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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
Letters From
Times Soldiers

sleeve. and said somewhat Won
deringly:
II just can't believe it's true
an American soldier in my
home. eating at my table and
others walking In our streets.
II seems impossible that the
nightmare IL over: 1 want TO
kiss every American soldier I
see"
Most Of them do. It is one
big kiss. Hello, How are
YOU and "Good-by" wherever
YOU 60.
Just about all the young kids
want 10 learn American litter
bugging All the Americans
want to learn French. In Italy,
we didn't care whether we could
speak Italian or not, but here
every one is so grand you feel
YOU must chat with them
awhile. American cigarets. be-
ing worshipped, are priceless.
4 Nd prices themselves are
"A absolutely terrific. Madam
must pay S25 or $40 dollars for
the ordinarily Sl9S model. No
wonder they dress so well-in
spite OF the war-they pay for
il! Everything's price is out Of
control. and people are seen
rarely IN the shops, except per-
haps 10 visit the owner. The
cafes are still crowded. but one
drink costs as much as 10 and
must therefore take the place
of 10.
Food. in the restaurants. is
q. X. hut If the French weren't
cooking il il would be abso-
lutely unedible. They do lots
with tired old beet.
We love their clean. pretty
kids and the spotless shops.
Most of us have seen so much
Of the Arab and South Italy
sanitation that we almost forgot
what a well-cared-for restau-
rant or store looked like.
What little they have, they
care for tenderly, and what
little they can offer they offer
cheerfully and with typical
flourish, apologizing profusely
that the best has been gone for
over four years. But they give
the best they have, and in the
right spirit. They know. too.
that what we take is appreci-
ated.
It's fun 10 he "hero"-one
OF a million or more!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
BY DR.. Logan
= Clendening

the leaves, the flowers or the
root Of foxglove was most active.
He decided on the leaves. Then,
trying II out on patients. he
showed how much by weight of
the leaves were necessary 10 OBJ
tain his effects. And by what
changes in the pulse. etc, the
patients were relieved.
OUCH experimental methods
~ are always used in our day
before giving new drugs TO the
public. Take the new drug,
demerol. 1t is used for pain.
We never have enough good
drugs TO oOunteract~pain. 1t has
been known for long time that
IN some kinds Of pain combi-
nation OF atroplne and morphine
works better than morphine
alone Atropine quiets the con-
traction OF the smooth muscles
OF the intestines and the bronchi,
and the kidney pelvis. so il can
be seen that when pain IS due 10
collie of these muscles atroplne
would reinforce morphine which
quiets pain by deadening the
receiving centers in the brain
and central nervous system.
SO instead Of going out in the
fields and endlessly tried 10 find
some plant which would combine
these virtues. some organic
chemists just Juggled atoms
around until they had synthe-
sized substance which resem-
bled the structure Of both afro
pine and morphine. The chemists
determined also its solubility IN
water and in human saliva and
stomach juices. They found il
can be given either by mouth or
by hypodermlc.
Then the pharmacologists de-
termined It's poisonous dosage,
and proper dosage by expert
ments on animals. They found
il begins TO act in about 20
minutes.
Then the physicians tried II
out. | have report showing
how il affected 1913 patients suf-
fertng from arthritis, gallstonesr
kidney stones. headache, angina
and other kinds of pain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

VERY little is left of the
' original 16Sth. Those men
from Des MONIES who won the
victories that We had 10 win are
in German prison camps, or IN
African and Italian graves.
They went into battle with
hasty training. and won on
courage and native intelligence.
THE training" Col. Bird re-
marked. wasn't what II Is now.
I should say that they went
overseas without firing moro
than perhaps Is shots TO a man.
You know how much firing you
do now.
Training and methods Of in
struction have improved incom-
prehensibly. Instead Of NOR
RS, the men trained with
pieces of stove pipe. They car
ried signs reading. We are a
machine gun crew. because we
didn't have real weapons for
them to use. You heard about
IL, probably--trucks and auto
mobiles with signs saying they
were tanks.
There WAS one case Of an In
speeding officer who was watch
ing a cannon crew who had .
105-millimeter gun and were
getting ready to fire 1t. he gun
captain had q stack Of paper
and was working out the range
and fire data.
He just worked and worked,
and finally the officer asked
him, How long does 1t take you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

