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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
Letters From
A Soldier

anyway; then shipping orders
and the banana boat" Nobody
WANTS TO 60 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 go 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 a hard time
making each other understand
what's wrong with the type
writer, but we finally do IT.
While / wait for him to do IL. /
see that one of the Germans
has stopped work TO listen
TO a song on the radio. A song
so familiar that / wasn't
aware of hearing it even.
The song is H m e. Swee t
Home" :.
Wives. here to visit their hus-
bands-across the road the
other night some of the men had
goofed off and had TO stay and
clean their rifles outside the
supply room. / saw one wife in
billowy white summer dress,
sitting patiently on an amnuni-
ton case while her man, still in
his fatigues, scrubb bed his
rifle
It's Fort Mcclellan. but Il
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, 1944-08-19
On the
Side

wear a soft brown hat the same
as thousand of other men do.
Perhaps I should get myself a
beret.
All. WHAT wouldn't I give to
n once more see Helen Nor
gan Climb on a piano and sing
"Only a 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 l can never remember
her name.
THERE is a London stage hit
Il titled is Your Honeymoon
Necessarily II rs described as
"a bedroom farce" What was
the llfHl Deui OOfIl ldI &C W DC
the hit on Broadway. u. S. A. ?
Wasn't it Twin Beds, or am I
stuck for another stogie. Incl
dentally, 1 certainly have a fine
line of stogies now. A special
brand. They are nine inches
long.
Ever hear of a WAC having
"stenographers' spre ad"? It
has happened. A number OF
WACs we're assigned 10 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 II they are WACs.
So the young women were or
dered TO take exercises again
with a view toward regaining
the streamlined figure that
characterizes the typical WAC.
Copyright. 1884. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
ID. ". DURLING

! greet thee, loving letter,
Unopened. kiss thee free
And dream her lips Within thee
Glue back the kiss 10 me-
John James Piatt.
TAKE these cancer husbands
Il 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 pleasure for the
male cancerites, they really
don't deserve much credit.
Now a Leo hates work. All
star gaZers agree on that.
Nevertheless. Leo will help
his wife with the hUusewUrk on
many occasions. ~
AS a matter of fact I, who am
a 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 regul ar army
style.
After that l 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 gag. He began
barking and running around in
front Of me.
/ also helped with dishes.
However, / did not whistle
while / worked but went at the
task with grim determination.
IN HOT weather Englishmen
wear shorts.
During the summer men in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
TuHE IluDuT~uuTED GunE By Damon
Il HE ADAlAVDAA AIAO SADL Runyon

originally and Harry was widely
known and his betting prices
were quoted everywhere, espe-
cially on big fights. That was
his special dish. Harry was a
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, a great pitcher
for the Baltimore Orioles when
they were the monarchs OF the
baseball world. and the hero Of
one OF my favorite baseball
stories. 1t concerns the time
corbett was pitching against
Brooklyn, the Orioles two runs
ahead in the last inning, two
Oul, Dul i1t DdSCS i0ii vi oOS.
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.
"Whst on earth did you say
To the guy that upset him that
way" demanded Hughy Jen-
nings Of Doyle.
why" Doyle replied, be-
wildered, II just said. you amt
gonna quit like your brother did
10 Fitzsimmons yesterday, are
you'?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
BETTER HEALTH

me what to take for II, as IL 1t
were possible 10 give them one
thing at one time which would.
explode inside them and Ak
them up forever.
Take the irritable colon. the
irritable bowel, mucous COLTS,
OF spaCtic colon, whatever you
want 10 call IL. This" says A
famous doctor, is not a disease,
II IS a condition And a condi-
ton goes on, YOU have 10 live
with IT as Tong as the breath of
life continues.
THESE people are always look
L ing for the one. the SOW
ereign remedy They Will do
anything have any kind of an
operation, 60 on any fool diet,
take any kind of medicine.
soothsaying or-efectricity, when
what they need is the philoso-
ply 10 know what kind of peo-
pie they are and that they must
accept themselves and learn 10
live with themselves.
a typical case history is a
woman Of IS who has attacks
Of colcky pains in the abdo-
men. excessive gas with belch-
ing palpitstion, alternating con-
stipatlon and mucous dlarrhoea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

