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Handkerchief


Wemen's and Girls White Hankies.
Some irregular r-------.7 7c e.. 8 for 45c
Wemsn's Hankies. Misprints. Gay
patterns and monotones l5c
Mems Handkerchief. Wide colored
borders. Msprints- -l5c
Kann'a-Eandkerch Street Floor.
GIOres
IL Pairs Elbow Length Violet Rayon
GIsves. Sizes e1a-7. Orig. 81 .S1.4s
~ Pairs Leather Gloves. Slightly ir-
regulars. Sizes 6-6K 6Sc
Ss Pairs Wool Broadcloth Gloves.
Black. Sizes Ssh. Orig. e9c- sec
-Gloves-street Floor.
Cotton Dresses
Cotton Dresses and Spun Rayons in
small Sizes soiled. Orig. $3.ss-
46.95 $3.50
Pinaforss, Cotton Dresses and Smocks.
Broken sizes. Soiled. Orig. 31.6s-
Sl.Ss ---------------------
women's and Misses Cotton Dresses.
Broken sises. soiled. Orig. S1.ss-
$2ss --------------------- -$l69
Kann'-Cotton Dresses
Second Floor.
Lingerie
Rayon Gowns, Rayon Slips, Cotton
Houseceats. Broken sizes. Orig. IS
13.o5-$2S5 --S1.sS
Rayon Slips, Panties and Bed Jackets.
Orig. $2-$1 .o5-$l.3 80 99c
Gotten Crepe Coffee Coats. Orig. IS.
$3.50
Kann's-Lingerie-seco Floor.
COrsets
Stretch Knit Panties fer Juniors. Orig.
Sl.o9 3l.0o
14-In. Girdles Of Rayon and Cotton.
Orig. 5.e5-$6.50--- S3.S8
Plaid Brassieres. Orig. $l.25-sl50, s4c
Kanns-Corsets-Sec Floor.
Notions
Is Bathing Bass. Assorted colors
Orig. 81 -
- Shoe Racks. Hold Z pairs Of shoes.
Orig. 81 Sc
10 Furniture Polish. Orig. SOC. -1sc
Is 12-Pocket Shoe Bags. Orig. s22s.
S1.25
80 Dish Cloths. Orig 10c- 3 for CSC
IL Chi6orobe Boxes. Red only Orig
sSc --------------l5c
121Aute Seat Covers. Orig. -3Sc
Is Weed Dress Hangers. Orig. 15c,
Ice
8 Rubeer Sportime Girdles. soiled.
Petite DE. Orig. 3l----50 Soc
Hot Dish Mats 1oc
kann's-Notions-Street Floor.
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Toilefries

ttS xVb I01
Military Drush Sets. 2 brushes and
comb. Orig. Sc
Natural Bristle Teeth Brushes- -13c
IL Bluebfrd Cream Nail Enamel. 2-oz.
professional size -l5c
81 Wesley Sulphex Cream for the
Scalp and Hair. Orig. 2ec- lee
II 18th Century Mems TaIcum. Orig.
SSC -Z6C
- softy Hand Letien. ls-oz. bottle.
Orig. 81 3Scs
Is Stub Brushless Shave Cream. Orig.
oSc -----r--------- ZSC
II Quinoid nay Rum. Orig. SOC --25c
80 Wendy Superhne Lilac After Shave
Lotion. Orig 75c SIC
Is Fitch Rose Hair OIL. 4-oz. Orig.
SOc
10 Foedex vitamins and Minerals.
STAS. $I.to $l.0o
Assorted Bulk Soaps. Baby CASTLE,
LAnolated Skin Treatment, and other
famous brands. Ceiling price &c. SO
- Cosmata Friction Cream Soap.
OiAS' 0Sc -------------- --zSc
Jane Carlton Brilliantine. Orig. 2oc,
1ecs
Lipsticks In Metal Tubes -2scs
La Tauscs Perfume. l4-oz. bottle.
Orig. 39c l0es
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Floor.
Evening star., 1944-09-07

Plain and printed fabrics
for dresses, blouses and lin
serie. ~ to I yard lengths
In the group.
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Better Dresses
Leather Goods
Infants and
ChiIds.e1e's Wear

