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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

1.-The poor senators. don't
see how they can stand IL"
T SUPPOSE this gallant de-
Il Tense Of the Senate res
taurant Will bring down dia-
tribes. People probably will say:
why, he is just whisky
drinking, poker playing, labor
batting, evil old man" But 1
am going 10 continue 10 face
the world with a brave smile
and ! hope il will not be mis-
taken for a Smirk.
However true the OF h er
things may be. / am not a labor
batter. IL so happens that / am
a member paid up. / think
Of the newspaper guild, which
is Go.
! have been a member of the
guild almost from it's inception.
And / have been through fire
and water for it--or anyway,
water.
The latter ordeal came one
time when l served on the
picket line.
One night I got somewhat
oiled around the edges and found
myself at a party in uptown
Manhattan.
/ did not realize il al the time
because I was suffering from
low visibility-but il was
guild gathering which was put
ting in time until daybreak 10
60 out and picket a small paper
on Long Island.
1t was pelting rain when I
was poured into a car. We
stopped at a little hall some
where in Jamaica. where we
were handed banners. / hoisted
my banner aloft+without hav-
ing read the inscription-and
strobe forth TO battle.
got home somehow. The next
evening. feeling vaguely re-
morseful about something. but
HNN NNiAt oDlt w Ictdll WHAT III
was, ! reported for work.
/ tried 10 sneak in unobtru-
Sively, but the managing editor
hailed me.
1 started TO tell him I had
A very improving day curled up
with a good book, when he sud-
denly beloved.
did anybody ever tell you
that you are a fatheaded, fax
ing scoundrele"
He whipped out two photo
graphs and thrust them under
my nose.
But the banner in my grasp
was still proudly aloft.
For the first time, / read the
inscription. Even now, l still
shudder when ] recall it, be-
cause this is what il said:
II refuse to starve quietly!
"a dirty scab has my jobw
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

be arrived at through reason
and an appreciation of the diff
ficulties of the problem.
They tell me of heroic exam
Piles of sound Negro leadership
which seeks the welfare of the
Negro people and resists the
d maging Establishments Of
white politicians who stir hate
on either side.
Certainly, Booker T. Wash
ington and DR.. Robert Motion Of
Tuskeegee. and George Wash
ington Carver are Negroes that
Americans can and have been
proud to claim as Americans
even In the southern states
where they lived and worked.
No man can at this time con-
tribute OF his surplus to a bet
ter cause and generosity is indi-
Gated by self-interest.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

If YOU will pardon me. this
L is my day 10 he carping. |
carp at the slightest provoca-
ton.
The thing I am carping
about now is a cartoon in a
news clip sheet put out by the
political action committee OF
the Go.
This cartoon depicts a scene
in the Senate restaurant.
Two of the most bloated
gluttons YOU ever saw. obvi-
ously supposed 10 be senators,
are gorging themselves 10 the
neck on costly viands.
The reading matter gets
across the idea that the res
taurant is heavily subsidized by
the governmental one SEN
ator is saying 10 the other:
"subsidiese - Rising living
costs:-I don't see II :"
Any stranger seeing the car
loon 0OuhtlesS Wouiu enNlNiOn
the Senate restaurant as a
banquet hall Of oriental splen-
dor
Now, Il is not my habit 10
co around putting the slug on
the Senate restaurant,
But / am afraid the Go
cartoonist has never eaten
there
The fact is that the Senate
restaurant food, outside the
traditional bean soup, is Moth
ing that woulC make a gourmet
rave
In fact, I have heard visitors
from the hinterlands come out
Of the Senate restaurant NUT
tering:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

liams, one Of the 30 defendants
in Washington.
Hartrey pleaded guilty TO Sc
dition in 1912.
lie was sentenced 10 the Fed
pen for six years.
He was an employe at the
British Pavilion at the Worlds
Fair on July 4, feft=the day a
bomb exploded killing two de-
tectives.
Do the police know that
Hartrey was working there at
the time?
The bombing remains un-
solved.
BOWERS models Edith Dur
Il ston and Norma Harstad
have an unusual assignment.
They wear identical suits to
promote a firms fabrics.
They dine at the Colony. 60
10 the Storque and drop in at
various other smott SPOTS to
display the merchandise.
On a recent day they were
assigned TO the races at Bel
mont.
In addition 10 receiving gen.
erous wages, they got a tip on
nag from Character"
II paid 6 TO /. Each won
S1S3.50.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
VXI an TUIup VX1UNlUIEU On
w W Broadway

