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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
ON THE SIDE By T. Y. During

Be thou the roinbolo to the storms of life
The erening beam that smiles the clouds
array,
And tHtS tomorrow NTH prophetic rag!
Byron.
(Above was Byron's idea as to what
wife should be to her husband. Euripides
said: MANS best possession is sympathetic
wife" l have quoted both these observations
before but am quoting them again in honor
of the wedding anniversary in our house,
IN 1881 Winston Churchill narrowly escaped
i death in a traffic accident in New York
City. Mr.. Churchill while on the way TO the
home of his friend, Bernard Baruch forgot
the New York traffic moves in the opposite
direction TO the London traffic. He stepped
off the curb into the path of an automobile
and was so seriously injured he had to be
rushed 10 the Lenox Hill Hospital. On re-
covering consciousness the first thing he said
was: Tell the police not TO hold the driver;
it was all my fault During his convalescent
period Mr. Churchill wrote an article titled
How 1t Feels 10 Be Hit BY Motor Car"
which he sold TO newspaper syndicate. The
money received for the article was much more
than enough to pay all the Churchill hospital
and doctor bills
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Not Even a Glance

The scene wasn't very much
after all. The two girls left.
The wife sat down with the two
aircraft men and talked vigor-
ouSly Finally the three left to-
Ccthcr-and the erring husband
never glanced in the direction Of
ArthurS table.
Not a real blow had been
struck. a promising situation
had come 10 a dull ending. Like
so many Of Arthur'S pictures. go.
The following evening, when
Arthur returned home from the
studio, his wife didn't waste any
time at all.
II found IL. Arthur" she said
quietly, land YOU know what il
means. I'm suing you for di-
vorce Immediately"
Arthur attempted to stam-
mer his innocence.
Wait. honey" he cried That
slip Of paper was handed 10 me
by my friend last night. Don't
YOU remember-
Her interruption was a laugh.
And what a nasty laugh!
II remember everything" she
said. And just TO refresh your
memory a little. there's a note
on this slip Of paper in addition
To the name and address. Il
think the world Of YOU. sweetie
pie II says. Don't forget to
CALI" She Glared at him.
"Sweetie pie, eh ."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Smiles Suddenly

As Arthur sat toying with his
menu. he suddenly smiled For.
walking through the doors were
two San Diego aircraft men
whom he knew intimately. And
with them, although both were
married, we're two girls whom
Arthur had never seen before.
Arthur didn't rise and greet
his friends. There was a slight
gesture of recognition, but no
more. Arthur knew the Jacket.
He had been through IL plenty
of. times himself.
The evening NOV Ell along
The two aircraft officials were
dining smoothly with their at
tractive companions. Everything
seemed TO be going nicely-hut
il was only the calm before the
explosion Into the room
stepped the wife of one Of the
aircraft men. And on hey face
was a look that would chill the
blood of a Boris KarlOff.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Got Scotland Yard

FINALLY, with great reiuc-
Il lance, the manager contacted
Scotland Yard-and the typical
Scotland Yarder made his APP
pearanee-beWfeF- -faedesti Y
checked vest, an umbrella crooked
over his arm. lie made his in
quiries. took notes, bowed 10
Jesse and Eve and murmured:
You viii hear from me shortly"
Aren't they wonderful" eX-
claimed Block enthusiastically.
$50 Calm-so efficient. Eve,
don't give II another thought
now. Before our next show.
well hear from him, can bet"
Block was right. Forty min
utes later. he was summoned 10
the telephone. The Scotland
Yard man was calling. Jordan
Scotland Yard, y'know." he an
nounced. Il Sye, old friend.
would you be kind enough 10
look around your dressing room
agyne7 ! cawn't seem 70 find
my umbrella,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21

10 lose track Of mine. Keep it
for me. Call you tomorrow.
Thanks loads. Here she is. on,
Lord"
Arthur placed the slip in his
pocket and returned 10 his table.
His wife regarded him quizzi-
cally.
Just one Of the boys getting
caught" Arthur explained a bit
nerVouSly. you know how II is"
Marjorie nodded grImly.
Yes" she said. Indeed l do
know how il Is"
Arthur said nothing. which
was a smart move on his part.
Marjorie turned around 10 watch
the ensuing scene. Evidently
she had not seen the other man
hand Arthur the slip of paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Tall VS.. Short Women

