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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
BOOKS
IN REVIEW
n ID h n
Jacobs Dramatizes
Bread in His Most
Original Work in Yrs
81 Rsnjamin d. ,,.,.,

ERREAD is the staff of life
~ unless you are diabetic.
Then it becomes the poisoned
food of the Borgias. But bread
as a symbol of food rules the
world.
For bread men study all that
man may know. The house that
wanteth bread Is filled with woe.
For bread the wild birds fall In
nets and gins. For bread do
men commit "A hundred sins"
Thus sang Arthur Guiterman.
And on that theme for foreword
II. +. Jacob has given US one of
the most original and fascinat-
ing books of this generation
six Thousand Years OF Bread
doubleday
Mr. Jacob in telling rs the
tragedy, the drama, the comedy
the = ecclesiastical d putes
taround the EucharisD etc
shows what a live brain can do
with the most commonplace Of
subjects,
lie starts with the knitted
brow OF Darwin wondering
whether the ants really have
wheat fields Then in vibrant.
vivid picture We see the invcn-
tion Of the plow. We watch the
rivalry of the grasses. We
trek out Of Egypt with the Jews
baking bread ON their backs.
The Greeks trud "A goddess OF
bread, Ccros And there is
curious chapter On Tie Bread
God: Jesus Christ"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
TOKYO

The mad dogs Of uor
Have bitten her and she uus
Win rabies through the East,
Her peaceful meat forGoteu
Her Wiiiows hung NTH poems.
Her honor among the nations.
And BUddba forsQkcH
And left With empty borl
To beg from door 10 door.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
BERLIN

Hor shall the great destroyer
saue herself
From beng destroBcd2
IheB hare torn her clothes itay,
broken her iimbs.
Starrcd her body, her breasts no
longer Qite
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
A Prophetic Poet

Among tho minor poets oC
America who have given me
pleasure. was the late Gale
Young Rice. / renewed some
pleasant hours with THE Best
Poetic WoTk" OF Rice (Cumber-
land University Press, Lebanon.
Tenn Rice fans have Al large
pages in which TO regale them
selves.
Rice's work was honest
metIculouSly workmanlike and
not too sentimental tone Of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
Storm Handicaps
Lucille Ball, Kin.
HOLLYWOOD. March D.

HOLLYWOOD. March p.
When the electricity was of
during the storm. Lucille Ball,
her brother. her sister-in-law,
a family friend and two Ia
Wcek-old babies had TO live In
the kitchen, the only room in
the house they could keep
warm
Deanna Durbin's sister, Mrs.
Edith Hickman, had TO come TO
the studio twice a day 10 steri-
llze her baby's bottles in
Deanna.s dressing room.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

Ben Hecht has a superb talent
for irritating what he wishes to
cure or allay lie seems to be
governed by the Imp of the
PerNerSe. - Edgar Allen Pee
called the spiritual and mental
Eremlins in The souls Of COM
plicatcd and parodoxIcal beings.
In such persons, like Hecht.
Baudclaire. Heine and Poe
negative voice stands behind
each affirmative II whispers
NO when We say Yes. II
orders do IT. when prudence
tells US not 10 do something.
Such natures produce good lit
erature but sterile propaganda.
Silent on Russia
Hecht wrote one of the worst
books I've over read. a Jew IN
Love and he wrote one Of the
finest books of this time, Book
of Miracles" There are other
books by this mournful cynic,
this tragic clown, whose style
has a lot of stage lightning
mixed with real thunders from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

HRREAD is the staff of life
~ unless YOU are diabetic.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19
WINNING THE WAR

