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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

I HAVE received a letter from
1t. Col. Walter n. Wells. the
redoabtabIe "Cappy." who used
10 DO the drum beating for West
Points football team.
] do not know where "Cappy'
is. but undoubtedly he is some
where in the far places OF the
earth because he reports he IS
wearing short pants.
| have no alternative but 10
count this as one Of the horrors
Of war, because "Cappy." al
though a fine figure OF a man. is
distinctly not what j would call
the knee-pants type Neither
do / know how he feels about
them himself. because he was
somewhat cryptic. He wrote:
ITS been hot-very hot.
wear shorts real shorts. In
fact. 80 short that even n broad
way chorus girl would envy me.
Hope I'll have n chance to dis
play them
I RECALL one story about
i "Cappy" which was written
by Walter Davenport, the maya
zine man.
In the early days of the war.
a young Manhattan blueblood
came to "Cappy" and said he
was thinking of Offering his in
valuable services TO Uncle Sam.
He said he would be glad TO
start in a small way: maybe as
a major in the Air Corps.
"Cappy' put a fatherly arm
around the modest ones shout
der and said:
Listen, son, II We are smart
and play our cards right, i
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THESE DAYS

IN CARTOON and article the
Il very young men who play at
politics and philosophy in news
papers and magazines Of the
left, have disclosed the fullness
of their plan for smearing
Thomas E. Dewey. They call
him the gang buster"
Now that took thinking out!
II represents perhaps hours and
even days of conferences.
Really now, is the term gang
buster" one of opprobrium or do
these reformers of mankind pre-
fer gangs 20 the civilized men
and women we call Americans?
They who shrek "Democ-
racy" at every puff of their
cigarets but who really reach
for a totalitarianism controlled
by a gang of which they are
minor members, fear Tom
Dewey, the gang buster.
II he ever begins investigat-
ing some of the goings on in
Washington there may be sew
eral gangs to bust.
I HOPE that Mr.. Roosevelt
i and Mr.. Dewey will put both
feet down on smearing.
Our sons are in war. The
issues before us involve their
lives.
Our country is faced with
such problems as never since
Lincoln's day were put before
the people.
We need to understand, for
instance. why Lord Keynes be-
p lieves that the United States
Is called upon TO put up most or
nearly the whole Of an $1,000
100000 sterilization fund.
We need to know why an
alien feels free to come TO our
country and to tell us what TO
do and how much.
Our minds and hearts are in
France and Italy and China and
Burma and on the oceans where
our kin are fighting for a free
America.
The American people desire
an honest, full, decent debate OF
the issues involved in this cleo
ton. not smear campaign de-
vised by dirty, little minds.
OF course. If one side starts
Smearings, the other side will
follow and instead of a sober
discussion of fact. we shall wit
ness a nasty exhibition of filth.
l do not believe that real
Americans desire that sort of
campaign.
IT IS true that Mr. Dewey COM
Il menced his career by putting
such gangsters as WaXey Cor
don and Lucky Luciano in
prison.
M He sent Jimmy Hines. Tam
many politician, 10 prison.
There were others who found
him a tough prosecutor.
He broke the major New
York gangs. although he did not
succeed in forever putting down
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think we can get you In the
infantry"
The fellow became humid with
gratitude. Furthermore "Cappy"
made good. He got him in the
infantry buck private!
THE Democratic national COM
Il mittee has some very lovely
donkey pins which ii is giving
away free.
These pins, which are suitable
for wearing with a corsage or
even for holding up your pants.
were not intended to be given
away free.
They were intended 10 be sold
to raise some dough for various
worthy causes such as getting
the nomination for F. d. Roose-
Welt.
The pins were 10 sell for so
cents and a dollar. The COM
mittee invested quite a little
cash in them.
Prospective buyers, largely
speaking, were TO be govern
ment employees who might be
expected TO entertain kindly
feelings toward the New Deal.
But. about the time the pins
were delivered. word came down
TO lay off-that selling the pins
to government employees might
he construed as violating the
Hatch Act, which forbids tap
ping Uncle Sans workers for
political purposes.
Anybody want a nice donkey
pin on the house?
nNE Of the cardinal tenetS of
" journalism is that whenever
a truly staggering piece of news
breaks, tell it as simply as you
can and let the facts speak for
themselves.
Therefore, 1 am presenting,
unadorned. the following bulle-
tin from the OPA:
"Five commodities have been
exempted from price control, ef-
fective July IL.
"They are: deodorizers, for
use In iceboxes and refrigerators
only; cigaret urns; novelty
cigsret boxes. when sold sepa-
rately and not AZ part Of a set;
cemetery floor vases with in
vertible Insert and designed to
be so placed on the ground that
the top of the vase IL flush with
the ground level, and decorative
combs designed for use excIu-
sively as hair ornaments"
But Id advise you not TO try
any funny tricks on OPA. Make
sure you don't comb your hair
with any Of those decorative
combs.
I HAVE Just sent the following
Il wire to Neale Roche in charge
OF arrangements for the Demo-
cratic national convention:
please mako a reservation
for me July Is on the 1880 a. m.
elevator going up. 1 missed 1t
at the Republican convention
and had to wait for the 12:45.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11

