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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

MILITARY opinion in the
AA United States has suddenly
swung TO emphatic support Of
the unification of all our armed
forces, through a single depart
ment OF national defense dis
placing the present war and
navy departments.
The most vital problem is
whether air power will receive
an equal and autonomous status
within the new department.
From the vantage point OF
aviation unifcation will be
worthless If il does not result
in separate air arm, co-equal
with the land and sea arms.
THAT time and experience
l. have had their effect in driv-
ing home the logic of the air
power claim appears from
Washington reports on the con-
ffesSionaf hearings on military
reorganization.
Among those offering testi-
r1ony were Robert p. Patterson,
assistant secretary of war;
Robert a. Lovett. assistant sec
rotary Of war for air, and Brig.
Gen. II, S. Hansell Jr., deputy
chief Of air staff.
All Of them. according to the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

CINNY SIMMS has the best
VI plan for entertaining
soldiers lover here) for the
next two decades. Will an
nounce it soon. Nobody puts
UP any money.
- Frank Loesser, ace songsmith
sow in uniform), has another
ydre hit in First Class Private
Mary Brown" A lovely Tilt
that will also serve as the best
recruiter for WACs yet. The
punchline of il should inspire
every available woman.
II A. A. Knopf. the publisher,
can find Mencken's I'm De-
Tense OF Women" and Menck-
ems "Schimpflexicon" Ia book
Of insults), this corner will be
very happy.
They say Mrs. Will Rogers
h very Ill at Drs. Hosp,
nov. DEWEY has a flock of
VI State Troopers In plain
clothes Can unprecedented
move) stationed at tracks TO
keep undesirables out.
David A. SelZnick has finally
finished Since You Went
Away" It'll run 2 hours and
so minutes instead Of 81 hours
rs planned. He believes IL will
equal the biz of Gone With
the Wind" which has done 35
million 10 date.
Russell SWANS magic Is a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
RETTER- HEALTH

TO the frequency OF contact der
mathis of the eyelids, / was
asked to Introduce a speaker at
one of our town assemblies.
When he got started speaking
] sat on the platform facing the
audience.
TT WAS a darn dull speech and
L / did not have 10 listen 10
him. SO. watching the audience,
/ rot out paper and pencil
and made n mark for every time
saw a member of the audience
rub his or her eyes.
! did this until my arm got
tired and when | got home and
counted the marks on my paper
found / had 1872
There were about $50 per-
sons in the audience so that
made an average OF nearly three
touches per peson during one
half hour OF the day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

AM probably Of a nasty, sus-
Il picious nature-and l do not
wish 10 hear any of you little
hellhoundS mutter.
What do you mean, prob
ably:"
But I also have contracted a
sneaky noton-I don't know
from where 49, that President
Roosevelt does not encourage
his boys to say anything until
he has had a chance 10 say II
first
! may be away off base but
have always sort OF felt that
n good way 10 remain perma-
nently on the New Deal pay roll
is 10 wait until the head RAJ
takes a stand and then echo
II. For the benefit Of purists
among my readers, / am quite
aware that you cannot echo
a stand-but neither can you
smell rat and then nip il
in the bud. which / have heard
some anti-New Deal congress
men say they have done.
THERE have been big New
Il Dealers in the past who
stopped echoing Mr.. Roosevelt
and the next thing any one
knew they had also stopped
being postmaster general and
even chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee. This
may have been sheer coinci-
dence, but l will bet there is
a fellow in New York named
James A. Farley who suspects
there was something more to il.
1t also may be coincidence
that news langushes when the
President goes away. But here
again / find a dissenting voice.
The voice is that of Senator
Robert a. Taft Of Ohio and
this is what is said:
II have often noted this
amazing phenomenon myself
but l cannot say i am bafled
by IL. President Roosevelt IL
not what you would call n
retiring type; In fact, I do not
think II IL going too strong to
say that he likes TO be heard.
And he does not like to use
old material; he likes to say
thing first.
Another thing: There Is lit
tie or no policy-maklng when
FDR IL not working. The prob
able reason for this-and please
do not bother 20 correct me IL
I'm wrongs that President
Roosevelt Is the New Deal
policy"
Senator Taft, of course. is a
Republican and. If you insist on
knowing why l called only a
Republican, IL is because / am
a biased stinker. l trust this
will stop all argument-and, re-
member, / said it first.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
Air
Power

