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Evening star., 1944-04-01

Friday evening the choir will pre-
sent Stainer's oratorio, THE Cruel
fixion," directed by George F. Kort-
zenborn.
Bloomingdale Churches.
The Good Friday services OF the
Bloomingdale section will be held at
the Bethany Baptist Church.
Calvary, Francis Asbury and ST.
Paul Methodist Churches will have
service from 2 to 8 pm. at the
Francis Asbury Church, with the
program on "The Seven Words From
the Cross" First Word" DR.. Harry
Burgan; Second Word" DR.. Orris
G. Robinson; Third Word" DR.
Lucien G. Clark; Fourth Word
DR.. Chesteen Smith; Fifth Word, u
DR.. William Pierpont: Sixth Word
DR.. John r. Edwards; Seventh
Word" Dr.. Robin Gould.
Silent communion will be at pm
in Petworth Methodist Church with
a special setting Of palms and the
old rugged cross.
At the Church Of the Reformation
q three-hour devotional service will
be held from noon to 3 pm, with
DR.. Bernard Holm, pastor of st.
Matthews Lutheran Church; DR..
Frederick E. Reissig, executive secre-
tary Of the Washington Federation
OF Churches, and DR.. Raymond Sor-
rick, president Of the Synod Of Mary
land, assisting Rev. Mr.. Loew. In
the evening the senior choir will
present a program.
Catholic Guild.
The Washington Catholic Evil
dence Guild will sponsor its 18th
annual Everybody's Good Friday
service In Franklin Park from to
2:30 pm.
The program will be conducted by
the Rev. DR.. Charles A. Hart OF
Catholic University, and will consist
Of the reading of "The Passion OF
Our Lord" meditation on "The Sta
tions of the Cross" and on "The
Seven Last Words on the Cross
Music will be provided by a choir OF
IS voices-combined choirs from the
Friars of the Atonement Seminary
and the Paulist House of Studies,
both at Catholic University.
Francis H. Thornton, president of
the guild, will preside.
A three-hour service will be held
at Concordia Lutheran Evangelical
Church, from noon to 8 pm. Medi-
tations on Christs words spoken on
the cross will be given by the Rev.
DR.. Lee A. Peeler, pastor Of Bethel
Evangelical and Reformed Church; !;
the Rev. F. Nelson Schlegel of First
Evangelical and Reformed Church; !;
the Rev. F. l.. Fesperman, returned
missionary to Japan; the Rev. G.
Stewart Mckenzie of Western
Presbyterian Church; the Rev. DR.
Elmer Zaugg, returned missionary
to Japan; the Rev. Calvin H. Win
CERT of Grace Reformed Church;
the Rev. Charles Enders of Concor-
dia Church.
In the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church at 8 pm. the choir
will sing "Stabat Mater" by Rossini
under the direction Of Charles Dana
Beaschler. DR.. Peter Marshall will
give Good Friday meditation.
A candle light service will be held
at 8 pm. in st. Paul's Methodist
Church.
At the Metropolitan Memorial
49,
Evening star., 1944-04-01
Bible Quiz Program
Marks Anniversary

Marking the anniversary of ra-
dos original Bible Quiz, Evangelist
Dale Crowley will begin the fourth
year Of the broadcast tonight at
Evening star., 1944-04-01

Urtntty 0hurrh
Piney eronch Rd. at DohIio St. NV.
REV. RENO 8. HARP. Jr., Rector.
PALM SUNDAY.
800 a.m--Holy Communion
9:30 a.m.-Holy Communion, Church
School
11:00 a.m--Morning Service and Ser
HOLY WEEK.
Wednesday before Easter, IL noon,
Maundy Thursday, 8 pm.
Good Friday, pm. and pm.
Easter Evening, pm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
One Word Led to Another
By Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs" Basr-

When the French troops bust loose on Elba that's 4
man biting dog.
Napoleon did stretch that marine whistle stop
but he never left the platform.
And some years ago pointed out one reason for
Napoleons 1t not because he could kill
Russians Germans, Italians Austrians and English. 1t
was because he could kill Frenchmen
. For Napoleon Corsican And Snickelgruber is
an Austrian among other things that you print
Adolf kill Germans, I'll say thing for Adolf. No
paperhanger threw a wider brush.
The screwball Furore is man who doesn't believe
his eyes unless they have bags under them AS gazer
into the crystal ball he qualities in osteomancy That's
dvinaton from bones. The Furore has pulled plenty Of
them.
What Adolf didn't realize when he started is that
in this world there group Of professional soldiers
just waiting for added egg like Adolf to hatch
While they live in democracies their business is
When you in business you like to customer once
in while.
A pretty good example happens to be Montgomery
and Eisenhower Those lads professional soldiers
who will bale of hay just to get strawberry.
l9kt Fsature
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14

