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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Daily
Horoscope

LOOK iH me Section ~ WhfCh
low- BVfhdoy Comes and Find
what iou Opfiook Is,
According 10 the Stars,
Fer Friday. Angast II. 1917.
MARCH y TO APRIL 20
Ar3sN Divert harmful lnau-
-ences from xour personal inter-
ests Intensive application 10
work. business asked In long
run, you. n come out with honors.
APRH-gf TO NAY eJ
YsaSyas@1SS,5S sFsk pave 10 be
the rightly aggressive one 70
smash through the line OF con-
tentions this period Back your
convictions with appropriate
force.
NAY q TO 1--WE II
GRIN roi - You cannot swish
through obligations this dsy.
First mobilize your resources,
tnen proceed with caution, care
fu plan towards objective.
TIVE - TO JTLY %
Co0ccr-Not a, auspiciouS for
money matters generally as far
making improvements, putting
your house In order FOR bigger
and better opportunities
ULY % TO ATG. %
Loo-- Especially friendly dav.
say stars. particularly for sound
investments, valuable commodi-
ties Workaday matters. group
act vities can turn the success
key II procedure is right.
4 g q. - TO SEPT -
I1go--Direct problems with
clear eye, steady determination.
You may not be able 10 clear
your daily calendar. but do make
that your driving Oh ective.
SEPT. % TO OCT. %
Ifty0 Your reaction 20 duties
and important issues will greatly
determine success. Assume re-
sponsihilitlcS without worry,
part Of your oh for TODAY.
OCT ,! TO NOV. -
Scorppo-Conccde 10 rgh Z
emf De what -Heeessarp-
realize your shooting point.
Arr Y economic theory, seek
facts. Act to suit days EXT
genCieS and your cause.
NOV. p TO DEC. %
SoglttoriHS - While trying 70
institute better money conditions.
business Investments. do not neg
lect personal matters. romance,
worthwhile social meetings all
highly sponsored now
DEC 20 TO JAN. 81
Capricorn - On the ~ side.
planetarilv speaking. hut you
natural hterates can easily cope
with trying periods. Keen CON
ception of the broad possibilities
are in your power.
JAN. - TO FEE. IN
Acknowledgement. happiness
stressed IN p. m. if YOU don't
give in 10 irritation. discourage
ment You have the ability to
smooth over rough spots.
FEE. ~ TO MARCH 2O
Pisces 49, Maximum planetary
influences favorable to YOUR top
activities. Take counsel, in
doubt, from authority. Press
financial matters SagaciouSly.
YOU. BORN OF thus dafe:
Conservative IN some respects,
though a born leader. Always
active and with great reserve
vitality and force Tone down
overactivity for nerves. health
in general. Executive. banking,
public speaking uuaiitlpy.
Copvrtahf f044 Nv Etna Eautttr.s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Salad

BY PRUDENCE PENNY

NEED A special dressing 10
Set off dessert fruit salad? Then
here's a summary suggestion
you will want 10 note. Honey
added 10 French dressing in the
making. lends a glamour that 5
Migrant, mysterious. and sweet.
Thick with natural country
Yo o ess, limpid-Clear and
golden, honey is the perfe I
partner for a dish OF salad
fruits. And when the piquance
Of French dressing has bee
added, you get an extra richness
that's tart. tangy and pert.
Here's a pretty fruit ad
that makes a fragrant--re refresh
ing dessert: Heap pink wafer
melon balls on slice OF COOL
green honeydew. Surround with
a ruffle of lettuce. Tuck in sec
tons Of grapefruit, and an oc-
casional sprig Of crisp mint.
Over all pour a dressing made
Of honey. oil. and vinegar. It's
perfect, pungent, and pleasing.
Honey Dressing
3 tablespoons honey
s tablespoons cider vinegar
u cup olive oil
! teaspoon salt
? teaspoons paprika
Place all ingredients into A
bowl and whip thoroughly With
rotary EGG heater. Pour in to
bottle which has a right fitting
lid Shake thoroughly each time
before using.
Frozen Limsise
] cup mayonnalSe
- cup evaporatcd milk.
whipped
2 tablespoons lime Juice
? tablespoons sugar.
Com bine mayonnalse with
whipped evapOrated milk; add
fruit juice and sugar. Freeze
either IN refrigerator tray or
small moldS. Serve with fruit
salads
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Eye Strain Risks

