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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
WASHINGTON SCENE
BY George Dixon

along with canned heat TO keep
his bottles warm. There are
other whimseys ! could employ
here too. but am q very re.
strained type.
The keystone speech at the
Democratic National Conven-
ton, delivered with stirring
oratory by Gov. Kerr of Okla
homa. called upon Americans
not TO break up the winning
team of tired old men," Gov.
Kerr said the country would be
inviting disaster II the vener-
ables were replaced.
Well do I recall his words
I recall them 20 well because I
have just looked them up in the
file-when he gaxed out over
the perspiring multitude and
said:
"Who can beat represent the
United states In the war con-
fereaoes ahead and then q the
peace table-61.y ear-old COM
mander In chief Roosevelt or
&a.yeAr-old Gov. Dewsys"
Well, II was the dArndest
thing. but all the Democrats
answered:
"Rooseveit"
I was afraid for q minute that
Gov. Kerr might be taking too
big q chance but IL seemed he
knew his audience.
THEN ne went on to say that
i our Allies are putting their
faith In old men. He listed
Winston Churchill, who Incl.
dentally has just turned 70. and
Stain who ID crowding 66.
Gov. Kerr really brought
down the house however when
he beloved out the name Of
Cordell Hull. II seemed a II
the crowd would never stop
cheering for the 73-year-old
secretary OF state.
Kerr practically told the
gathering that any man not old
enough 20 have voted for Grover
Cleveland would be a total bust
N secretary o. state.
I sort OF took Il for granted
that President Roosevelt agreed
with this pronouncement. Any
way, 30 far az I know, he did
not wire Gov. Kerr, You're
nuts" I think we all assumed
the administration was commit
ted to the idea of age before
beauty In the state department.
So now what hsppensl The
President makes an appoint.
ment which is practically hailed
by one and all-includlng, I
presume, Gov. Kerr OF okla
homa.
And who replaces Hull In the
state department. The 44-year.
old Edward r. Stettiniusl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
ths.k'.t tAou 20. skau

o, tktHk'st tkoa zoe shall
Ever meet againf
I doubt IL not;
And all these woss shall serve
For sVeet discourses
In our time TO come.
~ Shakespeare.
BETWEEN battles in France.
- Pvt. John Red" johnson OF
Brooklyn wrote me a letter say.
ing. in part:
eddie, I am worried about
your health"
And he wasn't kidding! Seems
his girl friend clips this column
and sends 1t to him.
Not long ago, I mentioned I
had q cold.
So with shot and shell and
buzz bombs flying all around
him, Pvt. Johnson starts to
worry about me.
Says he:
"You should Get moro exer-
elsa When you take your dog
out; run around with him. Get
your blood circulating"
AN AVERAGE Of 200 U. 8.
"A soldiers a day ask to be
transferred to the infantry. de-
spite the fact this branch Is the
toughest in the service. Remem-
Der the lines in "Mademoiselle
OF Armentieres": Il didn't care
what became of me, that's why
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
TN AN administration which

In AN administration Wnicn
= stimulated partisan sntagon-
isms beyond anything witnessed
in this country since Andrew
Johnson was president and
achieved divisions and jealousies
even within its own ranks, Mr..
Hull alone, Of all members OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's cabinet held the
respect and confidence Of both
parties and oil elements in both
parties, except extremist ire
concilable leftists who measure
virtue not by American stand
ards but at the shifting and
changing dictates of a foreign
power.
And the support which Mr..
Hull won not only for himself
but for the measures he advo-
Gated was not gained by sacri,
fee Of principle nor by the
skills Of appeasement and con-
ciliation; Il was q triumph In
personality.
In the conduct of the state
department, Mr.. Hull was ever
positive In those realms which
aroused his interest and con-
Germ.
Unfortunately, too many SUBJ
jects did not engage him and
those he left to differing SUBJ
ordinates who, dwelling in the
confusions Of Washington, broke
into factions which could only
be dispersed by the elimination
of their leaders.
A GAIN, In the traditions Of
"A our state department, Mr..
Hull often had to subordinate
himself to the direct conduct of
policy by the President, the Sec
rotary Of state not being q min
lister Of foreign affairs but q
presidential subordinate.
Nevertheless, whenever Mr..
Roosevelt's relations with the
Senate became difficult because
Of his secretiveness and his in
Hncible personal rule, Mr.. Hull
could assuage the angered legis-
lators and gain for the Presi-
dent that breathing spell which
has until now invariably rescued
his popularity.
Mr.. Hull's departure from the
administration and his illness, IL
protracted, will leave Mr.. Roose-
Welt no substitute, not even in
Judge Byrnes or Jesse Jones
who have never quite COM
manded the respect which Mr..
Hull always held.
Mr.. Hull's policy was clear
and TO the point. Essentially q
Jeffersonian. he tended to ac-
cept free trade as q solution to
the worlds political difficulties,
which are. as they have so often
been. basically political.
AT THE London economic
"A conference, he recognized
the possibility Of lessening the
dangers to Europe and the
world by establishing an inter.
national mechanism For moving
goods and services and money
by removing many tariff bar
riers, quotas, embargoes, par
ticulsriy on money, and by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

