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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

mo. This is one Of the Curl
osities of sex and marriage psy-
chology. Nearly all natural par
ents want their first child to be
a boy, but adoption agencies
everywhere report that couples
who apply for a child 10 adopt
specify emphatically. "A blue
eyed, smiling, curly haired girl"
If YOU know why this is, you're
a wiser man than l am, Gunga
Din. 9.
2-Yes. AT least IL tends in
that direction. All the evidence
would indicate that college
women are above the average IN
intelligence, moral character.
health, long life and beauty.
Since little over half of them
marry, and when they do they
have very few children not
nearly enough 10 replace the
parents-certainly this leads to
a distinct loss TO the race Of
these important qualities. OF
course. noncollege women have
sufficient health. beauty and in-
telligence to carry on the race,
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

ers that this country make
postwar loan OF either S6,000,-
100000 or SS,0O0,000 is an
error in judgment and econom-
IcS il is altogether unneces-
sary and is planned to be used
for settlement of the claims of
nations within the common
wealth-which is an untenable
position.
1t would be simpler and more
business-like 10 float either
bond or common stock issues
in the American market as soon
as the war Is overland such a
procedure would cement the re-
lations between the regions.
These regions are not COM
petitive. They are complement
tary and have been since the
Civil War.
Copyright. ie45. by King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
w ASHINCTON Scene
By George Dixon

HERE is thought / woul d
II like to leave with those who
think for q living. AS every
one in this seemingly boundleSs
category assures me. the wear
and tear on the brain is some
thing awful.
So why won't the treasury
permit thinkers 10 claim income
tax deduction for depreciation
OF the head?
got into what might be
called peripatetIc debate on
this subject in New York the
other night. The debate began
at Toots Shor's and continued
across town 10 the Stork Club.
In IL, at various stages, were
such outstanding thinkers OF
our time as brain truster Shor
himself; Mr. Lawrence Wood
tChipl Robert former assistant
secretary of the treasury; Mr..
Herb Polesie. the radio typhoon:
Mr.. Morton Downey, who thinks
eight to the bar; Mr.. Ham
Fisher. whose oldest boy. Joe
Palooka. Is in the army. and last,
but looking as If he had been
raised on yeast-Mr. Richard
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

buck generals. Not where the
generals can hear.
can always tell a -ggeff--
erals car, and avoid any diff
culties concerning missed Sd
lutes, because the generals
cars have signs on the front
with the correct number OF
stars. Most ! ever saw was four
Zen, Marshall : eai. That was
just before he got his filth star,
d1u II was back IN Lhe States,
OF course.
There's lots Of variation in
generals. Some are ramrodS,
and some are distinctly human
-as human as the rigid army
system viii let them be.
There's a story of one gen.
eral who customarily moves
quietly round through the ranks
whenever he can do so unde-
teCted. because he wants to
know what is troubling his men.
If anything.
ANE day, so the story goes.
" a couple of old pTivates
were moaning over their length
OF -yOTYICG- BY Old, ! mean hey
were along toward the top 30's.
My, my, how young and frisky
some of the old men (like
me- will be when we get out.
Anyway. these two had been
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

HYPOTHYROlDISM. or a lack
thyroid discretion from
the gland IN the neck. Is we'll
known and rather common dis
order Nevertheless, treatment
OF this condition is often de-
layed until complications, such
as heart damage occur.
DR. Jacob J. KohIhas Of Phila-
delphia suggests that patients
WITH hypothyroldiSm are less
sensitive 10 pain and bodily dis
comfort than are normal per-
Sons. This happens because their
mental reactions are slow. The
patient also gets used 20 certain
changes that 90 on IN the skin
aS well as TO loss OF hair, conSti-
patton and sleepInesS. Other
symptoms which may occur are
changes IN the voice. poor appe-
tite and ulcers or sores. on the
tongue.
THE principal symptoms of
Il this condition are pufiineSs
OF the face and eyelids, swelling
of the tongue and voice-box or
larynx which produce a hoarse.
slow speech. The skin is rough
and dry. The hair falls out all
over the body. There are slug
glshness OF the inteStines and
poor memory.
IL these symptoms appear, a
basal metabollsm test should be
made 10 determine the rate at
which the body activities are
going on The test is made by
having the patient breathe into
a small tank and measuring the
fsmount Of oxygen he uses up in
-. given period OF time. In the
patient with hypothyroidism,
the basal metabolism rate is be-
low normal.
Another test for hypothyroid-
ism is 10 determine the amount
of a fatty substance known as
cholesterol in the blood. In
hypothyroidism the amount of
blood cholesterol is increased.
However. there are other condi-
tions. such as diabetes. blocking
OF the bile passages and high
fat diet, which may cause a rise
In the blood cholesterok
IF WITH these tests, and
L study of the symptoms. it is
still uncertain as 10 whether or
not the patient has hypothyroid-
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