WHEN YOU'RE reading or
doing close eye work Of any
kind these summer evenings do
turn the lights on early. Other
wise, you run the risk Of eye
strain. for the fading light Of
twilight Is uSt as deceptive
now as any other time of wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Besuiifd NieeIIa

Among ANIMALS a particularly
beautiful seed pod is that of
NigeIla tlove-in-a-miSD. None
other is Ike II. Oriental poppy
pods are interesting IN form aid
striking IN appearance
The Wild yellow lotus gives a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Pineapple Gelatin

NEVER TRY 10 make gelatin
dishes with fresh-cooked pine
apple There is an engine in
II that prevents the gelatin
from setting Either cook the
fresh pineapple or use the
canned variety.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Siberian Iris

For instance. there are tnc
pods on Siberian IRIS. They are
straight and slim and may be
used effectively with just a lew
flowers. They are quite rs
lovely as the Egyptian IRIS pods
We used 10 get from California
which are no longer available.
Then there are the blaC!; pods
of false indigo CBap,l>Ia). These
are handsome enough % ar
range All by themselves. They
need only the night cortaincr
10 make a most effective deco
ration.
Plume poppy tBocconia) IS
Still IN bloom but the seeds will
soon form and presently turn "A
lovely soft tan. The cluster Of
seed pods is almost as plumey
as the flower spike and lends
softness to winter arrange
mentS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

SEEMS LIKE the garden IS
full of seed pods these days. OF
course they ought to be re-
moved from the plants, both for
the sake of appearance and IN
many cases 10 keep the plants
producing flowers.
But don't throw them away.
Or at least give a little thought
10 which you will throw and
which YOU want to keep. tCr
many seed pods make the
SmarteSt of indoor decorations
for the winter.
Later in the season. YOU
-know,-thc Same pods wIffpor be
available, so gather what YOU
have now and keep those that
have a sufficiently distinctive
appearance 10 come IN handy
later on.
Evening star., 1944-08-23
Comes a Cinema Czarina
By RosaIind Skafer,

director" for Miss Colby, installed
her in studio once and ASSIGNED
her the task of making his beauties
- trim and stylish q herself.
She's . Good Example.
This isn't anything 20 Grass a
regimenting the actresses; the hons
Is that the stunning Miss Colby,
born Couihan, win influence by ex-
ample as much Is by direct suRges-
ton. The fact that she has boosted
her earnings - q model from IS to
$50 an hour, that she has been &
member Of the star Of chic maya
zine concerned with women's fash
ions and an able exploitation man.
ager a. well, will help when Il Rets
breezed around through the dressing
rooms and sets.
Her first move was . ban On
slacks, bare legs. disordered hair,
careless clothes. She insists on neat
coihures. styled by Miss Colby Il
the individual player, stockings,
hats and gloves. Suitable ofiscreen
wardrobes Vithin the income Of the
younger talent Is another part of
the plan.
Anita herself is gay and tn
formal. full of enthusiasm for help
ing other girls get started. She
brims over with ideas, which she
quickly sketches on q pad for the
girl who has q problem In hairdo,
wardrobe, makeup or almost any
thing .Anitas an experienced artist
herself. she had years In art school
at the insistence Of her father, Bud
Coun1han, cartoon list for the old
World in New York.
Tall, with light brown hair
touched with blond streaks about
the temples, large hazel eyes and
perfect features, Anita's the perfect
model for any hat. In fact, she can
take anything and make q hat out
Of It. She doesn't sew: she prefers
glue, pins, adhesive tape. but II
forced Will use a needle and thread
for . ticklish job. It's her eye for
effects that makes It easy for her
to change q plain basic gown into
10 different costumes with accessor-
les Of various sorts.
She Makes Job Pay.
What does Anita Colby get out of
all this, and why isn't she on the
screen herself? She gets a whacking
good salary, of course, four trips q
year to New York to keep up on the
latest fashions. and has free rein on
projects of her own which she can
fit in to her time. Her modelling,
now a side issue, nets about 5000
yearly. Her exploitation stunts pay,
too. For example, she got q per-
fumer four times his business In
New York, by taking over the old
French Lines ONCE and launching
the new shop by breaking a 81 900
bottle Of perfume on the building
while q line Of Rockettes performed
a ballet with giant atomizers
spraying fragrant odors all over
town as the wind blew.
Evening star., 1944-08-23
HOLLYWOOD,

