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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

HAVE always been devoted
admirer Of Mr.. Paul Porter,
director of publicity for the
Democratic National Commit.
tee. Consequently it pains me
deeply 10 discover that he is
practically a colossus of deceit.
Mr.. Porter shattered my boy
ish illusions about his noble
character in this manner:
His invaluable assistant, Mr..
Ed Brown, popped out of his
Office the other day inquiring
loudly if any one had cigaret.
A little, elderly man, who was
waiting there. proffered a pack
and urged Mr.. Brown to keep
them all.
Mr.. Brown thanked him and
SAID all he wanted was one.
Whereupon the little man ripped
open an envelope and announced
he had just written a Demo-
cratic campaign song.
Mr.. Brown jumped as if he
had been stung. because his life
has been burdened for months
by parties who do not think
Roosevelt can win without SYM
copated plugging.
he had TO think quickly. and
he did; he told the little man
he was only hireling and that
he would have to contact the
big boss. Paul Porter.
Parenthetically, would like
10 remark that l would watch
Mr.. Brown closely if he were
my assistant. but this is not the
point at issue.
The point is that Mr.. Porter
was alone in his office that
evening when a call came
through. He accepted the call
because the party on the other
end said he had been referred
10 Mr. Porter personally by Mr..
Brown.
Well" said the voice, IL am
the man that was In to see Mr..
Brown today about my cam
paign song"
Mr.. Porter almost cried aloud
in anguish. Then he rose TO
the very pinnacle of deceit. In
a soft drawl he asked:
who did you-all say you
wished to talk TO, suh?"
"Mr. Porter" said the caller.
"Oh," said Mr.. Porter. "You-
all wants 20 speak wifi Mista
Paul Porter. This am the clean
Ing porter. You just done cot
the wrong porter. Coed n'sht,
sub"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon.

THIS item is being written
L primarily for the Washing
ton trade. And the reason am
writing il is that / am a vicious,
unprincipled character who just
revels in the discomfort Of
others.
The item, dear fellow Wash
ingtonians-and 60 on sweating
your ears off in this blast fur
mace by the Potomac-is as fol-
lows:
The War Production Board
announced that more than dou-
BILE the number OF snow plows
were shipped in the first quar-
ter of 1914 than in the corre-
spending period last year!
The WPB explained that snow
plows are used TO remove snow
from highways. streets and air.
ports. which is very instructive,
as l had always thought they
were used for picking your
teeth.
| do not wish 10 become en-
broiled in any argument with
WPB, but there seems 10 be
general agreement that GER
tain technical requirement is
requisite 10 their use.
Ii should be showing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening
No wonder then rinpworm i,

No wonder then ringworm is
so common.
Not only does the perspira-
ton furnish a natural medium
for its growth, but the keratin
Of the skin does also.
II was once thought that the
Tactic acid in perspiration which
Is what makes il taste so sour
was a detriment to the growth
of skin fungi.
But it has been shown that
when the perspiration dries it
quickly is attacked by sapro-
phytes which alkalinize il and
also form sugars which probably
increases is desirability as
growing field for the fungi.
THE lesson of this is obvious
L 10 battle particularly the
armpits. crotch and toes morn
ing and evening during This hot
weather and after drying the
SKIN apply milo antlSeptlc
like boris acid or a dilute alco-
hol solution.
There is a new preparation
for athletes foot (Which. of
course, is a form Of this fungus
lnfection) called "Soretone."
which is. if you are chemically
m in d e d, 4-Beta-Ethyl-Hexyl-
Phenol. II was used first in u
gases Of severe. stubborn epide-
martophytoSis OF the feet, which
had resisted other regular forms
Of treatment. Most of the cases
(6S per cent? showed marked
Improvement within 10 days
and complete cure AT the end of
20 days was the rule.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
c. A. KIN excessive drink
ing is there a disease that af-
tects the feet?
Answer-Yes; alcoholic neu-
ritlS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
On the
Side

MOST feminine novelists
WI marry and become mothers
but rarely have more than two
children. Dorothy Adds is an,
exception. She had four chill
dren in four years. ~
Dispatch states the possibility
of a woman being elected
mayor of Los Angeles is being
discussed.
If a woman runs for mayor
of that town she is certain TO
be elected.
In no other city in the coun-
try is the feminine portion Of
the population more firmly
convinced that women are
smarter than men than in Los
Angeles.
4 SOLDIER in New Guinea
"A has asked me 10 get him a
picture of a Manhattan model
he can use as a pin-up girl.
Says he:
II have eight pictures Of
Manhattan models but find they
are all married. Is there such
a thing as an unmarried Man.
haitian model"
Of course there are models in
New York who are not married,
but not so many of them.
The fact is that about go per
cent of models are married and
30 per cent are mothers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
E. Y. DURLING

