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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

THIS Is the Army! Norman
l. Krasna, the Hollywood pro-
ducer-playwright, is recuperat-
ing from an operation. He
phoned his commanding officer
that he had been tossed from
his room AT the Racquet Club
in Palm Springs because Of a
previous reservation by another.
AS Krasna moved out Alan Ladd
moved in.
The irony OF il; Ladd, mus
tered out Of service because OF
poor health. was a corporal at
the post where Krasna is a cap
tain.
DVT. FREDERICK MARVIN
i Of the 404th Training
Group CFlight ca played the
piano beautifully in the film,
"Voice in the Wind" He is a
concert pianist. His artistry
would delight music lovers in
uniform everywhere. Instead,
he is assigned 10 X. p. duty
with his talented fingers in hot
water.
We trust this doesn't dunk all
OF him in il.
I Owe LETTER: Columnist ].
IL Fl. OF the Pittsfield Mass
Eagle writes:
Recently we had an AMI
mated discussion Boston Her
aid, Springfield Republican,
- Berkshire Eagle) about facts.
The ground was taken that
facts are not necessarily true.
Webster's unabridged dictionary
explains II that way. Facts may
be just statements or assertions.
Lawyers join issue, setting
forth the facts as they under
stand or urge them, then IL IL
judIcially determined VIII ic n
facts are true. Your column In
quite the wonder OF the times.
Its material IL fresh and crisp.
Mine dates to 1893"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
BY DAMON RUNYON

when he went into the Pacific,
but his few war stories were
newspaper classics. A merchant
ship has been named for him.
He was the first of COnnollys
kids 10 go and his newspaper
career was just commencing 10
unfold. yet he will long be re-
membered for the manner OF his
going.
Lowell Bennett. % or "a
years old. kid out Of South
Orange, n. j.. and a member OF
the London bureau OF ms, IS
reported missing in one OF the
big early December raids over
Berlin. The ms was one OF the
news services that drew by lot a
place for a man in q ra1dmg
bomber. Bennett tossed Il coin
with a fellow reporter and drew
the assignment.
They were told by the bureau
chief they could decline TO 60
that he would not order a man
into this peril--but both wanted
the task. That is why they
tossed. an incident that reflects
the modern spirit of newspaper
ING better than anything l ever
heard of. II may he Bennett
still lives. but the chances are
against II.
DOBERT ROBB was the ms
IL man in Manila when the
Japs took that city. Like Ben
nett, he is reported missing"
No one knows if he is alive or.
II living where he is Larry
Meir was in the raid on Dieppe
as the ms representative and
was wounded there. | believe
he is no longer with the service,
though he is on its honor roll.
George Lait was wounded in
Libya while representing ms
with the British army and was
decorated by the British. George
only recently returned 10 the
United States loaded with ma
laria and he expects to go back
10 one Of the fighting fronts as
soon as he RECEIVERS strength.
lie was one of the first young
men Connolly sent abroad for
this war.
The gangling Dick Tregaskis.
famed author of "Graudalcanal
Diary" was recently wounded
in Italy after going unscathed
through the fighting in the
Solomons for ms. Mike Chinigo
was wounded in the early stages
Of the Italian campaign and has
been decorated with the Purple
Heart and the Silver Star.
Thus have Joe Connolly's boys
demonstrated what my favorite
Lardner John. now with the
Fifth Army, speaks Of in News
week as "occupational risks OF
a war correspondent" \
Copyright 1913. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Quick Answers

/ Manhattan.
Pin Hampton Roads. Va, with
the Monitor. The Virginia
is usually enormously called
the Merrimac, the name il
bore before ~ vas damaged
ny fire and rebuilt by the
Conf crate navy The
Monitor Virginia battle
doomed the wooden war
ships of the world.
3-The polar bear.
4-Gold in California. He kept
his discovery a secret. so il
was six years later before
John w Marshall's discovery
at Suffers Ranch started the
rush OF 40.
5-Tom Molineaux fought Tom
Crib. Briton, for the world
title. Dec. 10, 1910. He lost.
Montana.
Copyright, 1919, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

him for four hours and about 10
miles for S1.50 per person.
am feeling well with the pos
sible exception of a mildly COM
planning stomach. 1t grumbles at
conditions occasionally and gives
me a mild jab every once in a
while to let me know it's there.
The atabrine reaction has dis
appeared, however.
am getting tanned, naturally,
and have lost about 10 or II
pounds, estimated. mostly from
the middle ground.
Reasonably happy, but I looked
at some of my pictures today, and
the one of the family on the front
steps is positively unreal when
you consider that all 1 had to do
after the picture was taken was
TO step across the street and have
cold beer. JOHN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

