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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Rest Little Hitter
Was Armstrong

welterweight crown, holding the
three titles simultaneously. He
is the only fighter in history TO
hold three titles at the same
time.
LIE GAVE up the first because
IL of increasing weight. then
lost the lightweight title and
next the welterweight title by
decisions but. between 1887 and
1910 he fought 81 battles against
the best men in three divisions
and only 10 of his fights re-
suited in other than knockouts
by Armstrong. He must have
been the hardest hitter for a
little man because of the few
who could stand before him for
any length of time.
/ thought his style monoto-
nous. He just kept marching into
an opponent round after round,
failing away with both hands
until the other fellow collapsed
and like to see more open
battling.
Armstrong never cared where
he hit the other guy--on the
head, on the elbows, around the
body-anywhere in fair terri
tory, the cumulative effect of
his punches doing the damage
rather than sudden, sharp blows.
Although he is engaged in
what is called a comeback CAM
paign, speak of Armstrong in
the past tense as that is where
he belongs as far as pugilistic
history is concerned.
Copyright. 1913. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
BY u. u. McEvOy:
Open Tax Letter

we do-which makes them truly
representative. favor any plan
that will put US on a pay-as-you-
60 basis, and this is Jake with
US
We are conditioned to buying
things on the instalment plan.
But where would instalment
companies get off trying 10 col
lect out OF last years income
Henry. whether you admit il
or not, you are now in the in
stalment collection business.
Now some people say you
don't like the Ruml plan because
you didn't think of il first.
would rather not believe that
but don't push me.
After all. we don't care who
thought of il firSt--if you think
Of II last-and hold that thought.
Me. I'm no dumber than any
congressman-and certainly no
hrighter-and he can't make up
his mind whether you lose
money for forgiving us our 1912
taxes or not.
But what Of il?
WHOSE money Is it?
w If it's our debt and we
owe il 10 ourselves, seems TO me
we have the right 10 do pretty
much what we want about il.
And who said we owed it in
the first place?
We did.
Not you, Henry.
II We all said we didn't owe
II and wouldn't pay il, how
would you collect IL?
or course you might say that
isn't sound. scientific economics.
and then YOU would have TO
prove that economics is a SCI
ence. which Of course, il isn't. as
you know.
Fact is, your economics,
Henry, is a cult. and as long as
YOU are secretary of the treas
ury, you are its high priest.
Which is oksy, Henry. but
economlcs-yours or Rumrs is
also philosophy and Santa
yana had some words for it:
"A system Of philosophy IL n
personal work Of art, which
gives specious unity TO a
chance vista In the cosmic la
byrinth.
Chew on that, Henry.
Respectfully yours,
j. p. McEvoy.
Distributed by Mcknight Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Better Health

THIS column has not inter-
l. viewed anybody who feels
very enthusiastic about either
President Roosevelt's or Mayor
LaGuardia's method of making
coffee.
One feels that the forte of
these gentlemen is in statecraft
rather than in the culinary arts.
The only part of coffee ever
considered deleterious is the
fannie acid and prolonged boil
ing increases that tannic acid
four times, but adds little caf-
feline.
/ believe, however. that / can
add something constructive TO
the argument and it goes back
10 the years when / was post
graduate medical student in
Scotland.
7 WAS very fond of Scotland in
i 1911.
was young--at least younger
and full of enthusiasm, and l
enjoyed the clinics of Edwin
Bramwell.
/ also enjoyed the hospitality
of McVittie's Guest in Princes
street and r. used to 60 down
every Sunday morning TO ST.
Giles Cathedral TO see the Black
Watch on parade.
How the Sporrans swung: left.
right, left, right. with the pre-
cision which marks the march
ing OF all Ladies from Hell.
/ liked everything about Scot
land except the coffee.
THERE is no way TO describe
Il Scotch coffee.
When l say that Mayor La
Guardias and President RooSe-
velt's coffee sounds good in
comparison TO Scotch coffee,
that is only faint indication
Of what il is like.
The only thing TO compare
TO Scotch coffee is English
coffee or French coffee or
Italian coffee.
When / had been in Scotland
short time, l found out that
! had better switch 10 tea.
So / did and / can say that I
acquired a taste for il and that
II is just as good as coffee for
breakfast, luncheon or dinner.
/ understand that the distri-
button of tea will be about so
per cent of what ii has been
during the last year.
COCOA will be distributed at
~ the rate of about so per
cent Of the amount of last year.
Not everybody is going TO
take my advice, so il few OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