probably settle down with
Count DoreliS.
DAMON RUNYONS medicos
~ assure his legion OF pals
that he will live TO a ripe old
age.
Mrs Evelyn Walsh Mclean is
-ffftng ar her shack.
The city's Bureau of Investi-
CATION summoned owners OF
several swank places 10 quiz
them on underworld backing.
if any One prosperous joynt
owner shivered on the stand.
An historical scene Of a girl
shouting Hell Hitler the
Republic Aircraft plant Farm
ingdale) was hushed.
Well-informed circles predict
there'll not be a shave in the
800 tax before Yuletide-and
won't be cut more than Is, II
at all.
Defendants at the sedltion
trial poked fun at the prose-
cutor's first initial-hlnting il
was Jewish name. The o in
o. John Rogge stands for Oct je.
It's Scandinavian.
JOSEPH HARTREY from
y 1888 onward. was a profess
sional anti-anything and mobi-
llzer agitator for Joe McWil-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

T,HE United Negro College
l. Fund campaign is an enter
prise TO provide a $500, 900
fund for the n Negro colleges
Of this country.
The chairman of the commit
tee is Walter Hoving, 80 East
57th street, New York %. ~. Y.
Contributions are deductible
from the income tax.
Education is always a con-
structive approach TO a solution
for the ills of man.
II stimulates self-respect.
It opens the mind Of man to
truth. II destroys self-pity.
The Negro colleges in America
have already justified their ex-
istence.
II the Negro Is not to remain
forever backward and a draw
back upon the. entire American
people, ne must have doctors,
dentists, educators of his own
race to look after him.
TNHE opportunities for acquir-
l. ing skills in leadership are
scant for the Negro.
He is not too welcome in most
white colleges-certainly not If
he arrived In large numbers -
and therefore he must go to
Negro colleges.
And there are about II OF
them-up TO standard-for the
entire 100000 Negroes.
But even the q have to 60
begging for financial aid which
should be forthcoming with a
generous hand.
We criticize the Negro for
being inadequately educated and
vet we do not provide ample
means for education.
Either we admit that we pre-
fer him not TO be educated and
that il is desirable TO keep him
down or we put up for good
SCHOOLS ana COlleHeS,
There must be some logic in
this situation-and considerable
honesty of purpose.
THE Negro problem in the
Il United States is not going
to be solved overnight by send
ing a check to this fund, but ii
will go a long way in the right
direction.
The problem, like all racial
ones. grows increasingly as poll
ticians use ii for their personal
advancement.
Politicians can always dis
cover a formula for personal
success in the hatred and dis
dain of one group Of people for
another. ----1--A,y -
In the northern cities, politi-
clans are now building vote
machines by promising the Me-
gro heaven on earth which II
as indecent as making his life
a hell on earth
COUTHERNERS tell me that
~ where Negro leadership 10
educated, understandings be-
tween whites and Negroes oen
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

We have had many great
southpaw twirlerS. but the left
handlers are knocked out Of the
box more than the right-hand-
erS.
WHY hasn't some provision
w been made for the dogs of
New York City?
Things have come TO a pretty
pass when New Yorker can't
take his dog for a walk in the
park.
There are bride paths for
horses in Central Park
How about a path whore peo-
pie can walk their dogs?
Let Mayor LaGuardia answer
that on one OF his radio pro-
grams.
Speaking Of dogs, what would
O. o. Mcintyre have done if dog
walking had been restricted in
New York in his day as it is
now?
Why. sir, he would have moved
TO Chicago and changed the
title of his column 10 Chicago
Day by Day" For which /
wouldn't have blamed him.
How is your neighborhood
H film theater?
We have a very nice one in
our vicinity.
1t has large. easy chairs in the
loge section and the price is So
cents.
We see the pictures we have
missed at the first run theaters.
Last night we saw Gross
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