HOLLYWOOD.
Hollywood. always feeling . rival.
~ with New York on Z dozen counts.
has surrendered by importing an
arhiter Of elegance to help Holly
wood beauties achieve that we'll
groomed, stylish look characteristic
of Gotham glamour girls.
The lady Is Anita Colby, dubbed
''The Face" and you probably know
her by sight, for she has looked at
you out Of countless advertisements.
hitting an aI-time high some
months ago when she appeared on
Il pages, and the cover, Of q ma
tional magazine.
It was when David Selznick be-
gan to worry over the careless, un-
glamorous aspect Of some Of Holly.
woods loveliest young talent that
he created the post Of feminine
Evening star., 1944-08-23

Preston Kavanagh, Mrs. Frederick
Altemus, Mrs. Cyril Smith, Mrs.
James l.. Houghteling. ]. L. Fowler,
c. K. Amidon, Mrs. Joseph P. Ken
nedy. Bert Sheldon. Mrs. Adeline
b. Smith, Mrs. Shelby M. Rhone,
Mrs. Pauline Coggs. Mrs. ]. H. Dale,
1r., Achilles Catsonis, Mrs. Wayne
Chatfield-Taylor, Col. Julius I
Peyser and Miss Phyllis Snyder. the
latter being in charge Of two divi-
sions.
All will work directly under six
area chairmen. Mrs. r. Wallace
McClenahan, Howard P. Bailey,
Mrs. Harold N. Marsh. Judge w. c.
Hueston, Dr. Wilson Compton and
Paul D. Sleeper.
Evening star., 1944-08-23
War Prisoner Bureau
Moved to Fort Meude
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated PYess.
FORT GEORGE q. MEADE, Md,
Aug. 23.-Ihe Enemy Section Pris-
oner Of War Information Bureau,
through which al data concerning
enemy war prisoners held by the
United States is released, has been
transferred from Warrington to
Fort George q. Meade, Army ON.
cials disclosed yesterday.
1t. Col. Z, ]. Carpenter has been
placed in command Of the bureau,
. subdivision Of the provost mar
shall generals ONCE.
Microfilmed lists OF essential in
formation are sent to Fort Meade
Evening star., 1944-08-23
turkey Distributes Lund

Further distribution OF land to
small holders and landless farmers
has been resumed in Turkey in Asia.
Expectations are that the distribu-
ton will continue until from 2,270,-
600 to 100000 acres are in new
hands. Shops for repair Of farm
machinery and implements are to
be established in Anatolia as another
step in encouraging farming.
Evening star., 1944-08-23

