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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Guest Speakers

Guest speakers were Miss
Emile Sargent, Mrs. Lulu
Blaine, Miss Thelma Scratch
and Miss Grace Ross, all Of
whom are members of the
Michigan Nursing Council for
War Service.
Miss Sargent outlined the
work done by the council since
its inception nearly two years
ago. In June the government
authorized assistance for the
work by the establishment of
the nursing division in the pro-
curement and ignm en-
service of the War Manpower
Commission and -of-the- I, $,
Cadet Nurse Corps.
Both of these agencies aid in
achieving the student nurse
quotas set by the government
and in the placing of graduate
nurses in the positions on the
home front and in the military
services where they are needed
most.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
J. R. Marshalls
Honor SIS

DIR. AND MRS. JAMES r.
MARSHALL of Lincoln road
are entertaining at a number Of
small parties for their house
guest. Mrs. Jack Mallen of
Marblehead, Mass, and young
daughter, Judy
They recently gave a barbe-
cue supper party IN their
gardens
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Harvest Hop
Set for Saturday

TIE DETROIT chapter Of
Phi Tau Epsilon sorority will
hold It's annual Harvest Hop"
Saturday in Harmonic Hall.
Miss Adele Steiner is general
chairman of the party.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
louise May Tower Wed

THE GEORGE TOWARS of Ogunqut Me-. formerly
Of Crosse Ponte have out announcements received
in Detroit this week the marriage Of daughter
Louise Msy...to 1t (jg) Howard Walbridge Mullen.
Aug. o..
1t Mullen son Of Edwin s Mullen Of Good, Will
Kent Conn. and Of Mrs A R. Diese Of New York.
The wedding took place at St. Pesersby the.sea
Ogunquit. go.
MaIgare. Toaar was her SISTERS only attendant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23

Harve L. Smith, 1t. and Mrs. L.
j. De Roster. 1t. and Mrs. Ar
thur II. Bowyer, 1t. Catherine
Hubbard and Master Sgt. Lila
NIallanCourt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Mrs. Melville Stops In

MRS. DONALD MELVILLE. president Of the senior
group dashing in a brown suit chartreuse blouse and
small poston hat of brown felt trimmed with chartreuse
and rustcolored feathers stopped in for few minutes
after luncheon. e..
She told of the need for more members 80.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
| n N syfsiir
WIN

MEMBERS or the Junior symphony Association, this
season. TO be extremely busy girls
A. the moment. they have embarked intensive
ticket selling campaign which given impetus t'the
first luncheon meeting of the yesterday
-. in the DAG.
Each member was handed quota of contacts to make
among former symphony subscribers who have not yet
reserved season tickets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Guests at Reception

SQUADRON LEADER HAROLD HARTMAN BOOTH and
Mrs Booth Of Ottawa. formerly of Crosse Pointe
guests the other day at formal reception given Yugo-
slav legation Ottawa by Dr. Isadore Cankar Yugoslav
minister TO Canada. and Mrs. Caukar. -.
Diplomats and high ranking army, navy and air force
officers. full dress uniforms and social leaders
entertained at this coloru function which marked the
opening Of the season..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Future Of Schools

A brief glimpse into the fut-
ture Of nursing schools was
given by Miss Ross, president
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Higbie Dinner Party

MRS BUTLER HGBIE is giving a small dinner party
his evening. ..t0r her Freddie who will report
next Tuesday. for training in naval aviation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Raise Morale in Camps

THE ASSOCIATIONS next project. when the ticket
selling job is of the way. 1T is expected will be the
raising funds supply these musical instruments and
records which Mrs Hgbe said important in rails
ing the morale of the boys in camp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Miss Fisher in New York

FRANCES FISHER, daughter of the Alfred j. Fishers
is in New York visiting Joyce Carroll former
classmate AT Marymount School.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Mrs. Boyer Goes East

MRS. HAROLD RAYMOND BOYER is leaving. =. to
spend few days in Virginia Hot Springs and Washington
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
|. |. Smart Jr. Moving