this country should wear shorts,
even to 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.
II 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 Bling Crosby resumes
W broadcasts he will have no
studio audiences. Says he doesn't
like them. Horray for the odd
groaner!' How / wish some
other radio peffeF#ass-wnuld
follow his example. Bing never
did like studio audiences and
Only tOlel leu AleIl 10 pltdSt
the comics on his program who
claimed they couldn't work
without some applause and
laughter following their jokes.
SAID 7: "Women are slaves to
~ fashion; what other women
are wearing they viii wear,
even II II is not becoming TO
them"
Said my girl friend: "Remem-
her 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 1t? Simply because
all the other fellows at that
time were wearing derby hats.
And you have the nerve to say
women are slaves to fashion"
She had me there. Maybe l
am still a slave TO fashion. l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
One Word Led to Another
BY Patterson
pack
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

don't seem able to get loose from those two Chicago
conventions. / wake up screaming nomination and
seconding it with shudder.
Those nominators talked iron lid off pot.
have listened for than 80 semesters to these
verbose Stentors twist the facts like tornque around
the echong rostrim
The ethics of parliamentary procedure limit the
nomnator to 20 minutes the rostrum fragment of
shining that he improves by talking twice fast and
meaning one-half much
For Is years l have campagned to hold all con-
ventions by parcel post and carrier pigeon. There is
nothing they do in those audtous that you cannot do
by mail during liberal administration.
The soldiers in armed forces voting by mail
They don't hear nomnator devote 20 minutes to pres-
dent and to his running mate.
They dignity the " P by calling him a running mate
He is always II PAGES in the slightly to the right and
with his brakes
If that's running mate it sure 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, 1944-08-19
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.
I am interest in this one addi-
ional fact: Although I 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, 1944-08-19

EDITORS NOTE-Pvt. Piek.
srina, former Times eoiumnist,
10 an infantryman at Fl. Me-
cfsiion, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
I'VE tried and tried TO describe
L Fort Mcclellan, but you can't
do il. You can't describe any
part OF the army. All you can
do is pick out small scraps here
and there -.
The youngster with fuzz on
his face. industriously shaving
while a ring of four or five older
G.I.'s stand in a semicircle
around him offering gratuitous
advice
The same youngster arriving
on the range with his rife dirty
and rusty. Two or three of us
cleaned it for him. showing him
how, and how his rife operated.
One was sergeant from B
Company-the one who shows
recruits the correct land rough
est way TO manhandle a
machine gun tripod into
position.
"Look, soldier" he told the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

IF EVERYBODY reacted the
= same 10 every experience in
life. even 10 every emotional ex-
perience. IL would be an empty
and undressing world for doc
tors and novelists. The novels
could be reduced 10 Euclidean
eatises on geometry News
= Bapers would look like the pages
OF the integral calculus. At
the corner Of Twelfth and Vine
streets yesterday at 400 p, m
an irresistible body named
John Jones, met an immovable
object either city water ny
drant or Mary Smith. The re-
suit was chaos Such might
he an item in your morning
newspaper.
AS for the practice OF medi-
cine, II could be done over the
radio, by government bureau.
"All those VINO ate fish chowder
a. the church social last night
Will repair Immediately TO Doer-
schuk's drug emporium and con-
sumo a tablespoonful Of For
nfila rs,
But we are not much that
way. The person who always
reacts just normally 10 every
event IS decidedly not normal;
al 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-
-citaAler iraScihle, etc
~ .
OUR stomachs and intestlnes
" 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 intestines too.
They explode into barrages al
nearly any kind of stimulus.
And they do IL throughout life.
heir owners are always asking
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

fe ". - .SS}i4J IKE 10 know
L what / am doing except be-
ing hot. am wallowing in sym
pathy for the American business
man who has 10 come 10 Wash
ington on business.
There may be reasons for
some OF the red tape which en-
tangles the business visitors. be-
cause they often want things
that are not available, or any
way, not immediately available.
But ! did not want any priorl-
ties or ALLEGATIONS,
4 Ii | wanted was an answer
IA 10 this question:
lis 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 | tried 70 explain that /
did not want a single priority,
not even a bag Of cement, a
hunk Of marble slsbbing, or even
a plank for a diving board.
II don't want to rent a swim
ming pool. ar even have II trans
ported across q state line" /
added in desperation. "All I
want 10 know Is, do you have
one 80
4 s l went on and on with the
"A business thought:
Goodness, there must be
lot Of forbearance among our
visitors. II Is q wonder, indeed,
that our streets are not filled
with business gentlemen run
ming amok."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19


