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Evening star., 1943-11-09
Win, Lose or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Most XoIuable Awards to hurlers Few Ear Between

ndecision
alton selected Lefty
player The Sporting News babals bible strung along with Lou
hitting including
Of labor valuable than
That the last time until today though that pitcher med the
the American instance
couded the Sporting
Today the pendulum back pitching with Chandler
the American Leagues valuable player.
distinction Yankees
Walter Johnson captured the most valuable player award
pitcher
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Girl Fires touchdown Gun

If you think the manpower prob
lem isn't tough, consider the Uni
versity of Miami fla 1t had to
draft its drum majorette, Muriel
Smith, to fire the university's scor-
ing cannon. Touchdown Tommy.
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Hitters Losing Punch

Grove couldn't capture undis-
puted possession of most valuable
honors in a year when he won 81
games and lost only four Chand-
Ter won the award by topheavy
margin with 20-4 record, maybe
because the leagues best hitter.
Luke Appling, produced only 1923
average.
The writer's this season had little
else to consider after examining
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Butts Credits Material

The principal difference in
coaching is material" says Wally
Butts of Georgia, "and I try to get
the difference"
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Boxinq at CoIored Y

Police Boys Club No. and the
Twelfth Street YMCA teams will
meet in boxing match on Friday
at the Y. Eight bouts are scheduled,
beginning at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1943-11-09

Since 1881 only six players pre-
ceded Chandler in reaching that
lofty level. Jimmy Foxx was the big
boy in 1882, 1888 and 1888, with Lou
Gehrig taking over in 1884 and 1886.
Joe Di Maggie and Hank Greenberg
shared the most valuable award
twice each and Charley Gehringer
and Joe Gordon once each,
Evening star., 1943-11-09
CRYING Towels Plentiful

No matter how tight the laundry
situation gets, there's never a
shortage of football crying towels!
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Green Hornets BOOKING

Green Hornets l35-pound football
team wants a game for Thursday at
3 O'Clock. Contact Franklin 1898.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

very sore. Is there any way TO
remove them &c. w. II.
A-There are several ways TO
remove them. One II by cutting
them Oft under local anaesthesia,
and another by <-ray.
q What drug can be taken
10 break up the snuff habit
Q-Snuf IL for all practical
purposes nicotine and the treat
ment OF the snuff habit In the
same as the treatment OF the
tobacco habit. There il no safe
drug that can be used. The
method IL psychologist" requir-
ing will power on the part of the
patient. See a book by j. {. Fur
nas--"So You're Going to Stop
Smoking" published by Simon
& Schuster).
Q-IS there any cure for ca
tarrhal deafness I'll. w. O.
AIN suitable cases. the Lem
pert operation. which aims at
giving the ear drum more nova
bility, helps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-The
w establishment of the Senate
over the omission of all refer
ence TO the small Baltic states
in the Moscow agreement must
be regarded as natural in the
circumstances.
That this omission has created
no end Of speculation should
also 60 without saying, for these
small countries. once independ-
ent republics, now annexed to
Russia, put a point upon that
hackneyed phrase, conspicuous
by their absence. -
sThe omission is all the more
remarkable in view of the ref
erences in the agreement 10
Austria, which is to be rehabili-
tateo after the war.
Certainly in the light of past
events the partition Of Austria
was one of the greatest blunders
of Versailles.
1t was a Bohemian historian
who has written that If the
Austro Hungarian monarchy
had not existed in Europe it
would have been necessary to
invent it. This, not from Ger
man, but from a Czech.
IT Is surmised in the Senate.
l. and conceded in well-informed
circles elsewhere in Washing
ton, that the disposition of the
three little Baltic states is now
no longer an issue. Their fate
is settled. They are 10 remain
in Russia. and the powers have
silently acquiesced.
II this be true, and probably
most members of the Senate
foreign relations committee
share the widespread belief that
it is true, a food of light APP
pears TO be thrown upon one of
the most controversial Of recent
diplomatic incidents in Washs
ington-the sudden. and as yet
unexplained resignation. of Sum-
ner Welles as undersecretary Of
state.
If one will carry his mind
back 10 the midsummer of 1910,
he will recall that Secretary
Hull was then in Havana for the
Pan-American conference.
IN HIS absence, Welles. as act
Il ing secretary of state, issued
TO the press on July %, state
ment in his own name, which
now becomes of very great in
terest. The following are the
opening and closing paragraphs
OF this state department press
release. No. 354:
During these past few days
the devious processes where
under the political independence
and territorial integrity of the
three small Baltic republics -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

