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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22

DOLlTICS beat the Ruml plan
L administration politics. Mr..
ROOScVeltS threat of a veto may
have carried some weight, but
the HouSc Democrats were
simply determined not TO letthe
Republicans get any more credit
than necessary for having pushed
tax easement
Leader Joe Martin, who made
the Ruml plan Republican, by
adoption. picked up plenty of
political nay on the proposition.
TIlE Democrats tried TO make
L out that the plan favored the
rich. and succeeded IN smear
ing any common popular intclli-
gent understanding Of the COM
pick situation
The truth is the plan would
have raised less taxes than now
from the man whose income -
declining mot many Of theml
more taxes from the man whose
income IS increasing tthe bulk
ot war Salarics). and DO nothing
for the man whose income has
been the same the last two years
until he dies or his income
does increase or decline Then
his back tax debt would be
wiped out
In some few isolated instances
uch man would have been
helped CSenator Byrd mentioned
these IN the debatel above the
poor man, but not in any gen
cral way.
THE truth remains that the
Il Ruml plan was the only one
proposed 10 put the country on|
pay-as-y ou-go without requiring
some measure Of double taxa
ton for the current year.
Any compromise. therefore. 70
not likely TO be effective The
man with An income Of 100000
Ccited by the President now
pays around $4,000 in federal
income tax, and state tax in
addition.
He obviously cannot pay much
Of any additional taxes on his
earnings. TO him any COM
promise would be capital levy.
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Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22

TliE drIblct army which the
Il British pushed through the
high mountains on the Burma
border and INTO the Jungle has
been driven odck almost 10 the
border and IS too weak TO dol
anything.
congressional CTTttcS
really believe CHINA Will collapse
and tdtt out OF the war unless
the Burma road IS opened.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22
Who Runs the War?(Port I'D


public clamor and political intrigue directed
against them. Only when convinced that they
are inadequate should war minister change
the command.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22

Nov. neither Churchill nor his
4 military experts ON tapan'S
strength and weakness came 10
This capital juSt for The plane
ride.
Nnd another reasonable dcduc-
tion Is that the Roosevelt
Churchill long range strategy,
and their plans for a second
front in Europe, as mapped at
CaSablanca last January. are
Low confronted with a changed
military situation which requires
another faCe-tO-faCe meeting of
the Engli>h-Speaking leaders IN
this global war.
In Washington. there is the
increasing belief that the pleas
for an immediate and powerful
offensive against the Japanese.
which have been coming from
Gen. Macarthur and from Aus
trallan and New Zealand leaders
and the almost frantic appeals
Of the Chinese Will be answered.
Private reports in the capital
60 far beyond official statements
in indicating that the JapS have
done effective work in CONSOLE
dating their captured territory.
paCifying the native populations
and effectively utilizing the re-
sources of the western Pacific
toward creating A powerful en-
pre-. with tremendous defense
power.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22
Burma Front
Still Worries
Senate Bloc
Chandler Finds Problems
UnsoIved by ChurchiIIN
BY PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON, May 81
" Churehill.s broad explana-
ton of Allied strategy did not
entirely satisfy compliments in
Congress.
What the fairly wide group
behind Senator Chambers view
point has been trying 10 do is
to induce the British 10 put a
formidable army in against
Japan on the Burma line. They
also wanted 10 draw out Off
cially a British promise Of full
cooperation IN running down
the mikado
Official quarters here have
been disturbed for some months
by ChurchillS promise TO de-
mobilize some of the British
military forces after we get Hit
lcr, a speech which Anthony
Eden tried 10 explain away un-
successfully when he was in
Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22

TIlE new firm Churchill pro-
Il nouncementS Stilled these
fears successfully, but left the
Burma line proposal unsettled.
The Indian army runs nearly
a million men, but most Of these
have been kept at home for pro-
lection against the Indians en-
harkcd on anti-BrltlSh crusades,
passive but occasionally bloody.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22

answers on Opposite Page
copyrgaL 1888 ~ hrs Fsaf.r.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-22
Major Blow
AtJapan Due
Not Europe

