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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-28
st. Peter Claver
Shower for Convent

The Parish of st. Peter Claver
church is sponsoring a miscella-
neous shower May 10 at p. m. for
the new convent to be opened soon.
The shower will be held in the
sub-auditorium of the church, Far
rington and Aurora. Any individual
or group wishing to donate house
hold furnishings or other articles
may leave them at the parish
house, 319 Fuller Ave.
HALLE @. BROWN COMMUN-
ITY HOUSE NEWS: Among the
gifts to Halle @. Brown House re-
ceived for the 18th anniversary OBJ
servance April IA, were household
gifts such as furniture, mirror,
glasses, tea towels, card tables,
bath towels, pictures, flowers,
palms, and cash gifts.
Miss Garden, director of Halle,
said: "These gifts are a fine ex-
preston of interest and good will.
We hope that we shall at all times
merit the confidence placed in US"
Birthday gifts were received
from: Messrs. and Mines. j. S.
Black, W. B. Walker, Robert Will
liams; Doctors and Mines. Chas.
Williams, J. w. Crump; Mines.
Mary Eddings, Daisy Burnett, S.
W. Bowen, Gladys Harris, Lorena
Hickman, Carrie Lindsay, Dewy
Jackson, Dora Jane Mcclure, M.
Mays; Messrs. N. N. Smith, D.
Schneider, Joseph Harris and fam
lily; Misses Edith Brill, Mary Pa
per; St. Paul Chapter, W. S. C. S.
club of Camphor church, Ladies
Auxiliary, Local SIG, Adelphai
club, Cardozo Co. Those who made
cash gifts are Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
Ball, Mrs. P. A. F. Smith, Mr.. R.
A. Myers, Miss Pearl Shalt, goth
Century Maids and Matrons, U. S.
Transport Service Employees I'm
ion, Local 1905, Mrs. S. Luckie,
Miss Estella Luckie, Mrs. Elanore
S. Otto, Gopher Lodge No. 1O5
IBPOE of W, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Ball, Miss Rose Wagner, st. Paul
Women's Council, Miss Bessie
Powell, Mrs. Ruth Grice, Mrs. Car
oline A. Kidder, Mrs. Caroline T.
Davidson, Rev. Gerome Luger, DR..
Harry Zimmerman.
All women who have leisure time
on their hands please attend Halle
@. Brown House council meeting
Monday, May l, at 2 p. m, for bust
ness of Importance. A speaker will
be present.
Invitations are out for the Inves-
titure Ceremony of Troop So, Girl
Scouts, at Halle @. Brown House,
Sunday afternoon at 8 p. m.
Halle is going all out for crafts
of all sorts. Would you be inter-
ested? The instructor is a qualified
person from the international In
stitute and will have classes for
adults evenings from 8 to 10 p. M,
Tuesday noon and Thursday noon,
and for youngsters Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons. Register for
any one of the classes with Mrs.
Butler or Miss Murphy.
Come out and swing into spring
at Hallie's May Ball Monday, May
l, from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. Rock
GAM orchestra will play. Subscrip-
ton is sixty cents. Everyone is
urged to patronize this first "May
Ball."-Hallie Reporter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-28
Social and Personal
q ST PAUL q

Mr. and Mrs. o. c. Drizze, 962 St. Anthony, recently
had house guest their nephew, o. Donald Smith, Jr.
Metasmith &c. who the city furlough visiting his
parents Mr. and Mrs Odel D. Smith, ST. Seaman Smith is
stationed at San Pedro, Calf.
Myrenne Allen, 996 Iglehart Ave. daughter of Mr. and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
e. ". DURLING

COME people receive war news
- as if listening 10 the report
Of game.
Perhaps they ave not alto
gether 10 be blamed
Some broadcaSterS act as ii
reporting a football contest in
stead Of a battle IN which thou
sands are dying.
Was c. f.. NJ. Joad who said:
"War Is grim CHASTITY reality
Of flesh. misery and dirt and
mud and lice and msngled bod
les; Of reckless courage and
beastly cruelty"
QUERIES from clients: q.
VI Name state having largest
percentage of its population in
the armed services or forward
stogie at once.
A. state you have In mind Is
Texas.
Q. Remember Billy Scanlan
singing This Pretty Little
Flower l Give You p
A. No. sir. But I remember
doc" Seaman pitching for the
Dodgers.
q. Is il unusual for two red
haired people 10 marry?
A. Not at all. I know many
red-haired couples. Is interest
ing to note usually all their
children are also red-haired.
went for Cinnamon cigarets. Ever
hear of them:
WHAT does your wife pay for
w a permanent wave2 You
don't know? Well, I'm not sur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
One Word Led to Another
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

