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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
BY PAUL MALLON

carrier force has the range OF
the entire Pacific.
STRAIGHT from the front
~ comes evidence now which
Will prick more bubbles of
American wistful vista-ing on
the war and postwar world.
This time. IL Is in a new book,
Report on North Africa" by
Kenneth G.. Crawford. a sin
cere. superior reporter.
The troops in the field are
encountering minor experiences
with the British. French. Arabs.
Italians and others. which will
make them even more iso-
latlonist this time than before,
Crawford thinks.
They will look upon only
Americans as good people. and
only America as a good coun-
try, and only complete isolation
from the rest of the world AS
a good national policy" he
writes. He does not want this.
but he is a good enough reporter
10 recount faithfully the facts
he found.
Crawford warns America TO
steel itself again for the re-
action experienced after the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
POLITICAL PARADE
By GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN

the selfishness of some of our
allies.
A LII this good work by the
"A Senate has been accom-
plished without the slightest de-
gree OF partisanship or politics,
and that is a very wholesome
thing. II is 10 be hoped that no
politial efforts now will be made
by administration supporters 10
prevent the full development of
all these disturbing disclosures.
Instead remedies should be APP
piled.
The committee of five had
been commercially free from
political bias when they re-
turned 10 Washington. Three
Of these senators. who inciden-
tally risked their own lives
flying some 10000 miles TO visit
the battle fronts. are Demo-
Gratis. and two are Republicans.
But il would have been i'm
possible for one unfamiliar with
their politics 10 have determined
from their public statements
when they got back which
were Democrats and which we're
Republicans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

ON BROADWAY
Trade Mark Registered. Copyright. 1914

Trade Mark Registered. Copyright. ist5
from Our Town" It's a heart
warming tale about lass who
loves her soldier, super ly
played by Anna Smirnova and
Nikolai Kriuchkov. It's love
scenes seem 10 have been writ
ten by. a typewrlter-not with
the hose and trowel as in Holly
wood Sherlock Holmes Faces
Death" is acceptable clue chas-
ing, with Basil Rathbone as the
old death facer, and Nigel Bruce
as his stumble-bum crony. Wat
son.. The Strange Death OF
Adolf Hitler" is a little helping
of w S h fulfillment. And
strange" is hardly the adjec-
tive your dissenter would take.
Lovely" is one substitute. Be
lated is another.
THE Wireless: They couldn't
L hand Gaxton and Moore
sadder material unless they
cribbed il from an undertaker's
prospectus. c. McCarthy's
authors are too gifted to stand
for that dead spot on their
show Note to Info, Please:
Maxwell Anderson didn't auth
Guest in the House, as Bill
Stern got right Dale
Eunson and Hagar Wilde did.
The silence that greets
gag that misses is the loudest
noise ever to emerge from
loudspeaker . The Press Box:
Dan Parkers colyum on the
Cooper Brothers Of the Cards
(wlnning the game after getting
news OF their sires passing
was a throat-filler The Her
aid Tribune Sticky summed
up the stupidity of isolationists;
They believe this country IL
strong enough to be an enemy
OF all nations, but too weak TO
he q friend TO any"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
NEWS BEHIND the NEWS

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12-The
carTier-piane attack on
Wake Island signified the open
ing OF the promised offensive
which will lead right up 10
bombing Of the japanese main
land Itself.
Probably 15 new aircraft
carriers are now afloat along
with a dozen or so baby fat
tops TO lead the way 10 Tokyo.
The power of this force can be
reckoned when you consider
we had only seven carriers be-
fore Pearl Harbor, and these
could carry only 100 10 10
planes each while the future
holds prospects of carriers bear
ing 1000 10 800 planes, or
more.
Seven Of the new ships are
big, over $4,000 tons. The last
two. the Wasp and Hornet,
were launched in August.
No secrecy attaches TO this
much Of our preparation. Tokyo
knows il so well that repeated
broadcasts have been made re-
Gently. warning the people 10
expect air raids any day. What
the Japs cannot learn is where
the blow will fall, as the new
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
Quick Answers
Questions on Page 8


