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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
INSIDE DETROIT

CAPT. JAMES VERNON JR
~ has Just passed along TO me
a couple of copies of wartime
newspapers. extras issued IN
Wheeling, w. Va, in Civil War
dayS-and the newspaper trade
fondly hopes that we won't be
reduced TO the same kind Of
extras In this war
Instead of being the standard
newspaper size, these extras are
single sheets of paper Just BIC
enough to tell what's 10 be told.
An intelligence extra telling
Of the Battle OF Fredericksburg
IN 1862 is one column wide and
12iA inches long, printed on
only one SIDE.
CAPT. VERNON. after check
" ing library files, reports that
the papers published til g III
Standard-Size editions every day,
hut appeared with the bob
tailed extras. in much smaller
size, whenever something re-
quired an extra
The thing says at the top
"INTELLIGENCER. EXTRA.
Price two cents Wheeling.
Dec "a -12ia = NJ" The single
dispatch. from the headquarters
of the Army of the Potomac,
was dated at II p. m the day
before pretty fast transmission
for those days although a hlt
slow compared 90 oH present
ability To print IN Detroit re-
ports on events that happened
an hour before m Europe
The paper was discovered
among some family souvenirs
hy Capt Vernon S superior Off
Ger. Mar Nelson w Mccormick
Of the Detroit Ordnance DIS,
tuct
THE other extra. from The
j same city, Is a copy Of the
Register for April 3 or 4. 1865.
which boasts News up to 4
o'clock p m
It's two columns wide and II
inches long with a headline say
ing
GENERA GRANT
Glorious News
RICHMOND HAS FALLEN
The city, occupied by 9.
Linton Troops -------
TIE PLACE on FIRE
Particulars Of Saturday
Fight
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
&c SC, &c
IN the story of Richmond.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

Jack Sheehan appears
in the Civic Light Opera
company's cast for New
Moon" which opens at the
Masonic Temple, Tuesday
evening.
there's Am account of the pre-
ccdtuC few days of fighting r.
tells of Union charge Then
During this charge several
hundred ot the rrhFtS threw
down their arms and attempted
To rush into Our limos. Infor-
iunatply, the movement was not
generally observed In season 10
prevent Nnlley being opened
into them. This caused hrsi-
tation long enough for their Of
ficers TO cover them with fire
from the rear"
What an end for soldiers OF
the confederaCy who had fought
50 bravely for their losing cause,
and given up az last only few
hours before the end of the war.
HOWEVER-we were discuss
IL ing the newspapers and not
the war. Nobody seems 10 know
-4t4-i-Aepp sheft-t'f- paper We writ
be but the stringency has been
hurting for months. First adj
NcrtiSinC was rejected then
some oi the features H-eFc cr-rT7
dcnecd or dropped
knowing that the paper short
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
New Moon at Temple

Maid in the Ozarks" may
have been a slow girl TO get
started but once she got going
there's no holding her or the
crowds at the Wilson. Now in
its fifth week, the hlllbilly hero
inc and her Ozark relations are
packing the customers in.
Al the Masonic, you II find
''Nagabond King, closing after
the WEEKEND 70 make way for
New Moon. the Romberg
operctta that has always proved
a haunting faporite This opens
Tuesday night with several
popular musical comedy stars 10
give IL that added lift.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Always o Loyal Friend

But ! am writing about my
Soll as YOU write about your
self M The Gay Illltcrate.
only not so Cavly. Even read
NC between the lines of your
frankly Joyous book / am
compelled 10 tho conclusion
that YOU arc a more loya J
friend than enemy / dote on
your tribute 90 - w Griffith
who nowadays Is too often
loved and avoided a man
l believe TO be one of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Others Missed Copies