UVXHY continue the argument as to the
w relative merits of tall and short
women" writes young woman of Manhattan
who says her height is 4 feet 10 inches. mo
argument Is necessary. Take look at the
record which will settle the discussion inn
mediately. Cleopatra, Nell Gwynne, Du Barry,
Queen Victoria, Joan of Arc, Molly Pitcher,
Mary Pickford and hundreds of others ac-
cOmplished and lovable women were cute little
tricks. Eighty-seven per cent of the cele-
brated women of all time were under feet
inches in height My theory is that when
girl becomes tall or Overgrown the strain
on the body weakens the brain. I have
noticed the taller girls are, the dumber they
are"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21

4 RTHUR-Real name deliber-
n ately changed is a motion
picture actor He's not a star
but YOU know him Well As a
popular leading player I'd say
ne was about IS, give or take "A
couple OF years. You'd come
closer giving, however, than
taking.
Our friend had been married
eight years. Ills wife, A nom
professional. was well Xix @ q
around Hollywood - and when
the ceremony took place. even
the gossip coiumniStS approved.
Everybody predicted great hap
pineSs for TINS charming couple.
And that's exactly what Ar
thur and his wife onjoyed-untll
Arthur began 10 stray
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
A MARK HE[[|NCER SHORT STORY


Arthur, but there's limit 10
the things that even can
stand. I'm giving you your last
chance. You will either change
your wayS-or we're through"
Arthur was the last word in
pictures OF downcaSt husbands.
lie gave a performance better
than anything he has ever done
on the screen, before or since.
Dearest" he replied, II give
YOU my sacred word of honor
that, from this moment on. I
am through with other women.
II ever do another wrong
thing ! want you 10 divorce me.
And with that As possible
punishment / cannot go wrong.
I'm going TO be decent, Mar
iorie. Because l honestly do
love YOU"
Strangely enough. on this oc-
CaSion Arthur actually meant
every word he said And 10
make the StrangencSs a little
more complete nc really kept
his word He ran away from
other women.
HWell. let's not 90 too far.
Let's say he walked away
Some six months later Arthur
and his wife were sitting IN the
main dining room Of a Holly
wood hotel. II had been six
months Of happiness for both
of them. In fact. Arthur was so
attentive that no one would ever
dream that Marjorie was his
tH.LIA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Back TO New York
GGI AM very fond Of goulash,


conceded Todd.
a pert Irish girl waited impa-
tiently for them 10 give their
order. Spaghetti and meat balls
was the special on the predoml-
nanuy Italian menu.
Il thought" said Todd "you
told me this was a Hungarian
place"
walt until you sec the owner"
explained Saroyan.
Saroyan asked the girl 10 tell
the boss 10 come over. a few
minutes later a genial, rotund
Swede came TO their table He
and the playwright discussed
baseball. the wine grapes of
California and the quality Of
Dayton's faucet water.
"How's your goulash today 9"
inquired Todd, politely.
TRY the spaghetti and meat
balls" suggested the beaming
Swedish proprietor. "Or maybe
you like hicken cacciatore,
hey
You see what I mean" said
Saroyan, as they left the Hun
garian" restaurant. several hours
later. Its My Country IT'S Of
Thee it's people praying on
their knees in the open fields at
shutdown. II you're here tomor-
row. I've got a real little Arme-
nian place I want YOU 10 take In
with me. There's a fellow there
who plays the Jews harp like It
was StradivariuS violin"
Todd took the next train back
10 New York.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Invited TO Dine

WHEN Mike Todd went 10 Day
w ton, O., 10 discuss production
plan for Get Away Old Man
with William Saroyan. the play
wright soldier invited him 10
come with him and his bride
Carol Marcus, 70 "A quaint little
Hungarian restaurant he had dis
covered
Nothing fancy" he assured
Todd. "Simple food--and simple
people. The food Is honest like
the man who owns 10 and the
girls who serve il. It's the spirit
Of the nation-its the American
flag in cotton bunting with no
fancy trimmings. It's % Say Can
You See and God Bless Amer
tea"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21

in the same state is called the Whirlaway
market 1t would seem the owners of the
two noble animals whose names are being so
used would strongly protest about it .
Katharine Hepburn has a Swiss.clock that
will run without winding for 400 years
A jest my grandfather told me follows: "A
goat, being shipped West, ate up his express
ticket on which his destination was marked.
Said Negro helper to the office manager:
BOSS, what we gwine to do about dat billy
goat? He's done ct up where he's gwnel"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Sherlock Holmes Lauqh