HORSESHOE York turf
IL magnates discussing the
postwar situation are talking of
pushing historic Saratoga out Of
the racing picture.
This indicates the type of
men now in power in New York
racing.
All they want are tracks that
have 100000 betting days on
week days and $5,000,000 on
Saturdays.
They are even talking of
night running races.
It's disgusting.
CIDELIGHTS-M ii airy ex-
~ pert states the Russian army
is the best in the world That's
not right. The Russian army
may be the most spectacular Of
all, but the hardest hitting. fast
est moving army in the world
is the u. S. Army. If you want
10 bet a box of stogies I will
prove il to you by the record.
Quite a few reports by ex-
perts as TO the cost of living are
being issued. These reports
usually consist of a complicated
mass of figures. If you want 10
get a clear idea as TO the diff
ference in the cost of living in
1888 and 1914 why just consult
a newspaper file and study the
advertisements of 1888 and COM
pare them with those of 1914.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

Waldorf Roof is piling up his
top gross in Is years. Unless
you have a reservation you can't
get In.
FL Chico gets the break of
having its canopy and entrance
photo'd for the new America
at War; film.
Among other new outposts
for the column is The Teheran
Daily News, stated by Yanks
and Persians.
THE O-CHID GARDEN:
i M-G-M's dragon Seed"
plus the cinemagic of Hepburn,
Huston and Mcmahon.
The six-year-old c. Boyer pic
ture. "Mayerling." with Antole
Litvak's artful direction-still a
champion show.
Whiteman's Philco program.
L. Cherne's book. The Rest
of Your Life"
Monica Boyer's canarying at
the Park Central.
Earl Robinson's latest record
ings: The Lonesome Train"
(Abe Lincoln Comes Homeb, a
powerful collection.
Decca will release several
months hence Clement J.
Wyle's Sultan Of Swindlers"
piece in Esquire
THIS is what a German politi-
L cal leader named Mattias
Erzberger said in 1915:
THE greatest ruthIessness in
war. II properly used, actually
proves to be the greatest hu-
manitarianism. IL one IL in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

QUERIES from clients: @
0 Why do people persist in
referring TO representatives as
congressman" Senators are
congressman. too.
Al don't know why people
persist I'm doing what you call
attention To. However, don't
let II get you down. You are
quite right, of course. about
senators being congressman.
Q-My grandfather, who is
70. is one of the best automo-
bile drivers in Chicago. He
drives to work through traffic
daily and has never had an ac-
cident. What do you think Of
that?
A-Your grandpappy Is quite
a fellow. Still, Barnet Steinfeld
OF Brooklyn at the age of 81,
is still holding his own as an
auto driver in one of the tough
est towns to drive a car In the
United States. Los Angeles Is
the most difficult town for auto
driving, Brooklyn is second In
this respect and Boston third.
New York (Manhattan) and
Chicago are easy towns for
autoists.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
JACK PICKERING

EDITORS NOTE-Pvt. Pick.
ering, former Times eolumnist.
is an infantryman at Ft. Me-
CieiIan, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
7 THINK I wrote to you once
L about men threatening TO
throw away their entrenching
tools once they get overseas
and being mighty sorry if
they do.
At that, it's necessary to
throw things away in combat.
Things are lost, broken, con-
verted to other uses, and up in
the combat zones, anything
goes.
Over here, il a man rips his
trousers on barbed wire, he has
to turn in the torn ones in
order 10 get a new pair. Up
where the war of extinction is
going on, everything is ex-
pendable.
A wounded man back from
New Guinea. one who crossed
the Owen Stanley Mountains
and helped take BHna Mission
said the going was so tough as
they climbed the mountains,
often only a mile or two in a
full day, that they had to throw
valuable equipment away. 1t
was physically impossible to
carry it and keep going.
The important thing was to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

