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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
BY George E.
Sokolsky

by a group OF Minnesota bust
ness men organized into the
Twin Cities Research Bureau.
Inc. 332 Cedar street, ST. Paul
!, MINI.
/ suggest that by the election
year 194S this subject will be
the basic problem facing the
American people.
The Twin Cities plan states
The thesis of this study is that
relatively heavy corporate in
come tax rates are not as HARM
full 10 the private. enterprise
system as are heavy individual
income tax rates, for the reason
that the latter shut off at the
source all possibility Of ventur.
ing = capital by individuals.
The startling contribution OF
these business men is that they
propose increased and heavier
taxes OF their businesses and
lighter taxes for their investors
and customers.
They recognize the irrefutable
fact that the cost Of govern
ment will not decrease appre-
ciably.
In fact, the cost of servicing
the debt, veteran expenditures.
etc. may even increase the
cost o. government.
But they want to save the
private enterprise system and TO
make venture capital available
10 American industry that we
may, as nation. continue our
economic progress. The report
says:
ITO a large extent, venture
capital comes from the indiyid-
ual with q surplus. Obviously Il
not restricted to tho wealthy:
1t Is in the pockets of practi-
cally every one. However, this
capital In small amounts Is rela-
lively impotent
Today, . stakeholder I'm the
$4,000 to $40, 900 income bracket.
not considering tho victory tax
and corporate excess profits
tax, realizes after taxes 2.77
per cent on his new Investment:
In the 100000 to SISO,OOO
bracket. IS per cent, and In the
100000 and over bracket,
.5O4 per cent"
There Is no incentive 10 in
Vestment in such q return. even
II one has the money, and few
have any money left over for
Investments. In fact, the Twin
Cities plan says:
g.. As the individuals ability
to take these risks improves, the
number Of ventures that could
possibly return him any signifi-
cant earnings becomes more and
more limited. Therefore. the
source Of venture capital, which
should be the most readily avail
able for new enterprises, tends
to dry up should the venture
fail-and investing In now BUSH
nesses II always risky-the loss
would be the loss of the investor.
Should IL succeed, the govern
ment and not the investor would
be the gamer in large part"
Copyright, 1874. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
THESE DAYS

IT is now reported that the
Il government of the United
States owns 455.l7l.123 acres.
that is, "a per cent Of the land
OF this country.
That means literally that
nearly a quarter OF all the land
is removed from private owner
ship. and from the taxing power
OF states and municipalities.
In some states, the percentage
owned by the federal govern
ment is startling. as, for in
stance California, 46 per cent;
Colorado, 35 per cent; Idaho ga
per cent: Montana, IS per cent;
Nevada. 81 per cent; New Mex
leo. "A per cent; Oregon, So per
cent; Washington. 80 per cent;
Wyoming, 81 per cent.
Some of this land may be
leased and rented out but none
OF IT is privately owned.
The states in which so large
an area is held by the federal
government become more like
territories than states by the
nature of their land ownership.
This IS achieving socialism by
the process OF land ownership.
Another method for socializ-
ing the United States is the
more subtle and sinister process
Of taxation.
AS our tax laws stand today,
insufficient funds are left over,
after costs of living and taxes
are deducted. as a reservoir for
investment in privately owned
means of production and distri-
button.
More and more American in
dustry is being operated on loans
from the government.
The RFC, which was created
10 tide over private enterprise
during the depression years. is,
through It's numerous agencies
and government owned corpora
tons, becoming the veritable
owner, through loans, Of so
large a share OF American in
dustry that II represents an
agency for socialization.
when the war is over and
American free enterprise goes
into the market for new money,
il will find that taxes have re-
duced the capacity for indivld-
ual investment in private en-
terprise and that instead OF
venture capital, all that viii be
available is government capital
raised by taxes.
A truly realistic and invalu-
able study OF the problem of
postwar taxes has been made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

struck at the very foundations
of American tradition.
This break from noble ira
dition," 1 continued, almost
defies belief. IL must have
sinister connotations beyond the
most depraved and iniquitious
cOnjectures of man.
ut was this: Herbert Bayard
Swope was not there to throw
out the first vice PRESIDENT"
MIR. FARLEY put his arm
N1 around my shoulder. With
obvious effort he pulled himself
together. Then he said:
"Well, what's done Is done.
There Is only one thing left to
do-csrry on bravely and hope
for the best.
But" added Mr.. Farley,
dropping his voice to a joyous
below, "let us make a solemn
compact. Let us never mention
this within tho hearing of o
Republican,
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Reproduction 10 whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
Letters From
A Soldier

