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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

I SEE a betting commission
= firm in San Francisco called
Corbetts, Inc. claims in its cur
rent weekly bulletin to have
some 2 TO / that Roosevelt is
elected. a drop of half a point
over the preceding week, and
some pa TO | that Roosevelt
carries California. the last a
mighty skinny price in my
opinion against all the noise the
Roosevelt Californians make in
predicting their home state re-
suit. But the best the firm Of
ferS on New York and Illinois.
both Roosevelt states in 1910. is
even money that Roosevelt ear
rieS them again.
.LcaasidaE-it-tAe-h aight-of
optimism 10 want TO bet that
Roosevelt carries New York. l
think it ought 10 be 2 to l that
Dewey carries that one. The
firm says il has some Dewey
money to place at even that he
carries Michigan and that he
carries - states. or two more
than Willkie i'd four years ago.
NOW these western prices
~ probably tally pretty closely
with the eastern prices as these
commission houses check with
each other right along on ma
tional propositions and the quo
tations undoubtedly reflect the
market quite accurately. But
! cannot vouch for the RELIABLE
ity Of any Of these concerns
otherwise. though Corbetts. Inc.
which seems 10 be operated by
one Floyd F. Russell, has an
old and honorable name.
II was Harry Corbett's house
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Letters From
A Soldier

anyway; then shipping orders
and 1.-The banana boat" Nobody
WANTS to go TO combat--but
once two-thirds of the non-coms
in this company asked to be
made available for overseas
duty. The c. o. was going over,
and they wanted to 60 with
him
Taking the battalion's broken
typewriter down to the repair
shop where all the workmen
wear blue work clothes with
"PW' in yellow letters on their
backs and the seats of their
pants-men captured when the
Afrika Korps disintegrated.
A blond German and a dark
haired American from Detroit,
both with long noses, but Of diff
ferent shapes, have hard time
making each other understand
what's wrong with the type
writer, but we finally do il.
While l wait for him TO do it, I
see that one of the Germans
has stopped work TO listen
TO a song on the radio, a song
so familiar that l wasn't
aware of hearing it even.
The song is H ONE, Swe ct
Home" =.
Wives, here TO visit their hus-
bands--across the roa d the
other night some Of the men had
goofed off and mad TO stay and
clean their rifles outside the
supply room: / saw one wife in
a billowy white summer dress,
sitting patiently on an ammuni-
ton case while her man, still in
his fatigues, scru b b e d his
rife
It's Fort Mcclellan. but II
might be any army post. The
brusque and timid, the wise and
the foolish. captor and captive,
flares soaring in the sky at
night, and men digging holes in
the ground, or the infantry digs
its way to victory, and at the
bottom of ten million foxholes
are heaven and hell and, some
day. home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
IL. v. DURLyNG

! greet thee, loving letter,
Unopened. KISS thee free
And dream her lips witha thee
Give back the kiss 10 me!
John James Piatt.
TAKE these cancer husbands
i who are such a great help
around the house.
Do you know why these fell
lows are such household jewels ?
They like TO work. They
whistle while helping the little
lady dry the dishes.
AS work is a pleasure for the
male cancerites. they re lily
don't deserve much credit.
Now a Leo hates work. All
star gazers agree on that.
Nevertheless. Leo VIII hetp
his wife with the homework on
many occasions.
AS a matter of fact I, who am
Leo helped my girl friend
last Sunday, on which day there
is no maid service in the elegant
apartment hotel where we are
temporarily domiciled.
First l made my bed in the
old-fashioned reg ular army
style.
After that | took a firm grip
on the carpet sweeper and went
into action.
My progress was somewhat
impeded by the pup who. seeing
me handling the sweeper,
thought il was a gag. He began
barking and running around in
front OF me.
l also helped with dishes.
However, / did not whistle
while l worked but went at the
task with grim determination.
TN HOT weather EngliShmen
i wear shorts.
During the summer men in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

