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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
BY BOYD LEWIS

else is a legend among tho
officers under nIS command.
VINO frequently have been
rooted off fhclr touches a..
dawn 20 romp over hills or
along beachc~.
There il only one standard
Of fitness-the standard Of total
war" ne once said.
1hIrty-tour years ~ army
training and Spartan Living
have hammered Montgomery
down TO steel spring resiAency.
10 desk general" ne is hap
pest when Scootng along The
front line of battle in a tank.
dressed in shorts. shirt and
tankmans beret. with re-
volver strapped 20 his hip
The son ~ tho Ulster-born
Bishop Of Tasmania. this war
rior knccl~ IN prayer night and
morning and reads The Bible
every DAY OF his llfe. lie recon-
Uends reading Of he Bible TO
all his officers Like Cromwell
dHd CTTTGSC T0T1O1 ne IS a
Christian soldier "a We'll as
British officer
In staff conferences he is a
martinez.
LIE Is supremacy confident
II confident 10 the point Of
calling his shots. On the day
before he sent his troops against
Rommel az RI Alamein. Mont
romery sat coolly balancing
~ Swatter on his index finger
IN front Of his tent
Now ne comes 10 his greatest
military opportunity. "a years
out OF Sandhurst, Britain 5
West Point
As a young officer he was
known aS an enthusiast for
rugby and hockey and attached
70 The perfection Of his military
learning
Ills friends were surprised
when be married IN 1927 az 40
He ruled his household accord
ing 10 one writer like a medic
val knight
The advent 81 son was
handled like 2 staff problem.
with Montgomery issuing daily
orders regarding his care feed
nc and uphrrnging
lu War ! bee won the DSO
and Crolx dc Guerre and was
mentioned SIN tlucS m dis
patches
on thc death ot his wife In
1897 Pc devoted himself 70 tho
art OF war making with furious
Iopl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

mcd.ately dlshcar ned O2en
The window and lci in - little
fresh air or move iho Hariy
out on The porch
Remember when William
and Dustin Farnum played in
the Littlest RebCt's" asks A
drama scribe
I didn't 500 this show hut
wasn't Mary Miles MIh'or ir d.
too? DIDN'T she play The title
role?
QUERIES From Clients
" @ Can you namc thc six
most played popular songs ~
the 10Th century? I mean songs
played and sung until people
could hardly stand 20 listen 20
them any more.
Al can try How about tho
Merry Widow waltz. Dardanella.
Poor Butterfly. the Music Goes
Round and Round. the Last
Roundup and White Christ
mas
Q-AS for blows made famous
by boxers how about the pivot
blow" pOpularIzed by George
la Beauehe, the fighting marine.
Using this blow, La Bcauele
swung completely around and
then socked his opponent
Al never heard of the
fighter YOU mention nor Of his
blow. The description OF the
blow sounds like one Of the
blows Firpo used that time
when he knocked Dempsey out
Of the ring"
Copyright. l9if, by KinE Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

THERE is nothing particularly
new about having babies,
and there are quite a number
Of books available for the ex-
pectant mother 10 read so that
she will understand.
But while nature doesn't
lange. obstetrician's opinions
do, and pediatricisn's opinions
also. and IL is well TO have a
brand new 1913 summary OF all
the latest scientific ideas-so
here is DR.. Mario A. Costello OF
Philadelphia with expectantly
Yours. "A Book for Expectant
Mothers and ProSpec live
Fathers Published by Mac
MILAN Co, New York
am not sure that knowing
all about makes pregnancy
and childbirth any easier, but.
in the language Of the circus
barker-"You cant whats
gong on without a program
and | suppose that : Justlhca-
ton enough for such treaties.
DR COSTELLO emphasizes
~ the things IN which the
woman really needs direction
exercise, clothes, food during
the eXpectant period nursing,
the comeback after the event,
leaving the gruesone details OF
the actual procedure 10 sort
81 What you don I know, won
hurt you" chapter.
There are, howeve suf.
ficiently complete accounts Of
the anatomy and physiology Of
the reproductive system cThe
Facts Of Life" is the name Of
that chapter) the checkup
which is what the physician
finds out by his preliminary ex-
animation; the stages OF labor
the most modern ideas about
obStetrlCal anaesthesia.
Dr. for comment I prefer 10
- A bStract what he says
about the factors and pro-
cedures that the mother carries
on when she is CONSCIOUS and
cooperating with the doctor
= For instance, the diet during
pregnancy.
do have another helping
You are eating for two now"
The. expectant mother will hear
that over and over again. but
Or. Costello does not approve.
"Ynn are eating for lust one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