Handbags. Orig. N.19s
1 Handbag. Orig. $5.00----S1.65s
Handbags. Orig. S9c*
is Fabric Handbags -49c
'plus 300 tax.
Kann's-Leather Goods-Street Floor.
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Umbrellas

Women's Sturdy Rayon Umbrellas
with wood shsnks and novelty han
dies. Black, wine and navy-all with
gay floral borders. Orig. $3.50 $500
Women's Rayon Bengaline Raincoats.
Navy, tan. white and brown. Broken
sizes. Orig. Sass
Kann' Umbrellas-Street Floor.
Neckeceur'
Ruined Batiste Blouses. High-low
necklines. Orig. $2.9S
Dickeys-vee Neck Collars. Soiled.
Orig. $195-$295- S1.0o
Kann'+Neckwear- Floor.
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Bed Department

3 3o-1nch Cotton Cot Mattresses. Orig.
4 Double and Single Size Felt Mat
tresses. Torn. Orig S2495- S14.S5
1 Single Size Box Spring on Legs.
Torn. Orig. s2s.95- S14.s5
l Single Size Felt Mattress. Torn,
Orig. S2295 Sl2.s9
Double Size Felt Mattress. Orig.
s2475; soiled -----Sl -Sl4.S5
l Single Size Box Spring. Torn. Orig.
$3.50 $14.S5
1 40 Felt Davenport Mattress. Orig.
s10.s5. Floor sample -S7.99
! 40 Felt Da-Bed Mattress (folds in
center). Orig. $l4s5. Soiled $3.50
l Maple Finish Cricket Chair Gas Isl.
Orig. $7.95 1888
l Maple Finish Cricket Chair (as Isl.
Orig. $4.44 $3.50
l Occasional Chair. Torn. Orig. s7s5.
S4.88
1 Occasional Chair. Torn. Orig,
2 Single Size Mahogany Finish Poster
Beds (as Isl. Orig. $12.95 S6.Ss
2 Single Size Box Springs. Orig. $685.
s19.s5
6 Plate Glass Mirrors with Maple
Frame las Isl. Orig. $595- $3.sS
Kann's-Furniture-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Btlduef Dresses

Sheer Bemberg Rayons, Printed Rayon
Shantungs, Pastel Spun Rayons in
coat and shirtwaist styles. Sizes H.
20, 18la-24z. Orig. $5.s5--$4.A
Printed Rayon Jerseys, Striped Rayon
Jerseys and Crepes, Pastel Rayons.
Polka Dots. Sizes for misses and
women. Orig. 1895 .-- $3.50
Printed Rayon Jerseys, Striped Kayon
Jerseys and Crepes, Pastel Rayons,
Polka Dots. Sizes for misses and
women. Orig. $10.s5----.3 36.66
Kann's-Budget Dress Dept
Second Floor.
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Jals,iOr' Wear

10 Summer Evening Dresses. Orig.
s1k.s5-$les5 $500
40 Pairs Shorts. Orig. $29e-33.s9, $1.00
Is Halters. Orig. $1.59-$1 90 -79c
50 Summer Dresses and Pinafores.
Orig. $500-$5.s5--3 3I.s9
A. Summer Dresses. Orig. $5.s5-$7s5.
$3.50
80 Sheer Blouses. Orig. $2.25-t2.ss.
Sl.o0
Kann's-Junior Dept.-Second Floor.
Toys
1 "Plassie" Doll Baby. soiled. Orig.
Dollys Beauty Box Sets. Orig.
sl.so ------------ SI.oe
Is Dolls Shohy Rockers. Orig. Soc.
39c
1s Yankee Tommy Guns. Damaged.
Orig. $1.1o NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 49c
1 Unpainted Table and Chair Set.
Orig. $10.& 1893
/ Table and Bench Set. Orig. $3.50,
s4.ss
3 Tony Sars's Desk Sets. Orig. 1898.
S1.SS
: Chintz Covered Toy Chests. Orig.
$2.2e Sl.6S
Kann's-Toys-Fuurth Floor.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Toys
Luggage

Luggage
: Mems Two Suffers. Orig. $1e.25,
4S.99
Mems Short Trip Bags. Orig.
S<A.So --------------------
, Wemen's Overnight Cases. Orig.
Women's Over Might Gases. Orig.
Navy and Khaki Double Handle Bags.
All Prices Plus 20% Tx.
Kann's-Lusgage-Fourth Floor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
Letters From
A Soldier

