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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
Letters From
A Soldier

And now I'm in the position
of being scoffed at when I tell
the men about letters from my
buddies who are sending me
notes from, at first, Normandy,
and later points farther east
Newcomb and Reymore and
Williams, who wrote:
I'm "a years old and have
two children. but here l am.
Tell the men to get all the
training they can at Mcclellan.
They'll need 1t sooner than they
think"
DUT you still meet with doubt,
- indifference, polite disbelief.
Or sometimes not so polite.
Yesterday man stood up in
the midst of my remarks and
said fatty.
81 don't believe It."
What could I say? What I
did say was:
"AlI right, you don't have to,
but I'll show you the letters II
you want to see them. Ignore
this IL you want to, but its
YOUR life we're trying to show
you how to protect. I only hope
that what YOU don't learn
never means that somebody else
dies, because of you"
And at that point reinforce
ments arrived. One of the
trainees, and he looked angry.
hoped up and blurted:
Listen! My own brother fin
ished his cycle June 10 and
we've got letters from him al
ready. He's i'm the south Pacific"
He looked around, saw the faces
of his buddies, and sat down in
a throbbing silence.
These infantry requirements,
these recruits who will fill the
gaps, may not believe us, the
training cadre, but they will
believe their own buddies with
whom they share their tents
and aches.
So we went on with our rifle
work. There was, suddenly. an
intentness. Because of that in
cident some men who might,
from carelessness have died will,
instead, survive and come home
again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

informant, do not even take the
government leaders seriously
and openly quip:
IF 1 thought my son would
ever grow up To he president
of Argentina, I'd have sent. him
To SCHOOL, II VI
ERANK FAY, bested another
L heckler again at the Copa-
cabana.
A pest in the rear interrupted
Fay's act with a flippancy
. II don't expect my critic"
said Frank. "to demonstrate his
courage by standing up and let
ting us all see him. And so I
request that you folks seated
near him to take a good, long
look at him"
The heads of those in the
vicinity turned and stared at
the heckler, tipping off his To-
cation.
Now that you have seen
him." continued Fay, "you all
have very good idea why We
have birth control"
OUR favorite newspaper story
" deals with the new gazette
in metropolitan city. which
offered $1,000 in cash 10 help
name the new daily The con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
II. ". DURLING

Then wherefore should zoe sigh
and whine.
With gromdless jealousy rspius,
With silly whims and fancies
frnHtic.
Merely 10 make our love
romantic?
Byron.
(Above IL from "To a Lady"
The lady Lord Byron probably
had in mind was Lady Caroline
Lamb. She was 30 Jealous OF
Byron she bit a piece out Of
drinking glass when he showed
interest In another woman at
dinner party. Al another party
when Byron paid a little extra
attention to a nearby blonde.
Lady Caroline drew a knife and
threatened TO cut his heart OUT
OUR Horses and Women De-
" partment has not yet found
who was the first woman in the
United States 10 wear Stacks.
However. Ann Galbraith claims
she was the first woman TO wear
Slacks in San Francisco. Attlred
in Slacks. she appeared on Mar
ket street on April 20 1920. and
created sensation. She has a
newspaper clipping which re-
cords this historic event. The
headline on this reads, Pants
for Women, Girl Dons En- and
Market, Street Clasps"
TNHF richest agricultural
i county IN the country. meas
ured by average value Of prod
net per acre, is Lane 6 r
County Pa. So states an ex-
pert on the subject.
$50 the stargazers G m
Libra people will have two good
years starting now" writes a
Chicagoan. please note that
Vice President Henry Wallace
Is a Libra"
Ever hear of anybody whose
first name was their last name
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
THESE DAYS

