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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

1AA OSAa SIAs ANE Answers Veterans

O-IF A child IL adopted by
Q the widow OF a soldier,
after his death. does the re-
mainder Of the National Service
Life Insurance carried by the
soldier automatically 20 20 the
child II the widow dies, or does
IL 60 TO the soldiers mother?
MRS. A. Il.
A-Since the child is not the
SerVicemans. either naturally
or through adoption. the child
is not entitled TO the monthly
inStalments OF National Serv-
ice Life Insurance in the event
the principal beneficiary dies
before the payments have been
completed.
Q-Is ID true that the CT Bill
OF Rights will get through for
the merchant marine cadet
school students Will they get
mustering-out pay? w. s. II.
A CT Bill of Rights for
the men of the merchant ma
rine has been introduced in the
Senate by Senator Radcliffe
Cd Of Maryland. The senator
specifies that his bill be known
as the Merchant Seaman's War
Service Act" Mustering-out pay
under existing legislation is
given only to members of the
armed forces. Members of the
merchant marine are not classed
as members of the armed
forces.
Q-I was a dependent of my
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
One Word Led to Another
BY Ray Thompson
The Detroit Times
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

I'm not usually scolder but there is one thing that
should be fixed up before it's too
And that is the financial status of every veteran
of World War II. The shame of the last was the
panhandlng on the main drags by vets in uniform.
Nobody knew whether they the level,
whether they goldbrckers or whether they were
graduated buns who had picked up the uniforms.
That's why they should fix il this time you
walk up to the mooch and look him in the eye while
saying, You're fakr. You go down to legion
headquarters and get food, lodging and stake
OF course there goldbrickers in every organiza-
tion who will take all the government aid and still batter
the main There other fellows who would rather
take their chances street than live in the
charitable monotony of a federal institution.
There many not gated TO discipline hours
and indoors They would much rather sleep the woods
and steal bait out of wolf traps
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Il. y. DURLING

Distributed BY King Features synd- Inc.
False iOUe. aud hare yoH be-
trdyed me thus
Ia summer among the foWsTsl
! Cdl repdy you bark 0gGih
In i0inter among the showers.
Unless again. again, my iote,
Ealess you turn again;
As Vou nth other D0mep TOre,
ftt sHllts on other men.
Scott.
0N TIE envelopes Of letters
" 20 wives and Sweethearts
many British soldiers had the
habit of writing "swalk"
This meant sealed with a
loving kiss"
The use of the initials in this
way inspired PSome of the
soldiers 10 use a reverse method
10 indicate on which fighting
front they were located. G
For example. a soldier would
close ms letter by saying,
trust and love you
You will note the first letters
Of the words OF this sentence
spell Italy.
Another soldier would con-
clude his letter 10 his sweet
heart or wife: Hope our love
lives and never dies.
First letters in this spell Hol-
land
The fighting men only got
away with this for a short time.
The censors caught on TO il.
Still, ii must be admitted il
was clever gag while il lasted.
believe some American
soldiers had similar methods OF
letting their sWeetheartS and
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
WALTER WINCHELL a,oeSx.v on

would 20 on the radio as
CONNIE entstor at $4,000
weekly" Must be some mistake.
Don't they mean $500, 1000
weekly?
Ernest Hemingway's Diversion
in Cuba: When in the mood he
gathers the biggest and tough
est longshoremen at his place
where he offers them 81 for
each round they can stay in the
ring with him. None collected
81 yet He flattens them with
the first punch.
THE Funnies. Drew Pearson
Il went 10 the Russian En-
bassy 10 check a story.
While waiting 10 see The Big
Shot he started gabbing with a
Soviet staffer.
Ts ID true" asked Pearson,
"that you Russians are going TO
make the Germans turn to com
muhism:"
Heavens. no." gasped the
Russian. Communism IL too
good for them"
FDR enjoyed telling this one.
A stranger approached Kip
ling's landlady and inquired: Us
klpling working"
"Oh," she oh'd. chat man
never works. He just sits there
and scribbles and scribbleS and
scribbleS"
CopyNnt by Daily Mirror. Ine.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

