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overs in the United States. Prac-
tically all tho widows want 10
get married again but only 20
per cent Of the Widowers are in
clined 10 take a second chance
at mdtTImony.
A widower's marriage was the
inspiration OF DR.. IohnSnn'S
famous wisecrack:
a second marriage Is a
triumph OF hope over ex-
perience."
The new Alaska highway
brings our war factories 1000
miles nearer Toxic.
This highway will be much ir
the news during the spring and
summer Of this year.
Before the war Norma
Shearer, who has two children,
had II servants.
Haven't heard how many
servants Norma is struggling
along with these days.
STAGE. mischievous
- rooster, was the mascot of
the Raj desert command.
The quaint antics of Eustace
did much for the morale Of the
fighting fliers.
Eustace contracted pneumonia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-10
The Brighter Side

THERE are several hundred
American war correspondents
scattered over the globe and
nearly all have written, are
writing, or are planning to write
books.
One OF these days a cores
pendent may become famous
and perhaps even receive dec
Grafton for not having written
a book. which / imagine Will be
a unique distinction. indeed. the
way the boys are turning
EN- out.
The result Of all this writing
is a considerable fund of infor-
nation for the reading public on
the various aspects of the war,
and Of course on the personal
adventures of the correspondents.
Some Of the books are great,
some good. some just $3.50 but
all are exciting and / am
red hot fan for this type of
literature.
! read all Of it l get hold Of.
MY FAVORITE remains Rich
4'I ard Tregaskis' "Guadal-
canal Diary" but I just have
finished another story that I feel
takes the rank of an important
document.
1t is They Call It Pacific"
by Clark Lee, whose name be-
came familiar 10 newspaper read
erS of the United States in the
days of the fighting in the Philip
pines where ne was a cores
pendent for the Associated
Press.
He is a Rutgers man, whose
father was the first president Of
the United Press, and a member
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of the Committee on Public In
formation in World War I.
The youngster Lee spent years
in Honolulu, Toxic, Shanghai
and elsewhere in the Far East
at newspaper work.
He travelled with the Japa-
nese army in various campaigns
in China, and knows the Jap
thoroughly.
Lee was on his Way home for
a vacation late in 1871 when a
cable from his home office
caught him AZ Manila and told
him 10 remain there and await
developments.
THESE developments made
l. him an eyewitness of the
opening raid on Manila and of
all the subsequent events down
10 the last stand of the Ameri-
cans and Filipinos on Bataan.
Later he covered the battle Of
the Coral Sea, and the fighting
on Guadalcanal. but it is his
story of the Philippines that
interests me most.
1t is a startlingly revealing
narrative of our weaknesses and
blunderings there because Of I'M
preparedness. as Lee does not
pull his punches.
Tell them the truth back
home about the Pacific" the SOL
diers and civilians in Manila and
elsewhere begged Lee, and he
tells il in this book.
There is an undertone Of
pathos throughout his story of
Bataan as he lets events disclose
how little help Macarthur
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Better Health

TIVE demon spring house
L cleaner has a pretty clean
house most OF the year. but
about this season she decides IF
she is really A demon house,
keeper 10 go all over the prem
iSeS and see that there IS MOTH
ing left in the corners.
This excellent habit can well
be initiated with respect TO our
bodies.
One item is that every one
should have thorough tooth
cleaning every spring and fail.
THE Chinese had two or three
Il fundamental theories about
teeth.
One was that teeth decayed
because worms got in them and
destroyed the enamel
The name for decayed tooth
in China is chong va, which
means worm tooth
They believed that the small
particles Of food left in the crew
ices of the teeth attract the
worms and hence bring about
the decay.
Translated into modern terms,
II means that the worms are
really germs and that the pri-
mary cause Of dental decay IS
infection. the germs invading
the food particles which are left
behind.
THIS Is Sull good theory
Il about dental decay although
some dentists insist that diet
high in minerals and Vitamins
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and the dispatch detailing his
passing said
"Eustace died In the arms OF
the captain while being fed
whisky from a spoon"
Imagine a fighting flier. IN
the midst Of the death and de-
structiOn Of desert warfare, taxi
ing time out To Try 10 save the
life of a rooster suffering from
pneumonia.
And in so doing taking the
rooster tenderly in his arms.
II is a combination of the
ridiculous and the sublime.
GSENSIBLE women never try
- to conceal their ages"
states feminine contemporary.
To which one might comment:
"Oh, yeah"
And point out that in the cur
rent number of the Directory OF
Congress four of the eight
feminine members refused to
state the date Of their birth.
However, Winifred Stanley Of
New York admitted 70 "a. the
glamorous Clare Boothe Luce
frankly stated she is 80.
Edith Rogers Of MaSSachu-
sets said she was 81 and Fran
els Bolt OF Ohio stated she was
IS.
But we still have another
claim 10 dispute, how about that
man who said
"a woman who will tell her
age will tell anything"
QUERIES from clients:
W Q-What are the ideal ages
for a bride and groom?
Ais said that the best COM
bination is a girl of % and a
man of %.
i don't agree with that.
1 think if a young woman Of
Is and fellow of Is come TO the
conclusion they cannot get along
without each other they should
disregard the matter of age and
be married at once.
GIN your opinion was Ace
Hudkins. the So-called Nebraska
Wildcat" a great fighter?
A-Well, he looked great the
night I saw him defeat Joe Ben
iamin. That was the only time
saw Ace fight.
Copyright. 1e43. By King Features
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DenOcracieS'
Weakness