Dear Ashton
like your letter II is
going INTO my Scrapbook I
am glad that YOU emulated
Samuel Johnson and turned
over the carbon of my private
letter 10 the printer FOR pub
LEGATION.
Ashton. dear, I am sorry
you didn't get your auto
graphed copy of The Gay
Hliterate." Several other peo-
pie l wanted to have copies of
my book made the same com
print / am sorry, too, about
the 12-volume History of
Casanova which / promised
YOU. However. I shall be i'm
Chicago 10 autograph copies
of my book al Marshall Fields
and AZ that time ! ann bring
ing with me tho Casanova vol
umes which arc still az Mar
sons Farm.
To be- truthful, Ashton. /
was always too lazy 10 take
thom down from tho bookshelf
and wrap them for mailing.
but now | can put them IN 2
suitcase and deliver them TO
YOU N person.
! knew that YOU were sent
20 Palm Springs by William
Randolph Hearst when you
were sick. Just As he sent me,
Jimmy Swinnerton and many
others OF his family, but I
never knew. however. until
you wrote me that you had
given him lessons on the banjo
in his youth. He's been keep
ing something from Us and so
have you, because among the
things l never knew is that
YOU are an expert On Stringed
Instruments. Your letter is 4
masterpiece. I don't care
whether you arc 90 or 100. a.
Gene Marley says. YOU are
Tho SmarteSi gaycSt guy i
know and I love YOU
LOtFtIA PARSONS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Sister Asks Dana
To judge Beauties
UOTTYVOOD. Ian. %

HOLLYWOOD. Jan %
INVITATION TO Judge a
beauty contest has come 10
Dana Andrews from his brother,
Harlan G Andrews. who is
principal of Houston Reagan
high school, supposed to have
the largest enrolment in the
country.
Dana tried 10 plead he is too
busy on THE Purple Heart" p
but finally relentcd If Don
Amcche would share the re-
-Sponsihility From photographs
they'll pick the prctlcSt girl IN
Reagan High.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Sinatre Also Can Act

Frank acts a good job, besides
singing one, and we believe he's
here 10 stay. especially if the
studio handles him as carefully
in the future as they have done
this time.
Flesh and Fantasy" at the
Fox charms us, because of its
episode appeal. like a. collection
of three fascinating short
stories.
1t has an almost surrealiSt
quality about it, all the Sc
quences being of the stuff that
dreams are made of. Betty Field
and Robert Cummings are in
the first one, Edward G.. Robin
son in the second and Barbara
Stanwyck and Charles Boyer
who is also associate producer
OF the picture, in the ! asst.
Flesh and Fantasy" is a dis
tinct departure from the films,
and We hope they keep on this
unbeaten track.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

CINEMA excitement died down this week with four
- of the widely discussed films all the
time.
weeks you can't find ceuloid worth the saving
look now There's Frank Snara in his first starring
vehicle the Pams-Sate Flesh and Fantasy withA all
those in it at the Fox; Ginger Rogers sentimental
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
What About Brisbane7

VIII Rogers once wrote an
interview with me, preserved
ln a Rogers book entitled
THE llhterate Digest. in
winch ne asked the following
question without waiting Tor
III YOU got your job
through teaching MIR. Hearst
Ia play the banie what in
strumcnt did Arthur Bri>-
bane teach him -
All tiiis, dear iEr'tirii5', by
way of informing YOU that the
reputation I achieved through
nCtping The CbieEte-eeeeHte-
the brilliant hanioiSt he was
and Is, grew and grew until
at extremely long last l was
commissioned 10 write the
article on Americas national
instrument for the Ia It s t
edition Of the Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

smash, Tender Comrade" at
the Michigan, and last, but
by no means least, Greer
Carson and Walter Pidgeon
in Madame Curie" at the
United Artists.
Sinatra's film, Higher and
Higher" would be a good pic
ture even without the faint
prince in it, because il is a good
good musical and the support
ing cast includes Michele Nor
gan, the HartmanS, Marcy Nc
CURE, Leon Enrol Mary Wickcs
and Jack Haley, all turning on
all their talent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

rat ~ rCmotu love for Ellen
TORY Ma mono of your buS.-
,re.. and as tor Sarah Bern
Iardi
- never liked her he
vT-7T 7T7TDJ she reminded me
of QN Aunt Georgia, whom /
always hated +. -
know rsf how Shaw felt
}' l- possible that my gentle
hatred for certain actresses
Us OWING t0 thor reminding
mo OF a certain VIOLENTLY
-Trr-r TITT VINO shall hc
H4me't-- In ihis private COM
rwucafiur
Sou know Lou4lla my
naII Ijfc bias sometimes fol-
aNi a pattern not unlike
faat OF your large one l.
Too was in tcndcrcr years
threatened with tuberculosis
and Iikc Yourself generously
planted AT Palm Springs hy
Nlr Hearst. I've known and
worked for that gentleman
almost half "a century lie
made me famous ia = way
not by publishing my crltl-
cIsims and commentaries, but
hy hiring me IN his youth and
my boyhood 10 give him
lessons on the banjo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
a Fan From Way Back