1-Pinzon-Martin Alonzo and
Vincent Yanez Pinzon.
Poet. 81.
3-The largest continents. in
order of size. are: Asia,
Africa, North America, South
America. Europe.
4-They're small specks of It's
sue distributed throughout
the pancreas, which in nor
NAL persons carry on the
function of producing insulin.
5-By a slip of the tongue he
called him President Stain.
Dictator Satlin's official title
is premiere. USSR's presi-
dent is M. /. Kalinin.
sal Wrong. The Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Lord
Chancellor and the Arch
bishop of York take pre-
cedence over him; (b) Right.
They are of the species
pantheria. distinguished by
vocal production and other
characteristics from the
genus felis. TO which most
smaller cats belong.
rugby was the name
given by the inventor 10 the
game we know now as
basketball.
SITS fro mthe Hebrew. mean
ing God has been gracious.
Copyright, 1919, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
One Word Led 10 Another
By ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

WiIkie Answers The Missouri Republicans
This is the day selected by Wendell Willke to
answer the Missouri Republicans Now those Missouri
Republicans have been asking answeress questions for
10, these many
shall hazard guess of the Missouri
questions he will have to this Weknown evening:
When Ben Franklin few latch key a kite string
was he trying to hide it from his wife?
Do the conductor and engineer exchange uniforms
when the trains back into St Louis?
In your opinion is successful who
borrow enough his next salary to pay his last
years income taxi
How did you run for president the Republican
ticket and wind up in Roosevets lap?
And why did Al Smith for president the
Democratic ticket and finish sitting for company the
window of the Union League on Park avenue? Riddle
those.
Why didn't you criticize Roosevelt's vulnerable
policies at the opportune moment when the iron hot
and the public cold?
In your opinion of economic conditions do you think
a has to twice much he is worth in order
to live half as we'll he is accustomed to?
This is one question will ask Wendell myself Are
you a Republican Democrat or both?
Copyright 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

last war when We became Uncle
Shylock 10 the world.
at will be the same again."
he says.
TIVE evidence of this discern
L ing reporter substantiates
again in it's broad aspects the
reports of the five senators from
the far Pacific.
It calls again for development
of more American Self-interest
in dealing with Allies and more
realism in both war and post
war preparations. 1t completes
the picture. the new undeniable,
realistic picture which supplants
the grandiose notions drawn for
us by propagandizing leaders in
the early stages of the war.
Mr.. Crawford is no propa-
gandist. He was sent abroad
by the leftist-winged of all
American newspapers. opposed
to state department policy, pro
internationalist. etc. What Mr..
Crawford found at the front
was so irrefutably opposite that
he resigned his position with
that newspaper and now is
associate editor of Newsweek
(no propaganda sheet either)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

without il A small eyed wompn
Is inclined to be morose and
selfish. So claim character
analysts.
When women are trying on
skirts don't they ever ask for a
chair to see how they look sit
ting down? If they do how
does it happen that so m any
women who shouldn't wear
short skirts very short, do wear
them?
QUERIES from clients. Off
0 you don't like Sinatra as a
singer who do you like?
Al never said I didn't like
Slnatrs. said liked Bling
Crosby and Kenny Baker bet
ter than Slnatra.
Odd you ever see Hoyt's
play, THE Milk White Flag ?
A-Never did. However. as n
student of theatrical history, /
think the title Of the play was
"A Milk White Flag" The
titles of all Hoyt's plays began
= Nth as" Texas Steer
"A Trip to Chinatown" etc.
Q-There are special shops
for stout women and also for
fat men. Also special shops for
cute. little tricks. What do you
think Of A shop catering 10 tall
people as a business PROPOSE
ton?
A-Sounds good To me. In
fact know OF a shop like that
in Beverly Hills, Cal, that IL
doing all right.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
TODAY IN SCIENCE
BY GOBIND BEHARI LAL-

A NEW Iron key" 10 anemia
"A and other ailments of hui
man beings is reported by Pro-
fessors r. A. McCance and f.
M Widdowson of Cambridge
University. England
Iron. once entered into the
human body. does not appear
10 come out Taken in daily
food, iron remains inside the
living body. In a sense, then,
we are becoming more and
more "ironiZed -storehouses OF
iron.
Iron Is one Of the most
essential minerals needed by
the human body. II is required
by the red blood cells. The red
pigment hemoglobin contains
iron atoms. Iron attaches itself
10 oxygen, and so helps in sup
plying oxygen 10 the cells OF
the body.
DEFICIENCY of disable iron,
H. as is well known. produces
the malady of anemia, which
proceeding TO extremes, results
in extreme weakness and death.
The question has been. What
happens TO iron insi d e the
body
The old notion that iron was
absorbed freely in the duode-
mum part of the stomach and
the upper part Of the small in
testine and when the metal was
taken in very large amounts II
was excreted, no longer seems
correct
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