IL was the main Jap {. Pa
generals headquarters. There
was quart Of japanese wine,
and II was very good. We d.
vided IL among IA ~ Us. We
had one swallow each. There
were new rifles that had never
been used, and there were
blankets. II Was good 10 have
a blanket again. 1t rained that
night, and our holes were full ~
water, but we didn't care. We
slept i'm the blankets"
Even hating the thought Of
what he had gone through. Sgt.
Berg still wanted souvenir, so
he took one of the new Jap
rifles. .
II carried II two days, hut
that was a. long az I could keep
il. 1t was throw IL away OF
throw my own rifle away, so I
wrapped the Jap rifle around .
tree 30 nobody would ever use
il again"
Let's let IL end there, with
Sgt. Berg wrapping a japanese
rife around tree IN the
jungle.
It's a good ending. and he's
back in Fort Mcclellan. Per-
haps he won't have TO 60 10
battle again.
But the last thing he said to
me was
Nobody can say he's through.
Nobody can say, I've done my
share and I'm through until this
whole thing II ended"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

I'VE ,ried 10 give what mixing
i / can of the nature of war
by quoting Sgt, Berg, and you
needn't tell me that / have
failed. You still don't know
what II is like. Neither do /.
Sgt. Berg knows So do the
hundreds of thousands who
have gone through 1t and lived
or died.
1t is something past descrip-
ton. You can pick out only the
small things that men remem-
Der:
-. We sat or hill for a
week and eevid- ~ee-the blue
Pacific. | 800 yards away. Any
man there would have given
anything ne had to get down
there to take a bath. We could
see IL for n week, then We moved
down where We couldn't see Ii
any longer. IL Was 10 days be-
fore we got there"
Men can yearn that much for
a hath. 10 rid themselves OF dirt
and sweat. OF insects. of the
smells Of battle. death and fear.
Again:
You get so tired YOU don't
care. You think. If I'm killed,
it's over. If I'm wounded. they'll
take me out That's all. Life
doesn't mean anything. except
what's left Of the instinct for
Self-preseryation. At BibiiO IL
you stuck your head up an inch
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
JACK PICKERNG

you heard the bullets buzZing
around you. like files
you felt so small and in
significant. You were such
little part Of IL that you your
self didn't matter. 1t didn't
matter what happened 20 YOU.
The sergeant looked helpless.
He had reached the point at
which things remained unsald
because there were no words 10
say them.
He still tried again.
"You have to learn to trust.
You just 20 along and do what
You're supposed tn do. regard
less of what happens to the
man next to you.
You can't see what IL hap
pening Ia your right or left.
You inst have To have faith In
your brother man"
But there comes a cessation
TO the misery of the infantry.
After the first attack on Biblio
Hill, the Americans shelied the
hill all night.
THE next morning" says Sgt
Berg, nobody was left on the
hill but dead Japs."
Except for a few snipers and
rowing patrols. il was the end.
They moved down TO the sea,
and these are the things he re-
members. besides his haircut
with the manicure scissors:
There uss q sfeil.@Sttl caster.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
BETTER HEALTH
By Dr.. Logan Clendening

COMETHING family AKIN 10
~ the feeling Of uncomforl-
ahlenesS our darling little brown
huddIcS. the japanese, must feel
when an American task force
~ oombers goes over them IS
experienced every year IN late
Angus, hy about 10 10 - per
cent of American citizens when
the raCweed pollen begins TO
drop out 81 the sky. sowing hay
fever >ncelinC, ~a'ery eyes and
asthma IN ilS wake.
II JIIE intensive study oi Tins
l enemy valuable data have
been accumulated. First. the
old-time hayfcveuteS idea that
some years are worse than
others has been abandantly
proved.
The season iaStS approx
frratrfv from Aug Is 70 Sept.
. Carefully measured pollen
Als in many cities indicate tho
Cht Of tho season - from
about Aug * 10 Sept. 10 In
most places the peak occurs on
Aug 30 when The unit meas
urement reaches i 500 aS com
pared 10 30 on Aug Is and
Sept. Is. II YOU arc a hayfevcr-
lie and can get a months vaca-
ION take II between those
latter dates; II you can get only
two weeks vacation take n
from Aug y 10 Sept 10
Geographical distribution is
row also a matter of exact rec
ord The fellow Who likes 10
boast that In his climate he has
10 stand moro hay fever than
n my V else can now be
checked. Tho champion is The
dcnizen of Indianapolis. That
is the plague spot, with ST.
Louis. Buffalo. Omaha. Milwau-
kcc and my own native Kansas
City not far behind.
In treatment, vacation ire
moval to ragwecd-frcc diStriCtS
and air filtered and air condi-
toned rooms are the best.
Other forms Of treatment we
Will discuss tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

