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Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
FAIR ENOUGH By Westbr0Ok S.s3d,l

TT WAS bad enough when
Charlie Dissenat's old Ia d y
moves in TO help him manage
the ball club and brings in Pro-
fessor Vicente from Harvard
and Boris Pantzoff, the Bull
garian economist, and the study
jerks from the thinking acad-
emy, but the next year it was
even worse.
That was the year Old Vicente
said no more yellow dog con-
tracts between the front office
and the individual players and
hereafter we got collective bar
gaining and so there is just one
contract for all OF us. Vicente
and the jerks and the female
race they got up a meeting and
voted to elect him for our bar
gaining agent and. although, OF
course, all the regular ball play
ers, we all voted against the
idea. why they all yelled ma
jority rules in democracy" so we
couldn't do nothing about 1t.
GO, INSTEAD of getting a
~ contract in the mail along
about Christmas, and / figured
was due for a little raise be-
cause, after all. I tried real
hard the year before. well. in
stead I just got a notice from
Vicente and il turns out I am
cut $1,000 year and everybody
gets the same salary. including
the jerks and the feminine sex.
The female first baseman from
Smiths College gets the same
as me and it don't make no diff
ference whether you hit $40 or
you didn't get stinking little
foul all year the year before.
it's democracy and nobody gets
any more than the next guy.
We we're practically crazy.
anyway. by then, but when
Vicente told us the bad news
by mail a few of us got to-
gether in Hot Springs TO study
out the new working conditions.
IN THE collective bargaining
Il il says that hereafter runs
are not going TO be called runs
any more because runs sound
like the speedup system, so
hereafter we are going to call
them walks. And no more
doubles, triples or home runs
because that way you kill the
job for the next hitter and, any
way. il isn't fair to the weak
hitters.
please observe that it II
against the union rules to take
more than one base on any hit,"
Vicente wrote in his form-letter.
"and any one who does so will
he tried on charge of ununion-
IKE conduct aud fined $500 for
tn, first oiiense. Repeated v.o-
lations will be cause for ex-
pulsion from the union and dis
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

I CANNOT decide whether I
am sorry TO see Hattie leave
or not AS source OF news
she was pretty unproductive.
The only piece OF information
/ can remember ever getting
from her was that her first
name should be spelled 'Hatty."
l told her / had never seen
II spelled any way but Hattie"
She said / could argue all I
wanted, but that her father
who should be a better au-
thority-had II "Hatty."
Anyway" she added, "that
II the way he spelled Il In the
family bible"
MRS. CARAWAY is ster-
A'A ling character. noted for
good deeds and beloved by all
except, apparently, the cur
rent crop Of voters in Arkansas.
She was defeated by j. William
Fulbright. the young representa-
tive who leaped from congress
sional obscurity last year by
introducing the famous Full
bright resolution for postwar
collaboration.
Fulbright is 80. l do not know
how old Mrs. Caraway is be-
cause she neglects TO provide
this information in her biogra-
ply; piece Of neglect which
seems peculiar TO most ladies
who come 10 Capitol Hill.
With few exceptions. the
gentlemen in both houses list
their AGES In the congressional
directory but, of all the women
in Congress. only two reveal the
number Of years they have been
around.
Clare Luce skips the subject;
so does Jessie Sumner of Illi-
nois: likewise Frances p. Boil
ton of Ohio; also Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine. The
latter has a nice way OF slurring
over II. Her biography begins:
Born and always lived in
Skowhegan."
One who kicks in with the
truth is Edith Nourse Rogers
of Massachusetts. She reveals
she was born in 1881.
The other is that sprightly
blonde. Winifred Stanley, but
she, will not be with us next
year because she has been re-
districted out of office. Winnie
is the youngest Of the lot. which
NAV explain her frankness. She
is IS.
Distributed BY Kins Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

have been interesting TO see
Mae trying TO be cute.
An Englewood, N. j.. woman
lost her husband in World War
! and her son recently i'm World
War III. She is the first / have
heard Of TO have that tragic
experience.
WIVES, etc.-Baltimore SUBJ
w scriber says his wife wants
to buy a red evening gown
which he thinks too Com
Spicuous." He wants TO know
if our Horses e. Women de-
partment has anything in it's
files about trying to persuade
wives not buy red evening
gowns.
Regret TO say we have no
data on this situation. How
ere, / saw Gladys Swarthout at
the theater last night. She had
on a red evening gown. She
looked fine.
A SIDES-A new version of
"A the Star Spangled Banner
has been adopted by the U. S.
Army. Navy and Marine Corps.
The change is from B-fiat 10
A-fat. This, I am informed,
makes it easier for a man to
sing.
New Yorker says:
"Way to keep dizzy danes
out Of a cocktail bar IL to re-
move the stools. Women won't
patronize bar where they
have to stand up. Not that
they are tired but after two
cocktails most of them can't
stand up"
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

