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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
One Word Led 10 Another
By Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

Here is politician / want to write about since the
two presidential conventions in Chicago He is a
poste portrait of II prominent sckers both Republican
and Democrat
He is pin-up boy. But you cannot pin him down.
He is elusive as mice in haystack. His favorte
animal is the zebra because you claim it is white with
black stripes black with white stripes
/ attended II press conferences in Chicago and
listened to Mr.. Composite push the reporters around
like piano at benefit
There were 30 newspapernlen haggng for infoma-
ton and they got no more satisfaction than monkey
kissing porcupine.
Here is Mr. Composites equivocation in response
to the quzzery Will step aside in favor of Tatstrat
the first ballot"
concede was the day before the convention. And
to me all hypothetical question like invitation to
go fishing through the ice in Hades
But the coy Mr. Composite certainly insulting
artificial intelligence when he answered "All can say
is that my state delegation will cast So votes for certain
individual at a certain time"
Then he smiled like wolf in dentists office The
question should have been answered by simple mo"
or more complex YES" But Mr.. Composite believes
in doing easy things the difficult way.
Copyright 1874 by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

time Mr. Ripley was interviewed
as 10 the possibilities OF his be-
coming a benedict he said; "Be-
lievc it or not, I have never been
in love"
Sherman BillingSIey. Manhat-
tan restauranteur. He is not
named after Gen. Sherman, but
after the Sherman Hotel in Chi
cago. lie was born in Enid,
Okla. which is dine spelled
backwards. Mr.. Billlngsley was
at one time president of the
Bow Tie wrarCrs- 6tup-ef-AfsE'--
haitian. but was impeached be-
cause he was caught wearing a
ready made bow tie, which is
strictly against the rules OF the
b. T. w. &.
Mile. Spivy. Night spot enter
tainer. First time | saw her was
in Paris at a night spot bearing
the curious name OF Boeut sur lie
Tot. which, translated means
the OK ON the reef-.
A YOUNG matron Of Manhat-
"A tan is very fond of read
ing in bed until a late hour
Her husband is not an enthu-
siaStic reader and likes to turn
out the light and go to sleep.
This clever and reSourceful
wife solved this domestic diff
Guilty by learning TO read in the
dark by the use of the Braille
system.
She read Gone With the
Wind" this way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
Letters From
A Soldier

and were getting ready TO at
tack, because when we started
dropping the smokes, the Ger
mans started pulling back"
A ND there il was, battle
"A won on bluff. if you care
TO call it that. or sheer fighting
blood which is q better name
for it, at that. Because that's
what it is that keeps man
throwing shells when he has
only a handful left and might
logically be expected to start
getting his neck out of that ter
ritory and back to somewhere
that's safer.
Besides that, there was some
reason on the side of the Ger
mans. If they HAD intended to
attack instead of withdraw,
that ST beHt=Mhatth they'd have
done-splatter the enemy with
explosives and, at the end of
the bombardment, lay down a
smoke screen TO cover the
charge of the riflemen.
If the Germans ever hear the
truth Of that incident on an
Italian hill. they aren't going
to be very happy about it..
After those six smoke shells
= landed, all they had to do was
sit there, and they'd have won
some territory. because the
Americans didn't have a thing
left-not a thing. except what it
takes in the way of CUTS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

All I hope is that Manpower
Commissioner Paul V. McNutt
has TO put up at hotel one Of
these days. That's all l hope.
| appreciate, Of course. that
Commissioner Nc Mutt is a
dauntless fellow, Injured 10 hard
ship by roughing il in the Social
Security Building. But / cannot
believe he has stayed at many
hotels lately=not the kind /
stay at anyway.
Otherwise i do not see how
he could have forced himself
to pass that edict for a drastic
reduction in hotel service!
Among things he ordered
were:
A limit nf-tWe- face and one
hath towels a day. In my last
hotel ] couldn't find an extra
towel, even for swiping.)
A change of bed linen no
more -tha!F-t,fiee- week for
patrons not on a daily basis.
Suggested hotel theme song,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
uEMINGWAY'S getting 81
II per word from Golfers for
HE lxtya. ,-n,NLrtn.1

