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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

Such love is rare among the
married these days and their
union il one that could only
have been made by God and the
angels"
HELEN GAHAGAN. Ex-ac-
IL treSs. Her great hit was
Tonight or Never" During this
engagement she met the man
she married. Melvyn Douglas.
Helen is going 10 run for Con-
gresS. hope she wins Cornelia
Otis Skinner may run for Con-
gresS also. / hope she wins. too.
We can use some more quick
witted young women IN Con-
gresS. Prof Albert Einstein. Is
said the professors theory Of
relatively is understood by only
seven persons. However, this
may soon be increased 10 eight.
Joel Kuppleman is reported
studying il.
My distinguished colleague,
Damon Runyon, is producing a
film based on the life Of Ernest
Ball That should be extremely
interesting II brings to mind
the question as TO who intro
duced Ernests hit. Love Me
and the World Is Mine" / knew
the answer TO this but have for
gotten it. Wasn't il Truly Shat
tuck? Anyway this ballad was
first sung in public at the New
York Theater roof garden.
Copyright. 1914. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
DEAR Boss:
LETTERS FROM TIMES SOLDIERS

EDITORS NOTE-Thn is
from eEthe 56 u,ho have
gone into the service from the
Times editorial department.. The
Writer: Chief Yeoman William
Hardy, sports reporter. who Wos
tn Sicily at the time Of writine.
DEAR BOSS:
DAT O'CONNELL, former
Washington postal employe,
is our mailman, and in addition,
is an opportunist, politician. un-
official chaplain, and newspaper
reporter. Six feet tall. 200
pounds broad. he uses his robust
Irish humor to gather whatever
news he can.
He is only 25 and full of
youthful zest from reveille TO
taps. There's no matter too
small for his attention, which
means that every ones prob
lens are his problems.
He IS an opportunist RE de-
liverS the captain : mail 20 him
personally.
He also circulates prominently
for "a hours after a large mail
comes in. He halls every one
"Hey-didja get that letter
yesterday"
This Just as if he had per.
sonally flown TO North Africa
to bring il over.
This practice likewise qualities
him as a fIrSt-ctaSS politician
There are periods when mail is
delayed. In these days ne doesn't
circulate a. much. He stays
behind his window, writes per-
Sonal letters 80 10 40 a week
and waits for callers. -
When a lonesome soul looks
anxiousiy through the window,
Pat beams Irish sunshine.
If the Doleful One fails 10 re-
spond. Pat removes his white
hat, holds II 10 represent the
padres white collar, and begins
a recital on the powers of faith.
In the first days of our weekly
paper, he was willing TO do the
mental task OF grinding the
mimeograph some six 10 To-
600 times a night. When we
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
BY DAMON RUNYON

II SCORES Of industrial plants
L Of the United states. ship
yards. plane factories and the
like lotteries are operated
among the employees under the
name OF clubs. They are regu-
lar weekly drawings and diStri-
buttons OF cash prizes.
In one Shipyard OF tho West
Coast / am informed two clubs
take IN $4,000 weekly and the
total amount OF tho weekly
rake-in by all these lotteries
must run into millions
I'VE methods are slight varla-
L tons Of the numbers game
10 which Republican nominal
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%. w. Holmes.

~ WNWNftfF y Ntffft NNff
Outlines them all.
%. w. Holmes.
A SERVICE wife with two
"A children living in the heart
OF the war activity section in
California says she is ntanag-
ing to get along nicely on an
income of 500 a month. Some
m a ager. She should be
awarded a medal Capt.
Bernard Kelly of the L. S.
army says the title OF shat
song is/"Two Hearts in Three
Quarter Time and adds three
quarter time is\pot necessarily
waltz time. II l am right picase'
forward stogie by air mail. l
can use it," He is rights Stdgie
has been forwarded air SMALL,
special delivery. The captains in
this war are almost as smart
as the sergeants, +T
Harry Nice be. ex-vaude-
william. says Della Fox was
the greatest Of male imper-
senators" l guess Harry has
forgotten Vesta Tilley. And
how about Kathleen Clifford?
Della was not from ST. Louis
as I recently stated, She was
a minister's daughter from
Kansas City, Mo. My
good friend Freeman Gosden,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