1-"Co-eds,' l think you've
got something there! Homesick-
ness is itself highly romantic
emotional state. II fills the
heart with vague. unexpressed,
uneXpressible longings. and
makes the homesick person
especially the soldier boy
-Eeady-fef- any adventure that
promises relief. If a girl comes
along at the moment she seems
an answer to prayer.
WRITERS, scientists and cre-
alive artists make their great
est achievements at about 35
to "A years. Politicians, around
so TO 60-witness Churchill,
Stain and Roosevelt. Harvey
c. Lehman, our best authority
in this field, shows that physical
Skills, as in sports, and mechani-
cal Skills reach their peak
around q or %. Mental skills,
especially in business. social and
political leadership. reach their
peak nearly 30 years later. He
also shows noble achievements
are made at all ages in every
field.
3-Younger drivers. by a con-
siderable margin. The best
study Of this has been made by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

this country should wear shorts,
even 10 their offices.
But they haven't the courage.
So they are usually very un-
comfortable during the hot
spells.
So says a style expert. Pos
sibly this man IS right.
1t would be interesting if New
Workers wore shorts. Especially
some New Workers. Think of
Glenn Mccarthy arriving at Bel
mont Park attired in shorts.
It's colossal
WHEN Bing Crosby resumes
w broadcastS he will have no
studio audiences. Says he doesn't
like them. Horray for the old
groanertt' How I wish some
other radio performers would
follow his example. Bing never
did like studio audiences and
only tolerated them to please
the comics on his program who
claimed they couldn't work
without some applause and
laughter following their jokes.
SAID I: "Women are slaves TO
~ fashion; what other women
are wearing they will wear,
even IL 1t Is not becoming to
them"
Said my girl friend: "Remem-
Der when you wore a derby hat
that made your face look like
the moon coming over the
mountain and gave the general
appearance Of house detective
In a fifth rate hotel: Why did
you wear It? Simply because
all the other fellows at that
time we're wearing derby hats.
And you have the nerve 10 say
women are slaves to fashion"
She had me there. Maybe ]
am still a slave to fashion. ]
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

GONE time ago l wrote piece
- on navy Chi pl a ms and
brought down on my head an
enormous mail in which the
navy and its chaplains were eX-
coriated. II SENS as though in
stead of being men of God, the
navy chaplains had become the
disciples Of the devil.
The bills of particulars con-
tanned in this voluminous cor
,spondence boiled down to two
points; one, that chaplainS of
one denomination were asked TO
do Gods ministry according TO
the rites Of faith in which
they did not believe; secondly.
that chaplains were called upon
TO perform tasks outside their
sphere. such as the supervision
of dances, advising boys regard
ing their love life. and so on.
ORDINARILY, J should have
" regarded these objections
merely as differences of opinion
as 10 the character of religious
miniStration-a field for a vast
variety of concepts. The
language of these complaints,
however. was unbelievably vitu-
perative and vindictive. There
fore, looked into the matter
further and found the following
TO be the case:
The chaplain is charged with
the responsibility of serving the
entire complement. His task is
to inspire them by his own ex-
ample. by his outlook, by his
devotion TO the American way
Of life and his love of God. He
is 10 encourage the men 10
think in the terms of the high
est and nobleSt. and is 10 direct
their hearts TO home, its vir-
tues and its hopes.
TT MATTERS not whether the
L chaplain on the ship is
Protestant, Catholic or Jewish
he is the" chaplain Of the
ship. He is the spiritual leader
of this heterogeneous commu-
nifty He arranges for general
service on Sunday in which all
could Join in praise and prayer
to the Father who created them
all.
Assuming that a chaplain on
a ship is Catholic. he would
serve Catholics, Protestants and
Jews. and in addition would
serve his particular group by
hearing confessions and cele-
brating mass.
Upon arrival in port he would
invite Protestant chaplain
aboard, and if none is available.
a local Protestant clergyman so
that the Protestants might have
a special service all their own.
He feels duty bound TO do that.
He knows IL is his RESPONSE
bility TO care for the Protestant
lads. He does the same for the
Jewish men. What is true on a
ship is true in a marine unit in
training or in action. The same
principle prevails at shore sta
tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

