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Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
WALTER WINCHELL n.,cs,u,, On

TViE Lit'ree Set: Publishing
i circles hear Marshall Field
may purchase Liberty. Cuneo
Press now owns IL but doesn't
Gjoy being In the publishing
w Last rumor had Mr..
field interested In Magazine
Digest.
-, Ex-N. Y. Post editor Paul
Ann. shifts gazettes TO cover
washington for that paper.
N. Karson has completed his
hrst play. Colonel Faustus,"
which deals an American ace
who sells his soul 10 a Gremlin.
United Press Jack Gaver and
ID. Stanley have written a book
called There's Laughter in the
Air" due on March Is. About
radio comics.
N. Y. Times critic ]. Brooks
Atkinson's line that nettled col
leagues was: Dramatic criti-
cism In an ignoble profession"
The Inteiligentiemen of the
Press: Best thing written by
Arthur Krock OF the New York
Times in a long spell was his
comment about predictions by
his colleagues. A newspaper
canvassed many writer's TO
predict things for 1945. Mr..
krock's line was: II predict all
the predictions will be wrong!"
The name of playwright Lii
lian Hellman came up for nomi-
nation TO the National Institute
of Arts and Letters. She was
blackbslled by playwrights Ell
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

7 NOTICE that the war corre-
i spondents with MacArthur's
troops made much of couple
OF elderly gentlemen who walked
into our camps and introduced
themselves as old-time residents
OF Luzon who married Filipinos.
One of the old guys. Erwin w.
Hammond. SO, Of Wareham,
Mass, said he goes back 10 1862
and the Fifth Infantry in the
Philippines, and the other, Elton
Carr Smithers, 65, dated himself
TO approximately the same
island period but to the Fourth
Cavalry.
The appearance of these an
clients give me hope that the
next TO toddle out of the bosky
may be a fellow / knew by the
name of Baldy Holmes COM
pared TO whom Hammond and
-Smithers would be just Johnny
come recently on Luzon and
who may have been the first
American soldier TO marry
Filipino lady and settle on her
home heath.
The last / heard of Baldy he
was living in a little barrio or
village near Calumpit with his
wife and quite passel of
young 'uns and a carabao or
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

A YEAR or so ago Mr.. Aldous
IA Huxley turned from the
writing OF almost fiawless mod
ern novels 10 boost the methods
of a Mr.. Bates for the improve
ment OF vision.
In his youth Mr.. Huxley suf-'
fered an attack OF keratitis
punctata which left one eye
just capable of light perception
and the other with about 5 per
cent OF normal vision.
He undoubtedly got the best
Of medical advice which evi-
IDENTIFY was discouraging as TO
any helpful treatment.
But IL seems TO me a lesson
which all doctors should take TO
heart, that this highly intell-
gent man was never satisfied
with so discouraging a verdict.
even though he appreciated the
reasonableness Of II.
MR. HUXLEY met a woman
1'l disciple Of the late Mr..
Bates who introduced him 10 a
set Of eye exercises which in
cludes 'winking." nose read
Ing" "palming." and summing.
Within a month or more he
had learned 10 read without the
use Of lenses and could read
without fatigue and strain for
he had learned 10 avoid the con-
ditions making for strain.
He admits his visual acuity
has not increased. but says hs
has learned TO use what he has
greater advantage.
= The act OF seeing is not en-
tirely confined 10 the eyes.
There is a brain part OF IL,
too, and IL l understand what is
meant by Mr.. Huxley the exer-
cises taught him TO sharpen and
control the brain centers for
vision.
He published his experiences
In a book called The Art of
Seeing" which caused consider
able comment at the time
among oculists. most of IL un-
favorable.
I will admit as I read the
book it seemed very foolish and
confused, but then I was never
In the position of being afflicted
with poor vision.
Recently the discussion has
come up again In the medical
magazines.
DR.. w. 3. Lancaster OF Boston
points out that one OF the
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

Only partially so. Grand
mother married as a matter of
course. She usually had only
two or three beaux, and even il
she was not in love she married
anyhow-partly because IL was
the thing TO do. partly because
being an "old maid" was q dis
grace, whereas now IL is q sort
of badge of freedom.
2-No. David Seabury, psy-
chologist. shows the conceited
person is prevented by his own
conceit from discovering he is
conceited. That's his blind
spot. He thinks he is the one
who Is all right, and others are
all wrong.
3-n you ever tried 10 coun-
sci people in trouble, especially
those in trouble through their
own habits and mistakes. you
found that the last thing these
people want 10 know is them
selves. They make excuses. and
dodge and twist and turn every
way possible to keep from look
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

