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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

DEAR C. A.:
YOU appear TO be weighing
Il alternatives that don't exist.
II is bootless to talk Of marry
ing the man when he hasn't
asked you TO be his wife. and
when, if / read his performance
Alright, he has no such intention
in mind.
1 think he nipped the affair
In the bud for strictly self
defensive reasons--and not be-
cause he had begun to repent
the compromising situation. as
a blindfold TO large altruistc
foresight.
At first, he proceeded care
lessly to exploit your gullible
devotion and greenhern quest
for romantic adventure. But he
was given pause by the dis
covery that. in your bargain
ing code, such conduct amounted
TO promissory note of mar
riage, and by the fact that
your family, and all your
friends were up in arms against
the alliance and watching il
with skeptical eye, proclaiming
in unison that IL meant no good.
II nobody cared what hap
pened to you. and il you hadn't
let him understand that you
just naturally supposed his be-
havior was a prelude TO matri-
mony, / dare say he would have
let the affair drift on indefi-
nitely, keeping you in perennial
suspense.
AS il happened. the combina-
ton OF your earnest expectancy
and the protective attitude OF
your family and frie nd s,
prompted him TO backtrack 10 a
decorous routine.
l think you might profit by
going back home to start anew.
VI. III.
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ho-
North eounseis through her col
uu,n, not by mail or personal
interview. Write her IN care Of
The Detroit Times.
Distributed by King Features synd. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
z. ". DURLING

a reader who was one of AIMS
pupils. Would like 10 know
what kind of teacher she was
and how many apples she re-
ceived daily.
The best western stage play
OF all time was The Round
Up starring Maclyn Arbuckle,
and in which he spoke the inn
mortal line: Nobody loves a
fat man"
In one scene in this play
there were 10 bucking broncos
on the stage. These broncos
really bucked. On several oc-
casionS they bucked right off
the stage into the orchestra pit.
How far back can you trace
III your family line? How
many ancestors do you think
you have had?
Is claimed if the average man
goes back 20 generations he will
find he has had about million
ancestors.
That's a lot Of ancestors.
The thing TO consider is that
your child can inherit some
thing from any one OF these
million ancestors.
That's why a musical genius
suddenly appears in a family in
which nobody can remember
there having been a person with
musical talent.
The youngster has probably
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
Letters From
A Soldier

caribou, the seal and the fox,
and make a pet of him!
The porcupines were about
the only wild beasts they didn't
tame-the porcupines and the
bears. The porcupine is inclined
to be a pest, and a bit too
prickly for a friend, and the
bear is too big.
T re m m b err one night"
reminisced Sgt. Mills, "when I
had a kettle I was carrying, and
I came around n corner and
there was a bear as big as that
tree. Was I scared! I'm tell
ing you, I couldn't move. + just
was unable TO move. All /
could do was look at the bear,
and he looked at me. And In .
minute or SOL don't know,
maybe he was as scared of me
as I was of him-he just turned
around and ran away"
ITO GET back to the tanned
l. beasts of the wilderness, the
CTS tanned them because they
were there. and they didn't have
any other pets, unless they
were imported. One man paid
$3.50 for a malemute brought
up from Seattle. Dogs were
scarce and, like everything. ex-
pensive. When everything has
to be carried in by ship, it's
costly.
So what dogs they did have.
they took care of well. More
than that, they found a use for
tn e m. In the fast-rushing
streams the salmon grow big,
and some Of the men trained
the dogs to dive in, when the
salmon were running, and come
up with a fish. And in summer.
when the sun was still shining
at IL o'clock at night, SO the
sergeant told me, they used to
have fish fries. IT helped pass
the long hight of daylight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

COMING out Of the Senate
~ office building the other
day i ran into his excellency
Gallo Plaza, ambassador from
Ecuador, and he said:
How are you:"
II am not prepared TO
answer that question at this
time" l replied. Tt requires
further study and consultation.
Also. there Is probably much to
be said on both sides"
II speak English pretty WELL"
snapped his excellency, but
yours Of today, ultimo. II be-
yond me. Would you mind tell
ing a visitor to these shores
what the devil you are talking
about"
With an effort I pulled myself
together.
SORRY" I apologized. 81 have
just been TO n press conference
Of Senator Theodore Francis
Green OF Rhode Island, on the
Battle OF the Statler' and he
has got me talking like that.
1T will probably be days,
even weeks before I will he able
TO give a yes or no. answer to
anything"
CENATOR GREEN called the
~ conference in his capacity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
WENDELL wILLKIE didn't