Certainly. This happens
when wealth IS left TO incom-
petent children. We have seen
rather outstanding instances in
this country-children who feel
important and valuable because
they have money and power.
bat -wAe- themselves are conn
monplace and have never made
any worthwhile achievement.
2-If there are only one or
two such persons. it may show
YOU are well-balanced. But If
there are several IL shows YOU
are an adult child. an emotional
adolescent, and are still 10 or
II years old in your- emotions
and attitudes. Your emotions
still in short pants.
3-Every so often I answer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
FULTON LEWIS .DR.
Washington
Comment

work in Germany By the in
sidious design OF youth camps
getting the youth of Germany
under the influence of his Nazi
intrigue experts. during the
formative. plastic years OF their
intellectual development,
The same thing could happen
here. If the army and navy were
10 fall under the control of un-
principled political racketeers,
aS-the WPA- fell under such
hands.
II certainty IL not to- he-eN-
pected that President Roosevelt,
or Gov. Dewey. should he be-
come president. would subscribe
10 or endorse such a thing
But unfortunately some of
their political underhngs might,
and IN the President case at
least. there has been built up a
precedent that the President Is
not responsible for ALI Of the
acts and policies of his subordi-
mates.
4 Harry Hopkins, OF an Att
brey Williams might on his own
Vohtion, use the training pro-
gram as a means Of infilterinc
their own political PHILOSOPHERS
into the minds of tine tralnees.
and II would be no fault OF the
President.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
One Word Led 10 Another
By Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs Baer-

Strange thing I've noticed about my short friends is
that they suddenly become tall My operatives report
they wearing their heels inside their shoes.
\ lot of them have always been in that rather
peculiar geographical situation This time they have heels
inside their shoes and heels outside, too
That makes them two inches taller than the original
plans and specifications That's nothing for king
OF France invented the aristocratc heel racket
The reVOutionists of Bastile days could have made
LOUIS the Fourteenth head shorter just by taking off
his shoes.
Napoleon shartso and attained greater dignity
by adding bult-n boots to his boss feet Caesar also
was Gull and Alexander runt. Mussoini and
ShIckelgruber wagon lunch orders
Mussolnl neutralized his squatness by inventing
the toxhole on balcony That put him above the
pePHaee. And made him just safe ferret in pipe
factory.
The idea Of the butn heel is to derrick your eye
brows above the average herd 1t makes Percherons
of ShetlandS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
BY George E.
Sokolsky

We established and dissolved
a bank Of the United States;
We established and continued an
interstate commerce commits
sion; we established and abol-
ished prohibition.
But up TO now. whatever we
did, We tried TO remain within
the political framework of our
constitution and within a gen.
eralized concept of the private
ownership of wealth and its use
largely according TO the judg-
ment of its individual possesSor.
The political concept was slo-
gained as democracy" the
economic as private enter
prise.
Neither has ever been clearly
defined.
Those who talk of the mid
die road" need TO define their
terms. They need 10 define
three terms. the two extremes
and the middle between them
Id like 10 see them do II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

