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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

clear. recedes because of world
events or some error on
Dewey's part.
In politics, at this stage, the
minds of politicians run to the
mathematics of electoral votes.
Republicans generally believe
that Dewey can carry New
York. They would like War
rem for vice president because
they believe that he can carry
California.
If they carry New York and
California. they are sure that
they cannot be defeated. Be-
cause of the arithmetic of the
electoral vote, the Democrats
need So per cent of the popular
vote TO re-elect Mr.. Roosevelt.
Without New York and Cali
fornia. they cannot get that So
per cent.
Copyright 1914. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Major DE SEVERSKY

and the general public apathy?
The answer. it seems TO me,
is 10 be found in the excessive
zeal with which earlier and
relatively mild air raids were
reporte d, publicized and ex-
plotted.
They were so vastly bally-
hooed as crucial, " decisive, "
the final blow" etc. that now.
when the real show is b in &
staged, there is psychological
let-down.
When American air forces
struck at Schweinfurt for the
first time we were told out of
Washington that we had de-
stroyed so per cent OF Ger
many's ball bearing capacity.
Eager reporters naturally
took such claims at face value
and blazoned them on the front
pages.
But the claims could not and
did not stand up.
We have been o Zig G d to
bomb Schweinfurt g a n and
again and the same is true of
other plants pronounced dead
and buried.
/ believe ( h a [ the average
American has been anaesthe-
tized by this earlier technique
of promotion and publicity out
of Washington. All the glitter
ing adjectives have been worn
threadbare.
We are now reaping skepti-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
On
Broadway,

front teeth protrude a bit and
ii bothers her no end.
The CUNTS great ambition Is
TO see New York.
They have already Travelled
TO Toronto and TO Superior. Wis.
New York is their next goal,
Travel bothers them not at
all; they are great troupers.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Dionne
hate il.
They get upset by excitement
and the crowds and meeting
strangers, and come back ex-
hausted. so they refuse to take
the CUNTS away from home
Unless II rs for some patriotic
reason like a Victory Bond
rally.
Doctors for a time were a bit
worried because the Ave were
persistently overweight. Then
they decided this was because
their bony structure Is heavier
than normal.
This. the medics think. is the
result OF the heavy doses of
cod-liver oil they were given to
combat the ricketts, they had at
birth--they have taken cod
liver oil every day of their 10
years.
Sounds in the Night: In the
Stork:T can't have any Ice
cream. Makes my clothes too
tight"
In the Taft: what do you do
for diversion besides running
around In circles ?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
= MARCH OF EVENTS
BY Benjamin De Casseres-

HANCOCK was staying at a
II friends house when the
beat Of hoofs late al night and
a knock al the door reused him.
1t was Paul Revere Hancock
Jumped into his uniform and
joined the Minute Men al Lex
ington.
Congress gave Washington
instructions 10 destroy Boston
if it was necessary 10 drive out
the British. Hancock wrote to
Washington:
although 7 am probably the
largest property-owner in the
city. am anxious that the
thing shall be done II II Will
benefit the cause. Burn Boston
and make John Hancock a beg
gar II the public good requires
It,"
Hancock presided over the
Continental Congress for nearly
two years and a half. In Bos-
ton his warehouses had been
burned by the British and his
infant daughter had died. He
had, besides. contributed the
immense sum, for those days. of
100000 10 the cause. In 1888,
he wrote:
II have lost many thousand
sterling, but. thank God. my
country IL saved, and by the
smiles OF heaven ] am a free
and independent man."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

lapse after a couple of hours of
battle action.
Ii takes a 100 per cent man
TO make he grade in the United
States armed forces.
QUESTIONING of a number
W of persons who rent fur
nished rooms reveals the ma
jority prefer men roomers.
The landladies say male lodg-
ers are heater and less trouble
Seems female dodgers are
given TO squawking about many
minor details.
They do washing and cooking
In their rooms.
They burn holes in the rugs
and furniture with carelessly
tossed about cigarets.
WHAT ! would like to know
w Is why when they make
lamb stew nowadays they leave
out the dumplings.
And what became of corn
fritters and pineapple and
blackberry fritters?
/ hope these balanced diet
enthusiasts are not responsible
for the absence OF the delicious
items aforementioned.
Excerpt from a fighting mans
letter:
II just want yOu TO know
that your column Is bringing a
lot Of enjoyment and relaxation
to a bunch OF otherwise lonely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