ton for the presidency may
eventually trace You will re-
m m Der that IL was Tom
Dewey's war on Jimmy Hines
and the numbers racketeers OF
New York City that helped his
political career.
/ have before me a printed
sheet of the drawings of Feb.
il IN the coast shlpyard | speak
Of, and there is remIniScence in
FMS particular Smail-time lot
terry of the Hines trial because
II seems that the winning num-
bers are arrived at by adding
the last digit OF dollars in the
F.ai-i-ff4titt4etfs payoffS on me
first. second and third races in
Florida on a certain date
This was the system used by
the New York numbers oper-
ators. Taking the payoffs at a
track in Ohio, Dewey brought
out testimony at the Hines
trial that the operators planted
a character known along Broad
way rs Abbadabba in the
mutuels department 10 bet
enough money the machines
at the proper moment 10 make
the payonS come out 10 suit
the purposes Of the numbers
mob.
~ 4 BBADABBA" was said 10
"A be a mental lightning cal
culator able 10 total figures al
a glance and Dewey convinced
the jury that the numbers
drawing was completely crooked.
Poor "Abbadabba, a Jolly
fellow, was among the deceased
when the smoke cleared away
after the bombardment by rival
mobSterS Of Dutch Schultz
and a group Of his henchmen in
Newark one night.
There seems TO be cash prizes
in this shipyard lottery rang
ing from 81 10 $4,000
| think all these various lot
terieS taking in millions OF
dollars from working men and
others without adequate guar
antee of honesty in operation
are arguments in favor Of my
national lottery under govern
H4entt auspices.
/ DO not say that the club
Il lotteries are crooked and
maybe they issue detailed state
ments of receipts and disburSe-
ments and expenses but / have
never seen one.
presume there are deCla-
ratlonS TO the government for
income tax purposes on moneys
won IN the club drawings
Certainly old Uncle SchmooI IS
would he- Interested IN score
like $1,000.
II would be much better
situation all around in my opin-
ion, If we had a federal draw.
ing from which the national y
treasury would derive an enor-
nous revenue that could be used
for the benefits of the war vet
Grams and to help pay the ma
tlOnal debt.
Copyright. 1914. by KING restur.,
Distributed by international New. Servo,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

creases twice its size the trunk
three times, the arms four
times and the legs six times.
Most Of the growth OF the
head Is IN the face. not the brain
case The proportions of the
babys head are from the eye
brows up 3 from the eyebrows
to CHM The adults are Just
reversed: from eyebrows TO YER
tex; from eyebrows TO chin
3.
Nature can usually be de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

passable. These conditions have
had their effect upon the war in
Russia with each recurring Pc
riod of spring.
We may Judge that the Ger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

lost our star columnist. he as
stunned that job and has become
an overseas Winchell.
BY keeping tab on the mail,
he knows when one guy loses a
girl and when another gets an
answer from the gal in Phiffy
VINO hasn't answered letters for
six months
WIFI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
Quick Answers

1-Palau. also spelled Pelew.
are the WesternnoSt group
Of the Micronesia Islands
less than $50 miles east Of
the Philippines Palau, also
the name OF the most west
crnly and southern island OF
the group. H. considered the
most Sirategically important
81 japanese bases away from
Japan proper more impor-
tant than Truk
2-Meteorological phenomena
3-Front seat beside the driver.
4-Iron pillow
< Richard Burbage
Copyrigtt tsFT- ~ KIns Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

pended upon TO do a good job
OF the intricate process of de-
velopment, but all too often
something goes wrong and there
Is disproportionate adult.
Some artificial aid is needed.
/ am particularly impressed
with the need for directing good
posture. both from the aesthetic
and hygienic standpoints.
DASSIVE exercises such as the
Il following in babyhood help
normal development:
Exercise 1. Leg muscles. With
the infant on his back. the
mothers hands are placed about
the soles Of the feet; the legs
are pushed up until the bent
knees press gently against the
abdomen; then the legs are
Strengthened and returned TO
the table.
Exercise 2. Back muscles.
With the infant on his back, the
legs are grasped above the
ankles and raised TO right angles
al the hips: then the feet are
brought 10 the face and returned
10 the table.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
Connolly Answers

1-tc); ? Ia; 3 (b); A tc); 5
-- tc156 (al rearing; tb} sleep
ing; tc) lying down; I'D
walking; tel springing.
Copyright, 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16

mans have \heen fighting their
persistent delaying action in the
hope of release rom incessant
attack, which springmay bring
them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
BETTER3HEALTH
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING-