HEMINGWAY'S getting 81
H per word from Golfers for
his war reportage.
Ripley and Gypsy Markoff
have resumed.
Talent scouts are recon-
mended TO the playing OF Lucia
Carroll. who appears in School
for Brides due in New York
Aug. Sd.
Leddy Rodriguez, rhumba ex-
pert, is out Of the army, where
he lost 35 lbs. and his wife.
Editors of news weekly
asked Daryl Zannek-2a
questions on as many items in
his film epic, Wilson" He has
documented them all.
That mink coat Jean Dali
rymple got from Jose Iturbi
was last years birthday gift,
so soddy. This year Jose gifted
Jean with mere swimming
pool for her country place in
DanDury, conn.
Jonathan Daniels of the
White House staff and FDR
with counsel from s. Rosen-
mani wrote most OF the DENNY
platform.
Manuel Quintana, rich Argen-
tine, will soon marry one Of the
Dodge clan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
nEWEY's Highlander, Paul

nEWEY'S Highlander, Paul
~ Lockwood, is expected 10
inherit the appointment of spe-
cial prosecutor In B'klyn (as
requested by the grand jury
: lere). The first step in the
planned buildup which will take
Lockwood to the supreme court
and then to the governors man.
sion when Dewey vacates.
Showgirl Ann Mace (Dia-
mond Horseshoe) has her de-
rfre7rorf7 Downs7v-S-
Army.
The Charles Rodgers (he's
the Broadway man, not the
coaster) just got their Floridi-
vision.
Navy 1t. Alfred Wright Jr.
and his wife, Rita Hunt, model,
are planning TO divide. The
news has shocked all who be-
lieved they were happy. Wright
an ex-Time ed, has been deco
rated twice. Rita posed for the
official WAVE recruiting poster.
The five major election polls
did a Literary Digest accord
Ing to a Life editor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
Brain Game Answers

Alabama river. 1t empties
indirectly into the Gulf of
Mexico.
2-fhe church in which bishop
presides.
3-Peso, Argentina; mark, Ger
many; franc, France; yen,
Japan; krona, Sweden; form,
Holland; Ira, Italy.
IA a hoop petticoat.
5-Hitler's failure after the fall
of France and Japan's failure
to follow up her attack on
Pearl Harbor.
6-(a) 300 feet long Exclusive
of end zones of 80 feet each)
by $50 feet wide; OBJ 10 feet;
tc) 1872 feet.
Hamlet.
S-(b) Jerome Kern.
Copyright. 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

don't know. You don't know.
Nobody seems to know.
Yet, during the past week,
Hitler had to engage in a blood
purge 10 remain in power and TO
keep Germany in the war and
Toto was thrown out of his job.
Germany and Japan may be
bluffing, but we need to be
ready for peace.
We need TO be ready to de-
mobilize 100000 American
men and women who want 10
go home, TO rejoin their fam
lies, to get back to their pri-
vate lives.
l cite this high figure because
! include surplus civilians en-
gagged in wartime government
work.
We need to reconvert industry
to civilian production.
We need to restore private
control of private enterprise
without too sharp a changeover.
We need 10 have some kind
of a program which our people
will understand and approve.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
JACK PICKERING

high eXplosive) and quite pile
OF III. f.. lights, with the safety
wires pulled Off.
Seemed like a shame 10 leave
them there for the enemy to
get, so we said, What do you
say we shoot 'em up? We've
got time yet before we're sup
posed to pull CUTE
"We'd been firing there for a
while so We knew the range,
and started firing as fast as the
No. 2 man could drop them into
the gun.
I'VE just raked the positions
up and down and across, to get
rid of the ammunition before IL
was CAPTURED, and do as much
damage as we could.
"Wben we didn't have any
lights left, we started throwing
the heavies, and when they
were gone we looked at the
smoke shells-they're loaded
with white phosphorus and
they'll burn plenty IL the pieces
hit anybody and anything-and
decided what the hell, we might
as we'll shoot them, too, so We
shot the smoke shells.
I'VE just had those six left,
and IL was time to move back,
so we fired them as fast as we
fired the others.
I'VE never found out what
happened. Maybe they thought
we had more men than we did,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
FULTON LEWIS .DR.
Washington
Comment