nF ALL the devices OF repre-
" sentative government, the
national convention is easily the
least efficient.
II has become a rowdy gath
ering of some $4,000 perspiring,
noisy, men and women-those
who are not delegates producing
an even greater volume of APP
proval or disapproval than those
who were legally chosen to be
present.
The resolutions committee
drafts the platform which the
delegates accept without debate.
A delegate or stranger may
appear before this committee to
give evidence.
But the pressure groups make
their arrangements and bar
gains in advance.
The candidates work among
the state leaders and most dele
gates 60 along.
The case of James Byrnes is
an example.
Before the convention. when
he had President Roosevelt's
consent and approval, 900 votes
were his for the vice presidency.
When Sidney Hillman, Phil
Murray and Walter White dis
approved of him and Mr.. Roose-
welt withdrew his support in
difference to their wishes, those
900 votes melted away.
The state bosses had been no.
titled that Jimmy Byrnes was
political poison.
IN A word, the chosen dele
L gates are there for no pur-
pose whatsoever and most Of
them act that way.
They mill around. but they do
nothing of any Importance.
D., Just when a speech seems to
make some sense the kleig
lights are thrown on and the
entire hall is bathed in a bis
tering. binding light so fierce
that il is impossible to think of
anything but this particular
horror.
The speeches generally are
beneath contempt.
Mr.. Hoover's speech at the
Republican convention and Sem
ator Guffey's in support of Wal
lace at the Democratic conven-
ton had something to say be-
yond the routine denunciation
of the adversary and the af-
firmation of the projections of
ones own party.
Few other speeches at either
convention needed to be spoken.
Even the acceptance speeches
of both candidates were made
quate from the standpoint Of
clarifying the issues or inform
ing the people.
Tom Dewey, / felt, did better
than Franklin D. Roosevelt but
neither stated beyond doubt
what this campaign is about.
THE wild shouts, the mad
l. demonstrations in the gall
leries, the synthetic excitation
of the delegates, the grinding
organ and military band high
up in the galleries as at the
circus in Madison Square Gar
den-these do not represent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

get there. They discarded their
rifles and marched and crawled
forward, unarmed.
1t was a bad spot if they
met Jap patrols. But they
didn't. And once across the
mountains they were re-armed
with weapons dropped from air.
planes.
VERY recently / met another
' man who came back from
the Buna Mission campaign,
T/Sgt. John A. Nyland, from
Muskegon, Mich, or maybe it
was Grand Haven--around in
that district, anyway.
He said he knew Of only one
man who insisted on carrying
all his equipment. He never
did any fighting. He went
crazy before he reached the
fighting sector.
Naturally, it's wasteful. and
it makes you think of taxes.
but it doesn't make you resent
the waste even so. You resent
the fact that we have to fight
a war, but we can't do anything
about that. If we tried to fight
economically we'd soon lose the
war. Sgt. Nyland said that men
tried to save things when they
could.
Once. the sergeant said. they
were about to make a landing.
Their commanding officer, know
ing that the men would have to
discard some of their stuff,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
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position to destroy the entire
city of London, II II moro hu-
mane to do II than 70 allow .
single German racial comrsde
20 shed his blood on the battle
field, because such racial treat
ment II the quickest way to
peace. Hesitancy, softness and
consideration are unforgivable
weaknesses. Decisiveness and
ruthless attack and strength
bring victory"
Yet the Allies allowed Mat
tias Erzbergera to become
cabinet minister in the Weimer
Republic few years later.
AS we pointed out before, the
Weimer Republic ecretly
planned for another war.
But we haven't learned any,
thing from that.
We still allow some Fascists
in Italy to retain political power.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT had no
L patience with lip-service pa
triots. Major" he once told an
underling. II always observe
that those persons who have q
great deal to say about being
ready to shed their last drop Of
blood are amazingly particular
about the first drop!"
When the British soldiers
were about TO lay down their
arms at Yorktown, Washington
said to the American Army:
my boys, let there be no re-
joicing over q conquered foe.
When they lay down their arms,
don't huzza; posterity will huzza
for you"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

