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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
NEW ORLEANS SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 4.-lR-
spot cotton closed quiet 35 cents
pale lower. Sales 178, low mid
oling 16.05, middling 2O.3O, gooo
mnloollng 20.75, receipts 2,042
Stock 168.O92
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05

Attractive sprinkler that
really gives a fine rain
like spray and covers a
large area. Ceramic
bae: vitreous finish
heads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
KILLED IN ACTION

MONROE, Aug 4-P)-The War
department has notified John M.
Flncher that his son, PFC. Reu-
ben James Fincher, %, was killed
in action in the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
RALEIGH LIVESTOCK

RALEIGH, Aug. 4.-tRANCDA)
Hog markets steady with tops
of 14.00 at Richmond and 1895 at
Rocky Mount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. (P -
Cotton futures closed 5 to 80 cents
bale lower today on light hedge.
selling and liquidation Influenced
by continued lack of interest in
spot business.
The weekly weather report was
slightly less favorable but about
up to trade expectations. There
was some small scale-down mill
buying.
Futures closed Gold contracts)
5 to 80 cents a bale lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Open High Low Close

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 4.-R-
Cotton futures closed 5 to 80 cents
a bale lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-05
AS PURE AS
MONEY CAN BUY

None faster. None surer. None safer.
St. Joseph Aspirin-world's largest seller
at 10t. You can't buy aspirin that can do
more for you, SO why ever pay moref
Demand genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

Briefly: That Hitler can be
licked Via Casablanca!
The Saturday morning con-
ferenceS Of the L. S. Supreme
Court have subsidized 70 an up
roar.
Vice President Wallacc'S
friends and the supporters OF
Speaker Sam Rayburn have de-
clared a phony arnlstice
Mayor LaGuardIa- and tf7e
American Labor Party have not
broken. They merely speak very
unkindly OF each other.
MANHATTAN Murals News
w stands lit by old-fashioned
lanterns. adding a picturesque
touch TO The Big Apple.
Saturday night crowds push
ing each other 70 get cabs, while
the subway stays empty and
gets there faster. ANYWAY
The most macabre ioD-holder
in town
The fellow who stands in the
window Of an upper Broadway
sea-foodery all day-klhnc lob
sters.
The midtown candy store win
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

TNHE Screen Actors Guild of
l. Hwood debunks the story
| that an old-timer member (who
got a one-day film job was dis
possessed.
Fact: He was allowed TO do il
paid his back dues-and no.
body got bum break. at all.
It's a girl doll for the Frank
Fentons. He was leading man
in ''Phila. Story"
Alexander kirkland. being I'M
wound from Gypsy Rose Lee,
SAYS he is disillusioned and will
stay a bachelor forever.
The Duke Of Windsor drinks
beer with ice in it!
Jack Carver of the marines
met Powers model Stephanie
Allen at the Stork Club on
Friday night. They were
stitched a few days later at
New River, n. C..
Jon Hall and Frances Lang
ford are not estranged. She
shoves of for Europe to amuse
troops soon.
Trend of the Times: Sign on
w. 14th St:
"Dishwasher Invited"
MANHATTAN Murals The
WI West And street place
which advertises:
"Gems-from 50 cents up."
West 4lSt street. where you
can get a bus 10 any spot in the
United States, but try TO find
cab 10 take you Crosstown.
The loafers concesting Rookie
fefier Plaza, where the breezes
have all the fun with the gals
skirts.
The six foot. 20O-pound pri-
vate saluting a five foot nothing
2nd looey on 9Th avenue and
49th.
The ham and egg place, pat
ronized mainly by WAVES and
WAACs.
(TF THE historians ever get
II the facts on these times they
will call him Africa Bill Dono-
van. not wild Bill
His strategy was formulated
two years ago and is doCu-
mented in Washington and
London.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

girls and Mrs. Bob the boys.
So far Bob has had all the
breaks. He has named FIVE
daughters as follows Anne,
Elaine, Rebie lafter h er
mothcr), JEANNE and Char
maine
Last two names indicate Bob
is a popular song fan
Mrs. Bob has had A chance to
name two boys: Robert (after
MS pappy1 and Ralph.
Mrs. Bob seems 10 be going
for the idea that r is a lucky
letter 10 have in a name.
81 John HERTZ was rubbing
- Make Hirsch for not hav-
ing been smart enough to buy
Count Fleet when he had a
chance 10 do so at a price of
$500" states a sportscribe.
II would seem somebody
could rib Mr. Hertz for being
willing 10 sell a horse like
Count Fleet for $500.
II IS reflection on his judy
ment
he had more chance to study
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