THE First Nights: The first
premiere TO get the welkins
10 ding-donging came along
lThhrsday when "One Touch of
Venus" delivered a cargo OF
talent to the Imperial. The
stage doings were so delightful
you could forget the white-tied
and fur-bearing bores who in
fest the audience at these galas.
The too-long absent Mary Mar
tin capers bewitchingly at the
head of this musical, fashioned
by 6. J. Perelman and Ogden
Nash. and scored for the feet
and voice by Kurt WE'LL. Bur-
ton tWorld-Telly) Rascoe was
the lone dissenter, the Herald
Tribune's Howard Barnes sum-
ming up for the others with
IAN occasion of rejoicing"
Skin of Our Teeth" which ex-
pred in Boston when Gladys
George fell ailing, has lost, IN
turn the Fredric Marches. T.
Bankhead, Miriam Hopkins and
n herd Of lesser principals. The
plays theme is that man can
survive starvation. war, glaciers
and storms. But star trouble,
apparently. is too big a disaster
for human solution,
THE Magic Lanterns -- Not
L what you'd call red letter
week dramatically Fine is
the word for "Lassie Come
Home" which is boy-and-dog
sentiment. It's Roddy Mellow
ell pining for the beautiful collie
Donald Crisp sold TO Big Money
UP at the castle. The cast OF
Britons is ripping, and Lassie
is lovely 10 look at--and not
makeup Westmore laid finger
on her. The Russkys 60 in for
little sentiment, too, in Lad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

Researches carried out at
Cambridge University first in
dicated that iron. once alb
sorbed, remained inside the
body.
NOV, Drs. McCance and
~ Widdowson have. what they
consider. altogether convincing
proof that their theory was COR
rect. A patient suffering from
severe anemia was treated with
blood transfusions.
Her body received very large
amouts of iron, in the form of
transfused blood. Although the
iron she received was far more
than she could have needed for
normal blood economy, no iron
was excreted from her body.
Much of the retained iron was
stored in the liver. But all the
organs Of the body to some ex-
tent stored up iron.
The brain has been known
10 accumulate iron. for in aged
persons, certain cells are full of
iron. In brain infection. due 10
syphilis. considerable iron is
found in many cells.
If no iron Is thrown out Of
the body. there must be peculiar
machinery for, absorption Of
newly imbibed iron according to
the body'S needs. Nevertheless.
science still has 10 learn much
about the way in which iron is
absorbed. used and stored up.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

keeps getting worse and croupy
needs doctor right away.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q--Is il possible TO determine
by an analysis OF a drop OF
blood taken from the finger:
fal Poor circulation in the
chest?
tbl II there are cancer germs
In the body?
(c) That part Of the liver Is
not functioning, and what per
centage OF the organ IS mac
ve7-E. w.
A-N0.
(a) Cancer IL probably not
called "A germ. and II II IL. no
body knows what the germ IL,
and anyway II Is not possible to
diagnose cancer from n drop Of
blood.
(c) Something can he told
from liver functioning by exam
lining about S &C. OF blood, but
not from n drop.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

shakes back home IL the diff
Guilty In getting quinine here"
GEORGE LAIT is one OF the
VI greatest Of the modern war
correspondents, and thoroughly
representative of the new type
of daring newspapermen who
face the same hazards Of war
as the soldiers 10 get the news.
George was born 10 the news
paper business. He is a son of
Jack Lat, one OF the best news
paperrnen that ever lived. You
can imagine the pride OF the
father as he handled the copy
OF his son as IL came in over his
desk in the Daily Mirror office
the past few years from Eng
land during the blitz, from Nor
way, from Ethiopia and North
Africa.
THE Mirror Is a client Of the
L International News Service
which George Lat represents.
Jack Lait is editor of the Mirror.
IL Is characteristic of him that
his fatheriy pride does not pre-
vent him from being just as
critical OF his sons work and
just as ruthless with the blue
pencil as in the case of any
other writer.
George Lat was with the
British Eighth Army in the
African campaign and holds a
captains commission in a Cur
kha regiment. In the United
States Army he has the rating
Of a second lieutenant under the
new provision 10 give war cor
respondents a certain official
status. He wears the George
cross and the star of India dec
orationS from the British. the
order Of the conquering lion of
Judah from Ethiopia, the Amer
lean Purple Heart and the North
American service ribbon.
EEW other war correspondents
have won as much official
recognition from foreign gov
crnments as George Lait. l had
heard long before his return
that he was enormously popular
with the British civilians and
officers and men Of the service
because Of his spectacular work
in London and IN the field.
which l could readily under
stand. having read his stories
and knowing his personality.
II want to get back rs soon
as possible" George said 10 me.
II can 20 back as a correspond
cut. but l may enter one Of the
combat units Of the British
army. \ have seen much "a a
spectator. now I would like 10
see something as an active par
ticipant In the fighting line"
] felt proud of George Lait
mVSeM.
Copyright 1888 Nv King Features
Syndicate Inc.
Distributed hy International News servie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
: By DAMON RUNYON-

