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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
: By Albert Edward Wigg

!. Yes. Psychologists ~. G..
Ilanawalt and X. r. Ruttiger
read a story 10 20 college stu
dents. and then had them retell
the story twice - once TO the
psychologists. and again TO an
audience OF 10 or i other stu
dents. The story was recalled
much better and made more
interesting when told to an au-
dlenCe.
. Psychologist J. T. Hastings
gave a test of nervous tension
10 ninth grade pupils at the
close of four examinations
mathematics. 10 discover the de-
gree of anxiety and tenseneSs
felt by each individual as a re-
suit of the examination. T h c
pupils who had the highest de-
gree of tenseneSS and anxiety
made lower scores than their
ability Indicated they could and
should have made. Worry never
helped anybody do anything. or
even 20 get over the very thing
hc is worrying about
3 Yes Tar more The bright
c~t man oE woman Is several
tmc> as bright as the dullest,
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
QUESTION AND ANSWER
w ASHINCTON Scene
By George Dixon

DNE Of The most historic
~ meetings IN years. con-
Quoted without publicity, was
Gen Observation-Disclosures
Week 10 Gen. John ! -PerShing.
But il resulted IN lttia ttiur1
even more poignant
The two generals. who de-
leatcd Germany y years apart,
met AZ PcrShlngS bedside IN
Walter Reed Hospital Black
Jack PerShlng. now nearly s.,
has been confined there for
months
Gen Eisenhower strode into
Black Jacks room The aged
warrior had 10 be propped up IN
bed When ms eyes III on the
new Conqueror OF GermanN- lis
WrinkIcd features broke into a
wide grin.
The war department wanted
a photograph OF the meeting TO
be recorded for poSierIty So
photographers of the signal
corps were brought IN
They snapped the two Amcri-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

n-i have been told that ! am
W beneficiary on my sons
national service life insurance
for $4,000. In the event my son
IL killed in action, would il be
paid in lump sum or in monthly
payments. and if in the latter,
in what amount CLAN
A Under no circumstances
can the beneficiary be paid in a
-fttrttp surr1, bat only 1T monthly
inStallments. Payments would
be -made-ln equal monthly IN
StsllmentS throughout the re-
naming If @ I'm With the
2 provISo that Such monthly IN
Stallments shall be payable for
l20 months certain, The amount
nt=tt1e- nanih!% lRS' ailments
payable for each $1,000 Of in
Surance under this plan Is
determined by the Ge-9f the
beneficiary at the date Of death
Of insured.
OF begin divorce proceed.
ingS against my husband i'm the
army, viii my family allowance
to myself and child terminate
At will continue as long as
=vou nave the status Of lawful
wife and he remains otherwise
eligible.
Q-Is il permissible for par
eHtS t0 receive compensation
through the Veterans Admin
stratiOn. based on their sons
death in service. at the same
time they receive temporary
allotment from daughter in
the WAC?
a Yes. YOU may apply for
death compensation benefits on
Form 535 through the Veterans !
Administration, and YOU may
continue 10 receive the allow
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
Its a love potion :"
One Word Led 10 Another
Bv Linda and
Jerry Walter
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

I'm waiting to get the exact testimony this world
war That goes for the last one too
1t takes good 10 years for the map mixers to
figure out the decisive battle hemisphercal
brawllo
don want to discount the heroic slugging of the
marines the Marne 1913. Nor the fierce fighting Of
the French at Verdun. The truth is that the Krauts
kicked that around in 1914 when Won Cluck skdded
off the Paris trail in the first 10 days of the
Never was a general better labeled than Won Cuck.
So YOU very often the deciding duke in
battle but decision Shickegruber proved that
when he reached for the Russian shadow instead of the
English substance and was kayoed by the silhouette
I'm old military myself and still get 20
miles to galen of goose fesh But there is
map that
Valley Forge. Yorktown, Trenton, AppomattoX and
Santiago t1striOUs names in American history. But
Of the decisive battles in all history
CURED when Gates crashed the customers when the
chips down -at Saratoga
" have quite filtered the difference between
tactics and strategy All | know is that Saratoga had
more influence on history than rain the Iowa
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
MARY HAWORTH'S Mail

nous, giving scandal on the cam
pus and around town. it seems
strange that The sorority has
not already called her 10 ac-
count
/ should think sisterhood
caucus would have delegated
somebody 10 deal her a. sharp
Official -rehI.ke and et+tt her on
notice 20 behave or expect dis
miSsal from the chapter house.
But aTc YOU cNaggerating?
Your missionary zeal seems 10
= ~ Ftte-t fafSe-rrJ-T-
Your references 30 the sis
ter are anything i-lrienlilY-
with NoliCltudc centered on her ,
-liancc.2 happiness and much
drumbcatlng about the AoEur-
-ity, good name.
And 80 | wonder, whats on
your mind really?
Are just the-twu Of YOU up IN
arms, maybe because, one of YOU
has frustrated special interest
IN the boy Or maybe becatI@e=
both OF lGa. and aiiier esrpfrr
are gnawed by envy OF
her ability 10 attract men?
As individuals. you haze no
Warrant ito set yourselves up a.
moral policemen IN her affairs,
Fire -ttt7-fsc-~ifouit: actt ~ tbor1v-
10 rein her ~ =ihrow-tIrr-Gut,
II the sorority'S reputation Is
at stake.
Isolated Sniping would bring
The >niperS under suspicion of
grinding personal axes or Grossly
enduring Illustration, condi-
ton indirectly revealed by NOR
hld attention and SCathlng
criticism directed a. cheerful
sinners
So Il you might be thinking
OF tipping Off the girls hance
about her high inks drop that
notion
-Aad / deR consider cricket
20 Try 20 yiviSect. for your in
iormalist'. INC E1rtt ability 10
deal with true love. If and when
She meets it VI. II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
DAMON RUNYON
The Brighter
Side

