus the Son of
God, let us hold fast our profession,
for He was in all points tempted
like as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly into
the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need"
The. Selbyville Community Club
held its 26th annual luncheon i'm
the club room of Red Mems Hall on
Thursday, April 80, at 100 p. NJ,
with the president, Mrs. Homer
Pepper, presiding. The program
committee for the occasion was
Mrs. Burl Adams, Mrs. Ralph Quill
len and Mrs. Howard Pepper. The
table committee was made up of
Mrs. A. Edward Stevens, Mrs. Katie
Daye, Mrs. Walter Long and Mrs.
Frank Mumford. Mrs. Homer Pep
per was the writer of the little
skit put on by the following char
acters: Mrs. Peter Whaley, Mrs.
Burl Adams, Mrs. Covington Town
send, Mrs. Grise McCabe and Mrs.
Brice McCabe. with Mrs. Howard
Pepper as the announcer. All
quartette of male voices, the "Me-
lodians of the State Teachers Col
lege" at Salisbury. Nd, furnished
music for the occasion.
Mrs. Minerva Richards Pepper
spent a few davs last week with
her niece, Mrs. Maude S. Hammond,
in Georgetown. While there they
visited another niece. and husband, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Smith. in
due to Mr.. Smith hav-
ing been i'll for quite some time. I
They also had pleasant little visit /
with Mrs. W. w. Sharp and her
5ister-in-law, Miss Carolyn, in
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
SOMEBODY

Somebody thinks you're the cock oi
qthe walk,
Somebody thinks you're grand;
Will love you though all the world
may hate,
And cling to your outstretched
hand.
Somebody thinks you're king of the
land,
Someone your side will take;
Then try and be cock of the walk,
my friend,
For this one somebody's sake.
Somebody thinks you're a god on
wheels,
Thinks you're the pride of the
town;
Then be tin god on wheels, my
friend
Don't let this somebody down.
Somebody's bound to follow you
far,
Tracing each step you take.
Make sure you lead to a worth
while star,
Take care of the tracks you
make.
Somebody thinks you're big and
fine;
Why not be fine and big?
Somebody thinks you a sturdy oak !;
Don't let him find you a twig.
Be great for those who think you
great;
To those who think you are
small,
Be bigger still. for somebody cares,
And might fall if you chance to
fall.
-CLATE HAZELWOOD.