time every night, and the two
that do know ISIS and &C
men, respectively put them
through their PAGES Last, might
we sent two men to the hospital
from ST. John's) and City Col
lege had to call time while we
reinstalled the stove.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Connolly Answers

o--ta) shot an albatross: (b)
asked for more; tc) opened
door in A rock; (d) wanted
a pound Of flesh; Co came
out of the West.
Copyright. 1874. ~ King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Answer to Question No. /

Yes When introduced 10
man, get him 10 talking about
himself Act as though II were
a really great experience 10
hear about the things he IS in
terested in. how ne does ms
work for example. You may
not know what a kilowatt or
habeaS corpus is but. If ne men
tons ~, have him explain II as
though II was one OF the most
wonderful things you ever heard
Of That's one rule for getting
a husband Other rules are
given in a leaflet by one expert
on husband hunting, Or Paul
Popenoe Just write me for
Husband Hunting Send 10
cents 10 cover CoSt and en-
close a stamped t3c) Self-ad-
dressed envelope
Answer to Question No. ?
Yes. There is no one 50 down
and out-ln this world bur that
some one, somewhere aecds
him And there Is no ono so
down and out that ne cannot
find that some ono This world
is 50 till of love and sympathy
and iriendhneS thai II YOU
luyt open Your heart love from
. somewhere viii rush m 70 oil 70
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

EDITORS NOTE-Thn is
the second IN a series Of dis
patches on the leaders Of the
forthcoming second front IN.
Uaston of Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
DEAR Boss:
Letters From Times Soldiers

EDITORS NOTE-Thu 10 a
letter to the gang at the office"
from one of the so editors, re-
porters and photographer who
haze gone into service from the
Times editorial department. The
Oriter; Sherman {. Ty) Cross.
Oho Was in Italy at the tune of
UrItins.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

pregnancy.
do have another helping.
You are eating for two now"
The. expectant mother will hear
that over and over again. but
Or Costello does not approve.
"You are eating for just one
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-08
Wounded In Rescue Attempt,
Soldier In Hospital

TOWNSVILLE, Ca, Sept. g.
(ANP)-Wounded on Bougainville
in the Solomons while attempting
to rescue his lieutenant under fire,
a Negro infantry soldier is recov-
ering from injuries at Finney Cen
eral hospital here. He is Pvt. Jo-
seph Spears of Mobile, Ala.
Pvt. Spears relates: "All the
medics in our outfit had been killed.
l was crawling toward my lieu
tenant to try to drag him back to
cover when l was hit in the right
shoulder.
'The lieutenant was killed, but
I was able to crawl back to cover
and was saved"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-08
Life and lis Meaning
Ra, loco kJaan2 mn o1oo
BN Jesse Ninanlons

Life is at it's best when men and
women realize that all other men
are their brothers, and that we
cannot fight each other without
fighting against ourselves. We are
SO closely related that we cannot
keep each other down unless we
also stay down with them. God has
so arranged it that we must rise
together or suffer defeat together.
Man is Gods glory and our des-
tiny is to help make mankind bet
ter throughout the world. There is
no other successful way. That's
why we have wars-because man
tries another way. He builds a
beautiful world, and through self
ishness and Godlessness, he de-
stroys it and himself. Why not
wake up and learn the real mean
ing of life and follow the Golden
Rule?
Thousands and thousands of
homes are broken up and will
never be the same again, because
man fails to live for others as
we'll as for himself. Life abundant
was intended from the foundation
of the world for all mankind to
receive; and when we work to
prevent man from receiving what
God means for him to have we
work against God himself. That is
not the purpose of life.
Life is easy to live when we
become big enough within ourselves
to accept Gods will and follow His
ways, which marks out the only
road leading to life here and life
hereafter.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-08
p0LI(YH0LDER DIVIDENDS
STIMULATE Business