have a hole shot In II. You get
tired of being told to work
harder, harder, harder on bay
onet drill because some day
soon what you learn will mean
the difference between your liv-
ing or some German living.
Even swimming classes are
prefaced with, Now we're
teaching you to hold your
breath under water because too
many men have died because
they couldn't swim underneath
burning OIL"
The smart men accept this as
the truth and learn all they can.
WELL, my cycle is finished.
w We're getting postcards
from the fellows with whom I
crawled in the mud. They've
had their visits at home and
gone to the embarkation points.
The most recent cards tell us
that they stayed at port only
seven days before they went
aboard ship.
I'm wondering how many are
thankful now that the officers
and non-coms kept insisting,
You're going to need this in
formation - sooner than you
think" And I wonder how
many, with a certain feeling in
the pits of their stomachs. are
saying to themselves, "Why
didn't I believe them?"
I'm lonesome for all those
men I knew-the ones who did
learn and the ones who didn't.
1 am assigned to stay at the
fort for the time being and try
to do for the succeeding re-
cruits what other men (now
overseas) tried to do for me.
I don't know how long I'll
stay here.
I'm lucky to be here instead
OF on my way to a foxhole
right now.
You can make such strong
friendships in only few
months in a place like this.
I wonder exactly where they
are now. wonder II they ever
wonder about me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

WASHINGTON. July 25-The
w only reason l am not half
sick with worry today Is that /
have just been comforted by
James A. Farley, former post
master general.
Mr.. Farley is great comfort
to me. Sometimes ] wish he
could be as much to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. But Mr.. Farley
has so many demands upon his
sympathy these days that he
does not have enough left to
spray around 1900 Pennsyl-
vania.
II is doubtful whether he
could get within comforting dis
lance Of the President. I have
a feeling that if he went to the
White House gate and said:
IL wish to 20 In and comfort
that man"-the secret service
agent would ask:
what with sockfuI of wet
cement?"
I WAS in a state of disquiet
Il when / ran into Mr.. Farley
quite accidentally. 1 had only
been waiting five hours to way
lay him.
He guessed something was
wrong.
"Why so dIstraught - or
maybe 1 mean distrait?" he
asked.
"You mean distraught," I
said. cit means to be distracted,
which I bloody well am. Dis
trait means to be absent
minded"
Thank YOU" said Mr.. Farley.
IL will cancel my courses at
night school and just listen to
you from now on"
I TOLD Mr.. Farley this was
i no time to jest; that I was
so unbalanced by 1t all there
was talk of providing me with
a flywheel. He agreed it UNI
doubtedly would be becoming,
and added:
what Is this horrid thing
that IL eating you?"
l looked around furtively TO
make sure there were no spies
concealed in the potted palms,
and whispered:
cit Is Just this! / am afraid
the Democratic national con-
vention was unconstitutionalw
Mr.. Farley replied he was
afraid IL was a whole lot of
things-including the Scandi-
navian-but he had never ques-
toned its constitutionality.
NT WOULD not be surprised"
Il said. "if the whole thing
was Illegal and that the Su-
preme Court-a hundred years
from now when Roosevelt IL not
being drafted-will adjudge II
illegal. The court probably will
hold that Il was invalid because
the most fundamental require
ment was lacking"
For heavens sake!" cried
Mr.. Farley. do not keep me
In suspense. What was lts"
1T was q lack, or deficiency"
! continued, that In my opinion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
Brain Game Answers

1-Ostrich. penguin.
2-The Amazon River In South
America. This was the word
for the legendary women
warriors OF ancient times.
3-(a)Louisiana; OBJ Norway;
(c) Scotland.
4-Sister Carrie, a novel by
Theodore Dresser; Mother
Machree, q famous Irish
song; Brother Rat. a popular
play Of recent years.
5-(b) FOUNDERS.
6-Tropic OF Cancer In north
and Tropic OF Capricorn
south OF the Equator.
7-(a) False. Booth. Lincoln's
slayer. was an actor but did
not have a part In the play
Lincoln was watching. (b)
False. The name is Fire.
eHeorodotus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
WALTER WINCHELL n, On
MANHATTAN Murals: The
w 42th street cahhies who