EDITORS NoTE-PVt. Pick
sring, former Times eoIumnist,
10 an infantryman at Fl. Me
CisiIan, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the effes.
TALKING about machine guns,
Il Dave Sickle, formerly Of
the Baltimore Sun but now a
corporal at Fort Mcclellan, told
me when / first came here that
I'd probably enjoy machine gun
training at first. then I'd get so
tired of guns that I'd hate the
sight of them. and then I'd start
10 like them again. That's just
what happened.
The American heavy machine
gun is reputedly the finest in
the world. an amazingly reliable
weapon that is so adroitly de-
signed that there just aren't any
unnecessary parts. It's marvel
of simplicity,
DUT after you have admired
- the darned thing. and have
spent two or three weeks dry
running, you get so tired Of 1t
that you could bawl. Dry-run-
ming means setting up and aim
ing the gun. clicking the trig-
ger, and doing the same thing
all over again, without ammu-
milton, and maybe for hours at
a time.
Then you go on the wet guns
with live ammunition 49, and
you begin TO like the machine
gun again, with the exception of
the times when you have to
carry it on your back, cross
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Letters From
a Soldier

artillery barrage rolling forward
ahead Of us. On hot day it's
rough work, because you don't
walk into an attack. You run.
whether you're carrying a ma
chine gun or only a rifle, but it's
fun, too.
IT'S not dangerous as long a.
Il you follow orders. although
men have been shot or hit with
Shrapnel in such training be-
cause they didn't obey. The first
time 1 ran the course, another
fellow and / w an tie d TO ind
some shrapnel for a souvenir.
and we hadn't run more than a
short distance when George
found a chunk. He reached for
il and changed his mind In q
hurry. still red hot" he said.
So you can see that it pays to
stay exactly where you belong,
or you'll find yourself within
range of your own fire.
The important thing isn't the
thrill you get out of it. though.
The important and grim value is
in getting American men ready
TO fight, and ii evidently works.
You probably noticed, too, in the
papers recently some para
graphs noting that some Of the
troops who invaded Normandy
were troops without battle ex-
perience. green men.
You know the job they did.
They may not have been battle
seasoned but they already knew
how TO fight. That's what these
maneuvers do. In the last war
we didn't have much training Of
that kind. but we've learne ID
something.
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On the
Side

bright remark champion OF
Manhattan. Howev she
hasn't much competition these
days.
Seems to be an acute scarcity
of witty females in New York.
Ilka Chase occasionally voices
a bright remark. Ilka could do
a lot better, but now she saves
her wisecracks for her books.
The most spontaneously witty
woman L ever met in New York
was Texas Guinan.
WINHE feminine brain Is clever
and resourc eful. The
greater the cleverness, the less
1t Is suspected" observed How
ard D. Stewart.
Keep that in mind, young fel.
low. Don't be too hasty in decid-
ing that some girl is dumb.
Lenin once said there could be
any number of political parties
in Russia, but on one condition:
"The Communist party must
be In power. All other parties
must be in JAIL"
Whatever Lenin said Stain
believes. Always keep that in
mind when thinking of the Eu-
ropean situation.
The most enthusiastic owner
Of cats among celebrated per-
sons was Sir Oliver Lodge. He
never had less than IL cats in
his house. Other famous cat
owners were Sir Isaac Newton,
Coleridge, Cardinal Richelieu.
Dante, Clemenceau and Lenin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11