pUT now for the business of
- the day.
I've been following this Ruml
plan story in the newspaper
and now that the Enrol Flynn
matter is settled ! can give it
all of my attention.
As understand il. Ruml
wants 10 forgive my 1912 taxes.
but you don't want 10 forgive
them.
You don't even want to for
get them.
I've never met Ruml hut I've
grown mighty fond of the man
There is something warm and
appealing about a complete
stranger with such a generous
and gentle heart.
Now | don't mean 10 say that
you haven't got heart Henry
that you couldn't be generous
and gentle. too, il you wanted
10 bel am only saying that
now is the time for all good men
10 come 10 the, aid OF the party
and vice versa.
GO FAR your henchmen seem
~ 10 favor double taxation,
which is hard enough 10 bear.
and double talk which is worse.
Our representatives in Wash
ington who know no more about
the theories of taxation than
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Coffee
Making
BY DIR. Logan CIendening

you acquire the tea or cocoa
habit, you will be able to get
over the withdrawal symptoms
of coffee in time 10 enjoy
yourselves.
Tea, coffee and cocoa depend
for their stimulating effect upon
the same chemicals. the KAN
thineS-caffeine a I'D theobro-
mine-which have about an
identical action in the body.
So il does not make a great
deal OF difference pharmaco-
logically which of these bever-
ages you use.
L also can give everybody
little deep psychological mes
sage on the actual effect of
drinking coffee.
Most people are so -condi-
toned to it that they get very
little physiological action
from IL.
COME people think they are
~ doing themselves irrepar-
able harm by using it, but as a
matter of fact for people over
the age Of 40. it probably does a
great deal of good TO the heart,
circulation and nervous system.
But most of the effect comes
from the smell and a warm fluid
in the stomach.
II
you take a rag and saturate ii
with coffee grounds, smell it,
pop a grain of aminophyllin in
your mouth, and drink a cup of
hot water, you will get about
the same effect as drinking cof-
fee and it will be much more
economical.
Or If you want to duplicate
my Scotch experience, take a
mixture Of one-fourth tea, one
fourth coffee, one-fourth cocoa
and one-fourth coca-cola, bring
to boil and down two cups.
This will make you forget cof-
fee, the Presidents recipe, Mayor
LaGuardia's recipe and every
thing else for long, long time.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
n. f. D.-What is pellagra?
What is the cause? What is the
cure. if any?
Answer-Pellagra is def
cheney disease due to lack of
fresh food and reliance for a
long time on a salt meat, corn
pone, processed foods-such as
molasses-sort of diet.
1t causes scruffiness of the
hands and feet and digestive dis
turbances.
1t can be cured promptly by
the use Of NICOTINE acid, which
is probably the food factor which
is deficient in It's causation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

THE argument as to why a
Il restaurant hostess is so
anxious 10 snatch the menu
away from a customer con-
tinues.
Following reasons have been
advanced and recorded.
If the hostess doesn't take
the menu away the customer is
very likely 10 change his order
and cause confusion in the
kitchen.
lowing to the expense of
printing an elaborate menu the
number of copies are limited so
the menu must be taken 10 give
another customer a chance to
order. If a hostess ran out of
menu cards she would not know
what TO do with her hands.
She would become nervous and
start biting her fingernails.
r WOLFE GILBERT. Song
LIE writer.
His greatest hit was wait
ing for the Robert E. Lee"
The famous race between the
steamers Natchez and Robert E.
Lee was an upstream battle be-
tween New Orleans and st.
Louis, distance of 1,210 miles.
The Robert +. Lee won,
making the trip in 3 days, IL
hours and 80 minutes.
Walter st. Denis Of the world
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
The On|ooker
-MeLemOre-ing for Henry

