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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
By DR.. Logan
Clendeninn
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Barbara NJ: I would like to
have your opinion on q question
that arose in our science class.
Do you think that prehistoric
man was healthier than man Of
today?
Answer: No. From all the
evidence we have he led a Miser-
able existence. In the bodily
remains that have been found
there Is practically always tooth
decay and no dentists TO pull
them out. Egyptian murnmies
show the population was ram.
pant with tuberculosis Of the
spine Hardening of the arteries
in these mummies IL very com.
mon. Prehistoric man was sea.
sonally on the verge of starva-
ton and must have really suf.
fered from Wtamin deficiencies.
G. NJ: I have q breaking out
all over my feet which forms
large blisters. One doctor says
IL Is acid and anothr athletes
feet.
A: II certainly is not acid.
The best guess from this dis
lance is athletes feet. Try
painting them with a weak solu-
ton Of alcohol and then apply.
ing Whitfield's ointment.
r. I. C.-Does scar tissue ever
turn into ancer7
A-There is little danger Of II.
When an old scar is irritated. IL
is a little more likely to degen-
crate Indignantly than ordinary
skin / have several records of
epitheliomas growing in the scar
of an abdominal operation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

covering there was a market for
obfuscation outside the govern
ment.
PERSONALLY, Mr.. Mellett Is
L very sweet guy. have yet
10 meet any one who held him in
personal dislike. He goes around
the National Press Club practi.
cally pouring out benedictions,
and many have reported feeling
finer. better men. merely be.
cause he beamed upon them.
But when he sits down to
typewriter. he seems to hear
voices-and all Of them are
President Roosevelt's.
In fact. there have been
rumors-which I hesitate to be-
lieve-that his stuff is ghost
written by Mr.. Roosevelt and
that Mr. Mellett only allows the
use of his name because two
Roosevelt columnists might be
considered too many.
However, the charge I wish TO
answer is this:
The Dies committee discov-
cred that Mr.. Mellet had re-
ceived a call from the political
action committee of the Go.
Mr.. Mellett. in a very sarcastic
vein. at variance with his char
acter. admitted the rap but said
the conversation had positively
nothing to do with politics. or
even communism.
The caller. he said, was G. 3.
Baldwin. assistant chairman OF
the PAC, and all Baldwin wanted
10 know was whether Lowell
happened to know a newspaper
man who might want a job.
Mr.. Mellett obviously thought
his reply was the big belly
laugh of 1914 because he re-
ported 1t with a decided this
will kill youw air. He quoted
himself as telling Baldwin.
The only newspapermsn In
Washington not working Is
George Dixon"
7 DO not mind admitting to be-
L ing a loafer, but Mr.. Mel.
let's crack would seem to imply
that I am unemployed. I am en-
ployed regularly. although L
and obviously Mr.. Mellett-
often wonder why.
I do not think Il is at all
charitable of Mr.. Mellett to 60
around attacking the underpriv-
ileged. 1t is really not my fault
that I am bum.
l am not as fortunate as Mr..
Mellett. ! do not have Sidney
Hillman to keep me on my
toes!
Distributed BY King Features synd.. Ina
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
WASHINGTON SCENE
BY George Dixon

ORDINARILY I do not bother
" 10 answer the charges Of
other newspaper writers. IT
only means they will make a
comeback retort which means
getting my name in the papers,
which is abhorrent
But / do not feel I can
leave 60 unanswered the vi
cieuS, OF not unethical. attack
Of Mr. Lowell Mellett. MIR Mel
lett has a sideline, writing
three times a week for various
publications. His real vocation.
however, is standing in front
Of 1900 Pennsylvania avenue
Salaaming 10 the ground.
Until he made the startling
discovery recently that there
remains such a thing as private
enterprise-with little dough
left TO pay salaries, even if not
much-Mr. Mellett was in the
government employ.
He was head of the office of
government re POI t $. which
became the Office of Facts and
Figures, which became the Office
of War Information, VII C h
became fantastic.
Mr.. VI g | let continued on
through all the changes and
vicissitudes- likes his vicissi-
tn des with horseradish - and
only retired from Owl on dis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
THESE DAYS