DURHAM, Sept. 8.-(ANP)-I
The action of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance company in
declaring dividends for its policy
holders, the first time any Negro
company has been able to achieve
that accomplishment, is proving of
great value, according to w. J.
Kennedy Jr., vice president and
secretary of the organization. AS
word Of the distribution of part
of the company's earnings back to
those who hold policies, the only
manner in which a mutual COM
pany can declare dividends, was
relayed to policyholders, definite
increase in the volume of business
was noticeable, Mr.. Kennedy re-
marked, but more important was
the great swell of confidence and
appreciation which permeated the
entire policyholder group. Agents
reported that sales resistance was
at an all time low.
"The nearly half billion dollars
in force on the lives of Negroes
which is carried in the several
Negro companies, by no means
gives a complete picture of the
scope and extent of life insurance
activities among this group" said
C. C. Spaulding, president of the
North Carolina Mutual, comment
ing last week. "Our company for
example met the challenge Of loss
Of manpower and problems engen.
dered by war, by establishing rec.
ords which made last year one Of
the outstanding periods in the A
years of our existence"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-09-08
Predicts Negro Will Be
Denied Vote In South

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. g.
(ANP)-Legal measures will even
tually bar the Negro from voting
in Democratic white primaries in
the south, Sen. Overton 3D., La
contended in a speech before Lou
isiana voters.
Overton is third term candi-
date for the senate in the Sept. IL
Democratic primaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
Maryland Girl Sings,
Writes Poetry and
Collects Plates
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Jssst HiIfsrty, IS.
Hysttsyille High School.

Not often does one come across q
person gifted in more than one
way. But Wenda Marie Spicer, Is,
|of Hyattsville High School does
well as both singer and poet.
Wenda has sung in school enter
tainments and her performances
have been well received. She has
been singing since she was 2, but
has never had a lesson.
Her other talent is of more recent
origin. She started writing poetry
when she was IL.
Zone rainy day." she recalls, 'I
looked out of the classroom window
and got an idea for poem. 1t was
my first poem and I called it My
School Days."
Wenda wants to be a missionary
when she grows up. For this reason,
perhaps, her favorite among all the
poems she has written Is one called
Definition of a Christian"
81 find inspiration everywhere,
she explains. Everything seems to
have some poetic value-rain, snow,
moonlight, sunshine, buildings, songs,
even the lessons in a book of SER
mons"
Wenda also likes to write adven-
ture stories. And another Of her
hobbies is collecting plates. She
has about 40 from many places, she
says, but left them in her home town
in Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
Prizes for Best
Contributions

The Junior Star awards as many
as five prizes of 81 each for the
best contributions published each
week. Boys and girls Of high school
age and under are invited to COM
pete. Here are the rules:
All contributions must be ORIG
INAL. Write on one side Of paper
and give your name, age, address,
phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be double
spaced. The editors choice Of win
Iners is final and he reserves the
right to use any contribution In
whatever form he deems advisable
regardless Of whether it is awarded
10 prize. Checks are mailed to the
winners the week following publica-
ton OF their work. Reporters cards
win be issued to writer's who, in the
opinion Of the editor, deserve them.
No contributions will be returned.
Address The Junior Star, TAT Star
Building, Washington 4, D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
By Florence s. Beyryman.

Four Imam exhibitions openly
recently at the Phillips Memorial
Gallery: Groups by Picasso, Walt
Kuhn, Karl Knaths and Oscar
Kokoschka. The Kuhn and Knaths
shows remain until March 81, the
Picassos until March 20 and the
Autographs by Kokoschka can be
seen only through Wednesday.
Picasso's name, if not his work,
must be familiar to every one &C
quainted, however slightly, with
modern art. Although now only So,
Picasso went to Paris at 10 and has
been a dynamic force in painting
for more than 40 years. An artist
so inextricably bound up with our
own times is fact that cannot be
ignored. Hence, however distasteful
his work is to most people, those
with intellectual curiosity will want
to study it at every opportunity.
The Phillips Gallery is presenting
group it calls -Four Great Paint
ings by Picasso," from his ninth
period" 1924 to 1926, when he was
experimenting with large still life
and interiors. One of the four, THE
Red Tablecloth," is the best known
of all the work produced during
those years. Certainly it is the
most satisfying in the present group,
with its brilliant red, fresh light
blue, whites and browns and gen.
eral feeling Of sunlight flooding a
room.
Still Life With Bottle of Wine,
dominated BY several blues, and
Still Life With Biscuits" are more
abstract, while THE Fish Net" Is
the most distorted. Nor have the
color schemes Of the last two. the
striking freshness of that in 1.-THE
Red Tablecloth."
Picasso once said that he wants
nothing but emotions to be given
off" by his works There is nc
doubt that many Of them do gen.
crate feelings of antagonism, de.
rision and amusement in many spec
tators. although such emotions
are not what he meant
The present group of four, being
formal organizations, would seem II
appeal If at all, to the intellect
rather than to emotion.
Wah Knhn's 'Shop People,"
Psychological portraits OF people
In show business" chorus girls
acrobatS, clowns and a few other
types, and also handsome still lift
paintings by Walt Kuhn. which
occupy gallery L and the ADJOINING
hall al the Phillips Memorial Gal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
Housing Report to Be Made