THE unity of spirit among SOL
i diers of different rationale
ties fighting under a united
command, which is observable
in the Allied armies in Italy,
finds a still more striking illus
tration in the battle for the pos
session of northern Burma.
Here was a problem OF COM
bining a united force. and in an
operation proceeding under most
difficult physical conditions.
troops Of different races and of
different standards OF culture.
This achievement, in considera-
BILE part, must be attributed to
Gen. Stillwell.
Out of diverse elements he has
created a united force which is
handling with terrific severity
the invading army of Japan.
WHILE the writer was presi-
W dent of the University Of
California, shortly after the
first World War ended. Stillwell
was one of half a dozen officers
assigned to study Chinese At
California.
Before a year ended. the war
department wisely decided that
if these officers were TO know
their ground well they should
study in China, and they were
transferred TO the American
Language School at Picking.
Here Stilwell remained, !
think, for five yearsp He ac-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

berculosis and TO promote
wound healing.
And the Carson diet simply
emphasizes raw fruit and vsge-
tables and allows cooking OF
other food and three pints of
milk a day and 500 grams Of
meat week.
Vegetarian diet" doesn't
mean anything definite because
vegetarians differ so in their
rules: some vegetarisns allow
milk and eggs. the principal
difference between the strict
vegetarian diet and the raw
food diet is that the vege-
tarians allow cooking OF most
OF their food.
VYIE raw food diet has been
Il used with success IN cases
of kidney disturbance, arthritis,
manifestations OF aliergy such
as asthma and sinus irritation
and various functional disorders
such as palpItatlon OF the
heart. dyspepsia, vertigo, etc.
A special field for its use il
in Meniere's disease which
consists of spells of vertigo.
nausea, ringing in the ears and
progressive deafness.
The success Of the diet de-
ponds on the skill with which
the dishes are prepared.
Ii is emphatically not a diet
for a healthy individual and
should not be continued by any
one for more than six weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
BETTER HEALTH

necessary for nutrition are
either wholly or partly de-
stroyed by cooking.
But principally the effect OF
the raw food diet was It's salt
content being low in sodium
and high in potassium.
TIVE only scientifically estab-
i lished diets comparable 10
the raw food diet are the salt
free diet used in kidney dis
eases and the Gerson diet which
is used in certain kinds OF tu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

THE raw food diet as de-
i fined by its founder.
Bircher- Benner, is diet COM
posed OF edible plants (frultS,
leaves. roots. nuts, seeds in
uncooked condition, with ex-
clusion OF meat, eggs, cheese.
white -four, sugar, alcohol. salt.
He began the use of this diet
In treating certain disorders IN
1897 in Zurich. Switzerland, and
claimed that il had far
reaching, non-specIic curative
Affect. :"
We know that some vitamins
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Letters From
Times Soldiers

going on, you see great SpurtS
OF flame and soon more eX-
plesions drum your ears and fire.
works such as no July 4 ever
saw 60 looming every which
way INTO the air
The explosions follow in waves
as the separate stocks of shells,
bombs, grenades, etc. are lg-
nited. and the panoply Of lights
is constant and terrifying.
At night this is beautiful
and awesome sight.
IL is as IL the earth beyond
the mountain has spread apart
and the gates 10 hell had as
cended 10 the mountain top.
TY,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Answer to Question No. 1

hhsWcf o etuesuOu No.
The longer the engagement
the better. Stanford studies
showed that more husbands en-
gagged less than six months were
unhappily married than those
engaged longer. However, wives
engaged less than three months
were the ones most likely 10 be
unhappy. Women can size up a
good husband quicker than hus-
bands can size up a good wife.
Answer to Question Ne. a
Many people eat their hearts
out with ambitions they can
never realize. They want the
moon with a few stars thrown
in. How many letters do l re-
ceive from persons saying, "Oh,
II could only write! They
often express themselves so
poorly l can hardly tell what
they really want. They do not
want 10 write. they merely wish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

a paratroOper with our forces
overseas has asked for n short
poem TO send TO his wife on tho
occasion OF a shortly expected
blessed event. The above IL an
excerpt from "A poem titled ITO
n Friend Who Asked Me How i
Felt When the Nurse First Pre-
sented My Infant to Me-
CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER.
" Brilliant daughter of bril-
liant father.
The fact is that brilliant
fathers nearly always have
clever daughters, even when
their sons are not unusually
smart.
Miss Skinner is just as good
an actress as Ethel Barrymore,
Helen Hayes or Katharine Cor
nell. Perhaps a little better.
At any event. she is more
versatile than the three men,
toned.
Alex Antonio. Twice the win
ner of the national amateur left
handed golf championship.
So far no left-handed golfer
has won the regular national
amateur championship.
AS a rule, southpaws are not
exceptionally good at golf.
They are two temperamental.
Reverses upset them.
Southpaw baseball pitchers
often have the same trait.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Quick Answers