DIVISION chair
men to head
residential units
for the Com
m u nifty War
Fund campaign
for 1850, 900 was
announced to-
day by E. K.
M orris. unit
chairman.
Other division
chairmen for
residential units
l n c de Mrs.
Henry Butler,
M RS. Wallace
Evening star., 1944-08-23
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. .. G.. ALL
WEDNeSOAY = s 's s. ##e -

direct from the fighting zones. The
data u forwarded by the bureau to
the International Red Cross Com
mittee at GeneyA and to the pro-
tecttng powers Of the nations-in
the case Of Germany, Switzerland
and Japan, Spain.
Evening star., 1944-08-23
Dr.. Douglass Is Named
War Fund Division Chief

Appointment Of DR.. Paul F..
Douglass, president Of American
University and chairman of United
Nations War Relief. as one of 10
Evening star., 1944-08-23

CLEVELAND, TENN.-TRIBUTE PLANNED FOR HERO-Seret
Faul Hun paratrooper who the Congressional Medal of
honor at Anzo sits swing his porch with Miss
1oann Greene 49, OF Knoxville who today for the
sergeants homecoming celebration sergt Huff said Miss
Greene MS best girl but declined further comment Gov
Tentce cooper and segt Alvin York Tennesees World War
Evening star., 1944-08-23

Join the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
Bonds!
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Timber!

a (signal Corps photo from NEA).
sr/3c William (Tiny) Taylor,
right. of Lexington, N. c., appears
to be falling, too, but isn't, as ne
stops Pvt. George Barbour OF
Omaha two seconds before end Of
fifth and final round to win Pa
cific Sector title. At 274, Taylor
outweighs Barbour by 80 pounds.
He retained Panama Canal De-
partment heavyweight champion
Ship by winning decision from
Obi. Elwood Lorman of North
Hollywood, Calf, in five rounds
in final Of two-month long tourna-
ment in Balboa Stadium.
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ALL-STARS DIG
TO WIN CLASSIC
Rebels Took Three OF Five
Games Beginning With
1899 Series

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. "a
ga power-packed team OF nor
thern all-stars dug in for heavy
practice today determined to ever
the score with the south in next
Saturdays renewal Of the annual
Blue-Gray football classic.
The Rebels have won three Of
the five games in the series which
began in 1899, End the other two
decisions went 70 the Northerners
War conditions interfered with las,
years contest, and fans saw in
stead a battle between Boys High
school OF Atlanta and Meridian,
Miss. high. The Georgians won,
1870.
The North drew first blood when
the series was inaugurated on Jan
q, 1899, walking off with a 10 vic
tory. The Southern team bounced
back on Dec. 30 Of the same year
and evened the count with 1920
decision
The Yankee team squeezed by
14-l2 verdict II l94O, ana mas no'
won. or even scored, since. " e
Southerners gained a 1910 victory
in 1941 and won 24-0 the following
year.
Two of the three coaches who
have guided the North team since
the start of the series---Carl Shave.
ly of Cornell and Lynn Waldorf Of
Northwestern-are back this year
Third member Of their staff is
1ndiana's 30 Mcmillan, who
placed Bert Irgwersen Of MOI h.
western. Ingwersen is now athletic
director Of the North Carolina Navy
Preflight school.
The southern squad, however,
has changed coaches each year and
for the 1914 game will have Wally
Butts Of Georgia, Claude little
Monk Simons of Tulane and Carl
VOyles of Auburn,
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US0 SCHEDULES
YULE FESTIVITY