all totalitarlan systems. We
must make u a criminal offenSe
TO advocate any system that Will
destroy our Liberties. Flatly. We
must dissolve with an intolerant
love of liberty all those groups
that are intolerant Of liberty.
We must not tolerate those who
preach intolerance
We United States Americans
must climb down from our lofty
ivory tower OF sentimentallSm,
vapld idealism and panty-waist
Spinelessness before the enemy
within, who, as Mr.. Kallen says,
is using all It's Machivellian
hypocrisy 10 maintain our civil
liberties for the sole purpose
Of building up A machine that
Will destroy all our civil liber-
ties.
IO1TINGS on my pad while
T" reading the papers IN the
subway Shouldn't there be
something in the Constitution
about the duties Of the mistress
of the White House? In
conditional surrender. TIM
That is not the ann Of China
or Russia. Better get to-
gether!
We can win all the battles and
still lose the war. ! mean If this
country goes sociallsuc e. Most
of the evils of the world come
from the promisSory notes Of
statesmen 10 the people.
Ninety-nine out Of hundred
20 10 protest--or the people pay
the note-and how, No wonder
the NoX Populis OF the world are
getting cynical,
When UnderSccrctary OF State
Sumner WclleS said, we should
be governed by self-intereSt, he
went a long way toward rcStOr-
lnC intelligence 10 American
leadership and substituting
brains for pure rhetorical dema-
gogy.
THE first things a new Wash
Il ington jobholder IN author
ity does is TO give an order that
narrowS some ones privileges.
People act best when left
alone,
A million people at Coney
Island on a summer Sunday and
not one arrest. That's what l
mean.
The curse Of the world is Of
ficeholders. Nine out of 10 are
motivated by publicity, graft
and power. The exceptional one
is removed" for not playing
the game"
In Europe every one aspires TO
be kept by the government, get
ting to be a kind of disease here
too.
Fear Of the people at the bal
lot box keeps officeholderS
pretty straight here. Long live
our bourgeois democracy.
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New York
Heartbeat

how careless talk kills more
soldiers than bullets
The film, Desert Victory, ="
actual battle scenes OF the Brit
ish sth Army chasing Rommel.
DIGTOWN Melodrama He is a
~ leading criminal lawyer in
love with a new star on the
screen.
After she clicked in her first
Broadway show, talent scouts
guaranteed stardom on the coast.
The lawyer refused TO inter-
fere with her career and stepped
aside.
In Hollywood she fell madly
in love with lad who told her
he was a broker.
She wired the lawyer about II
who again stepped aside grace
fully.
Last week the biggest case he
ever tackled was started
His client (accused by the gov
ernment faces a long term If
found guilty.
The lawyer is eXerting every
effort 10 free him. but what his
intimates wonder is this: Would
he fight as hard for the man if
he knew he was the one who re-
placed him in the girls affec-
tons?
Yes, he would because nc does
know il. and he IS fighting all
the harder-to save his eHe-tinfe
loved one heartache and shame.
COUNDS in the Night: In the
~ Stork Club
This isn't going TO be any
short war. Not with all those
politicians passing the buck in
stead OF the ammunition"
AZ htuDtIl =.
''The trouble with having
clean rep IL that II IL so easy TO
stain"
On the Park Central Roof
ITO click on Broadway, back
ground isn't as important az
back patting."
At La Martinique
of only fame was AS good a.
people who don't have II think
IL IL"
THE Mirror Lost and Found
l. columns carried a tiny ad-
vert about the loss Of a gold
bracelet. The advertiser is Lyn
Logan Of the stage.
She is actually broken up over
the disappearance Of It, although
she has more diamonds than
Peggy Joyce II was the gift
Of friend. an American avn
ator. now in Africa.
He gave II 10 her Just before
sailing.
She offers 500 reward.
Copyright by Dany Mlrror Inc.
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the Side