dow display corking idea:
Filled with photos of neighbor-
hood lads gone TO war,
The prettiest headwaiter in
town: Dorothy Potter az the
Town Talk restaurant
COUNDS in the Night: In
~ Reuben's:
"Some OF those super-patriOts
think they're Americans because
they can trace their families
back TO Benedict Arnold"
At Leon e. Eddie's:
He keeps running around In
triangles."
At the Horseshoe:
I'm the final analysis a
Broadway pal Is one who doesn't
get sore over a bounced check"
At the 1928:
IF John l.. Lewis thinks dig
ging coal Is tough--let him try
digging a foXhole."
At Harrington & Hyers 81
Club:
Certainly my wife knows
where l am. She's waiting out
side-with an axe"
DALLERTNA BARANOVAS
- groom the's managing d.
rector OF The Ballet Theaterl is
a private al Fort Dix. He was
a captain in the Russian army.
a Joan Bennett fan. who read
about Joan'S coast home burn
ing down with everything in II,
sent a No. j coupon.
hear that the nylon
racketeers are holding up sales
until Christmas hoping 10 get
at least Sl1 pr. then.
The outdoor amusement busl-
ness is the biggest in 20 years.
Palisades Park is up 300 per
cent.
Joe ( Lewis is az Ciro's,
Hwood. for a week and then
shoves OF 10 a-luse troops IN
the Pacific,
Add wartime contradictions:
On West 44th street a cops
horse was given 50 much lump
sugar by women the horse got
sick.
The Stork owner lost $3.50 in
cash the other night A porter
there found and returned II.
Reward. 500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
The Brighter Side

4 STRANGER in the city OF
"A Los Angeles IS apt 10 be
somewhat puzzled by the fire.
quent references in the local
papers 10 the activities Of what
they call zoot-suit gangs.
These gangs, as inquiry Of any
native Will disclose. infest GER
tain sections of downtown Los
Angeles and are made up of
ornery young fellows in their
teens and early tWenties who
wear a ludicrous but most dis
tinctive garb for these days.
They go in for long flowing
coats, pancake hats. pegtop
trousers very much pegged, or
tight. at the ankles and duck
tail haircuts. This hirsute trim
brings the hair down the back
Of the neck in the shape of the
neither end of a Mallard. The
zoot-suit may not be peculiar to
Los Angeles but the zoot-suit
gangs seem to be indigenous
only 10 that section.
ONE gathers from the papers
~ that the zoot-suit gangs run
wild in some areas of the city
and the members are often in
court on charges ranging from
ordinary mischief 10 crimes Of
violence, including murder.
| suppose some Los Angeles
Youngsters who wear zoot-suits
are not associated with gangs or
with crime in any form, but the
innocent err in sticking 10 that
uniform nowadays because it
has become a sort of symbol Of
mlSdemeanOr or felony.
It as also become a little
dangerous to the WearerS. as
some zOot-SulterS inSulted and
miStreated the wives of service
men and in consequence the
soldiers and sailors organized
posses Of their own and de-
Scended on the haunts of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Lafchsfring Ont. To Some
All Guests Welcome
If Toting Enough Food
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

We trapped few ur-boarng weekend guests last week
One brought pound Of coffee had been very little
used Another weighed in with bag sugar and third lady
brought bottle Of milk she had grabbed back porch.
One Of guests reminded that in 1912 she had got
divorce from husband because he soda
bed She sorry about it. She could the crumbs
The Persans say guest and fish bit rancid
after three days But YOU bring panked shad under your
will let you both ferment around the camp FIRE.
In the old days searched guests before they left
the house. Now frisk them before they come in
One thing want home about is the black
market in ieeboxes. The week-ender sneak
kitchen midnight to spear anchovy snipe an=eee
This is treachery and above the legal of
you to put bear trap every sugar
and bring the police dog indoors and lock him in the potato bin
In the meantime would like to hear from prospective
weekend guest for June r. % and July g. equipped with
ashcr of Canadian bacon ewed aprcots
you.
CeryueHt ID kng Fss,ur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
How to Cure
ZOOt-Suiters