and j. Cottenl, set a new
record at the Rivoli-an $50, 900
week.
The documentary picture.
''The True Glory" IS 5-Staf
screen smash. Cen. EiSen-
hower's thrilling inside story Of
our victory in Europe.
The Southerner" at the
Globe is a fine drama
Come Out Fighting, offers
a ough mugg-meets-moll
meller that lays a hard-boiled
egg
than a rainy vacation.
VERY Important People Dept. ::
v Theodore Dresser has finally
finished his new novel, The
Bulwark." 1t took him 1914
years.
II. l.. Mencken has taken all
the vaccineS but still has MS
hay fever.
Paul Palmer. recently di-
vorced from Dewitt Wallace'S
famed digest, bought an Oregon
ranch where he will grow worms
for apples
WheL Col. Rex Smith Tex
news-weekly managing EDITOR
speaks of his ex-bride tactress
Jessie Royce Landis). he says:
There's my rich wife" He
means she wisely invested in
such hits as Harvey" Kiss
and Tell" and other shows.
Some items stated Mrs. tDR
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
BRIGHTER SIDE
By Damon
Runyon

newspaperman, gives us an au-
thorized and accurate figure of
Nick in a current national mag
aZine.
The experience In the surf
did not bother Ray Ryan," said
Benny Davis. He Ia n cool
hand. As soon as he ungargled
the salt water, he played a gen.
tIeman gin st $40 a point and
blitzed his opponent six times
hand running. Somebody told
me he was going to California.
II he did, maybe that earth
shake out there we read about
the other day was just Ryan
meeting the Greek at GIN"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

infections, particularly the one
known as impetigo. Tins D. a
catching d sorder which fire.
quently occurs in epldemcS IN
newborn nurseries An alcoholic
solution of the gramicidin : was
employed and the average period
OF recovery IN these PATIENTS
was only a little moro than four
DAYS.
tTsmICTdIn y rs obtained rom
. type OF germ which grow, N
soil or dirt. In making the
preparation. the germ are
grown on a culture medium
containing yeast and glucose,
which ls a sugar j Is not diff
cult 10 produce this substance.
II IS probable that as time
passes, even more uses will be-
found for grsmicidIn :. but at
present il constitutes great
contribution 20 the treatment Of
certain infections
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

HDo YOU know r chap
~ named Ray Ryan," I
asked Benny Davis, the song
writer. rotund, dapper. whose
'Margie" is still played by
bands 10 symbolic an era In
the Il. s. A.
THE first day Ray RYAN got
10 Miami Beach last winter he
Ventured so far out in the surf
that the lifesavers had 10 go
after him." said Benny, The
sports along the beach were
making book on the result.
They were laying 8 and TAX
ing q"
Then you know Ray Ryan,"
I said.
Know him:" said Benny.
"T'm just telling you. IL was =
photo finish but the lifesavers
made It,"
II hear he plays high gin
rummy." ] said.
Benny. who has some local
note as a rummy player on his
own account, eyed me medi-
tatively for several minutes,
then he saldr
"Is the Empire state Build
ing high? Is Pixies Peak high? ?
IL the stratosphere high?"
II understand IL is" / re-
piled. II mean the strato-
sphere"
Ray Ryan plays much higher
gin rummy," said Benny Davis.
Much, much higher. And n
nice fellow with IL. He plays
the highest gin rummy Of any
man since the game was in
vented"
NEI,L. that is what ] had
w been hearing for some time
but ! wanted confirmation from
an authority. Every generation
seems 10 produce its own fabu-
lous figure in lofty gambling
as Nick the Greek" has been
the name used TO connote high
rolling for ears and before him
Pittsburgh Phil" Now il is
Ray Ryan, whose prodiglous
deeds have been reaching me
for the past two years.
Ryan is said 10 be a good
steady gin rummy player but
the margin between skill and
luck is not great. Given cards
the better card player is apt 10
win, but I think the real ad-
vantage In high stakes gin is
with the player who best carries
weight. which is 10 say plays
just as calmly for two dollars
a point as he would for a penny
a point. l know men who will
beat far better card players at
gin IL the stakes are high
enough just on superior cour-
age. and courage Is said 10 be
Rysn's strength.
THERE is usually a bearing
Il down on the romantic side.
II possible. and maybe much Of
what l relate here Of Ryan can
stand revision. For years Nick
the Greek" moved in an aura Of
fable and mystery. and II Is only
Just now that Robin Curly
Harris. q well-known New York
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
wlves know where they were.