%, 1871. That was after the
Battle Of Britain. Crete and
other events had stirred Ameri-
can airmen-at least those who
were free TO speak out-into d
Campaign for autonomous air
power.
The secretary of war coun-
tered with a declaration argu-
ing that such equality for air
power would require "a single
supreme general staff in which
authority over the army, navy
and air forces Is fully vested :"
And that. he said. was UNI
thinkable and almost unconsti-
tutional.
For contrast, there Is his tes-
timony before congressional
committee on-April IS. He
pleaded for a unified and CEN
traiiZed department which, he
said, is essential if our nation
is adequately and most effec-
lively to carry on its wars I'M
der modern conditions"
ROTH effieialdom and the
- public still have to get over
their fear OF making funda-
mental organizational changes
and changes in overall strategy
in the midst of war.
To stick to outmoded mill
tary forms or to outmoded
strategies out of sheer inertia
is often to throw away the
benefit Of experience and to
sacrifice lives needlessly.
The side that has the most
courage in facing up to chang
ing conditions has a tremendous
advantage.
Distributed by Mcknight Syndicate, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
DEAR BOSS:


I AM quartered in an old manor
i house Of some IS rooms and
q belfry--no baths.
It sets in the center Of huge
mud-hole (called roads and
other names over here).
One side of this monstrosity
Is Moorish, the other side is
Avenue A architecture
Surrounding this beautiful
Joint is a garden. that is, the
gardener who was left behind TO
haunt the house tells me that
during a dry spell or any other
time. If l wished 10 drain the
water off, ! would find under
ssath, some OF the prettiest
flowers in England.
81, My room is on the third floor
Md when / enter the door every
Midnight or thereafter TO ascend
. the stairs. the building rocks
from side to side. chains rattle
and eerie voices moan.
The boys say IL is jim COM
ing little bit TO starboard, but
] don't think so, Boss. so you
know that ! have enough 10 do
10 haul myself up without load
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

THE eyelids are composed OF
u very delicate and sensitive
skin. This part OF the body re-
acts to ifritations and other
forms of insult much more read
fly than the skin Of most OF the
rest OF the body.
II is probably the most re-
sponsive barometer TO contact
dermatitis.
But, you ask. how do the eye
Ids come in contact with any
ling that would cause contact
dermatitis
Very simply, because of the
human habit Of touching and
rubbing the eyes with the fin
gers. And the fingers get into
everything
Have you any idea how often
you jab your fingers into your
eyelids7 q.
Well. the other evening after
my attention had been called
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