ZOE CONNOLLYS Interna-
- tional News Service staff Of
war reporters has suffered an
unusually high percentage Of
casualties. perhaps the heaviest,
proportionate 10 their total
number; Of any news service or
newspaper staff in this war.
Joe modified a crew OF eager,
energetic young fellows 10 cover
the news Of the war, realizing
il was a Job that required youth
an physical stamina as well as
newspaper ability, and in some
cases 10 was their very youth
and eagerneSS that cost them
dcar-not that they could or
would have been any other way
There was Jack Singer. who
went down with the carrier
Wasp IN the Pacific in mid
summer Of 1912. a slim kid
with a face like a BottiCelll
painting, who could have re-
NAMED on land in safety and
covered his story ar long range.
but who insisted on going
aboard the ill-fated vessel 10
see the action with his own
eyes. He was writing his story
when the Wasp fbundered and
later some naval officers who
were on the Wasp paid tribute
10 Jacks memory by complet-
ing the story.
GINGER was A sports writer
- and an exceptionally good
one. lie could write. He had
only a little time loft 10 him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
POLITICAL PARADE
BY GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-The
advocates of a fourth term
for Mr.. RooseVelt-indeed, the
President himself $500 cannot fail
10 be deeply impressed by the
blunt threat Of a third party, by
Senator Josiah w. Bailey of
North Carolina. 7
Made in the Senate. by
southern Democrat, and APP
plauded by other southern Dem
ocrats, that speech may we'll be
reckoned. in the years TO come,
as marking turning point.
II is not beyond the bounds of
possibility that southern Demo-
Gratis in Congress hope that Mr..
Roosevelt will take warning of
what is meant here, that if
nominated and elected for
fourth term he cannot, as of
today, be elected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

ON BROADWAY

Trade Mark Registered. Copyright, iets
IRON Letters 10 the Editor
colyum of a Miami gazette;
80. then there's Roosevelts
stoOge. Waiter Winchell." 1t
was signed: George Verickles.
No kin lor connection, OF
course, TO the imprisoned Nazi
agent, George S. Viereck. The
theme merely reminds US Of
him Movie actor Joel Nc
Crea, on a tour Of the army
bases overseas, was ribbed at
one spot by a colonel.
IL suppose" teaScd the officer,
"you're one of those damned
movie actors"
sir" said Joel, eve been
trying To he one-for Is years"
/ EG-ERDEMAIN: The humor
~ mag, 1000 Jokes" reports:
wv. Winchcll worked 10 out,
and We consider II 80 important
nm observation we're passing II
on IN You with thanks 10 Winch,
10 wit: Girls who were raised
on cod liver oil have legs like
this: Girls who ride
horses In the park have legs
like this: But gals
who keep saying Here's How.
Mt night club bars have legs
like this; } e..
LDDIE BURKE was playing
~ gin rummy. a woman
nearby was fussing with every
body. Burke got a howl with
this She's in her second churl-
iSh." We've Met Him:
Hene Damur the actress you're
welcome, lady) had forgotten
the strained relationship be-
tween a celebrated father and
his son when she met the lad.
He was in uniform.
How your Dad:" asked
Hene
oh" was the indifferent re-
ply hes playing the Gold Star
Father"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Connolly Answers

la Honolulu: OBJ Guaya-
quill; (c) Dublin.
2-(a) Actor; OBJ painter; Co
furniture maker.
3-(a) Copper, tin. zinc; OBJ
dye. from wood of tropical
America; (c) leaves of
small South American ever
green shrub.
la Making of beer; (b)
scientific study of rotating
bodies; (c) 10 thicken soups.
Sal Women; CD anything
turning out happily; (c)
marriage
6-(a) kissing; OBJ tomb; (c)
blue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

the home cooking Is reminded
that
The Vitamin Enemies are:
Water.
Heat.
Air.
The Vitamin Defenses and Pre-
servers are:
Use little or no water.
Bring 10 steam quickly and do
not boil violently.
Cook in covered utensils.
Do not stir.
IND up the day with a light
II meal. but not too light.
Don't forget the potato IS an
American born and that this
country was literally hacked out
OF the wilderness on meat and
potatoes
Potatoes pep up low-point
meat. such as pork, neck bones,
baked pork feet, kidneys. liver,
pot roast. and grilled liver sau-
sage-burgers All 60 good with
spuds, properly cooked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Il. ". DURLING
ON THE SIDE

