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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
MARCH OF EVENTS
BY Benjamin De Casseres-

THE more I read over candi-
date Roosevelt's letter 10
National Democratic Chairman
Hsnnegan announcing his
fourth-term candidacy the more
/ am convinced that here is a
campaign weapon ready-msde
for Gov. Dewey and the Repub-
hcan national committee.
No document, TO my knowl-
edge. ever written by a candl-
date for the presidency is more
unctuously sly and politically
cunning in character.
1t is mainly directed In the
men in uniform and il seeks TO
impress on them that candidate
Roosevelt is. like them. not
only a good soldier" but that
he is running as one Of them
for commander In chief OF the
army and navy and not as a
candidate OF q political party.
for this document says Tin a
manner that sounds strangely
like the utterances OF the late
Mr.. PecksniffD that II would not
run in the usual partisan poiiti-
cal sense =.
Throughout this whole "csgey
letter runs the refrain:
| have been drafted as your
commander in chief. am nun
ming as commander in chief and
7 have as little night 10 with
draw as the soldier has TO leave
his post in the line.
NOV. soldiers. sailors. ma
~ rines. airrnen and American
voters generally. here are the
precise words Of the Consttu-
ton:
The President shall he COM
ma ndeY In chief of the army
nd navy Of the United States
md NJ the militia Of the sey-
eraI states when called into
actual service ~ the United
States"
Therefore. these are the facts:
1-As regards civilians. the
President is not their COM
mander in chief. The Constitu-
ton does not recognize him as
such.
There is no such elective
office az commander in chief Of
the army and navy
3-You men IN service at
home and overseas cannot vote
pro or con for a commander in
chief as such.
4-You will vote for or you
will vote against civilian.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. who
Is candidate OF a partisan
political party, just as Gov.
Dewey is.
5-No matter Who is presi-
dent, he is, by virtue " his
office, commander in chief of
the army and navy
6--Therefore, soldiers. ma
rines, sailors, airmen, President
Roosevelt is your commander in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

had complained to Eisenhower.
She had nothing to do with IL.
Miller will fight IL out over
here. hoping a Senate probe will
clear him.
DOGER TOUHYS lawyer says
~ he is filing proceedings to
prove Touhy's innocence" and
that his client isn't i'll. This
clashes with claims OF certain
underworlders.
CHS announcer c. Stark
wife. Marie, is writing his Rem
obituary out there.
Warden F. Snyder told news
men ex-Tammany leader j. j..
Hines was not i'll when they
inquired about the rumors.
Hines suffered a heart attack.
Ed Wynn and Eleanor Niles
aren't foolin.'
Prokofieff. the famed Russian
composer the wrote Peter and
the Wolf" etc., has taken a
third bride.
The army will get behind
First Glass Private Mary
Brown" the new Frank Loesser
song click.
Dunninger is having his own
problems with Chrystal Spencer.
who says she is his Mrs. A gal
named Betty Devery says she
will become his bride.
Copyright by Daily Mirror lne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
Letters From
A Soldier

twigs along the sides to keep
the earth from caving in.
COMETIMES they tunnel
~ hole sideways from the fox
hole, which is added protection
against aerial bursts or tree
bursts.
Some shells are timed so that
they will explode before they
strike the ground. and throw
shrapnel downward into slit
trenches.
Mortar shells will expfo
when they hit twigs or small
branches, and that's a tree
burst"
The result Is the same
fiinging shrapnel downward into
foxholes and trenches. whereas
the same shells wouldn't hurt
anybody if they didn't explode
until they hit the ground.
The ingenuity Of man de-
stroying man!
Sometimes fighting men rig
UP metal covers for their
trenches, from whatever hap
pens to be handy. That's not to
stop shells, though. It's to pro-
tect them from spent shrapnel
from their own anti-aircraft,
because those jagged chunks OF
metal are sharp as knives.
That's one of the big diff
ferences between the men over
there and the men over here.
Over across they learn to
love the feel of the earth and
to respect a muddy hole in the
ground.
Over here they still say, as
one of our new trainees aptly
put 1t while digging and sweat
ing:
There must he an easier way
to earn $50 q month"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

