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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Fine Piece of JOHrn0IisEn
Kid Reporter Writes
Facts, Not Sentiment
BY ARTHUR BUGS, BAER

New York about electrocue 17-yearod boy
month for the arocious murder of little girls He
cookie His only chance to blow the fuse in
the chair.
The New York JournalAmerican 1Syear-old boy
named ONeil to interview the kid. This ONel boy did
good job.
To me the real drama is that O'Nei the time Of the
interview scheduled join the army. Each Of these
boys offering his life to the state But in the
way.
The condemned kid said:
II didn't know what doing why did il. I'll die
tomorrow, and I'm only IT,"
The enlisted kid said
II know what I'm doing and why I'm doing It, l. too, may
be dead tomorrow and I'm c..
The ONeill boy didn't write tear jerker. He did a
straight reporting job To my mind that great piece of
journalism.
Yet. all the maudn sympathy with the boy in the
electric chair
l don't know what the kid thought when he spoke to
ONei Only II, and he had deprived himself of oppor
tunty to land Sicily Crete the Soomons the shores
Of France.
He only went to piece of furniture that hslf-char
and halfkitchen stove.
ONei walked a bit unsteady. What was he going
out TO meet Whatever will be- guarantee it will be
recorded red ink II will be the right side of the ledger
Copyright, i.p,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

In SPITE of what would APP
4 pear to be every possible OBJ
stacle to health improvement,
the health statistics from Eng
land during the last year have
been remarkable.
The statisticlanS OF the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co. are
inclined 10 think this is 10 be
ascribed, in part at least, to
food rationing. Last year Eng
lands death rate was 1l6 per
1000 persons. Only once before,
in 1880. has Englands death
rate fallen as low.
That rationing had something
10 do with il is indicated in the
figures on diabetes, there being
a 10 per cent decline in the
death rate from that disease in
England. We know that dia-
betics are inclined 10 eat too
much. That is now impossible,
for in England l am told cate
gorically it is impossible to eat
too much.
IT is probable that the dia-
betics enforced abstinence
does not have a favorable effect
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
Connolly Answers

la Shakespeare, Antony
and Cleopatra" (b) Virgil.
"Aeneid' (c) Payne, Home,
Sweet Home
2-ta) Gulf Of Genoa, Adriatic
Sea. Gulf Of laramie. TYR
henian Sea, Strait of Mes
sina. Gulf of Venice.
3-Ca) James; tb) Andrew; (c)
Chester.
IA New Hampshire; tb)
Kentucky; tc) Colorado.
5-ta) Paul Won Hindenberg;
Ib) Friedrich Ebert, tc)
William II.
6-ta) Southern and eastern
frontiers OF Russia; tbD.
northern Spain and southern
France: (c) Arctic shores of
Europe.
Copyright. 1913 nv King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
by Damon RunyOn

sounds fine though how anyone
can determine what amount
would be large enough 10 cover
a reasonable period nt time be-
tween a mans discharge and
the finding Of a new Job IS be-
yond me. | would hate 10 trust
10 the generosity Of the govern
mcnt IN that respect. taking II
Of past performance or 10 the
llbcrality Of the United States
Employment Service
Moreover. President RooSe-
vclt'S remarks might be taken
as meaning he thinks the men
should be paid the fun sum Of
the mustering-out pay in a lump
and ! think the American
Legion with its experience IN
the payment OF the bonus VIII
bear me out in my opinion that
II Will be better for the men
themselves II the payments are
scattered rather than TO PUNK
down tho money allotted each
man in a Job al a time when
many veterans are apt 10 be
lacking in financial judgment.
DUT In any event there is a
- bug in the bucket. PreSi-
dent Roosevelt states the things
10 which he says ne thinks the
men are entitled he says they
must not be dcmobilized into an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

