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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Opera in War Time
Bv Edward johnson
Genc,al Manager, MeIrohoIlsn Obers A,sOeiatiOn

that il was not a seasoned artist
who was called upon TO sing the
principal role in an extremely
difficult work, but a young
American, who after preliminary
studies in Paris and Milan, had
received her training and prepa-
ration in this country.
Another Metropolitan artist.
American-born and trained, is
Helen Traubel. dramatic soprano
OF ST. Louis, Mo. With the
Wagnerian heroine Brunnhilde
already in her repertory. she is
now being acclaimed for her
presentation of the immortal
Isolde. the first American born
soprano TO sing this role since
Nordica.
This trend or Amer a n
trained singers is eXemplified
also in the recent debut of
James Melton. as Tamino in
Mozart's Magic Flute" Mr..
Melton. well-known TO radio and
concert audiences received his
preparation exclusively in the
United States.
The war has resulted in an
other change in the world of
opera. For many years the
United States was known as An
operate import nation. To-
DAY we are better described as
an operate export nation.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
The Brighter Side
Damon Runyonu"uun"p"''nr"r""s@

and now you tell me 10 20
around sneezlng airplaneS. / ses
/ am surprised to hear my own
wife advise me 10 be crook.
She ses why Joe do you mean
TO say it would be dishonest
to steal an airplane from the
enemy fellows like the boy did
in the picture tonight? Thought /
anything somebody does 10 the
enemy fellows was all right no
matter what.
/ Ses Ethel haven't you al
ways been taught that stealing
is stealing? She ses why GER
tainly but not about airplanes
that belong 10 the enemy
fellows. l thought it would
make you out a hero and then
you would become very famous
Joe.
j Ses we'll sweets the way I
look at it if a guy starts steal
ing airplaneS he will wind up
stealing something real big.
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No Elephants, Baby,
Not on My Kind Of Pay

I seS all right baby ] promise
unless it is to buy you s'me-
thing like an elephant ber1rSe
you know l can't buy elephants
on my salary. Ethel Ses Why
what on earth would ! do NTH
an elephant Joe? They must
eat a terrible lot of food and
everything is rationed nowadays 5;
] SeS never mind Ethel but tell
me what you want me to
promise.
She ses we'll Joe I want you
20 promise If you going to do
something brave to make 1T
stealing an eirnlane from the
enemy fellows like they always
do in the movies
Don't you remember in the
picture tonight how the boy
stole the airplane when the
enemy fellows were not looking
and few away in it to safety.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Stories | Never Wrote
By Glen NeVemm"'n""mmn"nr

I tiptoc TO keep from crunch
ing the gravel of the driveway
don't want TO look up. though
/ know some one is watching
me. So / turn my eyes up
through the screen Of my eye
brows.
The President OF the United
States stands there like any
little Vermont farmer just out
OF bed, silent as always, Ticking
a glance at me. then looking at
the dawn, knowing his boy won't
see another.
A Somehow, to me. that dawn
with his, old-faShioned night
gown and all 49, the grieying
President was a figure OF inn
perishablc greatness and Dig
nifty.
Walter Ninchell u on tour
Of duty outside Continental 4. y.
During his absence, contributors
will SlIhAtitufa-
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Regulations Logical