missal from the job. The per-
nicious practice Of stretching
hits represents the exploitation
Of the masses by the bosses and
makes the weak hitters look
bad. 1t Is our aim to establish
firm standards ana create jobs
for a. many as possible and
hereafter when a player has
got two hits in one game be
will be taken out Of the lineup
to guard against over-produc-
ton.
Remember, the home run Ii
an invention Of the bosses to
set the working masses against
each other and cause jealousy
and undermine our solidarity"
Copyright. 1914. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

4 FTER Jan. 3 If any senator
wishes 10 get off a crack OF
questionable taste. or close TO
the bone. as The English so de-
scriptively put IL. he cannot be
accused of being riSque in
mixed company.
For, on that date, Sen. Hattie
w. Caraway of Arkansas, the
only woman ever elected TO the
upper chamber. will depart our
midst and the United States
Senate Will revert 10 its original
status an exclusive club for
gentlemen.
/ certainly do not mean by
this that the senators are only
waiting for Hattie's departure
10 make off-color speeches. In
my widest imagination l can
not conceive Of a member of
that august body saying:
"Will the senator yield: I
wish Ia tell story about n
travelling salesman" What l
mean is that il will be strictly
male again. That is all / mean.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

The Champs Elysees, extending
from the Place De La Concorde
10 the Arc De Triomphe Is ex-
actly a mile and a half.
Q-As to Notre Dame Uni
versity. South Bend. Ind. Do
you pronounce its name as
Notre Dayme or Notre Dahm?
Al think NOtre Dahm is
correct. However, many of the
alumni of the university insist
IL should be pronounced Notre
Dayme.
TRAVELLING man claims Min
L neapolis is the only place you
can get hashed brown potatoes
properly prepared. / question
that claim. You can get the
right kind of hashed Drowned
potatoes in three places in New
York City, in one in Jackson,
Tenn, and in one in San Fran
cisco.
Only time I have hashed
Drowned potatoes is when I
have breakfast in a restaurant.
My girl friend will not serve
me potatoes for breakfast. She
says they're fattening.
l am 6 feet 2 and only weight
100 pounds but she is still trV-
ing 10 streamline me. Maybe
she is getting ready to try to
get me in the movies.
CIDELIGHTS - Am informed
~ when Mae West was in
vaudeville she featured a song
titled Ma. He's Making Eyes
at Me- l missed that. Must
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
WALTER WINCHELL %. On

appt. to the N. Y. Supreme
Court.
Many secondhand army cars
are now being offered by dealers
at $400 each. Some paid 500
for them. II costs another $50 to
repaint from the army color.
If you think there Is no racket
on the Gig shortage. how come
so many now show up wrapped
in cellophane?
BY Way of Retort: ". s.
Sen. Elmer Thomas (D.-OklaD
likeness was included in a re-
cent mag layout His politi-
cal opponents back home had
the photo blown up and re-
printed on huge handbills which
were passed around to worship
ers attending services in Okla
homa churches . The caption
they used under the picture
read:
senator Thomas sits I'm New
York night clubs where they
charge big prices for food and
liquor"
Senator Thomas Is sure it.
helped re-elect him.
MOST managers Of boxers are
I'A overpaid.
Jack Dempsey says there
should be a law passed putting
a limit OF 20 per cent on what
a manager takes from a fight
er's earnings.
Jack paid Kearns so per cent
OF his earnings.
Estelle Taylor. the second
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