THE greatest aerial offensive
of all time is now in full
swing against Germany.
1t is of such dimensions one
may confidently expect the will
of the enemy will be broken.
Whether this aerial assault
will bring Germany TO its knees
by direct action or whether it
makes invasion a practical ven
ture, the fact is we have ac-
cumulated enough machines and
men 10 put the principles OF air
strategy into operation
The action is proceeding with
a magnificent upsurge of eff
fectiveness.
Yet this great job over Eu-
rope somehow leaves the Amefi-
can public apathetic.
Certainly there is no ground
swell of enthusiasm common
surate with the great effort
under way.
Here and there, in fact. one
notes yelled suspicious about
the value OF the whole enter
prise.
Worse, the very ability of air.
men TO analyze and appraise the
facts is being questioned.
Some molders of opinion are
even warning Americans TO take
the claims of air force leaders
with big dose of skepticism.
uOW explain the doubts
IL manifest IN [ hese words,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
WITH only a month to go, the

WITH only a month to go, the
w Republican nomination
seems to be within Tom Deweys
reach, but il will not be on the
first ballot by reclamation.
The Bricker forces remain in
the field and apparently their
program is to fight up TO the
last moment. They contest the
claim of the Deweyites that the
nomination is in the bag. that
he has more than enough votes
pledged right now 10 produce a
majority on the first or second
ballot.
Bricker is intenSifying his
campaign for the nomination as
a result of a canvass which con-
vinces his managers that he has
a chance.
The fact of the matter is that
during the next month. Dewey
has to undergo Me unpleasant
experience of the ebb and flow
of the ordinary politics. AS long
as Willkie was out in front, the
Dewey position was that Of an
unwilling candidate for whom
there was a strong pull-but IT
was a pull away from Willkie.
AS soon as that screen was
knocked down. Dewey stood out
as the leader and he has had TO
take all the darts and arrows
usually hurled at the leading
candidate. And the New Deal
smear machine was put to work
on him, smearing him by paint
ing Herbert Hoover as politi-
cal leper and associating Dewey
with Hoover.
CMEARING Hoover in 1914
~ doesn't mean anything polit-
ically and although Mr.. Hoover
issued a statement last week
that he was not picking the Re-
publican candidate, that state
ment in form and content rep
resented nothing more than a
jittery pronouncement of the
obvious.
The fact that Communist and
left wing newspapers devoted
themselves TO attacks on Mr..
Hoover for supporting a Repub-
lican established the absurdity
OF the smear. Did they expect
him 10 endorse Mr.. Roosevelt?
MEANWHILE. Bricker trav-
NA els about the country
speaking sound doctrine.
He started late. was over
cautious. handled his public re-
lations badly. made a few poor
speeches at the start-and
gave the lead TO Dewey.
But whatever his fortunes
al the convention, Bricker will
come out of this campaign a
man Of improved stature. an
attractive national figure. and
should the Republicans not
carry the election in 1914.
Bricker will beyond doubt be-
come a rallying point for the
future.
DUT il is doubtful that he
- can stop Dewey IN the
month that remains, unless the
trend which IL now altogether
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Answer to Question No. 1

N6h'"'f w etNNN's'th A"O'
G. r. Thornton. Purdue Uni
versity, had group of judges
rate photographs of individuals
on Dependability, Industrious
ness and Honesty, both with
and without glasses. The ten
dency was TO rate them higher
on all three of these traits
when they wore glasses.
Answer TO Question No. 2
Strange TO say, they do.
Hosts of highly intelligent stu
dents fail both in high school
and college because they have
not learned how to read rap
idly and we'll and are thereby
more likely to fail in life. How
ever. some poor readers man.
age TO pull through; but all
their lives they have one of the
worst handicaps any human be-
ing can have. AS a service TO
readers we offer our booklet,
How 10 Read Faster and Bet
ter" Send l0c and a self-ad-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