A good thing to acknowledge
over here is that there is a
sound reason for all regulations.
I have never examined a war
regulation that ! did not find a
logical basis. worked out for the
greatest interest Of the country.
Occasionally. little things get
exceedingly trying. For instance,
lunching at the Savoy the other
day, l asked for hot milk with
my coffee. The waiter said I
couldn't have IL but could have
milk IL I ordered tea. So / had
10 order coffee and tea to get
milk.
1 was determined 10 find out
the why Of this and sent for
every one but the COW. The
waiter said. That's the way IL
is: the maitre d'hotel said,
That's the way IL il" and every
one at the table said. "Oh. there's
some good reason for IL. Any
how. that's the way il is"
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as your pulse and as penetrating
Rs incense.
The scene with his sweetheart
crackles like noiseleSS thunder.
Bat Private MulperOy. Sheu-
In, Glinka, Marion and Corporal
Tate are right IN line ioith QuiSs.
So are Sergeonts Ruby and
hrireH.
Their performances put a price
on What Price Glory. Next in
line are the two playgirls of the
Moonbow Restaurant at Fort
Grace.
Where Fort Grace IL / do not
know. IL Is a military secret
with a southern accent.
But Lii and Sal Bird tell the
audience the facts of life up 10
1S years Of age in a small cam
tonment town.
7 dismiss Mo and Pa West as
good average delineatioHs. They
are capable and authoritative.
The rest Of the cast IS as duthen-
tic as post office stamp.
But the ones mentioned stick
out like feathers on frightened
birds.
They do a terrific job In taking
the sting out OF heart-rending
theme.
II is something more than a
show. Or even more than a lee
ture. II affects you as II the
figures in memorial window
had come to life.
That Just about describes u
both in color and action. Each
scene is engraved on your mind
clearly and sharply.
In no other country with the
exception of England could this
show be presented during times
of national stress and peril.
That Is because IL shows the
reverse of the medal.
But il also shows the courage.
the initiative and the discipline
of the American boy typed by
QUIZ. Mulveroy, Tate and the
others.
IL is IN ttOo acts and IL scenes
dore-tdiled like your Uertebrd.
This show is n must on your
New York trip. And one on
which no ticket speculator can
cheat you. It's worth IL.
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Why, Joe Turp.
You Were JOKING!

Then Ethel stopped me under
a light and stood on her tip
toes and looked me in the eye
and ! couldn't help laughing and
she ses why Joe Turp ! OUGHT
to have known you were .lok-
ing with me all the time. or
course il isn't dishonest t.
steal airplares from TIC EN-
fellows. They do it in ''''
movies righ; aiong but f9r e
minute ] thought you "N.c
serious. I guess you will r,ycr
be serious in Your life Joe and l
guess / am clad Of il too.
! ses we'll you pretty little
girl | promise YOU if I run across
an enemy airplanc that nobody
is watching too close ! will ~'om
il and fly away in II hit y.hat
about tank Ethel? SOS
wouldn't that suit you just as
well? She ses now | know
you are fooling again because
tanks don't fly and now that /
remember the way they have 70
do il in the movies ] don't think
/ want you 10 try 10 steal a
plane either. ! Ses Why Ethel7
She ses because its too danger
Gus Joe.
Yours truly.
Joe Turp.
Copyright, 1853. by KinE Features synd.. In.
Distributed by International News Setvies
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Mr.. Joe Turp writes:
RROOKTNN !

BROOKLYN, Jan. Q
NEAR SIR. the other night I
~ took my wife Ethel TO the
movies and when we were on
the way home she ses Joe YOU
will never know how proud | am
of you in your uniform even if
YOU don't have things on your
shoulders or on your chest. III
bet you are the best looking
soldier in the whole army.
] ses stop kidding me sweets
and she ses ] mean II Joe.
was telling my MONS this mCTn-
ing what swell looking soldier
YOU are. / told her l would bet
you are the best looking soldier
that ever lived
I ses what did she say to that
beautiful? Ethel ses y of
course she ses no that my pops
was but of course she likes my
pops almost as much as | do YOU
but ] want you 10 promise me
one thing Joe.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

7 NEVER wrote this one be-
= cause for a long time ! didn't
think you should tell about see
ing the President of the United
States in his flowing. old-fash-
ioned nightgown II is 1924 On
the second floor OF Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington there
are two rooms. In one. Calvin
Coolidge Jr.. lies dying He had
blistered his foot playing TENNIS.
A fatal infection has set IN. an
infection that the Sulfa drug Of
today would have cured.
In the other room Calvin
Coolidge Sr.. is SlecpleSs II is
dawn. Three Of US. by agree
ment. are representing the en-
tire press on the death watch
! have been awake ~ hours /
have had black coffee every half
hour ] must get out for fresh
air.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

most we can in our daily tasks.
-. 40 :. IL cor
eminent and give il our united
support.
II. To have faith in Almighty
God, that lie will give us the
strength and courage to bring
this war TO a victorious conclu-
sion, and the good judgment and
wise counsel to keep the peace
that is 10 follow.
"5. To keep these resolutions
not only in 1913 but in every
year 20 follow"
Edward j. Winters. Jr. age %.
3065 Roberts ave. Bronx, N. Y.
$1,000 prize)
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

all the better. But eventually
you will learn that "thank
you" always means mo" and
that that's the way it is"
is the only explanation ever
proffered for any existing
condition.
Once here one of the first
things to remember is never
to ask a direct question. This
has some disconcerting in
fluence on the English. 1t
is we'll to lead up to the ques-
tion gently, and, if possible,
irrelevantly.
II you say to someone. Gould
you tell me the way to King
Street?" this direct method i'm
mediately sets off some alarm
reaction in the English system
and your words are echoed with
something approaching hysteria.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Conductor Was Firm