MY ADULT readers will
AVA kindly hand this one over
to the Riddles without bothering
to read II. because Il Is nothing
but q story about how Phooey
Pigeon tried to impersonate
Louie the Stork and what came
Of IL, and I am sure the grown
ups will wish to avoid that sort
OF tripe.
Phooey Pigeon is a big blue
bird who has always been what
in my set we call a schnorrer,
q sort of q bum who never
works and Is ever on the mooch,
panhandling crumbs wherever
he can and sleeping in the
sheltered crevices of various
buildings, for which privilege he
pays no rent whatever.
IL was during one Of these
periods Of Louie's absence from
his headquarters that there ar
rived at the Stork Club a
somewhat flustered but fine up
standing young gentleman with
a slip Of paper clutched In his
duke and II also happened that
at this moment Phooey Pigeon
was standing on the sidewalk
in front Of the club waiting to
see the doorrnan on the off
chance Of making q quick touch
OF a few grains Of corn.
IL beg your PARDON said the
young gentleman, addressing
himself to Phooey, my wife
told me I would find here the
famous bird she has been ex.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

I DESIRE IL thoroughly under.
L stood that I am making no
cracks against tuvenility be-
cause I am practically flaming
youth myself. except that some
body In always putting out the
flames. But I think the New
Deal Is being very inconsistent.
II YOU are an anti-New
Dealer, which seems pretty I'M
likely judging by the election
returns, you will probably ex-
claim:
"wsIl, BY rum, that is q
But don't think I von't catch
on to your sarcasm.%
What I am getting at In that
the New Deal went into battle
last time shouting the war cry:
age and expsrieAcs!"
The charge Il howled loudest
against Dewey-r think the
fellows name was Dewey, al
though II may have been Bull
wtnkle--was:
"Youth and experienced"
YOU would imagine. from the
L way they talked, that the
Republican nominee had to be
pushed from one meeting hall
to another In q go-cart. And
that q baby nurse had 10 trail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
BY DR.. Logan Clendening
TVIE important fact for those
IL in thu ratAract a0e IN know

TVIE important fact for those
L IN the cataract age to know
Is that they should not let the
condition 20 on indefinitely.
They are apt. a I said above.
to be very discouraged when
vision begins TO dim, and shy
about admitting II.
Thus they put OF visits 10 a
doctor and when q cataract has
existed q long time II does
further damage TO the eye. and
vision 10 irreparsbly impaired.
The comparison OF the eye 70
the camera In always apt be-
cause the eye was the inventors
model for the camera.
The retina corresponds 70 the
sensitive plate on which the
, image IL recorded.
The lens OF the eye In thes
same a. the lens OF the camera
and that II what becomes
opaque in the case OF cataract
IF A cataract In q human eye
i IL allowed 20 90 on long
enough the retina also degen-
crates.
Just as the films for your
camera do you will notice that
a roll OF Aim is labeled 10 the
effect that you must expose IL
before such and such a date:
the comparison holds.
The early symptoms OF catar-
act. the way the patient can
recognize IL. depends on where
the opacity begins.
II 1t begins in the middle OF
the lens, the vision will rapidly
become very bad, which il really
a piece OF good luck because il
sends the patient TO q doctor
earlier.
Opacity beginning around the
edge Of the lens brings blur
ring at the periphery OF vision.
Other signs are that glasses
suddenly become too weak or
too strong.
The latter phenomenon is
popularity known AZ second
sight and the person In able to
discard his glasses and read
without them.
This may seem like great
good luck to him. but II should
really indicate a visit to the
occuiist.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
d. J. B.: What test is used
to determine scrofula! What IL
the treatementf Can any doc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

to develop into Z more sociahle.
likeable. presentabls perSon.
He taught me to plan and
save; and slvs me q deeper ap-
probation OF people, music, art
and al things beautiful.
Shortly after meeting him, I
asked my husband for q divorce:
but he refused, and asked me 10
give him q chance to become
what I wanted.
I granted his wish, knowing
II could make no difference in
my feelings, and then began to
lose interest In life.
My husband u an atheist and
very much the materialist. and
doesn't want me to have cul.
tural or outside interests, 40 he
has none.
I feel I am allowing him to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
FRANK FARRELL