wives know where they were.
A PROMINENT Milwaukee
"A lawyer has an artificial
left leg and an artificial left
arm Yet this courageous fellow
has so much taken this handi-
cap in stride that he drives his
car runs typewriter. plays
golf and is one OF the best
dancers IN town
The British view of the new
Mrs. Humphrey Bogart Is in
teresting. Says a London news
paper scribe.
"Sultry Lauren Bacall, for
mer cinema usherette and fash
ion model with slumbeTing
green-blue eyes, n voice like
blues singer, Streaky blond hair
and weary manner is Holly
woods newest wonder"
"WHNconstantly refer Ia
Aquarian males and ig-
nsNre the females born under
this sign" writes a young
woman Of Milwaukee who says
she is the Spokeswoman for Ia
indignant feminine Aquarians.
] hasten TO oblige. The ancient
stargazerS had the following 10
say about the Aquarlan woman:
Her ideas are strange and
advanced and her body il slim
with eyes Of blue or gray and
medium colOred hair. She Il "A
puzzle 10 all for she ScoffS at
accepted ideas and has new
ones OF her own. She leases
her husband by being perversely
enchanting. She has a mind
that Is complex. She loves TO
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

TyHE Show Shops: OF the new
Il comerS in preparation
"Polonaise," with Chopin's mu-
sue. appears 10 be one of the
entries for the click depart
ment. Horace Schmldlapp is
producing with Z. Duryea
2owling's direction. Jan Kie-
M tra and Marta Eggerth are the
&<sars. Insiders report that It's
l.. Lichine ballet will delight
the town and for the first time
an years every ballet dancer IN
n is beautiful"
- Jack Kirkland, the Snowman,
~ enjoying a long and loud last
laugh. His Tobacco Road"
which all critics blackballed.
will start its 18th year in Dec.
40 Anna Lucasta." in It's 2nd
9tesson, is as exciting as on the
r1premiere eve. A thoroughly ex-
letting play with every player In
'Yqt something TO bravo.
'bs Devils Galore" drew mixed
dihotices in Boston and New Ha-
'Diven. but the hackers have such
'neonfidence in its novel theme
'ndhey insist that the producer
IL TO the B'wsy foXholes.
no
WSTNHE Noon Pitchiz T he
,nsl critics embraced 20ths
dItState Fair" which VIM. PERL
sberg produced. The Rodgers and
-tHsmmerstein score is only one
'iof its many delights.
Isl. Love Letters the Hal
Wallis film tstarring J. Jones
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

manager for the newspaper
men, who in moment OF bril-
liant inspiration suggested at
the end of the fifth inning that
the game be called I'm favor Of
n meeting at the officers club
bar.
This happened 10 be the only
time in the game when the war
correspondents were In the lead.
The censOrs replied TO John
sons suggestion with Bronx
cheers and resumed the slaugh-
ter, quickly going into the lead
and never again being headed.
Joe Gordon, erstwhile mighty
Slugger OF the New York
Yankees and now n member Of
the B-29 ground forces. stepped
mp to bat for the correspondents
In the third inning.
Immediately challenged as
stranger and possible ringer by
the censors, he nevertheless was
permitted 10 take one swing at
the ball, which he lifted In
terrific wallop that would have
been impressive even In the
stadium north Of Manhattan.
"He was quickly disqualified
and benched and his identity re-
vealed. He had been flown In
from Saipan for the occasion
and, a. the censors admitted. Is
probably good fellow but not
a war correspondent.
HDLAYING was n little loose
l. by big league standards In
the early innings. Censors. sec
ond time at hat. WALL ked or
drove in FIVE runs. and the cor
respondents replied with an
equal number in their half Of
the inning.
THE censors. who had preyi-
ously succeeded in stopping al
most anything offered by war
correspondents throughout the
war, found themselves IN diff
Guilty on low grounders and pop
flies that suddenly became base
hits.
SDML MARIEN. Australian n
- new wspaper man. was
among half-dozen or moro
who took the mound for the war
correspondents. and tried with
Indifferent success 10 incorpo-
rate the best qualities OF bowls
and cricket into his softball
technique.
Among others who entered
the box for short stays were
Larry Tighe OF the American
Broadcasting Co., John Henry
of international News Service,
Bill Lawrence, Pepper Martin
, mot the Originally and Morris
Landsberg, George McWilliams,
OF international News Service,
caught these pitches among
difficult and sometimes harrow-
ing conditions.
The game was umpired by
Mike Quiguis, an enlisted man
furnished by the CIncpac Ath-
letic Office for the occasion. He
was the center Of some heated
arguments. but escaped with .
whole skim
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Brain Game Answers

