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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
One Word Led TO Another
Detroit Times
BY Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

If you cannot get peace and goodwill today, then it
is no longer in stock.
This is our fourth Christmas Day at war We beat
that trife in the Revolution. AS the congressional
cessation of hosites wasn't read to the colonial army
until April 17S3 must have been in that for
Christmases.
The actual preliminares signed at Paris in No
vember 1882 by Ben Franklin and All-Amercan back
field But takes long time to shove threecornered
coconut down CRATES throat or stop war.
I never believed in to stop any more than
could subscribe to mixing dough to end noodles But
they happen every often like quintupets.
There three Christmases in the War of 1912
the British sloopof-war Favorite didn't bring the
peace pasters until Feb II, 1915. Even at that the
Constitution captured the Cyane and Levant the Hornet
grabbed the Penguin and the American fortress Bowyer
surrendered to the British fleet They simply hated to
stop good war in those sparsey inhabited and scarcely
inhibited days.
We managed the Mexican in two Chrstmases
and the Civil in four. There wasn't solitary yuletide
in the Spanish scrmmage of 1898 They sunk the Maine
and sunk them in August
And there but Christmas for in the first
World War So you this is a pretty tough one
as they average up
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
NJ AnCuU az EVENTS BY Maj. Gen. David
AVA<AAeOAA VI IL Prescott

the communes, or tiny munich
palities.
At the northern end. just
south Of Aachen, the country is
lower and more inhabited. in
the districts of Eupen and NAL
medy, which until 1919 were
Kreise, or administrative circles
of Prussia.
II is into the southernmost OF
these districts, Malmedy. that
the German thrust drove, in the
first four days, a distance of
perhaps 20 miles from the from
tier of the Prussian Rhineland.
although attacks were reported
along the entire sector, as far
as the German town of Ech-
thernach, about eight miles
northwest of Trier.
TT IS apparent that this So
L mile sector of hills and for
ests was lightly held by the
troops under Gen. Eisenhower.
In a way, the enemy effected
a surprise.
He was able TO build up a
powerful force, perhaps mainly
- of tank divisions, and strike
hard into this region.
, His object has been best indi-
Gated by the German military
commentator CAPT, SertOriuS,
who is quoted as saying that
this counter blow will compel
Eisenhower to use his reserves,
built up for purely offensive
purposes, and organize armies,
and lessening the powerful pres
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

retary-general of one; he is
president of the successor es-
Establishment.
The New Masses" continue as
"the New Masses" continue as
before, but some of the other
publications have changed their
names although not their con-
tents.
c. P. A. has gone respectable,
and its faith in capitalism is
slightly to the right of the
N. A. NJ, and its patriotism is
beyond anything known hereto
fore even among the Sons OF
the American Revolution.
The Communists are even OPP
posed to strikes and demand
unity.
A fellow who picketed the
White House against war before
Russia came in now speaks of
Roosevelt as though he had not
once called him a Fascist. 1t
is marvellous!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

WHEN, out of Moscow, came
w the wonderful tidings that
the third international had been
dissolved, those who can believe
anything believed that one.
The skeptics, of course, won
dered why any country would
destroy so efficient and COM
petent an instrument for fifth
columist activities not in the
lands of enemies, but of friends
and allies.
In fact, they doubted the pro-
nouncement and regarded the
rigmarole as unnecessary - as
unnecessary as it was untrue.
/ was at a party of intellect
uals - professionally and pro-
fessedly so-during the very
days when this announcement
was still news and the amazing
spectacle was unfolded of these
great minds discussing this won
derful nonsense as though il
had really happened, as though
it could have happened.
At this party, the one per-
son representing an outstand-
ing news agency said that he
had been in Moscow for a year
and a half and had never heard
the Comintern (Third Interna-
tionaD mentioned except when
its radio station was being dis
mantled.
Well, il is always amazing
what experts will believe and
how realistic they become
about fairy tales.
I OOK at the picture now! AS
~ soon as the American army
liberates some place in Europe,
up pop the Communists under
some other name.
Their leaders, who when they
betrayed their own country as
ThoreZ did, or when they ran
away as Toghatti did, suddenly
reappear from Moscow and try
10 Jake over.
Curiously. they all come out
of Moscow like that Lublin
government for Poland.
They claim, in most in
stances, that they ran the
underground" but the likeli-
hood is that the underground"
ran itself and these people step
in when the moment is ripe be-
cause the underground" stayed
at home and took up quarters
neither in Moscow, London or
Park Avenue.
They stayed home and fought.
This Communist revival in
Europe represents organization
and direction of the highest
order.
1t speaks of capacity and gen.
eralship and of the permanence
of personnel.
II is no accident that in
Italy, France. Belgium, Greece,
Bulgaria, wherever you look,
there are the Communists on
the job.
Here in the United States,
the Communist party went out
OF existence and the Communist
Political Association took its
place.
Earl Browder had been Sec
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
80 ASh IL AONEheAANO Soldier