Jesse BLOCK, the vaudevil-
% Ian, is a Sherlock Holmes
apostle, an admirer of J. Edgar
Hoover, and devotee OF dctee-
tive thriiIerS bat he eonfcsses he
Is not overly impressed with
Scotland Yard. Years ago, when
he and Eve Sully had an engage
ment at the Palladium in Lon
don. Eve discovered that during
their turn on the stage, the
dressing room had been invaded
and most Of her possessions
thefted. Jesse was all for call
ing the pollce-much TO the con-
SternatiOn OF the management
which insisted there was no Dig
nifty to such a procedure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
THE REALM
OF BOOKS
By BENJAMIN DeCASSEReS
CUTOKIO RECORD"-The con-

OTNOKIO RECORD"-The con-
l. scientious, first-class news
paper man must be two beings.
He, of course, must be himself,
that is, a man of personal pas
sions, opinions and angles Of
character like the rest of us.
But he must also be a cool, inn
personal, passionless recording
machine. He REPORTS. lie is
a reporter.
And TO live up TO those two
.meaty words often requires the
same amount of will and talent
that it requires 20 be a great
actor. In word, he must know
how to separate his brain, his
eyes and his ears from his heart
while he's ION the job"
Therefore. Otto D. Tolisehus'
Toxic Record" (Reynal e.
Hitchcock, written in a cool,
impersonal diarylike style, is one
OF the best books that has come
TO me on the Pacific war area.
1t begins on Jan. "a, 1871, when
Tolischus passed through the
Golden Gate on his way TO Toxic
as correspondent for the New
York and London Times. 1t ends
in these days.
Tolischus was imprisoned and
tortured. This is sometimes
written as if he were writing
about some one else. The news
paper mind triumphant!
Striking comparisons are made
between the "Nips" and the
Nazis. The Japs knew all the
tricks of international double
dealing and all the technique Of
mass and personal torture long
before Germany was born. The
chapters devoted 10 the folk
lore. the mythology and the
everyday habits of these island
savages are among the most fas-
Cinatlng in the book.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
NEW YORK
CAVA[CADE
By LOUIS SOBOu

by THIS time, it is no secret
ID that the town has gone
overheard for Helen Hayes in
her Interpretation of the Har-
riet BeeCher Stowe role in the
play Harriet" by Florence
Ryerson and Colin Clements.
Most Of the critics blew their
tops in enthusiastic reviews
nd rightly so.
There is something Of a
artbreak. though, for one
oman. Her husband, Forrest
'ilson spent more than two
naTS in intensive research and
study in preparation for the
writing Of the biography Of the
cru9ading author. lie spent an
other year in the actual labor
the finished product, CRUSADER
i'm Crinoline' capturing he
Pulitzer prize, Having COM
pleted the book, he started TO
write the play based on the
same mdteTIaf-and was nego-
tiating with Hollywood for the
sale of the film rightS-when he
died suddenly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Communistic Bees

"T'HEIRS Is the oldest civil
L ization known, going back
over l00,000,000 years, too.
Fossil records seem TO indicate
that 1t has changed little since
then. II operates under a gov
eminent without an executive
head; a communist government.
a tribal Soviet whose $4,000 and
more citizens are offspring of
one mother and father.
This state. is self-perpetu-
ating system based on a re-
peating One-year plan so we'll
calculated. so unimprovable that
II has nothing TO learn and
nothing 10 forget"
That brings up the question
as 10 whether the bees and ants
Cthe latter are also among the
first communist totaltarian
''muggerSD are really the mar
velouS beings that MaeterlinCk,
Fabre and even Darwin try 10
make us believe. Looking at
them from a purely mechaniCdi
standpoint, they are undeniably
astounding But are they any
thing but robots? The principle
Of progress (even of evolutionD
seems totally unknown to them.
They are the last thing IN
social consciousness" 1 grant
YOU. But at the expense Of all
individualiSm and all iutelli-
gence, for l fatty deny that the
ant and the bee are intelligent.
They are merely the product Of
millions Of years Of instructive
physical reactions - automatic
idiots.
A good book. Don't miss -
If YOU are a nature-lover.
Copyright. 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
We re THROUGH