While Walter WineheH is
quay his column wW be con.
Quoted by guest contributors.
Today's is by Merle Oberon.
IN LONDON there is a 49,
i year-old girl who sits in a
wheel chair. paralyzed from the
hips down. Her legs are dead
but her eyes can dance, and
her smile is warm with life.
In all the hundreds of times
bombs have rained on London.
she has never once allowed her
family or neighbors 10 remove
her to an air raid shelter.
81 am not afraid" she tells
them. you must get yourselves
To shelter, and I would only de-
lay you. England cannot risk
any more cripples now"
In another section of the city,
in Bruton street, is small
three-cornered pub. Some say
1t is 400 years old. For many
decades il was crowded almost
into oblivion by the tall, mod
ern buildings that rose around
it. Now it stands all alone,
shabby but proud. in a street
flattened by the blitz.
When / think Of war, I think
OF these two, the crippled girl
and the shabby pub. She, who
has never stood upright in her
whole life gaining shining
stature through courage. the
old tavern, recovering It's pride
as il stands SteadfaSt under a
laundering sky Courage is as
young as the one and as old as
the other.
1T COLUMBIA / have just
"A completed picture based
on Elliot Arnolds exciting
novel. Commands. Since the
studio had recently made Com
mandos Strike at Dawn" the
title Of this one had 10 be
changed. The working script
was monikcrcd Attack by
Night and then a new and
permanent title was selected,
First Comes Courage
! like that one. Although I
have no idea how courage"
fares Al the box office, II is a
good solid thought for these
times Victory Will come and
restoration and peace but first
must come courage,
COURAGE can be creator
~ small. Not every one Is
called upon 10 make the SUI
premc sacrifice sometimes II IS
only a matter Of checrfully Civ
ing up small things
In England there is abso-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

other countries that have got
themselves tangled up in their
usual every-quarter-of -a-century
butchery.
We have, and we will have,
tremendous problems 10 settle
here-food problems, "rehabili-
iation" problems OF industry,
labor and prices.
And yet il is proposed by
professional philanthropoids-a
philanthropical is person who
gives away another persons
money-that we shall give away
our food supplies and billions of
our hard-earned cash 10 peo-
pies who should be taught 10
help themselves, 10 countries
that do not care for us except
to pillage us through the soft
headed and soft-hearted Wash
ington top-of-the heapers. many
Of whom never did a real days
work in their lives.
Yes, let's have an American
anti-feed-the-world league.
DICK up any German book of
fiction, essays or philosophy
either in the original or trans
lated--it is a complete mirror
Of the classic German mind
thick. befuddled. verbose. The
German mistakes scholarship
for intelligence and obscurity
for profundity. AS an instance
Of this wordy vacuity OF Ger
man writers read any Of the
works of Thomas Mann.
Here is a book much-touted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Merle OberOn
Tells of Courage

arrival Of first American para
troops in England. Strictly vol
unteers, we were told, all kids
with fresh, grinning faces.
We gave them a show. of
course, but first they insisted
on putting on one for us.
Twenty-Five planes few over us,
with 70 men dropping out Of
each. A thrill we'll never for
get-and not until afterwards
did we hear that two OF them
had been hurt. one fracturing
his skull and another his leg.
Weeks afterwards, as / was
walking through ward in
Churchill Hospital. a youngster
wheeled himself up in a chair.
1t was one Of the injured para
troopers.
IF you ever see Gypsy Rose
Lee" he grinned, IL wish you'd
tell her something for me. Her
business and mine are lot alike
we amt got thing II we amt
got that string"
MAJ. DAVID NIVEN, Amer
4'l lean screen favorite who
returned 10 England 10 distin-
guish himself in Commando
activities. has seen his fill OF
horror, but the stories he tells
are all humorous ones. His
favorlte experience concerns the
time trying 10 teach q battalion
10 dig trenches. he became i'm
patient and grabbed a shovel
himself.
One turn Of the spade and
the major fell fiat on his face.
He was picked up by a private,
who asked If he might take over
the instruction. In no time at
all the Niven battalion was dig
ging the best trenches in Eng
land, d matter of pride and also
some chagrin 10 its leader.
Nobody told me till a long
time afterwards" says Davy,
that I had been shown up by
former professional grave
digger"
WHY can { some beauty expert
w figure out a way Of max
ing a woman look natural in
stead Of artificial after she has
had beauty shop treatments
When the average female has
been having her face, hair. etc.
fixed up, the results are so evil
dent that she looks so self
conscious that II is as if she is
carrying a sign reading
1--WE just been to a beauty
shop and had the works. Don't
/ look wonderful
copyngh, by Daily Mirror Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
The Brighter Side