NAFI. FRANK AhhElsk
~ The was amusement editor
for the World Telly before en-.
listing In the Marines) just
landed in the u. S. after nearly
three years in the Solomons,
Bougainville. Guadalcanal, Pc
leliu. etc. Phoaing q pal to
help locate a room, hs added:
Don't be fussy; I've slept in
foxholes so long any floor will
do" The Captain shud-
dered when he saw San Fran
cisco News banner which
screamed: mo Coffee Ration
ihg!" And under II In small
type. Marines Secure Peleliu"
I'VE laughed a very sad
laugh" added ex4scribe Farrell,
ito see that wonderful news.
The joke sure was on us. Sixty
per cent Casualties and coffee
rationing takes the top line!"
Sgt. Alan Sands just read a
best seller of several years ago,
named "Reveille In Warrington"
and laughed at this part: The
author WRITING about Washing
ton during the Civil War de-
scrfbed Il thus; The city locked
deserted. Shops had shuttered
windows, houses were vacant.
Many offices and oil places of
amusement were closed. Silence
had fallen on the biz hotels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
NOEL COWARD win apollo


Az gize for his careless COM
ment on Brooklyn overseas
soldiers in hospitals.
Wini Shaw, who has done so
much good thrushing for our
overseas troops, joins the Reno
tables soon. Her groom Is 'ihe
prop. of the 81 Club on Swing st.
Il Sec'y Morgenthau resign.
ing from the Cabinet after this
bond drive?
Washington insiders insist
that Atty Gen. Biddle will in
herit a u. s. Supreme Court
bench. His successor probably
will be Tom Clark OF the Dept
Of Justice.
The Celeste ("Bloomer Girl")
Holm abrogation is in her bar
rister's hands
As indicated columns ago,
French cinemactress Danielle
DaFfieux may not get q clean
bill or visa to return here. De
Caulle intimates here are
lighting II. She allegedly APP
peared In four Naxi made
flickers.-
Warning: There are a lot of
new (cheap) brands Of domestic
Scotch around.
After a 10-year estrsneement
the Alfred z. Smith Jrs. may
reconcile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

pecting. You are Louie the
stork, I presume"
II am" replied Phooey. mar
Yelling slightly that any one
could be dope enough to mis-
take a pigeon for q stork, but
a alert to opportunity as any
other city slicker to q sucker.
At the same time he tried TO
hunch himself upwards to look
taller.
SsVOUR legs are shorter than
l. I anticipated" said the
young gentle n. handing
Phooey the slip of paper. II
have here an order from my
missus for . 1o-pound boy. I
tried to get her to compromise
on elk pounds, but she insists
On . tenner. Can you take care
Of thiss"
.Why sure" said Phooey
Pigeon, quickly figuring in his
mind the charges he would i'm
pose for carriage and other ex.
penses. "Just give me the
address ana leave everything to
me. But, Of course" he added,
II require . small retainer Of
let US cay . peck Of wheat"
IL haven't got that much with
me-" said the young man, but
I'll leave my watch with you
for security and I will have
your fee waiting for you when
you arrive"
Seeing this was the best he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

secret enemies who will try to
double cross them next year.
These double crossers will
usually be elderly men.
So II you are q Leo keep an
eye on all your gray haired
friends, acquaintance and CO.
workers.
ONE out of every four WACs
" Is married and the number
Is increasing.
Most WACs want to be mar
ried.
Some stationed In England
are so anxious TO become brides
they have been consulting mat
rimonial bureaus.
Speaking Of matrimonial bu-
reaus, one of the busiest Is in
New York City.
This organization has brought
about an average OF 1000 mar
riages per year in the past three
years.
MOTE offered for sale: "A
~ 1911 Stanley Steamer. In
good condition" Think l will
look that bus over. I've always
wanted to own a steam car.
Seventy-nine per cent of the
residents OF New York City live
as tenants. What major city do
you say has the m st home
ownersr I think II Is either
Philadelphia or Los Angeles.
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