Yes. All one needs TO do
to answer this question is to
use his eyes. The other day l
met one of the most beautiful
mature women have ever seen,
and was truly startled at her
resemblance TO her mother, who
was homelv even as a young
woman. Just look around you
and you will find similar in
stances. 1t only shows a very
slight change in woman's face
may increase or decrease her
good looks.
Psychologist Dorothy T.
Spoerl gave tests of English
ability to "a women and As men
college students who had grown
up with two languages spoken
in the home, and compared
them with the same number of
young people where only Eng
lish had been spoken in the
home. She found the two
language young people had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
By George E.
Sokolsky
THESE DAYS

thought and consideration and
elaboration.
These people might just as
well have been in the open air
at a baseball game.
And yet, these two conven-
tons will make history.
In both conventions events
occurred which shape the destiny
of our country.
In both conventions, old
parties were taken over by new
people.
The Republicans of 1928 and
1892 have given way to alto
gether new element; the
Democrats of the South who
long controlled their party saw
themselves pushed aside by New
York, Chicago and Jersey City
bosses and by the Go.
And in all this, the thousand
delegates were helpless.
They had no voice and no de-
cision.
They were chosen to represent
and could not represent those
who chose them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Letters From
A Soldier

called them together and told
them to decide, each man for
himself. what they'd carry and
what they intended to throw
away. Then they piled all the
throw-away articles in a big
heap where the supply men
could gather them up later.
TT REMINDS me of a story
L told to me in Detroit by Maj.
Adams when we were idling
time away in the Cafe Rouge
1t was about a horse that got
lost, in the last war.
While the war was on, every
thing was expendable, but the
Armistice caught the supply
men short, because accounta-
bility was put back into effect
as the war ended--that is, they
had to account for everything
that was lost or wrecked.
A horse cost around $500, and
nobody wanted to make that
amount up to the government.
Somebody had brainstorm.
He had heard of a horse dying
eight or 10 miles up the line.
So they sent a detail of men
In a covered van to find the
horses grave. They dug up the
beast, loaded him into the van,
and curried, bed and
scrubbed the corpse all the
way back BY the time they
arrived. they had the horse
clean enough to dump into a
stall. An unsuspecting veterin-
arian declared the horse dead
Of natural causes, and nobody
had to pay for the horse that
0nf 1act
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
BETTER HEALTH

tubes after it had been auto
claved, and inoculating it with
common skin fungi it was shown
TO support growth of tricophy-
ton, microsporon, etc. The trico-
phytons are responsible for the
various forms of ringworm.
Any one, as | have Indicated.
might have guessed that this
was true because the favorite
places for ringworm infections
are the moist crevices Of the
body always bathed in perspira-
ton
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

MIDTOWN VIGNETTE:
1vA Charles Butterworth drove
up to the Club 81 the other
night after imbibing at a pals
wedding. He handed the cabbie
q S. bill. The driver figured
Charlie was squiffed. He handed
IS cents change on a Ascent
ride. Z
"Just a minute" said the
actor, 81 gave you SIS" The
hackie put on his best deadpan
and said: I'm sorry" and
handed him 81 more >. Charlie
handed him 81 and scolded:
"That's for being so dishonest"
MEMOS of a Midnighter: Re-
N1 ports that V. Mature might
remarry his first wife tthey met
in Chicago) are the bunk.
They've been good pals all along
and. anyway, she's wed to a
soldier.
Rumor has the famous Palace
Theater planning to revive two
a-day vaude.
Leo McCarey's Going My
Way" film. a delightful show.
not only broke all records at
the Paramount IN. ~ in its
18-year history. but was the top
grosser in June for all army
camps.
The Jay Gorneys the's the
tune mani are imaging
Chinese restaurants are squawk-
ing because Columbia's picture.
THE Impatient Years" shows
Jean Arthur becoming i'll after
eating a bowl of chop suey.
Cnnat'. .,,r,.nrt etanH The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Brain. Game Answers

Cincinnati.
2-The Johnstown food of 1889.
3|James Bay is projection of
Hudson Bay.
4-(a) False. 1t writes all kinds
Of insurance. (bf False. The
cheetah is probably the fast
est of all.
5-(b).
6-He built the famous Round
Table for this purpose.
William Henry Harrison.
8-The snoring sound is caused
by air vibrating the soft
palate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

OF these 70 states Roosevelt
carried Is in 1910, California,
Connecticut. Delaware, Idaho.
Illinois. Kentucky, Massachu-
sets. Minnesota. Missouri. Mon
tana. New Hampshire. New
Jersey. New York, Ohio. Ore
gon. Pennsylvania, Washington
and Wisconsin
Most Of those third-term
Roosevelt states are today
doubtful. leaning Republican. or
almost certainly Republican.
Here, then, s the gridiron on
which Dewey and his team
mates will play the 1914 cham
pionship game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

made better grades in English
through high school, and did
somewhat better throughout the
freshman college year.
3-Yes, according to a study
made by psychologist r. F.
Berdie, students who had a
large number of likes and very
few dislikes tended to have
better grades, better morale, and
were better advised socially.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

