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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

At LAST an American novel
\ with a unique. inspiring,
daringly-conceived central char
acterl II is THE FOUNTAIN
HEAD. 10y Avn Rand CBobbS-
NerrlID This central char
actcr. HOWARD ROhRK. fleet
rnCIy reminds me of those three
towering incarnation> of uncom-
promising indlviduali>m SOL
NESS i'm Ihscn's THE MASTER
BUILDER" Ihsen'S BRAND and
NietlSch'S IARhTHUSTRA.
But HOWARD ROARk is an
Amcrican-an architect by pro-
fcsSion. The time. just before
the war There are 751 pages
of THE FOUNTAINHEAD, 3"
which is. in many respects.
really tremendous. in epical
swcen- asa Lc1InnaL product but
far too long. although seldom
boring.
We first meet ROARk at -
when he has been cNpcled from
the Stanton. Institute of Tech
no.aEy for INSTRUMENTATION,
which 10 Roark is the greatest
ot virtues in forming ones
character. Architecture i'm this
nook Is vymhotfc. Tor Tho real
bulIso that EONRk N building
I> Nc house of ms ego.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

iimjam when they believe they
are handling US Eureka THE
truth. so help them Karl Marx
or Adolf Hitler,
The New Home Library. that
excellent collection Of classics
and currently useful books got
ten out by Doublcday-Doran.
has lust published by arrange
mont with the Viking Press
KARL MARX: HIS LIFE AND
WORK, % by Otto Ruhlc II IS
the clcarcSt history of Karl
Marx and communism that 1
have yet seen. Mr.. Ruhlc a
German. is friendly 10 Marx,
but he does not spare him in
analyzing his repulsive nature.
In fact, communism, in the per-
son of Karl Marx, seems, ac-
cordfng TO Ruhlc,. to be founded
on Marx diseases and his re-
Scntful poverty
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
In Bush Country

AT THE time Gillespie made his
"a choice. there was on the
ground only comparatively small
Australian repair depot surrounded
by miles of the lonely Anbac bush
country. But realizing air develop
ment would demand ground eN-
pansion. Gillespie selected the site.
He returned 10 Washington and
set forth his plans.
Once given the 60 ahead signal
in the capital, work on the man.
moth base got under way last
January II and today that desc
late bush country has given way
10 this modern airdrome with rum
ways more than two miles long,
installations which spread over a
l0-mile radius and TO roaring
bomberS 4 and transport plane |.
which speed back and forth be.'
tween America and this base and
between the various Pacific war
thcatcrS with the regularity OF
perfectly timed trains.
a Succc SSful businessman
as well as an army officer, Col.
Gillespie has appreciated his
own shortcomings in operations
and perfection Of air transport and
transport bases and has sur
rounded himself with corps ~
experts irrespective of their army
rank
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
The Same Old Story

HES still doing the jobs that
H no one else will do. He en-
dureS more insolence than ever
before. and he is much more
anxious 10 please. He doesn't
Squawk in pubic-but some
times, in a dark corner of the
office, he mutterS about il TO
himself.
ITS just my luck" he gruntS.
Twenty years 1 wait, and my
break comes at the one time i'm
history when help is hard TO
keep. Those fellows aud girls
are 40 independent that IL they
want something done they make
me do IT, II ] open my mouth.
they quit.
$50 I've got to keep on bow
ing and Scraping and catering
To them. Just a. I've always
done. And me the boss Of the
Joint"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Refuses Help

pOARK refuses to JOIN a fra
~ ternity lie has not "A single
friend an the campus. He rr-
fuses help from any one. He
has worked his way through
high school and the institute. He
has never learned 20 think about
other people But he has none
of the inhumanity of profess
SIonal "do-goodcrS.
He never gave advice. He
never took any. Women and
mon trhcTC are lois Oi thCm In
the book. all drawn realistically.
sometimes s7tlricalll and always
wildly who try 10 throw MIN -
pGll him down 10 their small
potato level But ROARK pur-
SUES him own way, building
houses as He wants IN build
them. but primarily building the
house of his soul with granite
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
IN THE REALM OF BOOKS