II told you six months ago,
Arthur, that your next ofTense
would be your last. I meant
what l said. And don't tell me
you'll call your friend and have
him prove you held the note for
him. With YOU cheats, one is
as bad as the next"
Were through Arthur"
Today Arthur is broken
hearted. His wife divorced him
in Reno. He SwearS fervently
that he'll never help another pal.
But, he points out, isn't ii all
Just like a woman? -Four times.
when he WAS wrong, she fergsve
him. And when he did nothing
she divorced him!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Sings Cuccu, Cuccu

NOW That We Have 10 Walk. ="
" Spring is icumen in. sing
Cuccu, cuccu, cuccu-and all that
sort of thing. But now that we
have lost the use of cur cars we
can be doing other things this
spring and summer than singing
cuccu. AS Raymond Tiff Fuller
so wisely remarks in his book,
Now That We Have TO Walk
CDutton). we will have m o r @
time TO study on shank's mare
the doings of the ant. the bee,
the snakes and the dear, little,
flosSy, roly-poly skunk.
Mr.. Fuller has a genial, ia
miiiar style. He loves the out
of-doors. He sings cuccu, cuCCu
from morn till eve, and so infec-
tious is his style and his bally-
hooing for the open road that
many of his readers also Will
be singing Cuccu, Cuccu before
they've reached page so.
But to change the song from
cuccu. cuccu 10 buzz-buzz. here's
something that Mr.. Fuller has
10 say about bees which VIII
show you how absolutely I'M
American in principle these in
SeCtS are:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Kaufman-Hart Duet

ON THE night Lady in the
~ Dark reopened the Lambs
Club was throwing a minor brawl
in honor OF George s. kaufman
and Moss Hart. Hart told his
occasional writing partner that
he might be delayed-he wanted
20 sec Gertrude Lawrence after
the show. Well, how long viii
that take >" demanded Kaufman.
You see her YOU talk 10 her and
in j. minutes you ought 20 be
back here ... II all depends.
replied Hart 'on how many line
UP ahead Of me 20 kiss her foot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Leaps to His Feet

Arthur leaped 10 his feet to
warn the unsuspecting husband.
As he did so the husband saw
her. He jumped from his chair.
dug his hand in his pocket. and
handed Arthur a slip Of paper.
Keep II for me. Arthur" he
hrcathed. Its the name and adj
dress OF the dame I'm with.
Here comes my wife and there's
gonna he a scene. The girls will
probably blow and I don't want
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Dirty for What Show?

BLANCHE RING. You know Blanche in
ID PRODUCED the dtty "She Had Rings On
Her Fingers and Bells On Her Toes but
what was the name of the show she introduced
it in? l don't know either, but will join in
the guessing \ will say il vas in The
Merry Widow and the Devil" a burlesque pro-
duced by Joe Weber =. Marcia Mae Jones.
Cinema cutie. Daughter of Billy Jones, vet.
eran press telegrapher. When Marcia re-
ceived her first film offer Billy said II know
you are going to be a success. All ask is
that you do not discard Jones for some fancy
professional name. Jones is a grand old name.
IL will look good in lights"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Must Get Low-down

TT IS certain-and ToliSchus'
Il book is again proof of it
that we cannot hereafter Judge
any people or government by
notes, diplomatic assurances, "
the palaver of slick-tongued am
basSadoTs or solemn aSsur-
anceS."
We must have a department
at Washington of international
psychology How have SUCH
and-such a people acted and re-
acted for 1000 years? What
sort of record have they got?
In other words. the mealy-
mouthed language of the higher
ups do not count. It's the low
down we must get-or else more
Pearl Harbors.
Toxic Record Is not only a
great newspaper story but it's a
master-wcrk of racial eXcava-
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Man o War Market