DERSPIRATION is a good
L growth me dunn for the
fungus parasites that infest the
skin-athlete's foot and the like.
The scientists who made ac-
tual proof Of this are two Chi
cago psychologists, Drs. Theo-
dore Comblects and Esther
Meyer.
They collected perspiration by
incasing human subjects up 10
their necks in a rubber bag
while they were seated in an
electric light heat cabinet.
Putting this sweat in culture
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable
GASOLINE

GASOLINE
A Coupon i2-S gals. Valid through
Sept 81.
B-3 and C-S Coupons gals. each.
ia and ca Coupons gals each.
(Law requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Period 4 and Period s-vslid through
Sept. 30.
Period I--vslid through Sept
LIQuOR
No. l1--valid July through July 81.
SHOES
Airpisne stamps I and 7-valid In
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
PROGRESSED FOODS

PROGRESSED FOODS
Blue AS through A-5-vsid indeh-
nitely.
MEATS, CHEESE. FATS
Red AS through Z-s-valid indeh-
nitely.
One ID. salvage fat. good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
stamps 30. ~ and 80. No. 4 Books
lbs each, valid indefinitely.
stamp 40, No. 4 Book lbs for
canning through Feb. %, 1s45.
spare stamp 81, No. 4 BoOk--Valid
for maximum ~ 20 lbs. for can
ning. Apply local board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Connolly Answers

Ia. 2-b. SC. "A. sa.
6-(a) the only large river
is the Solo; (b) northern
part of Japan; (c) many in
habitants are Dyaks; Id off
the coast of Siberia; (e) land
of ice and fire.
Copyright, 1914. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
POLITICAL PARADE
By George Rothwell Brown


1914 presidential campaign will
be organized like a football
team.
The organization Will be per-
fected al the conference Of all
the Republican governors OF the
country which Gov. Dewey has
called to assemble at ST. Louis
next week
THERE has not been a dis
cordant note among these
Republican governors.
1t is certain that Gov. Dewey
will weld them together into
fighting machine of a character
that Mr.. Roosevelt has not met
in his entire career.
In nearly all the, 20 states
having Republican governors.
the state administrations are
also Republican. down 10 the
city hall and courthouse boys.
For the first time in II years
the Republican party controls
the local administrative offices.
This will become more i'm
portant as the 1914 campaign
swings into action behind
Dewey.
ALI NJ. Landon had nothing
even approaching this in 1886.
In that year in many states
local Republican leaders. or
their families. were in some
instances actually on New Deal
relief. BY that time the Re-
~publican party was shot.
Four years later Willkie had
no comprehensive organization.
He not only did not cooperate
with local party leaders, but
many times ignored and antago-
nized them.
THERE will be no walkover
l. for the fourth-term candi-
date this year. BY the time the
ST. Louis conference has laid its
plans. Mr.. Roosevelt will be up
against a compact, harmonious
unit organized to carry. first of
all. the 20 states now already
Republican. These will cast,
together. a total Of 339 votes
in the electoral colleges. or 73
more than the.najority of 266
votes required TO elect a presi-
dent.
These 26 Republican states,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02

ALWAYS measure
OSydul don't p0HT A
lIulc goes a long way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02

z Save up dirtv clothes
until YOU can do 4 fol-
washing az a time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06

Buy War BOnda { Stamps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
PUMPKIN PIE, 1924 VINTAGE

Littleton. N. H.. CUP) - The re-
suits of Mr.. and Mrs. Verne Pressy's
gardening bAc. in 1924 turned up at
their Thanksgiving dinner. The
pumpkin pies were made with
pumpkins 'eseIved by Mrs Pressy
10 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06

Inferior clutch lining is sensitive
to dampness; you can determine
whether this is the cause for grab
bling and chattering by taking the
car out during dry weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
POULTRY OUTLOOK
TO BE DISCUSSED

The poultry outlook for 1914 will
be discussed by Stanley N. Gaunt,
assistant county agent OF the Farm
Bureau, and George Angevine OF
Warren, poultryman. on the Itch
field County Farm Bureau radio
program over Station WBRY Tues
day evening. January II, from TO
tbs D. m.