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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
ON THE SIDE

10 PA against the tosser to be
most nearly correct.
As 10 odds against throwing
certain numbers they are six 70
five against a six or eight, three
10 two against a five or nine,
two 10 one against a 10 or four.
Have heard il stated that
made 10 measure stockings for
women last three times longer
than the other kind. But don't
ask me who makes made-to-
measure stockings
Queries from clients On
what college football game did
one player make all the points:
the score was 3 70 2? A-You
have me baffled as 10 the game
but II is impossible for a player
- "'>'"'.~'" ~n the points scored
by both sides.
When a man is thrown for a
Sa ale points are scored by
the opponents ! assume the
man you refer 70 kicked a field
goal at one time in the game
and was thrown for a safety al
another.
Q-You hardly ever hear Of
racehorse people getting di-
vorces. Is il because men who
know how 10 handle horses also
know how to handle women?
Att is true racehorse peo-
pie are rarely divorced. Prob
ably because if they got a di-
vorce they would have TO stay
home from tAe-raees- eHe day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

a time fell of, which he ascribed
10 the compulsory weight reduc-
ton.
QUT the old saying that the
- worst tragedies in life never
happen here. Our gloomy ex-
pectations OF hunger have GER
tainly not been fulfilled in spite
OF the menace of coupons and
the scareheads of impending
shortages. ! have certainly had
enough 10 eat this year. ! give
credit 10 my household which
has displayed great agility IN
shutting coupons, but ! also
give credit where II seldom is
offered to the National Food
Administration.
Now, looking around az the
contours OF my fellow citizens.
] see no reason for emitting the
Lenten re4tetng diet this year.
II you need convincing. | refer
you 10 the weekly magazine
where the example Of Mr. Alfred
Hitchcock. the movie director.
is portrayed in photographs Mr.
Hitchcock felt the necessity 20
reduce and in eight weeks ne
went ir&m 293 pounds te 42S.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
One Word Led To Another
BY ARTHUR "BtGSS BAER =

am not breaker Of popular images though
some of my irresponsible detractors have stated
SO today the birthday of our greatest citizen peel
ancient historical artchoke and the dscards
my kitbitzers shoulders.
concede that many years ago wrote that immortal
epgram the price of fame They named French pastry
after Napoleon dead herring in honor of Bismarck and
a rotten canteoupe after Jenny Lind"
That's not the also about the mental
gauge of great men, jefferson built serpentine
garden wall without gate Ben Franklin few kites the
age of AS and when he old enough to know better,
George Washington stood up in rowboat crossing the
Delaware"
Like all school kids Of those days was educated
mistakes of my elders. Now too late discover that
George Washington stood up a rowboa rocked
a
The famous painting that impregnated with this
fallacious propaganda painted by foreigner who
never saw the Delaware, rowboat Trenton George
Washington.
Like all mugs who cannot rhyme or reason he took
advantage of poets license He stood Washington up
the rowboa to feature him. The great Washington would
not stand up in a rowboat
Painters responsible for most of our misin-
formation am opposed to toothpaste and education,
both being squeezed out of tubes.
Therefore request Congress to put aside sum to
paint Washington sitting down while crossing the Della
Distributed syndst.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
THESE DAYS
BY GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

T DISAGREE with my Repub-
L lican friends, including Gov.
Bricker, about British news
papers minding their own busl-
ness concerning American cleo
tons.
II is the business of news
paper TO report and comment on
everything that comes within its
scope.
When Pravda recently de-
nounced Americans for their
views on Russian policy, there
was no particular resentment in
this country, although Soviet
Russia did manage TO have a
Polish newspaper in L ono on
closed down.
The distinction must be made
that whereas every newspaper
in Russia is government owned,
the press in Britain is free and
editors express their own pri-
vate views.
l am convinced that an Amer
lean election is as much the
business of British newspaper
as a British election is the BUSH
ness Of an American newspaper.
IF AN appreciable section of
l. the British prefer Roosevelt
10 Dewey. or Willkie to Bricker
or Charlie Chaplin TO Henry
Wallace, they should and I'M
doubtedly will say so, just as 1
should write freely on the dam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