HERE is the reason some
H newspapers are ignoring
the sedition trial: Propaganda
used by the defendants is part
of the government evidence
and it echoes some editorial
pages.
The refurbished Stage Door
Cantean in New York is now
ore decorative than New
FORKS most lavish night spots.
Being a civilian is no cinch in
q war. If you're pessimistic, the
editorial writer's claim you're a
defeatist. II you're optimistic,
they call you complaoent. And if
you're not pessy or opty-then
you're just apathetic. Oh, dear.
Master Elinson wishes TO in
terrupt to say that as governor,
Dewey would like to pardon
Roosevelt from serving another
term.
NnO Nothing Till You Hear
- From Me-" which was high
on the Hit Parade only few
broadcasts ago land has gar
nered a mint for Duke Filing
toni, was written by Cootie Will
liams. Dukes ex-trumpet genius.
Cootie peddled it 10 Ellington
for S25. It's real name is: Con
certo for Cootie."
Rooms are SO scarce in navy
crowded Norfolk, Va, that Herb
Fields and his band (playing at
the Palomar) had TO rent six
motor cars to sleep in.
The name Winchell appeared
In the Congressional Record
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
BY George E.
Sokolsky

crime which commenced when
Cain killed Abel and has been
continuous since.
Tom Dewey is not running
for president on his record as
district attorney of New York
county any more than Franklin
d. Roosevelt is running on his
record as president of the Ia
comic state parkway board.
These men are to declare to
the American people what they
believe, what they hope TO
accomplish, and why the voter
should prefer one to the other.
Such statements can be on
the high plane of asserted fact
and decorous debate between
gentlemen who are courteous
adversaries.
1t is not necessary nor de-
sirable to lower this canvass to
the level of guttersnipes nor to
bury the truth in the sink Of
name-calling.
Copyright. ls44, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
MARCH OF EVENTS
By Benjamin De Casseres

A DAM SMITH sounds like a
"A phony name --- something
like John Doe. But Adam Smith
1723-1790), a Scotsman. was
the sanest thinker on eco
nomic" subjects that the world
has ever known
Beng clear and SaDsy hes
naturally not in the/TInning
these days with Mars as3 his
brood
Adam Smith hobnobbed with
the most brilliant men OF the
age-Voltaire, Hume, Garrick.
DR.. Samuel Johnson, Reynolds
and "Dicky' Sheridan. the play
wright.
his most famous work was
''Ihe Wealth of Nations. l." which
is never used IN our schools and
colleges today because it's core
thought is free enterprise, which
is the foundation Of the mate
rial and cultural grandeur OF
America.
He believed in the freedom Of
trade and commerce. the laiSsez-
faire system, or lack Of system
LaiSSez-faire, freely translated
from the French. means Let
me be hands off.
I'VE lately been looking over
L The Wealth of Nations
published in l776), and TO
show you how well Adam knew
the evils inherent in arbitrary
taxation, l quote this from his
book:
1.-THE tax which each individ-
9hl is bound to pay ought TO be
certain, and not arbitrary.
The time OF payment, the
manner OF payment, the guam
tity to be paid, ought all to he
clear and plain 10 the c0ntribu-
tor and TO every other person.
where IL Is otherwise every
person subject to the tax IL put
more or less In the power ~
the tax-gatherer, who can either
aggravate the tax upon any OBJ
noNious contributor or eNtOrt,
by the terror Of such aggrava-
ton. some present or perquisite
TO himself.
THE uncertainty encourages
the insolence and fsvors the
corruption Of an order Of men
who are naturally unpopular,
even where they are neither In
soIent nor corrupt.
THE certainty Of what each
Individual ought TO pay Is in
taxation a matter OF so great
Importance that n very consid-
cradle degree of inequality II
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oo77EzFd "a Josss ;. al Co

Federal census bureau re-
ports that between 1885 and
1910 the United States had only
957 children when 1000 were
necessary to replace the par
ents. There has been a brief
baby boom during the war but
already that is on the wane.
Nearly two-thirds of the chill
dren are born from the least
educated half-and possibly the
least intelligent half-of the
population.
2.-No, although many are
finding that boys insist that
their sacrifices entitle them to
greater liberties than would be
true in peacetime. This is not
altogether the boys fault as
many girls are under the ro-
mantle urges Of war excitement
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appears from the experience OF
all nations In not near 40 great
an evil as q very small degree
Of uncertainty"
Following Smiths line Of
argument-which can hardly be
controverted-I therefore think
that the movement has enlisted
the endorsement up 10 date of
is states for constitutional
amendment that no person in
normal peace times can be
taxed more than % per cent Of
his income would do more 10
stabilize capital and labor than
anything l know.
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w = r ru1uD VXIuNYHUuuzUU On
: w AL LAO VVAANOAAAIA/A/ Broadway
TUNE PAN ALLEY NOVEL,