Distributed by King Features syndu Inc.
ural red-head was think Of the
position IL would place me IN
with the other /red-hcads Of
Hollywood, at least three Of
whom are good friends OF mine
and regular readers Of this de-
partment.
CHARLES RAY, the silent
" film star. passed on recently
At the age of 81, l knew him.
His was a tragic life. When ne
was starred in such great silent
films as The Coward and The
Busher,' his salary was SIS a
week. Finally he got into the
important money and saved
most Of his earnings. Then he
went bankrupt making his own
production Of The CourtShip
OF Miles StandiSh." He was as
good as w. 6. Hart and Douglas
Fairbanks ST., but was misman-
aged
Is reported the mastering out
pay for service men Will be $500
this time. 1t was $50 in World
War l. However. ! think $500
Is little enough and that a COM
plete civilian outfit should be
thrown in with il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
DEAR Boss:
From Times Soldiers

EDITORS NOTE-TMs 10 a
letter TO ths gang at the office"
from one OF the so editors, re-
povtsrs and photographer who
have gone into service from the
Times editorial department. The
Uriteri LIST. Sgt. John n. O'Brien,
reporter, Who wos in North
Africa at the time of writing.
Dear Boss:
NOTHING strange or wonderful
= v since my last letter. Went to
the city yesterday and visited the
Blank General Hospital detach-
ment office and hospital. The hos
pltal proper is in former French
girls boarding school. and the
wards are luxurious. Each bed is
set in cubicle with a toilet and
washstand.
There is courtyard with palm
or eucalyptus trees in it for the
patients 10 sit around and con-
veleSce. The d etac ment is
housed under trees in pyramidal
tents. with four or five men 10 a
tent. on a piece of shaded ground
in a large park. Very comfort
able.
Talked about an hour with the
first sergeant and discovered
about what 1 eXpected-that is,
there is a lot of work setting up
the detachment area-and got an
idea where and what the men will
be doing when the hospital first
starts to operate.
WE WILL be lucky II we get as
w good a setup as this hospital
has. II depends, of course, on what
the town affords after we settle
down. The guessing going on is
pretty furious and naturally we
were glad for more reasons than
one that the Sicillan fighting
ceased
l wish that the Times would
start arriving. The Stars and
Stripes covers us pretty well on
the local news of interest 10 SOL
diers and on the Mediterranean
and Russian fronts, but L. S. news
is sparse.
After visiting the hospit al
yesterday HUH. Sgt. Schultz, my
chief clerk, and Eddie Kon-
dart and l hired a fiacre and took
a ride about three miles out of
the city, passing en- route a
famous hotel, and arriving at the
beach where we went TO a little
bar and had some pretty fair
beer from newly tapped and
therefore cold half barrel.
We were very thirsty after the
ride and the beer is weak, but
after six glasses, three of them as
fast as our threats could get at
them, the, bartender rationed us
to about one every half hour.
WE ALWAYS included the
w driver in the round so when
we got back 10 the city to eat he
said he sliced the bill. but we prob
ably overpaid him anyhow. Had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

QUERIES from clients-Q-
0 Fellows in the cavalry here
are naturally much interested in
your horses and women depart
ment We know how 10 handle
the horses. For example We
know how TO convince a horse
the first time out that the man
Is the master. But how can you
convince a woman Of that on
the first date and still be gentle
and polite?
Al think you are going TOO
far In your comparison of horses
and women. You shouldn't try
to convince woman you are
her master on the first time out.
That's the build-up period. 1t
Is time for observation as to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

I cannot name the spell that has
her chained,
Or Vhy your sigh wil draO
no answering sigh;
Some Jester set the stage. 20
- may have rdined
One afternoon 4. and some fH0
lad came bg
And sat NTH her ond matched
the dusk come on
And spoke 10 her az OnlB he
could do.
These arc small hopes for her 10
build upon,
But she has built and IL is M
for you'll
You cannot rout the glamour Of
night,
You cannot tear phrase from
out the past;
Always. the hues Of Memory are
bright,
AtUdys, ~ rs the fHtue hopes
that last;
One fine day a lad came BIZ so
she WiN 0dit,
And any mords uou say are
much Too tate!
Don VAIN.
OOPS! From confrere Ed Dur
" ling's column:
walter WincbeIl said Harry
Won Tilzer originated the name
Tin Pan Alley. l offered tn bet
Walter dinner at the Stork
Club tht man named ROsen-
field originated IL In magazine
article. Now Won Tilzer SAYS he
gave the title To Rosenfeld. II
would seem, therefore, that the
title first appeared In an article
nv Rosenfeld, as ! aId. How
ever. I will take Harry's word
for 1t that he was the originator.
/ lose. Walter doesn't eat much,
anyhow"
Walter, Ed meant. seldom
eats his own words. Yuk-yukl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