The United Labor Legislative
Conference of the Third Congress
sional District, which meets at the
New Haven Labor Temple on Feb
ruary "a. is ''Win-the- War" Con-
ference. The reason is simple: I'm
less organized labor does its share
i'm seeing to it that the unholy
alliance which now exists i'm Con-
gress is broken up in this falls
elections, we will again have the
spectacle of Republicans uniting
with pole-tax democrats to defeat
every progressive measure pro-
posed by President Roosevelt. This
combination has two hates: organ
lied labor and our COMMANDMENTS
Chief. Its hatred of the Nazis and
the Japs is pale and anemic i'm COM
parisOn.
The result of this situation has
been to keep the country in a state
of turmoil. Such issues as taxation,
rollback of prices, subsidies, vOt-
ing by soldiers, and elimination of
exorbitant profits, are made pOlit-
ical footballs. Instead of having a
united nation concentrating on
winning the war as quickly as pos
sible, we find ourselves disrupted
and confused. Fortunately for de-
mOcracy, our men and women in
the armed services are not affected;
they know that unity is needed to
win. Organized labor, despite
many bitter provocatiOns, cOntin-
ues to pile up new production re-
cords, and earn the praise of high
Army and Navy officials.
The reactiOnaries, however, are
not satisfied. They wish to shackle
labor, and nullify, if not repeal,
all social gains made by working
men and women under President
Roosevelt's administration. They
want ragged individualism for us;
power and political preferment for
themselves. They want free enter
prise for themselves, and strict
Federal regulation for labor. They
want to win the war-but on their
own terms.
X X
Organized labor i'm the Third
Congressional District can strike a
great blow against these people
and their dangerous ideas by be-
ginning to organize now for the
November elections. By political
action; by further increases in war
production; by buying more War
Bonds; by salvaging fats, tin, and
paper; and by junking the Comp
tons i'm Congress, we at home can
help our armed forces i'm their
heroic drive to victory over the
Nazis and Japanese.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19
War Labor Board
Loses Rev. McCuinn

BOSTON-Saul WalIen, chairman
Of the New England War Labor
Board, recently announced the resig-
nation of Rev. Walter McGuinn, ST.,
who has served as public member
and vice chairman o fthe Board since
its organization on Feb. 10, 1913.
Wallen said that FIR. McGuinn had
been in i'll health since early this year
and, although now recuperating, had
decided to relinquish his member
ship on the Board on the advice OF
his physician. He said the resignation
has been forwarded to the National
War Labor Board, the appointive
agency for members of the Regional
body, which will now consider ap-
pointment of FIR McGuinn's success
sor.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19
LITTLE LUTHER

''I'm dumfounded," exclaimed
Mr.. DilwOrth, throwing down The
Evening Blazette. absolutely
dumfounded."
"Who found you dumb now,
Pop?" asked Little Luther with
eyes wide.
This Is not laughing matter,
young man. 1t is serious"
"A series of what? Wage in
creases or ALT Landon's mistakes?"
''Worse than that
ooh, you mean both?'
''No, | don't. / mean the idea
of Pres. Roosevelt running for a
fourth term. Why do the people
go on electing him."
maybe they still remember
Herbert Hoover
''Nonsense. He hasn't been a
candidate for IL years."
''That doesn't keep people from
voting against him."
''I'm not surprised. Some peO-
pie, would vote against their own
fathers
''Now, Pop. You know I'm not
old enough to VOTE"
''When Mr.. Hoover was Presi-
dent he tried hard to set the cOun.
try right
''Yeah. Right in the ash cam"
Anyway, you don't find him
running for a fourth term"
'sCertainly not. He's still trying
to run for a second"
swell, if the people don't want
Hoover in the White House, they
don't have to have him.
''Why doesn't someone tell
him?"
''They don't have to have Mr..
Landon, either"
seven the Republicans know
that
1--WE want someone in the
White House like Sen. Taft"
''Where will you find anybody
likes him."
Don't be sarcastic, young man.
I'm only making point"
''Oh, you're going to needle
someone"
''NO. I'm just trying to explain
something to you. Sometimes
think you're hopeless. You're fall.
ing for all this loose talk about
the common man. | tell you, Vice
Pres. Wallace is trying TO be the
father of a revolution"
swell, Nom is a daughter of the
revolution"
'sThat's different"
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19
Many Americans
Undernourished,
SenatorsAreTold
Citizens Of Some Foreign
Nations Eat Better
Than Our Own

The shocking conditions in
which millions of American citi.
zens are living were brought to
the attention of a subcommittee
of the Senate Committee on Agri.
culture this week.
The facts came out during hear
ings on bill sponsored by Senator
George D. Aiken (R.-Vt) and Sen
ator Bob" La Toilette (P-Wis.) to
aid lowincome families by having
the government issue food coupons
for exchange at grocery stores.
Here are some of the highlights OF
the hearing
1.-The meager allowance of
meats, fats and oils provided by
rationing is still too large for thou
sands of families because high
prices won't permit them to obtain
their quotas.
2.-More than 3O,OOO,OOO Amer
leans are undernOurished.
3.-Citizens of half dozen for.
eign countries are better fed than
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19

