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Evening star., 1944-10-01

hose ending in hand pump. They dropped
the stacks of pals, filled their tanks and head
ed toward the ridge.
Some of the children were too small to
help Mary kept these at the stream. But four
eighth-grade girls, with Billy, Joe Mitchell
and herself, made line across the grass to
the edge of the forest, where the men came
back to fill their tanks from the water pals
that were being passed from the stream. The
children were taking it like good soldiers.
They splashed their hands in each pail as
they ran with it to the next in line, keeping
their clothes wet.
She knew what was happening above. Half
way up the ridge was belt of brush She saw
the fire that the men had started there, using
the spray from their hand pumps to keep it
from eating down into the lower timber.
But the back-fire's miracle worked with
unexpected suddenness.
A hooded figure ran to her. shouting: "All
right! Get away!'
She raced back, gathering Billy, Joe and
the four girls, running on until they reached
the stream and could turn and watch. Fire
made a solid belt across the mountain where
the brush had been. 1t was in the upper
timber now. leaping toward the main blaze
that had come over the ridge. They met,
one great wall of fame colliding with the
other, in roar that shook the air.
The abrupt silence was strange in her ears.
There was no more intense heat; only few
snags still burned on the mountain. The men
who came toward her in the clearing air were
unreal figures, grimy and black. Mary's legs
felt all at once like melted candles, and let
her down.
1t was eight o'clock that night before she
saw jim Conrad for more than fleeting
moment.
A fire crew had fought through the rough,
mountain road, and had got the blaze west
of the valley under control. Parents had come
for their children; only Billy was left. She
had fed him and put him to bed in her own
room. He was asleep when she heard a sound
in the schoolroom and tiptoed out.
Jim was standing there, tall in the dark
ness, his clothes still black but his face
scrubbed As she closed the door behind her
he asked, Billy all right?"
Yes" She put her lamp down and watched
him across her desk She couldn't 60 to him;
there was too much she must know first.
Gravely he said, They ought to pin a
silver star on you
She waited 1t wasn't herself that she
wanted to talk about
HIS grin came then, young on his lean tanned
face ''Okay, Mary. l know what you're
thinking. I'm heel. 1t was pretty low the
way pulled out of here. knew that after
wards and got busy. How did you like my
smoke jumpers today? I've been training
them Mary And when | heard the fire was
Evening star., 1944-10-01

to explode all at once along its crest Black
smoke billowed high up. streaked with fame.
Then the fire curled over the ridge top into
the heavy stand of pines.
She grabbed the two children nearest her
as they sprang up. She had to shout: Splash
yourselves with water and lie down all
of your
Some started to obey. She wasn't watching
Dee Jackson, and he was too quick for her,
running like crazed deer away from the
stream. Smoke closed around him.
Billy" she cried, take charge!'
Dee was nowhere in sight when she ran
into the thick haze She called his name run
ming on, but heard nothing above the shat
tering crackle. Fear gripped her. With an
effort she forced herself into calm thinking.
She looked down. Like streaks of footprints
in snow, the boys tracks were visible in the
powder of ash that covered the meadow grass.
In another moment she overlook him,
caught him up and felt his heart beating
wildly against her breast. She hugged him.
But in her strictest school-teacher voice she
said:
Dee, what would Pete think of this!'
Pete was his brother in the Marines you
want to be brave too. don't you? Of course.
Now take my hand and come on" Even as
they ran, she saw that wind-driven brands of
fire had leaped the meadow, and timber to
the west as well, as to the east, was burning.
Before they reached the stream, the smoke
around them began to move strangely, swirl
ing and rising, as if the fires on the east and
west ridges had made sudden upward draft
Ahead she saw the children lying on the bank
their faces covered. The smoke continued
to lift, until there was path of blue sky
above the meadow She looked up into its
sunny brightness, and her heart stopped. A
plane was circling above the meadow. 1t
swept into the path of blue sky and banked
and started down.
The children by the stream had also seen
it. They jumped up, standing with heads
thrown back Billy Conrad shouted, That's
a troop transport! A Skymaster!
An airplane couldnt land here; the meadow
was too small knowing that her first hope
died.
She stood watching, holding her breath.
The plane was over the end of the meadow
when door in its side opened. A dark object
tumbled out, then another. Six white chutes
were floating downward as the plane banked
and came over again. The bundles that fell
from it this time were smaller. and the para
chutes we're brown Jumping jeeps! Billy
yelled. "Paratroops! Boy, are we in the war"
Mary stood rooted, her eyes on the men
drifting over her head. They looked huge in
helmets and padded suits; coils of rope and
equipment hung onto them. As they landed,
they sprang instantly to life, getting out of
the heavy suits, running to the bundles that
Evening star., 1944-10-01