MANHATTAN Murals: The
AVA 4Sth street cabbies who
won't accept tips from service
The double for Bricker at the
Greenwich Village Griddle - a
soda jerker..
The window card in a Madi-
son avenue bra shop: This is
the real Decoy" :.
The saloon in Greenwich Viii
lage, which advertises: "No
liquor served 10 any one under
81. No credit given to any one
over IT,"
Virginia De Luce, chow
mein addict, who brings along
her own chopsticks
The attractive lady Marine
"a double for Ingrid Bergman.
The returned soldier (who
brought back some Jap money
from a sniper he shot reading
an editorial blaming the u. 5.
for the Pearl Harbor attack.
He sent the Jap money TO
the editor with this memo:
"Take IL. You've earned IL"
PLAYWRIGHT MICH A + L
i ARLEN is mended again
after his motor crash. Plus
cane.
Add items for Ripley: Dance
director Don Lopez fiips his
ciggie ashes into his hair.
Hope Dare, divorcing Dixie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

the other fight-night and didn't
get a reception.
The Mirrors Dan Parker and
his wife have adopted a month
old girl doll.
cling SING Is the name OF a
~ popular cafe in Chungking.
The Chinese word for Amer
lea. Mel Kuo." means beautiful
country.
English Is China's second
language. II is a required SUBJ
ject in every middle school.
American child health pro-
grams in China have eliminated
the binding of the feet of girl
babies, even in the most remote
sections OF the country.
The migration of so million
Chinese refugees (more than
the population of Great Britain.
France or italy, to the interior
provinces is the greatest mass
trek in history, outnumbering
by almost 20 million the immi-
grants from Europe TO America
from 1776 TO 1860.
TTiEY tell the one about the
L colonel, speaking at a dinner
in his honor before embarking
for Africa Il thank you"
he concluded. "for your kind
wishes regarding my welfare,
and / want you to know that
when / am far away, surrounded
by ugly, g--ning savages, I
shall always think Of you"
Copyright by Daily Mirror, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

Davis (the former mouth
piece" for the Broadwayward),
is seeking a movie career.
Tammany chieftain <. Lough-
Inns popularity in New York
has his detractors dizzier.
William Harbach, son of the
lyricist. and Lauri Douglas, the
model. are blending shortly.
Vincent Youmans has recov-
cred sufficiently at his Colorado
ranch to soon work on the
Warmers script. Sometimes
I'm Happy" the story Of his
career.
The reason the Billy Mitchell
film was Cancelled was pressure
from high places. One scene
was TO be his court-martial.
THAT quip lending Nov see
Il here, Private Enterprise!")
which has been widely printed
was coined by +. Eyelove OF
Warmers press section.
Three unknowns are being
sought 10 play the leads in as
many pictures on the lives of
viii Rogers, Cole Porter and
Marilyn Miller.
Brenda Marshall and William
Holden married three years
the other day. have never been
together on the amy.
Gov. Earl Warren so popular
with the Republican delegates
in Chicago. was introduced at
the Olympic Stadium in L. A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
BY DR.. Logan
Clendening

ment. A. Claims an adult need
not fear contracting tubercu-
losis. unless he had IL as a child.
B. claims an adult can get tuber-
culosis as easily as a child.
Which is correct?
Answer: Practically every
case of tuberculosis begins in
childhood. II may come to light
and produce symptoms only. In
adult life. A very few instances
have been proved where an adult
is exposed constantly to tuber-
culosis infection such as q nurse
or inferno in a tuberculosis hos
pital acquiring 1t in adult life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
JACK PICKERING

long after dark on a February
night.
They say that first night in
camp is the worst you'll ever
experience, and l guess that's
true.
You wonder just what you've
gotten into, and you haven't
yet had time TO learn the name
of the man next TO you, or to
discover that the corporals and
sergeants won't eat you alive.
Then, as time moves along,
you begin 10 have some real
comprehension of what fighting
is about. A great many begin
TO resent the constant harping:
you better learn this, be-
cause you'll be i'm combat
sooner than you think"
You have a tendency to re-
sent being reminded constantly
that you must lie absolutely
flat when you crawl; otherwise
the obvious part of your anat-
omy will stick up and probably
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
Il. v. DURLING