devoutly like TO have cremated
and forgotten forever.
No president could do as
much as President Roosevelt
has done. without committing
plenty Of blunders which meta
morphosed into skeletons in the
closet.
Landon and Willkie, in their
deftless approaches. fumbled
that side of their campaigns
completely. There was no at
tack, except In vague generali-
ties
TIVE Dewey-Bricker team has
research department at
work that looks like a whole
political party in Itself. prepar-
ing and perfectmg a barrage of
Roosevelt cord material,
that's comparable 10 an Allied
air blftZ in advance of major
advance on the Normandy front.
And, ironically enough. the
one sales point which the Presi-.
dent has in his favor-the value
Of I'm bro, ken continuity OF
leadership in the prosecution of
the war-now appears likely to
go poof.
It's somewhat flimsy foun-
dalton for a four-year political
lease on the government. at
best; Republican idea men are
concentrating on various meth
DDS Of attack on IL. even now.
But if Nazi Germany blows, and
the European side of the war
j. over. that argument is largely
over, along with n.
TlIE man in the street doesn't
i look az the japanese war
as he does at the European part
of II. He regards the japanese
job as an insect determination
problem, which merely requires
patience.
And the guy in the street is
tremendously unImpressed with
the argument that Mr.. Roose-
welt is needed anyway because
he knows Stain and Churchill
and Chang Kai-shek personally
and therefore should be at the
peace table with them. The re-
action is. very frequently, that
il probably would be better 10
have some one represent us
who does not know the other
leaders personally and will not
be encountered by any personal
considerations and obligations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

EDITORS NOTE-Pvt. Pick
ering, former Times coIumnist,
Is an infdntryuan at Fl. Me-
Cieiian, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
IF l WERE giving out medals,
Il I'd give one TO Sgt. Bell for
his bluff Perhaps he'll get one
yet, or perhaps the men who
give out medals weren't in
formed. It doesn't seem 10 Sgt.
Bell that he did anything espe-
cially valorous. To him it's just
a good joke on the krauts.
Remember how much pres
sure the Germans eXerted above
Salerne in their last-drop-of-
blood attempt 10 push the
Americans back off the Italian
Peninsula.
Sgt. Bell was up front while
the Germans were throwing
everything. The American army
never retreats; il sometimes
withdraws. This was one Of the
times.
Word was passed along TO
Sgt. Bells mortarS to get ready
TO pull out. The pressure was
too great, and there weren't
enough reserves handy TO meet
the kind of push the Germans
were starting.
GIVE HAD" said Sgt. Bell,
w five or six smoke shells,
q few II. Z. eheavies lH. L. IS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

IA man is more helpless
with the clinging vine because
he can't fight back. With the
battle-ax he has at least
chance TO Highland express the
age-old desire OF man for self
assertion, He is in for a heck Of
a life either way.
Psychologist Leonard w.
Ferguson tested students in
many colleges for humanitarian
attitudes. OF men college stu
dents who had Travelled abroad,
and men who had travelled more
than 1000 miles but all within
the United States. the former
were more liberal and ahumani-
tartan than the latter. The
women who had Travelled abroad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
(Fulton Lewis Jr. opened his
discussion Of the Forthcoming
presidential campaign In Sun
DAYS Detroit Times.)

WASHINGTON. July 3l-As a
w matter OF inventory record.
virtually every mechanical and
strategic advantage in the com
ing presidential election is on
the side Of the Republicans.
The 26 states, IN which their
are Republican governors tand
consequently, Republican polit-
ical machines in a position OF
ntroD, have 339 electoral
BITES, out of a total OF S3l.
That's more than enough 10 win.
To make matters worse Tor
the Democrats, al least a part
of their solid south-notably
Texas and Louisiana-are IN
open revolt. and may actually
kick over the traces.
So from the standpoint OF ex-
listing political equipment. and
for whatever such equipment
means. the advantages are ali
on the side of the G. O. y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

but this is the exception and
very rare.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Would diabetes. ovarian
or kidney disease show UP in
blood test II so what other dis
eases? IGNORANCE. ~
A-Tests for the chemistry Of
blood are now quite scientific.
In diabetes the sugar In the
blood is increased over normal
In kidney disease If sufficiently
advanced haf-the kidneys Go
not get rid Of the waste products
at the rate they normally do,
those pro>iaets accumulate IN
the blood and can be detected
urea. Creatinine and other nj
trogenous products There are
no changes in the blood in
ovarian disease. Other diseases
detected b. blood chemistry
tests are govt and certain bone
diseases. IN which latter the
blood calcium and phosphorus
are changed from normal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