i have covered many political convention but the
brace in Chicago tops for all times, corrected and
elapsed.
First of all this is the first time the Democrats have
been SO long in the White House they don't even enjoy
looking out of the windows any more.
1t was 1882 that the Democrats marched in bag and
baggage with the presidency in the bag They had been
wandering the wilderness since 1920 And had reached
that stage where date and eyedropper OF water
oasis
am against three terms handwriting. Not because
it keeps party in too long But because keeps the
losers out too long
I'm in favor of electing president for term of six
years and then forgetting him the last FIVE.
l pointed out last winter little item overlooked in
the records And that's this. The guy they named the
town after stayed there only eight years.
In case you forget his Georgus Washing
tonus His enemies accused him of wanting to be Caesar
and George bowed out gracefully roundshoudered
orchestra leader.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

7 DO NOT have any inside in
L formation. hut / wouldn't
mind betting that Mrs. John J.
Catlett, of Tulsa. Democratic
national committeewoman from
Oklahoma. Will not be roofing
fundamentally for the New
Deal when she goes to the Dem
ocratic national convention
Mrs. Catlett is having bitter
fight with OPA out her way.
She refused 10 obey an OPA
order 10 appear for questioning
about the sale Of cat.
IL seems that OPA heard that
Mrs. Catlett had been going
around saying that she knew
Of cat that had been sold for
$1,000, with a tractor thrown in
free. .
There Is no OPA ceiling on
cats. and OPA got the idea that
maybe the cat-tractor deal rep
resented a little finagling.
The story, as credited 10 Mrs.
Catlett, is that some farm ma
chlnery was being auctioned
and when the auctioneer got to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
WALTER WINCHELL

THE Show Shops: After ten
l. months at the Music Box
Theater lin Hollywood, Meet
the People of 1914" closed TO
tour.
So much of il is so good and
so many Of the cast are so tall
Aied that Broadway (which
not see I'D has good cause
~sulk.
This is the show which intro
duced "Shoo Shoe Baby" an or
binary song. perhaps, but not
when IL is rendered by Roberta
Lee, a new-to-these-ears SPELL
binder.
Miss Lee almost achieves
some of the greatness of the
lyTist and composer when she
sings a wonderful song titled
The Four Rivers"
And when she sings "Rocka-
bye Shoe Shoe" you realize
that you are confronted by a
new star.
Another good song in this de-
lightful revue is called You and
Your Broken Heart"
The most amusing OF its
sketches is End the Beguine."
in which Marilyn Hare is at her
very best.
Jack Clifford and Leon Belasco
are very good comedians.
Roland Dupree's dancing spe-
cialties are big time.
Hal Derwin and Jean Ruth
handle the peeals nicely.
Dorothy Jarnac, a ballerina.
II another high spot, and the
finale, He Was Alright Here"
a walloping marching song, is as
thrilling as the American flag.
Henry Myers, Edward Elscu,
Gay Gorney and Danny Dare
wrote and produced it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

THE Moom-Pitchers: Two
Girls and a Sailor"
crowded with chorines, puts its
best limbs forward. The story
is strictly fluff. but every time
the plot starts to faint star
rushes over TO revive il with a
display of talent. The talent in
cludes: j. Durante, Lena Horne,
Oracle Allen and Harry James.
The only assets in Secret
Command" are the natural as
sets Carole Lands was born
with. Otherwise the film is just
another one of those run-of-the
millo-dramas concerning spies.
The Sovvys have another
documentary throbbing with
thrills, Peoples Avengers"
Filmed behind enemy lines, il
records the stirring exploits Of
Russia's guerillas. The narra-
ton written by Norman Cor
win is In tune with the SYM
phony of heroism.
The Amazing Mr.. Foster is
an alleged comedy that doesn't
amaze anybody.
THE Wireless: No words can
L match the dramatic impact
OF the sound Of bombs and
planes that punctuate on-the-
spot broadcasts from the inva-
sion front.
The calm, descriptive report
ing OF newscasters in the midst
Of danger deserves a sweeping
bow from every listener.
Speaker Rayburn eloquently
hlue-printed a win-the-pesce
guide for Congress. That blue
print can be turned into reality
If Congress has more legislators
like Rayburn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
On
Broadway
QUOTATION Workmanship:

