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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
~ nA N MgEsASSha A/Ae AOAAIA/ Runyon !

eNening-neighbor. have looked
up your record aud find YOU
were messenger boy In Pueblo
most OF your youth and ! fear
YOU there acquired wOrldli-
ness that units you for play
ing the .IOslIin I'm the large
city
IwiSh Joe Ward had not headed
me off realized this in later
years When ] gOt 10 New York
and saw the late o. O. McIn-
tyre as the best dressed. most
iastldlous and highly priced
diner IN the fashionable Colony
Restaurant surrounded by zIl-
honalrcS and remembered he
got that way on the strength
OF a reputation throughout the
nation As sort Of Reuben Glue
among the city shCkers.
M thcr-f met ,ir ~ititA~iit
"A Rogers. who was enjoying
"a fat income from the Syndl-
cation OF ms writings IN the
tone Of an unSophlSticated
country fellow. not TOO WCtt
educated. though il there was
p sharper, more thoroughly IN
formed man IN the United
States than Bal. or one VINO,
could speak "a better grade 81
working English, | never on
COUntcrCd him
But / am by nature wise
guy ! see no reason 10 deny IT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
THESE DAYS
By George (.
Sokolsky

We will have lost the war be-
fore we have won it."
Then he added:
you may state that this
represents the attitude of the
Republican party"
4 ND the British and Russians
"A and Chinese had better
make no mistake about it. They
can hold conferences all over
the United States during every
day OF this campaign TO bolster
up the fourth candidacy OF Mr..
Roosevelt; they can even bring
over Churchill, Stain and Chi
ang kai-shek to be photographed
on the White House lawn. the
pictures 10 be published far and
wide under the caption, IF he's
good enough for us, he's good
enough for you but the
American electorate wilE decide
and if they decide that Dewey
and not Roosevelt is their man.
II will not only be a defeat for
Roosevelt but an American
reputation OF British. Russian
and Chinese participation in
the American election.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
w ORLD IN REVIEW

invested and beSieged by our
artillery and infantry.
THE decisive mission of Gen
i Patton was 10 enclrcle the
German army in Normandy and
force its Capltulatlon. For this
purpose he concentrated his
divisions and drove north as far
as Argentan.
But at the same time he had
10 protect the whole right of the
Allied armies as they pushed
eastward upon the Seine River.
To the south were the Ger
man Nineteenth and First ar
mics occupying the huge area Of
central and southwestern
France To guard against their
entrance into the battle. Patton
had To keep them south of the
Loire River. 50 he took Nantes
and Anglers and later. Orleans.
To cut off these southern
German armies from any de-
clsive action, ne not only had
10 hold the line of the Loire
Valley, but isolate them from
contact with their higher COM
mand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

/ All a lot smarter than |
u sometimes lei on m this coll
umn and when you read some
thing here that seems to be an
effort 10 put myself away with
my customers as a naive home
spun fellow, you may bc pretty
>Sure that afterwards / Will be
greatly ashamed Of the all
tcmptcd deception.
| do not kaow why ! keep
doing It IT must be force Of
habit.
| say attempted deception be-
cause ! doubt that any OF my
readers arc ever deceived
They know there IS nothing
nave or homcSpun about me,
that on Tho contrary ! am wiser
than Tree full az owls, that l
Am hip 10 all dodgCS larccnouS
and otherwise and that ! have
been breathing against silk, as
the SdyIng Is, for fffdtt5 ye-5T-7.
IT could be- ] occasionally re-
Il vert 10 the homeSpun role As
n SubCOnSClouS expression of re-
cret. vas putting on that
unSophiSilcatcd business an my
writing q, far back as the tune
] was working on, thc Denver
Pos, when gruii old Joe Ward
the city editor lingering my
copy used 10 EroWl
Come. come, Runy0n. Kindly
eliminate this aroma of new
mown hay. This note OF good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
Letters From
A Soldier

told Us What he saw Of 1.-THE
phosphorus mt a German and
the man IN ms agony and ter
rdr, lcapcd out OF his foxhole.
screaming and running straight
toward the American lines.
we were on one hill and they
we're on the opposite hill. with a
valley between" he said "The
German came running down the
hill and through the valley, right
up into our lines. and we let him
come.
The Germans let him come.
too. I don't know why. They
usually shoot men il they try to
run.
when We got him. we packed
some mud on him and took him
back 10 the aid station"
TiE mud Is the only remedy
L possible for men in the front
lines unless they happen to have
a bucket Of water handy, or
convenient pool Of water And
they aren't likely. If course. II
you could plunge INTO water. The
phosphorus would stop burning
and YOU could pick il out with a
KNIFE or the point of d bayonet.
That what they teach you 10
DO.
But lacking that. the only
thing Is 10 pack mud on top
until II cuts of the air and
Smothers the phosphorus.
You may draw your own con
illusions a. TO what II must feel
Ike Judging by the way that
German behaved
here isn't anything more
that know about II except that
the Germans are using phoS-
lhoruS m o re sparlngly now.
They lost their last source Of
supply when they were run OUT
of Africa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