A Christmas program for all
civilian and military personnel in
Wilmington will be presented by
the USO clubs Of the city in the
auditorium of the club at Second
and Orange streets at 7:30 p. m.
today.
Included will be Christmas carols
by the children's choral group of
st. Mary's school, a reading, why
the Chimes Rang by Mrs. c. J.
ChenWorth. and solo, Holy
Night" by Walter Kelly.
Also to be presented will be two
Christmas dances by students of
the Belcher school of dancings
community singing, directed by
Walter Kelly, with E. A. Munson
and Mrs. Rose Pecoe accompany
ing.
Dancers will be Patricia Merritt,
Betty Tienken, who will appear in
the "Rageddy Ann and Andy"
doll dance; Mary Cox, Lenora Sid
bury, Hazel Swart, Jay Bats,
Carol Bunch, Emily Hasty, Mari
zane Birmingham, and Caroline
Walker will be dancing dolls.
The planning committee was
composed of representatives of the
staff of each USO club.
At 8 a. m. there will be an in
formal dance with music furnish
ed by a Marine band from Camp
Lejeune.
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MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 24.-R-
Tropical Park will stage its clas-
siest inaugural program tomorrow
to open its shortest horse race
meeting.
A card featuring two $500
events was arranged yesterday be.
fore the Federal Government
cracked down on racing with a
request that all tracks close by
January3.
Deciding to beat the ban by
squeezing in eight days of &C
tivity, the track stood fast on the
elaborate inaugural plans which
attracted the speediest sprinters
now in training.
Twenty seven thoroughbreds
were named for the $500 inau-
gural handicap, causing the six
furlong event to be split into two
divisions and the prize money to
be doubled.
Apheim stables Okapi Lancer,
which established a track record
while winning during the Cult
stream Park meeting that ended
yesterday probably will be the pub
lie favorite in the first division.
The competition will include
Woolford Farms fast-stepping
Grey Mare, Silvestra, and Chal-
lenge Me. winner of last years
Arkansas derby and one of the
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Tropical Park Begins
Shortest Track Season

advance favorites in the Kentucky
derby.
In the second division, Mrs. M.
J. Wolfson's Smart Bet will 60 af-
ter his 18TH victory of 1914, and
no doubt will be the heaviest
backed horse in the field of Is.
Smart Bets winning record is
the best established by any racer
this year.
The classy Signator may dispute
the issue with Smart Bet, while
there is sure to be support for
Harvard Square and Sophocles,
the latter a winner at Gulfstream.
Still stunned by the news that
the sport will be closed until war
conditions brighten, most of the
owners, trainers and handlers of
the 1000 horses stranded in the
Miami area had not decided yet
on their plans.
In deciding to 60 ahead with
only eight program of a sched-
uled 2o-day meeting, Tropical Park
officials said they did SO in order
to nelp the horSemen as much as
possible
Albert SABBATH and Joseph Muir
ply, representatives of the Horse
mems Benevolent Association, will
meet track officers tomorrow to
decide whether an extra race might
be conducted each day with all
proceeds going toward relief.
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Fishing And Hunting
Ordered For Veterans

WASHINGTON Dec. "a. - R -
Fishing and hunting are precisely
what the doctor ordered for = q
|frayed nerves of returning war vet
Ierans, and a congressional group
intends to see that they get plenty
Of 10th. ~ssssgasas. s. &
A house Committee on consef Z
ton of wildlife las just completed
two-year study and will intro
duce legislation next month.
Our immediate objective will
be to help ease the nerve strain
of about 10000, 900 fighting men
who must be rehabilitated inside
as well as outside" Chairman D
bertson D-VD told a reporter
today.
After the first world war, interest
in hunting and fishing increased 80
percent, and Robertson anticipates
a jump as high as so percent this
time.
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The Sports Trail