This is one of the fine rules for
making friends.
3-Yes. The chiefest reason
why people fail Is the fear they
will fail. I have rarely seen
person fail at anything he
honestly and clearly thought he
could do. But students fail on
examination, office workers fail
in their jobs, statesmen fail in
making sales, executives fail in
their undertakings, chiefly be-
cause they have used the energy
that ought to have gone into
doing the job into fear OF fail
ing. / can't give any better adj
vice on how to overcome this
fear of failure than is given In
our booklet, by consulting psy.
chologist David Mitchell. The
Conquest of Fear" Sent 10 our
readers at cost-10 cents plus a
self addressed 3 cent stamred
return envelope.
THE osTR@H TIES C-.3
Dec. 1874
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4-Peo-
w pie here generally say Mr..
Roosevelt deserves respect for
his courage in standing firm
upon his Little Steel wage freez-
ing formula against the CIO
unions so soon after his election
victory in which CIO loudly
participated (and with CASH.
His decision was part of the
Coal by which James Byrnes re-
mained in the right wing OF the
White House TO run war eco
nomics until victory in Europe.
Breakage of the wage-freezing
formula would have frustrated
all Byrnes' efforts TO hold eco
nomics within the inhationary
line, and he would have left
the government had it been
broken in such way as TO
invite general rising level of
wages now.
This inside of the matter was
not made public, nor was any
genuine thorough understanding
of exactly what the government
did give the unions.
Within the decision was the
core of a new policy to increase
wage rates, industry by indus
try. gradually over a period of
months, without formally aban-
doning the current economic
front. or even confessing fully
what is to be done. The wage
freeze is thus to be thawed in
spots without breaking the ice.
A FTER steel will come tex
"A tiles, whic h really has a
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
MARY HAWORTH,S MAIL

girls out very often. although
he knows / go out with quite a
few other men.
Bill has lots of other interests.
which / know distract him from
concentrating on me: and in
principle i approve, but find it
discouraging now.
He doesn't consider himself
much of a ladies man U learn
from friends); and in some few
ways he isn't; but he has all The
fine. kindly qualities any girl
would want.
He is the only son of
widowed mother. and he may
worry a little about supporting
her and a wife, too; but ! don't
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

time has had tuberculosis. They
are under medical supervision
from the beginning. During
their first year or two they are
assigned TO light tasks. short
hours. and periods Of rest in the
open air. Gradually they get
TO doing a full days work and
can go anywhere and do any
thing. Five huidred and fifty
two persons have been so
graduated, and al the end Of
five years 90 per cent OF them
were strong and healthy.
So the prospects of complete
cure II treatment is properly
directed are good.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. II. il have trouble
with stinging in my heels and
feet. i have been to quite a few
doctors, but none of them help
me.
Answer-ASk one OF your doc
tors 10 take blood count.
Anemia often gives those symp-
toms,
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

q bonHy bride!
It's tOe tDo, it's pe tioo,
Happy side by side.
Take kiss from me, your man;
NOi0 the song begins,
All is made dfresh for Us
And the brave heart WiHs.
It's Ue tt0o, it's zoe tiCO,
While the worlds awdy,
Sitting BY our golden sheGVes
On our I0eddin0 day.
Jean Ingelow.
NEVER did get that lost wal
~ let back. Since mentioning
its loss have been hearing from
wallet losers ali over the coun-
try. Practically all state their
greatest loss TO have been some
important papers and creden-
tialS.
All seem agreed only 100
per cent heel would fail TO try
TO return such things as ration
cards. draft registration cards,
drivers licenses, receipts, ETC..
etc. After this I am going to
have a special pocket made for
my wallet. That pocket will
have a Upper on IL.
QUERIES from clients. O.
" The sergeant says our
troops will have a shorter
march up Inter Den Linden in
Berlin than they did up the
Champs Elysees, Paris. Is he
right?
A-Sergeants are nearly al
ways right. Never bet with
them. Unter Den Linden IL just
n little over a mile In length.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
Brain Game Answers

BOLIVIA.
2ITrue.
@All were famous newspaper
editors.
4(c) is correct.
5-Maj. Gen. Alert c. Wede-
meyer.
6-(a) The Federal League. (b)
Founded in 1913, ii passed
out Of existence in 1915.
TIT comes from a Dutch word
meaning farm" In the days
of the Dutch occupation of
Manhattan, the present site
of the Bowery was farmland.
S-1908 Is correct.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

They would rather be ad-
mired. The desire to be ad-
mired. to be somebody, to be
important, to have others ap-
prove you-your looks, clothes,
conduct. opinions and beliefs
is the deepest urge in human
nature. People 60 hungry, and
struggle endlessly to be ad-
mired, to be important. This
does not mean ii is a discredit-
able desire--it is one of the
finest in human nature, so long
as IL is not used to bring un-
happiness to others.
PIT is quite an art. but
according to a prominent writer
on the subject, Milton Wright,
il can be learned. He gives
some OF the following rules:
Be firm, but consistent. Be de-
ciSive. but fair. Explain your
reasons without wounding the
other mans personal pride. Let
the other man see you honestly
regret saying NO" Don't pre-
tend excuses or pass the buck.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