Autumn has come Nth his silent
tread,
Steaithy and suit a murder
ous thief;
You are the tree he left for
dead,
And I am the helpless leaf.
That is the waB aeitA Lore, dear,
The tree aud the leaf embrace
aud SIGH;
Parting shall leave them sad and
dredr;
But only the leaf shall die.
Paul Joseph Kelly.
DAILROAD and hotel men
IL claim women have less re-
gard for other peoples property
than men. More furniture IS
burned by cigaret stubs in rest
rooms for women than in those
for men. Also the men appear
more inclined to neatness than
women. This is sad and sur
prising state of affairs.
AS for parents having given
men female Names" writes a
doctor at a war plant in Dayton,
o. I'VE have had apply for en-
ployment men IA me d Doris,
Pearl, Opal and Nellie. But a
rawbOned denizen from the Ken
lucky hills who applied today
takes the prize; his name Is
Ruby Lovely"
Last night noticed that while
our pup was sleeping soundly he
was wagging his tail vigorously.
Wonder what he was dreaming
about? Probably that somebody
was dangling a steak in front of
him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

IN ITS use of rocket types of
L aerial torpedoes in fighter
airplanes, Germany has clearly
beaten us 10 the punch. 1t is
well that we recognize the Ger
man accomplishment in this re-
spect and step up research and
development in the rocket field,
at the same time that we ex-
plore counter-measures TO neu-
tralize the new offensive means
in the enemys hands. The
rocket type of propulsion,
known but long neglected, is
here 10 stay for military and
peacetime alike. Sensa-
tional progress is inevitable.
Aerial torpedoes do not rep
resent a basic invention. The
principle has been known and
used for generations. The ordi-
nary Fourth OF July skyrocket
embodies the essential idea-a
projectile which is self-propelled
through expanding gases. Slow
burning powder or other chemi-
calls give off high-pressure
gases expanding in all direc-
tions; as these escape through
the tail of the rocket. the rocket
body is driven in the opposite
direction.
Since it is not a basic inven-
ton, how effectively any nation
will exploit the known rocket
principles and possibilities will
be in direct proportion 10 the
time, energy and creative
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The BRIGHTER SIDE
By DAMON RUNYON

/ READ a statement by some
L foreign gentleman the other
day that this nation does not
know what IL means 10 have
war on its hands every quarter
Of a century and 10 lose the
flower of lis youth every second
generation
Apparently the gentleman
has not read our history
closely, but then neither have
many Of our own people as il
is the popular impression that
this country engages IN warfare
less than any other MAJOR ma
ton.
Matter Of fact. since the
United States came into exist
ence We have averaged one big
war about every 80 years. dat
Ing from the end Of one 10 the
beginning Of the next and have
had as many small wars as any
important nation on earth We
are a peace loving people, all
right, yet our history rings with
the clamor Of arms across l67
years.
I DO not think that this is
L anything 10 be proud of. l
mention II merely 10 correct a
fallacy. The one feature of the
record that can give satistac-
tion is the fact that in the
majority of our wars we fought
for the right, though there are
a couple Of them that merit a
few bushes of shame.
We have had seven major
wars, including the current one.
The others were the Revolu-
ton. War of 1912. Mexican War,
Civil War. Spanish American
War and World War I
The longest period of peace
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

"Oklahoma" 10 the corny Pts
toll Packin' Mama" which Is the
new name for 1T Amt Gonna
Rain No Mo u
THE Front Pages: Willkie
Il has redeemed the kissers
of his voluntary advisers. They
scolded that his go-getting
methods were all wrong Now,
Mark Sullivan, Jay Franklin,
Drew Pearson and other ID. c.
pulSe-takers regard him as a
cinch for the COP nomination
Wilkes technique seems
10 have been 10 read everything
Harrison Spangler, party chair
man, urged-and then oppose
II War correspondent Ira
Wolfert reviews Capt. Ralph
IngerSoll's The Battle Is the
Pay-Off" and recommends it
as a better word picture OF a
scrap than his own book
One of the best coinages of the
war is flax happy" a fortress
which has survived lots Of
bullets.
QUOTATION Workmanship;
Q Nina Wilcox Putna m:
Men are as transparent as
cellophane and as hard 10
remove. once you get raped
up in them Thorne Smith:
A voice almost as low as his
intentions Dr. G. Vincent:
So few of US really think;
what we do is rearrange our
prejudiccS Margaret Case
Hartman: Money is what you'd
get along beautifully without
If only other people weren't so
crazy about IL Dorothy
Parker: His voice was as in
innate as the rustic of sheets
Swift: Censure is the tax
a man pays 10 the public for
being eminent Sir Robert
Walpole: Gratitude lively
sense of future favors
Evelyn NJ. Campbell Her face
had been nicely Clipped from
granite.
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Major DE SEVERSKY

