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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
ImfoIdS story

Irene nodded AHd tt1rri she
unfulded her sad story
Mr. McPcarl wa dead lie
had been foolinV with The fur
mace when 10 exploded killing
him Immediately
The fCpaifman did hiS best
90 console the poor widow
ITS too bad" he observed.
Mr. McPearl was a fine man
\ fine man-and a good one.
It's too bad
"Nes agreed Irene tear
fully. che was a grand maul 7
loved him 50. And now it's all
over
The repairman fumbled with
his hat MY
- shame he ,,mpathWcd
a great shame when viii hc
be huricd?"
Irene lphcd heavily
Tomorrow was her reply.
fourrlght fptf kfna Features
alviicata. tsa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

Of'C6trsc me huddle had
sgd sfe- Cor wis Of ". as
rorl ribbcd @ Rtpub as VouH
trd broadcast q rebukc 10 the
C0rrrcrs earning them 10 let
o.fte pCrtuS cruds or mind up
10 ne GsS0-rsH columns. Cor.
~ smart ENOUGH 10 see
taCt ttC party SQuabbic Is ruiE-
0u. ard the didoCs or the
four-UCar locuStS," as ne
.rrucd The CLcaoo-directcd
croWd wcrc not oHly foolish
bUt fEWTU 10 l5OB az rom the
outside The StlHGiuGeSt part
az Cor wits UordaCe UaS
that a. couldn't BE- busted off
rs q smear. the regular dnSWer
m criticism from the outside
n came from one OF the bOuS
n couldn't be laughed on
stufemcHfCd or or ercH sput-}
tered or lie mas one o. thenl-
speaking ms piece and ne had
usi as mtsc9 authority as tHcy
did-dnd more.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

The sixth best comedienne IN
the United States is CaSS Daley
and She Is gaining ground The
other five are Ethel Norman.
Betty Hutton. Joan Davis. Vera
Vague and Fannie Brice Now
have reader named Ellinor,
That's the first two II" Ellinor
that has so honored this de-
partment. There are said 10 be
10 different ways OF spelling
Eleanor Some say gray hair
cannot be changed 70 les nat
ural color By the vitamin
method. Others say II can.
Some say there is no known
cure for badness. That hair
cannot be grown on a bald
head Others say IL can This
department intends 20 check on
both these matters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30


The comic relief as usual
was supplied hy Harrison
Spangler. the national chair
man. whose blundcring> fl
nally threw the Herald Tribune
into a temper That Repub-
lcan paper led off Ni1h-an
editorial saving. I'm effect to
hide Spanglcr until the cam
paign was over To kick OIL
Spangler got himself slickercd
nv the journalists. They
needed him into admitting
that some Of his buddics in
uniform had canvaSsed The
soldiers on their ycsSeS and
noes I'm 1914. II looked good
Ia Harrison, so he started To
chOrtle 49,.
Later. some Of his smarter
cronies got 80 him and induced
him TO get QUA statement
asking the press To ignore what
ne had said--he was speaking
reckleSSly-and soften IL up In
what he wished he had said go
A day or two later the cannier
pollticoes served notice on
Spangler. the maneler. that he
wasn't 10 peep again until the
matter had been threShed out
I'm committee. Spanglcr'S ora
tory, they found. hit harder
backfiring than firing,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
True Story

TOday's True Story. 4 Chi
cag0an had a dog who for some
reason vas always biting him
self. Dozens Of veterinarians
were consulted but the dog
wasn't cured. The ChicaEoan
took the doE 10 Hot Springs.
Ark. There the pup was given
spring water TO drink and in n
short time stopped biting him
self and Is now completely
cured. First time I ever heard
of a dog being taken 10 n
health resort To be cured.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