\XOU talk Of surprising fellows
in the war business, what
about this guy Buron Fits, who
was In charge OF the plane that
ferried Gen. de Gaulle,to Wash
ington from Algiers not long
~ %? Let me tell you about
las guy Buron Fits.
He is 40 years old. He has
been limplng for over 25 years
on a bum knee he got in the
Argonne during the other war.
Shrapnel. He was district at
torney of Los Angeles II years.
sending wrongdoers 10 TIE can
right and fpft and figuring IN
some big newspaper headline
cases.
In the last presidential cleo
ton. he got showed under by
John M. Dockwciler of the in
Vulnerable Dockweilcr clan OF
J.. A. The ma iority- against
Fits was most depressing TO
him. He was 3 10 ] favorite.
Dockweiler died in office and
Fred Howser, who has since
been reelected, was appointed
in his place. Meantime Fits
became Mai. Buron Fits of the
Air Transport Command.
lie got hack in service some
how, bum knee and All. and has
since been in North Africa.
India, Burma, China and Italy
lie brought De Gaulle in on a
big C-S that was built on the
Pacific Coast and was ordered
tn set the plane down in Wash
lngton ] minute after 4 o'clock.
Fits found himself with time
on his hands and few around
New York and Philadelphia a
while.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

and Tories IN banking and cur
rencY circles had been prepared
20 swear you Couldns send an
anonymous check Or. anyway
hat the recipient couldn't cash
II II YOU did
We had always held 70 the
OVERWHELMINGLY outmodcd
that check had To- have a
signature on H. And that the
signature must be that of the
party making out the check or
from whose bank account the
dough was 10 BE- drawn
We had no idea you could
send anybody a check bearing
the signature Guess Who or
Roses are red. vloletS arc blue.
holy mackercl | fo>e you.
IN FACT. a group of Us none
tary Cut-upS went into a
Western Union Office one night
and told the clerk We wished 10
send a money order collect The
girl we had deliberately picked
out the dumbest one we could
find started 20 make out the
form, then halted.
But" she objected. "how can
YOU send II collect: Who will
pay for it,"
"Oh," we said. "the fellow OIL
the other end. lie has plenty
Of money"
Then" she SAID "Nhy docs
he want you 10 send him
money ORDER"
Because" We replied. HE
IL going 10 send il back To us.
We are broke"
Well, she tried 10 digest this
Then she asked
"Why doesn't he just send YOU
the money i'm the first place ?"
"Because," We explained. 1--WE
-dan,t want-tn- he under any oh
legation tn him. II We first send
him the money collect we viii
not owe him anything"
Finally. her brow almost
twisted in knots. she called the
manager He, in turn, threat
cned TO call the police.
In DESPERATION / called UP
Il Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas. who is a member of the
Senate banking and currency
committee.
listen, Senator" said.
Senator Pepper il going around
hoping some one has sent sol
der An anonymous check. DO
YOU think the soldier will be
ahead much on the deal:"
Senator Capper said he woult
think II over and Gait NE back.
Finally he did.
II have wracked my brain
for two hours" he said. "and I
cant figure II out. give up.
What's the answer"
l called Senator Peppers office
for an explanation, but was tolC
he was unavailable. Now. | an
wondering II he sent that anony
nous check himself and il N,
n.
"Moon over Miami"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

WE ARE acos now because of
w an utterly COMPOUNDED
statement by Senator Claude
Pepper OF Florida Senator Pep
per. seemingly. has discovered
something never before dreamed
Of IN monetary circles. He has
found way 10 send somebody
an anonymous check
The ColumbuS-hkc New
Dealer who AYERS his greatest
ambition Is TO nominate Nh
Roosevelt as president Of the
world. revealed his hrcath-tak-
ing discovery during debate on
the Murray-kilgorc demobiliza-
ton and reconVeTSIon bill.
lie was talking about what
our warriors may expect when
they. come home. and ne be-
came very oraIorical. The >ena-
tor. by the way. can get more
agitated than a >cidltI powder.
For some reason. which mys-
titled his listeners. he digrcSScd
10 tell Of a soldier who had his
pocket picked in Naples and
came home broke. Then he
added
Il hope that some one-and I
am sure they did when they
heard the story--had the great
satisfaction OF sending an
anonymous check with the mes
sage, Go ahead and enjoy seur-
self, from somebody who appre-
ciates you
WELL, II seems Senator Pep
w per must be ahead OF his
time because all us old Wings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

for a year, in the time of their
developing manhood and their
schooling.
On the other side Of the argu-
ment Is the undeulahle fact that
millions Of young American boys
have been done more physical
good by the months they have
spent in the army during this
war, than they could ever dream
Of achieving If they were 10 have
continued IN civilian life.
THERE is of course eRe fun
1 dsmen,al DANCE i'm the
Whole program, against winch
there must be devised some sort
Of fool-proof safeguards. or the
compulsory training legislation
VIII never get through Congress.
now or later.
Hitler did his most poisonous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