T HATE lies and liars. And a
L smear is technically lie. 1t
is a device for picking up A
semblance Of a truth and dis
torting il into a disadvantage
10 the smearee. An honest liar
comes out into the open. retail
ing from person TO person, at
dinner parties, in drawing
rooms, at bars, his fabrications
until some one catches up with
him. A smearer spreads his poi
son anonymously.
AS long as Wendell Willkie
was a presidential candidate,
the Smearing liar was silent
about Tom wey. John
Bricker. in those days, was
Smeared by that miserable, un-
truthful, ugly wlsecrack, "the
honest Harding
1t was so ridiculous that il
did not take except in New
York where anything seems to
take from chicken pox TO dull
plays. But now that Tom
Dewey is the leading Repub-
lican candidate, the smear is de-
voted to him. And the same
stories are repeated endlessly.
THE first story was set 10
Il show that Dewey is an anti
Semitic. That is aimed at voters
in New York, Chicago. Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, etc. l do not
want TO repeat the story, 10
give il additional currency, but 1
can say this. that l have per-
sonally investigated every phase
of the story and declare IT 10
d be a lie and state categorically
that every one who repeats it is
a liar.
And 1 20 further to COM
plain that too many non-Jews
are making a fat living out Of
calling other non-JewS anti
Semites and that decent Jews
are growing increasingly re-
sentful at being used that way.
Now, they are spreading the
smear that Dewey is not only
an anti-Semite but that he is
violently anti-Negro. The record
will disprove both lies.
The next smear is that
Herbert Hoover writes Dewey's
speeches, manages his campaign
and has been promised the
office of secretary of state.
There is not one word of truth
in this smear which is designed
to create strife and jealousy and
personal ill-will among Repub-
Leans.
THIS STORY was started in
Il the Daily Worker and has
been picked up by certain col
umniSts who have checked
neither with Hoover nor Dewey.
The Smearers have an adyan~
taee in that they are usually
treated with contempt. The
smeared person does not reply.
lie dislikes going near the tar
brush. The lie then stands be-
cause it has not been denied.
1t forms a record by constant
repetition. The thing TO do in
every case is TO pursue the lie
and the liar until they are ex-
posed 10 the nakedness they de-
serve. ! know Of one purveyor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
By DR.. Logan
Clendening

MY FRIEND, Or. A. A. Ben
N1 ME. one of the four best
dermatologists in the country.
tells He-that the cOrTInonest
stubborn form OF contact der
mathis occurs in women and
comes from nail polish.
The next commonest Is no
respector Of sexes and comes
from sensitiveness 10 dog hairs.
Then there is the curling iron
for eyelashes. This is usually
made of rubber and nickel and
DR.. Bonnie has shown me in
several cases how you can dis
tinguish on the eyelids the rub
her dermatitis from the nickel
dermatitis.
or course, the way 10 treat
these conditions is-defa-tt Z. An
ounce Of prevention Is worth a
pound Of cure.
The common sly is another
condition that may be traced
TO rubbing the eyelids.
Perhaps the eyes need glasses,
and that is why they are
rubbed.
Treat n sty with hot. wet
towels until 1t comes 10 a head.
Then get the pus out and anoint
the edge Of the eyelid with 2
per cent yellow oxide Of mer-
curry.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
J. HIS IL true that the kid
neyS contain IS miles of tubes,
II stretched out? A radio adj
vertising talk makes that state
ment 70 recommend a certain
type of medicine.
Answer--The tubules Of the
kidneys would stretch a long
ways II laid end 10 end. l
have heard various estimates.
What difference does IL make
for any particular kind Of medi-
cine?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

Answer to Question No.
No, because the people on the
train, ship or plane. look at the
scenery instead Of her. A beau
tiful woman is nearly always in
tensely conscious of her beauty.
people are always trying TO get
a good look at her without her
seeing them, but she is always
watching them out of all four
corners of her eyes. When they
are absorbed in looking at Pixies
Peak, icebergs or the bears in
Yellowstone Park they forget
her and she doesn't feel happy
about IL.
Answer to Question No. 2
Rudyard Kipling solved this
problem. He relates that in an
cient times the orators were
killed because. when the tribe
went hunting. the orators Jagged
behind and depended on their
gift of CAB to tell the biggest
stories of their proweSs when
the hunt was over. The brave
warriors who did the real kill
ing but were poor takers could
not stand this. So they simply
killed these talkative gents. BY
this humane and highly COM
mendable process the oratorical
breeds passed out Fortunately
very few specimens remain. IL
would help education, however,
IL a lot of college profs were
trained in public speaking.
Many would be helped by a
speech clinic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
MAJOR DE SEVERSKY