ONE OF the m ost important
v questions confronting us is:
How can peace he assured In
Europe after this war IL won ."
And our participation in this
war in Europe gives us a stake
In its solution.
Europe Is an aggloneration Of
a few large nations and many
small ones. There are at least
33 distinct peoples, speaking diff
ferent languages, having distinc-
tive folk traits and customs and,
what is most significant politi-
cally. having CHI national
consciousness and an ar lent
passion for independent political
life.
Yet in spite OF this distinct
political feeling they all have a
c o m m o n culture, proceeding
from what we all western
civilization.
They differ in certain relig-
ious convictions, but they all be-
lieve in the same God and all
profess obedience TO the same
ideals of moral order.
Their life. at least their good
life. depends upon economic
unity - the opportunity TO ex-
change goods, to supply each
other with their surplusses and
receive what they do not have.
Their future also depends
upon free sharing Of ideas, dis
coveries and a common search
for truth.
But all these peoples believe
that the basis for broader and
freer life depends upon the po-
litical independence of each ma
ton. involving control Of their
own destiny.
TIVE history of Europe is a
Il history of political encroach-
ments. and of tyranny rather
than general freedom.
In our own time, which we
like to believe is the most en-
lightened period Of history. Eu-
rope has now twice been
brought close to destruction
through the spirit of military
conquest and political aggran-
diZement.
Our present day thinkers and
writers are much troubled by
this problem of Europe's future.
Many of them have come to a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

gers of Harold Laski succeeding
Winston Churchill.
The British, however, have to
recognize in their own interests
that they often say things quite
all right for England, but very
badly for America. In that re-
spect many Britishers have un-
Willingly done DR.. Goebbels
work in this country.
The dowager, for instance,
who says at dinner party, I'VE
must have Roosevelt" does a
very bad job for England even
if what she says is true. If.
instead she had said. You must
have Roosevelt" it would have
been different-the difference
between you" and we" be-
tween mine and thine.
DEPUBLICANS are not anti
~ British. Many of them dis
trust Soviet Russia but are
normally friendly 10 Great
Britain with an understanding
wink of the right eye.
In the past they have not
been as antagonistic to Britain's
policy in India, Ireland, Persia,
China and the empire generally
as the Democrats and the So
called liberals who only too
often regarded the British as
the devils of history. But the
British, particularly when Lord
Lothian was am b ASA d or
adopted an attitude of antago-
nism toward Republicans.
All Republicans know of Lord
Lothians Intervention in the
Taft-Willkie situation in 1910
and resent it. Lord Lothian
had right to express prefer
ence but it was stupid to do 1t.
Even more awkward, from a
British standpoint. has been the
alliance between British groups
in this country and Freedom
House and its numerous related
organizations which have para
logically supported both Roose-
welt and Willkie.
should hate for the day to
come when Americans will be
so sensitive that they will be
resentful of intelligent or even
unintelligent criticism of them
selves and their conduct and
their affairs by foreign news
'sIsdBd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

7 EMPHASIZE the statement
made in the srticle-"Reduc-
ing Was Done Entirely by
Dieting" No drugs, no trick
injections. no appetite killer
like amphetamine-no excessive
exercise and gymnasium work
outs That is my credo.
/ believe IS per cent OF over
weights can be reduced by diet
Ing alone.
And not entailing any great
discomfort or self-sacrifice. as
you will realize If you try the
Lenten diets 10 be published
daily in this column until Easter.
Most Of the foods ordered do
not require points. There is no
reason why the candidate for
the sylph-like figure should
apply for special privileges 10
his or her food rationing board.
The diets are calculated 10 sup
ply full daily requirements OF
Wtamins and minerals.
Why should you spend 81 for
A bottle of vitamins when you
can get what you need in an
o r a n & q, an egg. a carrot.
tomato and slice Of buttered
bread
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
The BRIGHTER SIDE
By DAMON RUNYON

IIMMY STARR, movie column
" isl for the Los Angeles Her
aid and Express, has written a
murder mystery entitled The
Corpse Came { @ ID, which
Is certainly intriguing enough.
and in his brief introduction. ne
says
This bOOk-the one which all
newspapermen promise them
selves 10 write but never dds
dedicated 10 the ace cOlumnists
and writers whose names appear
on this page. IL IL were not for
them-my friends and contem-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
ON BROADWAY

