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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30
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NntIe lnfy VIII sptdined lhc
next war?
Why not lend-louSe them all
10 Russia, where they will no
longer have toothaches?
COLUMN Confetti: G. I. also
~ stands for General Ike.
Producer Jim Cassidy is re-
viving the stage version of
Front Page" for tour.
In Warmers soon due "Rhap-
sody in Blue" (Gershwin's llfe)
one scene shows the producer
depressing Gershwin after the
premiere of "Porgy and Bess."
Says the producer; Half the
critics say il isn't opera. The
other half say it isn't Gershwin, T."
Zatso? Look up the n. Y.
Mirrors critic of Oct. II, 1885.
He was, We think, the only
rave-notice writer
The army urged all military
personnel not to throw any
papers out Of the windows on
Eisenhower Day Not because Of
the paper shortage But- because
cleaneruppers found consider
able stuff marked Secret and
"Confidentiai" after VI. Day
r Allen of the Red Cross
corrected Our statement that
the Red Cross overseas workers
couldn't wear service stripes
hack here. A reader sends this
rehtittal; - noted Nj. Aliens
answer. Silver service stripes
are fine on uniforms but they
are not suited for ClVyicS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

TED and I met five years ago,
l. l was then II and he 10. A
year later he asked me IN
marry him, hut since he was IN
the service we decided 10 wait
year or two.
In that interim I changed
iohs-whirt ct1anged-rr1y- whole
future.
Ted meant everything TO me
Then.
but in The spring of 1911,
men Ted's ircIIm mSi A n ces
openeG the road 10 marriage |
began 10 doubt my love and IN
formed him At once.
he was sympathetic and Sug-
gested that We Try 10 get our
summer holiday at the same
time, 10 see If we could reach
an understanding
At this Tune / began 70 SIT
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medical science may be able 10
cure nearly every case.
3-No. In one college the
students were divided into two
groups: "Over-Achivers' and
"Under-Achievers." The Over
Achievers were those whose
grades were above what their
intelligence tests indicated they
should achieve. ar,i the Under
achievers those whose grades
fell below what they evidently
could do. II was found the indus
try. perseverance, cooperative
ness. ambition and dependability
all moral or personality quail
ties. rather than mental, placed
A student among the over
aehieveFs er-the trdervachiev-
erS. much more than did their
mental ability as measured by
intelligence tests.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30

DOWkANB THOMAS died
IL Monday, May IA. l945, in
hospital in Little Rock. Ark.
after a long illness. He was 65
years old. He had been associate
editor Of the Arkansas Gazette
Of Little Rock. said 10 he the
oldest newspaper tl8l9) west Of
the Mississippi.
This was the Rowland Thom-
AS who was the subject a few
months back specializing on his
whereabouts which drew more
correspondence than any others
l haye written in recent years.
Thomas was the winner of
$4,000 short story contest held
by national magazine 81 years
ago. the most sensational lit
ersry event of the period. His
story Pagan" the tale of
Negro deserter from the Amer
ican Army in the Philippines,
was decided by a distinguished
trio of judges, Henry Cabot
Lodge, Walter II. Page and Will
liam Allen White-to be the
best of $1,000 submitted
Overnight Thomas was ia
NOUS while fierce discussion
ragged as TO the soundnesS OF
the jurys verdict. Never be-
fore IN the history Of American
letters and probably never
since, were there so many lit
erary heart burnings. And the
hundreds Of letters that came
10 me when l innocently re-
called Thomas story one day
IN connection with the war in
the Philippines and wondered
what had become Of Thomas
Indicated how well the incident
is still remembered.
TH6MAS had not written for
Il The magazines or for book
publication for years and none
Of the editors that l called
knew his address His name had
appeared in every issue OF
Who's Who for a long time,
then was dropped out some
years ago and several OF the
magazine editors thought this
meant he was dead.
T HAVE learned that many
Il persons have in them a
strong streak of imaginative
ness and even downright men
dacIty that always crops out at
queries such as that | pro-
pounded, and presently ] began
receiving the most prepoSterous
yarns that the letter writer's re-
lated as fact about what had
happened 10 the author.
I recall but one letter. and il
was mere note, which said
that if l looked IN the editorial
room of the Arkansas Gazette
! would probably find Rowland
Thomas. That is where he was
from 1923. a quiet and we'll
loved figure. as l gather from
his obituary notices and an
editorial on his passing in the
Gazette. -
7 HAVE received a letter from
HE uidOU Who uas Put y
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30