ponent parts, is not new, though
the ensemble is. The long flow
ing coat is a throwback to a
fashion of the so-called gay
Riheties, which were not at all
gay if you throw in '93. only the
modern coat is exaggerated to
some extent, the pegtop
trousers that require the re-
noval of the shoes before the
wearer can unpants himself.
we're quite the vogue among all
the hot men in the early Dos.
THE pancake hat also goes
l. back 10 the '90s. The duck
tail haircut is Oriental and
never before popular in any set
in this country.
Even the idea of a distinctive
get-up in gangs is not new as
the rank and file is apt to fol-
low the fashion of a leader.
Nearly all the tough guys of
the booting days were wearing
quiet, well-tailored dark clothes,
white linen and dark ties.
| remember a distinguished
killer out of Detroit whose
name was usually associated
with the Purple Gang" COM
planning to me this was a most
unfair classification. He said
that one time a number Of
young fellows he described as
utter nobodies were arrested
and some reporter noticed they
all wore purple shirts, so he
called them the Purple Gang"
and thereafter practically every
crime and every underworld
character in Detroit was as
signed TO the Purple Gang"
II never wore purple shirt
In my life" said the gentleman,
shuddering. How ungenteel
that would be-"
Copyright. 1913. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
On the Side

And fare thee ucH, my only lore.
and fare thee rcH a oh'ie'
Aud / loiH come again, my lore,
Tho 10 ucrc ten thousand mile.
Burns.
ERANKIE BAILEY, known in
Il her heyday on Broadway
as The Girl With the Million
Dollar Legs IS now -.
Wonder how MarIene Diet
rich will look when She is 81?
Probably regeneration and
beauty treatments will have adj
vanced so much by that time
that Marlene will appear to
be about 4o.
Alamosa, Colo, with A popu-
lation Of 5000 has SIX dentists,
three of whom are left-handed.
Alamosa's southpaw dentists
are Doctors Wllburn, Davies
and Strong
0DEGARDING wedding
IL kisses" writes a young
Chicago matron.
During the ceremony the
man I was marrying was a lit
tie nervous.
About half way through the
ceremony he thought N Was
time for the kiss.
He threw his arms around
me and gave me a terrific
smack,
II can still hear the minister
crying out:
Not yet, young man! Not
yeti"
Congressman Albert J. Engel
made a 42-day trip OF lnveStiga-
ton around the country and in
that time spent only Sill for
board and lodging.
That is at the rate Of 81 81
a day.
Mr. Engel is certainly some
board and lodging shopper
Also apparently knows the
value Of money.
He should be handling the
budget.
MR.. AND MRS. BOB VII
vi LIAMS OF Chicago agreed
that Bob was 10 name all the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Better Health
BY Dr. Logan CIendening

81" SEE where IL says by the
L paper" said my old friend.
Dr.. Adrian Gibbs, when we
met in the hall last night on the
way home, that you have eX-
planned how the ration boards
are going 10 ease the plight of
the chronic dyspeptics and the
diabetes and other under
privileged members of the COM
munity under rationing.
Why don't you do something
for somebody like me"
What il the matter with
you?" ! asked. you seem to
be standing up pretty we'll"
HTHAT il the way / look 10
Il the unseeing eye. / look
all right on the surface, but
YOU don't know how l suffer
within ! belong 10 the sub
merged tenth.
II am the guy who is too old
TO change his food habits.
II am the kind that was
brought up on meat and bread
and potatoes.
II started i'm on meat and po-
tatoes when l was two or three
years old and except for bread
and butter and apple pie, l
didn't know there was any other
kind of food until I put on long
pants and began TO eat out.
II didn't eat CuCumbers be-
cause they disagreed with my
mother.
81 DIDN'T drink any coffee
because it disagreed with
my father.
II didn't eat tomatoes or
oranges because my grandfather
thought they were poison.
after the age of five l didn't
drink any milk, mostly because
! didn't like IL and mostly be-
cause Mr. DOersChuk, the drug
gist, said IL would Curdle on
your stomach.
II tried milk few months
ago and IL was just the way
remembered il when was
young.
1T tasted like old white
string that had been soaked in
salt water.
But l think il II fine for
others, YOU understand. recon-
mend il highly.
"In other words. I am one 81
the fixed dietary habit people
and IL il not very easy 20 get
used To rationing.
II think / ought To have a
little relief from the rationing
boards. What l want is meat
and potatoes. o.
"T IL all very Well TO talk
about these neW-fangled
things like Zucchini and panslorf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
We Joined War
for Our Defense
BN BENJAMIN DEF aSSerCS