Tregaskis, celebrated author Of
"Guadalcanal Diary"
MR.. TREGASKIS. inciden-
WI tally. is 8 feet Z inches high,
and weighs less than 1875
pounds. which may give you
general idea of his stature. He
told us a very gripping story
about his feet.
II seems he is unable 10
wear ready-made shoes for the
simple reason that his left foot
requires size Ia and his right
foot size Is. In addition to not
matching, both OF these sizes
are a trifle huge.
Because he cannot possibly
get replacementS in the battle
theaters, Mr.. Tregaskis always
has to take extra footgear with
HIM. OH forgot to say-he
was leaving for the Pacific ,he
night we were with hlm-and is
now on his way-as a staff COR
respondent for a weekly maga-
zine.
This IN no Kidding said
Richard. 81 had 10 get per-
init for excess baggage--just TO
cover my extra shoes.
MR.. SHOR, who thinks at the
AA drop OF hat. OF chateau
tas he thinks the French put iD
professed TO be very modest.
Hanging his head-which is
quite a feat because il weighs
50 pounds alone--he demurred.
VT the government allowed
depreciation on the head I
would owe II a lot of money!
Said Mr.. Downey:
THE basic Idea seems sound,
but what about my dearest
friends. They certainly should
be allowed double depreciation
allowance because they are no
two-facedw
Mr.. Fisher murmured that
this was lust like dear old
Morton--always thinking about
his friends" The distinguished
cartoonist added that Mr..
Downey should create a sinking
fund-and stick his head in il.
Mr. Robert said that when he
was in the treasury he would
have insisted that people with
two heads pay more tax, in
stead of less.
Two heads are better than
one" he observed, Sententiously.
Said Mr.. Polesie:
"If the government would al
low for wear and tear, on my
head ! would certainly depreci-
ate IT,"
We shot him.
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Reproduction In whole OF In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

ISM, q test can be made by glV-
ing thyroid extract IN the proper
dose II the symptoms then
improve, II may be probable
that the difficulty is due to a
lack OF thyroid secretion and
the Treatment may Then be con-
tlnued
LnEgc- -dozcx- Of -tt11Ln!d- extract
should not bc employed Small
quantities VIII usually bring
about the desired results. Within
a week. the basal metabolism
test may return 10 normal.
However, heart changes and
anemia or lack Of Col0ring IN
the blood, which are often pres
ent IN the hypothyroid patient,
may not improve fore several
months Obviously. the sooner
treatment IS started. the less
permanent damage 10 the tiS-
sues will have resulted from the
hypothyToid condition.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
MARY HAWORTH.S Mail

yelps that follow his arrival.
lie begins by yanking the girls
pinafore and winds up with no
holds barred. Once he grabbed
her hand and bit hard.
But only once, as / admins
tered first aid 10 the seat of his
pants. His mother and / have
discussed this problem. read
everything we eould find on the
subject and have even spanked
the boy and defended the girl.
The latter now goes into her
piayroom and locks the door
when she heatA him coming.
nave small baby and
should be fully occupied with
my own problems-ss am.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

THE British Commonwealth OF
Il Nations is a unique organ
lZation of sovereign states. colo
MES and dependencies IN an
association OF mutual aid Within
II are nations like England
Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa, such areas of
ambiguous relationship as India
or Palestine and crown colonies
like Hong Kong.
II iS an amazing fact i'm his
tory that so heterogeneous a
conglomeration of varieties of
peoples and forms of govern
ment can remain together in
any manner whatsoever. Yet
the fact is that after the most
disastrous war in a thousand
years OF history. the British
commonwealth and empire does
stand and is economically and
politically potent.
In addition 10 the countries
and areas within the British
commonwealth certain Euro
pean nations normally are asso-
Ciated with the economics and
therefore the politics of Great
Britain.
THESE countries are the Scan
Il dinavian. particularly Nor
way. Holland. Belgium, Portugal.
Spain. Italy and Greece. The re-
lationship between Great Brit
ain and France is always in
doubt, but France requires an
economic friend" and may find
an association with Great Brit
ain preferable to any other.
Whereas the countries of the
American region have the ad-
vantage of choice IN their rela-
tionshipS with countries in Eu-
rope and Asia. many OF the
British areas are so situated
geographically that they are
forced TO become affected imme-
diately by events and conditions
among their neighbors. Thus,
what happens in Iran affects
Iraq and Palestine; Arab
Jewish relations sharply influ-
ence political currents i'm the
largest units of the Moslem
world, most of which are within
the British region; the future
of Dutch rule in the East Indies
relates TO the future of the
British position in Malaga, Bor-
neo and even India.
1T MATTERS little what men
Il say, the cold historic fact is
that when Great Britain is in
volved IN war, the United States
is involved. One explanation
may be that Great Britain is
this country's principal GUS
toner; or better still. the Brit
iSh commonwealth is so prepon-
derant a factor in American
trade as to affect vitality Ameri-
can interests A ~ N
Theoretically, the British are
broke. Actually, parts of the
commonwealth, India for in
stance, are in excellent eco
nomic shape, and Great Britain's
dollar assets in the United
States are as large or larger
today than they were at the
outbreak of the war.
The desire OF some British
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