QUENTIN, Kermit, Theodore
20 Roosevelt gave their lives
for heir country. OF Theodore
Roosevelt's four sons, only one
remains alive. Archibald. recov-
ering from shrapnel wounds in
this war.
by their fruits you shall
know them Even 90, every
good tree bringeth forth good
fruit and the evil tree bringeth
forth evil fruit"
The Roosevelts were curious
about everything about this
earth, inheriting from their
father an Unsuitable anxiety to
miss nothing that is or happens.
DOTH were courageous and
- sympathetic, but Theodore
was the broader in knowledge
and wisdom and were he not
his fathers son, he might have
gone further politically. He
was unquestionably held back
by his sire's reputation, for
what was in Theodore his ma
ture was regarded by the public
an imitation of his father.
He did not, of course, equal
his father in breadth and ca
pacity-but who could be the
equal of the older Theodore
Roosevelt He was the pro-
genitor of our age. the individ-
ual who changed the course OF
American history and accom-
plished the rechanneling of our
lives without destroying that
restraining dam, the Constitu-
ton, or the margins Of ira
di6on that keep us within the
bounds of our particular civil
ization.
No son could quite live up to
such a father. That Theodore
understood and accepted.
THE Roosevelts. particularly
Il the Oyster Bay Roosevelts.
are an amazing tribe of swift
thinking, strong-willed. ardent
men and women who fight for
what they think is right and
take the consequences.
Theodore was heroic in this
war. His achievements at Oran
and elsewhere in Africa and
Italy entitled him TO the highest
honors, but honors would have
meant nothing to him, nor pub
licity, nor plaudits. The JOY Of
doing was sufficient for this
man Of action-the Joy of doing
precisely what he wanted 10 do
and what he believed he ought
10 do.
Just as Theodore Sr. offered
himself and his sons TO Wilson,
so all the men Of whatever age
of this Roosevelt clan offered
themselves to their distant
cousin. Franklin. 1t is not mill
tarism that sent these Oyster
Bay Roosevelts to three wars;
II has been an unquenchable
love Of country "a patriotism
that is completely absorbing.
A ND Ted is dead and Kermit
"A is dead and Archie is
wounded and the war goes on
and their sons viii take their
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Detroit Times RatiOning Timetable
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupon tf--s gals. vsbd through
Sept. 81
B-3 and C-S Coupons gals each
81 and ca Coupons gals each
Dav requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period 5--Vshd throush
Sept 30
Period l-Vahd through sept
LIQUOR
No. ii-vslid July through July 81.
SHOTS
Airpiane Stamps 1 and i-Vslid in
definitely.
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4 RT'S in France now. His
"A comment about sleeping in
a foxhole with his pup tent
pitched over it probab ly
answers a lot Of questions for
people who wonder how fight
ing men sleep.
The business of pitching a
tent over foxhole or slit
trench is pretty general in areas
where things are quiet enough
to let you pitch a tent but
active enough so you need a
trench.
Some of the men dig slit
trenches on one side OF the tent
and sleep on the other. Then
they just roll over and fall into
the slit trench in case of a raid.
Out in the Pacific-so Cpl.
Arnold Mason was telling me a
few days ago-they often sleep
in hammocks. The first raid he
experienced, he just dive d
through the bottom getting to
his slit trench. I guess he isn't
quite sure how ne did IL.
Then he found that the
bomb explosions" were his own
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
pRocEssEn Fonna

PROGRESSED FOODS
BlUe As through A-5-vahd inden-
nteiv
MEATS. CHEESE. FATS
Rcd As through Z-s-VAhd inden-
ntely.
One III. salvage fat. good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamps 20. ~ and ~. Ne. 4 Bock-6
bis each valid indefinitely
stamp 90, No. Z Book lbs for
canning through FEB. -, ipts.
Spare stamp n, No. 4 Boek-valid
for maximum 81 70 lbs. for can
ming. Apply local board.
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maximum temperature Of So F.
and a minimum OF 38 +. is the
most favorable for the maxi
mum effort. Above and below
those points (outside tempera-
ture) production dropped HUI
nudity. wind movement and
especially temperature change
ableness from day 10 day were
also factors.
While our comfort or discom-
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Brain Game Answers

THE elephant.
2-(a) from the letters GP, an
auto manufacturing classifi-
cation: OBJ from & for gov
eminent. I for issue.
SO per cent.
4-Chief Justice Harlan r.
Stone and Justice Owen ].
Roberts.
South Dakota, Iowa. Mis-
souri,. Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming.
5-Lawrence Washington.
COPYRIGHT, 1874. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