! hope You VIII not take NJ
amiSS from one-who has been
a Parsons reader ever SNCr
way back when YOU and !
worked the loop ON practI-
Cally the same beat u i say
that in my opinion "The Gay
Ilhtcrate" is the best show
YOU ever put on. You may be
good writing about other
people, but you are better
than good writing about your
self. and not obSeQuiously
either.
There is self laughter In
thus little book that rings SHE
yer bells in every corner of
my brain. When YOU cali
yourself a sucker for 6attery
and declare, i love d." ]
rock IN a chair that is not a
rocker.
And ! all but fall out of
that chair when YOU toll Of
your interview with Bernard
Shaw in which he told you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
Curtain Lines Perfect

And l love the quiet cur
tain that closes the last act
of your best show-when your
husband and my old friend.
now Mai. Harry Martin, had
gone of 10 his second war,
and you
" opened the door of
the home where | had gone
~ bride, and for the first
time | was hOme-snd alone!
The telephone was ringing.
II rang many times before l
could reach IL. Some one was
insistently calling with news
with something for the col
umn-SOmethinga bout Holly
wood that would amuse, or
electrify, or jostle the read
ing folk-something / might
split an infinitive in writing,
or let participle dangle-
something for the column of
The Gay Illiterate'."
Yours faithfully.
ASHTON.
p. S.-If YOU agree with
Samuel Johnson and me. dear
Louella. that mo man but
hlockhead ever wrote except
for money" YOU will forgive
me for turning over the car
bon Of this private letter 10
The printer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

duced
And my heart " arms TO
your tWlnkllng memory of
Your old Chicago desk mate,
the all but forgotten Richard
Henry Little, who K G pt his
dinner clothes IN his rolIer-top
and when dinner time came
warned
You will have Ia step out
side my sweet La about 10
change my pants"
The most tragic thing in
your book IS where Valentino
says
Women I love don't love
me. The others don't matter"
Both Missed on Takes
I was like you again,
LoQclla, when the screen
began 10 talk and you wrote:
II have no fear that scrap
ing, screeching, rasping sound
film will ever disturb our
peaceful motion picture the
alters. The industry is too
wise 10 spend fortunes for
machines, new equipment, and
sound stages TO project noise
hat the customers do not
want to hear.
And l wasn't far behind you
W h en- you described techni-
color "a mere fad" 1t must
be terrible always TO be right
But you snapped a picture
of Al Capene that is once and
forever when yeti wrote;
The gangster chief was
dark, squat man. under me
dunn height, but immacu-
lately groomed In n soft gray
suit, His ewes were small
but rather pleasant. IL was
his mouth that was his bad
e--tOO full, purple
rather thar red in color, and
his lips Shone 50 they seemed
10 he polished. Purple, too.
WAS the scar on his cheek
W h ich gave him his nick
name"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

me. follows
To Louella q Parsons
United states of America
Dear Louclla
Ifyan sent me a free copy ot b.
y0TTF DUuntrJi7y Y, tttir'r7frt
volume. "Thc Gay Illiteratc.
some HurrafCur III nnt cdi-
torial parlors s,eiped ~ Tor
no more received il than
did that lo-Volumc History "i
Casano- a which you promised
10 send the last time I visited
WIN aT1d ftur fftt'rrry Niattt - =
YOUR well named MarSou>
Farm
Brought Out Champs-ene
That was on my birthdaH-
I forget whether u WAS the
q9th or l00th--but ] do re-
mCmhcr that when Gene Mar
key gave h away that this
was my natal dan. YOU great
l4r,cdly brought forth all
tla champagne on the place
in bottles ranging from splits
Ia maeaHms and - plentiful
tiat one OF our fellow guests
almost drowned, not in wine.
which would have been beau
tiflI. but in your spacious
swimming pool, which would
have made the saddest occur
renee ever ChrOniCled IN your
far-flung column.
Your book j. not on gen
eral sale as l write these con-
fidential lines, hut an advance
copy has been lent me by
literary aetoF with a pull hN
the Rame-ef Cliitaa Nnhh--
I have read all its 100 pages
In one sitting and the only
fault I find with them - that
they are too few.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
One Word Led to Another
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