The main question in my mind
is, what effect will all this tur-
moil have on my little girl?
She has pleasant disposition
and ! wonder II this constant
fussing will spoil il. / don't
want her to be sissy. and SO
far she plays quite we'll with
other children in d play yard
that ordinarily Is used by at
least half a dozen al once.
However. she seems upset and
jittery after the boys visits and
often Sights the next meal /
try never TO comment on her
reaction IN her presence. bat
I've had my I'll of This toollsh-
ness. What should do. G. T..
-
DEAR G. p:
WHAT 10 do? Well. If JUS
w tice were served. Johnnle's
mother would be denied the
privilege Of bringing him 10
Your home. She Is the mis-
CTcant here. She is guilty Of
terrorizlng your daughter. She
is entire y anSBerable for
Johnnic,s performance.
~ She lets him run wild be-
cause actually She IS smItten
with What she considers
virile display OF masculine force
and aggression & Z = f--
Ny advice l. TO cut tire
comedy OF trying TO help
Johnnie's mother get control OF
him. She Is more or less salts
fed with him a. ne iS. II she
weren't. she would be doing a
great deal more than has been
done TO tame him down.
She goes through the motions
of study and earnest discussion
10 keep face with you Your
duty 20 friendship ends where
your duty 10 your child begins,
If there is conflict between the
two. VI. III.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

PROCEssED FOODS
Blue va through M-1-Vallo through
June q.
Blue M thToBgh e-1-Vand through
July i.
BIas T., throorb x-s-vsnd through
sls. T., through o-i-vsnd through
MATS. CHEESE. rAIs
Red rs thrsaEh D-s-vslio urourn
REQ "a through i-,-vsnd through
Red X, through r-7-vsra through
July 81.
Red o-7 through U-7-vsHd through
Aug 81.
One ID. saivaFe fat good for cents
and two ration points.
SHOTS
Airplane stamps 4, q and 3-valic in
definitely Loose Stampt not accrpfcd
Landlords must register all TENANCY
CHANGES and all rented SPACE for
living or sleeping.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

in 20th's Mob Hill' and ID.
Zanuck's version of "A Bell for
Adano." the Pulitzer prize novel.
II opens al the Music Hall in
July.
THE USO-Camp shows need
Il hundreds OF singers, ballet
girls and tap dancers for over
seas trouping in eight musicals.
Top names needed also. Apply
USO-Camp shows at 8 East
doth street, NY c. Former
II. T. drama critic Dick Watts
Jr.. may start his own mag.
The producers OF the film
"Dillinger" report that exhibi-
tors, patrons and many critics
enjoyed the picture and that IL
has hung up some new records
in N. Y. Cincy and Detroit.
Al special meeting of Equity
the other day an aged character
actress lin making poinD
spoke SO disparingiy of FDR the
audience almost tore her 10
shreds. She was hiSsed and
booed off.
Pilots at Miami Beach will
betcha their prisoner the other
flight was Non RibbentFep G-
man Hoover denies IL Sug-
gestion: Put Hermann (Meyerl
Goering in a monkey cage with
other fat babooas, send him On
a coast-to-coast tour and charge
Americans a 500 bond for
gander at the superman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
Letters From
A Soldier

swimming, and had settled
themselves in the sun to dry.
"The army" they were telling
each other, doesn't need n
couple of old jOes like US. They
onghta discharge us"
The surface of the water
broke and the head OF a man,
who had been swimming under
water. emerged "YOu," said one
of the privates. Dent you think
YOU ought to get out at your
age, pop: ,"
The general-of course, Il was
The general whose head was in
the water-just grinned rather
wryly.
why, no." he said AS a
matter of fact the army has
treated me rather weii." And
away he swami
The two privates didn't know
who they were calling Pop
and unless they happened TO
see the generals picture some
where, they never did find out.
So the only place the story
could have come from is--from
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
Brain Game Answers