explosive charge in the nose of
the rocket goes off on striking
the target. But the tactical idea
involved is the same today as
in the first World War.
A FTER that war all nations
"A TO some extent kept on
with rocket work. Here, for
instance, the writer was asso-
ciated with the development of
a rocket mortar. some "a inches
in diameter and weighing 500
pounds. In 1919 we staged a
demonstration of this weapon
the first "tailless" rocket
ever production the grounds
OF the War College in WASH
ington. But a pacifist mood was
sweeping the country and this
invention, along with many
others. died aborning.
In divi dual experimenting.
however, continued. It will be
recalled by people with good
memories that Professor God
dard obtained some amazing re-
suits with his rockets for maxi
ing meteorological soundings of
the stratosphere.
THE Russians and the Ger
u mans have taken, the lead in
this field. The Red army has
for several years used land
torpedoeS" against tanks,
launching them from their
Stormovik airplane. At the
Battle of Stalingrad the Rus
slams also introduced a rocket
type anti-aircraft gun. Germany
has made notable progress in
the use of rockets to help over
loaded planes 10 take off, and
in the course of the war the
Italians announced successful
experiments with an airplane
entirely propelled by rocket
power.
We, too, have produced a
rocket weapon-the so-called
"bazooka,' an anti-tank gun.
However, the greater opportu-
mites for this weapon are
clearly in the air, where we
have thus far neglected it.
Next Column Appears Friday.
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brains invested in research and
experimentation.
WHEN Prime NJ mister
w Churchill gently an
nounced and described this Ger
man novelty in pursuit arnla-
ment the public behaved as If
it were startingly new. The
truth is that rockets were
widely used by all the bellger-
ents in the first World War.
The writer himself fired rudi-
mentary air torpedoes-crude
l0-pound affairs against the
Germans white with the Rus
sian Naval Pursuit Aviation.
The rocket we employed a
quarter of a century ago were
propelled by gunpowder and
had long wooden rod as
stabilizing tail. They were only
a step removed from the fire.
cracker stage. They did not
carry any TINT charge and
were expected to ignite the tar
get on contact.
Today rockets are vastly
more efficient. through the use
of liquid or highly compressed
hydrogen and oxygen, or other
chemicals tanning large
amounts of these elements. The
gases generated escape through
specially designed lets to pro-
duce greater reactive or recoil
impulse, giving larger overall
power and efficiency. A high
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

who really ought 10 be treated
are the ones with low blood
pressure, They are the abnormal
ones.
IN GENERAL DR.. Page dis
L cusSes the following methods
of treatment Of the condition.
First, IS general management
OF life Rest. bank the fires, do
not try 10 do as much as you did
in those days when the world
vas young.
Never exercise 10 the point of
fatigue.
Sleep when you can, not ac-
cordlng to the clock.
Diet is not gwen much stten-
ton by Or. Page
Coffee alcohol and tobacco
in moderation. all right.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
q ! have several small moles
on my back and they become
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that elapsed between any of
them was the 50 years from
the War OF 1912 to the Mexican
War. and the shortest. the l3
years between the Mexican
War and the Civil War.
TW ENTY-S EVEN years
Il passed after the Revolution
before We went 10 war with
England IN 1912, 80 years from
the Civil War 10 the Spanish
American War and 10 from the
Spanish-A American 10 Worl d
War !. We then had approx
mately % years Of peace before
the present war came up.
But in between these big
wars and sometimes overlap
ping them. we had scores of
lesser conflicts inside our own
borders as we'll as outside them.
From the earliest days Of the
Republic down 10 the turn of
the Sos we were al war with
various tribes of Indians. some
Of which were long and costly
engagements.
Our soldiers fought the Iri-
quoiS, the Shawnees. the Creeks,
the SeminoleS, the Apaches. the
NeX-Perces, the Commanchcs,
the Sioux and numerous other
tribes. and the wars covered a
vast range of territory from
the eastern states 10 the far
west and the far south into the
everglades Of Florida.
TNHE war Of Texas for inde-
Il pendence from Mexico was
not a national war. but il was
fought on what is now the soil
of this country and is most GER
tainly an important part Of our
history. II came between the
War of 1912 and the war with
Mexico. and the battle Of the
Alamo remains to this day one
&C our greatest war epics.
The Filipino Insurrection fol-
lowed the Spanish-American
War and lasted longer than the
conflict with the Spaniards.
Our arms were represented
in the Allied expedition that
rescued Pekin in the Boxer Re-
bellion al about the same
period as the Filipino uprising.
Twice we put troops in Mex
leo before World War /. once
al Vera Cruz and again when
Pershing led his punitive eXpe-
dition into Chihuahua in pur-
suit of Pancho Villa. He fought
several small engagements and
had a number of casualties.
Nicaragua, Haiti and San Do
mingo were among our inter-
ventionist activities of the last
% years. the first named an
untidy fighting business for us,
too
Copyright, is42 BY KinE Pastures
Distributed b. International News SERVES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03
TODAY IN SCIENCE
By GOBIND BEHARI LALr