New York Times report, took
the position that because II be-
longs to a separate element,
just as truly as the ground
forces belong to the earth and
the naval ones 10 water, so the
air forces, at least administra-
lively, should enjoy equal rather
than subordinate status with
the army and the navy"
TIiIS is a significant advance
l. in thinking.
The very phrasing is typical
Of the views SO often expressed
by Gen. Billy Mitchell. myself,
and other air power advocates.
1t means that top army Off
Gals are now saying openly
some of the very things for
Gen. Mitchell was driven
out of the service almost 10
years ago.
II is a wholesome thing when
officials. under the impact Of
reality, are ready to revise their
views.
1t is therefore in apprecia-
ton, rather than in blame, that
want 10 compare two state
ments by Secretary of War
Stimson. nearly three years
apart.
The first was made on June
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

ing myself up with several feet
OF anchor chain.
Besides. / never haunted a
house in my life without getting
time and one-half for night
work.
However, when I reach out
for the door knob of my room,
the damn thing always opens
before I can catch II and closes
itself after | enter.
Now, ghosts or no ghosts. /
am grateful for this service.
having been known in my past
10 spend four or five hours hunt
ing for door knobs and key
holes. JIM.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
WALTER WINCHELL pro On

has started at the Greenwich
Village Inn as thrush.
Marva Louis. the champs
wife, starts there May 3. Her
touring unit did $4,000 In six
weeks of one-nighters recently.
The night clubs are being
visited by official persons check
ing on the business since the
new 80 per cent tax arrived.
They won't be able TO Judge by
visiting some swank spots or
the Stawk.
1--WE stories below street
Il level subterranean vaults
at the Federal Reserve Bank
are barred by doors weighing
as much as 80 tons. The best
air raid shelter in town.
Juvenile delinquency isn't
new. Absorbing 10 Police Dept.
statistics, 500 of the city's law
breakers have always been un-
der 25 years of age.
Mayor LaGuardia has a tiger
skin in his home 10 symbolic
his victory over the Tammany
tiger.
Among the Weather Bureaus
unusual duties is collecting
pollen 10 aid in the study of
hay fever.
Plenty of amusement spots in
our town-over 700 legit thea
terms and movies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

hit at the Wedgwood Room
especially when he gets the stiff
shirts on stage to serve as
stooges.
Gypsy Rose Lee writes that
she wants 10 stay In Holly
wood Give there) and won't
return to the stage. Even my
typewriter and l." she adds, no
longer see thigh to thigh"
Arthur William Brown is the
new president Of the Society Of
Illustrators.
Phil Baker and Irmgaard
Erik will marry May 8 in
Beverly Hills with Constance
Moore and Paul Lukas best
ing"
nOUBLEDAY-DORAN will
~ publish III. Allen Smiths
new book. Lost in the Horse
Latitudes" mot an amin |
story, in October. They turned
down two other titles because
they made sense. Horse Lati-
tudes makes sense in Webster's
but not to many people.
King Features will syndicate
Capt. William Crawford's thrill
ing book. Gore and Glory" It's
the bomber pilots exploits in
the southwest Pacific.
Gypsy Markoff. who cannot
play the accordion any more
(since that Lisbon plane crash,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
On the
Side

for the presidential office az the
candidate for that office.
On the general subject OF q
woman for president IL seems
the majority of female voters
do not favor the idea OF one of
their sex being elected to that
office.
However. several star gazers
have stated the United States
will have a woman president In
1852.
DONALD LAIRD, celebrated
~ psychology professor, stated;
Never marry girl who is the
life of the party"
Our horses and women de-
partment, IN the interests of
girls who are the life OF the
party. is checking on this state
ment.
Is there any subscriber who
married such A girl? How is
she doing as wife?
High on the list OF people
who annoy both single and
married women is a man who.
loving his liberty, wants to re-
main a bachelor. Especially if
he makes a large salary.
The single girls think the
bachelor is mean and incon-
siderate because by marrying
he could make some girl happy.
The married girls are par
ticularly annoyed at the type
of bachelor who is always
Haunting his freedom In front
of married men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