"No, Madam" he said, 'ft will
have to be n man and a woman
because there are already q man
and woman I'm there"
Nothing would change him. I
pointed out that i didn't know
the railroads had a mating sea-
son and he said:
Thank you, Madame" and
continued his search for one
man and one woman both to oc-
cupy berths.
You will have to accept the
fact that in all offices and hotels
when you want TO give informa-
ton you are told as if you were
q moron
"What you want, of course, IL
Inquiries"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
War Time
Resolutions
Ry Elsie Robinson

Will the same old New Year
resolutions serve for 1913? Or
will they have a deeper mean
ing, a wider scope, taller in
spiration than in previous years?
Read these stirring letters from
Young Americans and judge for
yourself.
From 13 year old Dolores
Patricia Letizia of Milwaukee,
Wis. comes this splendid letter.
Dear Elsie Robinson, in my
opinion the best possible resolu-
ton any Young American can
make for the New Year Is the
resolution TO have Faith--faith
in God and faith in our country.
Having faith in God will give
us the courage and strength to
bear any sufferings and trials
that may be imposed upon us by
this war. III will strengthen
those al home as well as those
in arms who are defending our
homes and will keep aglow in our
hearts the hope that victory will
bring 10 all nations an everlast-
ing peace under the guidance Of
our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Faith i'm our country will give
us the courage for uncomplain-
ing self sacrifice and loyalty, as
ii is only through self sacrifice
and hardship now that We can
be assured Of freedom. security
and happiness in the future"
Dolores Patricia LetiZia--Age l3
l947 North Second ST.,
Milwaukee. Wis.
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Where do all the bad stu
dents go and where do all the
good artists come from?
That's irhdt iCe must ask
the PIdywrightS' C0mpOny.
Where an the name OF the
incondeScCnt hinges on the
redhot cellar doors OF
Rddes do they get the mag
nifcent actors an the "Erc
Of 81. Marx
They certainly are not straw
hatterS from the Nantucket
barns or the gesturing epileptics
OF the Little Theater movement.
I once wrote about a dame
who ran the gamut OF human
emotions from A to B.
Go 10 the Cort Theater and
YOU will see real performers
gamutizinG the rest OF the
neglected alphabet.
The shou Is dedicated 70 SIR
oeant Chambers. one Of the FIRST
10 90, one Of the first 10 dc
that tce may keep this earth tor
free men.
I understand that the sergeant
is a nephew of Maxwell Ander-
son. That itself is preamble
for a show that Will sabotage
your heart, diSembowel the warp
and woof of your emotions and
scatter them all over the terrain.
If YOU have a boy In the serv-
Ice IL will smack you between
the eyes like a frOwn wrinkle.
I thought that Maxwell An
derson took a bit Of advantage
of the Liberties and opportunities
of our guaranteed freedom OF
expression. Beautiful as this
show is. il seems TO me that the
sentiments belong in some silent
glade of the great woods or In
clustered cathedral.
However, the public has nc
eepted this shoIo and surely ercrg
one in every audience must haze
relutire in oar armed forces.
There isn't a moment when
Eve of St. Mark isn't going
around an emotional curve. And
some scenes are as beautiful as
rain on jonquils.
The scene where Private QuiZz
West visits his mother Is as vital
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Turn 10 Prayer