systematically ruin my life; yet
for the sake OF my dependents
"A small boy and two grand.
parents-I have endured L.
/ sorety mfss the other mans
companionship We can discuss
any subject with complete un-
derstandine. and our love grows
stronger daily, although K has
nothing but discouragement to
feed on.
He constantly urges me to set
q divorce and marry him. vow.
ing he Will help me oil ne can
With my family responsibilities;
and I know he would, because
he never breaks q promise or
lets q friend down.
I feel ! canot support the
loneliness OF spirit that would
be mine II I put him out Of my
life.
We are both decent indivfd-
uals and want to settle this love
affair honorably. What should
do?
n. n.
DEAR B. NJ:
Does your long.standing dis
satisfaction with your husband
stem from the fact that he
seems more interested In pleas
ing himself than your
And does the other man draw
you like a magnet, and lift your
spirits, because he seems chiefly
concerned with enriching your
experiencet
dare say the situation boils
down to something like that.
The arrangement 10 bad for
all concerned. So my advice L.:
Either corral al your forces and
Get busy making q real mar.
riage with him; or end the mu.
tually destroying farce.
EDITORS koTE--Msr, Ne.
vsrtk essnssis through her eel.
smas net BY wsH - esssenst
fntsrvisv. Write her In care o.
The Dstrss Tiwss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
BY Damon
Runyon

could do, Phooey Pigeon took
the timepiece and the address,
and the young gentleman de.
parted highly elated. Then
Phooey waited around until he
got the chance Of sneaking into
the storeroom Of the Stork
where the babies are kept and
where he grabbed one of the
10-pound shelf, although he was
hall tempted by the six-po0nd-
ers, a they struck him a. much
cutter.
But he was afraid that 1.-THE
young gentleman might not pay
off on q skimpier order, Cd he
put the 10-pounder over his
shoulder and started for the ad.
dress. wishing his legs were
longer so he could get there
more rapidly. And now, chill.
dren, what do you suppose hap
penedf
WELL, the burden was too
w much for Phooey Pigeon
and when q kindly cop picked
up what he thought was an
abandoned baby In q doorway,
who was under the chubby little
creature oil flattened out but
Phooey. They had to pump air
into him with an auto tire
pump to get him back In shape
again.
And do you know whatf It
was the lady's 10-pound re-
quirement that was his undoing,
because picking only 4 skier.
Phooey would have made the
delivery okay and pulled of
his swindle. So the moral is,
kids, never try to carry too
much weight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

establishing currency stabilize.
ton.
Had this conference at all
succeeded, this war might have
been averted. Mr.. Hull was In
no measure responsible for It's
failure. President Roosevelt,
after joining intellectually in
establishing the conference, de.
cided to kill Il, which he did.
Mr.. Hull, nevertheless, con-
tinued to pursue his course out
of which resulted the Hull
reciprocal trade agreements, q
structure Of international ar
rangements between this coun-
try and many others, which has
actually supplanted the Amer
lean tariff.
It is q political phenomenon,
that the Republican party. nor.
mally high tariff, has supported
the Hull treaties, Mr.. Dewey
guaranteeing their continuance
should he be elected president
during the recent campaign.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

tor find Il or ID II necessary to
go TO q SPECIALIST
Answer: Scrofula II tubercu-
losis Of the lymph nodes In the
neck. A tuberculin akin test
would help In diagnosis. also re-
moyal Of one gland for micro
Scopic examination. Surgical
removal In the best treatment.
However. II 10 q rare disease
nowadays and nnost enlarged
glands In the neck are due TO
chronic tonsilitis.
G.. p. It's II true that doc.
tors now claim there In no such
thing ~ shell shock" or battle
shock,
Answer-The names have
gone out OF use In this war. ore
reason being that shell shock"
and battle shock" victims were
often never near shells or bat
ties. A name used for them now
is war neurosis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

I Joined the infantry. Hinky
dinky parlez vous."
"You think you know every
thing" writes q New Yorker.
No, I don't. Only nearly every
thing. One thing I don't know
and cannot understand Is how a
man can lose his false teeth in
the New York subway. In 1913,
over one hundred sets OF false
teeth were found in the big
towns subways.
WHAT Is the best small town
w In America. I mean towns
with 10000 population or under.
Some claim 1t Is Cloquet,
MINI.
Cloquet has the largest retail
cooperative store in the United
States.
Practically all business In
Cloquet Is on a cooperative
basis.
Is said there are no poor peo-
pie there and nobody In town
owes any money.
In both peace and wartime
everybody who wants a job has
one.
COME stargazers have started
~ to engage In their annual
climbing out on the limb with
predictions for 1945.
For example, they say 1945
will be a good year for Leos but
those born under this sign have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Brain Game Answers