can't. There's about so cooks
and bakers In our barracks that
will be looking out for him.
This IN very small base
here. and there Is no pet around
at all. So IL you or the Times
have any influence over your
readers, see II you can muster
us a little mascot Just express
him TO us.-Sincerely, Ben c.
Young and mates"
Well, that's place the army
can sympathize with the navy.
! don't know II / told you or
not-just can't remember-but
last summer we had kid
named Winklhofer who wanted
a pet so much that one night he
stole the chaplain's cat.
The chaplain didn't get mad
about il, but il was the only cat
he had, so the first sergeant
took the cat back. One of the
officers went down TO the post
vet and got puppy, though,
and made him company mascot,
and the pup stayed for a couple
of months. He's AWOL right
now. though. He'll be back,
though. / expect.
Concerning sailor Youngs
promise 10 raise him the navy
way it reminds me Of a story
or maybe you've heard it
about the British destroyer
crew that captured a German
crew.
The British were ordered 10
see that no harm came to the
Nazis, but the next morning
one Of them was found dead.
The officers hunted out the
Briton who had done the kill
ing, demanded an explanation,
and got this:
This ere Nazi, sir, . was
hinsultin'. First e says, The
king = no good and e can beat
Itler.' RemembcTin' me orders,
1 didn't do nothink TO i'm.
lucH, Sill Husuits tuc
queen, but knowink me orders
not to arm i'm, I didn't do
nothink.
But when I caught i'm, the
narsty one, splitting In OUR
ocean, that was too much, sir
so I shot I'm"
All of which has nothing TO do
with a mascot for the sailors at
Norfolk, but with so cooks and
bakers around TO feed him, the
pup ought TO do very well.
SIC Young's address is:
USN A. B. p. ID. No. -
Ships Co. Bks. %,
Camp Allen,
Norfolk, Va.
II anybody feels the urge
well. I'm sure that a pup would
have a good home and be
brought up as well as we could
do II In the infantry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
On the
Side

man really loved his wife he
should start off his letter My
Darling Sweetheart" or my
Own Beloved Darling" Or bet
ter still. he should originate an
affectionate salutation. prefer
ably one including a pet name.
QUERIES from clients: O.
W In the past there were
many covered bridges in this
country. There are still some
left. What / would like 20 know
Is: Why were they covered?
A-Mister, you have me baf-
fed. The matter will be inves-
tigated. Allow me 10 congratu-
late you on your inquiring mind.
You would have made q good
reporter.
A-Etheiind Terry.
Q-Name a play in which
snake figured prominently.
Q-What kind of a dog is a
basenji?
Att Is a ''barkless" dog from
the Belgian Congo. Said to be
a nice friendly breed but I
wouldn't care for n dog IN a t
didn't have n good healthy bark.
Q-I claim horse drawn
street cars were in operation in
New York City as tate as 1917.
Am I right?
A-You are rs right as ham
and eggs for breakfast. Horse
drawn street cars were active
on West street, Manhattan, in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