I--kallnln.
PITS greater than IN World
War I. but smaller than In
the War between the States.
1(c).
4-Wrong. Jonathan Grant had
a telegraph line between
Boston and Martha's Vine
yard in 1899.
5-Portland, England.
6--French (oui), and German
(ja). Both words mean yes.
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
BY Maj. Gen David
Prescott Barrows

hour OF the night announced
that the maneuver had ended.
So, shortly after daylight.
Stilwell sat silent under the
tree, chewing a bitter cud of
reflection.
Shortly after this. Stilwell
was sent by Gen. Marshall to
China TO command our own
feeble forces there. But also
he became chief of staff Of the
American armies under Presi-
dent Chang Kai-shek.
A FER the Japanese invaded
IA southern Burma, and after
a very belated acceptance Of
Chinese aid. Stilwell led In half
a dozen very small Chinese
divisions.
1t was too late. The debacls
had begun.
Gen. Alexander had been sent
to get the British Indian d.
Nloiotio VII Ia ookut0s Whit IL
did across the mountain barrier,
into India.
Stilwell had his own Chinese
divisions to attend to. This hs
did, and was almost the last to
depart with a curious mixed
company Of about 100 people.
which included a group Of young
nurses from the northern hin
tribes, under the Burma sur.
geon," Or. Seagravs.
Stilwell linked" his party for
IA days through forest and
jungle, across the Chindwin
River and over the Maya hills
into Imphal
He made reputation there
when he said candidly that the
japanese had licked he'll out of
us. and we would have to do
something about II.
After two years OF patient
preparation he In now doing Il,
in a campaign which, when II Il
concluded. win be judged to Be
one Of the most extraordinary
performances Of this war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

overseas.
Joan Fontaine (who told her
attorneys about Brian Aherne)
is being consoled by Hwood
photogger Paul Hesse.
Lew AyreS (who was a
"conchie." but now is in the
Medical Corps in New Guinea),
is expected 10 be decorated for
bravery.
Trujillo's daughter, Flor, has
not yet received paternal bless
ing for her merger To Brazilian
NJ. Vega, society reporters not
withStanding.
Peggy Fears, starring at the
State, turned down A. c. Blu
menthal's latest offer 1925, 0OO)
in cash.
Chums tell you not TO believe
any romance item about Capt.
Clark Gable that links his name
with any one but Kay Williams.
-Maeeee,s -ex.------
Pretty Dolly OBrien, rich
wilder reported as marrying
this one and that one), will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
DEAR Boss

EDITORS NOTE -. This 70
from one Of the So who have
gone into ssrVies from the
Times editorial department.. The
writer, Pot. Sherman 7. Gross.
Who was IN the AnIio beach.
heed at the time Of Vritins.
DEAR BOSS:
THIS afternoon we were on a
hilltop mending a break in a
line when heard something
which 10 me was quite unusual.
l was tapping a splice when
there drifted TO my ears the un-
mistakable sound Of the pipes
playing Loeb Lomond.
They came from a distance.
those odd, peculiar sounds, and
as | stood TO look across meadow
and hillside, the song came
nearer and soon group OF
killed Scots marched into view
along a dusty ribbon called a
road.
They disappeared again into a
woods. their music with them.
The brilliant uniforms. the lit
ing strains Of the inimltable
pipes. the distance, the very at
moSphcre combined to make
those few brief seconds unreal,
impressive.
II was sprlngtime, bonnie
springtime. and the Ladies from
Hades were making the most OF
il in a grand, strange. wonder
full manner.
| have heard many times. and
doubtless you have too. of the
G3rt the Scots pipes play in
AR. There have been tales Of
them marching INTO the thick Of
battle as the plpers wheeze into
the bellows.
4 LOT of people back home.
"A being somewhat mixed up
In their geography, have asked
me If ! saw VeSuvius erupting
My answer is, of course, no.
/ am not disappointed. how
ever, that | missed the fumings
of A mountain.
II - much more interesting
10 see As We sometimes do. a
Jerry ammo dump being blown
up by our artillery fire.
Fellows who have seen both
shows say that this is better.
When a shell finds its mark
in dump, the first evidence is
the brilliant flash Of yellow and
the roar Of shells (Jerrys blow
ing 10 smithereenS.
Then from the other side OF
the mountain, where all this Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Connolly Answers