I don't blame this Inspector
he is earning his living doing
this kind of work, although how
anybody can do it. I cannot
imagine. He is obeying orders.
He is bringing in his cases and
may be regarded as the most
efficient snooper in the entire
OPA.
But if this market closes
down. as hundreds already have
in New York because they are
squeezed between one govern
ment policy and another. all
these customers will be exceed
ingly put out and in difficulties.
I'm sure that any one would be
willing to give the overcharged
lady a dime to settle the srgu-
ment. But who cares a damn
about the welfare and conven-
fence of the citizen? He is only
there TO pay taxes and to trern-
bic and obey.
Copyright. is4s. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

quence Of q sudden demand for
energy on such other lines dur
the momentary period when
such demand causes the system
OF two utilities to be out Of bal
ance."
II you were the power admin
istrator how would you like 10
have 10 translate that? p.
II is my considered opinion
Mr. Boren must have written IL
with an egg-beater.
MRS. ELEANOR WILSON
ANl McADOO arrived quietly in
town the other day and took ii
for granted she was here for the
inauguration. But IL seems she
isn't. She hasn't been invited.
Mrs. McAdoo, daughter OF
President Woodrow Wilson and
former wife Of the late ex-Sec-
retary Of the Treasury William
Gibbs McAdoo. said the last in
auguration she attended was
her fathers second term.
Her parent, OF course. was
the last Democratic president
before Roosevelt, which would
seem TO make her sort of eligi-
BILE. ! asked Mrs. McAdoo IL
she had any idea why she was
passed up.
II guess whoever hands out
the invitations didn't know I
was In town." she said.
Maybe this'll get her an In
vitation. Amt 1 the little good
doer7
I DO not suppose Il would be
l. possible to find two senators
more unlike than Claude Pepper
OF Florida and Arthur Capper OF
Kansas. The first is a whole
souled New Dealer: the other a
hard-shell Republican. About
the only thing they agree on is
that New Years Day is Jan. /.
The other evening Senator
Capper attended a session OF
the Women's National Patriotic
Conference. but took his place
unobtrusively down on the floor.
Someone spotted him, however,
and whispered the news to Mrs.
Melvin Shelton, president Of
the Society for Constitutional
Government, who was presiding.
Mrs. Shelton Immediately
halted the proceedings.
we have q very distinguished
statesman among u.s." she
cooed. T wonder II ne will come
to the platform: He In none
other than Senator Arthur
Pepper!-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

II IN the fight my arm Was strong
And forced mp foes 10 yield,
II eoHquerinG and unhurt I come
Back from the battlefield,
II is because thy prayers have
been
MY safeguard and my shield.
Proctor.
ENOW will give you the
~ score In the Pacific area"
Is the way one radio comnen-
tator recently prefaced his re-
port OF the bloody battles in
the Philippine Islands.
"Onr side made a successful
end run I'm Germany today" is
how another radio reporter
started off his account OF the
equally bloody battles in Eu-
rope.
Too many OF these silvery-
tongued nitwlts of the net
works report war news as II
engaged in furnishing the de-
tails Of a sporting event.
IN EUROPE recently some
Il u. S. P-47 planes were un-
successful in a pursuit of some
jet-propelled German Messer-
schmidts. Our planes were
going al the rate of 400 miles
an hour but the Messerschmidts
were travelling 500 miles an
hour.
u. s. marine just returned
from the Pacific says the slogan
some of the boys at the front
are now voicing is: Golden
Gate by '4S. Breadline in 40"
Which is the greater problem
for parents A teen-age daHgh-
ter or a teen-age son. One
father of a large family states:
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