ing, deafening end and to raist
his head an inch or two woule
have meant the end of the Worlc
for him. Suddenly it was still, Sc
still.
He felt so lonely and forsaken
but ne consoled himself with the
thought that there was a budd,
on either side of him, and buddie:
beyond them, and on and on
About five yards apart, he guess
ed, or about the distance he
plunged for that touchdown to wiz
the big high school game.
Funny how fellow would think
of such a comparison, but the
mind is fup # tricks. He won.
cered vaguely if he ever again
would put on cleated shoes and
helmet and pads and experience
the joy of rugged bodily contac ct
in healthy, American sport. Prob
ably not. But maybe he and his
buddies could make it possible
for his kid brother and other kid
brothers to have their clean fun
free from oppression.
Johnny shifted mis- cramped body
He peered upward. The sky was
slightly, and started to hum soft
ly. 1t was the tune of his old high
school song, and he followed that
with the tunes of all the college
victory songs he could remember.
Anchors Aweigh, and Cheer, Cheer
For Old Notre Dame, and Roar,
Lion Roar and others he couldn' t
identify exactly but had heard.
He peered upward. The sky was
clear, and there was that one,
very bright star he had noticed
just year ago. The Star of Beth
lenem. Sure, it was Christmas
Eve and the star made him think
Of the little church, and the can
delight service and the choir
singing reverently: Silent Night. :"
He started to hum the tune and
soon, because it made MIN feel
better, to sing. Softly at first,
then a little louder. From nearby
voice joined in: Holy Night
" and then through the still,
cold air came other voices, pick
ing up the thread of words: "All
Is Calm.
The song ended and again tne
only sound was the faint rustic
of the wind. Then voice.
hoarse, possibly from the cold,
stage-whispered: Merry Christ
mas
And down that long, thin line
until the sound became only an
ind1stinguishable murmur came
the echo:
Merry Christmas"
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BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-R-
Johnny snuggled the gun a little
closer and gave it a couple Of
reassurang pats as of consoling a
child whimpering with a cold.
The silent display of affection
was instructive After all, the
gun was his pal, his friend in need
and mad noisily helped him out Of
many a tight spot since it was
handed to him four years ago.
1t was just another cunningly
designed implement of wood and
steel at that time, different from
the 12-gauge scattergun ne used
to bag ducks in the cold grey
dawns of fall, of course, but 9TH
erWise just another gun, utterly
devoid of personality.
He quickly had learned to use
it, though as he was a typical
American kid who, when the cards
are down, can spot these auto
matte soldiers he was fighting af-
ter years of training in the sordid
art of killing, and beat them at
their own game.
And now the gun had become
quite human, something to be pet
ted and protected as he sat there
nunched in he shallow little pit
he had haze out of the frozen
ground. He wiggled his toes in
side the heavy boots to keep up
circulation lid tried to pull his
neck still fl -ther into the collar
of his overcoat.
Odd now still it was. Just the
faint rustic of the wind as it sift-
ed through the underbrush to pick
up little handfulls of snow and
toss them playfully down his col
lar. A few minutes ago it seemed
the world was coming to a crash
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Sportsmen .Jeopardized
Bv Draft Board Review

In a letter to Lewis B. Hershey,
selective service di = Tor, Byrres
said that because of the manpower
shortage serious consideration
should be given to recalling these
men into the armed services or
where they have not heretofo4 ;
been indicted, calling them for an
other physical examination. Her.
shey replied he had directed local
draft boards to review the status
of all pro athletes.
Neither Byrnes nor Hershey
mentioned >o'lere sports and it
uncertain how their future
would be aztec .eGl.
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Admiral Nimitz Gives
Greetings To The Navy

GUAM, Dec. "a ZAP Adm
Chester w. Nimitz, commander O.
the Pacific fleet, today sent the
following message to Navy 1ner
at this forward base.
First of all l wish to send you
Christmas greetings. nave the
utmost admiration for the exer-
tons and successes Of our forces
ashore and afloat everywhere in
the Pacific. They have met ev-
cry expectation. I have only ad-
miration for their courage anc
resourcefulnesS.
The message was printed in
base and ship papers and broad.
asst by radio,
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dog racing. that contributed more
than $50, 100000 in state taxes to
close up to "pl event the use of
critical materials, services and
transportation--until war condi-
tons permit"
Declaring that he had the appro-
val of President Roosevelt, Byrnes
asserted that in view of the "ex-
listing war situation it was Diff
cult for him and for the public to
understand how men can be physi-
cally unfit for military service nd
yet be able to compete with the
greatest athletes of the nation in
games demanding physical fit
ness'