His grin came then, young on his lean tanned
face. "Okay, Mary. l know what you're
thinking I'm heel. 1t was pretty low the
way pulled out of here. knew that after
wards and got busy. How did you like my
smoke jumpers today? I've been training
them, Mary. And when heard the fire was
threatening Round Valley. and we got here,
l knew it had been worth while"
You mean that's what you've been doing
all year? You might have written"
No" He shook his head. you had every
reason to be through with me, for one thing.
And didn't know whether my new job was
going to work out But I'm head OF this out
fit you saw today, and training others We're
going to make landing field here on the
meadow. This will be our summer headquar
tiers. In the winter we'll live in the city. How
does that sound?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
MARY HAWORTH'S Mail

DEAR T. c.
IN YOUR situation il is futile
L 10 try TO contrive peace Of
mind from the dubious SUBJ
stance OF outer circumstance.
You must storm the gates OF
heaven TO claim 1t as a gift OF
grace.
You must lift your mind 10 a
very high altitude II you are
10 truly forgive and dismiss the
damage that has been done: and
thus give your husband ex-
emplarys support in keeping his
good resolutions.
Just remember that he has
been, and must be for some
time yet. as much a victim of
circumstances as you.
Put aside self pity and try 10
understand his temptations as
versus his will 10 be faithful;
and do your noble best to tide
the marriage over the danger
Gus reefs of your long invalid
ism.
For words of help. for lifting
the mind. for expanding the
heart. ! refer you lin any copy
OF The New Testament"') to
PauI's epistle 10 the Cofinth-
ians, Chapter ID. which dis
courses magnificently on the re-
demptive powers of charity of
spirit: Charity is patient. is
kind; charity envieth not, deal
eth not perversely is not
provoked 10 anger, thinketh no
evil: beareth all things.
hopeth all things. endureth all
things. Charity never falleth
away and now there re-
main. faith, hope and charity.
these three: but the greatest of
these is charity"
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ho-
worth eounssis through her col
umn; not BY mail or personal
interview Write her in care Of
The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
On
Broadway

shaft and a body full of shrap-
mel When Andy Russell. the
thrush is free chums suspect
he will wed Della Norella, the
Coast canary Sadie Thomp-
son" tthe new version Of RAINY
is being revamped. To date 1t
has cost its hackers a mere
$3.50, 900.
VICE PRESIDENT II. WAL
v LACE campaigned for FDR
travelling in uppers. paying his
own way, and taking whatever
hotel accommodations were
available with grin Alice
Lightwood, descendant of Pa
troit Mad Anthony Wayne. is
working in the office of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America at Is Union Square
for Sidney Hillman. She's just
a foreigner. huh?
Movie actress Irene Manning
is en- route overseas. Her hus-
band. Keith Kolhoff. on the
Coast, doesn't know whether
marriage is on or what. Just
knows what he reads in the coll
gums An eminent writer is
being treated by medicos. Taken
to muttering endlessly to himself
=. Insiders expect an explosion
in collegiate basketball before
the season starts. Might even
affect the Madison So. Garden
schedule.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
Letters From
A Soldier

here, and Spiewak was hoping
he'd be kept for cadre. too, just
because of the piano team.
Then Kent was shipped some
where else, and Spiewak was
quite content to ship out with
the rest.
But" he told me. "we've rot
Il all set TO get together ~ .
piano team professionally when
tho wars over. It's funny the
accid 9 n tai scquaintanceships
you make In IL weeks, isn't 1t I:
Because I think he's just about
the perfect teammate for music,
and va just happened to meet
ut the USO."
INCIDENTALLY (others, not
L Spiewak told me this)
Spiewak got his dander up at
the USO once. There was a
man in civilian clothes and
somebody shouted, "Hah, A.
Fer" Spiewak got the civilian
up in front of the group and
interviewed him then and there.
He proved to be a veteran dis
charged use OF three
wounds In battle.
Spiewak finished of with.
'Now aren't you proud of your
self, whoever you are, the one
who said 4-F? 2"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
On the
Side