BN John O'DO\\ELL
(Reprinted from the Boston
Record

GONE ,lme 400 AA1- presented
y ME report that Tho knockout
Ncfo'N fol. An,lo-Amcrican arms
.n North Africa would hc fol-
+-44A---A Tip mn offensive
against Japan that The Far
t1St. not the beleagucrcd CONT
nrUt Of Europe would be the
scene OF The next violent action.
The arrival OF Prime Minister
Churchill IN Washington for a
War conference with President
Roosevelt and. above ALL the
makeup of the staff which ac-
COmpancd BulaIn uai leader,
tend 10 confirm this
Churchill brought with HIM
the commandcr-ln-chIcf of the
British forces nm India Field
Marshal Sir Archibald p. Wa.
Veil, BrltaIu'S AIR commander m
India Air Marshal Sir Richard
PcuSe, and the COMMANDMENTS
chief of Britar'S sea forces in
The Indian Ocean. Admiral Sir
James SOmeiNI.lc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Oracle Of MiSinfOrEn
Gardening Questions
Reluctantly Answered
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

r. WWater rhubarb every day. But water will never
take the place Of sugar
ANHlOUS-There is such thing little garlic.
L. A B-Corn should be about a foot high Balance IL
with bunion the other foot.
SUBURBAN-We don't buy anything special for Japa-
beetles. They eat what eat do without
PATRIOT1C-There is such thing a succotash
plant
JIBBERSAThe Nebraska corn hucker champions are
praccng their 1912 winter underwear right
ELLIE MAYO nothing until you hear from Then
well both do nothing
1NDIANA-About 10 Japanese prisoners the acre.
OHIO-I said should he planted in hills. But didn
expect you would 20 all the way the Rocky Mountains
NOTE-The editor of this column a graduate Of the
Corner Lot School of Farming If there is anything about
agriculture he doesn't will enclose just
TO get the hree.cent stamp.
co7gnsht 1915 KRIS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

He who hath mingled IN the
fray
OF duty that TIE brars srdu,s
Must have made foes. II he has
none
Small Is the woyk that he has
done.
He has Rat no traitor on The
hip;
Hos cast no cup from perJwed
lip;
Has nsrer turned the rrong 10
right;
Has been a coward in the ftoht.
-Grun.
(Above was inspired by
having heard 1t said OF a man
that he didn't have an enemy
in the world '-EVD)
THE mahaFaiah Of Indofe.
l. Worlds richest man. lie
has an income of $4,000 900
year and no income tax to pay.
"Gabby" Street. Ex-ma ior
Lacquer Walter Johnson's bat
terry mate.
"Gahby" achieved consider
able attention by once catching
a ball thrown from the top Of
the Washington monument
TVS rnan1.pNant ItttIo
more than SIS feet in height,
CisSie Lotus. Brilliant
actress. Still very active at
age of 81.
At present featured in
arsenic and Old Lace"
She was born in Glasgow.
Her first husband was Justin
Mccarthy who wrote IF I were
King.
Gissie appeared in this with
f. II. Sothern.
II has been claimed that the
first kiss ever filmed was one in
which Cissie figured.
l forget the name Of the
EenllefNdn WHO ulQ the klSSlnS.
QUERIES from clients:
VI "Q-Why- continue 10 fg-
more the Gernini gals
What do the star gazers say
about US?
A-The star gaZers claim
Gemini women are either great
successes or great failures.
Never in between.
They are definitely Of the
love EN- and leave EN- type.
It Was GenaiFF woman who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
How 10 QueII
Foot Suffers

been beaten UP or pushed
around" that resentment broke
out IN mob action
Nobody seems 10 understand
why zoot-sulterS. not all NJ
whom, incidentally wear the
outlandsh uniform Of the group,
are so Ster against men IN the
nations Uniform.
But there Is nothing mySteri-
Gus about the reaction OF the
serNlcemen.
II is all we'll 20 say they
should have let the law take It's
course but the. law was not do
Ing It's Job
It's a mistake 20 sympathlle
with these gangSters on the
theory that they afe nfiSunder-
stood or the victims Of social
warnings The soldiers and
sailors deserve the public SYM
pathy and the protection Of the
Law.
IT IS the ganCSters who must
Il he restrained. and American
cities must be polCed so that
others may 60 about IN safety
on the streets
Indirectly. but Enthusiastically
this cult got lis inspiration from
the degenerate exhibition Of
youthful mass hysteria which
began on Broadway with hum
dreds OF them writing. witch
ing and bowling gibberish 10
the horrible squeals and squawks
of the 1--WE bands.
That all this was sheer, inten-
tional affectation there IS no
doubt, for they behave so only
in numbers. when they have
audiences.
The newspapers had a part in
the promotion Of the cult by
treating II as new expression
OF the spirit Of American youth.
A little dose Of good, quick
police work by efficient detec-
tives and cops should be the
answer.
copyrish'.d nv United Pastures synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Bv WestbrOOk Pegler