KEEPING the war worker 1T
"A and on the job is about 50
per cent a medical problem. The
other so per cent is half good
pay. pleasant working conditions
and considerable treatment --
let's call this 80 per cent psy-
cheiegy.
About 50 TO Is per cent Of the
medical contribution TO the At
ness and efficiency OF the war
worker is 10 get enough food
into him. And the prnper kind
Of food at the right time.
The industrial management
might take a leaf from the eX-
pericnce Of school authorities l
Quote from an article by +. NJ.
Taught, in the Saturday Evening
Post.
S0I'HE first semester that hot
lunches were served In one
Indiana school, the Ii3 pupils
ga ned half n ton In weight:
soaking up yitsmin and body
building foods that Kids seldom
find In paper bags and lunch
pals. I'm n Minnesota school,
three weeks after a similar pro-
gram assured identical. nourish-
Ing meals for every youngster. a
student policeman assigned 10
the cafeteria turned In his
badge. More food, no nghts,'
he told the principal"
American home life today is
so uncertain about the regular
ity and the preparation OF meals
that the question of the nutri-
ton Of Ahe worker as well as
r school child must be taken
by the authorities concerned
n keeping up their efficiency.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

lust like mo her used to
a" make" IS an empty phrase
now. Mother is more likely 10
be lowering over a lathe than
over a stove. Father, coming
home from the night shift, may
take A cracker and a bottle Of
coca-cola and let IT 20 Al that.
In some industrial plants
committees have been formed 10
see that the workers male and
female. get a sound diet.
We spoke recently of the OBJ
sciNaiion winch showed that II
worker started out with
high protein breakfast - meat,
eggs, mix ne lasted longer IN
the day without fatigue than on
q starchy breakfast.
NITAMINS are, OF course. nee
eSsary for keeping the
worker going.
The best way 10 get vitanlns
is from food. Whoever IS doing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

WE ALWAYS included the
w driver in the round so when
we got back 10 the city to eat he
said he sliced the bill. but we prob
ably overpaid him anyhow. Had
Evening star., 1943-06-22
I'D Rather Be Rioht'
Food Subsidy Plan Is Hated Because 1t SienoIs
Thot Era Of Economically Orotory Is Over

be, by not fighting the war, and
that is what Mr.. Hoover's pet plan
for demobilizing part of the Army
comes to. Anybody could solve the
wartime food problem by not fight
ing the war. Mr.. Roosevelt Is trying
to do it while fighting the war. That
is problem Of different order.
The persistent yowling for an all
powerful food czar" is also a solu-
tion-by-not- fighting. How powerful
is all-powerful? Would the food czar
have the right to stop munitions
trains to let food trains go by? as
the President has asked. Would he
have the power to take steel from
gun foundries and beat it into har-
vesters? First things first, and who
ever said belly came first?
Like a Fever.
I have the feeling that six months
from now we shall be eating less,
and talking about it less, too. This is
one OF those hysterical peaks, with
which we ought to be familiar by
now. England has been through the
whole business, about a year ahead
OF us; six months of furious concen-
tration on "absenteeism," then six
months on transportation troubles.
then six months on food. 1t is like a
fever, and it passes.
The final chapter will be subsidies,
which we shall come to (as did Eng
land) whether we like it or not. For
subsidies really are the last word.
They give the farmer a bit more
without letting prices or wages, rise.
That is why subsidies are so hated.
They announce that the party is
over. The moment subsidies enter
the picture, producers get more
money only if they need it, and when
they need it. Price regulation be-
comes a fact-finding process. The
system of economies by -ora tory
comes to its end.
The current food debate is so hot
because some of those involved in
1t know that once subsidies are es-
tablished the debate will be over.
This Is the last chance to 20 to
town on a good scream.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
$500 Bail Frees Princess
Held for Deportation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 22.-Elena
Woodford, 28-year old self-styled
daughter of a Russian nobleman.
was released in $500 bail yesterday
from Ellis Island, where she had
been held since March for deporta.
ton.
John Santora, her attorney, said
the case, based on charges of over
staying her visitors passport issued
in 1888, had been turned over to
the Board of immigration Appeals
in Washington.
Stanley A. Diana, acting district
director OF immigration and Nat
urahzation Service, said that at a
deportation hearing last April she
testified she was the daughter of
Prince Tsoulonkidze and was the
estranged wife of William Woodford
in London.
She also testified, Mr.. Diana said,
that from 1881 to 1884 she lived in
Germany, where she knew Reichs-
marshal Goering and was a COM
mentator for Berlin radio chain.
On being released, the princess
said she planned to sue for annul-
ment OF her marriage and would
later try to join the British ambu-
lance service.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Attu Capfors |rked 10 Find
Japs Had u. ). Canned Food
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EDMONTON, Alberta, June o.
The japanese are desperate fight
ers,' Miss Evelyn Wood, American
Red Cross recreation worker Just
returned from an Aleutian base,
said yesterday in an interview.
Miss Wood, who is from Chester,
S. c., was in charge of recreation
center at a base east of Dutch
Harbor in the Aleutian chain when
word came that Attu had been taken
from the Japs, and there was great
rejoicing at the base that day." She
has come to Edmonton to take
charge of the American Red Cross
center there.
Wounded from the battle of Attu
were brought back to her base, Miss
Wood said, and they were amaz-
ingly cheerful to man and wanted
to get back into the fight out west"
She said one of the things that
irked the American forces was the
finding of canned goods on Attu
which had been manufactured in
the United States.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Malta Receives Visit
From King George
Trip by Cruiser Shows
Domination of SEQ
BY the ASsnciateH preSS