I EFT US be rational about this
IL business of indispensability.
Nobody really means IT. No
body takes it seriously. Not
Roosevelt. not Dewey, not
Churchill, not Stain. 1t is one
of those loose words that loose
minds throw into the air. But
it means nothing.
Think, Suppose I were to
say that Harry Truman is in
dispensable 10 the peace and
prosperity not only of the
D United States. but of the world.
Would you consider that a ra-
tional statement
Yet. Harry Truman is rum
ming for vice president. 10 sue
coed Franklin d. Roosevelt
whenever Mr.. Roosevelt ceases
to be indispensable.
Men. who believe themselves
indispensable play at being God.
Those who believe that any
mortal man is indispensable
have lost their perspective OF
history and Of mans place in
the cosmos.
OUR existence upon this earth
" is so tenuous, so uncertain,
so insecure that no one dare
even for moment imagine
that we're he 10 pass away, the
sun would cease 10 shine or the
stars would stand still in their
course.
There has been enough of this
empty, sacrilegious talk about
indispensability. George Wash
ington. Thomas jefferson, Abra-
ham Lincoln-each had his
moment on the stage Of human
opportunity and then passed on.
to be appraised and judged by
his fellowmen, not on the basis
of what he thought of himself
but rather of the value of his
services 10 mankind. SO it will
he with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
II is a pity that our people
at this crisis in their history,
are beguiled into discussing
human dispensability when
really what should attract our
minds are the broad policies OF
government and life that face
us and concerning which we
have 10 make irrev voc b e
decisions.
THE deepest wrong that has
l. been done the A eri C a n
people has been the suppression
Of knowledge, Of the facts. For
instance, we do not know that
promises have heen made in our
name to drive Winston Churchill
and Joseph Stain 10 intervene.
by expressing opinions, in an
American election when they
must know that such desperate
participation in our affairs can
only offend those Americans
who still insist that we remain
a sovereign people, capable of
managing our own affairs.
l am certain that that will
worry Americans more than
any discussion of diSpensability
or indlSpensability. We wish TO
believe that \the relations be-
tween the American. British
and Russian peoples are based
upon something frmer and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

Certainly. You c m p e |
yourself to think of him as hate
full and unworthy in order TO
Justify your having wronged him.
MIR. {. e. K. writes me, an
other woman took her sisters
husband away from her. While
her sister has forgotten and for
given, yet the other woman" yio-
lently hates her and tries 10 in
jure her. The sister wants 10
know why. Well. merely TO boil
ster up her excuse that she had
served the sister right" in steal
ing her husband.
FL think il would. II you
ever get a chance to talk into
a dictaphone or recording ma
chine and then listen TO your
voice you will be amazed at
how different il sounds from
what you have always supposed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
Letters From
A Soldier

10 get ready 10 Are this gun?
How long have you been at
thlse'
THE soldier told him, Five
days They had spent Ave days
preparing to shoot that ono
shell because that's the only
shell they had. and they did the
calculations over and over TO be
sure that 1t was Just right"
GEE what I mean, and what
~ the colonel means, when he
talks about the debt we owe to
those men who went over first?
II takes CUTS to 60 into battle
against seasoned veterans when
all you've had is a faint taste
OF powder and you don't know
what's going to happen WREN
you pull a trigger or yank a
lanyard.
These men were on their way
to meet Rommeps hard-bitten
Afrika Korps. beat Rommel and
go on into Italy to chop their
way through the approaches to
Casino. Remember Casino?
Remember the mountcin de-
lenses that had to be hacked
away?
Those were the men who did
IL and died doing it, and Col.
Bird was one of the men who
show them the way-S3
straight days in the line in Italy.
You can read every day what
the fighting is like now, but I
don't think any one but the men
who went through ii can know
what it was like back there. or
what terror they must have
been pushing back in their
hearts when they went into
action.
more on Col. Bird TomOrrOw)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
CAPr. J. PATTERSON Tor his

CAPT. ]. PATTERSON Tor his
" double), according TO
startled staffers, made visits to
the New York Times publisher
several times last week. What's
cookin'?
The parents of Mrs. Kay
Kyser Georgia CARROLL, who
were divorced when she was II.
IRE remarked to each other
: 2,e other day.
Morton Downey and Molly
Vanderbilt are the towns most
serious romance.
Luise Rainer's newest interest
In life is V. Bendix, the indus
trialist.
Allan Dulles, brother of
Dewey's chief adviser, is back
from Switzerland where he was
stranded" for two years.
Carl Byoir and Steve Hanna
gan are on Dewey's publicity
staff.
Several war correspondents
are less optimistic than they
were three weeks ago about the
war ending this year.
IN THE night of the recent
" hurricane, playwright Fred
die Lonsdale \ invited several
friends TO dine with him al the
swank Colony.
He couldn't get hack and
walked there arriving with his
trousers soaked through.
Ions ales guests, who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
ACK=RICKERNG