QUOTATION Workmanship:
W Ring Lardner: The critics
opinions seem more like re-
venge than reviews.
X. F. Berndt; His eyebrows
whistled as she passed.
Bruce CALDWELL: AS hollow as
the laugh Of a man who in
tended to tell the story himself.
J. Conrad: A counterfeit
smile with all teeth and no
heart.
j. Joubert: The trouble with
having golden heart is that
you can't cash il.
Tony Eden: An, these won
derful Coolifornia nights!
Don Marquis: An idea isn't
responsible for the people who
believe in it.
Charles Linten: She looked
at him as If he were the fly
in her soup.
Hammer Swaffer: I might
have made good actor. but /
preferred, rather than having 10
say the same thing OF some
one else's every night. saying a
different thing of my own every
morning.
COUNDS in the Night: Al
~ Club Is: THE way she
pushes him around you'd think
she came from a long line of
revolving doors"
At the Stork: Now that Hit
lers sitting the war out safely
they call him the Atlantic
Wallflower."
At Havana-Madrid; Ivy FL
inson says with Washington so
crowded how do the Republi-
cans expect an elephant to get
in?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

over long distances come in
creasingly within the control of
the attacked side as they APP
proach the target.
AS the distance between the
missile and the target shrinks,
local electronic or magnetic in
fluences become more effective
than those in the enemy's con-
troll far away.
The intellectual surprises in
volved in new weapons have
been used by both sides in this
war. The first that comes 10
mind is the magnetic mine, de-
veloped by Germany and depos-
tied by aircraft in British
waters.
Soon enough measures were
perfected to neutraliZe it., so
that today it is just [ h e r
nuisance weapon rather than a
decisive threat.
Rocket torpedoes were an
other chronological surprise.
They forced us 10 alter our
tactics and to employ great
numbers of escort planes. In
this instance, the surprise in
troduced a permanent weapon
especially suited for aerial war
fare and destined 10 grow in
size and destructive power.
Our introduction of the 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

Eight o'clock-the music starts,
The actor dons his pant,
To greet a house flied 10 the
brip,
Where joB kaoWs M restraint.
The stalls repiete, rock 10 and
fro,
The PIT IS orerfHed;
Yet srery time they take a
breath,
Somewhere man IS killed.
Elsie Janis.
(Above written by Miss Janis
In London during World War l.
Had IL been written today, II
would he just as timelyl
A IL experts seem agreed the
n postwar home building boom
is going TO be really terrific.
Little blue heavens" will be
built by the thousands.
Needed for this forthcoming
boom are more teams Of male
and femals architects.
The female member Of the
team should be a housewife Of
long experience.
Reason so many women find
taking care of a house requires
so many hours per day is in
most cases the fault OF the
architects.
Having no housekeeping ex-
perience, the male architects
have entirely ignored the
angle Of housekeeping efficiency.
SO, sir, If you want your wife
10 be contented and any domes-
tic help you may engage 10 be
happy, / suggest you have your
house plans made by team Of
male and female architects.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
THERE is deep tragedy in the
Il end OF Finland-the most
honorable nation in Europe.

THERE is deep tragedy in the
Il end OF Finland-the most
honorable nation in Europe.
$50 she paid her debts" says
the cynic. what OF it?"
Does that make Finland more
important than Soviet Russia or
Great Britain who did not pay
their debts?
Who will ever pay back lend
lease?
Perhaps little New Zealand
will pay back-but the great
powers, il is unthinkable that
we should even talk about 1t.
Twice in a quarter OF a cen
fury Europe has syphoned off
as much of our national wealth
as we were willing TO carbonate
anC nobody pays back-nobody
but Finland.
That makes Finland unimpor-
tant to US. Finland has nothing
but character and honor.
Finland was as much an occu-
pied country as Holland and
Belgium. In fact, Finland has
been even more occupied be-
cause her alternative TO occupa-
ton by Germany has been occu-
patton by Russia.
Finland, like Poland but un-
like France, does not have the
alternative of occupation or
liberation.
For Finland there can be
nothing but occupation.
IT IS not a question of being
Il pro-Finnish or anti-Russlan
or even of winning the war.
1t is a question Of national
dignity and honor. This pro-
longed argument as 10 whether
We are iSolationist or nation
1alist or internationalist has had
ythe moral effect of lesSening
our consciousness of American
Self-respect.
Globaloney has worked as a
virus TO lessen our national red
blood corpuscles until we no
longer believe that our flag
must be unStained.
We wonder whether some
other government will be
pleased or displeased with us.
We submit TO political black
mail.
We have cheapened ourselves
by a mental subservience 10 the
will Of our associates. whom we
fear even more than our foes.
And so we tell Finland, the
most honorable nation in Eu-
rope, to shift for itself.
MR.. PROCOPE. the Finnish
WI minister. who has been
here during these our years of
war and once a hero 10 our
people, is rudely told to get out
of here and quick
When it is discovered that his
wife is 10 have a baby in
couple OF weeks. we generously
relent.
Her baby will be born in the
United States, but in what is a
diplomatic prison.
We really do not dislike that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
BETTER HEALTH