1t had high cheekboncs over
gaunt. hollow checks; gray eyes.
cold and steady. a Contcmptu-
out mouth, shut tight. the
mouth of an eNccutioncr or O..
saint"
ROARK, is. in a manner. a
santa saint of inHcXiblc hon
C>ty. Of answering purpose and,
IN these days OF social con-
seriousness. social approach
and all the other nauScatlnC
phrases of red and pink quack-
cries. a saint of rugged individ-
ualiSm C"the kingdom Of God is
within you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Sadder Than Ever

THERE were conferences. and
Il lawyers, and more confer
ences, and many more lawyers.
Ben didn't have enough money
10 buy the entire business, so
the boss retained a juicy slice of
any profits that might come
along. But to all intents and
purposes Ben was the new
owner. So the boss closed the
deal and shook hands with Ben.
Well, Ben has been the owner
of the Scrunch Novelty and Pin
Co. for about a year now. But
If you think he's happy, you
have another think coming. He's
a very sad man, and nc wishes
-l4e-had married Ella 20 years
ago. For things are tougher
for him now than they ever
were.
When some one complains Of
a draft. he Jumps 10 adjust the
window. Two o'clock in the aft
-erHeeH-eft ten finds hmm hungry,
because every one in the office
goes 10 lunch before he does.
He's the first one at work in the
morning. the last one TO leave
at night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Benched 20 Years
0TS THAT 500" she said 50

HTS THAT 500" she said soft
l. ly. "And what, may l ask,
about u.s."
Ben blinked.
About u.s." he echoed "Oh,
YES. ! see what YOU mean. Well,
Ella, this policy IL very heavy,
Just iike Satt. and the pre-
mlums are almost enough 10 sink
me. But in 20 years. II will all
he worth while. Wei own the
business and then the world will
be ours.
See what I mean, Ella"
Ella nodded slowly
II think ! do" she replied
tOnelessly. "You want me 20
wait until YOU own the Scrunch
Novelty and Pin Co. You're
tired Of being bossed around,
and you want To do a little
bossing around Of your own. And
YOU don't care II u takes 90
years and more money than YOU
make.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
By Benjamin De Casseres

lieVed himself Ia have inherited.
Throughout life he suffered from
"A secret fear Of cancer. which
was supposed to be- the doom Of
members Of his family. Probably
his liver trouble was closely con-
ncctcd with a general weakness
Of the digestive apparatus, n
disorder ~ the whole gastro-in-
testinal tract; for in addition To
the ordinary symptoms Of liver
trouble ne suffered also from
various morbid conditions. such
n loss Of appetite. constipation,
gastric and intestinal. Catarrh,
hemoTrhoids. furunCuloSiS, etc,
which are To he regarded as
manifestations and accompani-
ments of grave disturbances OF
metabOlism. Essentially, he >uf-
fcTed from metabOlic disorders.
This biological condition, is of
grea. importance. Obviously, so
grave a disturbance of 50 vital
a function could, not fail tn take
effect on Marx psyche IN II"
form of strong sense of In
security and Inadequacy. this
was the chief cause of his sense
of infcriority."
That's The trouble with most
social mcSSiahS. They want 10
clean vi" YOU and me with
OGPU'S and GcStapoS, but they
cant handle a plmplC on their
own noses. This hook, trans
lated by Eden and Cedar Paul
is a masterpiece of biography
and exposition.
Copyright. 1913. ~ RinE Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Long, Tiresome Haul

HIN THE meantime. you want
me 10 sit around. twiddling
my thumbs, while YOU pay your
premiums and crunch your nau-
seating peanuts"
She stood up suddenly.
Listen, applehead, can get
a better offer than that from
700"
She walked away Ben called
after her he was hurt. dis
mayed But she had gone out
Of his life And IN a day or two
he was congratJdatng himself
on finding ont how tickle she
was before II Was ZOO late
Precisely as Bon had expected.
u Was a long and very tlrcsome
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
It's Army Project