II t0ealth is gone
Then something IS gonsi
Quick make up thy mind
And fresh toealth find.
II honor is gone-then much Is
gone!
Seek glory 10 find
And people ivilt after their mind.
II courage Is goHe--theh all rs
gone!
'TWere better that thou hddst
nerer been born.
Goethe
A WRITER on the subject of
"A how 10 bring up a child
says parents should not be too
critical of their teen age"
children As this tends TO give
a youngster an inferiority COM
pick.
Seems good advice. But how
about teen age children not
being too critical Of their
parents. Especially female chill
dren.
Still criticism from the youth
full members Of the family has
its advantages.
II is said mothers with teen
age" daughters are always
better dressed and in more
youthful fashion than those who
have all sons.
Not only that, it is also
claimed the fathers of a family
OF daughters are better dressed
than those who have only sons.
Daughters usually keep after
their father to spruce up and
look snappy and youthful.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
PRoCEssEn FOODS


Blue As through Q-s-VAiid In.
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MEATS. CHEESE. FATS
Red AS through Q-s--Vslid inden-
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(R-s through rs and As through
J-5--is stampsAvaUd for direct
purchases from farmers
All fats, except butter and marga-
rine, ration free indefinitely.
One III. salvage fat. good for cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamps ~ and 81. Book No. IS
lbs each. valid Indefinitely.
stamp 40, No. Book lbs for
canning through Feb. IS. ie45
Spare stamps 81, No. Book--Nalid
for maximum ~ 20 lbs. for can
ning, Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

IN ONE unit of WAVES there
Il are three girls named Bar
bara Brown.
Just a coincidence, as that
is not really a very common
name.
The most common feminine
name is Mary Martin. After
that Alice Smith. And in third
place comes Elizabeth Johnson.
The WACs may get new and
snapper uniforms soon. Also a
hat with more zip in its appear
Ance.
Seems the top WAC officials
think their ofganization's uni
form is so lacking in style and
appeal it is affecting enlist
ments.
QUERIES from clients:
0 Odd Rochester. Jack
Benny comedian. own A horse
that ran in the Kentucky
Derbyg
A-Rochester was the owner
Of Burnt Cork, which finished
last In the 1943 Kentucky
Derby. This animal trailed and
was nearly 40 lengths behind
the winner, Count Fleet.
Q-What do you think of the
idea of a woman running fer
vice president?
A-Seems all right at first
glance but you have to figure
how IL would be TO have a
woman for president.
All vice presidential candi-
dates should be IA well fitted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
Sokolsky

of falsehood who has never told
the truth about any situation at
which happened to have been
present.
/ suppose that his average is
just about the same concerning
situations about which l know
nothing. Yet. there are many
who believe his tales because
they sound true, particularly
those that hurt people.
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
Answer to Question No. s

answer TO question NO.
No. The Spartans wanted SOL
diers. Consequently. frail child
who might be a future scientist,
musician, writer, artist or
statesman, was thrown over the
cliff, while the husky moron
was fed and nourished at state
expense. Teddy Roosevelt was
a frail child. The Spartans
would have made a losing bet
by throwing him over the preci-
pice. But Teddy would prob
ably have landed on his feet
il they had.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
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FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period 6-VAlld through
Aug. 81.
LIQUOR
No. s-Valid through May 81.
SHOPS
definitely.
TIRE INSPECTIONS
Necessary for trucks only.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
Quick Answers

1-Genghis Khan.
3-Both a million million or a
thousand billion are the same
as one trillion.
3-lS04 silver dollar. There are
no such coins as the others
mentioned.
4-Photo-film makers.
5-MathematicS.
6-Males. Few females ever
have IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
Connolly Answers

1-(c). Pal. 3-(c). Abb.
Sal. 6-ta) five events.
OBJ 80 years old. (c) three
rows of oars, I'D seven rul-
ers, te) belief in one God.
Copyright, 1874, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

EDITORS NoTE-Thi. i. a
letter from one Of the 81 Who
usnf into seyviee from, the Times
editorial department.. The Uritsri
Capt. James MeCarrisis. pho
tographsy, who Wos in England
at the tune Of writins.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
PER 3 o " Atty
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the DETROIT TIMES ca
Wednesday. May }. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

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