A final report on the housing
problem in the District will be given
at the Federation of Citizens Asso-
citation meeting Saturday by Joseph
Deckman, chairman of the Housing
and Rent Control Committee.
Other features this week among
the II scheduled meetings will be
an off -the-record talk at the Kalo-
rama association by Brig Gen. John
NJ Greedy on his trip to few of the
Latin American republics taken in
connection with the work being done
| by Nelson D. Rockefeller, co-ordi-
nator of inter-American affairs.
The Southeast Council has called
special meeting Wednesday to dis
cuss the District housing problem
Representative Smith, Republican
of Ohio will be guest.
Friendship citizens will hear Mrs
Clarice o. Smith of the District Rec
reation Board speak on 'Recrea-
tional Welfare" Miss Elizabeth
Moody, librarian of the Tenley SUBJ
branch of the Public Library, will
speak on the establishment of g
larger library with a community
center.
Wilbur H. Youngman, The Stars
garden editor, will speak to the
American University Park meeting
on Victory Gardens"
The complete list of meetings fol-
lows:
Monday.
American University Park-Chil-
dren's Museum, 42l5 Massachusetts
avenue NV, 8 pm.
Brentwood Terrace 49, 1880 Bryant
street NE, $50 pm.
Burleith 49, Gordon Junior High
School, Thirty-fifth and T streets
NV, 8 pm.
Hillorest - East washingtor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
Uncle Rays Corner

From time to time, David Living
stone made return trips to Great
Britain, but most Of his adult life
was spent in Africa. He wanted to
|go again and again into the heart
Of that continent.
On one trip he boarded a small
steamboat to go up the Zambesi
River, in company with three ma
tives and band Of Negro servants.
He had heard reports of a large
lake called Nyassa and was hoping
to find it.
For Is miles the river was thick
with weeds, which made progress
slow. When this stretch was passed
there was nothing to worry about
except crocodiles.
After time, it was found i'm
possible to go farther in the steam
boat. So Livingstone and the others
carried their supplies through the
jungles.
At last they reached Lake Nyassa
which is 40 miles wide and $50 miles
long. 1t has an area greater than
that of Lake Ontario, and Is set In
the midst of high mountains. Liv-
lingstone's name has been given to
q range of these mountains.
During his travels in Africa, Liv-
ingstone found that the Portuguese
were buying slaves from Negro
chiefs who had captured them in
war. Since clothing, metal tools
and knicknacks were given in ex-
change for captives, it was sus-
pected that tribes often made war
simply to acquire human mer-
chandise. Whenever possible, Liv-
ingstone helped the captured people
to escape.
On a July day in 1861, the ex-
plorer was visiting a native village
in the zambeSi Valley when he
caught sight Of "a long line of man.
acled men, women and children
vending their way around the hill
and into the valley on the side OF
which the village stood"
The Negroes in charge of the
slaves were armed with muskets and
"bedecked with flnery." They
marched at the front, rear and
sides of the line of captives, from
time to time blowing long tin horns.
1t seems that these Negroes knew
they were doing wrong by dealing
in slaves. or at least that Living
stone was against the custom. When
the white men and a band of
Makololo tribesmen came near the
captives, the drivers" turned and
ran away, except one, who was
caught.
In this case, all "a of the slaves
were set free. Most of them were
prisoners of war,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12