better case for a wage increase
than steel, automobiles, rubber,
etc.
Frankly. the government was
caught in a rathe' desperate
predicament on this thing. The
unions could not be stalled off
much longer. They presented
fair case for some kind of in
crease. based on price advances,
although they did not expect to
get as much as they asked Ut
cents an hour).
On the other hand, every
dollar given them complicates
the inflationary problem which
already is more critical than
any one here will admit (the
shortage of goods continuously
forcing prices up through gov
ernment ceilings as can be seen,
for example, in the S20-a-cord
local price for inferior wood
that brought S4 a cord before
the war;.
Every additional dollar in cir
culation will encourage payment
of higher prices, black markets,
under-the-counter dealing and
every device to defeat the gov
ernment's war purpose of hold
ing the line.
The administration took the
same way out it used on former
occasions. The labor board
ordered reclassification of work.
ers to increase their pay without
changing the scale, vacations
with pay. shift preferentials, etc.
BY the device of reclassifica-
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

Mrs. Dempsey, thought this
was too much. That was what
brought about the break be-
tween Kearns and Dempsey.
UEx-SERvICE men! Learn
II window cleaning. Forty
dollars a week to start"
Such is sign on windows Of Of
flee of a window cleaning out
fit.
Why hasn't somebody in
vented machine that will clean
windows?
Why do window cleaners have
to stand on narrow window sills
30 stories and more above the
ground TO clean the outside Of
windows in skyscrapers.
Why haven't the windows
hinges on them so they could
be turned in like doors?
Seems the window industry
could use a few inventors.
I IFE is certainly going to be
- easy for housewives in that
beautiful postwar world.
Now an electronic stove is
promised.
This stove, powered by radio.
will enable q housewife to cook
food In q few seconds.
Sounds fine.
Still the little lady will have
to be on her toes.
II she doesn't watch care
fully she will let the roast beef
stay on a second more than IL
should and II will be burned to
a crisp.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

TvHE Red Cross in Hawaii and
II Australia sent out urgent
requests for publicity women,
who are needed. Salary: $150
per month Ito start) plus room
and board.
BY now, each Of the army
nurses who escaped from Ba-
taan has been promoted to at
least the rank of major. \ NJ
Emergency surgery saved the
index digit of talented Ethel
Smith. the organst. Almost lost
IL In Hwood preparing sand
wiches for servicemen.
Drink to the Hunted" Ito be
published by Dutton In the
spring. Is by 22-year-old Ellen
Marsh. a copy gal on the N. Y.
Sun.
Barbara Powers, pretty red
head ciggie gal at the Mocambo,
was screen-tested at M-G-M
after A. Hornblow Jr. spotted
her.
Despite the recent reports,
pals OF the heirs insist the N. Y.
Yankees team Is not for sale
now. Unless. of course, you
have q fabulous offer.
A FAMED band leader OF 20
IA years ago Is now a depart
ment store salesman.
Eddie Lane lone Of the nicer
lads), who conducted his own
crew at the McAlpin Hotel, is
now a clerk there.
Chas. E. Murphy (he's the
counsel for the Brooklyn Eagle)
has the inside track for the next
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

A(LHAk ksA<hAsA Ahs W Wv
WITH more or less ideal con-
w ditions of courtship prevail
ing, how long should girl give
a man to make up his mind
whether he wants to marry
her?
I have known Bill for two
years.
Six months ago. il dawned on
me that l wanted very much 10
marry him.
So far. my progress has been
fair.
We're of the pal basis and on
to a more affectionate one.
He dates me about twice a
week and doesn't take other
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05
Connolly Answers

1-c. 2b. 3-b. &C. 5-h
6-(a) November. (b) Janus
ary, (c) July, (d) February,
te) September.
Copyright. 1o4%, by King Features
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-05

EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ha-
worth eounseis through her col
umn; not BY mail or personal
interview. Write her in care Of
The Detroit Times.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
CARRIE NEWS

Luther abbey has returned to
Wilder after spending the week
end with his family here.
Little Ann Amburgey returned
to Ohio with her mother this
week after spending most of the
summer with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. &c. Wright.
Ellis Bailey visited relatives at
Wilder Saturday night and Sun
day.
Miss Lesky Hensley, Of Rich
mond, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Hensley, here.
Mrs. Tony Kiser and children
were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
NEALY RIDGE NEWS