LIE WAS present az the coro-
II nation OF George III in
London. The king gave Han
cock snuffbox when he was
presented AZ court.
II was not so many years
Arward that Gen. Gage. in
ma esty's service, after the
battles Of Concord and LeXing-
ton offered 10 pardon all the
rebels" except Hancock and
Sam Adams
When the Stamp Act was re-
|pealed. Hancock treated the
whole of Boston 10 a Madeira
party on the Common. He
|cheered on the Indians who
dumped the tea into Boston
Harbor - ironically taking
pinch or two OF snuff from
Georges snuffbox.
In l774. Hancock had himself
elected president OF the First
Provincial Congress in defiance
Of the royal governor-taking
another pinch of snuff on
George the Third. His business
had been ruined but, the more
he lost the greater his enthu-
|siasm for the coming Revolu-
tlon.
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h. ". DURLING

HAVE just heard of a l6-year-
II old girl whose mot her
makes her take a swim in a
neighboring pond every morning
at 6 o'clock, summer and win
ter.
Some mornings the girl has
TO break the ice for her swim
This Spartan mother also has
her daughter on a vegetarian
diet.
She also makes the girl fast
for SO hours each week in order
10 give her stomach a rest.
When people criticize the
mother regarding this stiff rou-
tine, she says:
"My daughter has never had
n cold nor sick day In her
life"
uOW is il d man classified
H Az. or not physically fit
for military service, is strong
enough 10 play professional foot
ball or baseball?
So many parents and wives Of
fighting men have been asking
that question that il has been
getting under the skin of some
OF the higher army officials.
Their answer is that the
physical standards Of the u. S.
Army are higher than those re-
quired of professional football
and baseball players.
A man that can last out a
baseball double-header or play
a full football game might col
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
w ASMENGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

WASHINGTON, May 81 Tn
" like Caesar. the Republican
. national committee does not
believe that all gall is divided
into three parts. II contends
that II Is divided into only two
parts-and that the parts are
named Sidney Hillman and
Philip Murray, respectively
happened into committee
headquarters today and saw
members of the organization
walking around muttering TO
themselves.
"My stars and garters!" !
exclaimed. you Republicans
seem quite perturbed, II not
irked. What has caused this
unhappy situation?"
The question elected more
snorts than you might expect
TO hear in a Madrid bull ring.
1T Is that Philip Murray, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

tions from prolonged and UNDER
water swimming pool aquatics.
IL may come as a complete
surprise 10 you, but il you think
about il little. you'll see that it
is true that human beings were
never meant for an underwater
existence.
This is not entirely TO say that
they are not fishes, because lots
of -blooded and air-breath-
ing animals spend lot OF time
under water.
But such. like the hippopota-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
BETTER HEALTH

THE days of the old swimming
i hole are here and with them
the days. OF sinus infection and
Infected ears in children, says
my nose and throat specialist.
The old swimming hole is now
transformed in most OF our
cities. towns and villages into
swimming pools.
II Is a great improvement all
right and don't want TO be a
kill JOY, but without precautions
there is danger of nasal infec-
tons and consequent ear infec-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
PROGRESSED FOODS

PROCESSED FOODS
Blue As through OSWALD tn
definitely
Blue RS, S-Sy rs. Us and vs.
Valid June L.
MEATS. CHEESE. FATS
Red As through T-S-Vsld In
definitely.
Rcd U-s. VS. and W-s-Vsnd June 4.
GUS through rs and AS through
MSS stamps-Valid for direct
purchases from farmers
One III. salvage fat. good Tor 4 cents
and tw1 mest ration points.
SUGAR
stamps 80 snd 81. BOOK No. IS
los eacn valid indefinitely.
STAMP 90. No. Book lbs for
canning through Feb IS. laf5
spare STAMP 81, No. . Book Valid
for maximum u 20 ms Tor can
uing. Apply local hoard
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Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

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June q.
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when received
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period S--Nald througn
Aug 81
LIoIoB
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No. i0-Nalid June through June 50.
SHOES
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definitely
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On the
Side

guys down here In New Gale
donia, 5000 miles from New
York"
QUERIES from clients:
ot Where can / find the poem.
How Do Love Thee? Let Me
Count the Ways" quoted in the
film. The Purple Heart"
A-Several hundred subscrib-
ers have asked this question. It
il from EliZabe Barrett
Browning's "Sonnets From the
Portuguese"
Title or these sonnets was In
spired by the fact Robert Brown
Ing had a habit of calling the
author "My little Portuguese"
because OF her olive skin.
Q-How do you like your
fried eggs?
A-Sunny side up. Not too
soft.
Q-My wife makes our cocker
spaniel. poor pup. sleep in the
cellar. / claim he should have
the run of the house at night
and then could better serve as a
watch dog. How about il?
A-YOu are absolutely right.
II Is up TO you to take a firm
stand In the matter. Perhaps
you should apply for member
ship In the Are We Mice or Men
Club. This is an organization
OF married rebels which battles
for rights for husbands.
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Quick Answers