EDITORS NOTE-PVt. Pick
ering, former Times eolumnist,
Is ou infontrymon at Fl. Me-
CleILnn, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from hrs letters 70
friends at the office.
COL-THEN LT.-BIRD was
- with the 16Sth In fantry
which became part OF the 34th
Division. AS a national guard
outfit. it was partially trained
but scarcely ready for combat
in 1910. but the guard outfits
were what we had, and we had
no choice but to use them.
1t is now becoming apparent
what tremendous job these
guardSmen did Without them
we would have been in a pitiful
state. Many, many OF these
men were, of course, men who
had gone into their regiments
without any particular thought
of war.
That's the way ii is in peace
tirne-iein-the National Guard
because it's interesting. because
the fellow next door has joined,
because YOU want TO fill your
spare time.
Comes war. and abruptly
these men are thrust into the
gap. They move forward into
the fighting lines and hold until
America has called up and
trained a civilian army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

IN OLD days the substances
L that were used for medical
purposes were Tostly plants,
minerals. rocks and parts of ami
mails powdered newt eyes. etc..
Their employment was based on
a kind Of vague reputation
When the leaves Of foxglove
(digltalis) were introduced into
medicine for the cure OF dropsy
they were found in the prescrip-
tons OF an old herb woman who
had 20 other kinds OF roots and
leaves in her concoction. DR..
William Whitening Of Birmine.
ham initiated scientific pharma-
cology by his study OF whether
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

ing q current cost next lower
tn the current cost OF the new
bow. ;.
WHEN the bow breaks, the
ceiling viii fall.
Down will come Chester,
Bowlesey and all.
I OBTAINED an exclusive
interview today with Mrs.
Esther Van Wagner Tufty
who was the only newspaper
woman injured in the wreck Of
the Dewey tram
How did you happen 10 he
the only newspaperwoman
hurt ." asked.
1T battles me-" said Mrs.
Tufiy II have wracked my
brains and the only possible
explanation l can think OF Is
that was the only newspaper
woman on the train"
Mrs. Tufty said she would
always love Gov. Dewey for the
solicltude he displayed
THE claims agent for the
railroad came around" she
said, land the lawyer In Mr..
Dewey came out instinctively.
He said 10 me. Don't sign
anything until have had a
chance to look at it,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
WALTER WINCHELL On.

couldn't find cabs, either, never
showed up. n
Lonsdale was just as glad
they didn't-Because he had
shed his pants and sat wrapped
in A tablecloth!
Playwright Ben Hecht is sizz-
ling because without his per-
mish) his name was advertised
with other Hollywoodites as be-
ing for Dewey. He will sue.
Managing editor Dan Mich OF
Look will wed Isabella Miller OF
the mag's research dept.
It's a girl over at the Arthur
Flynns. He's editor OF The
Sporting News.
Baltimore society eyebrows
are away up TO here al the re-
port that a fashionable Negro
Fox Hunting Club is being
organized there.
CHUBERT Alley is still Cab
~ bling about the ticket handler
for a hit show who retired with
500 600,
oldest name in town belongs
10 cab driver 02S1S9. 1t is
Msellem Msellem.
A magazine publisher goes TO
trial Oct. 9 on a serious charge
involving A teen-ager.
The Monte Carlo sale price
was Sl25. 900.
Philip Huston OF the School
for Brides" show and Irene V.
Neuman. the Brussels heiress,
are preacher-bound.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