TIVE Republican candidate for
Il United States senator in
New York is an American of
, Irish descent, brought up in the
lower part of the city.
He went TO work as child,
struggling for an education as
many did in those days, until
he took a law degree at Ford
ham University in 1923. But
before that. he had seen war
service. ending as a second
lieutenant.
In New York, il Is unusual
for one of Tom Curran's de-
scent and training to become a
Republican.
Tammany Hall used to offer
a better career. But Tom dis
liked Tammany Hall, particu-
larly the rough and tumble
type of politics played in that
part of New York which ran
from Hell's Kitchen to The Bat
terry.
On the other hand, the Re-
publicans in that area were of
the silk stocking variety who
lived on Fifth Avenue and the
side streets off it and who were
losing whatever strength they
had ever possessed in lower
New York.
Tom Curran went into that
district, made himself the out
standing personality among the
Republicans and carried it as
alderman.
Eventually he became not
only district leader but also
chairman of the New York
County committee.
When Tom Dewey was
elected governor. he appointed
Tom Curran secretary of state.
CURRAN is a Catholic and
~ hates Communists.
He scared a lot of time serv-
ing Republicans two years ago
by attacking the endorsement
system by which Republicans as
we'll as Democrats got them
selves endorsed by Communists
and the American Labor Party,
which is the same thing.
He has been fighting Vito
Marcantonio's effort to capture
both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties by an abusive
proce dure in the direct
primaries which were intended
10 purify, not to destroy the
two party system.
It Is 10 be expected that
Sidney Hillman, Earl Browder,
Marcantonio and that element
in New York politics will wage
a campaign Of violence against
him.
His adversary will be Senator
Robert Wagner, author of much
of the most lopsided New Deal
legislation and indiscriminate
proponent Of radical measures.
Bob Wagner has been in the
United States Senate since 1927
and is influential in left wing
labor circles although in recent
year New York Democrats have
wondered whether he belongs
to their party or 10 the Go.
He will be supported whole
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

YESTERDAY we pointed out
L in connection with the cpl
demic Of hay fever that hits this
country just at the present time
Of year that we know from the
scientific studies OF the last
quarter century that II is due
to the irritating properties of
the pollen Of the ragweed or
some plant Of the ragweed
family.
As to treatment. I never knew
OF any one who was permanently
cured Of II. Sometimes in old
age. the individual who has suf-
feed all his life perhaps de-
velops an immunity and the
attacks are milderr but this is
hardly worth counting on.
So avoidance of an attack
comes down. In my experience.
to one of four things:
First Vacation during the
worst Of the season to a hay
feverless climate Can a d a,
northern Lake Superior or
Michigan, Duluth. California.
Maine, the mountains. This is
the surest. pleasantest and In
the long run the cheapest treat
ment.
Second-Furnishing sleeping
room and working room with an
air filter in the window and an
air conditioning unit in the
room. This is effective. not too
expensive. but. of course. has the
disadvantages OF Limitation OF
activities. No golf, no tennis.
no exercise. no movies. Most OF
the victims of hay fever, how
ever. feel If they can get
through the night comfortably
and avoid asthma they can
stand the discomforts OF the
daytime. Efficient window venti-
lators are on the market. --e
Besides filterlng all air from
the outside, the bedroom must
be stripped of carpets. rugs and
draperies. Because during the
hay fever season the individual
becomes sensitive TO many
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
One Word Led to Another
BY Patterson
Inc Detroit Times
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

couple of dealers in town got 10 classes in cnk
for selling garlic above the ceiling.
I would rather have the stuff there than at seaeve
There is very active market in garlic with the
trend toward the exit hate the stuff bat have dis
covered thing in dining Put 1000 people
at dinner, and if guys eating it, they're all eating it.
1t has the penetrating power of 16-nch shell in
pillow factory One confscated dealer got the 10 days
in quarantine and fine of 100 smackers.
The fine was for breathing on the judge.
The other got his 10 days and suspended sentence
of 237 years During which time he must sleep with his
head in a rubber boot and sneeze in a paper bag
The atrocious garland known to the European trade
garlic is dubious herb with built-in glue factory
and pungent disposition. If orders garlic in
railroad dining it throws all the switches the other
side of the Rockies and Florida crocodes to bur-
row deeper in the mud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
JACK PICKERING