MIR. AND MRS. LEWIS L.
SMART JR. are moving from
Ncff road Crosse Pointe, to
their new home in Harvard
road.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Mrs. Pool in Charge

THE YOUNG president. Mrs. Edison Pool who
apparently efficient she is attractive presided for
the first time.
Wearing lightweight Igaal-ene piece dFess1r
in aquamarine shade. accented with luggage tan.
-ARd-r-PereAod in her pompadour was tiny bright
red bird with spreading wings.
Mrs Pool stressed the necessity Of supporting the oches
ira during this crucial year" ...,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23

Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one OF many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-23
Requests for Instruments

MRS. BUTLER HGBIE chairman Of the Detroit
council of the Red Cross camp and hospital service who
guest of honor invited tell the group about the
requests which had been made for records sheet music
for orchestras. and musical Instruments
I'VE have received many requests for musical instruments
from different posts" said Mrs. Higbe.
"A post have authorized army band unless il
has 1000 the government does not furnish
the instruments for a smaller complement of men
Camp River Rouge has pretty good band but not
large enough
THE band at Willow Run lacks trumpet and alto
saXaphone
"One large request has come from camp
Evening star., 1943-04-10
A Lost Opportunity
From the Winnipeg Free Press:

from tne winnipeg Free Press.
Looking back over the past few years
it is apparent that Canada missed a
great opportunity when the question of
ferrying bombers across the Atlantic
came up practically for the first time.
Looking back it is easy to see that what
we should have said was that we would
be glad to take over the job ourselves.
Canadian bases had to be used for the
ferry. There was no reason at all why
Canada should not have taken over an
operation which, we can now see, is
developing into gigantic and perma-
nent world function. Transocean and
transpolar air traffic must use Canada
and its northern bases What steps are
being taken by us to safeguard this
national asset? The question is not
an academic one. 1t is eminently prac-
tical and important. What is happening
is that we are in wartime handing over
rights which in all probability we can
never get back. This is badly put, but
1t Is in essence true, and looked at
properly it need not be bad thing.
A postwar world based upon narrow and
rigid concepts of national rights is un-
thinkable. But it is essential that, in
giving up these rights, we demand a quid
pro quo; and what we should demand is
that global air traffic should be properly
internationalized, that some scheme
should be devised which will open the
way to all nations sharing fairly in this
most important development.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Return Engagement

That grand old minstrel" as VIM
ston Churchill called him, is "doin'
1t agin." Americans who served over
seas in the First World War remem-
ber him very we'll indeed, singing to
the soldiers She's My Daisy"
He carried his rollicking, whimsical
music so near to the front in France
that the Heinies could hear-and
applaud-him in their trenches. His
only son was killed in battle, his
wife died, the King who knighted
him and many other beloved friends
went to their reward A niece took
care of his big house" near Glasgow
for him. The years passed, and he
waited-for the work no other man
could do so we'll in this present
struggle.
His genius is peculiar. Born at
Portobello on August 4, 1870, he says
in who's Who" that he was educated
''by Stumpy Bell as a half-timer in
Arbroath" and that his career was
varied" including labor in a flax
spinning mill, then a miner, now is
what the people have made him."
The best investment he ever made,
he still declares, was the seven Shil-
lings and sixpence he paid for his
marriage license He was 30 years
of age when he attempted the music
halls of London in 1900. Within a
few weeks all England was humming
"Caligan, Call Again" Even greater
was his success with "Roamin' in the
Gloamin'," Just a Wee Deoch-an
Doris" and There's a Wee House
'Mang the Heather" His tours in
America brought him fortune which
Andrew Carnegie helped him to keep.
But the grand old minstrel" was
not spoiled by wealth He never lost
his simplicity. his wit, his sense of
fun. In retirement, he found some
thing to amuse him trying to hit a
wee guilty ba'." When the lights
went out in 1899, he was ready to
talk and to sing and to roam the
length and breadth Of Scotland in
his kilt Of the Maclennan tartan as
. living symbol Of the folk to whom
Evening star., 1943-04-10
The Hobbs Bill