THE great sweep Of the Amer
ican Third Army. under Gen.
Patton, IS probably the most i'm
portant demonstration yet made
OF the use OF the tank or motor
ized armor.
Future developments OF the
tank and the tactics OF its en-
ployment viii be based here
after upon the study Of Patton
operations.
INFORMATION * still INSULT
i Gent 10 enable the public 10
reach conclusions. but the direc-
tons and distances taken by
tank divisions are revealed By
the maps. and the ImpetuosIiy
and boldness of these columns
are being disclosed by the let
tiers of correspondents present
with them.
The tanks showed p Q d
attalnable by no other arm They
were only halted where they
came up against established big
gun position
Thus they left St. Malo, Brest.
L'Orient and ST. NaZaire TO be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

EDITORS NOTE-Pvt Pick
srrnR, former Times coiumniSf,
Is an infGntryman at r. Nc.
Cletlon. Ala These writings are
excerpts from has ietters 10
FIends at the office.
HERE an incident told %, by
II an officer just back from
the Italian front Ii-s-A bout
s m ok o. shells DO You know
what they arc / mean 90 you
know what They're made Of
Naturally they're used 10
establish smoke screens but Tho
point Is the stuff they have IN
SIDE them It's " hltc phoN-
phorus and when a shell bursts
y throws chunks Of phosphorus
al over the place
The stun higgins 80 burn thr
instant air TOUCHES n 80 r rs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
One Word Led 10 Another
By Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

- By ATthuf bugs -Baer -----------l
Our political capers pretty much like the fights
in Madison Square Garden when the referee calls the
TO the center of the imbrogo.
He gives them their Instructions tells them to break
clean and then says, May the best win
The best is the fellow he has the bet We
pride ourselves fair play but let's squander gander
what takes place in Madison Square Garden.
First, the managers get their noggns together and
decide who's going to win. The champs manager has
piece of the challenger because nobody gets whack the
biscuit unless they like crumbs
They make one fighter come in the weight and
the other under the weight because the champion doesn
like championship fights Besides being fat will slow up
the challenger and being lean will make the champ all the
quicker.
They examine each others gloves to see what's in
them besides knuckes and meanness Then the champs
manager out his water bottle because he has filmed
the chalengers carafe and knows that play at
the game
stur,s Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

ordinarily kept IN = flask OF
water If ITS an a chemical lab
oratory ! don't know how they
load It into shells without let
ting air touch ~ Perhaps It's
done under water.
Anyway there arc such shells
and men sometimes are hat with
pieces of phosphorus as they fly
through the air burning
Il creates one Of the horrible
wounds Of war This burning
lump borcS right into The flesh
drilling a wound by ITS own fire
IEicn alone u Viii continue 10
burn through living flesh.
muscles or even bone until the
phosphorus Is all gone
II HAPPENED IN Italy when
oar nortars were throwing
,Wokf shells. and the officer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

More men than women try
10 outdo other fellows particu-
larry always one particular fell
low in outward achievements
make more money, win more
votes. etc Women tend more
to 20 in for social rivalry to
Outdo. other women practically
always some particular woman
in a personal way out-dreSS
her. Get her man. or make her
self more beautiful The passion
is about equally strong in each
sex. and Is the main thing that
pushes the world ahead.
- II Will not. When YOU
figure these children may die. or
may ncyermarTy. or MAY marry
and have no children. or have
children who die. etc II re-
quireS close 70 three and a half
children Tor each married couple
10 carry on their family line
"a careful research shows a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