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
endorses in principle the
campaign l have been carrying
on in this column the past year.
That IS making provision for
the men IN the armed forces
after they are discharged from
the service for a period Of time
that Will. enable them 10 read
just themselves 10 civilian life
without immediate financial
worries. Only he puts the idea
in a slightly different form
do not think his form Is as
good as mine. | contend the
men should continue 10 receive
their service pay for az least
a year after their discharge. In
his recent speech, President
Roosevelt suggested that each
member Of the armed forces and
the merchant marine should re-
Ceivc mustcring-out pay on dis
Saarge large enough 20 cover
IA reasonable period Of time be-
.ween his discharge and the
finding Of a new Job,
JN CASE no Job Is found after
= dlllgent search, then the
serviceman Is TO get unemploy-
ment insurance II the individual
registers with the United States
Employment Service, which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

Italy, What Of the nighR
An, child, child, II Is i6HGi Z
Moonbeam aud storbeam and
song
Leave il dumb pow and dark.
Yet I perceive on the height
Eastward, nom not rery Jar.
A song TOO ioud for the Ink.
A light too strong for n star.
-Swinburne.
above was written when
Italy was fighting for freedom
under GaribaldiD
TIVE curse of Garibaldi"
finally caught up with
Mussolini. Wrote Garibaldi:
England Ii a great and pow
erful nation, independent of
auxiliary aid, foremost In hui
man progress, enemy of des-
potism, the only safe refuge for
the exile In Europe, friend of
the oppressed, hut If ever Eng
land should be so circumstanced
as TO require the help Of an
ally, cursed be that Italian who
would not step forward in her
defepse."
Is CLAIMED hay fever is
Il hereditary One man of sci
ence claims people suffering hay
fever should not marry as il is
a terrible ailnent 10 pass on 10
child
The war will end on May %,
1914, at noon. So claims star
gazer r. James Callnaan who
uses the Evangeline Adams
method Of peering into the fu-
ture.
Thomas Edison said the time
was not far distant when the
average human being would
live 10 be 200 years old. Edison
claimed the vital organs of man
are built 10 last from ZOO 10
300 years.
r K r TR u d F. ATHERTON,
~ who some years ago took
regeneration treatments and
made no secret of il. is now in
her eighties and still very ac-
tive. Remember Gertrude s
book. Black Oxen ?" Corinne
Griffith appeared in a film ver-
sion Of this.
jeanette Macdonald is preSi-
dent and Greer Carson is wee
president of the Beverly Hills,
California Society for the Pro-
motion of Easier Tops 10 Get
OFF Things. AS l understand it
the object of this organization
IS TO campaign for tops that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Quick Answers

Only one. After one enters
the car it's no longer empty.
The purpose Of such queS-
tons as this is 10 see how
carefully and thoughtfully
YOU read.
2-Just reverse the sheet of
paper.
3-American Telephone e. Tele-
graph Co. General Electric,
Commonwealth e. Southern
Power, Goodyear Tire &
Rubber, International Har-
vester. North A merica
Aviation.
Ace hockey.
Queen Elizabeth OF the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ire
land and Of the British Do
minions. Empress Of India.
Copyright, 1913, by Kins Feature,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
March Of Events

THIS columns suggestion for
an American anti-feed-the-
world league brought great
many letters. all endorsing the
idea enthusiastically. Former
Gov. Lehman, who is now at the
head of A government bureau
for feeding and "rehabilitating'
the world in general. says we
ought to make A gift Of food
TO all the peoples of Asia and
Europe who want II.
| never heard of a doctrine
more calculated 10 make buns
and beggars out Of millions of
people. There are executive
minds and immense sums of
money secreted in Europe and
Asia. Let the HooverS and
Lehmans of Europe and Asia
therefore break open the strong
boxes and feed and "rehabili-
tate their own peoples, Why
should this job be unloaded on
Us by men whose philanthropic
heart-throbs sound much louder
than the ticking of their brains?
Why should we feed and re-
habilitate the peoples of Europe
and Asia? What crime have
we committed against them that
this frightful penalty should be
laid on the tax-paying and hard
working women and children OF
America?
IT SOUNDS as if we were GO
ing 10 pay PREPARATIONS for
something or other TO Germany,
Italy, France, China and all the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Feeding World
Not l.. =. job
by BENJAMIN DeCasseres