talent. Bogart was 80 years old
when he played his first film
part.
Judge Jonah Goldstein. Presi-
dent of the famous Grand Street
Boys Association. made up of
men brought up in the down.
town East Side section of New
York. Another famous city
neighborhood which has SINH
lar organization in the south of
Market street section in San
Francisco.
THAT y. S. Marine Corps regi-
Il ment which has a duck mas
cot named Siwash thought the
animal was a male until IL
dropped an egg during the bat
tie of Tinian.
"You overgrown DOPE" writes
an Omaha, Neb. admirer. "You
say Fania Marinoff was the only
actress to portray the part of n
manicurist. How about Carole
Lombard in Hands Across the
Table,"
(Note-I said Miss Marinoff
was the only one 10 portray a
manicurist in Il stage play.")
N ETIQUETTE expert be-
"A ing asked how a husband
should begin a letter TO his
wife answered that my Dear
est Wife" was the proper salu-
tation. This answer brought
many protests from wives, who
said the suggested Salutation
was too formal and lacked the
romantic touch. They said if a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
WALTER WINCHELL

plains the kissing that goes on
under it. Kissing under the
mistletoe is a simplified routine
in this streamlined age. Origin
ally, when boy kissed girl. he
plucked berry from the cluster
and presented IL TO her. When
the berries were gone, so were
the kisses.
TIVE burning Of the yule log
Il comes from the Scandina-
VANS, who long before the birth
of Christ celebrated the two
great turning points Of the suns
course through the sky and
burned wood fires as a sacrifice.
The burning at the winter sol-
stice was called the yule log,
but centuries later the tradition
of pouring wine and oil on the
log TO form a beacon while
carols were sung was add. In
America, the yule log celebra-
ton was most popular in the
southern states, where the Vir-
ginia Reel would wind up the
celebration.
Not all OF America was joy
Gus at Christmas time. In CO.
lonial times, a Massachusetts
law forbade any gayety at
Christmas.
CHRISTMAS pie was made in
~ the shape OF a cradle or
manger, and in England plum
pudding was originally called
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

Yes, because IL increases
your influence over other people
and your feeling of importance.
No one can feel happy who feels
unimportant. Your best bet, for
improving your personality is to
learn the rules and techniques
for getting along with people.
Nothing is better than TO learn
how to become a good CONVEX
sationalist. Our booklet, THE
ART OF CONVERSATION, by
an authority, has helped many.
Sent at cost. 10 cents plus a
Scent stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
2-False. II by genius you
mean what Webster says:
extraordinary mental superior
ity; unusual power of invention:
original creative power" A few
idiots have been able to recite
long poems or play long musical
compositions, like the pianist
Blind Tom, or remember auto
license or phone numbers, etc;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
On
Broadway

Hackin because all the ingredi-
ents were chopped into il.
Another speciality was-and Is
the wassail bowl. whose clos
est descendant is the apple
toddy. The word is from the
Anglo Saxon WAS Halle"
meaning Here's to you" tour
Christmas toast to YOU'D.
While the custom of Christ
mas trees antedates Christmas
itself. use of the trees became
widespread only In the 18TH
Century. The r tom ans had
decked their homes with green
trees on holiday occasions. It
received its Christian symbol
ism from the legend Of st.
Joseph of Arithmathea, who set
tied in Glastonbury and planted
his staff in the earth, which is
supposed TO have borne leaves
and blossomed thereafter every
Christmas Eve.
Prior TO the introduction OF
trees to the Christmas celebra-
ton. Greeks would give their
landlords a pole wreathed in
holly. ivy and flowers-while IN
England gilded evergreens. APP
Piles and nuts, heaped into a
pyramid. were carried around as
gifts. In other countries,
wooden pyram / d was con-
structed. adorned with lights
and paper, to which green twigs
were later added. making IT
look more like the tree as we
know IL.
Copyright by Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