too early. Broadway knew Richly
well. but Il didn't know that his
grandpop. Fred Blodgett. was
given credit for being the sol
der who ended the Ciyil War.
AS I GOT the story, Fred
Blodeett was as when he be
came member of Company
X. End New York Harris Light
Cavalry. The Kid. as he was
known, became the most dar-
ing and reckless Of the cav
aIrymen. often drawing re
Dukes for needless risks
IT WAS HIS FINAL feat OF
heroism that got into the rec
ords. Gen. Sheridan. in bis
memoirs, made more than
passing mention OF it-Henry
Edwin Tremaln devoted Scy
eral pages in his account OF
the Last Hours of Sheridan,
Cavalry" 10 the achievement
which was indirectly response
bic for the surrender Of Gen
Lee at AppomattoX Couf,
House Tie feAee iiiiiifF, day
marking the end OF the GIVE
War.
As GEN. SHEFTDAN NV
self told the StorL. the tUfOr-
nation had Scepcd ia that
trains carrying Lees muct-
needed Supplies Nere comjAp
through Sheridan sent. out
The orders under iCuch ms
cavalry generals trcrc 10 push
JoruGrd Nth riciC t. inter
ceptfng and capturing tlte
trains.
According 10 Tremcius htg-
tory Sheridan created the cg-
plot and OPENING OF me baf-
nc oj that crcHing APr' g.
1865 10 tWo- regiments ~
Clusters Duui0H These ;to
regiments belonged 40 thr
FIRST BRIGADE Of TIE I'll I'd
CGU0lvu Dus.1r C5mpanu y
o. the 2Hd Ncu YORK LtQ1t
Curalyu uGs ~ the ddlgEcc ~
rms TCgIWCTt. UffCt UCs ~
the head a. Cts'crs ,rIanr
and iu the odr1ncc az ttf
regiment lrerc -FOUR Tirkoc men
rec0nu0itCrtng on The rt1 az
Tar ahead rs t10g po,gb.c.
Then, they heard a pccuIar
whistle and a puff The cls-
lance could only ~ judged ht
the smoke above the trees a.
the whistle biea again
start. one o. these four dasr-
ipg down The railroad WFcN
with ais carbiue. covered tls
engineer IN approved style
commanding Hands upj anc
20 hoic the train f9r>e tfI
moments unt Tho hcsd 81
fhr reFI ufrF rrEr-r0 fhr speA
A m mute later and the tram
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Saus He

NY belief Is states Prof.
c +. NJ load, that nothing
north doirc that has ever been
done IN the Dorld has ever
been done for the love OF a
iComdr. or as the result Of the
inspiration Of a DomdH. In
decd most eleeeF- rte-t TRIO
hare made history haze been
married 10 ShreiCS or scolds
,Cho made domestic lite so I'M
comfortable that they had 10
take TO thinking. composing.
,0ritino, governing or conquer
ING TO get oiOdV from home
lite
Distributed b. KinG Features eyndi-
cate. Ine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

would have moved Off Tie
dash was none too soon.
MEANWHILE. we learn, Con
fedcrate troops came TO the
rescue of the train--and the
two Union regiments moyed
UP too. Finally regiment after
regiment under Custer came
-upeH the ground and the
fighting continued long into
the night with disastrous re-
suits for the Grays.
GETTING BACK 10 Ire
man. "7he soldier, one OF
me four advancing UidetteS
uho held up the engineer. irGS
Fred T. BlodoeH OF CompGny
x. 2nd NelD York Harris Light
CGrdlrV, uhO although then
a boz OF only IS. had SerUed
frifh his re0iWeHt IN otter q
dozen battles from the Wilder
ness To Appomattor aud. like
most OF the cauGlrgmcn OF that
fupc and training, kneW ichcH
ana hon 10 dO things
The capture Of the train and
the eUeufs that toHoWed con-
tHced Lee there iCas no use
pT0T0V6THd a losing fi0ht He
surrendered the following day.
THE DAY FOLLOWING The
arcnder the blustery, cold
banned Sheridan called the
BOY out In front Of his COM
pany "Blodgett be said
SOU have been "a good soldier
You have performed a daring
and useful deed l congratu-
lste you Then he turned "a
the shorter. sUJattcr superior
st his side Sir ne said
thI ID Private BlodEett who,
single handed stopped the
tram
Con Grant removed p Ions
black Ciear from tho side OF
hs mouth Private Blodgctt 90
Dc grIuted good work my
very good And he and
sheridan walked of No Con
qrcequns. Medal o. Honor no
ID lnrUshcd Service Cross
Just frW words o. praise
uIt Blodectt treasured them
--Lt rest ~ bis lie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

their part i'm saving the future
generation OF youngsters. ~
Can, 10 age 20.
900 An ArDor ST. Flint 3 Mich
$40 90 prize
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