Joe Mccarthy.
2-For 40 days.
3-(al False A hector Is a
bully, a quarrelsome. domi-
neering fellow. (b) True.
4-Le Bourget.
5-"Give My Regards" Little
Johnny Jones'; Blue Room"
The Girl Friend d.: MY
Heart Stood STILL" Connecti-
cut Yankee; Let's Get
Lost" Happy Go Lucky.
ga treadle.- The machine was
attached to the table of a
sewing machine.
because rice, being deficient
in gluten, will not make
bread unless used with the
flour of other grains.
Sit is a woman's hoop skirt
of the 18th and 18th CEN
turtles.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
nAs,,LINE

GASOLINE
4 Ccapop ts-4 gallonk VaDo through
June ~
B-e and &c Coupon~-o gallons escn.
~ sne CT Cespons-S gallons eech.
Law reouires state name ana ncense
numDer ot written on evsrJ coupon
when received.
Gas for soldisrs-1 gallon q day Up 70
80 dsu Mileage ration record tor
specifc auto must ne pteSented ~
soldier 20 local board where car
reFittered
FULL OIL
Pericus 4 al Z and s-vsnd through
AuE. 81.
Stamp Is. Book A-Velid through
stamp %. Book valid through
Aur 81
Ration BoOk q. No. 1-Veiid through
May 81 1 quart of whisky.
Ration Roos q No. 3s-Vaid through
MAY 81 for BONUS, I quart Of ain.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
NV Al Y>UTUR XNUNETIEU On
w 1AA w

A T THE Stork Club: Every
"A time / meet gal I really
like she's either married-or I
am"
At the Park Central lounge:
Time mooches on" At
Bradley's: us he a wolf?
Every time he takes a walk he
gets a cinderella in his eye" -.
At Ruban Bleu: "She reminds
me of somebody's mother. My
dachshunds! At the Hotel
4btxie- Plantation Room: Our
armies have turned the goose
steps into goosepimpies. -
A lotta fellers who complain
that their boss is dumb would
be out Of a job if he were
smarter.
DILL NICHOLS, one of the
- editors invited by Eisen-
hover TO witness the savagery
of the Nazis in Germany. will
probably never forget the trip.
Not only because of the terrible
things =he=saw= IN -thc concen-
tration camps tand gas cham
bers) where Germans tortured
victims Bill was billeted in
bombed-out Hotel Excelsior at
Munich. Candles were the only
illumination-and he knows how
Malcolm Bingay (of the Detroit
Free Press himself was tor
tured. II was awful, says
Nichols, in agonized tones
Poor Malcolm The Detroit
editor discovered typewriter
In a room and, flushed with
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
JACK PICKERING

EDITORS NOTE-Cpi. lack
Pickering, former Times column
al, hos landed al Howaii- -His-
writings are excerpts from let.
ters to friends at this office.
COME more notes from a
y Pacific CT Two things YOU
never get away from In the
army getting UP IN the morn-
Ing and salutiHg
remains always
except IN the cOmbdt areas
OF course where salutlnc IS "A
good way TO get somebody
killed -
The fornality- of various posts
differs widely though. In a
training camp there's < nett
raised if you miss Saluting
second lieutenant, Other places.
only the higher ranks are dan
gefous TO ignore although l
play it safe and highball every
body. even including navy Off
GERS who pay no attention at
all. So / guess III quit saluting
them.
ptGttT-aEp4Hd- -e}t4tii,- fee1tt of
IL course, there are soldiers
carrying all sorts OF brass. In
fact. some of the older hands
have got 10 referring 10 one
star or brIgadler generals as
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