IT is high time Mr.. Roosevelt
and the Democrats either
staunch the wounds of Mr.. Wal
lace or bump him off entirely so
that he does not wither of slow
anemia.
l Just can not stand seeing
Mr.. Wallace tortured. And IT
must be- equally tough on him.
or course you may argue that
he should be used TO anything,
after four years, in the vice
presidency, but that is only be-
ing Specious.
/ keep hearing that. no mat
ter what may come out OF
Washington in the next few
days, they are going 10 ditch
Mr.. Wallace at the Democratic
convention. My informants. none
Of whom have the vaguest no
ton Of what they are talking
about. say the vice presidential
nomination is secretly in the
bag for Senator Alben w. Bark
ley OF Kentucky.
/ called up Senator Barkleys
office 10 ask about this, but was
informed he is not in these
parts. His secretary. Miss Flo
f. Bratten. said there was
movement in Kentucky 10 put
her employer. across, but that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
Letters From
A Soldier

the smallest possible target for
anyone who might still DO in
side, and so you'll have your
rifle in position to fire.
SO over the window sill you
go. An instructor yanks a cord
and a cardboard figure OF Ger
man jumps out at you. and you
bang a bullet through him.
When you toss a grenade. by
the way, you always boiler
GRENADE" and you and your
buddies flop fiat on your stom-
achs, with your face in the dirt,
and stay there until the grenade
goes off.
BY way Of added realism,
some expert riflemen go along
behind you, and just as the
grenade goes off, they fire a
bullet into the ground near your
head On wet day. you get a
face full of mud.
The attack ends with a bayo-
net charge. again with dummy
Germans" and by the time you
finish, you begin TO know what
lies behind the brief phrases
mentioning street fighting. Let
there be very little of it, except
in the training camps where
the enemy" is made Of card
board and old clothes stuffed
with twigs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
JACK PICKERING

enough 10 be hurt, but II Jars
the daylights out Of you some
times.
They always have few
bombs planted in some shell
holes that are full of water, and
the dirty water cascades up
ward perhaps IS feet and comes
down again, scattering YOU with
mud, water and pebbles.
YOU'VE read about the vari-
i Gus armies fighting their
way into towns and cities Well,
this is it street fighting.
You sneak up TO the wall Of
the nearest houSe-and don't
cross the street
It's Just as dangerous in the
German Village because, 10 I'M
press you with the Importance
OF not crossing the street. they
keep a machine gun hrlng A
stream of bullets straight down
the street.
Well. you work your way up
10 a window and toss a grenade
in. It's not a real one.
You throw training grenade
that makes the same noise but
lacks the power.
You climb through the win
dow. They show you exactly
how to do il, so that you'll offer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
WASHINGTON SCENE
BY George Dixon

she did not think IL had crossed
any state boundaries.
l told Miss Bratten I was
glad to learn that Senator
Barley is kentuckys favorite
SON because so few people seem
10 be favorites at home any
more. Miss Bratten offered to
call me the minute Senator
Barley gets nominated for vice
president, but l told her not TO
bother as il would probably leak
out from other sources.
4 CTUALLY. I have no idea
"A what is to become Of Mr..
Wallace. but / hope they make
IL as painless as possible be-
cause ne is trusting. gentle
type. He overflows with loving
kindness and forgiveness. He
doesn't even irk when intro
duced by the wrong name.
On his return from the Far
East he made a radio talk In
Seattle, Wash. For a couple Of
hours before the broadcast, the
station management rehearsed
the announcer so there would
be no possible slip-up.
Mr.. Wallace's name IL Henry
A. Wallace. the "A" standing
for Agard. But the announcer
introduced him as Henry II.
(as in horsefly) Wallace"
The management was mort
fed. but the vice president told
them he was not aggrieved.
Bring the announcer over"
he said. land I will assure him
personally II Is all right"
I'VE can't do that" said the
station manager. We've lust
sent him out to shoot himseif~
MR.. WALLACES chief assist
NI ant and closest confidante
Is a sapient gentleman named
Harold Young. Mr.. Young is a
Texan--which may seem sur
prising, as there are said to b
Texans who are not devoted to
Wallace.
He takes credit. In a small
way. for having helped doom
the political career Of Wendell
Willkie.
Mr.. Young was going up in an
elevator some time ago and the
evator operator mentioned
that he liked Willkie.
you do?" exclaimed Young.
IT am astounded at you! Don't
you know that IL was q member
Of his family who shot Lincoln
John Booth Willkie ."
The elevator operatorEYoung
swears 10 it--replied he had not
known this before and added:
But you can bet Won't
ever vote for him now!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
THESE DAYS