WENDELL WlLLklE didn't
w know the real reason for
his disqualification. When the
flash of his passing reached the
midtown spots at 2;30 ayem-
II sent many people home de-
pressed.
Beatrice Lille was welcomed
back to the u. S. with barrage
of legal entanglements, aimed
at the contract she has with
Billy Rose. She has a previous
contract with the Shuberts.
James Cagney's sister. Jeanne.
will become Mrs. X. Spaulding
any moment.
The reason for the weekend
humidity can be traced 10 Carole
Lands and 1t Bob Topping.
Louella Parsons inherits 5
minutes of the new program re-
placing Basin Street" in De-
cember.
CELESTE HOLM. featured in
~ the new hit, "Bloomer Girl"
got $3.50 per week in '"Okla-
homa."
The new salary plus radio jobs
brings her $3.50 per.
The War Labor Board has
Just held up okaying her con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

tract with Zanuck at 5000 per
week per picture.
On the grounds that the tilt
sis too much Of a jump"
This seems a waste OF time
considering that the more she
makes the more the government
will take from her.
WHEN Jean Harrington (who
w took an overdose of sleeping
pills and left farewell notes.
came TO at st. Clare's Hospital.
the first thing she said was:
What did the papers say?"
She probably will lose her Stork
Club membership. That'll learn
her.
Mervyn Leroy and Sally
Wright are in a trance.
Joan Webster of School for
Brides" will middle-aisle with
Art Singer, manager Of the
troupe.
One of Hollywood's male stars
will be quizzed over winning
$4,000 in a midtown hotel here
recently. The loser has hollered
to the gendarmes, alleging he
was Swindled.
A man about town took his
wife TO luncheon at a mid
town place. Later he phoned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

as chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on campaign expendi-
lures.
He indicated he would have
important things 20 reveal anent
the two naval officers who got
beaten up by members Of the
ALL teamSters union.
How the inquiry got into the
hands OF Green's committee in
the first place would be one OF
the sweet mysteries of Capitol
life If every one on the hill
didn't know the answer. He
simply grabbed it.
Jurisdiction having been as
sumed. senatorial courtesy for
bade il being taken away from
him. And there is no use ask
ing me what the seeking OF
naval officers by Dan Tobin's
happy hooligans has TO do with
campaign expenditures. because
/ haven't the faintest idea.
Senator Green said he had
not yet decided whether il
would be profitable to continue
the investigation.
II do not, however, mean
profitable-ha. ha.--to me-" he
explained.
A reporter asked what atti-
tude the Statler people were
taking toward the investigation.
May heaven help me, this is
what he replied:
There attitude Is correctw
LIE WAS asked about the pos
IL sibility OF an open hearing.
And this-honest l amt making
none of this up!--is what he
said:
II have an open mind about
an open hearing"
Well. that is all we got out Of
him except few more assorted
hal has"
A few minutes later, how
ever, / got some information
which indicated Senator Green
is not quite so nonchalant
about the affair as he pretends.
A certain very important per-
sonage told me he had over
heard Senator Green in earnest
discourse with another senator,
also a rabid New Dealer.
81 don't want Green to think
was eavesdropping," said this
parsonage. $50 keep me out Of
it." But this is what he said:
"This Statisr business is driV-
ing me crazy. IL Is creating too
much eou,r,otion and ! am afraid
Il is going TO get out Of handl"
ITO which the other senator
replied:
"I'm afraid so too, and I
know the chief IL badly wor-
ried."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

country, there will be a chosen
instrument for that purpose-a
government-owned and operated
enterprise.
That is the way the Russians
like to be and il is their affair
and it has nothing to do with
us.
TIIE SAME might be true OF
l. the British, French and
Dutch If they go into this
business.
Those countries are broke and
they can only engage in vast
and costly enterprises if we lend
them the capital.
No American company should
want to be the chosen instru-
ment of government in an inter-
national cartel which must, In
the end, prove offensive to
every American concept of good
business and good government.
Copyright. 1874. By King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