THE transformation Of the
i human body from the pro-
portions OF the baby 10 that of
The adult is very remarkable
! study in archetonics.
! mean the general contours,
leaving aside the detailed growth
Of such structures as teeth. hair,
eyes. genltalS and viscera.
- A
IF a HUMAN being grew 70
i maturity maintaining tn Q
proportions OF the baby we
would regard him as a -monster
all head and belly little chest.
stttffll9l4y- arms and legs
II looks all right in a baby be-
cause 1t IS natural The baby
head Is big because the brain
cells are all laid down
They are not connected up
yet. but they arc ali there and
never will be added 20 or re-
placed
They are so precious that ma
ture is going 10 build a thick,
solid bony box around them TO
protect them II protects the
brain. bnt u also keeps II from
growing, so IT all has 70 be
there IN the first place
THE head IN developing from
i baby 10 adult proportions in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
Answer TO Question No. |

a standard psychologist. Paul
n Farnsworth. arranged the
bIrthdatcS OF over 1000 artists
and musicians under their birth
signs in the zodiac. AStrologers
claim Libra r. HE best sign 70
be born under If you wish 10 be
painter or musician. But
fewer painters and musicians
were born under Libra than any
other sign except one Nearly
90 per cent OF these artists did
not have the benefit Of a boost
! from Libra The evidence an
swers no.
Answer To Question No. .
A \The\ quicker The better And
tell Observation-Disclosures what n
lying, insulting sCoundrel he is
But don't send IL FOR three days
Then, when you read il over.
you will see how silly you were.
So you VIII write a sweet note
OF thanks and Hope 10 see you
soon" Why then. write at all?
Because you have done some
thing aggressive to work off
your Illustration Researches
show YOU must do something or
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Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

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-usaw requires state name and
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coupon when received
FUEL OIL
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sept. 30.
LIQUOR
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SHOES
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LENTEN REDUCING DIET

BRtAhItSI
"a Erspefyun 10 sweeiening
LkAce gfaham toast 80 butter ~
substitute
! cup coffee mo cream oF sugar
IINCHEON
Average helping spanish 0ueiet
slice toast 90 butter Up substitute.
! cup tea--no cream OF sugar.
DiNNIH
Average helping any ufhed baked ~
boiled nEn
SO sauce
2 "a nisspoons rra.fed celery.
a cup apple tapiocA pZ~fing
j Ar.a+@-rt4p- e4.fta~-lr4.-.lF-sF M Sugar
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FRoCtS>ED FOODS
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20
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MATS, CHEESE, FATS
Brown Y and Z - Valid through
March 20.
Red As. B-s, C-s, DIS. RS and Pa
valid through May 20 a--..--a----.y-
Lsrd-Rsiion free tnrougn March 81.
One 10. salvage fat, coed for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamp so. No. 4 Book-5 lbs valid
indefinitely
Stamp 40, M. 4 Book lbs for
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bust Success and influence in
life d pend on whether you
handle your Illustrations and
diSappointments with destruc-
tive or constructive aggression.
Answer to Question No. 3
Yes, twice as likely. This is
partly due TO the fact that there
are FAR more erring husbands
than wives. And, for this rea-
SON the laws allow many more
legal grounds for a wife 10 OBJ
tain a divorce than for a huS-
band For example. neglect
10 provide would rarely be
grounds for \ husband 10 seek
divorce
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-16
IL. v. DURLING

Youth fades; lops droops;
The ieoUes Of friendship fall:
A mothers secret lOUe
Outlines them all.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28
FULTON LEWIS in.

10 be said for il within the ac-
cepted philosophy of American
existence: A youth training
program which would be nom
military. merely 10 encourage
discipline among young men,
and TO make them feel a sense
of responsibility TO their coun-
try, by giving one year to their
country.
Ii the Dewey Bricker team
doesn't play a tattoo on that.
until il is tatters and shreds,
it'll be a miracle.
The scheme was originally
proposed by Mrs. Roosevelt,
some months ago. 1t is precisely
the same pattern that Hitler
and Mussolini used in the youth
camps OF Germany and Italy, TO
breed Nazi and Fascist fanatics.
1t is part and parcel of the phi
losophy that the people are made
for the state. instead OF the
state made for the people. Just
why young men should owe a
year Of their lives TO civil gov
eminent is total mystery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28