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
March Of Events

SORT Of gets my goat--this
~ yawp from certain quarters
that we are in this war N
save Russia and China and
Galeh. Gazook and Gazah
Wendell Willkie says that in
China tho common people tot
China feel that We fthe Amer
cans) have asked them 10 JOIN
US"
AS China has been at war
with Japan for about five years,
u strikes me that they have
asked US 10 Join them, and not
vice versa
The same applies 10 Russia.
She was IN the war nearly
six months before We were
II is they who have asked Us
70 Join them-WhlCh We did, for
our own defense
HOW the basic mechanical
IL and biological laws Of tho
universe are repeated IN the his
tory Of man is emphasized pow
erfully again in the mighty duel
Of ideas engaged IN by Thomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamil-
ton. so vividiy portrayed IN
! The Patriots
AS | said recently the earth
and other planets are held IN
their places by two opposing
forces. The centrifugal and the
Ccntripctal
The centrifugal force tends
10 drive US away from me sun
That is caused by tho pull Of
the other planets
The ccntrlpctdl force pulls US
toward the sun,
The first keeps US from plunC-
ing into the sun and the sec
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
QUESTIONS. ANSWERS

II. X: Please tell US some
thing about govt. Does IL really
come from high living or IS that
the movie version
Answer: Tho causes Of govt
are somewhat obscure. but the
general impression m Ong
scientific students Of the disease
is the same as the movie YER
sion: that II comes IRON high
living
Il is due 10 the accumulation
of uric acid IN the blood, which
gels there from rich foods and
wines.
I. Z. *: Would you advise
n person with diabetes 10 take
high potency vitamins 10 build
up? Also TO take calcium IN
stead OF drinking milk?
Answer. Di0bctIC people need
Vitamins Just the same as any
body else and tho vitamlns con-
tam no food substances that
the d.ahctIc Is supposed 10 do
without.
There is no reason why a
GiabetiC should take calcium in
order 10 avoid taking milk.
In the first place, he can get
calcium IN green vegetables
and in the second place. dla-
bette treatment is now so sue
cesSful that the diabetc can
eat nearly any foods, including
milk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
BY Damon HRuRyOn

zoot-suiters with the caress Of a
cyclone.
THEY were equipped with
Il short ropes with loaded
ends, and also with their fists
and they invaded bars and dance
halls and other hangouts Of the
zOOt-suiters and belted the be-
jimmy out of the home boys.
There is nothing that cures
would-be tough guys like
sound pasting, as some wise
police official in New York
demonstrated years ago when
the big town was overrun by
gangs.
This official organized the
Strong arm squad the men,
bers of which were selected
for their youth. strength and
agility. They ranged the city,
usually IN pairs, IN civilian
clothes and they walked into
every neighborhood where a
gang held forth and started
Smacking away without cere-
mony. They rarely used their
pistols or blackjackS Just fists
and they seldom made arrests.
but they worked some wonder
full cures.
THE strong arm squad was
Il dong since abandoned, the
squeamishness of politicians who
hated 10 see their favorite
gangSters slugged having some
thing 10 do with IT, though it
has It's counterpart in other
squads that deal with the under
world.
But the duties of the old
strong arm squad were so ore
track and simple and so beauti-
fully executed II seems a pity
II was not perpetuated. There
IS no sense in any community
harboring tough guys in gangs.
The zoOt-Suit, in its COM
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

1 .--.
ora E'et, ~ S,,i.'. ,, -'...-
III 49,. Dus % Sp'~e ''s'''''''- .0' ''.-
"'''' -
HAMILIDN \ doctrine Oh an
~! To"eri'- cen'ra Ize'a
the states and. indeed al. indi-
NiduaiS eventually WotIla lose
thelr iTeedrm was cen'iip'ia.
Jefferson dpc'I.ne % IHdI-
Nidua! and states rights ana, IN
peace time, inc appl.2'.an or
al I'CefdL '"Il'i d4l1tV power TOD
purely Administrative ana con-
stltu'onal ilncNonS Wa CEN
triiugal
one plunged % contra. sun
OF power
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Connolly Answers