ras child and she Wrs ebiid
In this kingdom by the sen,
But ne iorsd NTH lone that
Was more than Tore
! and M AHnobel Lee.
orr tore Wos stronger by far
than the lore
OF those Uho Werc older than nee
OF MANY far wiser than ne.
Poe.
-tAbeve is from the most
beautiful and touching poem
written in memory of a wife.
when married Mrs. Poe was
13 years of age. Truly "a child
Poe, however. was q at the
time.-EVD.1
I lionel BARRYMORE. Fifty
~ years an actor.
His first hit was in a comedy
THE Other Girl"
His best performance was in
the stage play The Copper
head
His second best was in "The
Jest"
He was the first If tho Barry
mores 10 appear in a film; that
was in 1909.
Al one time In his career
Lionel weighed over 200 pounds.
He is said 10 have reduced his
weight by following the advice
offered in Vance ThompSon'S
famous book Eat and Grow
Thin"
SDITTSBURGH Phil" Chi
cago' O'Brien and r Riley
Grammar demonstrated il is pos
sible to beat the races for i'm
mense fortunes, states a con-
temporary.
George "Pi It's burgh Phil"
Smith did beat the races for a
fortune.
I know that.
AS for Chicago" O'Brien I
have heard he did.
But ! didn't know him.
Riley Grammar, however, went
broke betting on the horses.
He then went West where Nat
c. Goodwin and George Graham
Rice staked him TO $4,000 10
start gambling house in Raw
hide, New.
Shortly after that Grammar
died.
THERE are about 5000 900
l. widows and 100000 Wild
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On Broadway

If1E blG PARADE. SndTleS
i Boyer and Joan Blair of the
.Agic lanterns. being convulsed
~ the Cub by the Ritz Brothers.
Harry Ritz expects uniform
any week.
Dick DWELL, whose Joan
Blondell has been away amusing
enlisted men at camps for al
most a year. >.
Lee Dixon OF oklahoma"
fthe new hit at the st. James
Theater) staying up in the sim
full places until almost midnight.
Former Mayor Walker OBJ
serving
Every war Is a long drunk
and after every drunk there IL
a hangover"
Iona Massey, one of the new
Beautifollies.
Red-haired, green-orb'd jean
cite Macdonald, one of the rea-
sons Technicolor was invented.
Lillian Harvey at the Met
Opera in Stacks.
CALLIES in Our Alley: During
~ the filming Of Gershwins
career, sentimentalist song
writer composed an elegy in
Gershwin's memory.
He insisted on playing IL for
q reluctant Oscar Levant.
what do you think Of it,"
he asked Oscar.
81 think" was the retort, at
would have been better n you
had died and Gershwin had writ
ten IT,"
When jamie" moved to the
Playhouse some one asked the
producer how the acoustics were.
THE actors" he said, "can
hear every cough"
In the Cotillion Room Peggy
Joyce told Stanley Melba she
planned confessing all on the
radio
"Hmmm," teased Melba. "a
>yboy 10 playboy account"
s-
MIDTOWN Vignette: In the
A'A new musical delight, Okla
homa." the lively feminine lead
Is Joan Roberts, probably the
first Broadway actress whose
stage door John" is a holy man.
He is DR.. F. NJ. O'Reilly, an
army chaplain.
He is her uncle and has guided
her throughout her career
sitting through every rehearsal
and waiting for her al every
stage entrance since she was
tot al Irish Society benefits.
Calls for her al the ST. James
Theater stage door every night.
MEMOS OF Midnighter: Pals
A'A of the ged Don
Meades are making some head
way in the reconciliation at
tempt.
United Artists may inherit the
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LENTEN REDUCING DIET
Soturday-675 Galleries
BREAkF Asst