SnooplShness going on. Unless
II Is vigorously discouraged.
some busybody Will want 10
know personal secrets. like why
tDR wished to ditch Wallace ir'
favor of Truman.
WELL II seems I am getting
w off my subject But have
absolutely no powers OF CON
centrailOn and wander all over
The place Among the sidelights
are these
The Russians demonstrated.
right off the bat. that they are
here for buSIneSS-and no horS-
ing around They Will not per-
mt themselves 10 become dis
tracted
TINS was made evident after
the opening session Reporters
were permitted in TO have
look around
In front Of the places where
the delegates. or conversation
alIStS. had been delegating or
converSing. were writing pads.
The pads of the American
and British conversationalistS
were covered with curleycueSg
r1UuEt7tv ann rroS~rx. krndrrgar-
ten COWS and fish. coyly swim
ming down the chimneys of
houses.
But the Russians hadn't COM
mlttcd single doodle
SEEMINGLY. there isn't a
~ doodler IN the entire Soviet
delegation. For all | know. this
may be good tIpOff 10 national
character Al the end OF the
session. then pads were as priS-
tine white a. at the beginning.
The Chinese have not arrived
YET. so / have no information
on their doodlinc or non-dood.
ling ] am as disappointed about
this as YOU are because ! would
dearly hove 10 get gander
at doodling IN Chinese.
| do not know why they al
lowed the delegates in at the
opening session because they
only got IN the way of the
photographers.
WE movie-taking was a great
tribute 10 private enterprise.
Five cameras were grinding
away. taking the same shots,
where one camera could have
done II
When reporters were allowed
10 look over the place. a week
ago. pllor 10 The opening. ttrrt-
noted large Seventeenth Cen
fury tapestry on a wall Al the
opening session tho tapestry
was gone. II had concealed
musicians gallery.
Apparently. the delegates are
taking no chances on spy
hiding behind n tapestry, or
maybe a sliding panel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

feel too self-conscious and. in
fact. phony when | don the
homespun makeup. In this day
and age when newspapers have
50,000.000 circulation and the
radio Is in every home, II seems
10 me the people must have too
much intelligence and informa-
ton 10 fail for that unsophlSt-
Gated line.
4 ND | Just heard Of a con-
"a gresham who has been on
the Job for more than 20 years
mainly on the strength OF con-
tlnually assuring his constitu-
cnis that he is just a simple
country boy He has been living
IN Washington of and on for
two decades, understand. but he
remains a simple country boy.
and the constituents believe IL.
Why b'goSh, they must be-
wider-eyed in their unSophistl-
cation than Odd Mcintyre Sit
ting there IN the Colony wait
ing for ms filet Of sole
We'll, some one once made the
crack. You can't exaggcrate
tho stupidity of the public The
more ] see Of the world. my
good friends the more am
inclined 10 the belief the guy
who sand II had something
there
copyrignt 1914 ny kins Features
Distributed 10y International New. service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

the .artnN is the thing % over
come and th.s can best be- done
ty inducing Vomiting A tea
spoonful Of syrup Of ipecac Will
do tins, or d TINS Is not at
hand give ieaSpoonful Of
melted butter lard or olive oil
etctl few minute Besides this.
pui = cold compress made by
WrluginE a wash cloth out OF
cold water over The region of
the larynN and not water IN
hl.atlon which can be- ar
ranged by allowing steam from
me spout OF q reakettle TO be
breathed ~ A medicament is
not necessary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
Brain Game Answers

1-Harpers Ferry. w Va.
Cambridge. England.
3-Jean Harlow
4-He lost his hearing.
5---(a) baby. A gertrude" is
a baby'S petticoat which but
tons on the shoulders.
George Creel.
THE low tides occurring after
the first and third quarters
of the moon.
8 Gadsden Purchases named
after James Gadsden. then
L S. minister 10 Mexico.
Copyright. 1884, King Features.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

IF THE President Of the
L United States desires to dis
play, in vur reIdo1uriS With ally
and foe, national unity, he
could, undoubtedly the British
would. call in the leader of the
opposition, place before him
completely and without reServa-
ton the facts of the situation
up to the moment, consult with
him during the progress Of the
campaign. and thus eliminate
foreign policy during a presi-
Dental election held in war
year
Instead. it was reported Nh.
Roosevelt chose 70 consult with
Wendell NillkIe, d defeated
candidate. repudlated leader.
man without direct and
formal responsibility The in
vitation 70 Willkic may be. as
some say II is, clever politics.
II may even get few votes.
but 1t deepenS the cleavage be-
tween the two political parties
on the foreign issue Ii assumes
that a leader Of one political
party. in office. can in defiance
of the decision of the toher
political party. decide who It's
leader is.
TNIE leadership of the Repub-
L lican party is not doubtful
nor can il be established by the
ipSe diXit of candidate RooSe-
Welt That leaders Up was
chosen at its national conven-
ton: Thomas +. Dewey for
president tIehH-BElekeI- tor-Nlce
president, Herbert Brownell for
chairman Of the national COM
mittee. In Congress that
leadership consists of Arthur
Nandenherg, Robert Taft and
Joe Martin. If Nh. Roosevelt
either as president or as candi-
date. desires 10 establish con-
tact with his adverSaries for
whatever purpose. these are the
only men with whom n Is al all
possible for him 10 deal and
whatever proposal ne has 10
make must be approved by
Tom Dewey. the Republican
candidate for president
Calling Wendell WilIklc 10
the White House 10 discuss the
foreign policy is equivalent
within the formalitleS of the
situation. 10 inviting Joe DoakeS
10 lunch
Although Mr. Hull did indi-
cate that he would discuss poll
icy with Mr. Dewey, Mr. Hull
Is neither the leader Of his
party nor responsible for the
country's foreign policy. Mr.
Roosevelt alone is both.
IT is a further warning that
Il ally the deals at Breton
Woods. AZ the oil conference al
Washington, at the secret ne
collation. concerning interna-
tional s"latiOn are subject 10
review scrutiny and modihca-
ton in the interests OF the
United States Of America,
which seems. I'm Washington 10
be the forgotten country
Dewey said
III we get of on tho wrong
foot Of cynical power politics,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
Detroit Times RatiOning Timetable
I,ASOIINF