HUNTINGTON. one of the
- earliest students Of the
subject of weather. made
study of several thousand mill
operatives in New England and
In the southern states and also
Of LOO students al Annapolis
and West Point His measure
ment Of efficiency was produc-
tiveness and he found that a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
Connolly Answers

1-(a) (both water and land).
2-(b). a(b). 4(b). s.
(O. 6(a) JEANNE: tb)
Kathleen; (c) Maggie; I'D
Lucia; (e) Adeline.
Copyright. 1914. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

EDITORS NOTE-PVt. Pick
<vins, former Times eoiumnist,
10 an iafonfvym0n at r.. Nc
CisIian. AIa. Thsss writings are
excerpts from his letters TO
frisnds at the office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

fully mature short of two years,
and live to an average Of 10 or
II. Cats mature in one year,
and live five to seven years.
An able Russian scientist, Prof.
Alexander A. Bogomolets, be-
lieves he has developed a serum
from the bodies of persons who
have died suddenly and had NJ
infectious diseases, which win
enable human beings 70 live
from Us to $50 years.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
1907 ALL WOOL
and REFERS
1895

A large selection Of all wool coats.
New rounded reveres and flanged
fronts. Many with velvet collars.
Warmly lined. In green, brown,
black, blue, fuchsia and terra
Gotta. Sizes 10-44 in this group.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Daniel Speaks On
Despite Fist Fights,
Boos and Egg Hurting
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Nov. 3.--An egg
was thrown, noses were reddened,
eyes blackened and heckling and
booing lasted for the full 80 min
utes of q speech here last night by
Senator ODaniel, Democrat, of
Texas.
Senator O'Daniel later said in a
statement that the disturbance had
oeen arranged presumably on orders
from Washington"
Despite the racket and the excite
ment Senator ODaniel read every
word of his speech into a micro
phone which carried it by radio
over the State.
He blamed the riot on "the Com
munists, labor leader racketeers,
New Deal fellow travellers and law
less element which constitute the
principal backing of the New Deal
party" and added that he had been
warned in advance of the disgraceful
"Gestapo performance.
More than dozen fist fights took
place on the crowded floor during
the Senator's speech, sponsored by
the Texas Regulars, an anti-Roose-
welt organization.
Boos and chants of "We want
Roosevelt" continued without letup.
One blond woman jumped on the
back of a policeman who was try
ing to restrain a violent heckler. An
other woman ran up and smashed
an umbrella across the head of
spectator.
At least one egg was thrown at
Senator O'Daniel as he stood at the
microphone closely flanked by 40 or
so of his friends and supporters,
invited to the platform when the
audience became noisy.
The egg missed the Senator by
2 feet, smashing against the chest
of Albert Weis, rs, friend of Sen
ator O'Daniel.
The is uniformed police and 20
detectives in the auditorium made
one arrest. They took in the owner
of three tomatoes and two eggs, but
no charges were filed.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Minor Changes Announced
In District Transit Routes

The Public Utilities Commission
yesterday announced a series OF
minor changes in transit routes.
Beginning Monday, buses operat-
ing on the East Washington lines
(B-4 and B-6 will be rerouted to
pass the intersection of Nineteenth
and East Capitol streets during rush
hours.
The PUG also agreed to a request
of the River Terrace Citizens Asso-
citation for an extension of the Ben
ming branch of the Sousa Bridge bus
line CD, beginning Sunday. The
extension will go from Thirty fourth
street and Benning road NE, south
ON Thirty-fourth street and east
through an alley and into a parking
area, thence north through the
parking area into Benning road and
over the. regular route.
Also beginning Sunday, the W.
line, which likewise has its terminal
at Thirty-tourth street and Benning
road NE, will have a rush-hour
route over the same extension.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Tokyo Radio Warns
laps 10 Expect Raids

By the Associated Press.
The Tokyo radio warned the jap
aaese people today that the appear
ance Of American Super Fortresses
over the capital Wednesday would
inevitably be followed by bombing
raids.
An almost simultaneous imperial
communique said Japanese planes
raided American air fields on Saipan
and Tinian Islands in the Marianas,
previously described by Japanese
broadcasters as the probable base of
Wednesdays reconnaissance flight.
The broadcasts, recorded by the
Evening star., 1944-11-03