~ We l'tilN VT I'N - ~ iIA ~ '''
Delinqucncy. one would think
was gust a tempc>s in a tcacup
compared 20 The problem %,
the American working woman.
Carl Tossey of Flint Mich,
who won a prize IN this depart
mont two weeks aeo comes
through again with a-top-t1gft
letter
Dear Elsie B1b-u-L4-
Y0un. women making hHh
wages N defense work have
suddenly acquired an inflated
notion that they know noW 10
handle D.g sums OF money
Consequently most OF them are.
making botch of then lives
with wild spending ann good
time SprcoS In spite OF the
warnings and admonitous OF
some of The older aud more
sensible women. these frivolous
young things are running their
lives
The BOYS on the fighting
front hope to come home TO a
stable country What disil-
msionment is IN store for them
when they see what has hap
pcned To the flower Of Amer
ica's womanhood' Instead OF
levcl-hcadcd Young women
with an rtr uu tf1U future they
will find only cheap and tawdry
girls running footloOSc from
one night club 10 another i'm
"A mad search for more and ever
greater thrills.
Americas future is i'm deadly
peril unless our Young women
wake up to realization of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Briefly

AS foe that tall young wo-
man who can't find stockings
TO tit her" writes a Chicagoan.
where does she live? Surely
not in n large city. Doesn't
she knoy-StOckings can be
made TO measure for a cost
very little higher than ready
made And that made to-
measure stockings last longer"
A British veterinary says
there is no absolute way TO tell
the age OF n dog. How about
this? l.. there q dog expert In
the house who can challenge
this claim? New Yorker says
a doctor advised him 70 keep
his bedroom windows closed
during cold weather 10 avoid
colds lie followed this advice.
That was In 1925 He hasn't
had a cole since
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

Gratis got the most iun OFT OF
n but that az old story inc
Drms Beng uuusa- ythe OPS
position antgcs You ha4 10
fccl sorry for Che po-GoP
correspondents. who had 'o
put a bright face ou thgI cops
TREY we,e really cano.ng With
tears IN their cyCs la i.,
first al tre party disasters No-
could see Wendell WiIlkic Tie
whole idea Of tae coniaD Was
10 laugh off Wendell So what
-nsppened7 WCnGeiI VIII no
pals in the gmoke-Glied rooms.
wound UP tiled With Thomas
Dewey. the convention pet IS
Nj Republican Ana wendell
hasn't begun -tr-4iia4sfiii Fire
other would be candidates
Broker Taft o. al were scat
tered a.. over when The coont
was made.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Different

That's STRAIGHT from the
shoulder Cafi and here's hop
7-7 r Tf1d2 rs marx The
gul b9wcrcr. do not sec them
sc're5 as Uau see them Here's
Dorihea B0sU0vtf, OF san Jose.
CGiJ. for example.
"Today'> woman is different
because She is no longer mere
inspiration TO her man. She is
part Of his strength - she
shares his knowledge. She uses
his tools to maintain and
create the machinery that is
running our world and winning
our war.
She is q big person with
spirit enough 10 mother her
children grace enough TO in
Npifc i'm her man courage and
endurance. strength enough 10
make our tools of war. under
standing enough to know why
She Is doing these things. She
~ working Tor a dream She
knows will be realized because
She herself is helping that
dream come true
Dor'hta 30 worth age &c
1865 MichiEan ave,
San Jose Calf
$40 90 price
COPYRIGHT 1915 kuE Features S,udi-
cate. iur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

BLODGETT'S FUNERAL
from t0i W JIst 81, early in
september ~ 1885 was sim
pie III. coffin WAS drapcd m
an American flag The only
mournerS were his wife and
daughter fthp latter, the
mother ~ Richy Craig q
Young LAWYER and few dis.
isnt relatives Bichv himself
the Old mans fayorifr. wasn't
there " was dead.
- D IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
With Sail
ON SIDE |
Lore SceksH not itself TO
phrase
Nor for itseif hath any
care,
BIT far another gives Il case
And builds n heaven ~
hcli'S despair.
BLAKE.
by T.. ". DurIing

(Above is No. 3 of most
requested love poems. No.
/, is Il Love You for What
You Are" No. 2, MY True
Love Hath My Heart.
When a Detroiter is writing
a letter TO n girl he plays n
record. Then he sends the
record to the girl so she will
know the mood he was In when
he wrote the letter. This idea
is a little expensive but has
great possibilities. Young wo-
men could use II. too. To the
No. / boy friend they could use
the record Put Your Arms
Around Me Honey" To male
acquaintance who has mis-
taken IA mild filtration for love:
Il just Can't Make My Eyes
Behave" And for ex-sweet-
hearts and ex-husbandS who
have given them the brush-off:
"Oh. How I Laugh When /
Think How I Cried Over You.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Recreation Group
Plans 3 Festivities
On Halloween Slate