Now comes Mrs. Sally jacob
sen, of Casper, Wyo.. with plea
for Faitr, but her letter has
more personal application than
some.
Dear Elsie Robinson: I have
n husband and brother in the
Army. so In my opinion the best
possible resolution for the New
Year is TO have Faith-Faith
that the loved ones who are
fighting for us will return at
the wars end.
Il resolve 10 pray anew every
day for their safety, and to be-
lieve nothing but that they will
come back.
"If they should not--and none
OF us car erase this fear from
our minds-I resolve to bear il as
courageOuSly as other mothers,
wives and sisters have already
shown they can.
Il will pray and have faith
for my two children as we'll as
myself, They're very young and
cannot comprehend war. They
only know their father Is far
away and will be back home
some day, 10 romp and play with
them as he did before. They
know he'll return, because he
promised them so II they can
have such faith. so can T."
Mrs. Sally jacobsen. aqe %,
Gal Cy ave, Casper. Wyo.
$3.50 prize)
Distributed by King Features ~ Indicate. tn'
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To aid the War Effort Is the
most important resolve in the
mind Of Edward j. Winters, Jr.,
OF Bronx, N. Y.
with our nation engaged in a
glObal war. IL is the duty of every
American, both young and old.
10 do their utmost 10 aid the war
effort. Therefore let Us resolve:
II. To keep ourselves mental
Iy. morally and physically strong.
80. To put forth every effort
10 do the best we can and tho
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Forget
Jitterbu&

ages, food shortages and other
things that We should willingly
sacrifice TO our boys in the
armed services. / will be good
natured and take things as they
come. I will volunteer my serv-
ices in any war work for which
/ am fitted. I will lift my head
in pride and say, I have a broth
er or a son or a friend or a
sweetheart in the service -
they've got TO win this war and
I'm going TO help them do it, "
Margaret Jean Abraham. age II
sos Mt. Pleasant St, Green's
burg, Pa.
$3.50 priZe.)
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on the glass partition and
shouted: Quiet! I'll do the
singing" and forthwith did. Very
good. too.
On the tour with Mrs. Roose-
welt l discovered a very odd
custom on the train coming
down from Edinburgh to Lon
don. The trains are all jammed
with people standing all night
there were six or seven OF us in
one carriage and it being an all
night journey we were all pretty
weary at 2 a. m. when the con-
ductor came in and announced:
'In n third class carriage 1
have two berths-but they are
for a man and woman"
l explained 10 the conductor
that this apportioning was not
feasible as we were merely Co
workers and not a group OF
married people.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
DO Your Bit

HELP WIN THE WAR is the
slogan of Margaret Jean Abra-
ham. of GreenSburg. Pa.
II Feel that IL every American
would take this war seriously"
writes Margaret. Victory would
be ours sooner. Therefore I sug-
gcSt this resolution for tho COM
ing New Year:
Resolved: TO HELP WIN
THE WAR. How? BY buying
more stamps and bonds. by not
ErumbliHg over such trivial mat
ters as gas rationing. tire short
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
System Battling

Now when I want the time, I
start Off with a little anecdote
about my dog and before l
know ii / have my information.
To an alien the English sys-
tenn of giving street directions is
very battling. No one ever says
St. James Square is in any
specific direction-here you are
told, Its at the bottom" the
other direction being. The top
The first direction conveys
the idea the Square has been
submerged; the second that it's
a pretty elegant neighborhood.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
An Airplane Theft
I'm Surprised, Hon

scS whats the idea Of
wanting TO make an airplane
thief out of me Ethel? i seS
YOU know / have been as honest
as the day is long all my life
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
English Customs
Are Like That
rBy Dixie Tighem III
LONDON, Jan. Q (INs).

IRON the number of Americans England only
be before the entire population Of the United
States will be with
In view of this imminent invasion woould like TO pass
along few suggestions how to get along here
of the first things to do is to arrange series OF
English lessons you them before you
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

Arthur Bugs Baer~

Distributed BY KIN synd,
n oBERT LOUIS STEVENSON fed from the screwballs of
N the Left Bank with riddle that would have made the
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10
Aid War Effort

tSl000 prize
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

Where do all the bad stu
dents go and where do all the
good artists come from? ?
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

Co 10 the Cort Theater and
YOU will see real performers
ramutizing the rest Of the
neglected alphabet.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-10