WHAT meeting Of the United
Il Nations at Breton Woods in
New Hampshire is session OF
the peace conference.
Whatever is agreed upon will
be clauses Of the peace among
nations.
Any such document should be
submitted TO the Senate for
ratification in accordance with
the Constitution Of the United
States.
There may never be formal
peace congress because confer
ences are being held all the time
among the Allied countries for
mulating the terms of peace.
There has already been such
a conference concerning the
Caribbean areas. We know very
little as 10 what arrangements
have been made concerning the
air and naval bases that the
United States has established in
that region at great expense to
the American taxpayer.
Another conference has been
In session for some time divid-
ing up the oil reserves Of Asia.
We know absolutely nothing
about that business.
II is so secret that the Amer
ican people have had no glimpse
at the sessions. and yet we have
a tremendous stake in oil be-
cause while we have been sup
plying our Allies with the most
self-sacrificing generosity. they
have been conserving their re-
serves in the Persian Gulf areas.
4 MOTHER conference that
"A has been taking place has
to do with international air.
ways.
This country as a war meas
ure. has been building airports
in all parts Of the world.
The question arises: When tho
war is over. do those airports
belong TO us or do they become
the property Of the countries in
which they are situated
Will American commercial
airplanes be permitted 10 land
on airfields that American
money and American manpower
built or will such fields be closed
TO American planes and open
only TO our competitors?
VIII European planes be per-
mitted to pick up customers
all over the United States or
only at points Of entry?
The United States supplies
about IS per cent Of all air
travel.
Shall We keep the whole or
part OF this business or are
we 10 suffer from European,
Asiatic and South American
competition in our own coun-
try?
THESE and many other ques-
Il tions are being discussed
and considered right now and
agreements may be signed hav-
ing the full force Of interna-
uonal treaties without ratifica-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
E. v. DURLING

Right noW I'm thinking deeply
Of you my only lore.
Seems that all your charms
Each Das sent from heaven
above.
Maybe that is Uhy my heart
Always WiH be thine,
Rererentiy I'm hoping
Yours al,Cdys UW be mine.
Vincent Sampson.
Demand for quoting acrostics
continues terrific. However, we
can't quote acrOstics for all the
names there are. The above for
a girl named Rosemary il the
five star final. Use ID as an ex-
ample and make up your own
acrostic for your loved one. 1t
will be more appreciated than
one authored by somebody else.)
THAT Montana subscriber Of
l. fering box of Havana
cigars for a list II persons
each named after a different
month better start shopping
Have learned that in Eliza
beth. n. j., lives man named
September October. Now / have
Lois January, Frederic March,
Tom May Ray June, Fred July.
Edwin August, Thursday Sep
TENDER, September October.
Emmanuel November and Jack
December. All l need is some
body named February. l can
just taste those Havana cigars.
/ like the long ones TO smoke
after dinner right after a little
coffee and cognac.
Observed Anatole France:
"A woman must choose. With
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
Letters From
Times Soldiers

and our differences are favorite
topics when We get together.
We raZz each other and scold
each other and lend each other
our reading material.
The other day shell hap
pened along too near. and |
crouched murrnurlng Blimey"
And a Tommy whod served Is
years in Egypt and India
mumbled "Oh my poor back"
After they stopped popping EN-
at US we brewed up a little tea
and smok ed my remaining
Luckies. Then We argued until
bedtime about whether II was
properly tea or supper" that
we ate around 4.30 every after
noon, Whatever YOU call II"
decided our companion, its still
army chow!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
w II ru1up VVyuNYGuuDuu On
W HAA~A AAe w AANOAAAIAA/ Broadway