THE postmaster general Of
i Iceland. the Hon. Hlidal
Gudnunder, has just checked
into the Statler. ] am informed
by a number OF Icelandic play
mates that his last name means
god of everything"
Our postmaster general. the
Hon. Frank c. Walker. does not
claim as much territory. He
merely lords IL over Esquire
magazine.
DEP. LYLE BOREN of Okla
IL homa is a fine legislator. a
nice fellow and usually a model
of clear thinking. But yesterday
he offered an amendment 10 Sec
tion 201 OF the federal power act
which reads as follows:
For the purposes of this part,
electric energy shall be held to
'slop over when II passes from
the lines Of one person TO those
OF another person In conse-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

mer Rice and Marc Connolly.
The gist Of what they repeatedly
said was: mot good enough"
Miss Hellman merely won the
New York Drama Critics Circle
Prize.
TIiE first nights: Although. the
Il Main Stem is packed with
more musicals than you can
shake baton at, the past week
contributed another for the the
ater's song and dance chorus.
"A Lady Says Yes" says an
eyeful with a lavish show which
doesn't live up 10 its checkbook.
The only good lines In it are
those Mother Nature gave Car
ole Lands. The ditties are So
so. the humor $3.50 and the
aisle sitters were so sorry. The
Posts Wilella Waldorf labeled
IL: AN undistinguished musi-
cal"
Varietys Philly boy reports
M. Todd's Central Park" will
take its place along with
"Bloomer Girl" and other musi-
cal bargains.
e
A CLEVELAND reader writes:
"A II lost my own boy less than
four months ago In the Pacific.
He was 10. I write 20 ask your
help In getting the movie max
ers to omit certain episodes.
Last week was the first time
(since receiving our tragic news)
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
On the
Side

ing for him. Says Spitalny:
Most girls marry for security
so we pay high wages 10 cir
cumvent marriage"
So Japan is having some
earthquakes. About two years
ago il was predicted by several
men Of science that the Nippon
ese would have severe earth
uuakes in 1945. One scientist
stated IL was possible that some
day the islands OF Japan would
suddenly sink into the sea and
disappear completely. Now
would be q nice time for that.
DASSING BY: Enid Markey.
Il Once Of Hollywood, now Of
Broadway. A star in the cradle
days Of the, film industry. She
was the original Tarzan's mate.
That was when Elmo Lincoln
played Tarzan.
Marva Louis. Wife of the
heavyweight boxing champion.
After the war Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis will open q night club in
Chicago. Joe is an indulgent
husband. Instead OF opposing
his wife's ambitions to have a
career Of her own. he offers TO
buy her a night club. &
Elisabeth Bergner. Gfeat
favorite of Sir James Barrie,
whose last play, The Boy
David" was written especially
for her. Elisabeth's acting Is
marred by an uncomfortable
desire TO dominate every scene.
In commenting on the two Mrs.
Carols, one critic said:
Victor Jery plays opposite Of
Miss Bergner, when he gets q
chance"
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

TEE other day l went to mar
Il ket to do some shopping and
walked into a commotion as
despicable as anything I had
ever witnessed in this country.
II made me realize the humilia-
tions through which honest men
and women lived in NaZi Ger
many where spies and snoopers
logged their steps and the citi-
zens shivered and shook in ter
ror of petty officialdom.
An OPA secret agent was on
the job. He wore no uniform.
There was no badge 10 indicate
his authority. He, young man.
no older than those who are
fighting in the mud and frost
of Belgium and Germany, was
there to discover IL an honest
merchant calculated fractions
of pound with the mechanical
accuracy of brain machine.
Apparently woman had pur-
chased some lamb which. when
trimmed, weighed ] pound and
7 ounces. According to his cal
culations. the price should have
been 81 cents and the store
charged S10z-
That market cares for the
wants Of several hundred farni-
lies. virtually small town. We
have been trading there for
about seven years. We buy our
meat, fish, vegetables and gro-
ceries there. Over those years
our experience has been salts
factory.
GO THIS youthful looking
~ OPA Inspector threw his
weight around and announced
his authority and pulled out his
little book and fountain pen and
calculated and figured with all
the customers standing around
him.
Then he went to the vege-
table side and announced that
he had bought a lettuce which
should have been 13 cents and
that he had been charged %
cents. The man who sold il
denied the charge. II was a
cash transaction. He had no
slip. no bill. no witnesses, no
evidence. The transaction oc-
CURED half an hour before he
raised the subject.
Out came the little book.
Out came the fountain pen
Then he discovered that some
tangerines and pears had no
price tags.
A housewife can tell me
within a few cents what the
prices are of things she requires
in that market. 1t is, / repeat,
a neighborhood, family market
OF friendly people who have
bought there for years. Sup
pose the price tag is missing
the customers know what's
what.
DUT this OPA guy floats In
- and starts making the gov
eminent OF the United States
about as unpopular as can be at
a time when nearly everybody
trading in this store is worried
about sons. nephews, sons-in-
law. husbands who are really
serving their country where
service counts.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