nONALD NELSON is not i'm
~ portant. Charles Wilson is
not important. What does mat
ter is the welfare of the people
of the United States.
If we could only get away
from personalities and focus on
the principal issues, our per-
spective on the problems that
face the American people would
be more accurate and more
beneficial to the American peo-
pie.
Donald Nelson explained to a
congressional committee at the
very moment that the army
spoke Of critical shortages that
all critical programs were being
met. Yet what were the facts?
In July the shortages fell in
, deliveries to the army showing
9 per cent deficit in heavy
trucks, a 5 per cent deficit in
bombs. a as per cent deficit in
the 155mm, shell, Moi, a 50 per
cent deficit in the S-inch how
itzer shell and a as per cent
deficit in the 240mm. howitzer
shell.
The per cent forecast of Au-
gust deliveries had to be re-
vSed downward.
Nelson's argument seems 10
be that the army had depended
too much on airplanes, discov-
cred that airplanes would not
do the job. turned 10 heavy ar
tilery and discovered a short
age.
This is undoubtedly correct.
but il is the function of the
army 10 use whatever weapon it
needs and finds useful in a par
tieular theater of war at a
particular moment.
II is the function Of the War
Production Board 10 be certain
that as soon as the army shifts
from one weapon TO another.
the alternative weapon IS sup
piled in amounts adequate TO
meet tine arrny's purpose.
An INCREASED operational
"A use Of heavy artillery has
developed in every theater.
Commanders have found that
concentrated artillery fire will
break the German lines with a
minimum bss of American lives.
Domestic stocks Of artillery
have dropped sharply.
Theater levels are being de-
pleted and will be reduced
toward the end of the year to
dangerous points unless the
added quantities are made
available.
The instance is cited of the
army being able to provide only
one-half of the quantity OF
155mm. ammunition requested
by a theater commander for a
landing operation.
The army estimate is that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
By George E.
Sokolsky

production in the last half OF
1914 must be doubled over that
obtained in the first half.
What civilian official is in a
position to question this tactical
assumption on the part of the
army?
Any civilian ought to be will
ing to overproduce munitions of
war and TO sink the surplus in
the ocean IL that will save a
single American life.
And surely Generals Marshall
and Eisenhower and their staffs
know more about that than a
textile buyer in WPB. Let's get
some ordinary common sense
into this situation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
WASHINGTON Scene
81 NCLINEsto the creed that
Il the hest r n ok ny In the
BY George Dixon

Mr.. MER EPH
-'A DODGE. the wcll-known
bon want and raconteur-he
once told a story that three
strangers stopped 10 listen to
came in the other day brandlsh-
Inc a document.
on closer inspection. II turned
out 10 he a new directive-No.
L-l04-oi the War Production
Board.
II was obvious that Mr. Dodge
was deeply concerned. lie
slapped the paper on my desk
and demanded
How many bobby pins. more
than two inches long, does II
take TO make a bsttleship?"
It occurs to mel cannot
imag CINE why-that you may
feel Mr.. -Dodge's query bor-
nClen on we unuSudls II SUCH
be the case ! can only reply
that you do not know Mr..
Dodge. He can think up ques-
lions twice as disconcertlng
when he puts his mind to it.
The Dodge borne order from
WPB directed that no manu-
facturer shall make hairpins or
bobby pins OF any metal other
than carbon steel, and that no
pin be more than two inches
long
Goodness knows" said Mr..
Dodge. that l do not want to
interfere with the war effort.
But I feel the WPB IL carrying
this thing too far"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
coSrNs-u 49, Jo-e.' oai co

mot true control of the
emotions. Being hard-boiled is
repression of the emotions rather
than control. 1t is likely 10 de-
velop indifference not self-con-
troll. If you feel no emotion in
the presence Of grief, or for the
loss of a loved one. or do not
thrill at the sight of a beautiful
person or work of art. or over a
noble deed, you have killed your
emotions. not controlled them.
2-Partly true, partly false.
Several studie show more
women than men think a great
deal about themselves. and are
likely to think every argument
applies to them. More women
than men think about love, mar
rage, home, children and the
human relations - about what
life means. Our booklet. How
10 Win Your Arguments" set.
ties many an argument in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
On the
Side

FIVE minutes after doing 30
"pullups'?
Al believe 10 could he done.
hut would take a very good man
in top condition 10 do II. Some
thing would depend also on how
fast he ran the mile.
TT IS as have told you. l am
L trying 10 understand women,
but my progress is very slow /
am getting discouraged. You
remember / quoted a commune
cation from q Manhattan bach
elor who said he wanted 20
marry a girl who did not smoke.
drink. swear. use nail polish
rouge, lipstick or wear a g,sdls
AS / said, / thought the bach
.elnrettes would give this exact
ing gentleman the merry ha-h2.
plus a few snorts and Sneeis.
How wrong ! was. Hundreds
of females state they come up 10
specifications and are willing TO
love, honor and obey this man.
Why, now / have even heard
from a WAVE who wants him
10 consider her. She's a smart
locker, too.
(NESAR ROMERO. The only
~ film star ever born in AS
bury Park, ". J. The name
Cesar used is his real name and
not as has been often stated
adopted for professional use.
Romero is in the u. S. Navy
and is home on furlough. He
has seen plenty of action AT
Saipan, the Mariannas and other
places ~. Red" Nichols, band
master. OF the dance bands
currently popular believe the
longest in existence is that OF
Ted Lewis. Second is Red"
Nichols and his five pennies
The third must be George Oh
sens outfit. Or is this state
ment going to cost me a lot or
stogies?
Copyright. 1914, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
On
Broadway