HERE'S a letter I would love
10 mail:
Hon. Sir:
First of all, can't we get on
little more friendly footing
than this honorable" business?
After all. there is something
peculiarly intimate in the re-
lationship between a taxpayer
and the secretary of the treasury.
1t was all right 10 carry on
the fiction OF formality, Henry.
when you had only one hand IN
my pocket. but now that YOU
are planning 10 turn me upside
down and shake me, let's try TO
understand each other.
SECONDHAND most respect
fully would like to call your
attention 10 the fact that l, as
a taxpayer, will be around for
a long time, whereas you. as
secretary Of the treasury, are
anything but immortal.
! don't want you TO interpret
this as a threat.
l wasn't elected or appointed
9 taxpayer can't be recalled.
- eached or fired.
boggone il, l can't even quit!
And just remember that with
out treasury 10 run, you can't
be secretary.
But me. I'm taxpayer for
life.
Yes. I've seen a dozen guys
sitting behind your desk. and
after you're gone I'll go on see
ing them.
Sometimes / wake up scream
ing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
Abe Lincoln:
American

has done enough for the coun-
try. IL 10 time 20 give some one
else q chance"
AS idealistic as he was, Lin
coin was also a very practical
man. He understood that you
can't make man free by merely
saying so. Sometimes you have
10 fight and die TO get the bene-
fits. In the muddle Of the Civil
War, a group asked him 10 free
the slaves. He answered them
by drawing this analogy:
"How many legs will a sheep
have II you call tall a leg:"
he asked them Five" was
the reply you are mis-
taken" countered Lincoln, she
canse by calling n tall q leg, yee
don't make Ii So"
Another time an enthusiastic
supporter told him;
mir. President. I'm from New
York State. where we believe
that God Almighty and Abra-
ham Lincoln are going to save
this country"
"My dear friend" answered
Lincoln, "you are only half
right"
lis famed debates with Doug
H las gave rise 10 many pun
gent anecdotes. One Of the
best, we think, is this: Douglas
once related Lincoln was
grocery keeper selling among
other things whisky and cigars.
"Mr. L." said Douglas, twas
a very good bartender"
Lincoln countered with:
What Mr.. Douglas has said.
gentlemen, II true enough; I
did keep a grocery, and I did
sell cotton. candles and cigars
and sometimes whisky; but I
remember In those days Mr..
Douglas was one of my best
customers.
Many time have I stood on
one side Of the counter and sold
whisky to Mr.. Douglas on the
other side, hut the difference be-
tween us now Il this: I have left
my side Of the counter, but Mr..
Douglas still sticks to his as
tenaciously as ever"
Copyright by Daily Mirror Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

Of sports. When Mr. ST. Denis
was covering sports events as a
writer there was a contempt
rary sportscribe named Jersey
Jones of the Jersey Journal.
In his "Sidelights" OF the Tun-
ney-Carpentier fight Mr.. st.
Denis wrote:
ed DurIing dropped by 10
ask me: Have you seen JOisy
Jones OF the Jolsy Joinai?'"
This reflection on my alleged
New York accent hurt me, Of
course, but by that time / was
used 10 such cracks as when I
went TO prep school al Phillips
Andover in New England the
kids uscSs& - 81
"Doiling had n gOll named
Poll. She had money to bc:n."
THE United States Federal
Il Trade Commission once ruled
there was no known cure for
snoring.
AS far as I know this de-
cision never has been changed.
However, Henry L, Mencken
has stated a number of times
that he was cured of snoring by
an operation on his nose.
AS to discussions regarding
the Murphys and O'Briens,"
writes Ed O'Brien:
1T Is well known that In early
days of Ireland's history the
Murphys would ask regarding an
enemy force: How many are
there @ While the O'Briens would
just ask: Where are they"
CLOGAN of a New York res
~ taurant specializing in sea
food is:
THE Ash you eat today slept
last night in Chesapeake Bay"
We have horse shows, dog
shows and cat shows. but Eng
land is the only country having
an annual mouse show.
In England's last national
mouse show IL was reported
there were exhibited red, white.
black. blue and champagne coli
ored mice"
The worry about the possible
ity of initiation has been going
on for some time.
In 1887 Roger Bsbson wrote
a book titled, IF Initiation
Comes"
AT that time the charge was
that il imitation came excess
government expenditure would
be responsible.
Copy ght, 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