THE haby's skin should be
l. thoroughly cleansed. dried
and powdered before putting on
the clean diaper.
>And even then diaper rashes
y occur.
Many mothers assume that
these are all of the same kind
and primarily due TO the reac-
ton OF the babys delicate skin
10 filth, but while this is the
primary factor in most instances.
there are several other kinds Of
diaper rash and each requires
its own form of treatment.
The simple form is a mild in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

yet-to-be-born baby. but we
need 10 placate Uncle Joe.
II the Republican party has
any character and courage left
it will utilize this campaign to
review the foreign policy OF
this country in all its aspects.
1t will scrutinize that di-
plomacy from the torpedoing of
the London economic confer
ence in 1888 to the present day
ii long years of confusion.
improvisations and even dis
honor.
1t will have the courage 10
risk defeat. but IL will get the
truth to the American people
without fear or suppression.
1t will demand and obtain
the truth from government
agencies.
1t will fight TO the death
every lie that has been perpe-
trated during those IL years.
And one of the questions that
requires review is the story Of
Finland and American relations
with Finland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
On the
Side

prised / don't know what my
wife pays, either.
But / just heard prices for
permanents run from 81 10 S23!
Also that millions Of women are
now doing their own permanent
waving at home.
There are several organiZa-
tions manufacturing home per-
manent wave kits and one of
these organizations has sold
100000 kits in the past III
years.
Somebody should originate a
hair cutting kit for men.
BE a great convenience for a
man if he could give himself a
hair trim at home now and
then.
GOING through stop signal
VI is one of the most dangerous
of traffic violations and a major
cause Of fatal accidents.
A Hollywood celebrity went
through stop sign and was
fined s., which he sent in by
mail.
What punishment is a s. fine
10 a wealthy and high salaried
man?
Five days at hard labor would
be more appropriate and effec-
tive.
Dispatches indicate ordinary
citizens in Hollywood and Los
Angeles are being jailed for
traffic violations.
Celebrities should be given a
dose of the same medicine.
Los Angeles is big town and
should stop catering and bowling
and scraping to movie stars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

THE treatment and prevention
l. Of this relatively simple
form OF dermatitis is common
sense selection. care and wash
ing OF the diapers.
There is no rule about how
often diapers should be changed
and depending on changing con-
dltions and the state OF irrita-
ton OF the young hopefuls be-
hind the ritual OF changing and
cleansing should be observed as
often as indicated
The soiled napkins should be
washed in soap and water mot
washing soda and then soaked
in a mild antiseptic solution
saturated boracic acid1 and
rinsed and dried thoroughly.
RCT complications may occur
- 10 this simple irritation
dermatitis.
The skin may become macer-
ated and broken and germs get
in, causing impeugo, as the
pustular eruptions OF the skin
are called in technical language.
This may take the form OF
discreet assesses of ulcers, or
may be a pretty diffuse infiltra-
ton Of the skin with pustular
secretion and debris formation.
The treatment here is by the
application of some germicidal
agent such as 2 per cent silver
nitrate solution or ammoniated
mercury ointment, or. nowadays
/ suppose, the most popular is
some form Of sulfa drug ONT
ment
II silver nitrate is used the
application should be followed
by a smoothing ointment such
as zinc oxide.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
MARCH OF EVENTS
BY BENJAMIN De Casseres.

CPEAKING of the curious
~ softness that this admins
tration displays 10 Red Russia.
Mr.. James NJ. McPadden asks in
a letter TO March Of Events"
"Does the defense OF liberty
against two madmen demand
marriage to q third ?"
The two madmen are evil
IDENTIFY Hitler and TOTO. The
third Is Stain. who is, by the
way. not mad at all. Hes
sane but subtle.
But Mr.. McPadden has put
the question coeently. l have
heard the excuse given that the
administration is merely play
ing a diplomatic, military
game--a game OF international
"expediency" - with Soviet
Russia.
However. II is well 10 remem-
Der that this coddlIng began
some year ago when President
Roosevelt recognized" Commu-
MIST Russia, and there by
stamped Stains colossal prison
camp as a legitimate form OF
government. That was long be-
fore Hitler, MuSsolini and Tojo
-ai begun their war on the
nocracies.
AS a MATTER Of fact. this
"A administration has had from
the very first sentimental
leaning toward this noble ex-
periment"-an experiment on
which tie Russian people never
voted an experiment" that
was put over on them by force
in the same way that Hitler
put over nazism on Czechoslo-
vakia. Austria, Norway and
France.
II We are now looking for a
postwar ally and we are going
to deliberately choose totali-
tartan. anti = American, anti
democratic Russia, then TO Mr..
McPadden's ''madmen" we may
have 10 add a fourth-Uncle
Sam.
WHEN are the Reds in Amer
w lea. all the fellow--travelers,
all the friends OF the Soviet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