When thy soft accents through
mine ear
Into my soul do fly
What angel t0ouid not qDlt his
sphere
To hear sueh kofmery2
When commanded an bp thee,
Or by thine eye or hand,
IEkst monarch ,,rtit n mt
prouder be
To serUe than 10 cOmmopd2
Thomas Stanley
tAbOve was written I'm the
seventeenth century. In those
days the men really poured il
on when expressing the extent
of their affections. And the
ladies loved ii. Or so history
tell u.s.
HMoST bachelors are care
VI less smokers due 10 the
slipshnd liNes= they lead tiHhaI-
lowed by the solicitious attention
and meticulous care of a
~oman's presence.
That's what a commentator
on careless sm king say s.
Sounds as If tins old boy was
playing up 10 t1g t5dIeS.
Why always pick on the
bachelors ? | used 10 be baehe-
Tor myself and don't like 70 see
=the=S-tRg le- men continually
criticized.
AS for careless smokers, some
of the most careless / know of
are married women.
At parties in other peoples
hottSes- wurTl EN- g-aYe- -msIe
lighted clgaretS lying around IN
the wrong places tndn men do.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

but IL seems a pity that we
have to suffer such a loss.
3-No. The children will
likely have their own children
TO care for, or may have 4,
health or misfortune and be
unable TO care for the parents.
And IL isn't quite fair TO the
children, where il can be
avoided by savings and fore
sight. Again many children are
ungrateful wretches and either
refuse TO care for their parents,
or shunt them about from one
child's home 10 another. max
ing them feel unwelcome and
unhappy everywhere. Bad policy
all abound.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
Connolly Answers

l-(c). 2-(c). 3-(b). 4E(a).
Sci. 6-(a) BY striking
with wooden mallets; (b)
by rubbing with soft-headed
stick; (c) by ciapping to-
gether; I'D by striking with
metal stick; (e) by shaking.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

everything he had seen, sat
down and by touch system (un-
able 10 see the paper in the
machine) typed steadily for four
hours-chasing Nichols out of
the room whenever he saun-
tered In Finally, BiRgay
came out, waving rolled up
sheets OF copy paper, and de-
clared II was the greatest piece
he had ever done To prove
II. he handed the documents TO
Nichols, who found not one
word written down. Poor Bin
gay After four hard hours
and inspiration-there was no
ribbon in the typewriter!
WITH Luff and-Kixxxxxx!:
w Jimmy Durante' zingy
radioafing Milton Berle's.
too . Joe T.. Lewis remark
able performance Gao minutes
OF belly-laffsl at II. Hover's
Ciro'S IN Hwood. Plus Phil
=0hman's crew there.
Prof. Emil Coleman's orches-
ira at Cholly Morrison's glam-
joynt, Mocambo.
The blintzes at Dawes Blue
Room Ton the Sunset Strip, If
you can get In.
The fun at Slapsie Makes.
Styne and Gains new post
war song classic: I'm Clad /
Waited for You"
Ida Lupinos gay actressing in
PILLOW TO Post" a Warneriot.
Geo. Raft and Joan Bennett
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
4 FRIEND OF mine has a son

just few months younger
than my daughter, who is 2.
Contacts between the two fami-
lies are very close and con-
slider this girl about the best
friend I have. This friendship.
however. docs not extend TO
the younger generation. The
little boy and girl are always
squabbling. but only because of
his bullying attitude,
When he and his mother
arrive, ne lands running. and
within five minutes our home is
IN state of confusion with the
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

You can tell what butts have
been carelesSly tossed aside by
females because OF the lipstick
smear on them.
1JNCERDTARY BLONDE" is
The name OF the film based
on the life OF Texas Guinan.
Haven't seen IL 50 don't know
how the life OF the celebrated
night club queen is handled.
However, / did know there
was much sadness IN this SEEM
ingiy,happy girls lite She was
the victim of tfnrrQtiited love.
The one man she really loved
fell IN love with somebody else.
FRENCH government an
Il nounces that after its
young men Of the military
classes or 1911, 1912 and 1913
are trained theY will be sent IN
Germany. Why not send them
10 iiakAitt J!f4i,s ~ 5tS tire =bniteti
States draftees viii be? Why
not let the comparatively peace
fHi Job Of the occupation of
Germany be taken care Of by
the men who spent 50 much
time in battle 10 conquer that
country
FRANK FAY, star of the Pu-
Il liter Prize winning play
Harvey In my opinion il was
Frank performance that made
the play a prize winner. The
role in Harvey" is not, as
repeatedly stated, Fays first
appearance in a play without
music II is his second. AS a
child be played dramatic mart
in a play called The Redcmp-
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

QUERIES from clients. O.
0 How tall was Hitler?
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

You can tell what butts have
been carelesSly tossed aside by
females because OF the lipstick
smear on them.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

!. DO COUPLES WHO ADOPT A CHILD
WANT ONE or TAE SAVE SEX As DO
NATURAL PARENTS FOR THEIR FIRST
BORN YES = No .