1--Coventry. ~
2-All were victims OF assassins.
3-True.
the watershed Of the Rocky
Mountains.
-Confucianism, Bud d hfsm,
Taoism In that order.
6-(b) In correct.
For the little Ruhr River
which flows into the Rhine.
8-Four vertical red bars on a
white field. =
Copyright. is<s. ~ ylas Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

hind his proper grade than is
the dull child.
3-You should far more than
those who dance and play games
well. Nothing-and I am speak-
ing scientificslly-will improve
an awarkward, shy boy or girls
self-conndence and personality
faster and more permanently
than dancing and playing COM
petitive games especially on
teams.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
DEAR MARY HAwORTH:
7 HAVE been married 10 years.

nave UCcu ut1xIIcu ~ Year,.
i The marriage In q neutral
sort OF relationship. productive
Of no great happiness or unhap-
piness.
I married my husband only
because / mistook the charm OF
youth and sex attraction for
love.
When the novelty wore OF. I
began to have spells Of spiritual
and emotional hunger.
Two years ago. I fell in love
With q hne man. Is years older
than I, who 10 married but sep
arated from his wife.
Since I have known him. he
has been counsellor. close friend
and devoted sweetheart.
Under his influence. I began
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Connolly Answers

1-56. 2--tb). 3-(a). 4-(c).
5-St. Paul. 6-(a) heir. ere:
(b) carrot. carat: tc) Scent,
sent; I'D site. cite; te) rays,
rare.
Copyright. tea. ~ KING ysatutes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

GASOLINE
A Coupon H. gallons. Valid through
s PC ana q ca. co.p.u.-. gallon. each.
BIS and C-s Csupcus-s sslionS each.
tLav requires ttate namt and license
nvmber ~ written on every coupon
vhea received.
FUEL OIL
ps<tef I ssS Psrtel 9 snf s-vand
through Scot. 30. ists.
sHOEs
Atrp,sse Stamps 4, and 1-vand
Indefinitely.
Lfouon
Ne. fs-vsiid through Dee ts.
Bonus E-Vslid Dec. is through Dee VI.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

PRoCEssEp FOODS
Blns A through s-a-vshd inesh-
niteiy.
Blue KS. Y.s. rs. A aae n-a--
Valid Dec. 1. indefinitely.
MEATS. CHEESE. FATS
Red AZ through P-s-vata indefinitely.
One ID salvage fat good Tor 4 cents
and two meat ration poinh.
suoAn
stamps -. -, ~. - sat -. pesA
s-Valit lnesfinftely.
stamp : e. Ne ss's.-.M ~ an
for msIimum Of 30 IN ~ essnins.
Apply locsl board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-07
BANK OF ENGLAND
LEADER RESIGNS

LONDON, April 6. III Black
hated, bearded Montagu C. Nor
man resigned the governorship of
the powerful Bank of England to-
day on the advice of physicians,
and directors went outside the i'm
mediate ranks to choose as his
successor Baron Cato of Cairn-
cato, a Scotsman long prominent
in the business life of the British
Empire, the United States and
Russia.
The new governor is only seven
years youngers than 72-year-old
Norman. who was serving his oath
term. Norman's office said the
governor sometimes called the
mystery man Of Threadneedle
Street." had no immediate plans.
Catto-Thomas Sivewright Cato
before he was created Baron in
1886 worked up from an office boy
of 16 in a Newcastle shipping office
to important directorships, all of
which he resigned in 1910 to be-
come an unpaid financial adviser
to the treasury.
Catto's early experiences in Rus
STA and his tenure as vice president
of MacAndrews Forbes Co., of
New York, huge chemical manu-
featuring concern, from 1909 to
1919, influenced his choice for post
during the last war on the Russian
commission and as chairman of
the Allied Provisions Export Com
mission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-07
Woman Marine Named
To Important Post
At Camp Lejeune, N. c.

NEW RIVER, April 6-2nd 1t.
Laura Jane Hopes, MCWR, has
been appointed officer in charge
of water transportation and freight
consolidation at Camp Lejeune,
thus freeing a man Marine for
combat duty overseas.
The new freight officer was
formerly a music teached at War
rem, Aaio. In her new capacity
here she checks water passage
and freight shipments, and plans
methods of cutting down gas
consumption.
Assisting her is Cpl. Mary
Katherine bingham, being trained
for her job by Sgt. George T.
Labant, who will soon be able
to turn over his work to her and
leave for combat zones.
The water transportation sys-
tenn saves approximately 5000
gallons of gasoline monthly and a
considerable amount of rubber and
wear and tear on camp equipment.