1--Santo Domingo. in 1870.
Congress blocked the move.
2-1870, by 1000 Fenians (Irish
ind p Evidence supporters)
who crossed the Niagara
River at Buffalo.
3-Boers, who fought Britain
for freedom.
4-Spring flowers.
5-R. L. Stevenson.
6-Thou shalt not steal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31
Connolly Answers

1-(c). 2-(b). 3-(a). A.
(a. 5(a). 6-(a) women:
tb) plenty; (c) Pandora; I'D
Styx; (e) shoulders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-31

|NIITH the raft OF Russian
w propaganda pictures in The
country some spawned in Hol-
lywood and some Uttered in
Moscow ask myself why are
there not more pictures based
on the lives OF the Founding
Fathers
I hear we are 10 have one on
Thomas Paine, made from How
ard Fast's book. But why are
there not memorable pictures Of
the lives OF Washington. Jeffer-
son. Madison. Sam Adams.
George Mason. Benjamin Frank
lin and John Hancock?
There's Hancock, for instance.
I've been reading a life Of him.
A mighty picture Of the Revo-
luton could be laid around that
man.
He is known today 10 most
Americans only as president Of
the Continental Congress. a
signer Of the Declaration OF In
dependence and as Snug
|eler." Technically. he was
smuggler-but in the sense only
that the glorified Boston Tea
Party was Illegal"
He was a patrician and a
Tory. a very wealthy man, who
from the first literally put his
life. his fortune and his sacred
honor in the hands OF the coll
|onists.
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dressed stamped (3c) return
envelope.
Answer TO Question No. 8
According TO a study made
by psychologists w. c. Middle
ton and Paul j. Fay of De
Paw University, no. They gave
standard Tests of Attitudes
Toward War. Patriotism and
the Constitution, TO 179 boys
sentenced to institutions for de-
linquents. Then they gave the
same ages and intelligence.
There was practically no diff
ference in the two groups.
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THE ART or CONVERSATION

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aper Include a stamped f3cl sen-
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DUT il is doubtful that he
- can stop Dewey IN tho
month that remains, unless the
trend which is now altogether
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
CORPORAL PRIDCEN
REPORTED MISSING

Mrs. Alex Houston Pridgen OF
521 IL South Front street, receiv.
ed notice from the War Depart
ment yesterday that her husband,
Technician Fifth Grade Pridgen,
has been missing in action since
June 6 in France.
Corporal Pridgen, who entered
the armed forces in January, 1912,
was with a medical detachment
Oh an Infantry division. He had
been stationed in England, prior
to the invasion, since November,
1913.
After entering the Army he was
stationed for nearly a year at Fort
Moultrie, S. C. and then at Camp
VOTERS, Texas, Camp Chaffe,
Ark and Fort Meade Md.
Corporal Pridgen is the son OF
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pridgen OF
1916 Dock street. He was employ
ed as carpenter with the T. A.
Loving Construction company
here. His wife is the former Heller
Williams, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
robson TOBACCO
IN GOOD CONDITION

LUMBERTON. July 10 -Tobac-
co farms in the Lumberton area
Will produce crop this year that
will be superior in both quantity &
quality to that of last year, accord
irg to forecas. made in the final
semi-monthly crop condition re-
port issued today by Jasper C.
Hutto, supervisor of the Lumberton
tobacco market. The estimate is
that the markets of the Border
Belt will handle approximately co.
oo0,O0O pounds during the selling
season.
What looked three weeks ago
to be rather bad crop situation
has turned about in such shape as
to justify the prediction of bump
er yield" the report said. "All
farmers are agreed that the crop
is going to be better than that of
last year, both in quantity and in
quality, and on some farms the
crop will be up 10 the remarkably
fine tobacco harvest of 1892"
The supervisor reported that vir-
tually all of the farm labor is now
tied up in the curing process and
that there is but little grading be-
ing done. He said indications point
ed to slower grading than usual in
view of the lateness of the crop
end the shortage of farm help.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20