TN LOS ANGELES. as in Tue
L son. the trouble is a mystery.
and in both places there has
been speculation as 70 whether
the fights could be provoked by
some enemy power.
One liberal newspaper re-
porter who knows the Mexican
people from many years Of con-
tact not only in southern Cali
fornia. but in old Mexico As
we'll, believes the young Mexi-
can American narauders are
victims Of Illustration.
Contrary 70 limitations in
recent dispatches from Los An
geles the majority Of them are
not Mexican nationals hat ma
tive Americans Of Mexican
blood.
This Journalist says they feel
that they are socially excluded,
but admits that the gangs are
made UP Of thoroughly vicious
young hoodlums, including some
girls.
IT IS plain that the soldiers
i and sailors were acting under
great provoCstion. That vas
the fact in Los Angeles
So many men IN uniform had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
New York
Heartbeat

taking maps in a sleeping bag
for 80 nights with the army.
Navy II. John Mason Brown,
who sat in the best pews AZ
flrst-nights CAS- critic), spent
nights leave standing up 10 see
"Doughgirls. -
BROADWAY Smalltalk Since
ID the news has been con-
firmed that Chevalier is a Nazi
collaborationlst. why doesn't
that station stop playing his
recordings?
The Sheraton Roof features
this summer connection: Iced
coffee laced with creme de
cacao.
Madeleine Carroll says she
will make no films for the
duration.
What becomes of chorus
girls?
Well, Leona Olsen, Puddy
Smith and Margie Y Dung
three Of the prettiest in Banjo
Eyes" etc. have quit the stage
and dwell in Forest Hills.
Margie and Puddy are having
bee-a -bee-whys, and Leonas
groom is in uniform.
It's girl for the Richard
Rysns of the Fortune Ryan
clan
The Tom Fizdales have fired.
A Mexicanning.
Early 10 Bed" due next
week, has 19 hackers.
COUNDS in the Night: In
~ Reubens:
"some dsy that bore will fall
into somebody's deep yawn"
At Lindy's:
I'm short. JesseI wrote his
book with the shades up"
A. the Village Barn:
Hes just been cast m the
lead In the latest moron joke"
Az the HAVANA MduIiu'
.If YOU buy woman a 81. 900
fur coat you're called sucker.
II YOU let her buy you drink
you're gigofo.
Al Ruban Bleu.
Whats his double Crossley :"
At Theodore
"Oh. for the day when We
find out how much Toxic can
Take-io :"
Al the IL:
"She vent int aHtfumsT
RACES, screams and upseters."
Al the Cub:
III she gains any more weight,
she'll he able 10 eat oats"
Copyright BY Daily Airror Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Fair Enough

TIVE so-called zoot-suit riots
l. in Los Angeles may seem 10
be a strictly local trouble aris-
Ing from the local pecuRarities
Of that peculiar community, but
the problem is broader and
more dangerous than that
The same friction between
gangs Of young civilians and
lone men in American uniform
was noticed In Tucson, Ariz.,
during the winter. and an out
break which might have been
equally bad or worse was
averted as soldiers and unlver-
sity students made more or less
informals plans 70 go 10 town
Saturday night and heat up
anyone wearing zoot suit
\ Forewarned. the police, A To-
zeal nudge and the editors Of the
papers started a counter prop
uganda 70 minimize as isolated
and strictly personal troubles a
number Of street fights which
previously had aroused public
alarm and moved one Judge 20
declare that anyone brought he
fore him wearing a zoot suit
would he found guilty
Thus a riot was averted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

Invented the captured hearts
bracelet.
That piece OF jeweiry made
up Of linked hearts each with
a mans initials on il indicating
said man 10 have been A victim
Of the wearer's charms.
Gemini women are restless,
indeeisipe and criticize too
readily.
They have alert minds, are
witty and versatile.
They make excellent wives II
firmly handled by a man OF
strong character.
They are best fitted 10 be de-
partment store buyers, stage or
screen condolences. Welders.
coffee shop hostesses, models,
fan dancers. moving picture
critics, gossip columnists or
leaders Of all male orchestras.
EORT'Y per cent Of the credit
for a good dinner should be
given me buyer OF the food.
Sixty per cent 10 the cook.
Many cooks are handicapped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