Federal Communications Commis-
sion, typtfied Jap fears that bombers
from the Marianas would strike at
Tokyo from the south while China
based B-29s hit Southern Japan
from the west.
1T must be viewed as inevitable
that the enemy will again raid
Tokyo" japanese broadcasts said.
and subsequently carry out bomb
ings" on the crowded industrial
Evening star., 1944-11-03


Before he became associated with
the building association in 1887, Mr..
Blanz had served as national bank
examiner of the fifth Federal Re
serve district for Is years. He is a
member of the Washington Board
of Trade, the Washington Building
Congress and is past president of
the. District of Columbia Building
and Loan League. He lives at 4541
Warren street NV.
Representatives of the Army.
Navy and Army Air Forces were
interviewed over Station VOL to-
day In connection with the War
Bond drive of the United Jewish
Youth Council.
A free Wsr Bond dance will be
sponsored BY the council in the
Shoreham Hotel Monday night.
The councils drive ends Monday.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
YuIe Cards for Yunks
Must Go First Class

Christmas greeting cards for SOL
diers overseas must be sent in sealed
envelopes and be prepaid at the
f1rst-class rate, the War Depart
ment has advised the Post Office
Department.
The Army urged that such cards
be mailed at once to assure delivery
by December Is.
Evening star., 1944-11-03

D ! S t c t War
Finance Com
mittee for the
+ or t h C o m ing
Sixth War Loan
drive, it was an
nounced yester-
day by Wilmer
j. Waller, Drive
c o m m / t t e e
chairman.
The payroll
savings division
is in charge of
voluntary bond
p u r c h a S e S
through e m
ploye p a y 70 ! |
Evening star., 1944-11-03
BIanz Heads Division
For War Loan Campaign

Wilfred H. Blanz, secretary of the
American Building Association, has
been appointed chairman of the
payroll savings division of the
Evening star., 1944-11-03

areas along Honshu Islands east
ern coast.
Today's imperial communique said
10 planes were bombed on the
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Joanna is Il quiet one,
said Maudie 'the kind
that will go at a mans
heart like a bulldozer"

CHRIsrINE was Jolly. with long face;
u Maude was fat Both were older than
Joanna. and very kind to her. They dis
cussed her sympathetically over the eleven
O'Clock cup of tea.
What can't make out is how she spends
her money" said Christine Il wanted her
to come along dancing with us. But no. Said
she hadn't got frock And she gets the same
pay We started on"
Maybe" said Maudie, powdering her
nose. "she has a Little Secret
Joanna isn't that sort of girl
Maybe she's keeping husband in the
circumstances to which he is accustomed A
woman must work for her man these days"
Don't be cynical ducks 1t gets girl
nowhere"
The door opened. Joanna was back from
lunch. She was pretty and we'll groomed. but
her suit was bit shiny. Her cheeks were
pink with the spring wind, and she had the
sweetest eyes. 'Maudie, I've seen a dream
of a frock! Red chiffon she exclaimed
Then you 60 right off and buy it, ducks.
A girl can't 60 wrong in red chiffon! We were
just saying We couldn't make out what you
spent your money on,
Joanna looked vague as she did when any
one got near her private life. Then she
laughed I'll be able to 20 out dancing with
you then - if you ask me again
Christine said, Sure. I'll ask you again.
I've got Canadian fellah hanging around
He'd love you. That's what you want
ducks. To get around bit. There's no future
in sitting alone over the fire.
Then she went on to relate the amazing
adventure she had had the night before.
With an Australian Incredible drama always
involved Maudie and Christine They never.
1t seemed, set foot on the pavement without
some beckoning adventure. The story about
the Australian was just reaching its climax
when Mr.. Poynter buzzed for Christine and
shattered the romance
MIR. THOMAS POINTER of Poynter, Poynter
and Clappit, Attorneys at Law. was a gray
man with long solemn face His Office had
gray walls against which stood row upon row
OF tin boxes with names painted on them. as
if MIR. Thomas kept about him the remains of
past clients When the office had been done
over, gay painter. mistaking his instruc-
tons, had put in a bright green door. They
left it. but it looked unsuitable, like loud
laugh in mausoeum
Christine or Joanna always did Mr..
Thomas letters. They all dealt with Our
Late Revered Client" or Our Departed
Friend" 1t got on your nerves after bit
Evening star., 1944-09-17