editor Of Godels Lady Book.
wrote II. Sara also originated
the slogan "See America frst.'
Q-You are always talking
about things you like. How
about some Of the things you
don't like?
A-Well, I don't like mush-
room sauce, loud radio playing,
muddy tracks, sopranos who
finish on high, carrots mixed
with peas, Walt Whitman's
poetry, small hats on large
women, two dollar bills, or fe-
males who feature long cigsret
holders and broad q accents. y
MATURE gave man the best
~ eyes of all animals but still
two-thirds of human beings need
glasses. So states a man OF
science quite evidently Gliding
human beings for carelessness
as to eyesight but nobody has
yet designated spectacles for
these unfortunate animals. As
TO human eyesight it would mr.
prove If more attention were
paid TO intelligently placed and
adequate lighting in offices,
schools, homes, public libraries
and streetcars. Also many peo-
pie could improve their eyesignt
by eye exercises. IS
Distributed by King Features synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
One Word Led to Another
: BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

One thing miss about the elections the bets Of
the old times Yesterday told you about Mr.. Trumbore
was Mr. Trumbore's infrm intention to deposit his
victorious political antagonist in the Gulf Stream in one
easy payment.
Moeller woke up in time. II he had not the verdict
would have been accidental drowning by proxy For any
water Moeler accidental.
Another gag for the loser to push peanut with
his along Market street from the wharf to city hall
The fellow first had to go to the and take peanut
away from small elephant.
Then he put the peanut on the ground and played
billiards for mile. 1t against the bet for him to
chalk his He got his picture in the papers for
it before the days of the tone engraving Another
item that complicated the line of march that the
automobile had not yet been invented.
There was the other loser who swpre he wouldn't
barbecue his whskers until William Jennings Bryan
elected president. That started in 1896 and was still
going on in 1924. If you have seen 80 years
worth of whiskers then your chnstrap education is
elementary
Mr. Potts made that bet in 1896 When saw him
years later his whiskers thrown over his right
shoulder like magcian's cape.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

HAROLD ICKES put on a
IL good show in a debate be-
cause he yells and trounces his
opponents and gives the au-
dience a laugh.
This is excellent theater Of
the old vaudeville type, cur
rently out of fashion on Broad
way. but continued on the ra-
do in the debate programs OF
which Town Meeting of the
Air" is most representative.
On none of these programs
can the truth be guaranteed
nor are lies ever corrected I'M
less the adversary is as loud and
impudent and as quick on his
feet as the contamination of the
truth.
Somebody asked Ickes this
question:
eff the President knew the,
war was coming, why did he
not prohibit the shipment Of
scrap iron and high octane gas
to JAPAN"
And Ickes lodged the issue
by answering thus:
well, that Is . pretty broad
question You haven't seen
me run away from many Of
them. / think tho scrap iron
should have been barred long
before II was, but how about
your big industrialists: How
about Illinois Steel: How about
Weir? How about Grace Of
Bethlehem Steel: What WAS
their record on scrap"
NOV that was in no manner
~ a broad question: 1t was
specific and to the point. 1t is
almost a yes or no question.
But The lex called it broad
and then showed into an attack
on the American steel COM
panies.
If Harold Ickes knew any,
thing at all about steel and
scrap, he would know that the
japanese were bidding for
American scrap against Ameri-
can manufacturers, offering
prices which they could not
possibly pay and that all the
American steel producers were
bewailing their American gov
eminent to put an embargo on
scrap so that the japanese
could not export it.
And il Harold Ickes knew
anything at all, he would have
known that the American gov
eminent and its state depart
ment refused absolutely to
protect American industry
against Japanese industry in
this matter.
As E. T. Weir said in a tele-
gram TO Ickes:
"At times, war production Of
steel has been seriously ham,
pered because there was little
scrap 10 buy ~ the result Of
the Roosevelt administration's
resistance In allowing the ex-
port Of scrap steel 10 Japan and
other countries"
Under the Owl ruling that
" officers of our government
cannot call each other naues or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
JACK PICKERING

en- route. In the past there
have been others who insisted
on going directly to a port OF
embarkation, but generally it's
because they've had a brother
or some close friend killed in
the war and they want to get
over there quick and start
shooting.
Not 50 with Provost. I asked
him why he wanted to pass up
a visit home and he said it was
Just because he had an am
bition.. His ambition Is to be
the first CT to reach Toxic. II
don't mean as a paratrooper, or
a raider, or suicide squad or
anything" he said. IT mean I
want to be the first of the GI's
to get there and really hold the
city"
THERE'S another home
i towner we're proud of here
he's gone home, too, now.
Clarence Spiewak, who had a
business on Hamilton avenue
near Glendale. He's quite a
hand at the piano, and does his
own arranging. too.
Well, at the USO in Admission
he did some playing, and ran
into Cpl. AL Kent of Cleveland,
who did the same. They formed
a two-piano team and the GTs
really went for their music.
You'll see II or Is khaki
uniforms around any piano
when somebody starts playing
but at the Admission USO the
average was 200 to 500 when
Spie wax and Kent were
playing.
Cpl. Kent was a cadreman
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