Thereupon q simpleton meeting
the survivor, asked: Did you
die, or was IL your brother:'"
"a simpleton, wishing TO
teach his horse not to eat too
much, put no fodder before him.
The horse having died OF star
walton, he said: Il have suffered
great loss; just when he
learned not to eat, he ups and
dies"
"A simpleton. wishing to cross
a river, went up into the boat
on horseback. When someone
asked his reason, he said he was
in hurry"
MR.. DEGNAN says he could
WI 60 on quoting for pages,
but thinks these samples are
sufficient.
He says some Of them sound
familiar TO him, particularly the
one about the simpleton teach
ing his horse not TO eat too
much.
when I was q small young
ster In Maricopa County," he
remarks, II heard q version Of
that dietary experiment, only
IL was with q cow instead Of a
horse and the fodder was served
In progressively diminishing
quantities.
Considering that our jokes
are based on the crochets and
foibles Of homo sapiens, II Is not
strange that their origins should
be buried In the same obscurity
that surrounds the early history
on mankind itself"
[ consider the moron matter
closed. Call the next case.
Copyright. lst3, by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Better e dIthF
by Dir. Logan CIendening

IN ARTICLES which have ap-
peared during the last two
weeks, We began TO 90 over in
a systematic way the methods
OF diagnosis which the physi-
clan uses.
The purpose Of this series Of
articles is 10 try 10 explain
what your doctor Is trying 10
- get ATTN his examination Of you.
We stated that the most i'm
i ortantLpaFt- of-the- diagnosis
consisted in the information OBJ
tanned by taking the history OF
the illness ~ the patients own
words.
Then We discussed the physi-
cal examination. which is the
information the doctor obtains
by employing his senses Of
sight, feeling and hesring-in
other words. the changed APP
pearance Of the patients skin -
seen, the feeling Of the pulse
and the use of the Stethoscope
10 listen 10 the chest, etc.
MOST people, we believe. do
vi not appreciate how import
ant these two procedures are.
We estimated that the his
tory contributes a. least 30 per
cent 70 tho final diagnosis and
the physical examination by tho
physician unaIdcd senses. p
per cent, 50 that = per cent Of
the diagnosis Is made before
any laboratory procedure IS IN
troduced at all.
When one asks what are the
most important laboratory eX-
aminationS which are used IN
diagnosis. I believe most physi-
clans would agree that the rou-
tine examination Of the urine
and the blood would he selected.
II Is well over 100 years since
Richard Bright first found that
IN certain cases or kidney DIS
case the urine would precipitate
a cosgulable substance when
boiled.
bright used teaspoon and
ID A candle, whereas today we
use a test tube and a Bunsen
burner.
The urine is a fluid which
represents the eXcretion Of
many waste products from the
body
When I was beginning prac-
tee. they used 70 estimate
~Nmany of these. such as the
uira and the uric acid
But this has been found 10
be of little information
One eXcretory product is
sugar which may be an over
flow from carbohydrate meta
bolism, which indicates dia-
betes.
ANY one over 40 years OF age
should have the urine examined
once a year in order 70 deter
mine whether this condition has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

night, and we overheard this
gracious dialog:
II am glad 10 meet you" said
Bea Bailey, in the current show.
II hope l look az good as you
do years from now"
"And I trust that life treats
you well and makes you a.
happy as i am, replied Jean
Alderman, who learned how 10
lsugh-after wasting her tears
for years.
7 ATE watch Table-tslk:
IL Countess di Frasso is back
from Mexico.
Spent the last day there in
the hoosegow for motoring over
govt shrubbery.
let any one
see Bell Tolls before the
premiere Stfeft airs
A. +. Gaifatin, the modern
art connoisseur. is doing the
photography Of Max Beerbohm.
Julian Boyd, head Of the
Princeton Library, is putting
Menckens letters between
covers,
Charles Lincoln, ex-M F. at
the cid World resigned from
The y. Y Times the other day.
= Clashed with Bruce Rae.
Brooks Atkinson. y y Times
critic. writes chums he was glad
10 get back 10 Chungking, after
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

THROUGH the kind offices OF
L Mr.. Laurence V. Degnan Of
San Francisco l am a b e 70
trace the probable orig IN Of
those moron Jokes with which I
RECALLED my readers recently and
which seem 10 be something of
a rage among the kids Of today.
/ mean those bits Of alleged
humor such as:
did you hear about the little
moron who walked through a
screen door and strained him
self:'
l threatened any persons
writing in and claiming author
ship OF these classics with ex-
posure as burglars from Joe
Miller, but Mr.. Degnan finds
they antedate Joe by perhaps
1000 years.
They 90 back to the ancient
Greeks.
Mr.. DEGNAN has dug up a
vi guy by the name of HER
ocies, who was writing or AZ
least compiling in bou I the
Fourth Century of our era.
This chappy got up a collec-
ton titled "Facetiae, which
contains the germs of the moron
jokes.
Mr.. Degnan saws they could
have been old even when Her
ocles gathered them together.
II appears there is no pub
lshed English translation Of
Hierocles, so MIR. Degnan has
produced one Of his own
! am proud 10 record this as
II proves the erudition Of my
readers.
defy Walter Lippman or
Walter Winchell or any other
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