M. B. Lambert's two daugh-
tiers visited their sisters, Mrs.
IONA Kiser and Mrs. Pierce Kis-
er, recently.
Elmer Lambert is home on fur
Tough at this writing.
Mrs. Martha Johnson visited
Mrs. Lillian Counts Thursday.
Mrs. John Silcox, Mrs. Snoda
Sutherland and Miss Nancy Bell
Sutherland visited at Clintwood
last week.
Mrs. Inez Counts baby are
keeping house for Ira Hay this
week.
NOTE: Notices of lost ration
books are advertising and cost
Soc for the two insertions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
HOSPITAL NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Link D. Bise an
nounce the arrival of a boy on
July q.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Har-
lowe are the proud parents of a
new girl, born Aug. 2.
Mrs. Edd Rose, who underwent
a major operation the latter part
of last week, is gradually i'm
proving.
Quentin Moore was operated
on for appendicitis Monday.
Alex Bostic, who received an
injury to his leg while working
for Ritter lumber company. is
improving.
Ira Hawkins suffered serious
injury to his hand while work
ing for Ruth-Elkhorn Coal Com
pany, and when brought to the
hospital it was found necessary
to amputate the hand.
The following patiens were dis
charged this week: Mrs. Walter
Carly, Clintwood; Mrs. Letcher
Mullins baby, Baden; Mrs. Rho
da Mullins, Coeburn Rt. 2; Olivia
Mullins, Skeetrock; Cecil Sykes,
Clintwood; John Yates, Clint
wood; Arlie Oquinn, Nora; Miss
Maude Hawkins, Dwale; Mrs.
billiard Jones, Steinman.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

Mrs. Luther Bailey Sunday.
Miss Clarice Bailey was Sun
day dinner guest of Mrs. Robert
Hensley.
Hollie Counts, from Tazewen,
is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Mrs. Willard Counts has been
on the sick list for some time but
is improving at this time.
Joe abbey was visiting his
sister, Mrs. Ellis Dye of Copper
Ridge, the other day.
Miss Ruth Bailey was the din
ner guest of Mrs. Kenny Ambur-
gey recently.
Wade Counts, of Detroit, was
visiting his brother Willard, last
week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

service men know what our re-
public means and the way of life
for which they are fighting. Sol
diers of other wars did not have
this training. It follows. that vet
Grams of this war will have
deeper interest in their govern
ment than any citizens have ever
had.
Without reflection on the SOL
diers and sailors of any other
time we may say that the SER
vice men of today are more tru-
ly the flower of all the nation
than ever before. They have
been more carefully picked and
represent the soundest mental
and physical sections of our life
and land. These boys are also the
highest products of American ed
ucation, the standard of which
has gone up and up during past
years. This adds up to third
reason why the boys on the fir
ing line will take over when they
come back.
Already there is talk that one
party plans straight veterans
ticket in the county election of
1947. AS this gets around, more
talk rises that the other party
will have to do the same in self
defense. But whatever the fixers
decide, we are betting that the
boys of the Dangerous Forties
will go into the drivers seats
when they come home from
around the world.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
Service Men Will
axe Driver S Seat

We predict that boys now IN
the armed forces will be elected
to at least three major offices OF
Dickinson County in November,
1947.
History shows that our country
has had a habit of electing vet
Grams to public office. George
Washington; James Monroe and
Andrew Jackson, Revolutionary
War soldiers, became Presidents.
President William Henry Harri-
son was veteran of the War of
1912. Zachary Taylor and Frank
lin Pierce, soldiers of the Mexi-
can war, were elected to the
Presidency. Civil War soldiers
who later became Presidents
were U. S. Grant r. B. Hayes,
James A. Garfield, Benjamin
Harrison and William Mckinley.
Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rid
er Of the Spanish-American War,
succeeded ito the Presidency
when Mckinley was killed. No
veteran of World War I has
reached the highest office, but
Wendell Wi1xie was a candidate
in 1910.
Willie E. Rasnick, Frank Sykes,
Walter B. Phipps, Bill McFall
John Rasnick and Avon Sykes,
veterans of World War l, have
been elected to major offices in
Dickinson county. Grady Counts,
Rufus Keith and Aubrey McMill
an and perhaps other ex-soldiers
have been elected as Supervisors.
AS far as we can recall, only
three veterans have ever suffer-
ed defeat for major offices in
Dickinson County.
There are three reasons why
we believe the soldiers, sailors
and marines of this war will be
our future officers for many
years to come. In the first place
there are so many of them. Wher
you begin picking out the besd
men in Dickinson County, you
simply can't miss some of the
more than $500 now in service.
In the second place, these mer
have received training in citizen
ship as part of their service
They have been taught about oul
government and the duties O.
citizens in a democracy. Thu