IN THE mantle piece over the
" fireplace stood long row OF
medicine bottles OF varying
sizes.
II have 10 take all that stuff"
remarked George Lait. noticing
that my gaze was fixed on the
apo,hecary display malaria.
Dengue fever. when the sun
goes down 1 start 10 shake"
He Shivered slightly even then.
MAS IL in anticipation OF the eve
ming shadows and his daily por-
ton Of that most excruciating Of
human ailments. the "ague," the
dread enemy of our soldiers In
the Southwest Pacific and in
North Africa from which George
Lait has just returned,
Almost everybody over there
has got IT," he continued. when
II hits an enlisted man, he IL
taken out Of the line right away
and replaced by healthy man,
hut when on officer gets IL he
cannot be replaced. That's also
true Of correspondent. He just
has 10 carry on--and shake. The
tough thing about bringing the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
ON THE SIDE
Distributed ~. K4ns Features syad., fne.

very bitter on this subject and
arc talking Of starting the prac-
tiCe Of handing white feathers
TO young women who are not in
uniform. These men viii start
handing out the feathers first in
cocktail bars.
900 YOU boast of having a
y reader i'm Nalla Walia,
Wash, writes Chicagoan.
but have you any readers in
Embarrass. MINI; Smackover,
Ark; Stink Pond, Me, or Slap
neck, Mich. ."
jeanette Macdonald says the
best neck beautifying exercise is
10 try 10 bite an apple on a
string. SO, mister # you note
the little lady is developing a
bit Of a double chin tie an apple
on a string and make her Try
10 bite II for Is minutes a day.
As to what makes a good wife
Robert Burns claimed good ma
ture was of 40 per cent impor-
lance and good sense 20 per
cent. Mr.. Burns gave sense Of
humor 10 per cent. charm and
good looks 10 per cent. educa-
ton 10 per cent,-hreadiae 10 per
cent. Keep this in mind the next
tim e a girl proposes to you.
Don't marry her unless she
rates at least so per cent.
NASSAR COLLEGE. the fifth
' best woman's college in the
United States, was founded BY
M I I h ew Vassar who ran a
brewery.
If a girl has large eyes she
loves luxury and is not happy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
Connolly Answers
Questions on Page s

Questions on Page &
la Indian; tb) cheese. (c)
dog.
2-(a) Heights; (b) MuSketcers:
tcl Mohicans.
3-ta) Europe. tb) Africa; (c)
North America.
IA After. 179S. Oh after.
1859; tcJ before. during the
French and Indian War.
5-(a) Four, OBJ shoulder; (c)
chess
sal No. a Hawaiian: tb) no,
foreigner 10 Mexico. (c)
yes
la $3.50 feet, CbD sheds
StS leaves in winter: (c)
andironS
Copyright. 1878. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

DEMOCRATIC senators have
~ not hesitated 10 criticize
even the strategy on which the
war is being waged. The wis
dom of this strategy al last has
become a subject of even ques-
tioning and discussion by the
Congress.
Until now Mr.. Roosevelt
seemed immovably entrenched
behind the impenetrahle wall Of
secrecy enveloping the manage
ment Of the war That veil of
secrecy has been torn aside.
II ere ofore the people.
haraSsed by bureaucrats and
reglmented to the ears by gov
ernmental agencies without
number, at least have conSoled
themselves with the reflection
that the war was going we'll
everywhere, however bad things
might be on the domestic
front.
Now they will not be so sure
about IT. Senators have put the
spotlight of publicity on a num-
Der Of very sore spots including
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