BY the Associated Press.
VALETTA. MALTA, June 20 (de-
layedD Malta, whose name has be-
come synonym for indomitable re-
sistance against apparently over
whelming odds, today joyfully re-
ceived an unprecedented wartime
visit from King George vi.
The King came from North Africa
aboard the cruiser Aurora with an
escort Of four destroyers-the Look
out, Jervis, Nubian and Eskimo
along a route which until recently
was a hazardous one.
The fact that the King, one OF the
most carefully-guarded personages
In the world, made the trip aas
evidence of British and Allied con-
troll of the Mediterranean.
The trip followed the Kings Jour-
ney to North Africa by plane to visit
British and American troops,
Accompanying the sovereign were
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cum
ningham and Air Marshal Sir Arthur
William Tedder, naval and air chiefs
in the Mediterranean, and Harold
Evening star., 1943-06-22

about than to below for.
I have just seer a London dis
patch to the New Yorker, telling
how the great house of Fortnum IL
Mason could flnd nothing but
few sticks of rhubarb for its fruit"
display. Berries are gone. in Eng
land: citrus fruit is unknown; even
variety" meats, or the common
ordinary liver-a and lights, have dis
appeared from the butcher shops.
One might imagine there was
terrific discomfort in England on
the subject. (They even have those
hated subsidies, tc control prlcesD
But no, there IS tremendous salts
faction. Lord Wooltons tough, hard
food administration is one Of the
most successful end popular Of
ministries.
Our lamentations on food have
risen to the sky, this last year; now
perhaps the moment has come to
ask ourselves what, precisely. we
are crying about.
No "Muddle" Seen
We hear a great deal about the
food muddle." This term has
achieved the dignity Of a proper
noun. One says food muddle" as
one says Pixies Peak" or Radio
City" If we had a genuine food
muddle, one of the signs would be
lower food production. But we
broke all records for food produc-
ton in 1s41. Then, in 1912, we
broke the new record by a rousing
II per cent. The American farmer
did this while he was being depicted
by some of his professional and kept
spokesmen as down and out.
We have muddled our way to the
greatest output of food in the his
tory Of America. And we have eaten
it, too; for only is per cent OF this
record supply went to the services
and to lease-leud last year. One
has the feeling that many Of the
essays about the food muddle have
been inspired by steak luncheons.
Now, at last, there are going to
be some real shortages. Well, isn't
that a marvel! What do we expect
during war? Has there ever been a
war without shortages? When seq
ments Of the press sail of into a
nonstop tizzy because of the dis
covery that there are going to be
food shortages, I am approximately
as impressed as If 1t had made the
equally astounding discovery that
there Is going to be some fighting in
this war.
First Things First.
Some of the plans for solving the
food muddle" seem to be based on
the shocking theory that shortages
during war are somehow scandalous,
and can be avoided. Yes, they can