l. Surely the opinions Of Ber-
nard Baruch or Jesse Jones in
business. or Charles Kettering
or David Sarnoff in engineer
ing. or Senators Barley or
George or Vandenberg in politics
have more weight than the opin-
ions of any women in these
fields. Most any way you look
at II, il still seems TO be a
mans world.
2. Two big studies of mar
rage by the University of Chi.
cago and Stanford show that
decided differences in education
are pretty likely 20 cause un.
happy marriages. Our booklet.
How 10 Predict Your Married
Happiness or Unhappiness.' is
full OF information as TO the
best person 10 marry. Sent al
cost, 10 cents. Enclose self-ad-
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lie adds that the moonlight is
very strong at this place.
Who says women don't like 10
work for women ! have re-
ceiyed a letter from a young
woman who says she wants a
poem TO enclose in a gift TO her
feminine boss who. she says, els
a most wonderful woman"
MY STANDING with the res
A'l taurant hostesSes remains
bad. The queenly and statuesque
menu jugglerS are apparently
determined not 20 forgive my
observations as 10 their activity.
StTif ana not without friends in
the Staurant business.
Dropped into one place for a bit
Of a bite yesterday and when
the girl brought the sandwich l
ordered she said
"HcH Il tOiu the Cnei III Was
for YOU he made II double. He
Is one of your readers"
I linda DARNELL. cinema
II cutie. AS ] told you, Linda
has a pet deodorized skunk. She
says when she gets enough
courage she is going to lead
this pet down Hollywood bou-
levsrd on leash. THAT should
be interesting.
Miss Darnell has Just had a
theater named after her in
Dallas, Tex. That's nice. | often
wonder why more theaters are
not named after great film stars
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28
Washington
Comment \

And Just why they should be
taught a sense of discipline
under that government is a fur
Their one.
OBVIOUSLY, the Presidents
" real purpose was 10 do a
little ground laying. for COM
pulsory military training pro-
gram, which all sides alike have
agreed to bring up in Congress
after the election.
He was trying TO hedge il, and
soften il up in the first dose,
and in doing so he hedged him.
self into a hornets nest.
Another case in which the old
expert touch seems to have been
missing is the Presidents ham
ding Of the labor vote. He still
holds a considerable portion OF
it, particularly the extremely
radical portion. But he has al
lowed very considerable other
portions Of it to slip through
his fingers.
The United Mine Workers
vote, which may easily tell the
tale in Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia and Maryland, if not also
in Kentucky, is dangerously
fractions, as a result of the adj
ministration policy on the
miners wage controversy. and
the government seizure Of the
mines. y. M. w. sources say
the Presidents support from the
miners definitely has dropped,
from what il was in 1910. -
OFFICIALS Of the railway
" brotherhoods say the same
thing is true of their member
ship. It used to be 100 per cent
Roosevelt. They don't know
just how much he has lost, but
his following certainly is far
from 100 per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28

and periods Of all heavyweight
champions, but he knows light
weights. middleweights and
light hesvyweights A. well.
you should have heard his
description Of the Ad Wolgast-
Joe Rivers fight. and the Ad
Walgast-Battling Nelson fight.
My, but he's got a wonderful
memory--and such knowledge,
What impressed me most
about him was the manner in
which he intellectualized the
modern gladiator. His apprecia-
ton Is more like that of Pindar,
or the Alexandrian, Theocritus
those great poets Of the
golden age Of Pericles who ro-
manticized the pugilist and his
sport"
| am delighted 10 hear that
Pindar and Theocritus are maxi
ing good as sports writer's II
seems only yesterday that they
were cub reporters.
OUTSIDE the l. s Naval
" Hospital al Bethesda. Md,
is a sign 10 the effect that:
"fIitch-hiking is not in ac-
cord with the best traditions
of the navy"
Yet. directly across from the
hospital. is a hitch-hikers' hut
erected by the Bethesda
chamber OF commerce and
other groups for the benefit
OF navy patients!
The servicemen don't have 10
do any thumbing up there.
Nearly every motorist. with
space in his car, stops to pick
up passengers.
COL. EDWIN A. HALSEY.
~ secretary OF the Senate, has
a huge cutglsss chandelier in
his office.
Know how that came to be
here?" he asked. Because
President Theodore Roosevelt
couldn't stand IL.
1T used to be In the White
House. One summer evening the
president summoned his aide
and beloved:
Take that damn thing out
Of here. Every time the wind
blows II tinkles.
Distributed by King Features synd Inc.
Reproduction In vhols or In part
strictly prohibited.
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be snlpers and plant them IN
different positions in the woods,
and then send A couple of
squads In with orders 10 mop up.
The tralnees as well as the snip
efs kept their cartridge belts
supplied with blanks and at
times they nearly blew my ears
of
There must be thousands Of
men doing this same Job, IN real
life, hopping up the Snipers left
behind IN the wake of the re-
treating German armies.
TliERE ; one sure way 10 find
a snlper-send a patrol for
ward. with advance scouts lead
Ing the way. until the Snlper
opens fire Our problem is 10
get the men 10 hit the ground
fast enough when they hear
shot.
We've had reports from over
seas OF the comments OF Ger
man prisoners-that they adj
mire our troops except that the
Americans are inclined 10 be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28
Letters From
A Soldier