that my husband and I went 10
q movie theater. So We chose
one We thought would give US
q lift. It was An American Ro-
nance The scene where the
parents read tho telegram from
the war department. was almost
moro than I could bear, ss it
almost paralleled our own grief.
Then We saw jamie and IL was
full of similar misery for us and,
I am sure, other parents whose
sons have been killed In action.
Why doesn't the movie industry
consider all of(Ls and not
open parents wounds again and
again?"
THE Storytellers: Foreign
L newsboy Larry Allen spent
spent 20 months at an Axis
prisoner OF war camp. In Co.'S
mopolitan he Vvidly describes
the thorny life Allied prisoners
lead. II offers a shocking con-
trast 10 the bed-of-roses exis-
tence enemy prisoners have over
here.
Philip Wylie's thesis In Amer
ican Mercury is a face fuzz-
litter.
In the March issue OF See mag
Allan Chase expertly reports the
menace in South America.
Comforting thawt for authors
OF books banned by the Boston
Bluenoses; The four books mixed
last year are now among the 10
most popular best-sellers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

LIoUoR
Fs. fy-vshd through Jan II.
PROCEssID FOODS
Bies x-s throufh 0-1-vand tndeh-
nitsly.
MATS. CHEEsE. FATS
nef o-n throarh X-B-vaiid Indefinitely
one 10 salvage fat rood for 4 cent?
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
STAMP ~, Book a-valid indefinitely.
A nes stamp valid FEB. for , months
probably.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL

mean, every meeting with her
mother. We have both done our
best to handle this thing sensi-
bly,, but II still goes on, as my
mother-in-law is very set in her
ways. So now / want your ad-
vice on what. we (or - should
do 10 cure her of the habit. /
would appreciate a prompt re-
ply, so we can settle down TO q
happy family life.
n. ~.
DEAR ~. N:
IF YOUR mother-in-law Will
control her tongue, It
does not follow that your wife
has to be equally uncontrolled.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
DEAR MARY HAWORT'H:

/ am a man % years old. !
have a wonderful wife and a
beautiful baby. We three are
very happy together. i trust
my wife and she trusts me COM
pletely. But trouble always
starts when my wife meets her
mother who constantly brings
UP my wife's past, which has
been absolutely forgotten by us.
but which the mother cannot
forget, IL seems
= Her unpleasant Jibes hurt my
ktfe= =deePiEef course and her
remarks are repeated 10 me
after each ordeal-by which l
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
Brain Game Answers

President Thomas Jefferson.
2-(a) True. (b) False. II il
a four-stringed Hawaiian
guitar invented by Manuel
Nunez.
Sal is correct.
Benny Friedman and Benny
Oosterbaan who played for
the University of Michigan.
sThe cobra. BY monotonous
music.
e(a) Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania. (b) Oregon.
Nevada, Arizona.
Harvard Merrill Hodgkins.
S1The Waverly novels.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

ing themselves squarely in the
face and saying candidly, You
are the guilty party"
Are you a good risk as a mar
riage partner7
Can you be happy with the
partner Of your choice?
What are the signs that fore
tell the success Of any mar
riage?
Two Of Americas outstanding
sociologists spent years search
ing out this vital information
and now DR.. wiggam has
secured IL for YOU. With IL
you can score yourself and your
partner on the important fac
tors Of marriage success.
This booklet will be sent st
cost, 10 cents, and a stamped
t3c) self addressed envelope.
Address DR.. Wiggarn, care this
newspaper.
rp' - OFT TIMES C-I5
@ss alE
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

a Cospcn t4--< gallons valid through
March Al.
Re and C-e Coupens-5 fallons each.
tLsv requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
TrFI OIL
Periods 4, = and s-vslid throufh SEPT.
so
sHoEe
Airplans stamps q. . ant s-vsnt
Indefinitely, O
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
Connolly Answers

la. 2--(aD. 3-(a). 4-
(c). 5-(c). 6-(a) Will
liam Mckinley, (b) Theo-
dore Roosevelt. (c) Wood
row Wilson, I'D Abraham
Lincoln. (e) Benjamin n
Franklin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20

fundamental laws Of biology is
that repetition of an act facili-
tates It's performance.
The first time one makes a
billiard shot he does il awk-
wardly, the hundredth time dex-
terUusfy and with ease.
Thus he thinks eye exercises
are valuable for treatment of
color blindness, 10 increase
acuity of peripheral vision, and
for speed and fac,lity in doing
typing and bookkeeping even IL
some ocular defect is present.
The methods of eye exercises
developed up 10 the present are
clumsy. but with scientific ocu-
lists giving attention 10 this
field it may be made very
neaftt1
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