-(b). Pal. Sci. 4-(b).
5-(b). 6-(a) De Maupas-
SAINT; CHI Bret Harte; (c)
Stephen Vincent Benet; I'D
w. w, Jacobs; (e) Edgar A.
Poe.
Copyright, .e4l, BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon lis gals, valid through
June 81
b-f and Ca Coupons gals each.
rs. snd C-3 Coupons gals. each.
ia Coupons gals. each.
ca Coupons June I. a
Flaw requires state name and license
number he written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period Z ana Period valid through
AUG. 81.
LIQUOR
No. s-Nalid through MAY 81
No. i0-Vshd June through June N.
SHOES
definitely
PRoCEssED FOODS
slue As through o-s-Valid In
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

they could see their names n
print.
Answer 10 Question No. .
II you do not, you will never
become an educated person. You
will always be that pest and
danger to the world-the half
educated person. You can teach
either an ignorant or an edu-
Gated person a great deal, but
you can't teach a alf-educatsd
person anything.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

Blue RS. s-s, T-s. Us and Va
Valid June 1,
MEATS, CHEESE, FATS A.
Red AS through T-s--vslid In
definitely.
Red Us, Va and w-s-valid Jun. 2.
JUS through "a and AS through
M-5-iS stamps--valid for direct
purchases from fsrmers)
One IN. salvage fat. good for ce.ts
and two meat rstion points.
sU0AR
stamps 10 and n, Book No. t-s
lbs, each. valid indefinitely.
stamp an, Ma. 4 Books lbs for
canning through Feb -, iats,
Spare stamp ~, No, 4 Rook-Valid.
for maximum Of 20 lhs Ger can
ming. Apply local beard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
e. v. DURLING

So for the mothers sake the
child WaS dear.
And dedrsr iOds the mother for
The chIdl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

TONY AND SALLY DE
u MARCO. who were married
last week, haven't stopped cele-
brating yet.
- Marlene Dietrich's groom
ere has a cable stating the star
is stricken with pneumonia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-01-14
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GOSPA VERA
FRANCE BEVK

=, Ko je Krsevan odsel, je vpra-
Sal hcer: cali Sc je med wanna
kaj zgodilo?"
Vera je prikimala.
"Prepir, ali kaj hujsega?"
| Ce bi bila njena matt, bi Sc
bila razjokala ze davno. Srce je
bilo polno zalosti. Pred ocetom
nj znala razodevati srca. Stezka
Sc je zadrzevala. Slednjic n
vzdrzala vec.
| Solze so jo oblile. Sedla je ma
stol, telo Sc j je krcevito sire
slo. "Vse hujse", je dejala v
presledkih. "Moj MOI me va
RAJ"
| Ocetu je bill ia pojm ~skoraj
neznan. Komaj je vedel zanj; v
neprestanem delu ga niti mimo-
grede nj oplazila TAXA misel.
Vendar sta ga hcerina beseda
in njen jok pretresla. Videl je
straSno krivicnost in zahrbt-
most takega dejanja in zlo, XII
izvira IL mega.
Pc nekaterih tezkih minutah
ie preudaril hladno hcerine be-
sede in solze, dejal je kot il
globokega poznanja zivljenja:
"Ce MISC, to prazne zenske
marnje."
Bile so besede moza. Vera jih
ije obcutila kot zbodljaj srce
i Prenehale SO il teci solze, gle
dala jje oceta nepremicno. Ia pa
je videl njen pogled in je spo-
znal, kaj je MEM.
| "Ali 81 prepricana, da je res
MICA tisto, kar 81 izrekla? -
&c je tako, vzemi svoje stvari
in pojdi menoj domov!"
Ocetova sodba je bila kratka.
Domov v posmeh! LIE - &c je
prepricana o resnicnosti izgo-
vorjene besede. Kje so dokazi ?
Saj jih isce, sal jih ne more
najti! Prepricana pa je globo-
ko, globoko -.
"Saj to je tisto! On taji -
JAZZ ne vem nicesar; a vsi 60