HOUSING accom- m d a t'on''
which AZ present can easily
take care of many hundreds Of men.
are 10 be doubled and then treblod.
The actual mechanics for the
brIcfing and moving OF passengers
equals that II the finest CONNER
cial air line although tins prl-
manly is L. $. Army project.
conceived. constructed and opcr.
ated entirely by American forces.
The process Of unloading an al
irving plane. Servicing the craft
and and then rcloading II for re-
turn flight has been compressed
into minutes, not hours
Inspecting this great base on his
trip 10 Australia a few weeks ago.
Mai Gen Harold George, deputy
for 1t. Gen. George { kcnney.
paid tribute to the work already
performed with this observation
II have seen nothing TO equal
" anywhere In the world"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

girls. Ben wasn't important
and hC never slgg.ed
Ben. regret 90 say. was
the office dope He sat in the
dark corner behind the oldest
desk. and did most of the
meniaI work DID any one i'm
the Office need more paper
clips ASK Ben. Did the big
boss have a battle with his
frau Take il out on Ben.
Did a steno need 8 dollar until
pay day? Ben was a soft
touch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
He Gets Sick Of II

IN 1923. Ben got tired OF beng
L the boob He took Ella, has
girl. 10 a park bench. lie sat
down and munChed peanuts.
Ella. tail and skinny and prlm,
sat beside HIM Ella Wouldn Z
Stoop 70 eat peanut. She
thought peanuts were dcgrad-
inc because they made her pick
her teeth.
When ne finished the last
peanut in the bag. and the
squirrels. detected, had hoped
off. Ben spoke.
Fila" ne announced. I'm
tired OF being kicked around.
BEING kicked around II all right
when you're kid. But when
YOU grow up. II gets tough-and
il makes a man nervous.
"In my office, Ella, every
body tells me what 20 do.
Everybody Is my boss, and Pm
sick of it,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Just Another Squawk

ELLA looked down at him.
IL For three years she had
been waiting for a proposal. She
had sat silently through hun
dredS Of bags Of peanuts with
out ever hearing those lavender
words She had been sure that
this was the big moment, hut
she was wrong again II was
lust another squawk about the
office
You have n shell on your
lapel" she said.
Ben whisked IL off. He re-
garded her Solemnly
Il took big step today" he
said. 81 took out a 2O-year
policy. A heavy one, Ella. And
do YOU know why: Because, II
i work very hard and make
good my payments. AT the end
of 90 years will own the
Scrunch Novelty and Pin Com
pany"
Elias bird brain went through
the rapid calculations peculiar
10 wonderland took all the
short cuts 10 arrive at sud
den but horrifying suspicion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

MARX was vcnomouS. Al
AH though OF the Jewish race,
ne was anti-Scmitic. calling Juda-
ism lhcarL hear Hcrr-Illtler-
"thc symbol OF bloodSuCklng
capitalism. However. heres
Mr. Ruhlo'S clinical portrait Of
the thinker who had the hrothc
hood-of-man bug IN his fan
like whISkCrS.
While quite young Marx he
gan 10 suffer from liver trouble.
which was considered n family
disease and which MaTN he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Thoughts Of Ella

LIE HAD a very definite goal.
IL however, and he tried not
10 mind II SO much. He kept
ClenChing ms teeth and promlS-
lnC himself that the big day
would surely come. His day.
Sometimes, when he went 10
the movies and saw young folks
IN love. he thought of Ella and
wondered If she had ever mar
ricd And at other times. when
he Strolled in the park and
munched peanuts with a trail
Of diSillusioncd squirrels behind
HIM. he thought Of Ella and
marriage and a little home and
maybe SIX or seven kids that
looked like Ella.
But he never got the blues
TOO badly. Those nostalgia
thoughts were always momen-
tary. For he was sure that
when he owned the Scrunch
Novelty and Pin Co. II would
all prove worth while.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Offers TO Buy

A ND when he was the owner,
"a was he going 10 crack the
whip over those office slaves?
Wow! And a superwow! When
ne hit those delicious thoughts
he grinned feebly and rubbed his
hands together.
When the day finally rolled
around, il doesn't need Winchell
10 tell you that Ben wasn't any
younger. He was still little, and
by now his sandy hair was
shaped like a horseshoe His
shoes were permanently Curled
up in front. And his chest, never
very robust, had fallen slightly
below his belt.
The big boss was sick. Chron-
ically sick. And Ben sent him
an offer to buy into the ScrunCh
Novelty and Pin Co. Whereupon
the big boss gulped twice, took
a good look at his books, and
sent for Ben.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

haul. As the years went 10y. the
premiums seemed 10 get tougher
and tougher But ne always
made them Girls and men came
and went IN the office, but they
all seemed 20 know that Ben
was Just a doormat. So they all
wiped their feet on him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Air Preiudices