The Art Franklins, he's the
publicist. are imaging.
You could hear that verbal
explosion between Sonia Henie
and Michael OShea in Holly
wood all the way back hepe.
before his capture by the
ID Nazis, yiscoupt Gerald LAS
celles, nevview of the King of
England, was wooing TEissy
Mcpherson of the Henderson
Twins OF the London stage =.
Conovers newest eyeful is
} nellie Bennett, the only han-
Indian model. She's from the
Croatan tribe of North Caro-
What are all those Dutch se-
cret service agents doing around
the Waldorf?
The first postwar private
bank loan 10 foreign nation
will be made by Chase. A 3
year loan for 800 million
Premier Bonomi of Italy will
be short-waved 10 the L. s.
on Columbus Day,
Carl Wertler. head of the
Owl Romanian desk. and Mar
lyn Mattlin are honeymooning
in Maine.
Lee Shubert took an option on
Light Of the Moon" merely
from reading about il.
Republican noses 60 sky high
when Harry Hopkins walks into
the Colony He is again Roose-
velts No. l man at the White
House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
We. v. DURLING

ClDELIGHTS +! Sharing Of
~ taXicabS by passengers who
are strangers IS not encouraged
in New York. II is believed 10
be too dangerous and likely TO
inciteNcrlme.
In GIiatamala there is a group
of II villages surrounding Lake
Atitlanlsnd each is named after
one Of the apoStoles.
How Is your geography? Can
you name II cities or towns in
the United States each named
after a different apostle. | mean
directly FAMED after one as in
case of ST Paul, MINI.
nOGS Recently stated
~ the JespS had taught their.
German Shepherd war dogs
10 attack man and kill hum.
/ added the l.. s. Army war
dogs had been instructed 10
knock a man down but not kill
him. | was wrong
The l.. S. Army also has
German Shepherd attack dogs"
who Jump on laps and Kill them.
The soldier who told me this
Trains war dogs lie also SAID
Greer Carson gave dog to the
army and that M the time this
pup was peaceful, domes'i-
Gated animal. Now he is so
vicious that only soldiers he
knows can come near him,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

Continued From Yesterday
THE women ask, What kind
Il Of hats do your women
wear in the States >" When l
tired to describe. among others.
a half-hat. girl brought one
ont and showed II TO me. II
was the first Id ever seen.
A short time ago, French
friends of mine invited me 10
their home TO have dinner with
the parents, who had come back
10 the town from a mountain
village where they'd been for
two years. While we were eat
ing and talking. and having A
generally good time. the mother
reached out and touched my
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
On the
Side

DASSING by Hirsch
Jacobs. Country's leading
horse trainer from standpoint Of
number of winners. He's from
Brooklyn. too. An advertising
woman doing research OF red
heads has asked me to send her
a list OF all the successful brick
tops | know OF. / have added
Mr.. Jacobs name TO that list.
4 LMOST confidential The
a situation in this country is
getting all out of hand. Is now
stated certain theaters in Man
haitian have removed the hat
racks under the seats so pa
irons will be compelled to check
their hats. pay tip and make
the hat check concession ex-
tremely profitable 10 the the
alter owner.
To a long letter entirely de-
voted 10 praising his wife a
subscriber signs himself: THE
luckiest husband in Chicago"
This mans super duper mate
is country girl from Wis
Consin. 1t was George Bernard
Shaw who said:
"The more a man knows. and
the farther he travels, the more
likely he Is to marry q country
girl"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

WHEN the doctor gives you
w some medicine he rather ex-
poets 10 have you ask him some
questions.
The answer shows what prog
ress medical science has made
In this particular field. We have
Just had A valuable new drug
Introduce into practice
demerol-and reviewing tn @
preparation and precautions
that were observed in making 1t
available point up the enormous
advance that has been made in
= ,is field OF the study of drugs
er the way drugs used 10 be
I5sed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

THE U. S. egg laying record
- is held by a hen named
Orange Blossom who produced
335 eggs in a year. The average
hen produces between S5 and
90 eggs a year.
The ability 10 produce an I'M
usual number of eggs is an in
herited trait.
So If and when l get a ranch
and have chickens on n / am
going 10 have some Of the de-
Scendants of Orange Blossom
in my egg laying department.
QUERIES from clients. O.
W Your Baltimore clients are
shocked at your statement that
you favored Cape Cod oysters.
Have you forgotten that the
Chesapeake Bay oysters are the
worlds best
A-The & esapes Bay
oysters are nice large ones hut
i still have Ia say ] favor Cape
Cod oysters. However, ! am still
sticking with Maryland as the
place to get the best fried
chicken and clam fritters.
yod believe in separate
rooms for married people?
Avery wife should have a
room of her own. There are
about 81 good reasons why a
bOudoir for the little lady helps
to make married life happier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