Heights Baptist Church, Branch and
Alabama avenues Sc, 8 pm.
Kalorama-2345 Ashmead place
NV, 8 pm.
National Gateway Church of
Christ, TWenty-eigh and Douglas
streets NE, 8 pm.
Northeast Washington - Ludlow
School, Sixth and G streets NE.
8 pm.
Stanton Park Peabody School
Fifth and c streets NE, 8 pm.
West End-Police precinct No. 3.
2O17 K street NV, SPIN.
Tuesday.
Benning - Benning School, 1000
block of Minnesota avenue NE. 8
pm.
Logan-Thomas Circle, 1886 Six
tenth street NV, pm.
Summit Park-Beers School, Thir-
lty-sixth street and Alabama avenue
Sc, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Chevy Chase-Lafayette School,
Broad Branch road and Northamp-
ton street NV, pm.
Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights-Paul Junior High School
Hiatt place and Lamont street NV,
| 8 pm.
Friendship-Janney School, Abe
marie street and Wisconsin avenue
NV, 3 pm.
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Brightwood School, Fourteenth and
Nicholson streets NV, pm
Southeast Council Anacostia
High School Sixteenth and r streets
Sc. 8 pm.
Friday.
Glover Park - Stoddert School
Fortieth and Calvert streets NV.
8 pm.
Saturday.
Federation - District Building,
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12

won the medal for sculpture in this
exhibition with a head entitled
"Leadbelly."
First honorable mention in sculp-
ture went to Ann Wolfe for a head
Of Chinese girl. modelled with al
most classical simplicity. Second
honorable mention to Russell Hous-
ton for Torso" There is more
sculpture shown this year than
usual, and better. 1t, too, runs the
gamut from the classical to extreme
modern. OF notable Importance is a
small bronze bull by Heinz Warneke,
which manifests kinship with works
in this medium of centuries ago in
the Orient. From a Russian-Amer-
lean, E. Bippus, now living in WASH
ington, has come a small head of q
little girl, especially pleasing in pro-
file. Kathleen Wheeler shows de-
lightful sport group, AT Covert .
well composed and sensatively mod
eled. But 1t is impossible to men
ton all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
One.Man Exhibitions Hold Interest
At the Phillips Memorial Gallery

lery, are undoubtedly the most pop
ular of the present series of exhi-
billions there.
Kuhn was a pioneer American
modernist, who helped engineer the
Armory Show in 1918, which intro
duced the School Of Paris" to the
United States. In comparison with
the work of Picasso and Knaths
Kuhn's appears almost conventional.
Nevertheless it Is modern in the
best sense, simple, forceful and di-
rect. The Is paintings on view are
retrospective of about IL years and
reveal the artists consistent de-
velopment along lines he laid out
for himself two decades ago or
earlier.
He presents his subjects as char
acter studies, makes no attempt to
glamorize the garishness of their
costumes nor to enhance them with
interesting backgrounds. They are
painted as straightforward portraits,
generally against dark or neutral
grounds, and the sitters emerge as
individuals. THE Guide" shrewd,
timber and resourceful and with a
salty humor Ito judge from his
face); THE Blue Clown" dent by
the Whitney Museum, alert, self
confident and satisfied with his pro-
fession; the Phillips Gallery's
Show Girl with Plumes," whose
disillusioned face and shoulders
serve as vase from which the
feathers spring like flowers; Girl
in White and Silver" thoroughly
commonplace under her handsome
costume; these and other subjects
in the show become vivid PERSONAL
ties to the spectator.
German E1breSSi0nisf.
About 20 Autographs by Oscar
Kokoschka are in the Phillips Gal
lery's printrooms. This artist, an
Austrian by birth, identified him
self with Germany through many
years spent in Berlin and Dresden,
where he was professor at the
Dresden Academy. For Is years be-
| fore the Na2iS came to power Ko-
koschka gained an international
reputation as a German expression
list. He is now living in London.
The autographs in the present
show are taken from several port
folios In most instances they have
no titles. so visitors must interpret
them as best they can or study them
as merely figures in landscapes and
done with a heavy but facile line
Several vigorous portrait heads are
among the best things on view.
interiors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-12
Shark Scare Is Memorable
Incident of Bermuda Visit

| she forgot to hold on. She found
herself slipping and looking down
into the gaping jaws Of . ferocious
shark.
Fortunately, . quick-witted sailor
grabbed her before she fell from the
railing. She says If 1t hadn't been
for him, she would have plunged
into the midst of the famished
sharks.
Doris made q return trip to Ber-
muda when she was 8, but kept her
distance from the sharks. She does
recall seeing a mountainous whale
which thrilled her very much. She
hopes she may some day again visit
| Bermuda.