more than $50 different visual
aspects of the same object are
shown to the cadet.
zach Of these views is pro-
jected on the screen for a
very short time. a mere fraction
of a second. After training, a
person is able TO recognize a
particular kind of airplane in
175ths of second. and so on.
Other devices are employed,
based upon the same principle
Of recognition of the whole
figure"
Sightseeing Review, official
organ Of the National Society
for the Prevention of Blindness,
reveals that applications of psy-
chology to industry has brought
out, the Importance of fitting
lenses according TO the jobs. 1t
is not enough TO measure a
persons vision generally and
prescribe, if necessary. lenses.
For each job the same man
might require different lenses.
Even "occupational spectacles"
have been developed, which are
used only on a particular kind
of work, and not for general
use.
Methods for giving the eyes
and the mind rest and re1aXa-
ton. while working. are being
developed. They are expected
10 aid in reducing industrial ac-
cidents caused by visual dis
orders.
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for writing have her lock into
this.
THE experts on rubber are
Il really broadening the field
OF their advice these days. Says
a Washington, d. G, authority
on the subject:
Rubber needs exercise.
Women should wear their gir-
dies more II they expect them To
last. An idle girdle wears out
more quickly than one that j. In
regular use" Call this 10 the
attention of the little lady.
"My father, James l. Russell.
wrote Where the River Shan
non flows" proudly writes Shlr-
ley Russell of Brooklyn. Very
interesting. l think Chauncey
Olcott introduced this song, but
i could be wrong.
NATHAN HALE was tried
~ and sentenced TO death as
a spy on the spot that is now
Fifty-first street and First ave.
nue., New York City, which is
the heart of the Beekman place
section where all those stranger
than fiction murders have been
taking place in recent years.
A letter signed by six men,
berS of the u. S. armed forces
in the southwest Pacific says in
part:
Tell some OF those dolls who
are not working at all or enjoy
ing some soft job to snap out
of IL and join the WACs or
they will be embarrassed In
days to come when their kid
dies say: Mama, what did you
do I'm the great war;"
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II. v. DURLING
ON THE SIDE.
Distributed by King Features synd. II

Distributed by Klng Features synd.. Inc,
4 CLIENT named Gigi has
~ written our Mules and Men
department earnestly asking
how sch can forget about a
man she doesn't want 10 re-
member because she loved him
and he didn't love back. The
way to get over this type of
love affair, according 10 our
M. & NJ. department. is 10 con-
centrate on the faults of the
man in question instead of
dwelling on his virtues. Or as
the great expert on this subject,
Sheridan, put IL:
Cosld ! his faults remember,
Forgetting every charm;
Soon icoitid impartial reason
The tyrdHt lore dlsdrm.
A DOLPHE MENJOU. One Of
u the many celebrated actors
who we're born in Pittsburgh,
Pa. Mr.. Menjou is a graduate
OF Cornell University. His first
great film success was A
Woman in Paris Remember
il?
Edna Purviance played the
title role.
Louise Langdon. Highly sue
cesSful career woman. one OF
Manhattan's leading experts on
department store advertising.
1t is claimed by some people
that women write the best ad-
vertising copy in e n d e d for
female attention because only a
few men really u n d r S I a n d
women. Anyway, advertising Of
fers an attractive career for
a bright young woman. II your
coed daughter has a ia lien t
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03
BETTER HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING-