CHICAGO, July 19-tR-Keeping
his hot dog salesmen's fingers out
of the mustard seemed today to
cause Charley Jacobs more worry
than the prospect of no sale for
his 10000 bottles of beer at the
Democratic convention stadium.
He said with a contented sigh:
"Ninety-thousand bottles of beer
are money in the bank. I have
10000. I can sell them any time"
Mayor Kelly Suggested" to the
Jacobs Enthusiastically, Marvin
and Lou-that beer and liquor not
be sold at this convention. They
had the concession at the Repub-
lican convention.
But Mayor Kelly said-since the
Jacobs brothers have contract
to sell beer and liquor at the sta
dium-he could only suggest"
and not command. Charley said
he hadn't heard anything about it.
Anyway" he said, "soft drinks
outsell beer. We have $4,000 bot
ties of soft drinks, so tons of Ice.
so, 900 red-hots, 10000 sandwiches
and 10000 ice cream bars, not to
speak of Is barrels of beer"
The stadium holds $4,000 PEG.
pie
Charley, now 81, said he was
clicked out" of school in the
fourth grade and began his bust
ness carer at by selling sand
pals to kids at Coney island.
II couldn't count" he said, $50
I took Marvin along. I sold and
he made change"
Lou went to college. He is pres
ident.
fsSetty soon the brothers gradu-
atea to selling chewing gum on
Broadway. Their first big conces-
sion was at the Jersey City ball
park. Now they have over 5000
employees in more than 200 con-
cessions.
TT used to be before the war;"
said Charley with a haunted look,
that we could do things with our
vendors. We made them clean
their fingernails and shine their
shoes. Now they're pretty indie
pendent.
The Jacobs brothers are pretty
fastidious about getting things
done the right way. Just to be
sure the stadium was kept clean,
they brought in their favorite por-
ter from st. Paul, Mimi, for the
convention.
While the convention is big stuff
to the Democrats it hardly seems
so much to Charley who has
handled crowds of 100000 and
more. He takes it easy, smiles,
hopes for warm weather so he can
sell more cold drinks.
Lou seems to have been some
thing of a revolutionary in the
concession business. Said Charley:
Lou streamlined the business. He
told the help to dress up"
One of the main problems. of the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
judgement Filed Here
In Bryant Lumber Case

Records in the office OF United
States district court, Wilmington
division, revealed yesterday that a
consent judgment has been filed
in the case of the Wage and Hour
division, u Department of La
bcr, against J.. N. Bryant, doing
business as J. N. Bryant Lumber
company, Wilmington.
The judgment provides for pay
nlent of $1,340.4z to various en-
rloyes of the lumber company as
wages not paid in accordance with
wage and hour laws.
It also provided for an injunc-
ton against further violation of
tre Wage and Hour act.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20

demanded, the plank said, "at last
became a reality under a Demo
cratic administration.
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$4,000 REGISTERED
FOR LIQUOR BOOKS

Approximately $4,000 persons
from New Hanover county have
registered for liquor ration books
this year." officials of the county
ABC board announced yesterday
New Hanover holds the largest
record for registration in n e
state.''
The estimate does not include
those books issued to servicemen
through nearby military camps.
nor does it include transiets and
tourists who registered through the
central ABC boards office at the
Tidewater building.
Registration is held at the Second
and Grace streets ABC store the
second Tuesday of each month.
Next registration day will fall on
August s.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-20
ICE INVESTIGATION
CONDUCTED IN CITY

c. D. Baucom, state superin-
teldent Of the Weights and Meas
ures department, H. W. Hood and
J. T. Jackson, inspectors, are con-
Quoting an investigation in Will
mington of complaints filed with
the department regarding the ser.
ious short weight delivery Of ice
t. consumers.
Many customers have corlplah-
co that ice delivered to tn ei r
houses was less than they ordered
but that they were charged for
the ordered amount.
The law requires that all ice
be sold by net weight at the time
and place of delivery, and those
dealers who do not do so are
guilty of violations.
1t is expected that satisfactory
solution to the problem, through
cooperation of the ice dealer, will
be reached soon, Baucom declar-