4 IL PHILOSOPHERS are the
Il biographies OF philosophers.
They arc airing their prcludices,
their SuhllmItleS and psychic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
High Cheekbones

HERE is what BOAl}K looked
IL like Ills face was like "a
Jaw Of nature ~ thing one could
not question. alter or lmploro
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
A MARK HE[L|NCtR
SHORT STORY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures

ny tAp little etp pFedded that time,
working eight years for the Scrunch Novelty and
Pin Co The office was full of important men and ggging
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Terminal Point

Into this great new project, en-
visioned as a terminal point for
postwar transpacific commercial
flights, has been expended more
than 100000 on Americas most
specialized communications and
weather equipment alone.
It's runways are among the best
in the world its hangers are bu :
along the most revolutionary a "
more serviceable designs.
II has facilities TO care for an
airplane arriving or departing
every 10 minutes and projected
future schedules will find II rap
idly achieving that mark
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

IL. s. Builds
Big Air Base
~
lin Australia
BY LEE VAN Alta
International News Service stan Writer
SOMEWHERE IN


IN THE heart of Australias
rugged bush country American
airmen today are developing a
mighty transpacific base unsur-
passed in any other zone of United
States military operation, 1t is
a tangible and already operating
pattern for the great air systems
which will traverse the skies OF
the postwar world.
While security reasons prevent
disclosure of its location and GER
tain of its most outstanding char
acteristics, this must can be re-
Vealed.
Where barren tableland existed
five short months ago there is to-
day an airdrome equivalent in OPP
irrational respects TO LaGuardia
Field.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

quarried out of his titantic
Sullen will.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Clinical Portrait

SenttuI pOvcrt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-09
Pass the New Editions

Again we are invited to give books to help American soldiers, sailors marines, coast guardsmen and merchant Searien improve and distract their minds in such leisure as the winning of the war may leave for them.
 From January 5 to March 5, a second Victory Book Campaign will be waged. But this time, backlog having been built in 1942, emphasis will be on quality rather than quantity. The men in uni form -. five million now and almost twice as many before another New Year are going to need lot of books. But in the words of Corporal John Ripley Forbes, librarian for Napier Air Field at Dothan, Ala: After all, you can't expect a husky young soldier headed for combat duty to take feverish interest in the State Papers of Grover Cleveland, the Ladies Guide to Home Needlework,' or a degeared arithmetic of the vintage of 1904"
 In other words, this is not substitute for tossing unwanted books into the trash can. This is a contribution to the morale of men who are offering their lives and are suffering privations if not men to donate only such books as we want to clear off the shelves.
 They want the same best-sellers we like to read at home; recent fiction and worthwhile non-fiction says not more than 10 years old; technical books that are really useful - mems books published since 1885.
 The most popular offerings, reports Corporal Forbes (who in civilian life was a museum director and is no novice in this field) are popular westerns, weird and thrilling murder mysteries, light fiction, late novels, technical books of all kinds and the latest current event material"
 The campaign was requested by the Army and the Navy and is sponsored jointly by the American Library Asso- citation, the American Red Cross and the United Service Organizations. Book donations are to be accumulated at every library in the country Thence they will be distributed to camp and naval base and ship libraries to USO centers and Merchant Marine libraries. Don't worry about an overSupply. Any American 'Legionnaire will tell you how far from too many books the camp libraries had in World War I!
 Just give, collect, prod your friends, in hope that the supply may be made somewhere near enough to satisfy the pressing demand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-09
The Colleges Join Up