The scene with his sweetheart
crackles like noiSeleSS thunder.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-27

ter. With hundreds of thousands-yes millions--ot
Americans induging this of outdoor exercise
during the months ahead, the acreage they will
amazing.
OF course growing garden isn't all play; it does
take that little ratio of work mentioned above-or
perhaps slightly more. skill and planning, too
are required. Your seeds and plants cannot be too
closely placed; they must have reasonable amount
of water and sunshine; they must be kept free of
weeds and the ground about them must be reason
ably rich kept soft and "growable"
If, in planting your garden you will remember
these things-and if you won't give out when warm
days arrivethen you'll find the task to be as pleas
ant you've tackled.
At least that's the way we always feel about it
time.
All persons interested in the subject secure
information concerning available plots and other
matters from Fred Geeslin of the Alaska office of
Indian Affairs.
Deputy War Savings Administrator Fred Aver,
and Miss Estella Draper, Secretary to the Governor
can supply interested parties with information con-
corning the threats of porcupines and cut worms
after an unfortunate but informative tusse with the
creatures last year.
According to dispatch from the States, just
properly but is supposed to discourage weeds grow
ing in the rows which shows that scientific Amer
lea already is hard at work the search for RENE
dies to many a perplexing problem facing our Vic
tory Gardeners.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-27
VICTORY GARDENS

Down in the States these days while Juneau
waits for that white stuff to disappear, the subur-
ban tiers of the soil beginning to bestir them
selves They're stirring with more energy than here
tofore due to matter called point rationing.
Garden clubs being formed in all parts of
the States. Down there they get the jump on us as
far as the season concerned But up here the plants
work overtime come the lengthy days that really
count
In spite of the fact that rationing seems far off
to Alaskans we would do well to get the Victory
Garden habit this year Not only can we increase
the family food supply of hard to get items, but it's
a chance to take little recreation work.
For gardening-as any gardener will tell YOU
is five percent work and IS percent pleasure. We
may be stretching those figures bit but you'll get
the idea The thrill that from seeing things
grow from seed you, yourself, have planted in
grounds you have prepared, is fundamental thing,
pleasing and soul-strring And the pleasure that
comes from eating those same garden products is
Just as deep-seated, perhaps it is more SO, for
deed It's not to be compared with the puny gas
tronomc demands of the fellow whose only exercise
comes in his walk from his office to the elevator
cab.
Victory gardens produce a surprisingly
amount of vegetables. We know several individuals
quite enough potatoes BEANS beets carrots peas and
turnips to fill their table during the summer and
fall and their storage bins during the fall and Win
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-27

in the ports of the United States
Norwegians, Chinese, Yugoslavs--
the seamen of practically all the
United Nations are getting fed up
with three and half years of
sailing and sinking, and yield to
the temptation of safer and more
profitable jobs in this country.
A great British steamer name
censorable) put in at New York
recently, preparing to sail with
troops But her sailing was jeopar-
died by the sudden action of the
Chinese cooks and stewards who
"beached it, because they had had
enough.
A Yugoslav steamer name cen
SCRABBLE, was due to sail from New
York when eleven crew members
staged shutdown strike, demand
ing shore leave. War Shipping Ad-
ministratiorf appealed to Immigra-
ton Service, but that agency de-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-27

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR s:
According to certain astrologers the
Second World War has as its main
underlying purpose the shattering
of existing conditions which have
evolved in the last two thousand
years. What might have been real
civilization has been thwarted by
evil forces ruled by greed and dom
mated by. material ambitions. AS
the influence of Aquarius is feit
the nations of the world should
emerge from the horrors OF war to
establish liberty, equality and jus
tice. Since the influence of Aquarius
is scientific, humanitarian and
idealistic, the universal brotherhood
will probably be recognized.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury Of a year of advance
ment in whatever vocation is cho-
sen. Gain through travel is fore
told for men in the Service.
Children born. on this day pro-
baby will be highly intelligent, am
bilious and industrious. Magnetic
personalities will prove assets to
boys and girls.
Copyright, l943)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-27
20 YEARS AGO f {yfn EMPIRE
MARCH 81, 1923

MARCH 81 1923
Simpson Queen having
spent Seattle the time he
away he spent a hospital in Portland.
Bernhard died
the
occurred
years
worlds greatest actress"
W. of
Skagway Vincent Muvhl the C. p
Mary port
way south for a trip
visit Douglas Senator Karl Thele
of the the island
invited to attend the reception to be held March 80
Manager of Young Company business,
had taken apartments at the Gasneau Hotel
S George D had beena
Provident Philadelphia heir the
distant relative which approximately 100000
Beaumont
leaving Juneau the for Ketckan business
D. position
duties the brokerage
firm Boutwell, and Allen Mr. Boutwell,
Henry former
Sanitary the Admiral
Rogers
outstanding social affairs
Star be given
April Elks'
birthday previous
afternoon when his little friends
entertained the home of his Turner
a temperature a mini
mum of So