NEWEY Is such a kick in the
IL pants, as we describe a
sure thing In my set, that ii
assns 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, as
election bets are sure TO get
bruited about IL they are of any
heft, and the treasury men are
going TO be listening for them
this trip.
So if you read OF fabulous
wagers being made on the 1914
election you can dismiss them
as fakes. AS rule the big
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. If 1t is
a large bet / know Dewey
supporters who cry themselves
10 sleep these nights thinking Of
the money they are losing be-
cause they dare not stake all
thsir substance at the odds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

A Coupon 1a-3 gals. valid through
Sept. "a
B-s and ca Coupons gals. each.
B-4 and ca Coupons gals. each.
claw requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period b-Valid through
sept 80
Period l--valid through Sept 30,
ie45 y
No. it-vslid through Aug 81.
SHOES
AIrpiane stamps ! ana t-Valid h.
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

REPLIED-very graciously. I
L thought-not 10 bother the
general, but 10 tell me who
could speak for him.
Well, the lady | was talking
to apparently thought for q
minute. Then she said:
PRO-"
What does PRO mean
phlnagling room onlye" I asked
NO" she said. 1T means
Public Relations Officer"
Finally l located 1t. Col
Marshall Newton, who holds
this portfolio.
Listen" l said. II don't
want anything from the war
department, not even a used
jeep. just tell me this: Il there
q swimming pool underneath
you somewhere
Col. Newton hesitated. Then
he said:
There is no swimming pool.
but there Is something else. IL
Is located somewhere beneath
the north parking lot entrance.
1t Ia a big unused shower room
This shower room was built
with the idea that hot and tired
personnel could take showers.
But IL was never finished. The
war department couldn't get
priorities for the plumbine"
Well, anyway, | got half a
story. There is an unused
shower room under the Penta,
gon Building.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
The Detroit Times
PROGRESSED Fnnns

PROGRESSED FOODS
Blue AS through F-s--Valid indefi-
nitely
MEATS, CHEESE. FATS
Red AS through D-s-vslid indefi-
nitely.
One IN. salvage fat. good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
Stamp IS. Book valid Sept I,
lbs each. valid indefinitely
Stamp 30. No. 4 Book--Vslid Sept. /,
Indefinitely
canning through FEB 20. 1eiS
Spare Stamp 81, No. 4 Book-Valid
for maximum Of 10 lbs. for can
ming. Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

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, 1944-08-19
Brain Game Answers

Brain Game Answers
1-2o states.
Fifteen per cent.
s. Hot seasoning. such as pep
per, mustard. etc
4-IrvinC Berlin composed them
all
Midway Wake, Guam.
6-The term is applied to mis-
cellaneous securities Of low
speculative value.
7-S23. SIS. 99S 900
S-Narcissus.
Cary1gh,. 1914. By King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
GETTING ALONG WITH
PEOPLE

By Milton Wright, Noted Psychologist
Do you really KNOW YOURSELF
lou must-to master the art OF get
ting along with people
This booklet fully explains-
YOUR BASIC EMOTIONS
and how they aneet getting along
with people II also tells the diff
ference between "introverts ard
"extroverts" and how 20 identify
sch.
WHICH ARE YOU
You can learn these important
things about yourself by sending W
cents and q self addressed. stamped
(3eD envelope 10 DR.. WiEgan care
~ this newspaper This isl non
profit ssrvice 20 readers. Just ask
for
GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19
Connolly Answers
b. &c. SC. s-c. s.

copyrisht. lsH sy KING Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-19

My SxreTie1ce began after a
fellow, who refused 10 give his
name. called and said:
do you know there is 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 q
mention OF a pool
WELL, ! figured II would be
w easy to find out: merely
call the building superintendent.
After all, II 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 I would have
10 call Charles Peters, deputy
commissioner of public build
ings.
So phoned Mr.. Peters at the
Federal Works Agency. l was
referred 10 Mr.. Al Newberry.
FEWA publicity man. Mr.. New
berry said he was sorry. that all
information about the Pentaeon
Building would have 10 come
from 1t Gen. Brehon B. Somer-
veil, chief of the army service
forces
Al Gen Somervell's office I
was informed II would be a little
lnconvenlent 10 get him 10 the
phone because he is in Italy.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-03-10
Filibustering