testants had TO send along a
50-word reason why the name
should be used. One man sug-
gested the new paper be called
The Truth. Because" he
pointed out, every time any
one came 10 buy a paper the
newsboy would say: Whaddaya
want? The Truth or the Ca
gette'"
COL. CARLOS ROMULO. who
" helped Macarthur and Que
zon escape 10 Australia. didn I
know that persons addressing
Congress must not do so in uni
form. He has been in his army
uniform for years.
An hour before he spoke in
the House the Other day Ronulo
was informed that he must wear
civvies for the event.
His staff hastily borrowed ci-
william apparel.
On the way 10 the Capitol he
realized he was wearing his
army sox.
He paled. Il am wearing the
wrong sox!" he exclaimed. "Oh
my goodness. wot'll / do?"
His Girl friday solved mat
tiers right there on the Capitol
steps He wore her bobby sox!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
One Word Led to Another
BY Patterson
-Ih- netroit Times
By Arthur Bugs" Baer =

Just the other elapsed day slid two nimbe cruisers
and carrier into the river. By that l they
ready to go and complete twUheaded calf.
Back in 1913 wrote about the zipperness with which
built boats We one battescow the Atlantic
the steam generated by her hot rvets smacng the
cold ocean.
We do better than that now. And from pretty much
about the sort of start They catch with
our pants on the ironing board
What will happen the next time? Folks your guess
is unofficial mine But I'll bet SIX two and
that the trousers will be the ironing board again.
For the last IS years I've been trying to drum the
idea into your hollow hats that this fat conened nation
is birds nest on the ground.
Everybody is envious of us. mean everybody You
in the middle Of the alphabet and work both
ways.
This isn't the first time that Europe has tried to crash
the Atlantic. Don't forget the testimony that Europe
these works four hundred years ago And it would
like to lick little of that off its feline
whiskers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

came an apt pupil. France and
Awerica are the only countrie.
know where the cooking In
towns outside the capital Is bet
ter than In the capital"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
F.. l.: Can any harm come
from the continued use Of
cocoa? They speak of cocoa
leaves being an opiste. / began
taking IL 10 gam weight?
A: Cocoa contains no opiate
or narcotic drug. 1t is no more
habit forming than coffee. its
stimulating effect being due to
a similar substance TO caffeine;
theobromine. II has very
high nutritive value. and IL you
are taking il 10 gain weight,
you have a good means.
w. II. what Is the NdIue OF
taking molaSses and sulphur in
the spring (horrid stuff. We
had quite an argument on il. 1
say its Just an old-fashioned
remedy that really isn't worth
much.
Answer: The J. Walter
Thompson Co. would not like 10
hear Ynu-SaY- lhat- haze q
pamphlet from them advocating
molasses milk shakes for babies
because New Orleans molasses
is such rich source OF iron.
However. toe spring tonic.
though valuable in its day. is
not necessary in these times of
food transportation and preser-
walton. In the old days people
got no fresh food during the
winter. and spring found them
anpn1ic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
Brain Game Answers

1-Ohlo, Indiana. Illinois. Mich
iean, Wisconsin.
2-The opossum.
3-Treaty of Brest-LitoySk,
March 3, 1918.
4-(d) is correct.
SAugustus Caesar ruled when
Jesus was born Tlberlus vas
emperor when lie was cruCI-
fled.
6-Borneo and New Guinea
When a jury fails TO agree
S-Lebanon.
Distributed ny King Features synd Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
Detroit Times RatiOning Timetable