the tractor he also lifted up a
cat and said
II will now auction off this
cat and whoever IL the highest
bidder will get the tractor free"
The cat was knocked down
for 81, 300. which is fairly high
for cats. and also $40 more
than the ceiling that an OPA
appraiser had put on the trac-
tor.
MRS. CATLET~T said she was
WI sick and tired OF OPA
shoppers" and added;
eff they want 10 grill me,
Chester Bowles will have To
come and carry me down"
| do not think this is any way
10 preserve amity in the ranks
OF democracy. particularly II Mr..
Bowles takes up the challenge.
II will look pretty. won't IL, to
see the OPA head staggering
around under the weight Of
democratical national commit
teewoman7
You will note that / refrained
from saying that the cat went
under the hammer. II seems
such a cruel way of putting it.
Furthermore, putting cat
under a hammer makes a NAL
teSe cross.
. q
CENATOR ALLEN J ELLEN
~ DER of Louisiana was up to
his ears in long distance phone
calls and dictation the other day
when a page brought notice Of
a meeting OF the Senate small
business committee, in which
Ellender is greatly interested.
The senator threw a quick
glance at the message which
bore the notation Room 345.
Senate Office Building" He also
looked at the clock and saw he
was five minutes late for the
meeting.
He dashed from his office and
started down the miles of COR
ridors, looking for Room 345. In
fact. he circled the whole floor.
Finally he came 10 Room 345.
II was his own office!
He looked at the notice again
and discovered how he had gone
wrong. The Room 345" was the
address to which the page was
10 deliver the message:
"My only excuse" said Sena-
tor Ellender, us that we sens-
tors have a lot on our minds
these days"
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Reproduction IN Who'll. or IN part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

THE development of the Ger
l. man robot airplane has been
logical and therefore foresee-
able.
II is quite probable that the
pilotless plane is iet-propelled,
since that would be the most
effective form of power in this
case.
1t could conceivably be di-
rected with the help OF tele-
vision-a scanning head on the
plane giving the operators a
continuous reflection of the area
traversed.
1t Nigh I be free-moving
projectile aimed at the target,
usually or by radar, maintain
ing its constant course by gyro-
scope.
The weapon could also be d.
rected toward the target mag
netically.
This procedure would be espe-
cially useful against shipping
and certain types of industrial
installations.
THUS far the history of auto
l. matte or so-called robot de-
vices has shown that there is no
adequate substitute for human
intelligence.
Remote-control machines used
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21
Air
Power
MAJOR DE SEVERSKY Power A,f

nm. cannon or the Mitchell
bomber was an intellectual sur
prise that gave us additional
advantages.
In effect it turned the bomber
into a flying tank.
TRUE accuracy at great dis
l. tances is most unlikely.
In attacking the British Isles,
therefore, the Germans will be
obliged TO use the principle OF
AREA" or saturation bombing.
This Is a costly method and
will tax the weakened German
industrial potential heavily.
1t may prove that the use OF
air power directed by human
intelligence is not only more
effective but also more eco
nomical.
am not minimizing the seri-
business of the threat. Used to
attack visible targets over rela-
lively short distances, it may
prove serious indeed.
Such missiles concentrated
against our shipping. the supply
lines between the British Isles
and the beachheads, might con-
stitute a dangerous challenge.
Thanks to our distinct aerial
superiority over Europe, we
shall be able to seek out and
perhaps destroy the sources Of
these long-range aerial torpe-
does even before we cope with
them by scientific counter
measures.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-21

Union, all the Marxists all the
communlstic authors of books
and plays, all the 81 000-a-week
Rooskys of Hollywood, all the
mental acolytes Of Lenin and
Stain 49, when are these ball
and-chain slaves OF this capital
istic country going TO Moscow!
Have you heard OF one single
case OF a volunteer for Russia ?
Even Mrs. Browder doesn't
want 10 90 and help, although
she was born there.
And has any one heard Earl
Browder offer 10 go 10 help
joe
Mother RooSky calls Why
tarry ye? Can II be that the
fieshpots Of the L. S. A. have
deunoraliZed you?