6. p. BIN recent article
you said Thomas Addison de-
scribed pernicious anemia. I
have Addison's disease. Is il the
same thing. and would liver ex-
tract help7
Answer Thomas Addison de-
scribed both. diseases. Liver ex-
tract does not help Addison
disease, but plenty OF salt does.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-08
ROOSEVELT'S CAREER
MEN IN CAPITAL

Key government jobs at Washington
seem to move around in a circle with a
chosen few being shuffled about as new
places are opened up or something nap
pens to cause a vacancy. There 3le NC
Mutt, Wallace, Ninson, Byrnes, BoWleS,
Nelson and the Davis clan. Somewhat
of an exception is Stettinius He compar-
atively was a newcomer in the family
when Secretary Hull resigned.
Then the happen so" came along and
Jesse Jones was shunted from his 13-
wear career. a recalcitrant senate made
it necessary for some more shuffllng.
The Jones dual Job was split up and
Wallace safely is in cabinet post, when
is Just $3.50 career job Then came
the necessity for finding successor for
the other half of Jones Job.
Ringside seat holders at the capital
ventured a number of likely persons m
cluding the fortnight hustler and sue
cessful businessman, Eric Johnston, head
of the L. S. chamber of commerce. But
the choice went to Fred NJ. Nlnson, the
very good Kentucky Democrat former
Federal judge and director of economic
stabilization. The senate accepted Nm-
son without inquiring into his experience
in such business as the RFC handles.
AGAIN Ine necessity loi Seie@'.liS me-,
for a lob. Still again the President drew
on his career list and William II. Davis,
chairman of the war labor board was cat
apulted into a new spot.
Automatically, i was then that George
w. Taylor, vice chairman of the Davis
board was moved on up. Now there is
place open for beginner No doubt a
clerk in the war labor board offices, or
perchance a secretary will get the nod.
In the meantime there still are few
lame duck" senators and representatives
on the waiting list, although the lowan,
Ex-senator Gillette got the best top car
eer post when the war surplus disposal
bureau was organized several weeks ago.
And so the circle keeps on circling'
New blood in the administration IS a
rare thing, indeed
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-08
VICTORY GARDENS
MEAN AID TO WAR

Again the nation has heard an urgent
appeal for everyone, where possible, to
plant a victory garden-a bigger one
than ever The vegetables you grow never
will find their way to the men on the
fighting fronts, but like amount will
be freed for its part in winning the war
Here in Imperial Valley the time is at
hand to stir the ground and get the plant
ing done and without delay. In some
cases you will have what you grow on
YOUR table before seeds even are soWn IN
other parts of the country. That means
a continuous victory garden where less
favored areas in climate only can grow
one crop in the year.
American farmers are called upon to
increase acreages this year. This will be
difficult because of manpoWer shortage.
Your victory garden will help take up
the slack where the farmers will be un-
able to meet the call.
Besides assisting greatly in the war, It
is fun and healthful to tend bit OF
garden.
Try it.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-08
10 THE WINTER IS PAST

Unless there is an extra Shift, winter
has left the Valley, which is to say the
windy season. In the ordinary run OF
family and community life, entrance OF
spring is cleanup time. ACCUMULATED
rnhbish and refuse. hidden under blankets
of snow and ice, comes to sight and sig
nails the time to clean it out. Here in Ell
Centre the wind supplants snow and after
a restless period, movable objects, like
old paper, cartoons and what not come
to rest. The spot may be an alley, fence
or a row of trees Anywhere Judgement
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

DOE as Administrator of the Es-
tate of K. ROE, Deceased, Defend
ants.
You are hereby directed to ap-
pear and answer tLe Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this summons
If served within this county; or
within thirty Gays if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required the said plaintiff
Will take Judgment fer any money
ol damages demanded in the COM
rlaint, as arising upon contract, or
It will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under nv hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County OF Imperial, State of Cali
fornia this 4th day of October, 1914.
tSeaD w. j. McCLELLAND
County Clerk
BY Citha Lamson
Deputy
No. 3 j 17-24-31 + 7-14-21
Mar 7-l4-2l-28