has already expressed urgent
desire / parachute 10 Mikhai-
lovitch 10 report for ms first
exclusive eyewitness story
Chetnik struggle. Eye seized
opportunity With luck eyell 90
in April. You had il right as
usual. Ray Brock"
HDEAR Mr.. W." writes a
~ soldier from the Solo
mons, 1T burns me up to read
and hear we get free movies.
Sure, we at smaller camps get
free ones-dated TO 1887, such
as Mark of Zorro 1t was so
streaky we could hardly see IL.
When are we going 10 get THE
Great Train Robbery? And
CoOgan and Chaplin In The
Kid? Oh. yes, the big camps
get 'Guadalcanal Diary and
Madame Curie,' but you don't
get I'm unless you pay zoe. Why
not let the horne front know
the actual situation Just Two
Average CTS"
T. SINATRA-LA is g~Gs@og
Il over a million dollars -
annum -. A Penn. newspaper
publisher pal of Congressman
Fish sits i'm the Morocco cham
payne room and requests the
orchestra TO play German folk
songs A concert sponsored
by the PuShkin Literary Society
is being touted by Boris Brasol.
He is mentioned a lot in Under
Cover" II will be a Rachman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

MEMO from Girl Friday: Il
tA had two squawks regard
Ing your item on Ray Brock
divorcing the n. Y. Times be-
cause Of his Mikhailovitch
articles. Both complainants
said the item was correct, but
that il didn't give all the facts.
Someone at the Times phoned.
PM ditto. The gist of the
Squawks: That Brock after Az
years in the Balkans returned
Us a press agent for Mikhailo-
witch, that he's been attacking
the PartiSans (Tito) and ac-
eused the u. S. of being taken
In by De Gaulle and the anti
Fascists in Italy. Brock is
wiring you"
Many thanks item which 100
per cent right as usual. Facts
as given you originally upon my
arrival from North Africa are
cooling Eye am solidly pro-
Mikhailovitch upon basis long
time Balkan coverage and I'M
Improbable Yugoslav sources
whose evidence Tito's partisans
predominately c m mum SITS.
Eyeve striven nearly two years
return Yugoslavia norder re-
join Serbs and like any good
reporter get facts. When
Yugoslav assignment proved
impossible from North Africa
eye came New York norder
fight it through n. Y. Times.
YeSterweek Jimmy James We
teed assignment. Eye promptly
resigned Barry Faris of ms
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
Answer TO Question No. l

Far harder and properly so.
When Peter was a small boy
woman had just two life posi-
bilities- being married or being
laid on the shelf as an old maid.
Now that she has a hundred
other careers open 10 her in in
dustrial, business and educa-
tional fields, her life is not mar
rowed down 10 this simple
dilemma. She can adopt a take
--it-or-leave-it' attitude to-
ward her suitors before mar
rage and TO her husband after
marriage.
Answer 10 Question No. Z
Jealousy often leads men 10
their greatest achievements. So
our answer is, no. Jealousy is
one way Of causing us to assert
our Importance and power by
cutting the other fellow out.
Cohen lies awake at night
\ thinking how TO get that bird.
Murphyskis goat who has the
Store across the street. He gets
so mad he wakes up his wife to-
tell her some new scheme and
she says. "Aw, you're just jeal-
Gus because he got a better line
Of dresses this time than you
did Are all such people emo
tional erown-ups ? No Our
booklet Are You an Emotional
Grown-Up?" will tell you about
yourself. Sent at cost, 10c, plus
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
THE WORLD In REVIEW
Bv MAI. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS

A MOTHER ideal, however,
"A an American ideal, Is the
belief that Europe can remain
peaceful and civilized by re-
specting the rights Of small peo-
pies TO their own statehoods.
This was the ideal Of Wood
row Wilson.
Perhaps he was too idealistic.
Perhaps in a period when we
are supposed to be guided by
realism" Americans are no
longer interested in such an
idea and are prepared to ac-
cept its antithesis, which il
empire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

conclusion, which I feel is resc-
tionary and wrong. that Europe
can be saved only by the erer-
gence out Of this war Of few
great empires.
Most Of these writer's see the
future of a large part of Europe
as a greatly enhanced Russian
empire.
Merged in this empire the
small peoples Of Middle Europe
and the Balkans would disap-
pear as independent states.
The decisions of Moscow would
determine the political and
economic life of most of the
rest of Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

above is the official poem Of
The Brush of Club" which is
an organization OF men in the
armed forces who have been
given the "brush-off' by girls
they had hoped 10 marryD
HEIGHT thousand nurses
II needed" is headline noted.
Refers 10 need OF more nurses
for United States armed forces
and the difficulty in securing
volunteers.
For more than two years all
single women in Great Britain
between the ages OF 20 and 30
have been liable to draft tn the
uniformed services OF that coun-
try. Perhaps something like
that will soon have 10 be done
in this country.
Maurice Chevalier Is not. as
has been reported, in a concen-
tration camp but is living in a
villa at Cannes and is said 10
be not adverse 10 entertaining
the Nazi troops occupying that
city.
4 NJ asked what are the odds
"a against the tosser in the
game Of craps. Seems to be a
difference OF opinion. I believe
the statement the-eads. are 255ll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
BETTER HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN -CLENDENING :