MRS. PEGGY MER,
1VA widow of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, Who was attorney general
under Woodrow Wilson. has just
returned from a squalid neigh
borhood known as Bar Harbor.
Me.
While roughing IL up there.
away from the modern conven-
fences OF Washington. she was
the house guest OF Mrs. r. T.
Stotesbury. II seems Mrs
Stotesbury has pretty fair
sized house. considering her
means. because there were quite
a few other guests including
Mrs Stotesbury's son, Jimmy
Cromwell, who was resting up
between bouts with Doris Duke
Upon arrival. Mrs Palmer in
formed her hostess that she had
brought her ration book along
Mrs Stotesbury. in her most
regal but kindly manner. waved
the proffered book aside.
"Ny dear" she said. ut IL
awfully sweet OF YOU. hut We
never think of such things up
here"
Pretty we'll ahashed. Mrs
Palmer went 10 her suite. But
she had barely got there when
II en- erson, the renowned
S'otesbury butler, tiptoed In
looking furtive as hell.
9" wonder IL you would mind
giving me that ration book" he
whispered we need II badly.
Mrs. Stotesbury doesn't know
what she is talking about"
JIss MARION REID. my
&'A gifted associate. swept into
the office today with her four
petticoats and hustle flying and
. planked a document before me.
y "If you have any intention Of
selling your Shoes" she said II
would advise you not TO change
the bows on them"
L sun cannot UNDERSTAND why
Miss Reid got 50 overweight
because the thing seemed
model OF clarity. Here IT is:
THE maximum price for
saIe by a manufacturer, by to-
days action, IL his established
maximum price for the shoes
with the old bow, IL the current
cost Of the new bow IL equal to
or moro than the current cost
of the replaced bow.
eff the current cost Of the
new bow In less than the cur
rent cost Of the replaced bow.
his maximum price II his es-
tablished maximum price for
the shoe with the old bow hav-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
Detroit Times Ratioh,ing Timetable

SHOES
ARA lane stamps 1 and 7-Vaiid indei-
irA tely
fROCTsSED FOODS
BIuel 40 through L-a-Valid indeh-
ni1ly
MATS, CHEESE. FAIS
Red A-s through Oswald Indefinitely.
One IL. SALVAGE fat rood for cents
and. two meat ratiOn points
SIGAr
stamp. no. II "a and n Book a.
Vail d Indefinitely
stamn Vao No Rook--S los Tor can
ming through FEB IS 1888
SNARE stamp II. No Book-NaId
Tor r tarir1um ~ 40 lbs Cor canning
An1ly local board
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
GASOLINE

A Coupon is--4 gallons valid through
Dec. al
B-3 and CT Coupons-5 gallons each.
Valid through Sept. 30.
IA and ca Coupons gallons each.
b-s and C-s Coupons gallons each.
LAW requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period and Period s-vshd In
definitely
Period f-vsiid through sept 30 ia4s.
LIQUOR
No fs-vAiid through sept 80.
No. ia-Vaiid through Oct. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
DEAR Boss

EDITORS NOTE - This 10
from one Of the So who have
gone into ssrpies from the
Times editorial department. The
writsr; Pot. Sherman. 7. Gross,
Uho vas in France at the time
Of WritinR.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
and perisphere.

1-Trylon and perisphere.
2-Hodges, the First Army:
Patton. the Third; Patch, the
Seventh; Simpson, the Ninth.
3-(a) True.
4-Love's Joy, Loves Sorrow
and a Dream of Love, in the
order named.
5-Between Korea and the ASH
attic mainland.
o-Grand Canyon, Arizona; Cra-
ter Lake. Oregon: Yosemite,
California; Acadia, Maine:
Carlsbad Caverns, New
Mexico.
THE largest pyramid built by
Cheops, 482 feet high and
covering nearly - acres.
8-There are many flowers
which have no petals, but all
trees have flowers of some
sort.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

31No. because IL is an aver
age OF a great many different
cases-"variables," as the sta
tisticians call them. I have
ridden over half a million miles
on trains in the United States
and Canada, and several thou
sand miles in airplanes. Yet I
have never seen a wreck, or
seen anybody hurt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30

Connolly Answers
1-(b). 2-(a. Sal. %(b).
SCI. 6-(b).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
Brain Game Answers

More on Col. Bird Tomorrow
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ing current cost next lower
To the current cost OF the new
bow.