the absence Of any evidence OF
death, it is likely that the man
will be held in a missing status.
Q-I live with my married
daughter; have no Income, and
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Connolly Answers

lei 2-fbl& &3+(al L(cl:
5-(cl; 6-(aD Ulysses; tb)
Eurydice; (c) Medusa; I'D
Vulcan; (e) Jason.
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WALTER WINCHELL aoesx,, On

DOET NOVELIST CRITIC
L ALLEN TATE and his
wife, Caroline Gordon (alsO
noveiiSt, are unreconstructed
re ebels. At Sewanee. Tenn.
lwhere Tate edits the Sewanee
Review, they have a huge Con-
federate flag in their living
loom. '.--
There will be some important
&hltts within the month over at
the British Embassy.
You will be mad when you
witness Orders from Tokyo IA
Commute film in COLOR show
ing the destruction OF Manila
by JapS.
Nuns and others who were
ravaged and bayoneted will
make you scream for vengeance,
But will the navy release 1t?
It's a girl for the Raymond
Paiges and ditto Al the Armand
Deutsches (Benay Venuta).
Rep. Curley's rooters say he
prob1y will win the race for
mayor in Boston.
The Journal A mPri cans
Sports Ed. MAX kase) and
Kay Gallagher will be blended.
VERA RAY is bride. He's
' Jay Cook. a textile prop
Angela White Of the Social
Register and p. Noonan are an
elopmentaf case
Zanzibars Cab Galloway
fwho used 10 be pro-fghterl
f1attened three jerqueS for max
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DEAR =. 3
I GATHER Don is somewhat
L Of 4 trifer. unconsclously in
retreat from marriage, headed
FOR f6fTF-trT7T5-t rr1a yhe teFFFis-
nenb baChclorhood.
ttTS-TuCratIa IatIng-XaL,-M Win
women. combined with A eau
tiouS purpose alleged 10 stay
single until he is we'll able 20
support a wife % is the typical
performance Of personable
man refusing 70 face. and try
inc 80 diSprope. the fact that he
* ahnorfnally afraid ~ bonding
himself 20 mature social reSpon-
Sihll'ieS.
u lS my guess that YOU are
hootle>sly Infatuated with Don.
As An engaged clrl YOU in
trlCucd his fancy from over the
-frnrr -t1-sf- degree that stealth
ily kindlcd intoxicated wonder
IN YOUR mind d-leaving Ted. the
Catslogucd, prosaIc. faithful
Suitor, AS taStelesS 10 your
senses ~ water Is taSteleSS 20
one who Graves wine. You dis
missed honafde husband mate
rial IN Ted because something
about Don had suggested 10 YOU
the phantom lover. that
women dream as perfeCt-each
according 70 her notion.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30

7 HAVE received a letter from
his widow who was Ruth
Harris of Little Rock before her
marriage to Thomas in 1927 in
which she says:
"ln the last 20 years he had
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30

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to stay single until well able 10
support A wife.
find il increasingly difficult
10 keep my chin up at the Of
fice when Don has dates with
other girls.
He is unaware Of my feelings
and | hope. with Gods help, 20
keep the pain hidden in my
If l gave mp the permanent
position ! hold. would II help
me 10 see the road ahead Z?
Or would it display weakness
ard defestism
Don and / are Of different
faiths, but ! am willing IN sac
rifiCe, wait yFHrS II necessary.
do anything # only | could ne
worthy Of and have ms urdying
love. p 3.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-30