in Europe. 1t is by Jacob
Burckhardt, who died about 80
years ago. Burckhardt was
Swiss, but, as his name and his
book Force and Freedom -
indicate, a German culturally
and worldly. Pantheon House
publishes this translation Of
some of Burckhardt's lectures
on history and religion, with an
introduction by j m e S II.
Nichols. 1t always takes, as
this book does, about 103 pages
Of preface. TO tell the public
what a German is writing
about (the, clarity of Goebbels,
Rosenberg and Goering in their
public statements is copied
from the French, English and
American ways of expressing
themselves in print clear,
terSe, 10 the point.
Burckhardt is as dense as
Spengler and as muddy minded
as Hegel. The gist of what he
is saying land I'm not too sure
about IT'D is that a country will
go straight if il sticks TO its
traditions. Burckhardt doesn't
like democracy. He predicted
this world-crash mot hard 10
do even a hundred years ago).
He is a sort of phony Nietzsche
before Nietzsche. I'm not, as I
said, very sure about this-so,
as a toast, l give you Jacob
Burckhardt. Why? Well, l don't
want him. l give him 10 any
one interested in reading a
beautiful example of German
literary gibberish.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
RunNOn. Roosevelt
Have Same Idea

environment Of initiation and un-
employment. 10 place on
bread line or on a corner selling
apples
He says We must have plans
ready instead Of waiting TO do a
haSty, inefficient and ill-consid-
cred job AT the last moment,
which is the same thing | have
been saying for a year
So have many others. Yet no
plans are really ready PreSi-
dent Roosevelt hopes Congress
viii help IN carrying out his as
Surance 10 the men IN the armed
forces that the American people
would not let them down when
the war is won because. as he
says. obviously the executive
branch Of the government cam
not do u alone.
But Congress. with several
bills before II that would make
definite the pay continuance and
otherwise give confidence 10 the
Setvicemen of their future. has
done little or nothing 10 confirm
that assurance which was first
made some time back.
THUS IT all SINNERS down 10
promises. the same old
promises that have been held
out 10 the men in all our wars.
Even most of the other things
which President Roosevelt says
he thinks the men are entitled
10 are things that should have
been made definite long ago.
MAY the Congress do its
duty in this regard" said Presi-
dent Roosevelt. THE American
people will insist on fulfilling
this American obligation to the
men and women in the armed
forces who are winning this war
for us"
l fervently echo his hope, but
can not wax too optimistic
about his faith in the attitude
OF the American people with re-
Spect 10 the men and women in
the armed forces If we wait UNI
I'll the war is over before try
ing TO get something done for
the boys and girls The Ameri-
can people (again going 10 past
performance will insist only on
their right TO Squawk about any
proposals for the benefit of the
veterans that will involve an
additional penny of expense TO
the people.
A Ii the obligations 10 the
"a veterans the people will
recognize, you can put in your
eye. rs the saying Is. You can
ask the veterans of World War
I about this. if you wish. Ask
them how many of the Ameri-
can people stepped UP TO them
after the war and said.
81 am under obligation TO you
and am working tooth and nail
for YOU to get your bonus"
You just remember what I
tell you. If we wait until the
war is over without getting
definite legislation providing for
the veterans, the only time you
will ever hear of those promises
again will be in the platforms
Of the two parties every four
years for the next 20 years.
Copyright, 1913 nv King Features
Distributed nv International News s,rvtc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

come off jars, bottles and cans
easier. They are also interested
in methods for getting tops off
without too much Of struggle.
QUERIES from clients Q
V Doctor / talked 10 says any
one claiming to be able to cure
deafness is a liar.
Ale sounds like an old foS-
sill to me. Get I'm touch with the
New York League for the Hard
of Hearing. New York City. and
see what they think about IL.
Q-When a woman marries a
man she likes bllt-dees- net-leVe
what are the chances of love
coming after several years Of
marriage?
AIN such a case strong
affection may develop after
marriage but intense love,
sometimes referred to as mad
love" or wild love-" usually
comes at first sight or shortly
after. However, q strong affec-
ton Is enough to make a mar
riage success. As a matter of
fact few women are married 10
the man with whom they have
been most madly in love.
IN AUGUST. 1888, Wrong
Way" Corrigan was the man
Of the hour. In August, 1926,
Gertrude Ederle swan the Eng
lish Channel. In August, 1903,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04