/ FIGURE a man named
Dewey must have been in the
contest too. But the only Dewey
ever knew was district attor-
ney of Manhattan and do not
think he would be letting Lucky
Luciano and the other mugs
scamper loose about the town
just so he could run for Presi-
dent.
Also. I am practically certain
there Will be pieces about the
election elsewhere in the paper.
II there aren't the joke will GER
tainly be on me. and you can
laugh 6vourself silly.
On the otter hand. you would
probably never hear the dra-
matte saga of Mr.. Healy If I
didn't tell you. l think il is
clear where my duty lies.
The Mr.. Healy / speak of is
George W. Healy Jr., director
OF domestic operations of the
Office OF War Information. He
has been second in command 10
Elmer Davis since last Jan. !.
Mr.. Healy is about TO leave,
however, 10 presume his old Job
as managing editor of the New
Orleans Times-Picayune. To
keep the record straight, this
is not the picayune President
Roosevelt told some reporters
not to be.
Anyway, a group of admirers
gave him a farewell party. Mr..
Healy arrived a little late and
out of breath. Also, he still had
his identification badge pinned
10 his lapel.
Mr.. Healy was perplexed be-
cause everyone who looked at
the badge began snickering.
Then realization dawned. The
badge bore only a number
22547-and underneath:
Temporary"
MR.. HEALY told me he has
AA never had any other badge
at owl.
They wouldn't even give me
q low number" he added.
MR.. HEALY said he hopes
A'A there are no new elevator
operators on the job when he
gets back TO his paper. He
made a flying trip there about
a month ago to catch UP on a
pile of work. He got into the
elevator with a bunch of
printers.
The OPERATOR new man.
took Mr.. Healy past his floor to
let the printers of at the COM
posing room.
"Mister," he explained to Mr..
Healy. 81 took these men up
here first because they have
work 70 dol"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

INVITE HOUSE radio an
w nouncer Walter Compton
and his wife expect their image
In Feb Kay Williams is ex-
pected back from the Holly
wolves today 10 rewed Macoco,
ne Argentine mint It's a
! Id for the Rudy Halles. Pop
is counsel to the Mead lex
Trdmant Comm Irving Ber-
lin may be decorated for his
war effort.
For the first time since star
dom, Kath Hepburn gets second
billing 10 Spencer Tracy in
without Love" Vivien
Leigh resumes film work after
an unhappy event in the hos
pital Harriet Clark, the ex-
Mrs. Charles Barnet, is a
receptionist at United Air
Lines.
BROOKS ATKINSON, the ~.
~ Y. Times war correspond
ent, just back from Chungking,
Is war casualty. Pretty i'll.
Enters Presbyterian hosp :.
1t. Bartlett Quirk Che flew
Stilwell home) doing the town
with Honey Abbott Dixie
Dunbar. the dynamite dancer.
miraculously beat the polio rap.
The chap with her taking the
bows is her doctor.
Paul Porter, the Democrats
press chief tnow that the cam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

EDITORS NoTE-Pvt. Pick
srias, former Times esiswsnist,
10 an infanfvymsS at II. Me-
Cisilsn. Ale. Thee vrifiass are
excerpts from his Letters to
friends st the office.
VOU remember what I said
L about griping-that every
body gripes? Well, I'm hardly
retracting that, but just before
the lads shipped out I was
walking through D Company,
and somebody hailed me.
1t was a stranger, in q way
ne knew me but I didn't know
him. That is, he read the
column back home In Detroit,
and his mother sent him copies
of some Of these letters. Maybe
I'm vain, but I always feel a
glow when somebody comes up
and says, Are you the Picker
ing from Detroit? ! used to
read your column. and now they
send me clippings ."
But I'm rambling again.
What I was going to say was
that this lads name was STAN
ley Casper, and that he found
Mcclellan just as tough as /
found it, but he added, TT seems
hard-but there wasn't any
thing I couldn't do :"
There's the mark of a real
soldier in those few words.
THERE'S a youngster leaving
l. from our company, Virgil
Provost, a French Canadian
from New York State, who is
going to make quite a soldier,
too. OF our company. he's the
only one who refused to delay
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