THE birthday of Abraham
- Lincoln always reminds us
al his life is a monument TO
freedom.
When Lincoln was in the
White House the nation was
fostering with appeasers just as
the country testers with them
now.
But Lincoln knew that COM
promised liberty is the first step
To its eventual destruction.
Refusing an car 10 enemies at
home. he denied the right of
back-stabbers to enjoy freedom.
He dumped them in jails.
That provides the most ell
oquent rebuttal TO the nail
gnawerS. who knit their brows
.,,,,,,,., ,,,v ,lv,uon OF those who
loathe 1T.
Remember, il was Lincoln's
policies that rescued Americas
liberty.
Racial hatred in his time also
followed in the wake of home
front enemies: people who mis-
take ancestry for patriotism.
When one bigot passed a re-
mark about LincoIn's ancestry,
he replied:
81 don't know who my grand
father was, but am more
concerned to know what his
grandson will be-"
I INCOLN also had his bouts
II with Congress. He attended
q preaching service where the
preacher called on those de-
string to go to Heaven 10 stand
UP. All stood up but Lincoln.
Then the preacher asked all 10
arise who didn't want TO 60 to
he'll. Lincoln remained seated.
II am surprised" the preach
err said. ito see Abe Lincoln sit
ting hack there unmoved by
these appeals.
Mr.. Lincoln does not want
20 to hell and doesn't want to
~escape hell. perhaps he will tell
Us where he wants 10 60"
Il am going" said Abe, "to
Congress-"
AS a Chief Executive he also
felt the strain OF the crushing
burden, Al a boring ceremony
q friend asked him IL he didn't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12
old TIMERS often permit
" retrospect 10 magnify the

uLD LINENS OIbch ptiHhN
" retrospect TO magnify the
events and figures Of their youth
far beyond their real proportions.
This is especially true of the
veterans of the manly art of
scrambling ears, Of h erw S e
known as prize fighting and
sometimes as boxing.
! may as well warn you now
that my treatise today is one of
those occasional rambles of mine
into the realm of sport, usually
undertaken on some sudden
prodding OF memory or, as in
this case, by a misstatement of
fact that / feel should be cor
rected in the interests of purity
of historical record.
Joe Choyinski, a somewhat
celebrated fistic antique. passed
from the current scene recently
at the age of three score and Ia
and, right away, the graybeards
of the game took to telling what
a great fighter he was in his
heyday, which was o. X. with
me until one of them said he
probably was the greatest hitter
for little man that boxing has
known.
l did not see Choyinski fight,
though, on the testimony of
those who did, 1 am willing 10
agree that he was good. this eye
witness testimony being the only
kind / accept about the fight
game. The records that are sup
posed to shed some light on
achievement are, in this par
ticular pastime. about 90 per
cent spurious as an examination
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