A NEW JERSEY market specializing in the
~ sale of horse meat is called the Man o
War market. Another horse meat emporium
Evening star., 1943-02-14

plies are distributed by the sabotage organi-
cations among the families of men who have
died for their cause or have been jailed or
sent as forced laborers into Germany.
Food bonuses have been awarded for sue
cessful acts OF sabotage.
In Serbia the young guerrilla fighters are
assured that their families will get food sup
plies even if they do not come back.
Organized sabotage has caused break
down in the Czechoslovak food system
Agricultural production in Bohemia has
fallen 40 per cent and 'famine-hghting
crops" potatoes and sugar beet are COL
lected by the agents of the sabotage food
units in the same fashion as by Nazi agents.
The effect of the new sabotage activities
on strained Nazi nerves can already be felt.
Once the Germans fondly considered food
weapon of subjugation." Now they are
horrifed to see food become a weapon of
sabotage" There are no statistics about the
amount of foodstuffs diverted from the
Nazis by underground units. But it can't
be an accident that the food problem is
playing an increasing role in the speeches of
German leaders ever since Hitler and Goer-
ing blamed the weather, the crop failure
and the Russian campaign for temporary
hardship"
Evening star., 1943-02-14
Disappearance

IT WAS no accident either that Food and
Agriculture Minister DR.. Dare was forced
to take a sudden leave of absence; that
the contents of grain elevators in Belgium
and Holland began to disappear; that the
refrigeration system of large Berlin ware
house broke down; that the underground
newspapers carry more and more dispatches
about food sabotage.
Recent reports from Germany tell of
disorders in the northern and western part
of the country, following RAF raids on in
dustrial centers The disruption of Conmu-
nications and the Nazi inability to furnish
adequate food supplies have led to clashes
between demonstrating workers and Ges-
tapo troops The German military machine
won't break up solely for the lack of food;
but the occupied countries are nearly ex-
hausted by plunder, and burned Ukraine
wheatfields have yet to yield the bread
Hitler counted on getting from them.
There are good many people in Ger
many who well remember October, 1918,
when German sailors in Hamburg started to
mutiny because their food rations were
drastically cut down - the beginning of
Germany's collapse Food, the most primi-
tive weapon of all, is again threatening to
soften up the German home front. 1t has
become secret sabotage weapon against
the Nazis Its full effects will be seen when
the Allied invasion of the Continent gets
under way
The End
Evening star., 1943-02-14

of temporary transportation difficulties
or military necessities. There are all types
of black dealers: small retail merchants sell
ing illegal extra-supplies under the coun-
ter" at profits running from 100 to l,0OO
per cent; counterfeiters who print and sell
ration cards for every purpose and place;
bie-time racketeers diverting whole tram
loads of foodstuffs, collaborating with cor
rupt Nazi leaders to loot Party warehouses.
The gangs have their own trucks, farms,
silos, storehouses, even slaughterhouses.
The Black Markets operate with the
knowledge of corrupt Gestapo officials VINO
now and then arrest few dealers in order
to save their own faces; but in the mean
time they send their wives to the Markets
for real leather shoes, perfume and stock
ings. whole milk and fresh fruits. They do
not mind the fantastic prices What money
for? Tomorrow it may be worthless.
So far so good. But several months
ago a new situation began to develop on
the German food front. Cermany's
food policy gradually turned into a
giant boomerang. The Nazis had made
a grave psychological mistake - one
that in the long run may prove periious.
The Nazis msjudged the psychological
effects that starvation might have on the
subjugated people. The starving nations
were not driven into apathy. Their spirit
of resistance was not broken. They knew
there had been plenty Of food before the
Germans came and they knew where 1t was
going. Underground leaders began to ask,
"Why shouldn't we beat them with their
own weapon" Late in the fall, food began
to vanish from German army trucks during
blackouts Supply trains were derailed and
goods disappeared. Sealed freight cars
arrived half-empty. Flour sacks for army
bakeries contained sand Mysterious hands
put small stones into KndckWurst
UnspectAcular
/ HE underground food campaign has not
been talked about or written about very
much. for it is less spectacular than blown
up oil tanks and industrial sabotage. But
Is ItdI GVlUSi1lC tlIdl ttlC lODt-SdLOldSC
campaign is well-organized one, directed
from several central points. In Yugoslavia.
bands of partisans rob German supply
trains 1t is estimated that Dutch farmers
in the Brabant province have withheld so
per cent of the last harvest. In Paris, hun
dreds of food dealers have been deported.
The underground food operators are not
mere racketeers. They work for liberty and
a better Europe, like all other underground
workers on the enslaved Continent They,
too. try to kill two birds with one stone,
They take away food from the Nazis; at
the same time, they distribute it among
their starving countrymen,
In France, Poland and Holland these sup
Evening star., 1943-02-14
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