duffy, of Duffy's Tavern.
2-Teykjavik, Iceland.
3-(a) True. (b) False. The
great depth and constant
movement OF the water are
more important than the
salt content.
4-The Cleveland club of the
American League.
5-The hearing of an echo.
6--(c) Is correct.
Ruth Chstterton.
S-BelshaZZar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

he should reach before thinking
OF marriage
| feel, as a start, we could
both work and save until he IS
securely established again.
Doubtless / could do a better
job OF home-making If | gave
II all my time, but l could, for
a while al least, do a good Job
both al home and IN business.
Unless my views are laSlc-
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
DEAR l. B.

DEAR l.. b.
nNE Of the psychological first
" necessities of life for men
marooned indefinitely overseas
not knowing when they would
return has been the assurance
that wife, or fiancee or sweet
heart, as the case might be,
Was keepin & loves vigil for
them at home, waiting eagerly
and faithfully 10 welcome them
back with open arms as a per-
son cherished above all others.
This was their assurance that
they had not become a cipher,
stripped of precious personal
significance. functionIng only as
a dehumanizcd cog in the war
machine as army regimenta-
tion and especially combat con-
diuon, would sometimes imply.
Cheerful 1T iif,e} iiff,e}tffff ffffetrnec- TO wtrat
he intends viii promptly over
come ms reluctance, II anything
can
As for your patient pose
actually you have no time 10
waste on indefinite waiting 10
start a family. VI. II.
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ho-
North eounssls through her col.
uUn; not BY mail or personal
intsyuiep Write her an care Of
The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

3-Yes, provided the other sub
jects are somewhat related.
Psychologists Jacques LeGulf
and Pryns Hopkins polled the
members of nine British "re-
form" societies on n PROPOSE
tons, from nudism TO free trade.
They found three Combinations
OF attitudes; ID Abstinence,
(2) Sex, CD Politics. Total alb
stainers were more likely TO be-
lieve in vegetarianism, anti
vivisection, etc. Birth-controllers
were more likely to believe in
divorce reform, sexual freedom,
nudiSm. Free traders were more
likely 10 believe in socialism,
communism, conscientious OBJ
lection, etc. You would rather
expect this. wouldn't your
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Connolly Answers

1-c. &c, sc. 4b, Sc
f"My days have been so won
drous free" 6--(s) false, (bl
true. (c) false. I'D true, (e)
true.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

ally sound, 7 don't want 10
argue them when he returns
and the subject comes up-as
IT surely Will, very soon there
after. l.. Is.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

brother who IL in service. Since
i am now l8 years OF age, i do
not draw the family allowance
any more. Will they return my
original birth certificate to met
g. NJ.
A-Usually the records SUBJ
mitted with application for fam
lily allowance become a perma-
nent part of the disburSing
agencys files and are not re-
turned. However, you may get
a certified copy of your birth
record and ask the appropriate
authority TO substitute il for
your original in their files and
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Any Questions?

Any Questions?
THE DET TROIT TIMES
Il mails personal answers 10
questions about the needs
and welfare, rights and privi-
leges of servicemen and
women, veterans and their
dependents.
Many answers are printed
daily in this column, but ALL
questions will be answered
directly by mail.
Address questions this way:
AT YOUR SERVICE BUREAU,
DETROIT TINES,
TIMES SQUARE,
DETROIT II. MICHIGAN.
Surely include your name
and address and a ssIf-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

? DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
IOHN I'D ! have known each
~ other all our lives
- He has been overseas for two
years and expects 10 be home
.losoon.
-,s In all his letters 10 me he
makes some mention OF our
future together.
= However, he sets very high
economic goals which he thinks
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offered with the recommendation
ttai the men be used on the basis
ot their individual ability. rather
than their race.
II is believed that the commit
tee will recommend that the new
policy he started i'm specialized
groups and i'm the more techni-
cally organized branches of the
army where il is proposed that
men he sent without separation
because of race.
THE BASIS OF the assumption
that The W. Department is con-
ten plating change i'm its policy
stems from the release announcing
tie resignation Of Truman K
Gibson Jr, as civilian aide to the
Secretary Of War which quoted
Mr.. Gibson as saying. There is
every md eaton that the type OF
banning for Negroes that occurred
prior 10 1910 has been discarded
There IS. therefore, much hope for
the future
The approach TO the problem OF
using Negroes IS no longer based
On the assumption that they arc
Inherently inferior 20 other SOL
q crS. Tho approach now is Ia
determine nc best military Use of
tGc 10 per cent ~ the population
'Hd' may be- determining factor
u any future WAY in which this
country Is engaged
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Murder
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totally exonerated Of any compile
ity in the crime, and that they
may be called in again.
Meanwhile, the Royal Oak au-
thOrities stated that they are
now working on two other Sus-
poets who have not been brought
into custody as yet
THE POLICE are still working
on the theory that Allen was slain
elsewhere and his body carried to
the spot where he was found. They
base this conclusion on the fact
that there were no signs of any
struggle where the body was
found.
This is the second murder on
the Eight-Milc rd. in 80 months. -
Elwood Dickens, constable of Roy
al Oak, said. We solved that one
and We are going to solve this
one"
Allen is survived by his widow
Mrs. Essay Allen, and seven chill
dren, one OF whom is now being
held in the Wayne County Jail
for the stabbing OF Andy Durham.
released suspect, three months
ago.
At the time OF the Staying Mrs
Allen told police that her husband
left home at Ills p m. on the night
of the Staying and was not seen
afterWard.
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Ouartette Faces
animation
In $1,000 Theft

Four men, two Of whom were
returned last week from Memphis,
face an examination Dec. 3 in Re
corder's Court on a charge OF rob-
berry. armed. Of Ben Ormsby at
1920 ST. Antoine. Nov. 10.
THE YOUTHS were placed on a
$1,000 bond each when arralened
before Recorders Judge Joseph A.
ellis.
They are Eugene Middleton,
26, of 1886 Lumpkin; Lewis
Lleweling. 25. of 2OO22 Green
lawn; Frank Riddle. 25, and Joe
Miller, 25, both of 5l37 Yemans.
They were charged with HOLDING
up OrmSby and others in his bar
Der shop and escaping with APP
proximatcly $4,000 Middleton and
LleWeling were located in Mem
phiS and returned here by SGT
William EckStein and Thomas
Golden.
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z Suitors Meet,
Have Street Row
Over Girl Friend

What happens when two SWANS
meet and have an argument over
their alleged attentions TO the same
girl friend was disclosed this week
when both men were treated al
Receiving hospital for stab wounds.
ROBERT WINCHESTER, 43, OF
98l5 Russell, was treated for LAGER
ated throat and reported in a Sc
rIous condition Thursday. Harley
Tye, 80. of 95l wilkins street, was
treated for a stab wound to the left
chest.
Police learned that Miss Ger
trude King. 80. OF 1880 Westmin-
ster and Tye had been intimate
friends for the past year. How
ever. so police say, the young
woman and Winchester had be-
come friends for a month.
The two men met as Miss King
was leaving the house with Tye.
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BilbO-
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cites, and means Of transportation
She also told Of Bilbos many
unsuccessful attempts to sneak into
his home unrecognized which is a
further insight into the character
Of the bad man from Mississippi"
who ironically enough, holds the
position Of unofficial mayor Of our
nations capitol.
The pickctS and members OF the
committee have received a heart
cnins response from both Negro
and white Servlcemen, especially
those overseas. All Of these serv-
ice men have expressed a keen in
tcrest IN the progress Of FEPC leg
lSlatlOn, and the hope that through
efforts here at home, they Will
come back to better world for
which they have fought and died
On his homc-Ward- bound ship. one
service man secured two thousand
signatures TO "ouSt Bilbo.'
Miss PiccolO, before starting on
this tour for the GaribaIdi Fra
ternal society. was federal
worker at the Naval clothing de-
pot in Brooklyn. and an active
member Of the labor movement.
She had three brothers i'm the
service. One was killed i'm Bel
GUM. and another was wounded
in Germany
SUMMING Up the current fight