The vote by which the House has
passed the Hobbs nti-racketeering
bill, 270 to 107, is plain indication
that the people of this country are
determined to put an end to the
fragrant abuses which have been
practiced with impunity in the name
of unionism by a small and irrespon-
sible segment of organized labor. Be-
cause of the strength of this public
sentiment, it is all the more sur
prising that the responsible spokes-
men for labor should have exerted
such strenuous efforts to defeat the
bill in the House.
An anti-racketeering bill was
passed almost ten years ago, but the
Supreme Court, in a criticized
decision, held that Congress had in
tended to grant immunity to union
members for acts that would be
criminal in character if committed
by any one else. To rectify the
damage done by this ruling, Repre-
sentative Hobbs of Alabama pre-
pared and introduced the measure
which now goes to the Senate. His
bill was carefully drawn to safeguard
all legitimate union activities, and
as further precaution against in
justice, Chairman Summers of the
Judiciary Committee offered an
amendment on the floor which pro-
vided specifically that the Hobbs
bill was not to be construed as taking
from labor any of the rights con-
ferred under previously enacted leg
islation. This amendment was
adopted by the House.
The acceptance of this protective
amendment did not bring about any
decline in labor opposition, however.
Spokesman for the principal unions,
while not attempting to defend or
justify in any way the practices at
which the Hobbs bill is aimed, never
theless insisted that they were un-
qualifiedly opposed to the remedy
proposed in the measure. This is an
attitude which suggests that the
representatives of labor have learned
nothing from the experience of GER
tain elements in the industrial world
who, by refusing to put their own
house in order, merely brought about
the imposition of the most stringent
legislative restrictions.
In view of their record in the
House, it may be supposed that labor
spokesmen will continue to fight the
bill in the Senate, where it goes to
the Committee on Labor and Educa-
ton, which has not been sympathetic
to any measure opposed by the ma
tional unions. In this instance, how
ever, it is to be hoped that the
decisiveness of the vote in the House
and the temper Of the people at large
will be sufficient at least to insure
an opportunity for a vote on the
measure by the Senate.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
April Sun.

Hold dear this April sun. Insdtidte.
Lean near and let slo,D luarmth
sitting deep
Pour doDn electric rain and punctn-
ate i.
The sluggish, tepid pulse, prick
sharply, steep =
Remote, sun tanished crannies,,
shado,O- filled.
Be peruious to molten drops that
Uedr
Away, Turn under shabby things and
gild
Cold creuices Nth gold. Sun
hungry, bare =,
Thy mortal house to flooding rays
and feel Ia,
Soft moth ,pings OF an April sun
brush clear
The inner air and gently, kindly, deal
With doubt and tiny, counting
roots OF fear.
Hold dear this April sun and keep in
store
This gold for days ,phen suns shall
come no more. =
ELoisE 8. BLOCK.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Whence Come the Books

A contributor who signs himself
H, S. writes for the Saturday Re-
view of Literature, New York, an
editorial to the effect that: The fu-
ture American historian of World
War II will find his greatest source
of information, aside from docu-
mentary evidence from official Army.
Navy and Government sources, in
the flood of war books written for
popular consumption by correspond
dents and men in the armed serv-
ices. Publishers lists are crammed
with these Informative, stirring
books-books about the war in Ice
land, Burma. Russia, Egypt, North
Africa, the Philippines. China and
the islands of the South Sea; books
from men who have risked their lives
in the air, on hostile shores and on
and under the seas"
1t is the conviction of the sponsor
of these quoted words that nothing
like it has ever been seen before" but
perhaps he is. mistaken in so believ-
ing. The first World War also
brought forth a tidal wave of books,
many of them works of distinction.
But H. S. is at least partly in error
in a more important respect. The
people of America, he says, have
passionate desire to find out about
this war in which they are so totally
involved" AS to how they may
make these discoveries" his theory
is: Not in listening to the news on
the radio or from commentators
or from the daily accounts in the
press" can the desired information
be obtained. Only from books, the
Evening star., 1943-04-10
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1Dell.