I THOUGHT last year about
this time that / would not
have 10 publish a Lenten reduc-
ing diet this year. What with
ratioRing and warnings from
Washington. l expected 10 see
the population shrink under my
very eyes.
/ recalled the stories after the
last war Of how soldiers going
into Germany noticed that the
traditional figure of the fat
burgher and hausfrau were con-
,spicuous by their absence, and
J he Germans were all thin and
'svelte A life insurance official
told me at the time that the
mortality rate in Germany for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

poraries-this book would never
have been written"
The Introduction IS surrounded
by reproductions OF the news
paper heads Of various columns,
including my own. which flatters
mo no little. as no one ever
before rated me an ace" col
umnIst, though many have
claSSed me as a deuce.
DUT there | am with all those
ID big shots like Winchell and
Lippman and Pegler and Ben
de CasSeres and During and
Louella and Harrison Carroll
and II makes me feel mighty
proud sub.
| only regret that book review
ing ethics bearing upon reviews
Of mystery stories forbid any
revelations Of plot. etc. etc.
lest they duh the appetite Of
the avid reader for this type
OF literary fare. but ! can tell
you that The Corpse Came
c. O. d" is as exciting as the
title
Starr is a short chap with
perpetual grin and a kiSSer
somewhat less handsome than
that Of Tyrone Power or Clark
Gable. He is 40 years old and
has been doing a movie column
for the Herald and Express for
years
NOW that I have told YOU Of
y Jimmy Starr. | would like
10 discuss his introduction about
newspapermen always promis-
ing themselves 10 writing novels
but never getting around 10 do
ing The work.
That USE 10 be quite true. 7
never met newspaperman In
the old days who did not have
A novel in his system that never
leaked out in printed words eX-
cept in a few cases. But l
reckon Jimmy wrote his lines
before he took stock Of the new
era that finds newspapermen
writing books like mad.
! think l can safely say that
never before in literary his
&c Y has there been so many
books by authors OF one pro-
feSSion as there are today.
II IS true that many of them
are by war correspondents and
that some OF them represent
material collected from news
papers. but quite number
were written for book publica-
ton only and / am sure il is
difficult 10 write facts from
memory and after the excite
ment has cooled TO some ex-
tent AS il is 10 sit down and
weave a novel from the imagi-
nation.
must say that both feats
command my admiration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
DEAR Boss:
LETTERS FROM TIMES SOLDIERS

its efforts toward stabilizing
food prices first. because prices
of -four, spaghetti and meat have
tspered off
Bread ration remains only a
little more than is essential TO
life.
Meat appears in the open-air
markets. Lambs, goats, quar-
tiers Of beef and a few sides of
pork hang in the doorways of
butcher shops.
There was none 10 be found
for several months after our
arrival.
WILL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

velope.
Answer to Question No. 3
Most political leaders have
strong, impressive personalities
but business and military lead
ers are often quiet. even shy
men whom you would never
pick out Of a crowd as leaders.
One psychologist rated a large
number Of executives on over
100 traits and found very few
had dazzling personality or
even pleasing personality
Many of them were rated by
their subordinates as "argumen-
tive, "ill-tempered." "disliked."
etc. Their outstanding qualities
were such qualities as ability
10 delegate authority "a liking
for making decisions. ability
10 make clear-cut assignments,
etc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