TUNE PAN ALLEY NOVEL
- ETTE: The moral Of this
could be: You're AS Good AS
Your Last Show, Picture. Per-
Torrance, Column or Song
even If you happen to be dead.
Three years ago songwriter
Irving Kshsl died after a lin
gering illness which left him
practically penniless.
His widow. Alice. with a fam
lily to raise. tried desperately TO
promote some coin-by gather
ing up all the unpublished songs
she could find in his old valises,
trunks and desks.
She visited publishers along
Broadway hoping she could get
enough money for the bunch of
them.
Everybody turned her down
cold.
Then out Of the heavens came
q break.
One Of the songs her husband
wrote six years ago suddenly
swept the nation to become the
number one pet--"Tn Be See
ing You"
As a result, the same pub
Usher (who turned her down
when she needed them came
with their hats in hand . She
placed all her husbands old
songs at high fees.
Lady Luck, in snort, called a
Dead Mans number.
Copyright by Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
BETTER HEALTH

GRAFTON. alcoholism or complete
madness.
Most men lead lives Of quiet
desperation. but SO long as the
desperation is quiet we never
notice them.
When something makes il ac-
tive society has to take notice.
War is certainly the supreme
example of such an activator.
From England we have re-
port on this.
The British had much more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11

and q fork and wind the spa
ghetti around the fork.
NOV. young woman, take the
~ most recent letter you
have received from your cur
rent heart-throb. Undoubtedly
somewhere in this missive will
be found the words Il love you"
According to handwriting ex-
perts, if the / is three times as
large as the other two words il
reveals the writer is selfish.
II the three words are written
close together it reveals he is
stingy and may take you TO
grade B night clubs of class c
restaurants.
II the handwriting leans back
wards il indicates the head rules
the heart.
DASSING by: Harry James.
l. Bandmaster. Harry and his
wife. Betty. spent their first
wedding anniversary night in a
hotel in Wilkesbarre, Pa. where
the James band was playing a
overnight stand.
How about your first wedding
anniversary? We spent ours in
a beautiful little house high
above the Hudson at Grand
View, n. Y. A very romantic
spot.
Dorothy Parker. Still the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11

TT SHOULD be no surprise 10
any one that the stresses Of
war have created many mental
invalids.
One man will 60 along quite
efficiently on job that requires
little responsibility or initiative
SRnd as long as economic condi-
\ons are prosperous he will
never show that he has inside
him the seeds of mental deteri-
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Connolly Answers

--(b). 2-(c). 3-(a). 4(b).
SCI. 6-(a) took flight
with his imperishable soul:
(b) stays these couriers from
the swift completion of their
appointed rounds; (c) shall
have a new birth of free
DOM; I'D imbalm'd and
TREASURED up on purpose to
a life beyond life; (e) the
memory of Abraham Lincoln
is enshrined forever.
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Brain Game Answers

or robot bomb.
2-(b) Nathan Hale.
Sin the old days people pared
metal from the edges of valu.
able coins. The milling proc
ess prevents that.
i-They are all attempts at q
universal language.
5-Clipper ships.
5-The u. s. submarine service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
E. v. DURLING

Though loUe and song may fail,
aldsl
To keep hfs's clouds aWay.
At least 't,0ill make them lighter
pass
Or gild them If they stay.
And even If care at moments
filings
A discord DER hfe's happy
strain,
Let love bit gently touch the
strings,
'TtOiA all be sweet again!
-Thomas Moore.
HAVE you a reader in Slap
neck, Mich. -
A-Not vet. However. 7 have
three readers In Smackoyer,
Ark.
Q-What film actress past or
present holds the record for
having married the most times?
A-Dorothy Lee, prominent
on the screen q few years ago,
was married five times before
she was so. That. 1 believe, Is
the Hollywood record.
Q-What is the most effect
I've technique of eating spa
ghetti?
A--The first thing to do Is
relax. Re nonchalant. II Ia the
tense approach that makes so
many spaghetti eaters appear
awkward. After you are COM
pletely relaxed take a spoon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