Il wouldn't change you for the
world. y
Maid service only once a day
no pulling down the bed
spread az night. CAN right. I'll
pull IT down myself, even if /
get muscle-boundD
a 30 per cent cut in room
service. (HawD
! wonder where Commissioner
-MeNHtt stayed while attending
the Democratic national conven-
ton in Chicago?
4 YOUNG fellow with a
"A frank. open countenance-
as they used to say in the Alger
books--was telling group in
the White House press room the
other day that he had just got
a very soft Job down at one of
the radio stations.
What do you do? he was
asked. -c
1T is cinch," he said. 81
pinch the girl who does "Rinso
:. .Nhite!.."
I WOULD like TO step out of
L character briefly to tell YOU.
something about 1t. Gen. Lesley
McNair. highest ranking Amer
lean officer 10 be killed in the
war.
Gen McNair was on duty here
before going overseas. He loved
music.
- He had Song he loved
above all others. AT the Shore
ham. he would have Barnee.
the dreamy maestro, play it at
intervals all evening long.
The song was:
"All the World Is Waiting for
the Sunrise.
/ WROTE a piece recently that
Il the Democratic national con-
-tention- waS probably unconSti--
tutional because Herbert Bay
ard SwePe- WAS not presentto
throw out the first vice presi-
dent.
Today, I received this letter:
"You know, dear George. /
felt n lack In the Democratic
conventions grave deficiency
but 1 could not tell what 10
was until I read your column!
Thanks for being so continu-
ously informative.
Herbert Bayard Swope."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
Connolly Answers

1-c. Pa. 3-b adams, Clin-
ton, T ompkins, Calhoun.
Marshall, Garner). 4-b.
5-a (musk deer). 6-(a)
opposite, OBJ opposite, (c)
same, I'D opposite, (e) same.
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

WRITES a Detroiter:
w "My husband and myself
both read your column. So do
our 10 children. So you have IL
readers In our family alone"
Recently expressed a belief
there wasn't a cop on the New
York City police force who had
a pronounced Irish brogue. /
was wrong. / am reliably in
formed the policeman Christie
pher Walsh of the S8th Pre-
-eiaGt,- BROOKLYN, has such a
brogue.
I'VE are the only two females
In this army post where there
are over 400 men," writes a
WAC.
(Note-Would seem this state
of affairs would be desirable
from feminine viewpoint. But
what a busy evening these two
young women must have when
that army pest has dance -
THERE are many interesting
L things to be seen in Rome
these days that are not men,
toned in the guide books.
One is the sight of a japanese
ambassador being escorted by
group of U. S. military police
on motorcycles. Ken Harada,
Japanese ambassador to the
Holy See, regularly has U. s.
military police escort on his
trips from his home in Rome to
the Vatican and return.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

THE politicians try hard to
Il blame each other for the
lack of preparedness when we
went 10 war.
The fact is that everybody
was 10 blame. The atmosphere
in this country was for peace.
The so-called liberals who de-
manded that we fight Hitler
from the day he invade d
Czecho-Slovakia switched from
shouting against those whom
they called merchants of
DEATH" the industrialiSts who
were attempting 10 maintain a
modicum of preparedness.
1t would be interesting TO 60
through the pages of the lib
eral publications from 1923 TO
1889 10 see who did the most
mischief.
AS a matter Of fact. the
Hearst press, which constantly
advocated preparedness and
called attention to the Japa-
nese menace, was denounced by
these current advocates of I'M
conditional surrender as mill
-taFistie and imperialistie.
IN DEC. 10 1882, Franklin
" D. Roosevelt wrote Herbert
Hoover:
"As to disarmament: Your
policy is clear and satisfactory.
Some time, however, is required
10 bring il TO fruition. Success
In a practical program limiting
ornaments, abolishing certain
Instruments OF warfare and de-
creasing the offensive or attack
power of all nations will, i'm my
Judment, have a very positive
and salutary influence on debt
and economic discussions"
And when Bernard Baruch
made his numerous recon-
-meHdatjeHs- on mobilization, he
was altogether ignored. :.
Baruch's plans would have
had this country ready and the
war might never have happened
had we been ready.
But Baruch was ignored then
as he is being ignored now.
In spite of all that is being
ballyhooed about Baruch being
one of the Presidents closest
advisers, / state categorically
that he is being brushed aside,
that his report on demobiliza-
ton is receiving scant attention,
that his associate. John Han
cock, has resigned because he is
too big a man TO play tiddly-
winks in Washington just as Bill
-Jcffers resigned because he likes
TO work at a job, not play at
being a courtier.
4 RE we ready for peace? Sup
"A pose this war were TO end
tomorrow, where would we be?
What is the program
Baruch offered a complete
pro gram and the Presi-
dent issued it TO the public but
what has become of it? Where
is il buried? In what twists
and turns of politics has il be-
come fouled Who is against IL?
Maybe Sidney Hillmai and
-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