IN THE government-arranged
Il and controlled cartels con-
corning which there are numer-
Gus and secret negotiations, the
possibility arises that one
American company may be the
chosen instrument of American
participation.
Pan-American Always, for
instance, offers itself as the
chosen instrument in the field
of international aviation, al
though a number of American
companies are at this moment
engaged in that kind Of trans
portation.
1t does not matter much
about the companies involved;
the fact is that if we begin in
this country to pick companies
for monopolies in foreign trade,
we are in for lots of trouble.
The chosen instrument" IS,
of course, a monopoly.
Monopolies are abhorrent 10
Americans, whether govern
ment-conceived and operated or
produced by the trickery and
chicanery of private enterprise.
There are very few real mo-
nopolies in American produc-
ton and distribution outside
the field of public utilities in
which monopolies are created
by federal or state charters.
The post office is a monopoly
but no one would regard that
as an enterprise; it is, like the
army and navy. additionally
part Of government.
IN PRIVATE enterprise, I
Il know offhand of no real
monopoly except in the owner
ship Of certain patent rights.
Aluminium, which used to be
called a monopoly by the radi-
Gals, completes with so many
metals. plastics and glasses that
no one who is not trying to
force point can possibly in
clude il in such a category.
The railroads of the country
are kept in competitive state
by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The chosen instrument" idea
then has no place in American
life because il Creates a monop-
oily and serves no useful pur-
pose.
On the other hand, we have
to face the fact that when we
do business with foreign coun-
tries--on the cartel basis that
is now being developed by gov
ernments-we shall be dealing
with chosen instruments.
Soviet Russia, for instance, is
a totalitarian country. more so
than Germany or Italy ever
were.
The means of production and
distribution in Soviet Russia
are held by government-owned
trusts.
Only one company-and that
Government-owned - was per-
mitted to engage in trade with
the United States. Amtorg.
II the Russians engage in
commercial aviation with this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
One Word Led to Another
BY Patterson
The Dessoi, Times
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer :

What kind Of speeches would Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay have made the national hookups?
don't mean duet.
Would Calhoun have had good gag writer? Would
Lncons speech at Gettysburg have pleased his sponsor
We in for another 30 quick days of presidential
muteration the impartial networks. Webster made
terrific speeches to the union Today hear better
talks asking to save box tops.
How about Washington jefferson and Jackson!
Say, that Jackson fellow eats out lot.
We writing of ghosts of the past past without
ghost writer's
All these thought their own thoughts and spoke
their words Ideas weren't placed in their mouths
like cotton in dentist chair.
That's racket and probably in with
tonal hookups. To date gag writer has topped John
Randophs famous tribute Like mackerel in the moon
light he shone and stank."
The last great orator we had was William Jennings
Bryan Bryan wrote his speeches by lamplght.
The trouble that he spoke them in the hot sunlight
by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

Some people seem to
achieve this blessed state of
mental vacuity. especially col
lege students. Seriously, though,
when you are trying TO think
of nothing, you are thinking
about something. for you are
thinking about nothing. To
think about nothing you would
have to think of a nothingness
that existed somewhere - that
is, you would still be thinking
about something.
2-You 60 into one boss
office and say. I'D like some
further instructions about that
job" He says, How often do
! have to repeat what l say?
You fellows will have TO work
that out yourselves" Another
boss says, why, certainly. I'm
sorry l didn't make myself
clear. First tell me your idea
about it," Which do you think
will Get the most work done7
Remember always the desire 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
JACK PICKERING

machine gun and a rife, but
they took them away. He was
told that he could have them
when the war was over but not
now. The army is pretty strict
about such things.
DUT that wasn't what I was
- going to tell you about. It's
something quite removed from
fighting. Up there in the land
of long summer days and long
winter nights, our boys ran into
strange animals. The caribou
would come tamely down to the
mess tents for handouts Of food
Some of the men, Sgt. Mills
said, tempted seals with scraps
of fish, and the seals became
pets.
Seals, he says, come pretty
close TO dogs as pets, and he
says they're just about as smart.
too. Maybe you've seen seals in
circuses, that have been trained
TO do various tricks, and even
play tunes. But I, for one, didn't
know that they could be made
into pets like that.
EVEN the blue foxes could be
IL tanned, and they came down
shyly, but they came. And that
might give you some notion OF
what the American fighting man
is like. To the German, the
American CT is a ferocious
monster, even more frightening
than the Russian, but what a
soft. tender spot he has inside
him-when he can tame the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening

YESTERDAY we discussed
i anemia which is the dis
order OF the red cells Of the
blood.
And we explained why our
knowledge of them and ability
10 find out their condition is so
exact.
But there is another kind of
cell in the blood. the white cell,
which we will discuss today.
To me the most interesting
cell in the body is the white
blood cell.
Our means of studying IL are
just as accurate as those for
studying the red cell.
We can count how many
white cells there are in a given
amount "a cubic DsHifflmeterJ OF
blood.
We do IL in the same way
and by the same beautifully
ruled microscopic counting
chamber under the microscope
as We use for counting the red
cells.
4 ND, as in the case OF the red
"A cells which number 5000
600 cells per cubic millimeter,
the white cells in health in
young and old. male and female.
remain with remarkable con-
stancy at about 5000 per cubic
millimeter.
However, they respond far
more delicately than the red
cells to upSets in bodily condi-
tons.
Their other names are the
phagocyteS. or Scavengers of
the body, because their prime
duty is 10 engulf and destroy
any invading germs.
In doing this they usually are
destroyed themselves and they
are constantly dying on the bar
ricades and outer defenSes Of
Of the body-on the surface Of
the membranes of the nose and
mouth and conjuctiva of the eye
and all along the intestinal
tract.
The daily mortality in the
entire body is several million a
day and these have to be re-
placed. so the manufacturing
centers of the white blood cells
the bone marrow and the
lymph nodes-are kept busy
filling the ranks of the lost bat
talions.
Since these white cells fight
invasion and infection of the
body by bacteria, whenever
severe infection occurs they are
increased in number.
And since we can count them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
On the
Side

inherited that talent from some
ancestor OF centuries ago.
M ASKED what town has
"A erected a statue i'm honor
of Popeye. 1t is Crystal City,
Tex, which describes itself as
the spinach capital OF the
world"
I'VE like TO argue about
sports in our outfit" writes
u. S. army sergeant. ASK a
question about boxing that will
start an argument"
All right, sergeant. l will ask
how much man should weigh
to be eligible TO box in the fly
weight class. And who is the
present flyweight champion OF
the world?
CHAPS Copy u. S. in Use of
ID War Dogs" is heading on
newspaper item dealing with
claim the Nipponese have imi-
tated the Americans in using
dogs in battle. That's not right.
There is no use in underestimate
ing an enemy. The Japs have
known a bout war dogs for
years. In fact for about seven
years before Pearl Harbor the
Japanese bought all the cham
pion Germ a n shepherd dogs
they could in order to use them
for breeding war dogs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

EDITORS NoTE-PVt. Pick
sring, former Times eofumnist,
is an infantryman at FL. Me-
CieiIaa. Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
A S I'VE told you before, we
"A get precious little time TO
ourselves down here. AS cadre.
we have less free time than the
trainees, and they keep pretty
busy. I'm not exaggerating in
the least when / tell that many
weeks, sometimes several weeks
in a row, writing these letters
is the only relaxation / get-tt
is relaxation TO write, when
you're used to writing every
day.
But sometimes something
comes along in the way of a
break in the routine. The other
afternoon / was on an assign
,ment that continued until about
dusk, while the rest of c Com
pany finished early. So went
over to B Company, and the
mess sergeant, Staff Sgt. Jim
Mills fried me a pork chop
and some eggs, and we started
talking.
1 thought he'd been overseas
but wasn't sure. Yes, he said,
he was one of the bunch that
had been sent up to the Aleu-
tians when the Japs were MAX
ing such Roadway. He was sta
toned for quite a while at Cold
Harbor, at the base of the Aleu-
tan chain.
He started home with Jap
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