One universal vitamin pill: !
orange sliced mo sugar)-lOO
calories: ! ruSk mo butter)-l0O
calories ! cup coffee mo cream
or sugar..
LUNCH
Salad made of leftover fish,
hard-bolled egg and lettuce
mineral oil dressing )-150 cal
cries: l glass SKINNED milk-l00
Galleries.
DINNER
Two slices lean breast Of roast
duck 100 calorieS. 6 brussels
sprouts % Calories; q baked
grapefruit 100 calorias
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Poem Tribute
Ia POe's Wife
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THERE are about 5000 900
l. widows and 100000 Wild
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BY T.. v. DurIing

p',rlou,.4 by KING Feature, synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-10

how careless talk kills more
soldiers than bullets
The film, Desert Victory"
actual battle scenes of the Brit
ish sth Army chasing Rommel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-10

will prevent dental carries.
Tooth decay in the United
States is certainly one of the
commonest conditions.
Less than = per cent Of the
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Clear skies and temperature in
the comfortable SOS were promised
for today, and the only ones sorry
about it were the ice skaters.
Hundreds of these f1ocked to the
Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool
yesterday, but there was no guar
antee the ice would still be the nee
essary inches thick today.
Watched by park police, the en-
thusiasts remained on the pool until
II o'clock last night. The ice will
have to be tested again today be-
fore skaters are allowed TO return.
The forecaster predicted a high of
about so degrees for today, with
moderate temperatures continuing
tonight and the temperature re-
manning above freezing.
From a low of 18 degrees at TAO
am. yesterday, the mercury rose to
a. degrees at $3.50 pm. The COM
paratively "balmy" weather was no
mirage, according to the Weather
Bureau. The cold wave is definitely
over.
The mercury has also climed In
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Cromwell Divorce Suit
Awaiting Dispositions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New, Dec. 18.-Final hear
ing Of the Doris Duke Cromwell di-
vorce case may not take place until
after Christmas, William Woodburn,
Mrs. Cromwell's Reno attorney, said
today.
Mr.. Woodburn said resumption of
the hearing would await the arrival
OF dispositions which left Honolulu
yesterday. He said he received word
that the dispositions were on their
way.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Capital Equipment
Nearly Fills War
Need, Nelson Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
With some few exceptions, the
United States now has the capital
equipment needed for completion
OF the war production program,
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the
War Production Board believes.
Mr.. Nelson made the statement
In connection with publication yes
terday of an executive order by the
White House transferring to WPB
the authority to certify tax amor
ti4ation privileges. Heretofore, the
Secretaries of War and Navy made
the certifications.
THE effort today therefore is di-
rected, not to further expansion of
plant, but to full utilization of ex-
lsting capacity" Mr.. Nelson said.
Tax amortization privileges were
authorized by Congress in 1910 to
encourage expansion of privately
owned facilities. The law allows
taxpayers to write off the cost of
facilities over a five-year period in
stead of over the longer deprecia-
tion period normally used, in cases
where such facilities were certified
to be necessary in the interest of
the war effort.
In the last three years, the War
and Navy Departments have issued
more than $4,000 necessity certifi-
Gates for facilities having a value
of approximately $6,000,0OO 900.
Now, taxpayers who wish to avail
themselves of the special tax
amortization privilege must file ap-
plications to WPB.
WPB's facilities bureau will han
die the necessary analyses. and
Carman G.. Blough has been named
deputy director for tax amortiza-
ton with authority to approve the
necessity certificates.
Yesterdays order provides that
effective as of last Friday, where new
facilities have not yet been &C
Evening star., 1943-12-19
0PA Appeal Requests
Heavier Penalty on
Steuart Oil Firm