GASOLINE
A Coupon l2-3 gais Valid through
Sept u
rs and Is Coupons gas each.
RI and ca Cnupons gals each
tLaw requires state name and license
number 10 written on every coupon
when received
Period 4 and Period S-Nahs thrautn
SEPT SOY
Feriod l@sid through seq; 3O.
1875
LlQtOR
10. i2-Vahd through AVS 81.
SHOES
Airpian. Stamp. 1 and 7--Vsne IN
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

NASIHNGTON, Aux % /
W thought YOU might like to
hear some sldehGhtS on the
horsepower security converSa-
iIous now beng conducted az
very hlgh-clasS ION, here named
lOIUhartOn OAKS
am Skipping the actual CON
ycrSatlonS for two reasons IL
They are very deep and un-
doubtcdly beyond my compre-
hcn>ion - They won't let me
~ 20 hear them anyway
You may argue. If YOU choose
That tho latter excuse is weak,
that II | had any gIt-up-and-glt
would bust night IN and say:
Listen. Cordie meaning Mr..
Hall what in hell are youse all
talking about ."
DUT | am shy retlrlng type.
- sensitive 10 rebuff ! would
SIMPLY die If Andy (meanlng
Ambassador Gromyko) or Alex
tmcanlng kid CadoganD gave
me the fShy eye and treated me
As an intertOpCr
Naturally the press is barred
because II would never do for
n be public 10 know what The
powers are up TO- II has always
been my contention that any
citizen Who displays curiosity
as "a what ms government IS
committing him 10 Is ust plain
noSC}
There u far too much OF this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

hoy can't have too much luck
10 sun me Other LlbraS are
Greer Carson. Constance Ben
nett. Janet Gaynor. Miriam
Hopkins and Helen Hayes
Am sorry ! cant name more
male LibraS. bat | remember
about Cen Eisenhower ana ON
Horses * Women Department
furnished the other names
have instructed our Mules
e. Men Department 10 do some
immediate research on Libra
males OPP 9SD of The NJ & VI.
Department Commented
Maybe we will find a horse
picker who - Libra. I could
certainly use ScicCter who WAS
going Ia have two good years"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

roll-top desk decreases eff
cheney The pigeon holes for
putting things away are the
things that make the trouble.
They give you the feeling that
the matters in them have been
disposed Of. a flat TOP desk
keens things right before you;
they hit you in the face every
minute and cry for attention
untll-often in desperaton--you
dispose of them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

GROUP may be- retained 90
Y designate a. combination az
hoarScncss. barking or raSping
cough splsm Of The vocal cords
50 that The breath CORES and
goes with difficulty, with loug
drawn Growing or Wheeling
sounds Because the child
usually aWdkcn> 40 night with
TINS Sci 0i .Nmpt0Ws u makes
inc situation all the more
alarming
Ihe commences cause az
Group is a norehus with
l4rynGills and tack topy mI-
cas- clIu-lng go no vocal cords
The spasm OF thc muscles OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
Connolly Answers

1-b. &c. "a. 4-b. 5-b. g.
(a) Melos, tbl Marbles. (c)
Samothrace, Id Belvedere
(el CatacombS.
Copyright. 1914, King Features.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
PROCFsSLn FOODS