citizen OF Detroit that the street
car seats in Chicago are the
widest in the country, due 10
the fact that city has more
pleasingly plump female resi-
dents than any other munich
pality.
However, I have been unable
TO confirm this claim.
DASSING by: Marlene Diet
Il rich. Will soon be eligible
for membership in the Holly
wood Always Club. which is
open 10 Hollywoodians who
have been married 10 the same
mate for 25 years. Marlene has
been married % years. She was
born under sign of Capricorn.
According 10 the star-gazers,
those born under that sign
should wear dark blue clothes
as often as possible and their
bedrooms should be done in
a blue-green combination. as
other colors have a tendency 10
make Capricorn females nerv-
Gus. irritable and depressed.
Pat Cooney. Brilliant barris-
ter. Has four sons in the armed
services. All the lads are read
ers OF this department. SO every
day Pat buys four copies Of the
paper, clips this column and
mails one 10 each of his boys.
Tommy Lyman. Veteran night
spot entertainer. Tommy is a
better crooner than either
Crosby or Sinatra. If you don't
believe me, ask Bill Corum. Or
ask Damon Runyon. You can
even ask George Jean Nathan.
THIRD in order of Importance
l. of the wonderful things
about women is their capacity
for sympathy and their ability
to express that sympathy by
word and tender action.
Nobody ever learns every
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

According to a study
made by DR.. Paul Popenoe Of
over 5000 marriages in the
Mountain and Pacific states,
one-half Of this is voluntary,
and due to the desire OF the
parents to achieve higher
economic and social standard
of living. y
81 think John Steinbeck
states the true reason in
magnificent article in a leading
magazine. He thinks il is be-
cause they do not remember
and the worse the battle was
and the more heroic their per-
Torrance. the less they remem-
Der.
BIN a standard test Of So
cial intelligence you have 10
Judge from a large series Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
RITTER HEALTH

treatments for cataract you said
they were not 10 be used be-
cause they wasted time when
real treatments would be bene-
fetal. To what treatments
do you refer, as my doctor leads
me 10 think there is no treat
ment.
Answer: The proper treat
ment OF a cataract is to be
under the care of an oculist
who will watch the cataract
until the exact time IL ripens
and is proper for surgical re-
moval.
A. A. A.: Please settle an argu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
On the
Side

thing about Brooklyn, N. Y. I
didn't know until the other day
that the beautiful city across
the bridge had a high school
for home making. That's a very
nice thing about Brooklyn; it
is a place where marriage and
home life are taken very SER
iously.
When Mary Jones Of Detroit
became Mrs. B. J. Hyland her
eight sisters acted as brides
maids. There are nine girls and
no boys in this Jones family.
l understand that all-girl fami-
lies get along very nicely ex-
cept that they have quite few
quarrels about borrowing each
others clothes without permis-
sion. Am also informed when
there are three or more girls
in family the battle to use the
telephone often becomes some
what terrific.
QUERIES from clients: O.
W How does George Bernard
Shaw stand up in a comparison
with Shakespeare?
AIR. Shaw il a brilliant
man, but IL Is stepping him
much too far up In class to sug-
gest he be compared to Shake
speare. The charactersi I'm
Shaw's plays are like a lot of
ventri' quists' dummies being
merely mediums for the express
sion OF Shavian ideas. Shake
speare's characters were human.
The Bard of Avon was a real
playwright. Shaw Is just a dra-
matte essayist.
Q-Is II true Chicago has
more movie theaters than
churches?
A. Chicago has 400 film thea
ters and 1850 churches.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

I'M NOT quite sure why I'm
l. not on my way across. Some
times / wake up feeling re-
lieved and sometimes it's just
the opposite. 1 wish l were
moving with the gang.
It's one of those things about
the infantry. 1t toughens you
physically COR else il finds your
weak spots and they move
you into some less strenuous
branch), and it also changes
your whole outlook on life
and war.
I recall how we felt and how
some of the men talked when
they first hit Fort Mcclellan,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