originally and Harry was widely
known and his betting prices
were quoted everywhere. cspe-
cially on big fights. That was
his special dish. Harry was
brother of the great James j.
Corbett. the heavyweight cham
pion. All the sports hung out
in Corbett's. He paid off like a
slot machine. Russell is a new
one on me, though this must not
be taken as a knock against
him.
THERE was another Corbett
l. brother. Joe, great pitcher
for the Baltimore Orioles when
they were the monarchs of the
baseball world. and the hero of
eae-eEmy-fa porite-basehall
stories. II concerns the time
Corbett was pitching against
Brooklyn, the Orioles two runs
ahead in the last inning. two
out, but the bases full on Joe.
He had passed the last two
batters and was webbing on
the man up when Jack Doyle.
probably "Scrappy jack" went
out from the Orioles bench
and had a brief conference. AS
play resumed. the story goes.
Joe deliberately threw the ball
over the grandstand. the run
ners scored and the game was
over.
What on earth did you say
to the guy that upset him that
way" demanded Hughy Jen-
nings of Doyle.
"Why." Doyle replied, be-
wildered. IL just said, you amt
gonna quit like your brother did
to Fitzsimmons yesterday, are
you':"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon.

My experience began after a
fellow. who refused TO give his
name. called and said:
DO you know there II an un-
used swimming pool under the
Pentagon Building"
Now. the existence Of a swim
ming pool beneath the Pentagon
Building. either user or unused.
would be news because millions
OF words have been released
about the structure with never a
mention Of pool.
WELL. I figured il would be
W easy 10 find out: merely
call the building superintendent.
After all. il would be pretty
hard to hide swimming pool on
him.
The building superintendent
said he had strict orders not to
give out any information of this
nature. He said l would have
TO call Charles Peters, deputy
commissioner of public build
lngS.
So | phoned Mr.. Peters al the
Federal Works Agency. / was
referred 10 Mr.. Al Newberry
FEWA publicity man. Mr.. New
berry said he was sorry: that all
information about the Pentagon
Building would have TO come
from Ii. Gen. Brehon B. Somer-
ven. chief of the army service
forces.
Al Gen. Somervelrs office I
was informed il would be a little
ineentenient 10 get him TO the
phone because he is in Italy.
REPLlED-very graciously. |
L thought-not to bother the
general. but to tell me who
could speak for him.
Well. the lady l was talking
10 apparently thought for a
minute. Then she said:
why don't you call tho
PRO-"
What does PRO mean
phinagling room only:" asked
No" she said. ut mean.
Public Relations Officer"
Finally | located 1t. Col
Marshall Newton, who holds
this portfolio.
"Listen.. Isaid.-HEdonY
want anything from the war
department. not even \ used
jeep. just tell me this: Is there
a swimming pool underneath
you somewhere ?"
Col. Newton hesitated. Then
he said:
There is no swimming pool.
But there Is something else. II
Is located somewhere beneath
the north parking lot entrance.
Ii Is big unused shower room!
This shower room was built
with the idea that hot and tired
personnel could take showers.
But u was never finished. The
war department couldn't get
priorities for the plumbing."
Well, anyway. got half
story. There is an unused
shower room under the Penta-
gon Building.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
One Word Led ID Another
By Patterson
pack.'
BY Arthur Bugs Baer-

don't seem able to get loose from those two Chicago
conventions. l wake up screaming nomination and
seconding it with shudder.
Those nominators sure talked iron lid off pot
have listened for than 80 semesters to these
verbose Stenors the facts like tornquet around
the echong rostrum
The ethics of parliamentary procedure limit the
nomnator to 20 minutes the fragment of
shining hour that he improves by talking twceas fast and
meaning one-half much.
For % years l have campagned to hold all con-
ventions by parcel post and carrier pigeon. There is
nothing they do in those audtorums that you do
by mail during liberal administration
The soldiers in armed forces are voting by mail
They don't hear nomnator devote 20 minutes to pres
dent and to his running mate.
They dignity the V. p by calling him a running mate
He is always II PAGES in the rear slightly the right and
with his brakes on.
If that's running mate it must be Australian
pursuit Anyway, let's get back to the conventions
or further away from them. Some day hope to that
Hoom show up.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

youngster gently. "You gotta
keep this clean because, see, the
gas pressure I'm the barrel
pushes this rod back and that
opens the bolt and :"
The youngster shook his head
sadly.
II just don't see how it
works."
Then never mind why" said
the sergeant softly. you can't
understand why a woman loves
you, either. But she does" Z.
And a kio from New Jersey
squatting in the dirt at $50 at
night with his mess kit. indus
triously shining it with hand
full of dirt and sand.
Making mudpies, soldier 2"
Nope. but I'm gonna make
this thing shine. They said 1t
hadda shine, and I'll MAKE 1t
shine :"
The sign in the orderly room
for the benefit of cadremen.
picture of baseball and a
steamship and the legend: "On
the ball or on the boat.
They let the cadre stay here
only a certain length of time
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
On the
Side