careless about taking cover. SO
we try our best 10 drum IL into
them.
Anyway, I've been moving
back and forth through my par
tlcular stretch OF woods, shred
ding my larynx bowling. What
do you do when you are fired
on? Hit the ground. Let's get
down. Get down fiat"
There's one thing that seems
10 do more than anything else.
These woods are just medium,
a little underbrush but not
much. and no very large trees.
Mostly they're just saplings.
I've been getting the men to-
gether and telling one. Walk
into the woods there He goes
perhaps % or 30 steps.
He's good target. isn't
he?' | say. and they all reply
that he Is, They can see him
easily.
An right. now get down on
one knee. The man does. They
still can see him.
Now lie down" He does.
You might not believe IL. but
the man who was perfectly WIS.,
lble while kneeling disappears
completely. There's that much
unevenness in ground that ap-
pears 10 be flat, and there S
enough grass, and enough small
bushes You don't realize how
important II is 10 hit the ground
until YOU Try some stunt such
as that.
4 MOTHER trick I've tried is
"a Iust slipping ahead Of the
patrols as they move. and then
sitting down or lying down.
never used any camouflage ex-
cept some green leaves in the
net on my helmet.
Id see eight or ten men
come through the trees, and
watch them for a considerable
time before they'd see me
and that's with no effort at
concealment on my part, except
just keeping still.
A few recognized me as the
instructor, but you'd be sur
prlsed how many times | was
"shot" with their blank car
trldges, which made them some
what sheepiSh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28

DID not need the old news
reels 10 remember that rag
tag bobtail procession OF 81
years ago There were hollow
cheSted, anaemic kids from the
lower East Side, nifty drifties
from Broadway. slick looking
Wall Streeters. burly truck
drivers. clerks, students, gam
blers, toutS. actors and news
papermen. They were OF every
nationality and religion you
could think of. From the side
walks came a babble of lam
guages as the boys struggled
past, each marching TO suit his
own idea.
There was "A lot of eXcitemnt
about this turnout because the
draft was new then and these
were the first draftees TO APP
pear en- masse before the public,
and besides IL was a -ieape-talf-
ing. brief as IL turned out. that
proved great emotional oc-
casion for the volatile popula-
tions OF the various districts OF
the big city.
NOWADAYS a division is
~ whipped toge ther and
trained. sent 10 war without
public display and the hula
ballo OF those days. Military
pomp and circumstance were
both lacking because the boys
had no guns, no uniforms, mo
nothin' as one of them said,
and Yaphank was unfinished and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

LIVERY now and again re-
II ceINs communications from
my tw8-+~adcrS who went be-
yond grammafS school The gen
cral burden OF their complaints
is that my offerings lack lit
erary value and why don't |
take some courses al night
school
II so happens that Y have
some very high class literary
material right here Al hand 1t
is from no less master Of
prose poetry than Comdr. Gene
TunneN.
II seems I had a piece a
short time ago about Comdr.
Tunncy'S meeting IN the south
Pacific with Gen Macarthur.
The SeaGolng pugilISt was
deeply impressed by MacAr-
thurs fund of knowledge.
BY way of application,
Comdr Tunney now writes
Gen. Macarthur knows not
only the weights and records