A halloween program of 80 neigh
borhood celebrations for children
has been arranged for Tuesday by
the District Recreation Department.
The program:
| Hearst Playground-costume par
ade, movies and entertainment from
7:30 pm. to 10 pm. Coolidge Rec
reation Center-costume parade
from to pm, movies to $50
pm, dancing $50 to II pm.
Roosevelt High School-costume
parade at pm, movies at 8 pm.
Langley Playground children's
party to 6 pm. New York Avenue
Observation-Disclosures party to 6
pm.
Taft Recreation Center-costume
parade 4 to 6 pm, teen-age dance
8 to IL pm. Georgetown Commun.
ity, Gordon Junior High School
costume parade $50 pm, movies
and entertainment 7:30 pm.
Skating Carnival Planned.
Kenilworth Recreation Center
costume parade and skating carni-
val 6 to pm, games for adults 7
to 10:30 pm, teen-age dance to
1890 pm. Sherwood Playground
costume parade $3.50 pm.
Rosedale Playground - pre-school
party 1:30 pm, costume parade 4
pm. Palisades Playground-chil-
dren's party to pm, costume
parade s to pm, wiener roast 8
to 8 pm, dance $50 to 1870 pm.
Hillcrest Recreation Center-chil-
drens party 3 to pm. Fort Greble
Observation-Disclosures party to 7
pm. Chevy Chase Community, La
fayette Playground-costume pa
rade. movies, teen-age dance pm.
Columbia Recreation Center, Powell
Junior High School-preschool party
1880 to $3.50 pm, costume parade
and movies $3.50 pm.
For Colored Children.
Parties for colored children have
been arranged in these neighbor-
hoods:
Banneker Recreation Center-chil-
dren's party 5 to 7 pm. Shaw
Junior High Standardization and
party 4 pm. Bundy School-dress
parade, doughnut jump, peanut and
apple hunt pm. Monroe Play
ground-preschool and Girls and
Boys Club party. Howard Play
ground-party and parade 4 pm.
Francis Recreation Center-party
1905 pm. Rose Park Playground
-preschool party pm; junior
high and elementary girls and boys,
4-6 pm. Morgan School-party
3:30-530 pm. Briggs Montgomery
School-party 1905 pm.
Grummell School party $780,
$50 pm. Logan School-party and
parade 1906 pm. Payne School
preschool party II m. moon; larger
children 3-5 pm. Burrville Recrea-
ton Center - masquerade party,
games, dancing and refreshments
1906 pm. Deanwood School--re-
lays (apple and peanut, fortune
telling and ghost stories, refresh
ments. Smothers School-parade,
games, songs, story telling, prizes
for costumes, refreshments $3.50 pm.
Barry Farms Recreation Center
games and refreshments pm.
Douglas Dwellings-party 5 pm.
Lincoln Playground preschool
party 2 pm.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Election Service
(Continued From rirst PAGE J

Continued From first Page.)
quent interpretative commentaries
by Gould Lincoln, The Stars chief
political writer; j. A. .OLeary, who
has been covering Gov. Dewey's
campaign, and such other nationally
known news commentators as Earl
Goodwin, Raymond Gram Swing,
Martin Agronsky, Ray Henle, Cliff
ford Provost, Albert Leitch. John
B. Kennedy Walter Herman, H. r.
Baukhage, Bryson Rash and Henry
j. Taylor.
At intervals, later to be an
nounced, there also will be brief
broadcast of election results of local
interest, covering Arlington and
Fairfax Counties in Virginia and
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties in Maryland Particular
attention will be given to such To-
cally important issues as the charter
fight in Montgomery County.
Much of the "spot" election news
heard by WMAL listeners will orig
mate in the Blue Network news
room in New York, where returns
from all over the country will he
pouring In every minute over the
Associated Press wires.
Johnston to Speak.
The operation of WMAL will be
controlled from The Star newsroom
on election night to coordinate the
Blue Networks spot" service, COM
mentaries and feature interviews
with the presentation of timely
analyses prepared by The Stars po-
litical staf under direction of Mr..
Lincoln, and the reports on nearby
Maryland and Virginia contests.
At appropriate times during the
evening, Blue Network microphones
will be taken to the White House or
Hyde Park, to Gov. Dewey's head
quarters, and to the headquarters of
the vice presidential candidates
Gov. Bricker and Senator Truman,
for description Of the scenes at those
centers of interest and interviews
with persons there whose views
WMAL listeners would like to hear.
Early in the evening, Eric Johns
ton, president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce who recently
conferred with Premier Stain in
Moscow, will explain to WMAL lis
teners his conception of the domestic
and international problems that will
face the next President.
In another brief interlude, the
WMAL program will be switched to
Evening star., 1944-10-29