wear a soft brown hat the same
as thousands Of other men do
Perhaps should get myself a
beret.
A Fl. WHAT wouldn't I give to
n once more see Helen Nor
gan climb on a piano and sing
only Paper Moon" or My
Bill" or why Was / Born" or
anything. Thinking OF singers
started me thinking again of
the girl who sang That Old
Feeling in Vogues of 1898. I'll
never forget her singing, but so
help me can never remember
her name.
THERE-iS a London stage hit
Il titled as Your Honeymoon
Necessary" II is described as
"a bedroom farce" What was
lne llISl DeuIOOI1l ldICe 10 DC
the hit on Broadway. U. S. A?
Wasn't il Twin Beds" or am I
stuck for another stogie. Incl
dentally, / certainly have a fine
line of stogies now. A special
brand. They are nine inches
long.
Ever hear of a WAC having
"stenographers' spread? 1t
has happened. A number of
WACs were assigned to desk
jobs in Washington. They were
excused from taking exercise.
And so what? These young
women gained on an average Of
nine and a half pounds. The
army is no place for plump
people, even If they are WACs.
So the young women we're or
dered to take exercises again
with a view toward regaining
the streamlined figure that
characterizes the typical WAC.
Copyright. is44. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

nEWEY Is such a kick in the
pants, as we describe a
sure thing in my set, that it
seems a great pity large betting
on him is out Of the question
because of the income taxes. 1t
would be a real spot to get the
gravy.
Oh, you can win a few small
bets in safety, but you cannot
hide big money of this kind from
the eagle eyes of the treasury
fellows like you can race track
and other gambling profits. IS
election bets arc sure TO get
bruited about if they are of any
heft. and the treasury men are
going 10 be listening -fef-tftefn
this trip.
So If you read Of fabulous
wagers being made on the 1914
election you can dismiss them
as takes. AS a rule the pig
election bets are made between
honest and responsible gents
who would return their win
ings in their income tax re-
ports. and the taxes are so high
no man Of standing in his right
mind would run his money
through that wringer.
The pari-mutuel machines at
race tracks are much safer for
a winner because they cannot
put the finger on you, as he
loser OF an election bet could
and probably would do, II II is
a large bet. / know Dewey
supporters who cry themselves
TO sleep these nights thinking of
the money they are losing be-
cause they dare not stake all
their substance at the odds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

OBVIOUSLY. the army does
" not face the same problem
that the navy does. The army
can take along a Jewish, Catho-
lie and Protestant clergyman
all three of them-with each
contingent. That would be diff
ficult on a ship and therefore
the navy has developed its own
particular method.
am interest in this one addi-
ional fact: Although l often re-
ceive letters from boys in our
armed services, not one wrote
complaining of my article on
the navy chaplains. Apparently
the sailors and marines are sat-
isfied with their ministrationS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
IF EVERYBODY reacted the

IF EVERYBODY reacted the
= same 10 every experience in
life. even 10 every emotional ex-
perience, it would be an empty
and uninAeresting world for doc
tors and novelists. The novels
could be reduced 10 Euclidean
freatises on geometry. News
Papers would look like the pages
OF the integral calculus. AT
the corner of Twelfth and Vine
streets yesterday al 4 30 p. m.
an irresistible body, named
John Jones, met an immovable
object teither city water n.y.
drsnt or Mary Smith The re-
suit was chaos Such might
be an item in your morning
newspaper
AS for the practice OF medi-
cine. II could be done over the
radio, by a government bureau.
"All those who ate fish chowder
AZ the church social last night
will repair Immediately 10 Doer-
schuks drug emporium and CON-
sumo a tablespoonful Of For
EnN!a }7s " 80 ~
But we are NOT much That
way. The person who always
reacts just normally to every
event is decidedly not normal;
1T least not average, or not IN
the majority. The rest Of Us
range in categories like phleg-
matte. calm. responsive. temper
amental. touchy, irritable. eX-
cjtahle. iraScible, etc.
OUR stomachS and intestineS
" are just the same as the
rest OF our natures. / reminded
you yesterday that some people
blanch and blush readily. So do
some stomachs
There are Sweet Alice Ben
Bolts. She wept with delight
when you gave her a smile and
she trembled with fear al your
frown."
There are Alice Ben Bolt
stomachs and lntestines too.
They explode into barrages at
nearly any kind OF stimulus.
And they do II throughout life
\Their owners are always asking
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon 1i-3 gals. Valid through
Sept Il.
B-s and ca Coupons gals each.
Be and ca Coupons gals. each.
tLaw requires state name ana license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period 5-Valid through
Sept 30.
Period i-vslid through Sept 30.
1915
LIQUOR
No. ii-vslid through Aug 81.
SHOES
AirpIsns stamps I and 7-valid In
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