She wants raise e.. Use your own dis
cretion, don't want to lose her She's rel,
able and efficient
Don't you worry. old boy"
She's shy and obviously very upset
You'll have to be very tactful
MIR Charles SAID Quite Quite" 49,
Joanna arrived at the office with the sick
lsh feeling OF one about to play in a football
match - and unlikely to WIN Chrlstine's s
voice pealed galy in the outer office: Then.
dear as | turned to SEE If he was following
me. | saw he was Did you ever Right into
the elevator. Hi, Blonde. he says. You
looking for chap like me? "
Sauce said Maude
Arm round my waist before knew where
| was. Reely." said Christine Men"
And what did you do?' asked Maudle
But Joanna was not to know The buzzer
rang. She picked up her book and departed.
GOO. said Maudle I'VE never warned
her it was MIR Charles"
Never mind " said Christine That's the
sort of blow girl soon gets over''.
" hNi JcSiiild S<lN WI Nildl itS, Ntl ddpESi
IN khaki. seated at the desk instead of Mr.
Thomas. her first idea was that she was still
dreaming. and would awake to find she was
going to be late for work
ER COME in, Miss Devron" he said
kindly. He looked at her in a nervous way
she did not understand. No one had ever
looked nervous of her before She was usually
the frightened one. He looked gentle, and also
- somehow sorry. Come in and sit
down he said My brother has told me
everything
She breathed sigh of relief Then there
need be no tedious explanations. She waited
wondering what MIR Thomas had decided.
It's sad, very sad indeed said Mr..
Charles. But not much use now, discussing
all that The deed is done
I'm afraid so. she said
You want raise
Il can't manage. hate botherlng you -
stammerlng but haven't only myself,
MIR. Charles said rather hurriedly, Quite,
quite, quite He stretched for his note pad
and scrlbbed something on it. She saw he
had written ten shIllingS
Give that to the cashier" he said kindly
Evening star., 1944-09-17

could YOU do, without money? Or rather If
you had to keep on giving your money away
to somebody else? Suddenly Joanna saw that
her only hope would be to go and beard MIR
Thomas in his Office and ask for raise
even tell him the truth about Janet. though
she preferred not to. A girl has her pride. y
1t was Saturday. Inspiration came to her
suddenly If she wrote Mr. Thomas letter.
it would be far easier than talking to him.
If she sent it, now. to his private address.
he would get it on Monday morning, and
digest it with his toast and marmalade Then
when he saw her. there would be no further
need of tiresome explanations
1t wasn't easy to write Mr. Thomas beng
a bachelor Joanna felt she had to go deli
cately. to slur over hard facts with an un-
looked-for event" When she had done it.
it looked bit vague and nebulouS but surely
MIR Thomas could put two and two together
She went out and posted her letter at the
corner of the square. No drama of any kind
occurred to her. as it certainly would have
to Maudie and Christine.
MIR Thomas never felt the influenza coming
on. 1t got him like pistol shot Saturday
lunch time He went to bed On Sunday his
sufferlngs increased But his spirits revived
little when his brother the junior partner.
Mr.. Charles. came back on an unexpected
fourteen days leave
MIR. CHARLES - now Major was every
thing MIR Thomas could never be. He had
kind, brown scholarly look, very blue eyes,
Jolly laugh.
He sat down beside his brothers bed, pat
ted lumpy exCrescenCe that looked as if it
might be part of Mr.. Thomas, and said.
Well, Tom - this is too bad | hoped We
were going to beat it up bit together"
The thought of beating anything up gave
MIR. Thomas mixed sensations, none of them
pleasant A spasm crossed his face, and he
closed his aching eyes. Nothing doing, I'm
afraid, he said family. Moreover, I'm
afraid shall have to ask you to 20 along to
the office for an hour or so each day. There
must be someone there. or those girls -
Quite, quite, quite" said Mr. Charles
Don't you worry. old boy
documents dealing with the Posdick
affair had better come here I'll deal with
them - presently" said Mr. Thomas weakly.
The private letters. too, need attention.
III see to it all Don t worry. old boy"
Shame to bother you - on leave" said
Mr., Thomas, painting under sudden nausea.
And there's another unpleasant matter.
One of Our girls had letter where is
IT, He stirred his mail with languid hand
Which one? Blonde, or Maudie?"
Neither. You don't know her A quiet
little girl, very useful Looks as if she wouldn't
say boo to a goose, but apparently she has
said more than that" said Mr.. Thomas hol-
lowly. AS far as can make out, she has
got herself into trouble"