This is the start OF the bathing beauty and
shall dig up of my observations the subject.
1924-The girls on the beach making Gunga Din
and Mahatma Gandhi look like firm of well-known
tailors.
1921 love the fluffy sun bonnets that tie under
the chin After lady has her face lifted two three
times that ties under the chin, too.
1930-F Minsky's former strip-teasers going to
parade the beaches l also demand Minskys asbestos
curtain.
1932-It is said that shame did not invent clothes
but twice as versa. am willing to gaze upon the ques
ton from both sides.
1934-You can't Jail beautiful lady for lack of
clothing. There record of anybody ever being
rested for having too much sunburn.
193S-The girls wearing bandana handker-
chiefs for bathing frocks. At steamer saings that's
what they at their friends.
And then came the l haven't been down to
the beaches since 1941 But reformer of things in
general would be much disappointed if wasn't much
disappointed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
MARK HELLINGER

A DVANCE BASE, THE MAR
"A STALLS, May % delayed
II packed this morning. Time
now to move on 10 other fields.
And you know something very
strange? I'm sorry to be leav-
ing here.
I say that's strange because
OF all the places in the world
this is probably the spot TO
which you'd be most happy to
wave good-by. It's cruelty hot,
and there isn't a blade of grass,
and the food has a chronic
sameness, and the accommoda-
lions are purely primitive. and
your friends fly off into death.
Yes. I'm sure you wouldn't care
much about il.
Yet. oddly enough, there are
things and items l know / am
going to miss. My cot, for
example.
It's just an ordinary army
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
On
Broadway

able. It's been having good sales
all over the South.
II hasn't been barred In any
southern city.
The only place where II was
censored is in Yankee Boston.
THEY were grumbling about
Il the high costs OF living in
the Reich Chancellory. and the
top Nazis agreed that the only
thing that hadn't gone up in
price since the war started was
Laval.
Every brazen legislative at
tempt 10 gag newScssters Azzled.
Now a more subtle approach Is
being used: They hope to push
commentators of the air by
hitting them in the pocketbook.
Senator Wheeler introduced a
bill that would ban the sponsor
ship Of news programs.
How long would some con-
gressmen exist IL taxpayers
ceased sponsoring them to the
tune of $4,000 each per year?
BY the same line of reasoning.
all newspapermen could be de-
prived OF their incomes because
their gazettes have adverts. The
abb is that sponsors pull the
strings Of commentators opin-
ions.
In case you didn't know, the
company that sponsors the
broadcasts OF this Roosevelt fan
is devoutly Republican.
Japan has just published its
terms after Americas surren-
der" and Germany just muir
dered AZ Raj prisoners
These are the people mentioned
by Peace Now as just as good
as anybody else.
Copyright BY Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
On the
Side

Also when planning the bath
room don't forget the separate
cabinets with large shelves for
each member of the family.
Queries from clients: O.
Who was the most colorful
major league baseball umpire
OF all time,
A-That would be Tim Hurst.
The most colorful minor league
umpire was Red" Rorty, who
officiated In the old Connecticut
League.
THE HUSBANDS PROTEc.
l. TIVE ASSN. of New Haven,
Conn, now in its sixth year, Is
still going strong.
Members of this association
have expressed themselves as
wives knowing more about diets
and balanced meals.
In fact, the New Haven
II. p. A. Is gathering diet in
formation and passing same on
TO wives.
Not so long ago the New
Haven II. p. A. and their wives
appeared on the battle of the
sexes" radio program.
In a general intelligence and
information test held on that
occasion the husbands won
easily.
This. OF course. has aided
them in obtaining the proper
respect from their wives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
Il. v. DURLING