EDITORS NoTE-Pvt. PieL.
srins, former Times eoIumnist,
10 an infanfryman at Fl. Me-
Cisiian, Ala. Thee writings are
excerpts from his Letters to
friends at the office.
NO DOUBT something does
" come over you when you
change from civilian TO soldier,
but on sober second thought /
guess maybe all that comes
over you is a different kind of
clothes. You are the same per-
son you were beforehand a bit
surprised at it.
According 10 the comic strips,
putting somebody into uniform
turns him at once into a wolf.
This Is not necessarily so. In
fact, from what I've seen, the
percentage of wolves is sur
prisingly small. 1t surprised me,
anyway.
BY this I do not mean to
imply that there aren't any
wolves in the army. I don't
even mean there aren't many.
All I say is: There aren't as
many as I expected.
Wives and sweethearts may
take what comfort they can
from this, but they would best
judge their men individually
and not try to apply any
congratulations.
The. wolves were wolfish be-
fore: the ones who adored their
wives adore them twice as much
now that they are separated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

nOWN here we have a raft
~ of USO's-I guess there are
five or six IL Admission, which
is the nearest town.
AS the fort Is about as big
as the town, there's still a tre-
mendous overflow of soldiers
after the USO's are full.
So what do the rest Of the
men do-those that bother TO
get passes to town?
Mostly they just wander
around.
They eat supper in a restau-
rant (if they can get in) just
for the sake of variety.
They 60 to a movie if they
FEEL like standing in line.
They window shop.
They buy trinkets in the mill
tary stores.
They walk around, they stand
on street corners, they see
somebody from their own COM
pany and greet him fondly,
even though they have been
squatting in a foxhole with HIM
or helping him fire a machine
gun three or four hours earlier.
Then they try TO find trans
portation back to the fort, and
it's not unusual to allow an
hour for this Commute trip
because the buses and taxicabs
are always damned. And that's
about all there Is to do.
Liquor and beer are pro-
hibited, although good bit of
rum and some whisky are boot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

mo scientific man believes
In astrology. He could not and
believe in science, for the two
are absolutely opposed to each
other. He believes also that
anything which makes a per-
sons character. personality
and destiny the product of the
heavenly bodies and not OF HIM
self takes away moral RESPONSE
bility and destroys the founda-
tons of character.
2-This profound remark,
taken from Charles Mills novel,
The Choice" shows the great
revolution between the older
and the younger generations,
today. The theory Is: Children
must not be repressed: they
must express their human ma
ture TO the full" The older
generation thought the oppe-
site: Children must be disci-
plined. and many Of their nat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

FROM what I read in the pa
= pers, ! Judge that this era
has developed a large crop of
lollypop gladiators. or mugs
who get their names in the
prints through fistic postures in
cafes. Mushrooms and other
public places.
The name that seems, to get
into the headlines in this con-
nection oftener than any other
just now is that of Mike Ro-
manoff, called Prince. a cele-
brated character who now con-
ducts a restaurant in Beverly
Hills, where he caters TO the
high-tone movie mob.
Mike is an old friend OF mine,
but I have never SeeH him fight.
His fights seldom last long
enough for any one to see them.
Once / was notified he was In
action, but by the time I turned
my head he was getting up,
busting himself off and the bat
tie was all over.
I have always admired Mikes
acumen In staging his scrim-
images In joints other than his
own, a great saving In wear and
tear on the furniture, but here
lately l am commencing to ques-
ton his skill and judgment as a
matchmaker because I see he
tied into Barney Oldfield, the
old time king Of the motor
speedways, and although Barney
is Sc, give him the difference"
In one duke and Joe Louis would
be no better than even money
over him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
THE BRIGHTER SIDE By RI Dsmon

account Of q McGraw encounter
they ran his record. which went
something like this:
Lost to Honest John Kelly.
Lost to Ad Brennan.
Lost to p. Sentell.
And so on and so on.
Comparatively late in his life.
Mac discovered the Lambs Club
and easier picking among the
actors than on the ball fields
and along Broadway. He is said
to have given Wilton Lackye a
betting and polished Johnny
Slevin. an old time musical per-
former, with a bottle. But he
never licked any Of the tougher
competition elsewhere.
4 MOTHER consistent loser
-h-was- the Harry Pollok /
mentioned the other day when
he was the Beau BrumYnel Of
Broadway. Everybody licked
Pollok, including Freddy Welsh,
a lightweight champion he man.
aged. who gnawed q slight It'd
bit of one Of Harry's ears In
the old Garden Cafe at Sew.
enth avenue and Fiftieth street
one night.
/ made a great cafe gladiator
vow to retire one night when I
saw him miss q waiter In At
lantic City with q left hook and
fall flat on his kisser. He was
Joe Benjamin, the California
boxer. He agreed with me that
the lack Of timing he displayed
was most deplorable and never
fought in a cafe again Except
in Hollywood with movie actors,
who did not count in those days
as they do now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
BY George E.
Sokolsky