lutely no gas for civilian auto
mobiles. Each person gets the
equivalent of 20 cents worth Of
meat a week-a week, not A
day The milk ration is about
half a pint per person, every
two days.
Recently when | went on tour
10 entertain the American boys
in England and Ireland, ! vas
asked TO speak al civilian
rally, 10 an audience numbering
nearly a thousand British men
and women. ! entertained them
as best l could. and answered
hundreds Of questions about
America These British men and
women were deeply grateful
and formed a committee tO-SeHd
me a token OF their apprecia-
ton.
Next day the gift arrived. II
came from their hearts and |
unwrapped il tenderly II was
FOUR EGGS!
COURAGE may consist only
" Of humor, when humor is
hard 10 find. In London, where
every night is pitch black, peo-
pie sing As they grope along the
sidewalks 10 avoid collision.
During the air raids they sing,
too They have a favorite song
for the bombing--it's "TOmor-
row Is a Lovely Day.
one Of the highlights Of our
entertainment tour tAl JolSon,
Patricia Morrison, Allen Jen-
kinS and Frank McHugh made
up the troupe was seeing the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
Garibaldi's Curse
Caught Duce

jim Jefries whipped Jim Cor
brit in 10 rounds, In August.
1885 VIII Rogers and Wiley
Post lost their lives in a plane
accident in Alaska.
In August, 1917. the Dodgers
beat Pittsburgh in 22-inning
game Ruhe Marquard was the
winning pitcher In August.
1903. Packard car made the
first coast TO coast auto trip in
81 days What great events in
your life happened in August ?
Onhand the only thing unusual
| can think happened 10 me was
that one August while playing
summer league baseball IN New
Hampshire / made six hits in six
times at bat.
DIETICIAN says it is bar
~ barrie" TO have fried eggs
turned over. Maybe so. But
that's the way l like them. AS
for boiled eggs l want mine on
the fire five minutes.
She's 5 foot 10 and he is 5
foot s and they love each other.
But he says he feels "self-con-
scious' because his loved one is
taller than he. Easily solved.
Let him buy height building
shoes which Will add 2 inches;
let her wear lower heels. Then
everything will be fine.
HARRY l.. STRAUS. Distin-
guiShed electrical engineer.
He is the inventor of that mar
velouS mechanical mathema-
tician, the American totalizer
which is now in use at as race
tracks. Mr.. Straus, who is a
grdduaate of Johns Hopkins
University. is stationed in Wash
ington for the duration where
ne Is working Tor the govern
ment.
Tommy Lyman. Veteran en-
tertainer. Tommy wrote the
first torch sorfg and also origi-
mated the saying Carrying the
Torch" The song was titled
When the Gangs All Gone"
which included the lines Each
tear seems to scorch when you
carry the torch" The torch
carrier in this instance was a
man.
incidentally there are at this
time about three times as many
men carrying the torch" as
women. The reason men brood
longer over an unfortunate love
affair is because their pride is
hurt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-04
D24t IL RatiOnine
OSllSI | lSOllII Aids Health
by Dr. Logan CIendening

so much directly on the dia-
betes, but on the chronic heart
weakness. the blood pressure
and kidney disability which af-
flictS the diabetic and has an
unfavorable effect on the course
OF the disease.
am, of course, now referring
10 the middle age dlabetic
which constitutes the largest
class With moderate use Of
insulin he manages 10 get along
all right so far as the diabetes
is concerned; his dietary diff
culties are not pressing.
In fact, before rationing he
was managing to get along a
little too well. The average
diabetic was not following the
rule TO keep under weight We
know that his difficulty lies in
restraining himself so that his
blood pressure and arteries,
which are the real source of his
trouble, are kept in good con-
troll.
1t is not so much a question
of what kind OF food as OF how
much per day the diabetlc eats
which makes for the benefit.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
Troubled: What causes blush
ing? | have so much trouble
with II that ! blush at almost
everything.
Answer BluShing IS caused by
self-consciousness and an un-
stable sympathetic nervous sys-
tenn.
There is one comforting thing
about II. which is that II Will be
cured in time.
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On the Side
By T.. v. Durling

Distributed b. King Features synd Inc.
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On Broadway

Trad. Mark Registered. copyriEh, 1914