Americans, as indicated by their
tuberculosis mortality rate, infant
morality rate and longer life ex-
pectancy.
"They just don't have money
enough to buy enough to eat admit
ted DR.. Howard R. Tolley, chief of
the Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les of the Department of Agriculture,
when he appeared before the COM
mittee
The figures he revealed showed that
families with an income of $500 a
year have about $77 to spend for
food, or little over dollar a week
About one-hfth of the tenant farm
and sharecropper families were in
that bracket in 1912, their incomes
ranging down to $3.50 a year, includ-
ing the food which they raised.
That the condition is not confin-
ed to the rural areas was definitely
established by a survey made in the
South, where families attempting
to exist on SO to Is a week in
cities have had to cut down on their
food, TOlley said, summing it up
with this quotation from one of
tho housewives interviewed:
eve get just as hungry as
before the war, but we cook
and eat less because of the
COST
The supplementary allotments of
protective foods" are particularly
essential to growing children and
nursing or expectant mothers, Tolles
declared, suggesting that provision
for serving lunches to children in
school be added to the bill. These
lunches could be prepared and sold
for not more than 20 cents. he said.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19

tons last year, League Pres. Matthew
Vol announced. The fund was trans
ferred to Bernardo Ibanez, head of
the Chilean Federation of Labor, who
will direct its distribution.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19
Bolivian Tin Miners
Given Help byA.F.L.

NEW YORK-The Labor League
for Human Rights, relief arm of the
ALL, gave $500 to aid families of
the 400 Bolivian tin miners who were
shot by government troops during
their strike for better living condi-
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-19

"She'H be glad TO hear that
"Why don't you get back to
your homework? What are YOU
studying?"
"About revolution"
"What! Lenin and StaIin''
mo. Benjamin Franklin and
George Washington"
"Oh."
''Cood night, Pop. Be careful
you don't vote against Abraham
Lincoln"
Evening star., 1944-04-26
arlington Group
Elects Mrs. Fox

Mrs. Elias Fox Of the Cherrydale
Womens Club was elected council
president at the 9th annual meeting
|of the Arlington County Federated
Women's Club Institute yesterday In
the Recreation Center, Jones Build
ing, Wilson boulevard.
"Women's Place in the Postwar
World" was discussed by Mrs. Edgar
|B. Merritt, former president Of the
District Federation Of Women's
Clubs, and three-minute talks were
given by presidents Of seven clubs:
Arlington Women's Club, Ashton
Heights Women's Club, Cherrydale
Women's Club, Clarenford Women's
Club, Lyon Park Women's Club
Lyon Village Women's Club and
Waycroft Women's Club.
Following the meeting and busi-
ness session a social hour was held
with Mrs. Fox, and Mrs. James
Head, vice president of the fourth
district, presided at the tea table.
Evening star., 1944-04-26

House, entertaining the Prime Min
lister and Mrs. Curtin in the absence
of the President, who is in the South
recuperating from influenza.
Other guests included the COM
mander in chief of the Australian
military forces, Gen. Sir Thomas
Blamey; the Australian Undersec-
retary of War, Sir Frederick She'd
den, and the Australian Minister
to the United States and Lady
Dixon.
Also in the company were the
Vice President of the United States
and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, the
Secretary Of State and Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, the Speaker of the House
Of Representatives, Mr.. Sam Ray
burn; Senator and Mrs. Tom Con-
nally, Representative Sol Bloom, the
Undersecretary of War and Mrs
Robert p. Patterson, the Under
secretary Of the Navy and Mrs
James v. Forrestal, the Chief OF
Protocol and Special Assistant
to the Secretary Of State, Mr..
George T. Summerlin: Mrs. Will
son Brown, Maj. and Mrs. John
Boettiger, son-in-law and daugh-
ter Of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt; Mrs. Kenneth Clark,
Mrs. Charles Fayerweather, the
military aide at the White House
and Mrs. Chester Wood, the naval
aide and Mrs. Richard Park, jr.,
Mrs. James M, Helm, Miss Malvina
g. Thompson and Mr.. Henry Ost-
hagen.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
|Mayfower Society
TO Haze Meefiuq