Zanzibars Cab Galloway
fwho used 10 be pro-hghterl
f1attened three jerqueS for max
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-15
Pessimism Unjustified

In connection with the Security conference
Is, it may be noted that pessimists are already
forecasting that no group set up for perpetu-
ating peace in the world can be more success
full than was the ill-starred League Of Nations.
Those holding this view fail to consider the
reasons for the Leagues failure, chief Of
which was that the United States was
not member.
Having played a fine role in the defeat of
Germany in the former World war, the Senate,
for strictly political reasons and probably be-
cause President Wilson failed to include Sena-
tor Lodge among the American delegates to
the Versailles peace conference, rejected
membership in the League. left it to stumble
through its inefficient existence and SO did
the spade work of it's failure
This time the situation is reversed. The
United States is determined to do its full
share in maintaining peace. There are those
among the aforesaid pessimists who declare
that President Roosevelt, with the hope of
becoming the cheftain Of whatever peace
group is established, has allowed himself to
become the henchman of Winston Churchill,
and that Churchill himself is under Stains
thumb, but facts supporting this view are
lacking. It is true that Mr.. Roossvelts ambi-
tons are exhaustless and that Stain, because
Of the magnificent accomplishments of his
armies, has won the right to speak Justify at
the peace table and sit above the salt in
any postwar organization for peace, and that
Churchill is displaying the proverbial trade
instincts of the British; but there has been
unprecedented harmony at all conferences
among the Big Three. It is reasonable to
think that, with the errors of the League of
Nations in mind and the known warlike pre-
disposition of the Prussians as a guide the
trio will find ground for united action after
the war;
little optimism for world peace for more
than quarter century is more justified than
the pessinism Of the irreconcilables
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Winners All

The nine lieutenant generals nominated by
President Roosevelt to be four star generals
have won their right to the proposed promo
ton. Without disrespect to the others it may
be pointed out that Generals McNarney, Brad
ley, Spaatz, Kenney, Clark and Keueger have
been in command of combat forces whereas
the others have had office assignments. I'm
doubtedls the others would have proved as
capable in field commands as they have in
their less spectacular roles.
Nor iS l. dsrespectful to any Allied military
leader to note that General Eisenhower has
declared Field Marshal Montgomery the great
est field officer in the Allied armies on any
front This has been the popular estimate of
the little beret wearing Scotchman ever since
ne started Rommel back tracking in Egypt
when the Allied cause seemed all but hope
less.
BY indirect reasoning, it may well be that
Eisenhower himself has had something to do
with Montgomery's great success At least he
was a party to the decision that gave him
his big chance.
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Laugh This Off

1t was revealed recently that only five per
cent OF the 1852 tuberculosis cases dis
charged from Veterans Administration hos
ptals during the last fiscal year were listed
as medically Observation-Disclosures is "arrested .,
apparently arrested or 'squiescent. II is
reported that this rate "compares very mn.
favorably' with the considerably higher re-.
Mobilization rates in the better sanitoriuros
run by state, municipal or private agencies
About half of the total number of cases die.
charged were World War II veterans.
Government authorities said that worry
feeling too well to finish treatment seekino
more favorable climate, desire to 20 to work
and other similar reasons accounted for the
shocking number Of irregular DISCHARGES -
However, such reasons are pretty feeble. Thew
are encountered wherever tuberculosis pa.
ITEMS are under treatment.
Actually, the above is one Of the strongest
illustrations Of what happens when that init
mate something which medical men call doc
tor-patient relationship, is destroyed by i'm
personal government administration of med
cal care Advocates of state medicine laugh
at doctors who claim that the personal ip
terest Of the physician in his patient, WHICH
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-15
Food and Supply Problem