WuYPERTENSION" is the
II name OF probably the
commonest of human ailments
affecting adults. ranking in chill
dren with measles and teething.
The most eminent American
experimental investigator OF by
pertension. Or. Irvine II. Page
OF Indianapolis. has written a
little book with that title as
manual for patients.
In simple language the patient
is told what high blood pressure
is. what can be done TO relieve
II and how the patient can live
comfortably.
used the illustration Of
teething for infants deliberately
a few times. because high
blood pressure is more a normal,
process of bodily life than a dis
ease.
A FEW years ago I sent out
"A QUESTIONABLE 10 about 500
OF my doctor friends all over the
country. / asked them 10 put
down the blood pressures of the
next so patients over the age Of
so they examined, irrespective
OF what was the matter with
them. / also wrote life insur-
ence companies
My results when added them
up showed that s. per cent Of
the population over so had blood
pressure that would be consid-
cred ahnormally high. The life
insurance statistics do not show
such high figure because when
a fellow knows he has high
blood pressure he avoids the life
Insurance companies
So IL looks as If the people
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03

ON BROADWAY
Copyright. isls. BY KlnE Fsaturss


ing from the top-G. Cooper and
l. Bergman--to the tiniest bits,
including horses and guns. None.
of the cinema's golden gals and
youths were in il, which gives
you an idea 4. . The laughingest
film in recent months was The
More the Merrier" .. The most
disappointing were Crosbys
Dixie and Hopes Let's Face
It," high-priced jobs that looked
marked down The film that
promised most and delivered less
was The Adventures of Tartu,'
which mixed England's best
with Hollywood'S corniest
The weeks import was Top
Man. a show case for young
Donald O'Connor and roomful
OF bands-in short, juve and 1--WE.
Jump the yarn, which is no
jump. since il lies flat, and you
can revel in song and dance and
nlppancleS.
TNHE Dials: Edward Murrow
Il and Larry lie Sueur. who
rarely sugar-coat their broad
casts. sent word that the Reich
is approaching its 1918 whim-
pering. And Howard X. Smith
relays from Switzerland that
the Nazi jails are loaded with
sassy NaZiS who are beginning
10 tell off Himmler's goons
TOTO, the dog-fsced boy, bit his
tongue as follows.
THE enemy, who was defeated
at the beginning Is In fear of
the richness of our conquered
territory, trying To overwhelm
our nation" Translation:
Here they come, boys, and
shOoting."
You know who's good? Dun
ninger, the telepathic marvel,
who takes words right out OF
your Uranium, before you can
mouth them He's probably dc
Eating this plug right now by
tefepathy Americas song
tastes range from the ditties IN
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Quick Answers

las arbitrator. the emperor
sustained the A erican
claims concerning the Puerto
Rico territorial water
boundary.
John Rolfe.
AL Of them. The first gold
minted in this country came
from North Carolina mines.
THE parent navel orange
tree, planted by Mrs. Eliza
Tebbets in 1873. II was later
moved 10 Low Park. River
side, Cal.
5-One-Sixth.
6-The 500 Canal. between
Lake Huron and Lake SUI
perior. In the navigation
season an average OF one
ship every minute passes
through the locks at Sault
Ste Marie, Mich. which
are the largest in the world.
IA law debarring any alien
not eligible TO United States
citizenship from owning or
leasing land.
Sit would be assumed 10
have the nationality OF its
father.
e-Willism Cullen Bryant.
10-The brain.
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Taking Look Ahead by Looking Backward
If you think the world has changed any in the last
25 years let's cop gander at your favorte author
All these items written in 1919 about current
events of that period which to be strangely topical
again,
Let's make the world safe for Democrats and other
prominent
Some peoples idea of giving job to returned hero
is job that you must be hero to take.
Congress has now taxed every luxury except Con-
gress.
If the German prisoners liberated by degrees
let's make it 7S9 Fahrenheit
Knitting Hymn of the Republic. Mary had little
lamb the dumbes of the focks followed her school
day, it's a soldiers
Between costs Of food, clothing and rent we will
never again suffer from that popular disease known
science mumps of the purse
The complicated income tax blanks driving me
nuts. That's not drive, that's putt
The junkmen refuse to bid on the German fleet
They know there's scrap left in it.