Ia Catherine Archipelago;
fh) 100 miles lCl Alcuts,
members Of Eskimo race
. (a) Asia. lb) Europe, lc).
Australasia.
3-tal Three; Cb) wise; CO..
Ithaca.
la Ocean, Oh thee, (C)
liberty.
5-ta) Dice; tb) malachite; (c)
bunting
\ Franklin Pierce. |(b)
Herbert Hoover; tc) Willard
Fillmore.
Copsright 1913. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

the horse than Make HirSeh.
incidentally the best Judge
OF a thoroughbred when year
ling or at any other time was
James Rowe.
ono DOUBT some wives are
y jealous Of their husbands
secretary," states a Pitts
burgher.
But they are just not in IL
a. to jealousy with women
whose husbands are instructors
for feminine workers in war
plants.
Some instructors wives
actually have forbidden their
husbands to speak TO the girls
at the plants any more than Is
necessary.
"Other such wives become so
madly jealous they nag and
fight with their husbands TO
such an extent that the men
are not really fit to work tho
next day.
This mad Jealousy OF war
workers wives is hurting the
war effort"
QUERIES from clients:
VI Q-Some men in the fed
eral government say they do
not think there will be any air
raids or any invasion of this
country.
Others in Washington say
there certainly will be. How
about IL?
A-Well. for one thing the
federal government has not re-
duced the rate for war damage
insurance.
AS for myself still hold TO
the idea that anything can
happen.
Q-Have you any limericks
for a limerick collector?
A-Have you this one:
IN Potsdqm the total dbstdineys
Like other high standard main
tdiHers
Have punnches like porches
And noses like torches
And are generally dWfuI neck
pdiners.
Copyright, 1s45, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Quick Answers

Winston Churchill.
2-"Moodman, spare that tree
3-Tomato.
4-Gapt Manfred Won RIGHT
hofcn. German acc VII o
downed so planes.
5-The post Office. q cent and a
quarter is rs cents.
s Rear admiral
Charles Lamb
Copyugh'. 1915, ry hlgs Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
On Broadway
Duke Drinks
Beer With Ice
BY Walter WincheII

Trade Mark Copyright Io's Daily Mirror Ina.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Food
Habits

and fennel and endive and green
vegetables like that.
THE lady l board with
showed me an article in some
fashion magazine that said il
would be a good thing TO go out
and pick mustard leaves,
"And that they would make a
very tasty lunch.
"Now look here, my boy, I
ana entirely toe old 10 begin tn
eat all these Italian and for
eign-looking foods.
Il will do nearly anything
for my country but change my
habits.
II am willing to take a
chance on sCurNy il they give
me meat and potatoes.
H[IELL." I said. you don't
w have TO worry about po-
tatoeS; they are not ratiOned
yet.
And what about eggs?"
A little egg goes a long
way" replied DR. Adrian Gibbs
In case / didn't mention IL
to you. what / want is not only
potatoes, want meat and pO-
tatoes and l will gladly trade in
my canned stuff for some meat
and potatoes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
By T.. v. DurIing

coPyrish'. 1913. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

Regarding
Wedding Kiss
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
BY Jimmy Halo

2
Nonds-f boss hekd Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

MR.. AND MRS. BOB VII
vi LIAMS Of Chicago agreed
that Bob was 10 name all the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

car,asat 1888. b. hin. Features
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-02-19
Young Couple
Wed In Phoenix

Freeman Higgenhotham and
Miss Florence Spurgeon of Rens-
seller. Indiana, were married last
Saturday in Phoenix by the Rever-
end Richard Merrill, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Phoenix
in the church chapel. The bride
was attired in street costume.
The groom has been a resident
of Coolidge for number of years
and is a graduate of Coolidge I'm
ion High School, class of AZ. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Higgenb1tham.
The former Miss Spurgeon is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. I'd
ward f. Spurgeon of Rensselaer,
and came here seven months ago
fer her health. She is graduate
of Rensselaer, high school,
The young couple was accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Shoemaker, Billy Wynn, Of Cool
idge and Junior Wynn, of Phoenix
The Higgenbothams plan to
make their home here.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-02-19
REGISTRATION FOR FOOD
RATIONING PLANNED

Registration for institutional us
ers of food is to be held at the
High School Auditorium next
week Registration days are Feb
ruary 25. 26. 27. between the hours
of 100 p. NJ and 500 p NJ, ex-
cept on Saturday February 81
which viii be from 800 A. n. to
400 p NJ. at the Southside Gram
mar School Auditorium
Registration for individual con
sumers will be held at the South
side Grammar School Auditorium
next week beginning February %
and ending February 27.
The teachers of the High
School. the Southside Grammar
School and the North Grammar
School have undertaken the job of
registering the applicants LEO.