MERE are no illusions about
i the fact that the compulsory
military training program viii
have opposition
That's one Of the reasons it's
heng put off until after cleo
tons. The paclfiSt groups Will
fight it 10 the last ditch. and
the paciflSt groups are able 10
PICK up an amazing and Tuffucn-
tai following. when the nation
j. not ~ War.
Furthermore. It's confidently
expected that a great many
mothers will object 90 having
their sons torn away from them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

LIE PUT the plane down on
- the dot and at 6 o'clock
boarded another plane and flew
TO Los Angeles for a brief fur
Tough 10 see his wife and
daughter Then he went back
To Washington TO learn he had
been made a lieutenant colonel.
what was your most thrilling
experience Fits was asked.
"Well," he said thoughtfully,
at was ITO I'm the shade on the
Persian Gulf"
lie was wounded below the
left eye in North Africa. He
Is 80 pounds under his normal
weight. He is a man of medium
height. why, is Unfortunately
energetic, keen-eyed and has a
schnozzola like Jimmy Durante.
He went to Manual Arts High
in Los Angeles with Jimmy
Doolittle. Afterwards he-was
graduated from u. S. {. He
used TO sign himself Buron
r. Fits. the "R" being in
memory of the great Earl
Rogers. Fits was a law clerk
in Rogers office with Jerry
GeiSeler. now the most famous
of the criminal lawyers of the
West Coast.
LNTTS was a great one for
Il breaking down defendants.
He entered the district at
torney's office under Asa Reyes.
who got himself jammed up
with his own John Law on
bribery charges and did biz,
and Fits succeeded him. OF
and on he had operations on his
bad knee-17 IN all. He was
neted for ncglccting his meals
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
On the
Side

are somewhat jealous of their
husbands secretary.
Therefore, a wife noting her
husband dancing smoothly and
cheerfully with his beautiful
ammanuensis might not be
amused.
In fact. she might be inspired
at some later date 10 strongly
suggest that her husband get
another secretary.
IN 1920 I paid "a cents a gallon
Il for gasoline. without tax.
ana only got 10 miles 10 gaI-
Ion. Incidentally the gasoline
tax was originated by Oregon IN
1919.
How right Schopenhauer was
wTpu ne saId f'he greatest or
TOTiIcS Is 10 sacrifice health Tor
any other advantage.
In London recently a fashion
show was held for the benefit OF
short and not TOO slender
women" The models were all
short and not too slender
types. Seems a very practical
idea. Why do tall and terrific
models show clothes intended
for females OF the short, stylish
stout type?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14
Il. v. DURLINC

DASSTNG by: Lois Andrews.
Il The former Mrs. g. JeSSel.
Lois has gwen the saying No
body loves a fat man A terrific
setback. She has stated she Is
about to marry Jack Topping.
Jack weighs 300 pounds. He
recently inherited $4,000, 900. I
4 YOUNG old timer with a
"A good memory is one who
recalls the name OF the film IN
which Gary Cooper and Clau-
dette Colbert were the hero
and haIGIna----
In New York City there are
1857 taXlcabS IN operation and
1880 licensed cab drivers. This
seems 10 work out about right
As practicaffy aif New York
cabs gre operated night and day
by. GIRerent drivers Present
day taNica certainly have
taken plenty OF punishment l
was in one the other day that
had been driven 250.O00 miles.
THE Executive Secretaries
Il Association That Is the name
Of a national organization OF the
secretaries OF business eXecu-
tiveS.
Tho executive secretaries an
nually give a dinner dance to
which the bosses and their wives
are invited.
This gives the wives and
secretaries a chance 10 meet
socially.
At these dinner dances the
young women dance with their
bosses.
About 90 per cent Of wives
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-14

TIE most valuable piece Of
Il property in the world under
single ownership is the Equi-
table Bldg. 40 Broadway, New
York City. II is assessed at
S31, 000,0 900.
II was 30 years ago. in 1914.
that Henry Ford announced
that the minimum pay at his
factory would be s. day.
Before that was $2A a day.