IT is rather difficult at the
i time of this writing 10 tell
just what Christmas is going to
be like this year.
should like 10 furnish my
readers a few comforting re-
marks about turkey and plum
pudding. discussing the chemi-
Cal composition and dietetlc
Virtues OF each
= Also 10 assure my male read
ers that a few extra Christmas
cigars won't hurt them for
one day.
But in discussing the matter
with the ladies of my house
hold. ] find that they are not at
all sure anybody is going 10
have any turkeys this year or
plum pudding either.
And my erudlte friend, Mr..
Hess, who supplies me with
cigars Is very dubious about the
Christmas supply of that COM
modify.
IT APPEARS that the armed
i forces overseas have been
sent nine million cigars, but
need thirteen million, and that
means all of us over here are
going 10 have 10 90 easy on our
regular consumption.
And II also appears that
there is a large supply Of fish
in cold storage, and everybody
would like 10 get rid of that
before they begin 10 allow other
meats 10 get out IN free-and-
easy fashion.
So maybe the best thing for
NE 10 do is TO turn moral on
pu, and warn you that smok-
ing cigars is bad for your health.
and that turkey and plum pud-
ding are very indigestible, and
also fattening, and IL is a good
thing that you don't have 10
bother with them.
DUT il YOU can get a turkey.
- and if you can get some
plum pudding. l will tell you
confidentially that science re-
CARDS them as among the most
digestible and nutritious foods
in the category.
This will not surprise you, I
know, about turkey. but II may
about plum pudding.
Plum pudding in anything
like its present perfection is Of
fairly recent origin.
/ am told that no recipe for
Il appears in cookery books
prior TO 1875.
3 The important part OF its
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

sure. under which the German
defense was slowly deteriorat-
ing.
II this Is the German object,
and II IL can be attained, the
assault may be successful, al.
though II consumes the last re-
serves of tanks. veterans, and
air force the Germans have.
MUCH will pend upon
N4 whether Eisenhower has at
hand divisions that have not yet
been committed to battle, which
he can use TO meet this offen-
sive.
It must be presumed that he
has such reserves. but if he has
not. then the first American
army will have to turn its
strength southwark to engage
in an unlooked-for battle, and
its offensive upon the Roer
River and the stronghold Of
Duren may have to be sus-
pended.
Finally. I would say that
most civilian comment and re-
port upon this German attack
displays unwarranted nervous
ness and apprehension.
1t does not seem probable that
enemy strength is powerful
enough to drive through the
Ardennes to the Meuse, or to
threaten Aachen or Liege.
This German attack admit
tedly is audacious.
1t smaks of Hitler strategy.
It is always hazardous to
create a salient or bulge in a
line of battle.
If American troops can en-
close and destroy it, there will
be no more German offensives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
MARY HAWORTH'S Mail


the company of others, my sis
ter (jokingly) SAYS things about
me that make me wish / had
never been born.
I'm disguised with myself,
for not knowing how 10 cope.
What can I do 10 develop self
confidence and stand on my
own feet?
Should I lust ignore her al.
titude?
II is awfully hard TO pretend
YOU don't notice something that
hurts: but if YOU think il would
help | am more than willing
to try. M
DEAR M:
VyJE, r,,-roso ~ main i 20
- - ,,.hv 49,, 90, .,or
s,,.,.,- a0n, -. ~ I 49, ,G ~ ~ s.P
What's the sense in bidding
for boon companionship tnever
10 be achieved) with sister
who is no more like you than
a cabbage is like a rose?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

manufacture is TO put il in A
pudding bag and boil il six
hoars the day of mixing and
six hours the day of eating and
never let the steam cease 10
rise from the kettle while the
pudding is within IL. )"
TyHAT is what makes il so de
1 gestible
All the heating and cooking
of those currants and raiSins
breaks up their fibers. and the
beef suet becomes soft and ten
der, and all the juices OF the
brown sugar and the cinnamon
and sherry wine sort of move
in and out among each other
and swap flavors. and this
makes your digestive juices
gush so that they are ready
To tackle anything. let alone as
tender and delicious SUBJ
stance as plum pudding.
Oh. how in the world did l
get on this subject when there
isn't going to be any plum pud-
ding
Well. anyhow. Merry Christ
mas,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
ITO UNDERSTAND the prob.