This is the material recommended by
the Department Of Agriculture.
1t does the work, and at the same time
offers little danger to pet animals.
The reason for this is that pets can
vonit it up, whereas rats, lacking the
vomiting reflex, have. to keep it down.
Every precaution should be taken, how
ever, to keep pets from getting any of it.
The best way is to poke bit Of the
proper mix back into the hole, If this
can be found, and it usually can, If
little time and observation are put on it.
A bit of the mixture should be placed
as far back as possible in the run. A
long spoon is best for this pur-
pose, since a rat bite is nothing to be
desired. Even If the animal is cautious,
no hand should be thrust back into
the run.
A bit of the red squin mixture should
be placed inside the garage, beneath a
pile of wood. or outdoors in some natural
crevice in a dry wall, or any sort OF
opening where a rat naturally would
take refuge.
Rats are fond of culverts and the like
The bait should be put on at dusk,
after all the birds have left.
Care should be taken to get up early
the next morning and to inspect the
runs and other places where the bait
has been placed.
If it has not been touched. 1t should
be taken away for the day and kept in
a safe place where no one will find it.
The dose should be repeated each
evening. Usually the bait will disappear
the first night.
After that there will be no more rats.
We have found that rats will appear
in yard about once a year. They prob
ably come whether bird feeding is car
ried on or not, since they live In sew
ers and come out at nights to scurry
around the neighborhood
GUS and should not be used by house.
holders, since they are innocuous in
appearance, but terribly poisonous.
Rat traps, too, have their dangers.
If the old-fashioned catch-em- -alive sort
is used. one has the disagreeable task
of killing the rodents later
II the spring sort is used, the danger
of getting finger broken, or even an
ankle, is very large.
The householder will be wise to stick
to the use of red squill. 1t may be pur-
chased ready mixed, in food, or as a
powder.
The rat is no desirable guest in the
home yard and should be eradicated 'as
soon as found. It is best, we believe to
resist the temptation to study its habits
1t is one form of natural interest which
even the lover of natures creatures
should be willing to pass up. The house.
holder should not be ashamed of finding
rats. There are great many more of
them in resident neighborhoods than
most persons suspect With the tight
ening of food restrictions, more of them
than ever probably will come out of the
sewers.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Rustlers' Return

The cattle rustler of the old wild
West. however short on morals. was
at least long on romance. With his
ten-gallon hat, leather chaps, high
heeled boots and thousand-dollar
Mexican saddle. astride a lively cav
use with x-shooters blazing. he
made spirited figure as he rounded
up other peoples little dogies in
trainload lots and shepherded them
to Dodge City or across the border.
The odds were against him, and he
knew it; yet he chose to look fate
in the face and deliberately swap a
long life for gay one. Even those
who adjusted the inevitable hemp
necktie about his throat often re-
gretted the necessity.
Now the cattle rustler is back
again, spawned by the black market
in meat. Clad in greasy overalls, he
rides by night in an old jalopy
truck, the worse looking the better,
and his armament is an ak, knife
and a few stolen gas coupons. Fur
lively he sneaks up on a steer,
butchers it on the spot, loads it and
sneaks off to Joes Hottie Meate
Shoppe, where cash talks and coupons
keep silent. Thus does the glamour of
the old West return in shoddy, syn
thetic form. To keep it with us, by all
means patronize Ptomaine Joe and
his crowd; to eliminate it, give up
that extra steak on the table, in ex-
change for stake in America as it
ought to be.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
Looking out at my bird feeding sta
ton the other day, was Mortified to see
a rat.
Il have been feeding the birds for
many years, and had never seen a rat
before. Just why he chose to come at
this time I do not know.
MY first instinct to kill him I put
aside for the time being, as I wanted to
study him. After all he is living crea-
ture.
Il proposed to myself to study him
for time, and then to get rid of him,
and his mates, if any, because rats are
bad citizens, and especially in these
times, when food is at a premium, We
must get rid of all rats, two or four
legged.
This rat was a small one, probably
young one. He evidently had come in
and made home for himself beneath
the garage, for I later discovered q run
beneath the garage.
There was something rather anus
ing in the way this animal scurried out
from his hole, ran to the feeding sta
ton, which is on the ground, and then
ran back again.
This entire operation took about 40
seconds. with 20 seconds given to run
ming out, eating and the running back,
and 20 given to remaining in the nest.
Il timed this many times, and found
it did not vary second, time after time.
1T is often difficult, at some distance,
to tell a rat from squirrel, when one
does not see the tails.
Il have no doubt there are many per-
sons who have rats in the yards without
knowing it.
1T is possible for rat to scurry into
a group of squirrels and birds at feed
ing station without attracting too much
attention to itself. Neither squirrels nor
birds seem to mind the rat very much.
A few pigeons at my feeder lined up,
when the rat appeared and looked at
it curiously
There was no comradeship between
the rats and two squirrels, but the latter
did not seem afraid of it, and kept on
eating.
II later discovered the rat had nest
inside my garage beneath pile OF old
wood which had not been disturbed
much.
IF cleaning out rats, it is good idea
to look over all old piles Of stuff such as
accumulate around yard.
Il have not harmed this rat yet, as I
would like to know the best way of get
ting rid of him, and besides find him
rather amusing. but at the same time I
realize I should not treat him in any
other way save as pest and real danger.
Very truly yours, V. c. L.
X X
The best and safest way to get rid of
rats is to use some form of red squill
Evening star., 1943-04-10