I like the idea of Katherine
Cornell and her husband,
Guthrie McClintic.
They have separate apart
ments, but they are in the same
house. Z
There is much TO recon-
mend in this arrangement.
II must have something be-
cause the McClintics have been
happily married for % years.
QUERIES from clients: O.
W Who was the original sweet
heart Of Sigma -Chi2
A-You have me there. II
might have been Frances Lang
ford.
Q-Do you like Hungarian
goulash?
Al can take IL or leave II
alone. However. my old pal, w.
3. Hart, the two-gun man Of the
movies, Is a great Hungarian
goulash fan and says the best
goulash ever made was that
served by the old Hoffman Cafe
In Los Angeles.
Q-Do you have an idea
about what bathtubs should be
like in the postwar house?
Al think the bathroom
should be one of the largest
rooms In the house. The bath
tub should he huge and square;
like a small swimming pool.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

who bought it needed a refriger-
ator and was willing 10 pay
Now the seller is in trouble
and unless the buyer will ac-
cept a refund of S130.50. the
OPA will crack down on the
seller.
DRECISELY, what sense does
i this make?
Suppose you or I were to
find ourselves forced by circum-
stances TO get rid of our homes
and. we had to sell off quickly
perhaps to use the money to
re-establish homes elsewhere,
would We have to send for an
OPA agent to put a ceiling price
on every chair and table, pot
and pan in the house?
And suppose we could not
afford to sell at those prices,
would we have to forego the
opportunity of re-establishing
ourselves In a new place?
Or would ii be more to the
national interest to use gasoline
and rubber tires to ship refrig-
orators and gas ranges and such
items from one city to another?
There may be some logic in
these rules and regulations and
in this cracking down on Ameri-
can citizens but ] cannot fathom
ii. 1t seems rather that busy
bodies are intent upon running
our lives down to the minutest
details until we cease to be
thinking persons with some free
will and individual judgment.
We used to criticize the Ger
man people for submitting to
that sort of thing.
Copyright, 1914. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01

most sinister forces this nation
ever faced
HE alleged that IL II q
highly organized and we'll
financed enterprise to destroy
by villification the character OF
any public man who gets In the
way
"We stated editorially at the
time that he would probably
never present any evidence In
support Of his allegation. Six
weeks have elapsed, and he has
not done So"
ONE OF the wars most tragic
" stories is going the rounds
in Washington these days.
When Pearl Harbor was
bombed, all naval personnel was
ordered 10 battle stations, of
course, and the command
meant the beginning of a ter
rible drama for four store
keepers aboard the USS Okla
homa.
For them battle stations"
meant closing the watertight
compartments of their store
room and remaining at their
posts.
When the vessel was raised
recently, the four were found
dead, clad in winter clothing.
a check OF their calendar re-
vealed that they had lived,
sealed in that waterproof tomb.
until Dec. rs, 19 days after
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Those trying to suppress the
novel. Strange Fruit" insist
that il villifies the South, but
what are the facts?
The reviewers Of. the book in
the southern newspapers heave
been almost 100 per cent favor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

known function Of the spleen Is
10 destroy antiquated blood
cells. But there are numerous
areas of splentic tissue-acces-
sorry spleens-scattered through
out the body which perform the
same function, and the spleen
has often been removed with
no bad result, the patient living
a long time. The X-ray visual.
izes the spleen only when a con-
trast acknowledgements
injected into the blood.
J. w. S.-Does II harm a baby
4 weeks old and child 4 years
old TO hang wet wash in the
same room where they are all
the time?
Answer-This does not create
a good atmosphere for anybody
no matter what age. For one
thing it is ideal for rheumatic
fever.
T. S.-To settle an argument
between a user and a non-user
OF beets: What benefits do we
derive from beets and what
vitarnins do beets contain?
Answer-Beets furnish starch
for energy $50 Galleries per
pound). also phosphorus. cal
cium and iron. They are a
very good source of Vitamin B,
and fair sources Of Vitanin A
and {.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-01

ELoRENCE REED. Do you
Il recall her as the star OF that
powerful play The Yellow
Ticket?" Better be careful be-
fore you admit you remember,
lady. That was 30 years ago.
Humphrey Bogart. President
OF the Hollywood born-on-
Christmas-Day Club.
Mr. Bogart's organization con-
tinually campaigns for double
gifts for those born on Dec. IS.
One birthday gift, one Christ
mas gift.
i knew a woman who was
born and married on Christmas
Day.
Her husband and friends have
10 give her triple gifts. Birth
day. wedding anniversary and
Christmas.
A NJ ASKED what our Horses
"A and Women department
thinks Of the separate apart
ment" type of marriage.
Our experts state they be-
lieve this kind Of marriage can
succeed. but is not much fun.
Minna Gombell, actress, and
Fannie Hurst. novelist, are sep
arate apartment wives.
I think a great many hus-
bands and wives are together
too much and might be hap
pier II such were not the case.