IL there on earth n space 50 dear
AZ that Utthip the blessed
sphere
Two loving arms entiWep'
Moore.
A SKED if they told their nus
"A bands everything" four
out Of five wives emphatically
said they did not. The only
wife who answered in the az
firmatiVe added:
81 think I am making a mis-
take. 1 may 60 secretive any
day now"
Ii is often alleged a woman
cannot keep a secret. This, OF
course. is not true. A woman
can keep her own secrets very
well. If the average man knew
some of his wife's secrets he
probably would be amazed,
astonished and possibly alarmed.
In conclusion il should be
pointed out the wives have no
monopoly on the secret situa-
ton. To quote Gilbert White:
The man who has no secrets
from his wife either has no
secrets or no wife"
IF WAC, WAVE and SPAR
Il enlistments do not increase
greatly within six weeks the
drafting of women between the
ages of 20 and 30 seems a GER
tainty. Some critics are saying
very nasty things about the pa
triotism of American women
because of the sorry showing of
the female sex as TO the en-
listment in the armed forces.
Some men IN the service are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12
BETTER HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING-

GROUP is a good old-fash-
~ Toned word which has
very definite meaning for the
mother. but may be due TO any
Of several conditions. What il
actually is and what il means
to the mother Is a symptom
child whose nose and wind
pipe are so stopped up that ~
hreatheS In a Wheeling way and
when il coughs there is a crow
ing. or rafting quality which
plainly sounds as II the breath
ing passages were stopped up.
And, Of course, they aP
stopped up. An infection, some
kind Of a germ has infiltrated
the mucous membrane OF the
nose. the larynx and windpipe,
causing an inhammatory reac-
ton. including swelling Of the
lung and narrowing the
pasSageway.
The only question the doctor
wants 10 ask. the only addition
he makes 10 the diagnosis con-
Germs the cause. Diphtherla
used to be called also mem
branous Group. and % or 30
years ago the chances would
be that If child were reported
10 ha Group. the cause would
be dir liberia But thanks 10
the universal use Of diphtheria
immunization, the disease is
rarely seen nowadays.
HOWEVER, there is another
IL frequent and serious condl-
ton that causes Group in chill
oren. mostly attacking those
under s years of age.
II Is a general infection OF
Athe throat. larynx and wind
bipe. causing the lining mucous
membrane 10 swell even 10 the
point Of obstruction. shutting
of the breath. II has. there
fore assumed very serious pro-
portions.
The name given Il Is acute
laryngo-t c heitis. which
doesn't mean very much. since
il seems 10 be due sometimes
10 one germ and sometimes 70
another. II is. however, a very
serious malady.
In spite of the vagueness
about cauSation II constitutes
by its symptoms, an entity. It
can be distinguished from colds
and mild forms Of respiratory
Infection by the fact trdt TIE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

symptoms tend TO get pro-
gresSNely worse.
The child with a cold begins
10 get better and brighter after
the first day. or at most. two
days. But not so with this az
fiction The child Is more and
more Frustrated.
If THE symptoms therefore do
i not respond TO steam inhala-
tons and ordinary cold remedies.
the little patient should be
placed in a hospital, because the
windpipe may close up. Oxygen
limitations may be necessary.
The new penlclllin seems 10
be doing great deal Of good in
these cases The sulfs drugs
are also valuable in certain of
the cases.
The condition develops most
often in children under 2 years
o Of age Al this age period the
baby who has cold and who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

THE magazines; Fortune pub
Il fishes the final instalment
of a new u. S. foreign policy. IT
has, presumably, won the APP
proval of publisher Henry Luce.
II now only needs acceptance
by the state dept and ratifica-
tion by the govt, two minor de-
tails Marquis Childs says
that when Jimmy Byrnes quit
the Supreme Court TO head the
war mobilization board, he gave
up a life seat on the bench for
the hottest swivel chair in
Washington The New
Yorker. figuring you have 10
have good eyes TO get into the
services. has reduced the print
in its midget edition for the SOL
diers overseas +. F. Eulau
thumbnails Spanish Fascism in
the New Republic:
"a cheap burlesque. whose
dimmed out lights are kept
burning with American OIL"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-12

QUOTATION craftsmanship:
W j. Masaryk: Dictators al
ways look good until the last 10
minutes M. Ragaway: There
is only one thing worse than a
SHEEN A doesn't-wsat-te-be.
i. Hoffman: Stripsy Rose
Lee :. Anon He struts sitting
down b. Rainier: She had a
tight dress that Rugged her
body like a scared child o.
Henry: He was one of those
unoriginal persons who was al
ways picking the pockets OF
your mind g. Cummings:
She was friendly as a wink.
II. l.. Mencken: Whom the gods
would destroy they first make
popular -. Anon: When love
dies there is no funeral. The
corpse remains in the house.
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