Let stu the womaH take
An elder than herself. so wears
she 10 him
So swoys she level in her hus-
bands heart;
For, boy, horerer ne do praise
ourselves,
Our faneies are more siddy aud
uHfirm,
More longing, icarertug, sooner
lost and norm
Than Oomen's are.
Shakespeare.
fchskespeaec seems q have(
been greatly opposed TO men
marrying women older than
themselves because on another
occasion he wrote: Then let thy
love be younger than myself or
thy affection cannot hold the
bent.
(No expert on the subject
seems 10 have believed that a
marriage TO an older woman was
a good idea.
However. the records show
that now and then such mar
rlages turn out very we'll
EVD.)
QUERIES from clients:
0 Q-During a little argu-
ment my wife. so-called cute,
little trick type. stepped violently
on my toe. | am 6 feet 2 inches
tall.
AS a gentleman, what should
have done in the way of re-
taliation?
A-Mister, you have me there.
All / can do is to quote the
observation of the Chinese horses
and women expert Wo Lin:
Three things the wise man
does not do. He does not pillow
the sky; he does not paint pie
lures on the water and he does
not argue with a woman"
Q-Can you make hr e
brothers who were all film
stars?
A-That's very easy, Owen,
Tom and Matt Moore.
Q-Remember a show called
isis Hopkins" starring Rose
Melville?
A-Have heard of it but never
saw il.
However. I can tell you that
Rose Melville is still alive
and very healthy at Lake
George, n. Y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

fird the ceremonies OF the
Pl esidency irkSome.
EYES," said Lincoln. "Tn tact,
sometimes I feel like man who
was ridden out OF town on
rail-. and who said: IF IL wasn't
FOR the honor of the thing, I'D
rather walk"
DURING his term of office, he
~ was forever being encoun-
tered by snooty people who
looked down their noses at this
plain American. One snob told
him:
"Mr. President. you must give
my son a coIonel's commission.
Sir. I demand II. not as favor.
but as a right. My grandfather
fought at Lexington, my uncle
WAS the only man who did not
run away at Bladensburg. My
father fought at New Orleans
and my husband was killed At
Monterey"
Lincoln replied:
II guess, Madam, your family
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

Henry McLemore is on
his way overseas.
For a period of approx
msteIy two weeks. J. p. Nc
Evoy. the weH-known writer,
will substitute for him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-12

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and money orders MOULD be made payable
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International News Service has the exclu-
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not otherwise credited In this paper.
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Shakespeare
ON Marriage
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COCOA will be distributed at
~ the rate of about so per
cent Of the amount of last year.
Not everybody is going to
take my advice, so il a few OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-15

Don't keep your finger on the
trigger while cleaning dirt off the
peep sight of your gum"
That was the rule James I.
Olsen. 10, of 1912 9th ave. dis
regarded Wednesday afternoon
while engaged in target practice
at the home Of his friend. Paul
Lent, Ri. ?, Box 616A Fife.
Result was that Olsen is now
at home nursing wounds on his
left hand caused by % long rifle
bullet digging out path through
the thumb and first three fingers.
Lent took Olsen To Bridge clinic
Immediately after the accident.
Police. who Investigated. said that
Olsen told them he was trying to
dislodge some dirt from the front
peep sight and forgot to take ms
right hand away from the trigger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-01-15
Bill Would Prevent Paying
Old AGE Pensions TO Aliens

when driving their own cars. The
present limit is 50 day and four
cents mile.
The other bill. by Sen. Shir-
ley Marsh. d.. Cowlitz, would
permit Legislators to draw an
extra SIS day for rent and
food by merely filing a bill for
the money. instead of having
to present receipts as at
present.
Other senate bills would permit
Officers to act as notary publics
in acknowledging servicemen's le-
gal papers, and require candidates
to reveal their various places of
residence and occupations.
A bill introduced in the house
today by Rep. Charles Hodde, D..
Stevens, provided for amendment
of the 1941 pension law to permit
pensioners to earn up to 1850 a
year without pension deductions.
Rep. Francis Pearson. D. Clal-
lam, introduced a bill to make it a
misdemeanor to pay women less
money than men receive for the
same kind of work. A similar bill
went into the senate under Sen.
Barney n. Jaclsons name.
Other house bills filed in
cluded three by Rep. Clyde V.
Tisdale, d., Pacific. changing
industrial safety regulations
and providing for a change in
the method of assessing en-
ployers accident charges in
the case of two injuries at
different times causing total
disability.
Other house bills would author
ize the fisheries director to spend
up to As per cent of the privilege
fees collected by his department
and allow liens to be enforced foi
labor and plants and trees planted
in landscaping service.