1T Is one OF the worst habL
its in the world. Writers who
wait for inspiration" usually
keep on waiting. Work is what
brings inspiration. I have talked
about this with many leading
writer's, and while. of course.
they feel more like writing some
days than others, yet they all
say that plunging in and ham,
mering away is the main thing
that creates inspiration.
2-Yes. Moral conduct and
responsibility is largely a matter
of education. A child often in
jures q playmate, or even steals,
without any sense of wrong be-
cause II lacks education. The
same Is true as we go up or
down in the scale Of intelligence.
However, more book education
does not always mean education
In doing right. Every normal
person knows what Is right but
doing IL Is matter OF training
In habits Of doing right.
3-No. An angry person lies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

When I think on the happy days
I spent Nth you deurie,
And noW What lands betUeen US
lie,
How can I be but eerie!
How sloO ye move, ye heavy
hours,
As We were wae and ueuryi
II icds ma sac ne plinted by
When | Was Nth my dedrie.
Campbell.
MARGARET E. SANGSTER
Nl discussing the financial
angle of married life said a man
making $50 a week should give
his wife $40 for her personal
expenses. Very interesting.
However, how about the many
loving husbands who turn their
pay checks over TO their wives.
How much should a wife, ham
ding the family finances, give
for personal expenses to man
making $50 a week?
THERE are $4,000, 900 people
L in India and 800, 900 900 go
barefooted. Why are British
businessmen always so much
concerned about European busi-
ness? Why don't they develop
business in India. Think Of the
opportunities there for a clever
shoe manufacturer.
In a recent divorce case a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

NOTHING having happened all
~ day except something about
electing president. / am going
10 tell you the soul-stirring epic
OF the impermanent Mr.. Healy.
would have written. "a piece
on the election. but l couldn't
find out anything. The affair,
apparently. was conducted in
secrecy The nearest l could
figure was that they were elect
ing a president of the United
States Corrugated Box Co.-any
way the name had United
States" in il.
Without realizing IL at the
time. l almost had some infor-
nation in my grasp. / met a
fellow who said he was on his
way 10 the potts. But / thought
he meant he was of 10 join the
Polish army. so-for security
reasons--I didn't ask him any
questions.
did hear some people cheer
ing for Roosevelt, so guess he
must have been one of the con-
tcstants. l have always been one
of his greatest admirers ever
since / saw him dash up the
stairs in Arsenic and Old Lace"
thinking il was San Juan Hill.
There was never anything
more inspiring than the way he
yelled Charge"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09
TuU~E navS By George E.
IL hESE DA y Sokolsky

quarrel in public, The lex
lodged the question Were he
his old self. he would have
bawled out Secretary Hull and
the audience would have howled
with glee, but old lex lost his
nerve and being impelled by his
nature to assassinate some ones
character for an obvious error
of judgment, he hit out at Ed
Stettinius whose name he did
not mention, E. T. Weir and
Eugene Grace, and the COM
panies which were the principal
sufferers from this policy-the
principal sufferers except for
the American boys who were
killed by japanese steel made
with American scrap.
1t was q mean thing to do
and wholly untruthful as the
record shows.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-09

paign is over), is vowing to rip
out his phones Ermipie Ran
dolph, the Mexican Hayride
prima donna, was rushed to the
hosp after a collapse :. Dorothy
Arnold, the Dream Girl (inti-
mates now wager). will reconcile
with her Joe DiMaggio &.
Mango and 1t. Eddie Albert
tjust back are giving Broad
way its only heat.
Mayor LaGuardia's heart Is
not set on governing Italy,
after all. May stay there only a
month Pvt. Marcus Loew,
the movie magnate's grandson.
will have a new commanding
officer this week. Her name
is Ethel Snyder. They'll merge
in Denver.
WILLIAM BENNETT will
w shelve the vice presidency
of Univ.. of Chicago in the near
future 10 devote more time to
business enterprises -. Keep
your orbs on the u. c. L. A.
team now that its star, Bob
WateFfeid, has reconciied with
Jane Russell. Last season
when they feuded the team dived
10 the bottom.
Sonny Gottlieb, Init. News
photogger. changed seats with
Tom Treanor. five minutes be-
fore Nazi SO blew it 10 pieces.
Sonny escaped with a broken