GASOLINE
Coupon i1-3 gals valid through
sept IL
~ and CT Cespcns-5 gals each.
"a and ca Ccupons-s gals each
Law requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
vhcn received.
FuEL oil
Period = and Period s-vsiid through
sept. 30
Period t-vslid through sept. 30,
is45.
LIQUOR
Ne. is-vsid through Sept 80.
sHoEs
Airplsns stsmps q snt s-vsid In
defnitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

home before the srguers raise
their voices. After that happens,
nobody ever wins an argument.
Sent at cost, l0c plus a stamped
(3c) self-addresSed envelope.
3-Athletic games call for ag-
gresSiveness. No. men make
higher scores than women on all
tests of aggresSiveness. OF
course, some women score higher
than the average man. but
woman's general average aggreS-
Siveness Is lower than that OF
men. l think women play more
TO be out with their men friends
or TO enjoy club associations. or
TO show their pretty sports
clothes. They rarely 90 in for
blood except bridge-and that
is what gives a game the excite
ment OF real sport.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

fRoCESSED FOODS
Blue "A through L-s-Vs.id indefi-
nitsly.
MEATS. CHEESE. TArS
Red A-s through D-s--vslid indsh-,
niteiy. y
Red rs, 20 and G-s-vslid sept,
indefinitely
ONE N. salvage fat. rood for q cents
and tvo meat ration points.
SUGAR
Stamps 10. n. m and N. BOok g.
Valid Indefinitely.
stamp 40. No. q Book-S lbs for can
.ning thfoirh FEB. as ie4S
Spare stamp II, No . Rock-vslid for
maximum az 20 lbs for canning.
Apply local board
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

GIL YER" said Mr..
IL Dodge. "that Is not what
! came here TO talk about. IL
occurs 90 me that the WPB IL
being too rigid In its restrictions
on steel. ] cannot help feeling
that IL will have 10 scrimp on
an awful lot OF bobby pins to
save enough steel for q battle
ship.
But" he added. my con-
Germ is not directly with bobby
pins. ! just mentioned them be-
cause / happened tn see this
order. The real reason l am so
upset IL this:
81 took my watch To be re-
paired three months ago and I
haven't been able to get II back
yet. Today I went TO my watch
maker and accused him point
blank OF dilly-dalIying.
He told me the delay was
because he couldn't get a hair
spring.
The fellow seemed to sense
that this was not going over too
good with me because he added:
"'You know-the steel short
ages
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

MY JOB these last few days
Ava has been teaching, or rather
reviewing the training in rife
fire, taking men a squad at a
time and sending them out TO
fire at targets they can scarcely
see. We have the targets so
camoufiaged with brush and
leaves that most of the men
have TO have tracer bullets fired
before they can see exactly
where the targets are. That's
how il so often will be in COM
bat, shooting at men you do not
see-you merely know where
their positions are.
But the actual instruction Is
easy enough. The hard thing is
keeping the men attentive. They
go sound asleep mentally. while
they sit with their eyes wide
open.
Why is this so? Why will a
man ignore his training when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
Connolly Answers

1-c. 2-b. 3-h. IA. Sc. S
(a) American. (h) Russian;
tc) Italian; I'D German, (e)
Irish.
Copyright. 1874. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06
BETTER HEALTH

SsTHAT man, there" said DR..
i Adrian Gibbs. around the
camp fire the other evening.
pointing with his pipe stem at
our guide who had just cooked
six trout with particularly de-
licious skill, "does more for
human nutrition than all the
vitamin manufacturers on earth
instead OF running food a.
they do. he raises its powers so
II literally jumps from your
digestive tract To the nutrition
of your cells.
"Of course YOU preach In the
newspapers all the time about
abe advantages Of these here
Concentrated vitamins."
"Now-wsit minute, II
interrupted.
"And you are always prais-
Ing these raw carrot and turnip
diets that make the society
ladies 40 fat and sassy"
"Now--wait another minute"
waS-the cry that vas wiring
from me.
But II all the nutrition spe-
ciaIists," he continued, blandly,
"would hy of teaching the
American housewife to shop for
vitamins, and urge her To learn
tn cook, the nutrition Of this
country would improve 1000, 900
per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

should introduce baking and
broiling.
The amount Of bad cooking
In this world, considering how
many meals are cooked per day,
II simply unbelievable. Whole
nations know nothing about
good cooking at all. Somewhere
In the middle ages the English
learned that boiling water
would soften food, the Spanish
learned that heating oil would
fry foods, and they have learned
nothing about cooking since.
These are known. amongst us
gastronomes, ~ the ordeal by
water and the ordeal by fame.
H TNCLINEsto the creed that
L the best cook ing In the
world Ia American, French and
Mexican In the order named.
In Peru today they are good
too. ~
not mere patriotism
that makes me put American
cooking at the head. In the
first and last treatise ever To
he written on gastronomy-
Brillat-Savarin's Physiology of
Taste-the author betrays the
fact that he spent Ave Of the
most impressionable years Of
his life on these shores. Dur
ing my sojOurn In Hartford. In
Connecticut he writes, 4 had
the good fortune 10 shoot . wild
turkey'-and then he learned
about turkey. On another page
he goes into rapture on Ameri-
can chocolate. And his de-
scription Of turtle soup at
Little's Tavern In New York
makes your saliva gush.
But II France learned about
cooking from America, she be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