~ UNDERS land the prop
Il able extent and effect of the
German penetration into Allied
tines. it is important TO consider
the character of the country
where the battle is raging.
Betwee the right of the
American First Army, south of
Aachen, and left of our Third
Army, which has penetrated the
Saar east of the valley of the
Moselle River. is a high plateau
country, which, since r o m n
times, has been known as the
Forest of the Ardennes."
II is about 60 miles in extent
from north to south, and about
an equal distance in width. be-
tween the Prussian Rhineland
and the Mouse.
The landscape Is broken by
hills and ravineS, and large
patches of woodland survive the
great forest which covered this
region in medieval times.
/ remember the region as con-
tanning small. scattered commu-
mites, and traversed everywhere
by winding roads that were I'M
improved but practicable.
A T THE southeastern end of
"A this hilly plateau is the
independent duchy of Luxem-
bourg, but most of it is Belgian
territory.
It is, in effect, a large hunt
ing preserve, possessed both by
the owners of estates, and by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

THE origin of Christmas fixin's
- is as varied as the coun-
tenances of the hordes of street
corner Santas. All ages and
cultures-from the era of the
Druids of ancient Gaul TO the
five and tens synthetic trees
and plastic ornaments - have
contributed to Christmas, which
kyas not officially designated as
Me 25th of December until 336
"A. ID. by the Roman Church.
Before this date, holly was
hung as camouflage on the
doors of early Christians cele-
brating the birth of Christ.
This was in order TO avoid per-
secution, and they masked their
gayety by garlanding their
homes with the holly-the prev
alent decoration used by the
Romans at the pagan festival OF
Saturnalia, which occurred at
the same time.
Many of the Christmas Gus
toms were carry-overs from
pre- Christmas celebrations.
Hanging gifts on trees is sup
posed to stem from the tree
worship of the Druids and the
belief that the tree was the
giver of all good things. The
DrllidS are also Dartly reSDOn-
sible for the use of mistletee at
Christmas time. They regarded
the mistletoe as sacred, made
certain that il revef touched
the ground, and dedicated IL 10
the Goddess of Love, which ex-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

My sister now includes me in
practically everything she does;
but still have an inferiority
complex.
Why? Because my sister Is
always drawing comparisons be-
tween herself and me, as if 10
say that she is just right, and /
don't quite measure up.
never seem TO act right. /
either act too old or too young;
I laugh or talk too much or not
enough.
Lots of times, when we're in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
Z. ". DURLING
IUNE HAVOC married for the
- first time at age of ID.

TUNE HAVOC married for the
I" first time at age of ID.
know of a woman who mar
ried at - and recently cele-
brated her golden wedding
at So.
Seems she might be the
youngest woman TO have a
golden wedding in this country.
However. / suppose some
body from California or Brook
lyn will come back at me with
the name Of a woman who
married when II and cele-
brated her golden wedding
at 81.
HVOU say men are not re-
l. jected for military service
for having false teeth; that IL
depends on how many good
teeth they have" writes a San
Franciscan. my husband had
hardly good tooth In his
mouth when indicted. He IL
also totally blind In one eye
and nearsighted In the other.
He has a large growth In his
nose and at the time of induc-
ton had a bad back as the re-
suit Of an accident. He Is SO
years old. He IL now I'm the
United States Army and has
been in the service two years."
DASSING BY: Humphrey Be-
CART. On the Broadway
stage years before Hollywood
scout realized he had screen
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

IT ALWAYS used TO be inter-
L esting TO read the letters
that were sent 10 the column,
and a certain number Of letters
still flow in. You never know
what people are going TO ask
for or offer.
This one is from S &c Ben
c. Young in Norfolk.
I'VE have n big problem on
our hands," he writes. I'VE
have been looking all over this
beautiful state of Virginia for a
mascot. SO far we haven't
been able to find any one who
will part with what we want.
What we want Is small
breed of dog. We don't care
how young he IL. We will raise
him the navy way, with the best
Of care. We will give him a
CPO rating to start with, and
feed him better than we do the
commander. Don't think we
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

but as psychologist Catherine
Cox Miles shows, these are per-
sons whose general intelligence
has been arrested, and who
have developed one special
talent. Such persons never Gre
ate anything new.
3-Recently a jury of women
in a very complicated case rem
dered verdict in one minute and
45 seconds. This certainly indi-
Gates some women can make
up their minds when they have
facts to go on. One psychologist
has studied women jurors, and
finds on the average they pay
closer attention, take their re-
sponsibility more seriously and
reach a positive decision more
quickly than men. Another
study shows that women can
pick out a congenial mate more
quickly and reliably than men.
rHE DETROIT TIMES Gil