Gen. Won Arnheim at a camp in
Mississippi. where he came with
20 trunks. Said 10 be a sufferer
Of epilepsy. On him it looks
good.
Dunninger's eStranged spouse
(ChryStal Dunninger) plans APP
pearing in night club featuring
his mind-reading act.
Vic McLaglen's daughter,
Sheila. will become Mrs. Sandy
Smith.
Roger Toughy. doing life, is
seriously i'll in the Pen. Reports
say he may not recover.
Hero Mai. Richard Bong,
upon leaving Warmers Studio,
found a parking ticket in his
car!
A UGUST BENNETT, who lost
"A in the primaries against
Hamilton Fish, wired Dewey TO
take stand against Fish in the
elections. Dewey once publicly
spanked Fish's fins.
The Stanley Adamses (he
auth'd There Are Such
ThingsD are imaging.
Biggest howl on Broadway:
Elmore White, the music pub
Usher. gave gal his 81 ticket
on the horse named Goo-Goo. 1t
came in paying S158.
His enemies are definitely
moving 10 unseat Tammany
Chief Loughlin.
A queerols, and a well-known
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
On the
Side

start telling how you remember
Hazel Dawn the first in The
Pink Lady" That show was a
hit 33 years ago.
Johnny Gee. Major league
pitcher. His height is six feet
nine inches. If there has ever
been a taller pitcher in the ma
jors l don't recall him.
QUERIES from Clients: O.
W You never did hard days
work in your life, did you?
A-Mister, I could become
very irritated because of your
question, but / will control my
self. When 1 was kid I
worked for the Pennsylvania
Railroad, so 1 got off to an
early start on days of hard
work. also worked on farm.
Also worked as . waiter, hotel
clerk and truck driver. As q
matter Of fact, / worked Mt so
many hard jobs and under such
a wide variety of Simon Legrees
when 1 was . very young fell
low that my great ambition in
life became to get an easy Job.
IN NEW CALEDONIA a SOL
i der from Detroit, and one
from Austin. Tex, have been
arguing about the pronounce
alton Of the word "rodeo" and
want to know how I pronounce
it. I say "ro-day-o."
The women's reserve of ". s.
Marine Corps is up to its re-
quired enlisted strength, which
was reached in record time.
Why have young women so
rapidly answered the call of the
u. S. marines while other
branches of women's services
are still begging for recruits?
Does the situation confirm
the claim that of all branches
of the armed services the ma
rine corps is most popular with
the female sex?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14

scientific test to prove which
Is right7
Yes, a method had been de-
vised by some navy doctors,
from which ! infer that il may
be important for the armed
forces 10 know whether their
overweight men can really stand
the gaff or not.
II should be called the "Eu-
reka test" because il goes right
back TO the description Of our
our old friend Archimedes.
Offhand Archimedes didn't
know OF way. but being a re-
searcher he took his problems
10 his bath tub where he noticed
that when Archimedes got in
certain amount of water stopped
out. He realized that this was
IN accordance with density. or
specific gravity. and that gold
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
Answer to Question No. 1

Answer to Question No. 1
IA baby boy swells the
fathers feeling of Importance.
The second reason is. boy is
more likely 10 grow up and
marry and thus continue the
family line. This urge has been
especially strong in royal and
leading families.
Answer To Question No. 2
2~-Yes. In new experiment
by psychologist S. DiMichael.
1872 high school freshmen were
divided into two equal groups
matched for intelligence. One
group was given a 27-session
course in How TO Study"
Both the mentally superior and
the average pupils in the expert
mental group learned great
deal about how 70 study more
easily. and learn more rapidly.
Answer to Question No. 3
IA group of Us high school
freshmen were given q Ques-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
By George E.
Sokolsky

ton by the Senate-but what il
more important, without an
open and free discussion for the
consideration of the American
people.
The sessions up at Breton
Woods are similar in character,
although less secretive.
The dominant personality at
that conference is Lord Keynes
of the Bank of England, repre-
senting, it is true, our principal
ally in war but also our princi-
pal competitor in world markets
In peace.
And it Is Lord Keynes who
tells us exactly what we are TO
do for the rest of the world at
the very moment when men,
bers of his own government
publicly announced that Great
Britain is broke.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14

in the saloon set. is the prey OF
Mr.. Whiskers because he is
suspected of being linked TO an
international narcotics mob.
NED authorities and Selective
Il Service eXecs will probe
into recent appointments by an
eastern congressman. He is
suspected of arranging transfers
of els TO the Naval Academy.
r. DorSey's band this year
will probably attract over one
million dollars, a. new high for
musickers.
Mai. Ed Byrons once-was.
Maxine Jennings land the heir
of one Of the richest tribes),
may marry IN the fall.
The Paul Duponts (Rachel
Strawbridge of the Philly dept
store clam are editing their
own "obit."
Hallam Keep Williams and.
Joel Johnson of the Stork Club
set want their confused friends
TO know they will be sealed
shortly.
Zero Mostels divorce cost
him 100000.
The State Dept is mixing all
radio reals for Alice-Leone
Meats tthe novelist-war cor
respondent until she explains
how she got into a plane that
brought her 10 Miami from
Yurrop.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14