q reporter assigned to keep track
of all the reports on that State, and
thus get the very latest news avail
able. This service will continue
until midnight on November Z, and
be resumed att am. the next day
for those States where the count
Of votes Is slow.
The theaters In which highlights
OF the WMAL program will be
heard periodically are the Earle
Palace, Capitol, Keith's, Columbia
Metropolitan and Trans-Lux.
For the convenience of radio lis
teners who wish to keep their own
tabulation Of the presidential and
congressional voting results The
Star will print In its November I
Evening star., 1944-10-29
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Evening star., 1944-10-29

the front in Germany where a Blue
Network war correspondent will re-
port on how the Allied armies are
fighting on there regardless Of the
election, and tell how American
soldiers cast their ballots by mail
weeks ago.
To Tabulate Votes.
An up-to-date tabulation OF all
Associated Press reports will be kept
on a huge blackboard facing a
group Of Star reporters at bat
terry Of telephones. If you want
more details than you hear over
WMAL, on how a congressional race
is going in a particular district in
your home State, you may dial Ma
tional 5000 and be connected with
Evening star., 1944-10-29

editions q comprehensive chart or
score card" on which you may list
returns as you hear them over
WMAL.
Readers interested in following
through" on results by States in the
presidential, senatorial, House and
gubernatorial races. as well as on
details OF the voting in nearby
Maryland and Virginia counties,
will find comprehensive charts in
Wednesday, November 8. editions
Of The Star. with the tabulations
kept up to date edition by edition.
Nine. Koo Sees Victory Soon
LONDON. Oct. % tP).-Mme.
Wellington Koo, wife of the Chinese
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Dr.. J. S. Clark, Founder
Of Negro University, Dies

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.-Dr. J.
s. Clark, 70, president emeritus and
founder Of Southern University and
widely known Negro educator, died
here last night.
A native of Sparta, La. DR.. Clark
was a graduate Of Leland Uni
Evening star., 1944-10-29

Ambassador, told . group today that
she believed China's eight years OF
war with the Japanese would end
in victory by the early part OF next
wear.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

versity in New Orleans, and studied
at Harvard University and the Uni
lverstty Of Chicago.
DR.. Clark founded Southern Uni
Iversity at Scotlandville, La. in 1914.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
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NOW, as folI is the proper
time to plant trees. These
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luxuriont foliooe and each
tree comes to you with O ball
Of earth protecting its mass
Of roots.
You may select the tree you
want from the large assort-
ment which has just arrived
at Hechinger Co.'S -Four Stores.
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NORWAY SPRUCE
Graceful and symmetrical, with
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Leafy and aromatic evergreen;
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Evening star., 1944-10-29

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Evening star., 1944-10-29

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-25


asleep, and there they don't believe
IN sleep. Laura. my daughter,
thInF5 a lot about New York. She
may 80 there after I'm not-not
mere to worry about" She mace a
molioA with her hand, as if Brush
ing something away, and then
c 9 the subject uIicllv.
Aren't you comfortable at the
nm
Very The girl smiled. Bat I
won be after l set 4 bin. l am a
"ofhilH 2lil.
n "Nlnan'S eyes took In the
clothes again. VIVA, viii your
l"iFS lhlhk OF your taking a joE
Gown heie?'
Il haven't any folks, Mrs. Rey-
holu'. am quite alone in tie
world. My-Tny mother was Ill for
years so learned something OF
prac'ical Attendance
"And you want to take me on ?"
The old woman laughed. HAS any,
body told you what a cantankerous
old woman | am? Remember This
IS my eightieth birthday. Did
Eleanor Bancroft tell YOU the last
two nurses I've had left me, and
my daughters been caring for me?
Now shes openin" a circulating
library in Weston. Know what thev
are?'
I've always read a 81 at deal"
There won't be much company
for you here. YouI be off evenings
when my daughters home. We
don't have many young people IN
Talbot, except oystermen and men
like that.
I'm not interested in young
people. I assure you on that point,
Mrs. Reynolds. | want to enjoy the
quiet. simple life here. want How
ers, birds, trees, the water. And l
shall do my work capably. If not.
send me away
m not worried ABOUT that part.