Former Representative Maurice n
Thatcher, governor of the Society
of Mayfiower Descendants, and Mrs
Thatcher, with the other officers
of the society, win be in the re-
ceiving line at the meeting Of the
society, to be held Friday evening
at 8 o'clock at Alliance Hall, AL
Souls Unitarian Church.
A feature Of the program will be
ali address to be given by the Rev.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
Chaplain Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, who will speak on Some
"reminiscences Of the House Chap
lain" (Which position he has had
for 20-odd years..
A meeting Of the Board of As
sistants will be held at 7:30 o'clock.
The deputy governor Of the society
Is Mr.. Wales G. Brewster; secre-
tary, Miss Mabel A. Barley: treas
urer, Mrs. Zella M. McConaughy;
and Mrs. william Sherman Walker
is chairman Of the Entertainment
Committee.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Alexandria Women
Install Officers

Election OF officerS was held by
the Alexandria Women's Club yes
terday preceding the annual lunch
con at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Omcers installed in ceremonies con-
Quoted by Mrs. Walter Brookings, CO.
founder and charter member of the
club, included Mrs. George Kip
stein, president; Mrs. Charles z.
Edgerton, first vice president; Mrs.
Harry Kirk, second vice president;
Mrs. Thomas ]. Gore, recording Sec
retary; Mrs. H. N. Darling, CORE
spending secretary; and Mrs. Clar-
ience N. Strader, treasurer.
The program included a quiz,
Musical Journeys Throughout the
World" conducted by Mrs. James I
Olive, jr., assisted by Mrs. j. C.
Strother, who played National airs
which the members were asked to
recognize. Vocal solos were fea-
tured by Mrs. J. Brooks Mabry
soprano, accompanied by Mrs
Strother.
Annual reports included mention
LOT the outstanding achievements o1
the club year, the adoption Of IL or
phans and its war activities.
Announcement was made that the
club scrap book, compiled by Mrs
Olaf Saugstad, Mrs. Klipstein, Mrs
Kyle Booth and Mrs. Olive, had wor
the first award In the district con-
test and second in the State contest
Evening star., 1944-04-26
way, isn't such q bad idea for q
home party)

nome pdICyD
Miss johnson recently re-
turned from Richmond. where
she went to attend the confer
ence of the Regional Institute
Workshops meeting Of USO
club directors and area repre-
sentatives from region four.
She was thrilled when Wash
ington's own Miss Mabel Cook
was chosen as chairman of the
program for the conference, and
she was especially thrilled, she
told us, to discover that the
theme Of the whole session was
the fact that, regardless Of To-
Gale or creed, each representa-
tive Of USO seemed to be work
ing toward the same unified end.
Postwar problems were dis
cussed, too. "It's amazing how,
in the beginning, mass problems
seemed to be the most VITAL"
said Miss johnson, land now, as
time goes on, the individual
problem is uppermost."
Miss johnson was impressed,
too, with the fact that as mere
and more men are sent overseas.
the girls In uniform are getting
their share Of attention here at
home. But most Of Ill she is
impressed with the growth Of
USO, and the comprehensive
work It Is doing.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
|Sisterh00d Hears ak
On Iranian Relations

Fear that the legacy Of good viii
left In Iran by Christian missions
viii be squandered through disre-'
gard of Iranian sensibilities by
American military and civilian ON
cials in Iran, was expressed by DR..
Elgin Groseclose at a meeting Of
Chapter B, PEO sisterhood, last
night.
The speaker, who served two years
with the American Financial Mis-
sion to Iran, also voiced skepticism
over q continuation Of good feel
ing toward America by Iran II
United States advisers handle Iran
economic and financial questions,
with which they have been en-
trusted, theoretically rather than
practically. He concluded with the
comment that American assistance
has improved Iranian transport con-
ditions as well as the food situa-
ton In the cities.
The meeting, which was held at
the home Of Mrs. Robert H. Young,
was attended by husbands OF
members as special guests and in
cluded Mrs. Youngs husband, 1t.
Col. Young, and her two sons, Brig.
Gen. Robert N. Young and Walter
II. Young.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
Mrs. Marshall Wed
To Mr.. McKmLess
In Cburcb Chapel