a man whom women like she 10
never at rest. With a man whom
women do not like, she Ia never
happy"
Writes Chicago subscriber
named Edna:
"Inasmuch as your Horses and
Women operative No. 80 has
been assigned to study Swedish
blue-eyed brunets, all I want TO
know Is what night he Is going
to take me out to dinner"
On June 20. 1913, in contest,
Joe Lansu of Chicago changed
a diaper on his daughter, Phyl-
lis in 6 3-5 seconds. This is the
worlds record.
In nine cases out of 10 when
the character of a policeman is
portrayed in a radio play he has
an Irish brogue. That is a very
old-fashioned character. don't
believe there is man on the
New York police force at this
time that has an Irish brogue.
Nor on the Boston, Chicago,
Detroit or San Francisco police
forces.
DASSING BY: Lee Tracy, The
i best of the actors named
Tracy. He's originally from At
lanta, Ga. Made his first New
York hit in the first of the
gangster plays, Broadway"
His second as Hildy Johnson in
The Front Page"
Hazel Dawn the second.
Daughter of the star of The
Pink Lady" II OF the female
sex and not wishing TO reveal
your age, be careful before you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14

DOTH Col. Elliott Roosevelt
- and WAC Capt. Ruth Briggs
are reported now as denying
plans TO wed. The report.
originated in Newsweek, said:
Zone story picked Mary
Churchill as his next wife. an
other the Duchess of Kent.
Actually Elliott is engaged TO
an American WAC"
From this COLIN of March 20:
Roosevelt intimstes still insist
the rumors about Elliott's next
being Winston Churchilrs
daughter Mary are unfounded.
That he never even met her.
The fact is that Elliott's favorite
= person abroad is a WAC cap
tain"
Our version is still correct.
Freeman Gosden (of Amos
and Andy. often reported as the
next groom of Gail Patrick (the
movie lovely, will marry her
one time best friend, Jane
Stoneham, part owner Of the
New York Giants team.
Charles Chaplin has pur-
chased 30 acres in Mexico. II
is at the foot Of the Popocate-
petl extinct volcano. a wheat
belt.
Reno hears that L. 3. Mayer,
the MIG magnate, is due there
any day for a vacation"
Rumor now has captured Nazi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
DEAR BOSS:

DEAR BOSS:
YOU wouldn't realize IL, and
L hardly can, but just a year
ago | was still hanging around
the Times office.
One year from induction sta
ton TO the AnZio Beachhead -
and over half that year over
seas-in Africa or southern
Italy. or here.
Did ever tell YOU about that
never-to-be-forgotten train ride
across Africa? when they
packed US into those funny little
European freight cars in 81.
Cloud and We rode for two
weeks past Arab and Atlas and
Frenchman and other trans 10
BlZerte? We were such a bunch
OF eye-ballerS. seeing our first
camels outside OF a movie house
and our first velled woman, and
dirty, unscrubbed. { y-r i d d q n
men and towns. Right then and
there We fell hopelessly in love
with the l.. S. a.
Then they dumped va at
Paestum. after a ride on sunny
blue seas that looked like they'd
never seen submarines or dive.
bombers. We waded ashore. and
floundered, and somebody said:
so this Is Italy. Huh"
And the first battle dayS-So
unlike what anybody had ex-
pected.
And your first winter without
steam heat and all the warm,
dry clothes your heart could
want or your purse command.
And you shivered and shook.
How you cuSsed winter,
You ought to see a whole
bunch Of Yanks and Tommies
get together for game Of
Solo" II happens a great deal
now Used TO be that you seldom
saw more than one or two Tom
mics a day, but now you see
almost as many as you see your
own kind. We have a lot at
tached TO our outfit.
Listening 10 Tommy is like
listening to Joe with a White
chapel accent. Our similarities
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
BETTER HEALTH

YOU hear the expression-"He
Il weighs 140 pounds and it's
all bone and muscle" And again,
less admiringly-"240 pounds OF
blubber."
Not only that but there Is a
fundamental difference in the
outlook for these different kinds
OF people.
The warnings against the
dangers OF overweight do not
apply 10 the first fellow.
IL is fairly easy, by a mere
glance 10 spot the extreme ex-
amples among these groups.
But what about the intermedi-
ates-the fatties who are pretty
active, the bull moose who looks
just little puffy?
II person is overweight and
belligerently contends ii is all
muscle. and the doctor thinks
otherwise, is there any exact