-Four ducks on n pond,
A grass bank beyond,
A blue skp of spring,
White Clouds on the Wing:
Whit little thing
To remember for yedrs--
To remember i0ith tears.
William Allingham.
(AboVe Is one Of my favorite
poems. Have often wondered II
any artist has been inspired 10
do painting Illustrating this
thought. II 80, ] would like to
hare-u-r0py0
THERE seems to be a lam
Il guage of stamps. But those
who claim 10 understand IL APP
pear TO greatly disagree.
Some say a stamp upside
down means "a kiss" others say
il means Il love you" and still
others claim it means DO you
remember me p
There is also considerable dis
agreement among the stamp
language experts as TO what a
stamp placed sidewise or al an
angle means.
Anyway, a navy wife who
claims an INSIDE down stamp
means II love you" says that as
her husband does not use a
stamp on the letters. he sends
from the fighting front he
writes free" upside down.
DASSING by: Robert Ripley.
i Still a bachelor but re-
ported 10 be weakening. The last
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

TvHE human hand having
i marvellous efficiency and
also Unsuitable curiosity, stick
ing itself into all sorts Of ma
chinery. giving here the fly
wheel little extra spin. and
trying 10 pry open sticking
screen door, naturally quite
often gets itself into trouble.
The greatest danger 10 the
hand after injury Is infection.
A celluhtiS. what used 10 be
called blood poisoning, with in
flammation running up the ten
don sheaths and Iyn4phaties Of
the hand and arm may cripple
such a member forever.
ANY injury 10 the hand then
must be examined and treated
under the strictest possible con-
ditions of surgical asepSiS.
Industrial surgeons have this
10 say about various types OF
hand injuries
A HUMAN bite injury, If not
"A treated properly al the
time. will usually lead TO Sc
rious infection. Splinting and
DIST heat are indicated in all
Ouman bite injuries. In a Sc
ries Of hand injuries. the cause
was a human bite in 10 per
cent
Since the rollers OF the
wrlnger produce equal pressure
on two sides the injury IS
usually limited TO soft tissues.
Fractures do not occur very
often, hui there is confusion
and bleeding into the tissue
spaces. Unless the skin is in
-lured they are treated by splint-
ing and a pressure dressing.
Blood clot under the finger
nail-This common injury is
very common and painful. but
not serious. No treatment needs
usually 10 be instituted. There
is a, great temptation 10 drill
an opening through the nail TO
let the clot out, but this pro-
cedure is usually not successful
and lnXites- infection
The throbbing pain is bad for
"a hours, but can be controlled
by heat and aspirin, or at the
worst by codeine.
Sometimes the blood clot
gets so large that II IS neces-
sary 10 remove part of the nail,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

were also more humanitarian,
but TO a less degree.
mo exact measurement OF
this has been made, but what
we know of what Illustration
does te-Peeple- gives stfong
impression that IS YOU expect
more of people than they can
give OF do, II gives them a feet
ing of inadequacy, futility and
helplessneSS. and lowers both
their morals and morale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
BETTER HEALTH
-Bv DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING-
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

but this is the exception and
NEFN rare
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

IN DEC. 10. 1882, Franklin
" d. Roosevelt wrote Herbert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

1T is cinch," he said. 81
pinch the girl who does "Rinso
..White..."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04

hVOL'iLLL Cary Grant. L9faln. Dav.
Mr.. Lucky" Vim. Tracy, a. WoosWorth.
~ anks ahoy.' Plus Cartoon apd News.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04

p0CEpC-36t6 West Warren ". l-IiaS
hUuLhO Midnight Show. Selected shorts
Johnny Come Lately. James Cagney.
Princess O'HourkF," DIVA DeHaEiIisnd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04

R0IlcE--lt Haitiner Ave. Free Parking r
hVoVh open 40 Brtaai f3ouuurt iIin.
uer1are 90 Ladies' e.. Coiher "NkylaFk -
city Without Men" with Linda D4rnal!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
WILL 90 on AIR

The first 10 minutes of the cere-
mouy viii be- broadcast over radio
station CkLW and viii feature an
address by hernandez a minute of
silence. and q dramatic reading OF
the last message from Bataan and
Corregldor. The Rev. Fr. Thomas
4 Berry of The Maryknoll Mis-
sIon8rc>. informed by the JapS loi
vr-y-r-r- -r1urrttr- WRIT tt7c- ttrr f1rrurrpa
speaker
Harry " Robins Mrs. Ilarolc
". Parsons John Cabauatan