Since 1917, when the U. S. SEN
ate adopted cloture rule to check
further filibustering, about 10 at
tempts have been made "to talk
bill to death" by a member read
ing aloud any handy publication
from the Bible to bartender's
guide.
In the last filibuster, staged in
1912, the delegated speaker devot-
ed most of his time to selections
from a mail-order catalogue.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

The Army needs poper us
pofrio,ic TO help your store
save on extro ~ropp,nss.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Sinews of wor flood ashore
on conquered KwojoIein. And
so this key isIond Of the Nor
shoils ropidiy becomes solid
bose for more blows o9oinst
Jopon's ;slond stpnghoids. Pic
ture wos token from ionding
croft os it unIooded OF beach.
-
A Yonkee village Of pup
tents on the fIot pIoin Of Ro'
lsIond in the Morsholls. Be
yond ore ships Of the greet in
vosion fleet.
u. S Navy Photos.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-13
AnSP. Baker
Dead as 6lG

Former Police Inspector Mark
~ Baker the first head OF
Pcioskcy Station is dc7d TO-DAY
after au illness of three months
ot h.W' aIlmcnf 40 the home
1910 Fo,r.r He was IS
Ibe -on of The late Deputy
Superintendent of Police Alphonso
Baker, }He Inspector retired in
1876 The Inspector father OF
Police Sgt Ralph Baker Of Can
field station died last night
He rs also survived by a
daughter Mrs. Alice Van Dyke
Funeral service viii be conducted
Saturday AZ tho William r.
Hamilton Funeral Homo. with
burial IN Noodlawu Time OF the
services Wlli bc announced latcr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-13
THE ALPHABET
OF HEALTH

Years Of experimentation and discovery by
eminent scientists have resulted in the
confirmation of that belief and in the den
thcation of many unknown food factors
winch are synthes.zed in the alphabet Of
-X1alnlns- know ard huY lodaY Dietary
deficiencies, malnutruon and illness are
prevented by taxing supplemental vitamin
fractions daily.
Knsel pharmacists are well versed in the
principles Of vitami1 therapy, and all
standardized vitamin products are carried
in stock 20 meet the demands Of your
doctors prescription or your own per
sonal preference.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-13
RiVerfront Plan
Sponsors Agree
On Park Project
Rv " kRD SCHULTZ
urtut lime, financial EDITOR


Representative, az Tho leading
civic ol 4nlaiou~ in Detroit have
agreed with CITY planner George
D. Emery that any postwar uNcr-
front dD>ciopmLg should be
primarily q pa(Dprooct rather
than a plan hYt around fast
traffic heqWaY.
Emory M \ meeting I'm the
Water Board BNNdIng introduced
q s.rc- of plans for hoauufNlng
o( tng rNorlront dating from
1914 Io taa latest drawings hy his
stat.
ou Viii notr that our plans
call for park belt extending
q substantial distance back from
the river" me said The road
way can be- placed either on
The bank OF the river or a far
back A. Jefferson.
IO\G-RANGE PLAN
While this seems like a ire
mendouS undertaking because il
calls for eventual removal of
must of the plants and build
ing> In that area, want Ia
point ont that this land can be
neutrality-suspicious. l,iSS
acre 81 or S5l,172, 900. OF
course, this would be long
range proposition and plants
like the Edison power station
would not he acquired -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-13
PIECEMFAL PROPOSAL
Wen eventually include


that" hc said.
When ~ was suggested that a
Practical plan for the immediate
future might be- preferable TO a
0iTr7U Tt7U wi1TCt might never
he completed Emery agreed that
Lie proposed rivortront park plan
could ho drawn In a series Of
stages so that work could he
started immediately and expanded
over period of years
We have 10 plan for the fu-
iurc and enNiSion a project
which will extend over period
from 20 10 81 years, he
Asserted
The croup agreed 10 further
meetings with, Emery and the
mayor postwar planning COM
mission M which some definite
plan VIII be- agreed upon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-30
1000 Attend
CY0.Dinner

One thousand persons crowded
into the dining room of the Cath
Ollie Youth Organization center at
Mack and Maxwell last night and
paid s. a plate for the CYO's
sixth annual corned beef and cab
bage dinner.
Proceeds from the tradition
marked dinner 60 to support the
Home for Homeless Boys at 1860
Leland. the first such large insti-
tuition founded by the CYO.
The Rev. Harold j. Markey,
archdiocesan director of the CYO,
told the dinner patrons OF the
homes founding. recalling how it
was transformed in 1889 from a
home for the aged to a home for
young men,"