VyHEY belong TO the family oil
i the Trombidiidae. They
are of the genus Leptus and the
two species you are interested
in are Leptus Americanus and
Leptus irritans. To you, they
are just plain chiggers.
Their favorite local habitat Is
in woodlands where there is a
considerable growth OF under
brush.
Blackberry bushes are their
especially favorite haunts. They
are not found in cultivated
fields or in well kept lawns and
parks.
Picnicking sites are dandy
for them. as we all know only
too well-river banks. around
lovely little lakes. Their distri-
button is patchy, however.
Some places which seemed
ideal for them have been
combed and examined year after
year without finding any while
close bv in another spot with
the same woodland character
istics they are found in plen-
tlous abundance.
THEY sink their pincerlike
L Jaws into the skin and stay
attached.
They are especially likely 10
seize the skin al the edge OF a
hair follicle as good place TO
get a grip.
The itching 10 sensitive in
dividual from a set Of chigger
bites Is almost intolerable.
II is worst on the third day,
but lasts unless treated for
about eight days.
a widespread and serious in
festation will cause fever and
prostration although death has
never been reported.
FIR treatment any antisep-
tic that will kill the creature,
or any anti-itching lotion is
helpful.
4 small bottle Of straight
carbolic and dipping the stuck
end Of a match in the liquid so
that il is Just moistened and
touching each bite does The
trio The carholic stops itch
ING and kills the bug al the
same time.
For prevention for those go
Ing in the woods, sprinkling
sulphur powder with talcum
shaker over the skin and cloth
ing is 100 per cent efficient.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
r.. r.. Is il safe 10 reduce
with a licensed physician at A
clinic using thyroid extract and
will 1t have any effect on the
eyes?
Answer The thyroid disease
known az exopthalmic goiter
causes protrusion of the eye
balls. but no one has ever been
able 10 produce this effect with
thyroid extract. The amount of
thyroid extract used in reduc-
ing treatments is never enough,
II properly given, TO do any bod
lily harm.
G.. w. NJ: Is there a perna-
nent cure other than operation
for a ruptured intervertebral
disk?
Answer: Most of them get
we'll or adjust with time.
+. w. T.: In answer 10
question regarding electric
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

We hare loved as those who
dread
The thorny path Of sorroO
With clouds above, and cause 10
dread
Yet deeper gloom tomorrow.
That thorny path, those stormy
skies
Have drdwR our spirits nearer
And rendered as by SORROWS
ties,
Each 10 the other de0rer.
Barton.
Thought expressed above in
dicates one reason why so called
"war marriages" have a bet
ter chance of success than most
other marriages. How about the
"war marriages" of World War
I? / believe a study of these
marriages would be very confus-
ing 10 critics of "war mar
riages." 1 think the percentage
of successful marriages Is much
higher among those married In
time Of war than those In time
Of peace.)
HARVARD'S DR. f. F. Hutton
IL is supervising the measure
ment of the seat spread and leg
length of thousands of citizens.
The object is TO determine
how wide a railway car seat and
what the distance between seats
should be TO insure the comfort
of long-legged and otherwise
diversified passengers.
This is truly a noble expert
ment.
The Boston & Maine Railway
is responsible for it.
AS a long legged fellow, I
hope the splendid example of
the B. & NJ. will be followed by
transp ortation organizations
throughout the country.
l have been informed by a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25

EDITORS NOTE-Put. Pick
erins, former Times eoiumnist,
10 an infantryman at Fl. Me-
Cieiian, Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
GASOLINE

A Coupon 12-S gals. Valid through
Sept. Il.
b and C-s Coupons gals. each.
B-S md ca Coupons-o gals. each.
tLaw requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when rsceivsd.)
FUEL OIL
Period Z ans Period s-valid through
Sept. 20.
Period i--vslid through sept.
LIQUOR
No. 1i-vslid July through July 81.
sHOEs
Airp,sne Stamps I end f-vsHd In
definitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
Connolly Answers

1-c. 2b. 3b. "A. 5-b.
6-(a) head, (b) shoulders,
(c) feet. I'D head. (e) body.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-25
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

PROGRESSED FOODS
Blue As through A-S--vsnd inded-
nitely.
MEATS. CHEESE, FATS
RED As through Z-s-valid indsn-
nitsly.
One IN. salvage fat. good for ( cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
d stamps 20. 81 and 81. No. 4 Books
los. each. valid indefinitely.
stamp 20, No. Books lbs for
canning through Feb. "a. is45.
Spare stamp 81, No. 4 Bcok-vslid
for maximum Of 40 lbs. for can
ming. Apply local board.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-09-28
RATIONING AT A GLANCE
PROCESSED FOODS

for 10
of 10 only through
eptenibe starting October L.
MEAT, CHEESE, BUTTER, CANNED FISH, CANNED MILK
AS 10
valid October (AddtiOnl
anps month";.
for pounds each indie
through February S
SHOES
airplane notice Take
Book when shopping for shoes
in 81 BIB
of
Commercial
ever o whichever
81 Period for
All
PRICE COMPLAINTS
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