The nations colleges and universities have been doing good job in aiding the war effort while attempting to edu- cate their students mechanically. Now, under a plan announced jointly by the War and Navy secretaries, selected group oI such institutions is to be mobilized into what might be described as total war effort.
 Contracts will be made with these schools to provide instructions in technical courses prescribed by the Army and Navy to young men in active service, wearing uniforms, paid by the govern ment and under military discipline. The colleges will furnish housing and eating facilities as well as tutelage. Inevitably this is going to interrupt the placid progress of liberal education. As long as these institutions remain training agencies for the fighting services, so long will Latin and Greek, pure logic and philosophical ethics, contemporary eco- monies and the appreciation of literature and art and music be subordinated to the intensely practical sciences. That is unfortunate, but War Secretary Stlm- son has given what seems a completely satisfactory reason: "The immediate necessity is to win this war, and unless we do that there is no hope for liberal education in this country. .. . The neces- sity of limiting QiberaD education in the colleges during this war is very pain full. It has been accepted as necessity" Where totalitarianism controls, there is no liberal education. There is no edu- cation at all in the true sense. There is only propaganda outside the field of the natural sciences.
 The choice, in baldest terms, might well be between two or three years of lib- eral education for few and then in- tellectual slavery for all or the tenn porary partial suspension of the aesthe- tics so that thenceforward truth may be free. Also, getting down to the very practical, there are more than few eco- nolnically weaker colleges which might not be able to survive the war but for the financial support which the military program will give. At least some of these are of high academic caliber, and worth saving. So we can join with MT. Stim- son in the hope and belief that after the war many of todays soldiers will return to school, to become students and eventually leaders in the field of liberal education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-09
HEADLINES
 and HILARITY

What Giraud and DeGaulle need right now is a football referee to give them each 6 coin. and make them shake hands.
 Technically there Is no such thing as pleasure driving any more. It would take a superman to get any pleasure out of driving when he knows that there is cop looking out for him at every intersection.
 New Workers are still wondering whether their schools shut down 10 save fuel oil. or to give the teachers a chance for some shadow.boxing.
 The only trouble with this pay as -you-eo plan Is that there are lot of people who aren't going to so very far.
 Jack Dempsey. who once cons plalned of Q along count, is getting a much shorter one these days from spouse Hannah Williams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-09
Silence Is Golden

Most suspicious criterion of latest trends on the world battlefronts is the German Propaganda Ministry's discreet silence regarding major conflicts. Instead of his usual triumphant bombaSt, Hitler delivered what can be construed only as an alibi, in speaking on New Years Day of things past and things to come. The annual summary of the military Sit uation, usually a feature of the Berlin radio, said laconically: "There are no sur priseS for German leaders and for Ger man troops still standing on the of- fenSive."
 The mention of a German offensive is singularly reminiscent of the football team, penalized Is yards for unnecessary roughnesS on each play. True, the team is still on the offensive, but they are los ing ground. So with the NaZi hordes. They are advancing backward if such paradox be admitted In addition to this, survey has disclosed that the people of Germany are still in the dark over the Russian victory at Velikie-LukI. Goebbels has told them that the town is still in Nazi hands. If it is, those hands are pretty well slnged by this time.
 Nazi leaders have had their troubles dealing with the German people, who are wondering more and more why they ever thought they could do business with Hitler. Reports from war correspondents who have written of their experience (which means every one who ever saw a post card of Germany during the past decade) show that even from the begin ming there was considerable reluctance on Che part of the men on the street to Hitlers policies True, he had be. wltched them for the time being. but even the best magician can do no better than fool the people some Of the time.
 Up to a short time ago Hitler and his adlutants had little reason to suppress or dlstort the communlques from the front. Even bad day usually found the Nazls winding up with a tie. But since the tide has turned, distortions are bee coming the rule rather than the excep- ton, and when distortion Is impossible, the Propaganda Ministry is saddled with lenomlnIous silence. Thus We see proof Of the old adage that silence Is golden ~-for the United Nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-09
QUESTIONS 6 ANSWERS Skim MiIk versus Lime Water

I put some live (uns!aked) lime in a pint of pure water, let ard over night, and then take a table, spoonful of the clear water after meals three times 8 day. Is that too much calcium for frail per- son? (b. G. F.
 Answer-That's the way to pre- pare Lime Water-put a lump Of uns'aked lime about the size of a walnut in two quarts or boi'ed water in an earthen jar or crock. stir thor oughly, allow to settle, pour oil the upper clear fluid-this is Lime water. Usual dose of lime water. as an alkaizing or anti-acid agent, is teespoonful to two or three table spoonfuls. It is often given with or in milk-tablespoonful in small cup or glass of mi'k-to infants or 1 invalids when milk tends to form too large curds or to upset stomach. It is a feeble way to take calcium. You get more calcium in a glass of milk, skim milk or buttermilk than you get in an equal amount of lime water. Tn reference to the function of calcium in nutrition. send s'"np. ed envelope bearing your address, ask for pamphlet "The Calcium Shortage"