DASSING by: Jan Kiepura.
Il And the charming Mrs.
Kiepura, professionally known
as Marta Eggerth. OF all the
married co-stars Of the stage
and screen in your memory
which is your favorite? How
about +. II. Sothern and Julia
Marlowe? Or Herbert Kelley
and Fife Shannon? Or Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne? Or
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew?
CAID Alexander Wool loot {:
~ 1.-THE difference between
drama and melOdrama Is that
in drama the heroine merely
throws the villain over,
whereas in melodrama she
throws him over a cliff"
A soldiers wife of Buffalo,
N. Y, is somewhat indignant
regarding the Lessons in
French" offered the AET by the
u. S. Army newspaper Yank.
She strongly objects TO the part
of the lesson which instructs a
soldier how TO say in French:
my wife doesn't understand
me"
ETLM magazine writer's keep
Il saying Ann Sheridan was a
school teacher in Texas. This
column appears in several
Texas cities. Wonder if l have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

friends seem quit upset by my
choice. They object TO the age
difference and argue the futility
of such romance.
My sister points out that
when ! am 30, he will be az,
and calls the difference alarm
ing and impossible"
Also. they make capital of the
fact that he hasn't really pro-
posed.
Should ] 60 back home 20
start anew7
Would / be making the mis-
take of my life 10 marry my
sweetheart? / think / would be
happier as his wife than ever
before in my life. regardless OF
complications that might arise.
Please advise me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
1--WE months ago, l left my
i home in small town to
take a job in the city of my
birth.
There I met a man, 80. I
am p.
At first. We had an affair,
which later we regretted, as
we feared that such a habit of
behavior might blind us TO other
factors important to the Sue
cess of lifetime marriage.
Although he has not proposed
outright. we have talked OF
marriage; but he says / must
have time 10 be sure of myself.
/ have not pressed the mar
riage question. AS hope and
feel that his attitude is sincere
Howe my family and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon a. gallons. valid through
Dec. al.
B-A and ca Coupons-5 gallons each.
RS and C-s Coupons gallons each.
flaw requires state name ana license
number b, written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period . and Period B-valid In
definitely.
Period i-vsnd through Sept. 80. is4s.
LIQUOR
No. ia-vsid through oct IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
Brain Game Answers

Chicago, Boston, st. Louis,
Brooklyn and New York--in
that order.
Alexander Pope.
@Little children.
4(c) is correct.
5-Pygmalion was the sculptor.
The statue was Galatea.
6IThe barometer.
Yes. In the summer II Il at
least so per cent as effective
as sunshine.
S-Carbon dioxide.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

SHOTS
Airplane stamps and 7-vAlid indef-
initely.
PROGRESSED FOODS
Blue "A through R-s-valid indeh-
nitely.
MEATS, CHEESE. FATS
Red "A through K-s-Valid indefinitely.
One ID. salvage fat rood Tor . cents
and two meat ration points.
sUGAu
Stamps no. n, N and m, beSk A.
Valid Indefinitely.
STAMP 80. No. 4 Book-s lbs for can
ming through Feb as 1915
Spare Stamp IT, No. Rook-Valid
for maximum ~ 20 los. for canning.
Apply local board
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

so accurately. and estimate the
increase 10 an accurate figure,
this estimate is Of great diagnos-
tic help in determining whether
an inner concealed infection is
the cause of certain symptoms
or not.
In appendicitis. for instance,
the ieucocyte count is OF great
diagnostic value.
Also in pneumonia. The con-
dition of increased leucocytes in
the circulating blood is called
leucocytosis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
BY Albert Edward Wiggam, D.S.-

be we'll thought Of. to be i'm
portant, is the strongest desire
in the human heart and head.
3-Yes. The person who has
such a hard time he cannot see
any happiness ahead seldom
commits suicide. He accepts life
as il is and plugs ahead without
stopping to reason why. Indeed.
he does not know why. He goes
ahead automatically.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
Connolly Answers

1-b. "a (Hiram Ulysses). B.
c. 4-b. 5-b. 6-(a) POM
pei, (b) India, (c) Picking.
I'D New England, (e) VIM
pole Street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14
QUESTION AND ANSWERS

j. B. - In valvular heart
disease when IL has reached the
stage when the heart Is falling
what are the visible signs? (2)
Do people with low blood pres
sure have strokes?
A-CD Shortness of breath on
moderate exertion and swelling
Of the ankles. (2) People with
low blood pressure very very
seldom have strokes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-14

several friends (who saw him
with her) not TO tell his girl
friend.