PROCFsSED FOODS
ritely
Blue G-S through Is-5-Vahd Sept 1
indefinitely.
MEAS. CHEESE. FATS
Red As through D-6--Naud indefi-
nffFIA
one III. salvage fat GOOD for cents
and two meat ration points
SUGAR -l--
stamps 80. ~ and So Book g.
Nsnd irdetniisly
stamp 80. M. 4 Book-Vsiid sept J..
indefinitely
stamp 90. NJ. BOOK = lbs f0r
canning through Feb IS 1855
spare stamp -. No B1os Nstf
for maximum ~ "a 10 fof can
rrE Arr.t teca hoard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
On the
Side +

thought Nav unlucky for mar
riages. There are l29 supersti-
tionS a. 20 wedding days. All
are ridiculous. Yet the number
OF people who believe In them
il astonishing. On the thirteenth
of the month marriages drop
about so per cent. When the
thirteenth comes on Friday, the
drop IL about 80 per cent. In
cidcntally, two Of the happiest
couples know were married
on Friday the thirteenth.
MUCH j, SAID about high
NI priced race horses How
about low priced thoroughbrcdS?
Ken King once raced q horse
for which he paid SIS And az
the New York tracks. How
ever, Kings low priced animal
was no bargain. He never was
IN the money.
Many of the poor devils who
are iOrCed 10 WTllc Tor q llNing
like 10 write al night. | like
10 write in the morning. I never
did like 10 work after dinner
II you have never had 10 start
an auto engine by CrankinG yau
can't call yourself a young old
timer.
States young woman Of
Manhattan
There IL no excuse whatever
for woman 10 leave a lipstiCk
smear on the face Of her nus
band after kiss. Nor should
any woman leave lipStick
smear on a glass. Women who
do 80 are stupid. They just do
not know how Ia apply lip
stick"
Distributed oy King Features synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

QUERIES FROM CLIENTS:
" @ SO you claim to be a
young Old-tlmCr aS . sport, fan
VINO ~es's= Ra}t,ts E@ss,-,-2 .AnA=at4
about Arthur Duffy
A-EaSN question. Ralph Rose
was champion shot putter for
the University Of Michigan. Ar
thur Duffy was a l00-ysrd dash
star for Georgetown.
incidentally | could never
work up much enthusiasm for
track athletics. Only went 20
track meets when had 10.
@ Didnt YOU state YOU
thought the reason for there be-
ing not 50 many marriages in
May was because people thought
that month unlucky for we'd
dlnCS?
A--DO not recall making
such statement. | did point
out, though, some people
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
By Maj. Gen. David
Prescott BarroWS

THIS he did with his tanks
by cutting the German
communications. breaking up
the control of the German COM
mand over its widely scattered
elements. and creating COM
plete uncertainty in the enemy
mind, as 10 where he would
strike next with force.
His attachments also stabbed
in many directions for the pur-
pose of reconnaissance. But il
could not bring enough strength
to bear upon the southern
flank of the enemy area in
Normandy to enclose Won
kluge's command and annihil-
ate 1t.
ITS Uuck-borne infantry was
L outrun. It's foot infantry
pressed ahead by marching dis
tances OF 80 miles a day. The
main routes leading northward
from the Loire were filled, over
many miles, with their advance
ing columns. but they could not
arrive in time.
On the other hand. the valor
of the British, Canadian and
American infantry forces could
not prevent the escape from the
trap Of a great deal of Won
Kluge's army.
Thereupon and without delay
the Third Army has executed
another encircling movement to
the eastward. this time to cut
off the retreating Germans from
Pae'~ - i-terposa- between
them and the crossings Of the
Seine River.s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23
nov TO ~ ~ INOTIONAL
GROW N-tP

frrIuces 81 questions enh which
Pr TEST Sol RaELF offered a. a
service 70. 1g{ resd,rs mr. i0g 90
cover chs's Inc 'udet -ft mpst CicD Ii
sf.f addressed return envelope
Address ~ Nrrghr rafh.F
~ % ef.s tNglqra Yuaf MOD iH
ARE of fnI. nevsrapsr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-23

THE commOncst cause o. con-
Il Naislo.~ In children I>
i--+-4-t- ztl.i a f-ALr- - .gh- IL.
loo nearly invariably c81scs Il.
ConSul>Ion ln a >mall cmid
Therefore Tho first thing to 90
after tho CONFUSION l> over D..
20 take rae chld temperature
and i 10 is mgh stIp OF thc
clothes and put fUc c0'l n %
icpit baln a. ~ degrees A
colder or hotter BAH dan
rcroJ, Only when no fever i>'
present or the bath does not
calm the muscular l,utabllty
should Scdattc, be- given The
second commonC>' cause Of con-
Vul> onS m childhood Is nteS-
final putrefaction SO an enemy
= indicated
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-07

officials who gave freely OF their
time at the matches were:
Daniel Quirk, son OF Daniel r.
Quirk. timekeeper; Bill Dams. tick
ct taker; Lester Philbin. referee;
Bob Bane, ticket seller and Daniel
7. Quirk. announcer.