The marriage of Mrs. Ann
Parks Marshall, daughter of
g.. former Representative Tilman
Bacon Parks of Arkansas and the
late Mrs. Parks, to Mr.. Raymond
McKinless of White Plains, N. Y,
took place yesterday afternoon at
o'clock in st. Andrews Chapel
of the Covenant-First Presby-
terian Church. The Rev. George
Yount of11ciated in the presence
of members of the families.
Later q few close friends were
asked to the American News
paper Women's Club, where MIR.
and Mrs. McKinless cut their
wedding cake. Mrs. McKinless
is a charter member of the club,
having written for some years
for Arkansas papers.
Mr.. Miller Woodliff Marshall,
United States Merchant Marine,
returned from Rio de Janeiro to.
be present at the marriage of his
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKinless were
attended by Miss Margaret Hart
and by Mr.. George Macdonald of
New York.
Mr.. McKinless is the son of
Mrs. Frank v. McKinless OF
White Plains and the late Mr..
McKinless. He Is a graduate of
Trinity School in New York, Co.
lumbia University, in the class of
1916, and the Colorado School of
Mines, receiving his degree in
engineering in 1925. Mr.. Nc
Kinless served in the Air Corps
overseas in the Great War, being
commissioned first as a pursuit
pilot at the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology in Cam
bridge. For a number of years
he spent much of his time in
South America, where he had
business interests. He now is
with the War Production Board.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKinless will
make their home in Washington
for the duration.
Evening star., 1944-04-26

luncheon Given
For Nine. Rvbar

Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman was
hostess at luncheon yesterday enter
tanning at the Shoreham in compli-
ment to Nine Rybar, wife of the
retiring Minister Counselor of the
Yugoslav Embassy. The ranking
guest was Nine. Ertegun, and others
included Mrs. Merchant Mahoney,
Miss Pauletta Guffey, Sonora de
Munilla, Mrs. William H. Davis, Mrs.
John N. Greely, Mrs. John M.
jenkins. Mr.. Arthur Macarthur,
Mrs. Eames MacVeagh, Mrs. G.
Huntington, Mrs. Henry Ives Cobb,
Mrs. Matthew John Whittall. Mrs.
Bertram VanRensselaer, Mrs. Leo
Brison Norris, Mrs. Walter Ames-
berry, Mrs. Ralph Hallett. Miss
Bertha Noyes and Miss Edith Allen
IClarke.
Evening star., 1944-04-26
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

AS a staff assistant, doing pro-
gram work at the YWCA USO at
Seventeenth and K streets, Miss
Helene johnson Is right in her
stride doing work for which, by
education and training and natu-
raj inclination, she is best suited.
Although she looks far too
young for it, pretty brunette
Miss johnson has had quite a
career in dramatics. A native
of New Jersey, she attended
Juniata College in Huntingdon,
Pa. There She studied dra-
matics and continued to do so
in Philadelphia. She plays the
piano like a dream, has pro-
duced several plays, and did con-
siderable work with the Little
Theater in Moylan-Rose Valley,
Pennsylvania. She taught reme-
dial speech at Holton-Arms
School here, did glee club work
and also taught dramatics in the
lower school. And then, because
she wanted to do war work, she
went to her present job with
USO.
"Have you q set schedule Of
entertainment at the YWCA
USO?" we asked Miss john
son.
"Oh, no, indeed" was her re-
ply. 1--WE try to vary the pro-
grams constantly. The boys and
girls get tired Of doing the same
things too often, no matter how
much fun they are, 50 part Of
our job is to plan new and differ
ent parties and games and shows
for them. Another part of our
job is to utilize every inch of
space we have, so that not one
facility at our disposal goes to
waste"
"Tell us some of the things
, these service men and women
and other war workers like best" T"
We asked her.
"Oh, they all love the dances" :"
Miss johnson said. And they
really do enjoy our Sunday night
variety shows-we have a lot Of
talent for these-and they like
group discussions and music in
almost any form and recently
we've had some box socials, just
like the old-fashioned country
ones with an auctioneer selling
the lunch box (packed by the
girl for two) to the highest bid
der Gin fake money!, who not only
gets the box but has supper with
the lady who fixed It,"
"Some Of the boxes are made
very amusingly,". Miss johnson
told us, dressed up like figures
Of dolls-others made in the form
Of ships. A sailor was the auc-
tioneer and very good one from
all reports. Then, Of course,
every one likes to eat good home
cooked food, so our buffet sup
per and snack parties are very
popular"
"How do you solve the labor
problem for these?" We asked.
"Very easily" said Miss john
son. 1--WE let the girls and boys
do the work themselves. They
help prepare the food and clean
up afterWerd and have q lot Of
fun doing -, too" {That, BY the