hoayf VITO Oos w StChy ot tNe
time Of Writing.
DEAR BOSS:
THE misery Of war takes many
- forms.
You at home feel inconven-
fences because you must figure
rationing points; there are hun
dreds here who have suffered
starvation.
Perhaps. If you heat with oil,
you have to keep temperatures
several degrees below normal.
Or If you burn coal, count the
chunks in every shovelful.
Some here live in homes with
out roofs, others have fashioned
homes in caves.
Perhaps your shoe ration cou-
pons were spent on summer
shoes and you are wearing them
under galoshes. Here, every day.
in snow and hail and sleet, there
are youngsters barefooted. There
are only a handful of women
here who have leather shoes.
Most women wear sandals built
up from layers of light wood.
Slowly, Allied military gov
eminent officials are surmount-
ing the obstacles. Shipments Of
food evidently have arrived from
the United States. Black mar
keting has been combated Wig
orouSly and efficiently.
THE process Of "weeding out"
corrupt officials has been
taking place rapidly.
\ Prices which Skyrocketed after
invasion have been forced back
down, but are still above nor
NAL.
"A woman's coat which would
sell for s. or So in the United
States, is priced al S2S here. Silk
hose sell for 50 and $3.50. Wom-
ems shoes run from 81 TO SIS.
AMGOT has evidently directed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
LENTEN REDUCING DIET
Tuesday-500 Caiories
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST
Juice Of ! orange
/ cup OF cohee-no cream or
sugar
l slice whole wheat toast no
butter or substitute
LUNCHEON
z cups oyster stew make with
milk. s oysters
2 soda crackers
Lettuce sa a d-plain with
lemon Juice or mineral oil
dressing
l cup tea--no cream or sugar
DINNER
l helping cheese souffle
2 tablespoons spinach
! tablespoon gelatin dessert
no cream or sauce
Smallcup coffse-no cream or
sugar
] cup clear boulllon or con-
Somme II desired.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
Quick Answers

I-RuSSla.
2-It was the first Thanks
giving Day. celebrated be-
cause of the arrival Of long
overdue shin with critically
needed supplies. A>
3---Maine. At..l
Spain. France Britain, Con-
federate States. Y. s.
5-Kentucky.
6-George Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
Il. v. DURLING

10 60 10 court and they would
rather remain married than do
that.
ONCE more attention is called
" 10 fact Dorothy Parker did
not say: Men never make
pass/e s at girls who wear
glasses
She said Men seldom make
passes at girls who wear
glasses.
IN any event girls wearing
Spectacles should consider con-
tact lenses. There are plastic
contact lenses which eliminate
the danger 10 eyes by broken
glass and which also can be
worn for long periods without
discomfort "A girl wearing con-
tact lenses looks practically the
same as a girl who does not
wear glasses.
$50 some e m a o with an
diversified husband says no
woman IL ever really satisfied
with a small hush and and
usually has a tall and terrific
dream man somewhere" writes
an FL Monte, Cal, subscriber.
"My husband IL 5 feet 4 inches
tall. 1 love him more now than
when l married him II years
ago. l have no dream man any
where. / wouldn't trade my
husband for Clark Gable with
Frank SIHatFs thrown tn -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

inoff concert. Members are
mainly White Russians pining
for old husband some of
that gold-swiped from the
peasants Is Hedy Lamarr's
ex-husband, Fritz Mandel "a
munitions mani, still in Argen-
tina paling with Won Starhem-
berg. who once organized
group of Austrians So say re-
Gently returned Yanks Some
OF the 80 Indicted for alleged
sedition) are Offering 10 snitch
on each other.
A LLARDYCE NICOLL, Yale's
"A drama department chair
man, in a lecture. opined;
"Hellzapoppin', the show on
Broadway, was a hit because
the actors left the stage and
came out In the audience"
Professor, that answer is in
correct.
TALKING about Rankin's. be-
Il Hitting of foreign-sounding
names, Judge Brand recalls a
certain bigot, who complained
a b GU name-changers. His
Squawk about certain natural
lied citizens was They always
take good old merican
namesi"
Which good old American
names ?" teased the Judge.
"Pocahontas. Hiawstha or Sit.
ting Bull7"
Copyright BY Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupons iO-Good through March
n
y and G Coupons gallons each
81 and C-l Coupons gals each.
B-f and CT Coupons gals esch,
FUEL ON
Period 5--i0 gals. unit throuEh
March Is
Period 4 and S--Vand through sept
LIQUOR
No. s--vaid Though rev 70
sHOEs
stamp 10 srd Airplsns stamp l.
Valid indefinitely.
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Connolly Answers

1-(b), q a) 3 - o.: 4
Cb), 5-(c), 6-ta) diph-
liberia CO. adenoids. tcl
arihritis, cd apopleXy, te)
Catarrh.
Copyright. 1914. by Klng Feature,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-22

EDITORS NOTE-This is
from one Of the Sc who have
gone into the service from, the
Times editorial department. The
writsr; Chief Yeoman William,
H@dy, vho was in Sicily at the
time Of Writing.