heartedly by Sidney Hiiirnan's
PAC, which will spend much
of its huge treasury in his in
terest.
TT MIGHT be said that the
l. fate of either of these men
in the forthcoming election will
depend upon whether Roosevelt
or Dewey carries New York
State.
On the other hand, Tom Cur
ran is extraordinarily popular
among Democrats.
I know that during the past
year. influential Democrats
have been discussing the pos
sibility Of nominating him for
mayor OF New York on a Re-
publican Democratic fusion
ticket with the object Of de-
feating Mayor LaGuardia and
keeping the Commissioned
can Labor Party out of city
hall where it is now so influ-
entail.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
E. Y. DURLING

All nights are nights
Till l see thee.
And nights bright days
When dreams do shoW thee 10
me. Shakespeare.
GA sen @ o diminishes little
passions and increases great
ones, just 40 the wind blows out
a candle and fans q fire." said
LaRochefoucauld. Absences are
a good influence In love and keep
IL bright and delicate" observed
II. L. Stevenson. absence quick
ems our love and elevates our
affections" claimed Landor.)
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
VI is the worlds richest writer.
The old boy is now paying f80.-
-0o0, or about $500, 900 annual
income tax.
He pays the British govern
ment 10 shillings, 6 pence for
every pound of his income. In
terms Of the United States
money. that is 1892 for every 81
earned.
Or to put IL another way. Mr..
Shaw is permitted TO keep s
cents Of every 81 he receives as
income.
=,
TT WAS once ruled by an Illi-
L nois jurist that when a
woman picks the pockets of her
sleeping husband, she is only
legally entitled to keep one-third
of what money she finds there.
We trust our Chicago subscrib-
ers will keep this in mind. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

man who gave voice to this
decision was Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, who has since
become the so-called GEAR Of
baseball"
THE most avid seekers after
l. publicity are female busi-
ness executives who photograph
well.
In indianapolis there once
lived a man named Hodiga
Adonija Cush Phut Phoop.
An eminent psychiatrist
claims the best secretaries are
those who are in love. Our
horses Women department is
checking this claim Can you
help US. mister? Is your Sec
rotary in love? You don't have
TO tell US with whom.
ETF A woman can't get her
L way she flies into a temper
and reminds you of something
you shouldn't have done 10
years ago." said w. w. Jacobs.
mo woman ever owned up she
was wrong and the more you
try to prove IL to her the louder
she talks about something else"
Some experts on child care
claim molasses, as IL contains
more iron, is better for Riddles
than spinach. Maybe my mother
knew something. l recall she
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

ural impulses repressed." They
felt the wisdom of the parents
should guide the child's be-
havior, not the unrepressed i'm
pulses of the child. Too much
repression is bad, but too much
freedom is worse.
absolutely. provided they
want TO stop. They should prac-
tice quarreling TO excess-be-
come experts at it. I did not
say indulge. I said practice!
You should put on practice
quarrels, make EN- good and
hot, but never forget for a mo-
ment you are just trying to see
how you quarrel, just what it
is you are doing. and that you
are doing il for the purpose Of
making il voluntary instead Of
involuntary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupon lis gals. Valid through
Sept. al.
B-3 and C-s Coupons gals. each.
ia and ca Coupons gals. each.
claw requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when reesived.)
FUEL OIL
Period ( and Period s-Valid through
Sept. 30.
Period I--vslid through Sept 30. as.
LIQUOR
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SHOES
Akplaae Stamps ! and f--valid In
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
PROGRESSED FOODS

Blue AS through F5-Nalid indeh-
nitely.
MEATS, CHEESE, FATS
Red AS through C-5-VAlid indef-
nitely.
Red D-5-vslid Sunday indefinitely.
One 10. salvage fat. good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
Stamps 20. 81 and So. No. 4 Books
lps. each. valid indefinitely
Stamp SO, No. 4 Book-Valid Sept. !
indefinitely.
Stamp 40, No. 4 Books lbs. for
canning through Feb. IS, l945.
spare stamp 81. No. 4 Book-valid
for maximum OF 20 lbs for can
ming. Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Brain Game Answers