WHEN the kidney -er the
W bladder is diseased. Va
rious cells, blood or other prod
uctS appear in the urine and
these indicate local disease and
they can be seen with the
microscope.
A routine examination OF the
blood can be done very simply
merely by obtaining a drop Of
blood from the lobe OF the ear.
allowing IL 10 absorb on soft
paper and comparing 1t 70 a
color scale which shows how
much hemoglobin is present.
The blood is Impoverished by
80 many organic diseases that
this gives A very good indica-
ton as 10 whether conditions
have gone far enough TO be Sc
rious or not.
OF COURSE. if this test In
~ dictates A low hemoglobin.
the red cells can ne counted
and should be 100000 on our
standard.
The white cells Of the blood
also can be counted and indi-
cate whether or not the body
is responding 10 an infection.
Another blood test that can
he done quickly and which in
diCates whether the patient has
an organic or a functional dis
ease IS the so-called sedimenta-
ton rate test.
In organic diseases the blood
cells are heavy and settle 10
the bottom of the tube more
rapidly than normal.
This is A ysrdStick 10 deter
mine whether or not the patient
is really sick.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Connolly Answers

La military hat; (b) ma
tionsl ensign Of Great
Britain Co oily perfume
Pa Venezuela; CD France;
tc) Denmark.
3-ta) American Civil War; (b)
Co World War I.
4-ta) Cze c h o-Slovakia: (b)
Oh England: Co France.
5-ta) franking privilege: lb)
pacifsn, (cl straw vote
6-ta) hank, tb) knot, lc)
carat
copyrish'. ia49. ~ King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
BY Damon RunyOn

columnist barring Dan Parker
10 name a reader who can
translate anything from the
Greeks.
I bar Dan because I UNDER
stand the eminent Greek gladi-
ator of the roped arena. Anton
Christo-What S-His-Name reads
him looking for a personal boost
and Anton might be a sleeper in
the translation line.
DUT I will wager he does not
- have a typewriter that
talks Greek, like my man Mr..
Degnan.
He includes the Greek text.
which requires a machine that
makes all kind of curleycues.
/ would not attempt 10 set
down that text even if my type
writer spoke the language be-
cause IL would drive the limo
type operators out of their
minds.
They have enough difficulty
with my copy as IT is.
But let US get 10 Brother
Hierocles and his jokes.
GAYS he:
- "A simpleton, selling his
house, carried around a stone
from II az a sample"
"A slmpleton, having heard
that a raven lives over 200
years, purchased n raven and
proceeded to raise II as n test"
a simpleton, dreaming he
stepped on q nail. when awake
bound up his foot. Another,
when he learned the reason.
said: Why, then. do you 60 to
sleep barefooted %"
"One of twin brothers died.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15

FACES About TOWN.. S.
i Senator Waldron and VIM.
- McAvoy OF Pan-Am Fastening
rom the Stork Club TO the Kan
sas City plane.
Mayor Angelo and Mrs. Rossi
OF San Francisco ringsiding at
the Diamond Horseshoe.
Carol Bruce in pigtails.
Carl Sandburg. the poet, let
ting some OF us read the proofs
on his new epic verse, which
Golfers will publish soon.
Frederick Lonsdale, one OF
the finer word-magicians.
His new play is named An
other Love Story"
Roland Young will have the
male lead.
Rehearsals Sept. I. No lead
Ing lady yet.
Charles G.. Shaw. one OF the
socialites who makes sense
towning with his grandpa,
George Jean Nathan, the actor
eater.
Betty Grabl e and Harry
James cutting rug az Cafe
Society Downtown.
Doris Duke Cromwell and Mr.
Justice F. Murphy in the Savoy
Plaza lounge.
CALLIES in Our Alley-Rob-
- ert Sherwood. the play
wright. was dining in the Treika
IN Washington with a WPB Off
cial and his wife.
Don't you think" asked the
lady, THAT Washington life IL
very cosmopolitan ?"
81 think" said Sherw
looking around at all the gold
braided old gents with very
blond companions, at II rather
more Esquire"
LaMsrtiniags, a -ringSiding
woman let out deep sigh dur
ing Dick Haynes songs,
Romantic, Amt he some
one asked her.
yes" was the reply. hut I
sighed because I just remem-
bered leaving the ice-box door
open
NIDTOWN Vignette - p o n
Al are Foiiies girls
One decorated the Ziegfeld
shows starting in 1929.
The other is a Johnny-Core-
Lately 10 the Biz Apple
They were introduced last