stress than we-air raids, life in
shelters, evacuation of children
and separation from parents.
The report makes no estimate
OF the exact number OF mental
wrecks there are in England,
but one gathers this is in the
millions.
What the psychiatrists see
can be classified under three
headings.
THE anxiety state. The
nervous breakdown.
Conversational breakdown.
These are gross mood disorders,
or the stimulation or fear OF
some organic disease.
, The accentuation of previ-
ously seen and recognized neu-
roses.
ONE hopeful thing about this
" last groups that the
stresses and responsibilities OF
the war cures instead OF ac-
centuates a lot of them.
One lesson from the British
experience is that in treatment
we shall probably have TO take
these people in classes and treat
them by group psychology.
Another lesson each OF US can
take to heart. 1t is the tough
minded nations who are gong
10 endure and you can take 1t
if you make up your mind 10 il.
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and the possibility their boy
friends may never return.
3.-No. 1 do not believe tel
epathy Is proved to be true but
L do not believe IL is not tr.e
because / have not studied IL
sufficiently TO feel L have a
right to believe it is not true.
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Detroit Times RatiOning Timetable
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SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE

NNNNHfIo ~ 'E'E"7HVH
What are the signs that foretei
the success OF any marriage
Two OF Americas outstanding So
biologists spent years searching 0ut
this vital Information.
This booklet will be sent for 10
cents and a stamped t3c) self-ad
dressed envelope. Address DR.. Wig
gam. GO this newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05

! think it would be quite a
novelty 10 have a film in which
the leading lady was taller than
the leading man. 1t could be a
story about a tall girl who mar
ricd a short man.
Hey, that's a good idea for
film story I must stop. giving
these ideas away.
What IS the largest restau-
rant in the world? l don't
know what it is now, but up
until last month when II was
destroyed in a bombing raid,
the Haus Vaterland in Berlin
had that distinction Even
before the war there were
100000 more males than fe-
males in Great Britain.
The British women who are
having difficulty in getting
husbands are trying 10 figure
out a system Of ratloning men.
For example, they say a woman
divorced because Of her own
misconduct should not be per-
mitted 10 remarry for six years.
A widow, having had huS-
band for a period, should not be
permitted 10 marry for two
years after her husbands death.
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What is
TETANUS TOXOID?

Tcanus ToNoid is simply tcauus poison stripped Of its
poisonous qualities but retaining all It's power to build
resistance against tetanus in the human body. Injected
into the blood stream, it the cells to produce
aHtjdote to tetanus poison, which is known anttoXn.
That the miracle Of 1ctanus loxoid. 1T stimulates
the body to manufacture It's 0rH tctanus aptidolc!
4 drab coorcd fluid, Tcanus 1oNoid Serum has
coorful record in World War H. Thanks to it, not single
OF our boys has died from Tcus thus far, and only
seven cases of rcanus have been reported since Pearl
lIarbor Remember th, Tctanus is the germ that
killed more than 90fc Of it's victims by slow torture,
prior to World War l.
Today through Medical Corps insi,tcnce, Tetanus
ToNod is compulsory nocuIation for every and
TIC -ait4 Marine Corps.
Three spaced shots given in this country fourth
upon entering theatre OF war; and renewal doses every
four months thereafter To build up antitoxin in his body
far above the usual level, wounded given an
emergency boosting dose of ToXoid.
And this wonder roxoid is fighting Tetanus to a stand
still has proved 1906 effective in thwarng Lockjaw's
Creeping Death! This means that your son, your sweet
heart your husband in Fighting Forces has
unfalng protection against the terrorS of TcanuS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-05
by Arthur
Bugs Baer

That's when Sonia will be
back in Madison square Gar
den. And that's when Will
again perch on my seat as
bugeXed as-the- victim in
strangulation homicide.
Sonja's ice show il the per-
feet entertainment. 4 neat
blend of vaudeville without
the trained monkeys. drama
without the muggiRg and the
circus without the OdUr.
Wen sum II up In Dave
Clark's famous crack, Don't
miss Ii IL YOU can"
Copyright. 1914, by King Features