T" Nd learning 10 COOK
"A doesn't mean learning to
wash carrots In an attractive
way
"You hear lots Of crabs about
m q Tern education nowadays
and they all come down 10 the
basic idea that our young people
do not learn enough practical
things In school. To q consider
able extent they are justified.
II the modern young ladies
academy would bear down on
French cooking instead Of
French It's curriculum would be
improved. The bride of today
should really be made Ia show
her cooking school certificate,
not her birth certificate.
"And men too. Men take TO
cooking better than women, al
though I confess their tempera-
mrnts incline them Ia specialism.
Take Hall Smiths bouiIlabaise T.
Colleges tend TO practical courses
more and more-they teach
youth tn make things and IN
box and wrestle and use side
arms. But instead of 40 much
making and brawling they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

spelled backwards , That is so
in the case of Nilmah Hamlin
Of Los Angeles. II my papa
and mama had named me that
way would now be known as
Gnilrud During. That wouldn't
be so good. But still. / would
be better off than Walter Win
chell. His name would be
Llehcniw Winchell. and IL he
tried 10 tell what his full name
was over the telephone he
would probably bust A tonsil.
NEW YORK eatery maestro
~ describes his place as, "the
country's finest Seafood restau-
rant" / question this / be-
lieve the best seafood restaurant
IN the United States is Miller
Brothers in Baltimore. Md
When you became grand
mother for the first time that
was an event in your life. Did
you get any presents on this
occasion ,. A San Franciscan
tells me that when she became
a grandmother for the first time
friends gave her a party and a
lot Of gifts. This doesn't sur
prise me. San FranciSCans love
10 give presents and parties.
and will do so on the slightest
provocation.
QUERIES from clients: @
Q Didn't Harry Williams write
ITS a Long Way TO Tipperary' ?
A-There has been some dis
pute about this. However. Jack
Judge. an English actor, Is gem
orally credited with having writ
ten the song In 1908. II became
popular as a marching song In
World War I.
O Ever been 70 my home
town, Medford, Mass. ?
A-Certainly. Played football
against Tufts College there
couple Of times.
Q-Do you think II possible
for man TO run a mile and within
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

EDITORS NOTE-PUt. Pick
erins, former Times eoiumnist.
10 an infanfryman at Fl. Me-
Ctelion, Ala. These writings ara
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

IS Nd learning 10 cook
"A doesn't mean learning to
wash carrots In an attractive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

I TOLD Mr.. Dodge ! could
sympathize with him be-
cause his hair Is long and quite
unruly.
Il suppose" / said, that n
two-inch bobby pin IL too short
for you. II you went IN see Don
aid Nelson he might grant you
an exception"
Mr.. Dodge snorted so vio-
lentsv that there pigeons fell of
the ledge outside my window.
II am not talking about my
SELF" ne howled. "And, further
more. ! have no intention OF
chasing MIR. Nelson to China
Just to beef about bobby pins.
Mr.. Nelson. In case you ever
como out of that trance you
have been In for two weeks, IL
not with WPB any more.
He has been sent travelling
nv Mr.. Roosevelt. The President
IL a Arm believer that travel IL
good for people who get In his
hair; In fact I have heard. on
fairly reliable authority. that
Mr.. Roosevelt wishes there were
more out-of-the-way places he
could send more people to.
He feels he may be giving
China too much Of his business.
Anyway" continued Mr..
Dodge. "The WPB IL now
headed by j. A. (Cap) krug-
and II may he weeks before he
gets called To the White House
and given the fare 10 China"
/ told Mr.. Dodge not 10 be
cynical,
Il am not cynical" retorted
Mr.. Dodge. Il am just afraid
that the Chinese may begin to
complain that they are being
infested by administration cast
offs and impose q head tax. This
could become very costly in
time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-06

the DETROIT TIMES c..
Sept. 1874