When the United States went into the wal
and with the customary national predlsposl
ton to succor the world, programs Tor feeding
clothing, arming everybody outside the Axis
countries came into being overnight. Where
ever there was need, wherever any commod-
ity of war material was lacking there was
where we were to pour out our substance. If
not by Lend-Lease or other promise to pay,
then by gratuity, the United States Should act
as the anti-Axis worlds most liberal samari-
tan, and, at the same time and for the dura-
ton, make provision for the needs Of its own
civilian and military population.
There could be but one outcome to such
planning insufficiency in all supplies and
quarreling among the bureaus set up to ad-
minister the preposterous programs. Here is
this wranging between the War Food Admin
istration and the Foreign Economic Admins
tration, for example. They cannot agree on
what foodstuffs are to 60 where and what
shall be placed in the domestic market, with
and the Army, which has strong propensity
to over buy in everything but is nevertheless
doing its job with credit in Europe and the
Pacific, is expected to cut down on meat "a.
tons for the soldiers as well as reductions In
general military supplies.
The whole problem of food, which has been
muddled from the start, is more confused and
unsatisfactory than ever, both at home and
with respect of foreign commitments which
must be met even though in large part they
were unjustifiable, and there appears to be no
prospect of solution. War Food Admins
traitor Marvin Jones and Foreign Economic
Administrator Leo T. Crowley are poles apart
and somewhere in the space between is War
Mobilizer and Deputy President James F.
Byrnes, with no hope even Of truce. The
only outlook is that the whole matter will
have to be referred to President Roosevelt for
settlement, and in all seriousness it is difficult
to foresee any improvement through appeal to
the White House. Mr. Roosevelt is not genius
for detail nor given to consideration of costs.
The Army, the domestic civilian population
and foreign peoples to whom supplies have
been pledged, face worse conditions, and all
because experts in the business at hand have
been passed over in the selection Of our chief
bureaucrats.
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is characteristic of the private practice q
medicine. contributes substantially to speed
of recovery. And yet many who nave oeen
III will, recall the relief that came with the
knowledge that their doctor would personally
stand nv Them night and day if the need
arose.
Half the battle in the long climb up out
Of the shadows of tuberculosis is the capacity
of the doctor to instill in his patient, month
after month, the moral courage to go on.
Absence Of this personal relationship can
break the strongest heart.
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them. And they show every night.
Even if it isn't good movie, it
kills the time between supper and
bedtime.
The theaters are usually on the
slope of a hill, forming a natural
ampitheater. The men sit on the
ground, or bring their own boxes,
or in some of them the ends of
metal bomb crates are used for
chairs.
You can drive along and some
times you'll pass three movies
not more than 300 yards apart.
That's mainly because there is
not enough transportation to haul
the men any distance, so the
movie has to come to them.
There is lots of other stuff pro-
vided besides movies, too. On
one island there are IS tfeater
stages, where soldiers themselves
put on live" shows, or where
USO troupes can perform. Forty
pianos have been scattered around
at these places.
In Europe it was lucky bunch
of soldiers who got their hands
on a radio. Over here in these
small islands, the Army has dis
tributed $500 radios, and they
have a regular station broadcast
ing all the time, with music, news,
shows and everything.
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BY w. G.. ROGERS
Report on the Russians" by
w. L. White (Harcourt, Brace:

$3.50.
A condensation of this White pa.
per on Russia by the author of the
excellent They Were Expendable''
appeared recently in a magazine
and was criticized heartedly.
In the introduction to the book.
White admits there were some er-
rors. Some of these mistakes
were favorable to the Russians. -
he writes; some were unfavor-
able and these last of course l
regret.
He gives the Russians their due.
in passing. Stain is "a great
man. Russian artillery excel
lent" the Red army, good" The
Soviet Union handles the race prob
lem intelligently. All the youths
are at war. The Russians don't
have enough fruit and vegetables.
But he has more fault to find
than praise to bestow. From = the
very first page, where he notes
a Soviet vice-consuls "creaky
schoolboy English" to the last
he voices suspicion of
and complains about the Russians.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-15
BY ROBERT C. WILSON
Substituting for Kenneth


ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(R-This is a story of ambulances
and footballs.
1t involves the American Field
Service and took place in Alsace
Paris and London. C. B. Alexan.
der Of Baltimore, Md, needed ten
ambuances for his volunteer dri-
vers attached to the First French
Army.
Alexander and Mark Ethridge,
Jr.. of Louisville, Ky. went to see
Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassingy
about getting those ambulances.
The general had a shortage too
Of footballs.
He needed 100 pigskins for his
officers candidate school.
"And so it is a DEAF said the
general. ''I'll give you one new
ambulance for every ten footballs
you give me-"
1t sounded like an easy deal and
Melvin Braunstein. son of Pitts
burgh. Pa. sporting goods dealer
was assigned the task of getting
the footballs.
Armed with letters from the gen.
eral requesting the footballs. Bra
unstein flew to Paris. First he went
to Supreme Allied Headquarters.
Then to French Special Ser%es
Then to American
supply officials and finally to the
French coTnmissariat of sports.
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Hull May Attend

The course Of events is often shaped by
the opportune presence of this man or that
when they are being shaped Because this is
so, news from Washington that Cordeu Hull
is recovering from his long illness so rapidly
and satisfactorily that he may be able to
attend the United Nations conference in San
Francisco toward the end of April is heart.
ening.
His presence, when representatives of the
governments upon whom will fall the burden
OF drafting fundamental principles for the
world of tomorrow, could not fail to bear
fruit His deep sense Of the responsibility rest.
ing upon the democracies, his clear vision Of
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The sports program is big. On
one island there are IS softball
diamonds, IS regular diamonds,
225 volleyball courts and 80 has.
ketball courts. Also there are IS
boxing arenas. Boxing is very
popular. They've had as high as
$4,000 men watching a boxing
match.
In addition to all this program,
which is deliberate and super.
vised, the boys do a lot to amuse
themselves. The American is
adept at fixing up any old place
in the world to look like home,
with little picket fences and all
kinds of RUDE Goldberg contrap-
tons inside to make it more Iva.
BILE. All this uses up time.
Just as an example, the coral
Sea bottom inside the reef around
these islands abounds with fan
tastic miniature marine life,
weird and colorful. Soldiers make
glass-bottomed boxes for them
selves, and wade out and just look
at the beautiful sea bottom.
I've seen them. out there like
that for hours, just staring at the
seq bottom. At home they Wouldn'
have gone to an aquarium if you
built it in their backyard.
Pleasures are all relative. Joy
is proportional. Why don't I shut
up2
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Just Beyond Bolton

BECAUSE Americans generally are unfamiliar
with the geography of eastern Germany and
contiguous countries they are having hard
time understanding the advance of the Russian
forces steadily advancing on the Reich capital
But if we substitute Washington for Berlin
and Baltimore for the nearest enemy concen-
tration point with spearheads some seven miles
closer the American seat of government, B=r-
Inns plight becomes more apparent.
Baltimore is approximately forty miles from
Washington. The Russians have sent advance
urits to within thirty three miles OF Berlin,
the Germans declared. We well imagine
the feeling of Westinghouse, and all Ameri-
cans for that matter, if an enemy had its Skin
mishers that close.
Or, to make it strictly local, imagine Will
mington the chief objective, with the foes
spearhead just two miles beyond Bolton and
still coming closer. With enemy planes over
head and the thump of his artillery thunder
ing in all ears, Wilmingtonians would be far
from calm
With this comparison in mind, and with the
American and British forces plunging ahead
east of the Rhine it is more and more diff
cult to understand the power that holds the
German civilian population in line Truly the
ges.apo must have complete dominance over
the people, despite reports that its members
never appear alone on the streets, lest
pancky populace STAY them out Of hand.