true literature Of the war;" he insists,
you will find nearly everything you
want to know"
Doubtless, the matter is not worth
argument. It is worthy of emphasis.
however, that the best books about
the present conflict, like those of its
curtain raiser" in 1914-1918, are the
productions of practicing newspaper
men and women who, long before
they took to broadcasting or publish
ing between cloth covers, earned
their bread and occasional straw
berry jam in journalism.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Hoskin' S Answers
To Questions
Bv Frederic J. H1Skip.

A reader can get the ans,uer to any
question of fact by ,Drittng The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
d. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. What State has the highest birth
rate?-F. M.
A. New Mexico, where the rate Is 27.s
per 1000.
@. Where are the two commercial
spider ranches in the United States To-
cated?-L. H. G.
A. They are located at Redlands,
Calf, and Fredericktown, Ohio.
@. What was the longest priced win
ner in the Kentucky Derby?-E. L. H.
A. The longest-priced winner was Do
nerail in 1918, $9145 to 81.
@. Which extends farthest west, Vir-
ginia or West virginia?-H. T. R.
A. Virginia. The southwestern end Of
this State extends many miles farther
west than any point in West Virginia.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Elections Objected to
Because of National Danger.

To the Editor of The Star:
hear about the preparations for the
election campaigns, and it is a wonderful
thing that we are citizens of a country
which permits us such freedom of opin-
ion: but. as the very sad mother of two
boys in the Army Air Corps, sincerely
believe that this is a disastrous time for
an election. 1t is true that normally we
should be approaching the new elections,
but never in the history of our country
have we been in a greater war. never
have We been in greater danger. Because
of this, believe that today any time
given to campaign purposes, any time
devoted to debate or political wrangling
is valuable time wasted. Each Of US
should stop to think that by devoting
even = few minutes Of our time to petty
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Radio Speakers Blamed
For Mispronouncing Word.
TO the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Believe it or not seven out of ten
speakers on the radio, including an
nouncers, news reporters and Congress-
men, very distinctly use the word "Ex-
cept" for the word Accept" which has
the effect of making their statements
appear ridiculous J. G. n. ].
Evening star., 1943-04-10

he belongs and whose most famous
interpreter he Is.
A soldier from Washington writes
to his mother: II can't tell you where
I am, but I've seen and heard Harry
Lauder"
Evening star., 1943-04-10

The house rat is the worlds worst
animal pest, yet brushes for the
finest of art work have been made
from a single whisker of this crea-
ture. B. Mussolini is not that useful.