1-Pinocchio.
2-120 volts.
J Sci It flows because Of I'M
foreground pressure.
4EThe horseless carriage or
automobile. of course.
5-Bombers; Dauntless, Mitch
ell. Liberator, Dragon, Ven
tura. Fighters: King Cobra,
Black Widow. Lightning,
Warhawk, Airacobra.
6-The northern constellation,
Great Bear. is commonly
called the Big Dipper The
word Arctic comes from the
Greek word arctos, meaning
bear. Hence the reference
and connection.
TIPS cubic feet.
SEThe Tanaka Memorial.
Copyright, 1874, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
On the
Side

often handed me a piece Of
bread spread with molasses.
saying That's good for you" I
never remember her urging me
to eat spinach.
DASSING BY: Ii. Murray
i Goldberg of the u. S. Army
Air Force. He has participated
in so bombing missions over
enemy territory in Europe. Be-
fore the war he was a post
office clerk. What a change in
activity that is; from a post Of
flee clerk TO navigator Of a
bomber. When the war is over
will 1t. Goldberg even be really
happy again while shut up in a
post office, engaged In the dull
and insiptd routine OF clerical
work 2--
IF RECORDS could be sent to
i the fighting men overseas by
their wives and sweethearts the
best record that could be sent
is probably Jest a-Wearyin'
Fer You" by Frank L. Stanton
and Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Only four presidents Of the
United States have been 60
years of age or older at inaugu-
ration. And two of these died Of
natural causes while in office.
These presidents and their ages
at Inauguration were William
II. Harrison, 68; Zachary Tay-
lor, "a; James Buchanan, 65;
Andrew Jackson, IS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Letters From
A Soldier

legged-the price, $40 to s14 q
quart.
OF course there's some WOLF
ing on Anniston's Noble street,
the main thoroughfare. How
could IL be otherwise near an
army post of this size?
But real romance doesn't blos-
som readily.
Come to think of 1t, I don't
know Of a single case, although
there must be a few.
A FTER all, there are two
"A kinds of women-no, three
around any army post. There
are the wives who come for
visits. The lucky ones may
find a place to stay as long as
their husbands remain, but liv-
ing quarters are frightfully
scarce.)
Then there are the Admission
girls, the ones who lived here
long before the war brought its
influx. Lastly. there are the
girls who gravitate here because
of the war and the soldiers.
These last are the ones you
see on Noble street. These are
the wolfesses.
You see the type everywhere,
and the type runs true to form.
It's the same here that ii is
anywhere else, although an
anecdote appears now and then
to confuse you.
Some of these girls appear to
take a genuine interest in the
welfare Of the men they meet,
and have been known to invite
soldiers home for a home-cooked
meal-believe it or not.
There's another girl - what
category she falls in I don't
know and won't try to say.
She has lot of admirers, and
I've seen her around the fort.
I don't know her name, but
it's her nickname that is inter-
esting-"Shoe Polish"
That's what everybody seems
to call her. The origin of the
name / don't know. unless it's
because she takes a shine to so
many soldiers.
And then there's a thirsty
sergeant ] know who has a girl
in town-she's a waitress who
seems to have a lot of adj
; mirers.
The sergeant goes in and
waits for her.
Her admirers come Juggling
bottles and pour a glass for her.
She quietly divides each glass in
the kitchen and sneaks half to
her sergeant.
And when the restaurant
closes, he walks her home. All,
love around an army cap,nt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15
Connolly Answers

1-(b). 2-(c), 3-(c), A.
(b), SCI, SCI.
Copyright, 1874. by Kins Features)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-15

TIE DETROIT TIMES CT
Tuesdsy. Aug. Is. 1874
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-02-19
LINCOLN
DOUGLASS
0BSERVANCES

With excuses at Frederick
Douglass So and in Twelfth
Baptist church, the Boston
Branch Equal Rights League
carried through for the first
time in ten years the indoor
as well as outdoor program
followed in the past by the
League.
Joshua Jones at the square
in behalf of the city, brought
and hung in front Of the
Douglass So Drug Store a mag
nif1cent wreath of red and
white carnations and ferne,y
with red, white and blue rib
bon. Rev J H Dennis of Mt Zion
Baptist church, w Newton, was
on hand to make the prayer;
Atty Laurence Banks extoll-
ed Douglass. Maude Trotter
Steward presided. Druggist
Noel Jackson extended the
hospitality of his store.
At Twelfth Baptist church
with League president Louis E
Pasco, ST., presiding and elo-