Oral arguments on appeals from
a decision of OPA Hearing Com
missioner Clifford r. Snyder in the
case of L. P. Steuart g. Bros. Inc,
fuel oil dealers accused of rationing
irregularities, yesterday brought
from the District OPA demand that
the firm give up new customers OBJ
tanned during the period of the
alleged irregularities, and from
Renah F. Camalier, Steuart attor-
ney, a charge that the OPA was
trying to drive the company "out
of business"
Mr.. Snyders recent decision up
held some of the District OPA's
charges and found for the Steuart
Co. on the remainder This proved
unsatisfactory to both sides, result
ing in the taking of appeals to OPA
Hearing A ministrator Talbot
Smith.
During arguments before Mr..
Smith yesterday Carl w. Bereuffy,
assistant District OPA enforcement
attorney, submitted an order which
the District OPA proposed the Gov
ernment should issue. 1t was ad-
mltted to the record over the protest
of Mr.. Camalier. The oil company
attorney was given until. noon
Wednesday to prepare brief in
support of his objections to admis-
sion of the order.
Asks Notification.
Where Mr.. Synder had ordered
That the company accept no new
customers after December l of this
year, the proposed order would force
1t to discontinue service to customers
taken on since October 81. 1912. It
would require. the company to notify
these customers in writing that it
was dlscontinuing service because
OF the terms of the order. 1t also
would require the company to de-
liver to the District OPA a list of
the names and addresses of all
consumers to whom it delivered oil
during the period from October %.
1s4l, to october 81, 1912 1t would
permit delivery of oil only to those
customers the company served be-
tween those two dates.
The order would have the effect of
forcing the company to give up Gus
toners who turned to it last winter
when their own companies were un-
able to supply them. At that time,
according to the District OPA, the
company delivered oil without de-
manding ration coupons in some in
stances and otherwise failed to
abide by the rationing regulations.
Firm Seeks Dismissal.
In his brief, Mr. SCamalier asked
that the order of the acting hearing
commissioner be set aside and that
the hearing administrator enter a
new order dismissing the charges.
He challenged the jurisdiction of the
OPA in the case and urged that the |
courts had ruled OPA suspension
orders illegal because of being penal
in character. He said no proof had |
been shown that any of the alleged |
violations were either wilful or in
territorial and described some of the
OPAs contentious as 'ludicrous."
Mr.. Camalier charged the OPA
maintains and has maintained" an
latitude of animosity" toward the
Steuart Co. and cited letter
allegedly written a Steuart Gus
toner by Joel Dean, director of the
OPA fuel rationing division, which
said, "a suspension order might
mean some small inconvenience to-
you, but that would appear small
Evening star., 1943-12-19

room, but wasn't surprised when his
flying tackle felled the man and sent
252 rings worth $4,000 scattering
over a downtown sidewalk today.
Chief Scarboro said the man had
wrapped seven trays of diamond
rings in his raincoat and walked
casually from the store. He told the
OPA the intruder had ration tickets
worth several hundred gallons Of
gasoline in his possession.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

quired or construction begun, the
application for special privileges
must be filed along with the appli-
cation for priority assistance. Also
in such cases, the application for
necessity certificates and for pri-
ority assistance should 60 to the
agency with which the priority
application would normally be filed
Where construction was begun or
facilities were acquired before Oc-
tober 5, 1943, the applications for
necessity certificates should be
filed only with WPB.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
JeweIer tackles Thief;
252 Rings Fall In Street

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 18.-Fred c.
Slater, jewelry store manager, told
Detective Chief l.. o. Scarboro that
he was surprised to see stranger
emerge from the stores diamond
Evening star., 1943-12-19

price to pay for the assurance that
the fuel oil rationing program will
not be sabotaged by a few ire
sponsible members of the fuel oil in
dustry."
Mr.. Smith said he would dispose
of the case before January l.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Navy Santa Claus
Wogs 7,A9,988
Gifts Over World

Ry the Associated Press.
Santa Claus is going to visit
the Navy in a big way.
The Navy reported yesterday
that 7,479 1888 Christmas packa-
ges were forwarded to men on
duty at sea and overseas be-
tween September Is and De-
cember l by feet post Offices
in New York City and San
Francisco.
No figures are available on
gifts mailed to naval personnel
on duty in the United States.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
BoImy Day Due to Please
Every One but Pool Skaters

the hard-hit South where three
days of abnormally low tempera-
lures had developed serious coal
shortages, reported in Georgia as
"the worst we've ever SEEN" ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Smoking Ordnance Asked

Worcestershire Farmers Union in
England wants a government order
prohibiting smoking on farms while
threshing Is in progress.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

COrpuscles, as well as corporals,
can fight. Enlist yours at the Blood
Donor Center, District 5000. Enlist
ments accepted at your convenience
Evening star., 1943-02-16

| tons from the battle front to the
Italian mainland some of theil
hardest blows of the campaign.
Naples was attacked by daylight
yesterday, probably by American
Liberators of the Middle East com
mand. Palermo, on Sicily, was bat
tered last night by Flying Fortresses
WellingtonS of the PAF blasted at
the Tulsa sea base Of Blzerte. The
battle zone airfield at Kairouan was
attacked and II enemy fighters were
shot down in fierce aerial combats
Allied losses-from east and west
together-totaled four planes.
The italian communique placed
the Palermo casualties at 98 killed
and 297 injured, and those at Naples
at 7 killed and IS injured.
The Italian communique continued
to describe the fighting on the
Tunisian front as action of local
character" but said 'some enemy
positions" were taken and 781 pris-
oners were captured.
The communique, as recorded from
Rome broadcast, said 81 Allied
tanks were destroyed or captured
lin this fighting. The italians said
German fighters shot down or de-
stroyed on the ground "a planes.
The communique announced that
an Italian submarine was missing.