If YOU would like 10 know
l. what | am doing except be-
Ing hot | am wallowing IN SYM
pathy for the American business
man who has 20 come 10 Wash
lngton on business.
There may be- reasons for
some Of the red tape which en-
tanglcS the business visitors, be-
cause they often want things
that are not available, or any
way, not Immediately available.
But | did not want any priori-
ties or ALLEGATIONS.
4 Ii | wanted was an answer
"A 10 this question
rs there a swimming pool
under the Pentagon Building ."
Well. YOU would have thought.
the way things went that l
wanted 10 build a swimming
pool under the Pentagon Build
ing ! tired 10 explain that /
did not want a single priority.
not even a bag of cement,
hunk OF marble slabbing. or even
a plank for diving board
Il don't want TO rent q swim
ming pool. or even have Ii trans
ported across state line" l
added in desperation. "All
want 10 know is, do you have
one ."
: | went on and on with the
"A business | thought
Goodness, there must be
lot OF forbearance among our
visitors. II Is a wonder, indeed,
that our streets are not filled
with business gentlemen run
ming amok."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
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PRnCEssEn Eonns

PROCESSED FOODS
Blue AS through F-5-vslid indef-
nitely.
MEATS. CHEESE, FATS
Red "A through D-5--Valid indef-
ntely.
One IN. salvage fat. good for cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamp 80. Bookl l--Vaud Sept J.,
lbs each, valid Indefinitely
Stamp 80, No. 4 Book Valid Sept (,
indefinitely.
stamp 90, No. 4 Book los for
canning through Feb IS. 1888
Spare stamp 81, No. 4 Book Valid
for maximum % 20 lbs. for cam
ming. Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

DR.. Harry De Silva at the Har-
ward laboratory for experiment
tations on driving abilities.
After thousands of tests he
says. The older persons i'm
proved judgment, better emo
tional control and GOODNESS in
the face OF emergencies usually
more than Offset the slight loss
of sensory capacity and motor
control.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Connolly Answers

lib. &c. SC. &c. 5-b
&C.
Copyright. 1874, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
GETTING ALONG WITH
PEOPLE

By Milton Wright, Noted Psychologist
Do you really KNOW YOURSELF
You must--to master the art 81 get
ting along with people.
This booklet fully explains
YOUR Z BASIC EMOTIONS
and how they affect getting along
So with people II also tells the DIFF
ference between "intrOvsrts" and
"e1troverts and how % Identify
each.
WHICH ARE YOU.
You can learn these important
things about yourself hy sending 10
cents and a self addressed, stamped
{3c) envelope % Or. Wiggarns care
\of this newspaper. This is non
pront service % readers. just ask
for
GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-16
GALAXY OF SEARS
 SEEN IN MUSICAL
 AT 10TH CENTURY

There is something new in the way of cinema musicals and. just to prove it. 20th Century-Fox yes- terday brought to the screen of the 20th Century Theatre delightful entertainment dish that has. besides the nations number one orchestra and a superior cast, sparkling story and tunes that set your toes a-dancing.
 orchestra Wives" is the new ar rival and 1t is particularly welcome because of the joyous presence of Glenn Miller and his celebrated or chestra George Montgomery. Ann Rutherford and galaxy of gay featured players including Lynn Bari. Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, Virginia Gilmore and Mary Beth Hughes. not to mention the Nich- olas Brothers, one of the most ar resting dance teams in the country.
 The story is as enjoyable as it's tunes and. yes. different, too It gives an intimate wile'S eye-view of the boys who play the nations love songs-to everyone but their wives.