almost as great as it is now Of
cancer.
am not trying to prove any
connection between syphilis
and cancer save in point of the
fear inspired. 1t was the grad
ual spread OF the knowledge
that syphilis could be controlled,
and even cured, that diSsipated
the fear to a great extent, and
il seems 10 me that cancer
needs similar propaganda now.
1t is tough enough having any
disease without being scared to
death about il.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
OETRoiT~e@<TlMES
nsWers to Veterans

Q-Is "a record being kept of
the boys graves in Europe
itatrr, location. etc. Mrs. r. III.
4 The memorial division OF
the va, department maintains a
complete list of the cemetery,
plot. location, etc, for men who
5tfe killed TN action and buried
overseas. The family of a serv-
iceman who has been Killed IN
-aCtTOn and buried overseas may
write to the war department for
Iurther Information If they have
not received a letter giving
these details from the service
mans commanding officer or
chaplain. In placing such an
inquiry, the Serviceman's full
name, rank, serial number. or
ganlzation 10 which attached
and date Of death, together with
a statement OF the inquireTs
relationship TO him, should be
included.
Q-Wouid the wife of a serv-
iceman be eligible for "A pension
If he j. killed I'm action-that
IS If she is beneficiary of
$1,000 life insurance policy:
Would 10 years in service count
as a pension TO the wife: Louise.
A-The lawful wife of a serv-
iceman who is killed in action
IS eligible for $50 monthly PEN
sion payable upon submission
and approval of her claim on
Form 534 10 the Veterans Ad-
mIHIstFatieff. This pension il
paid IN additSn TO other income
from insurance TO which the
widow may be eligible.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
Brain Game Answers

THE Boston Americans.
2-"Son Of LaSsie."
3-True.
$50 pounds. 80 pounds OF
which are accounted for by
loss. shrinkage, goods in
transit, etc.
5-(b) is correct.
6-Gen. Eisenhower, Field
Marshal M ont & omery,
Marshal Zhukov and Gen.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
by 1910 the percentage OF
old persons had more than
doubled. 10 per 1000.
S-The Bible. Psalms ga. -,
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

(AbOVe II an excerpt from "A
poem about "A courageous wife.
The man thought he was mar
rying "A lovely hut timid girl.
He learned, however, that i'm
trying times his wife was the
drawer of the two. There are
wives like that. II YOU have
such one, YOU are very luckyD
MOTE that another soldier re-
" ported missing has turned
up 10 find that hlS wife, belieV-
ing him dead. has married again.
Not only that this wife has
3-month-old child by her second
husband.
a very complicated situation.
II seems wives whose nus
bands have been reported miss
ing in the Pacific area should
wait until the war is over before
marrying again.
-N NfNNfrrrr- tf1C-fUTDpean- part- t-ef
the war ended about = 900 sol
dIerS who had been reported
missing were found atyc IN Ger
man prison camps.
No doubt many Of those re-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
AT YOIR- SERVICE

ance from your daughter IN the
WAC Both benefits are based
on dependency. and prnat a.
relationship and dependency
must be furnished when claim is
filed FOR compensation through
the Veterans Administration. II
you continue he dependent
for part of your support on the
daughter in the WAC, YOU may
receive that allowance as
we'll.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
BETTER HEALTH
BY Dr. Herman Bundesen-

they are avoided completely FOR
a period ei four days ket -ifs,.
hours Observation-Disclosures pa
rent takes no food or fluid. For
four hours preceding the test he
r-aKtZcs- no inedic!ne and docs not
smoke The food 10 be tested 5
prepared -.---tt y writ tftUIr any Sea-
SonInC. then an amount Whleh
U1ay-bc eaten within q 1--WE
minute period IS served 10 the
-pdllcnt
II definite symptoms do not
arise within a hour after eating
The food the feeding is repeated
with 4 half portion.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
J - Is penicillin or any
other drug Of definite help in
treating carly ,Iagc tuberculosis
OF the lungs
Answer PeniCIllIn has not
been found OF any value IN the
treatment Of tuberculosis. Al
the present time. there are no
~ ~ 2 t-tttdr uTugS Which have
been recommended as specific
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

decided TO become a West
Pointer. .Nr
Among little known facts
about Eisenhower is that he is
a handy man with a skillet, He
enjoys concocting tasty dishes
for friends. OF course, his best
culinary job was cooking the
Nazi goosestep.
Dali for the six arrested
- members of the State Dept
was raised entirely among fell
low members of the State Dept
These arrests have split the
s. d., with most workers there
siding with the six.
julie. Hayden's undressing
room AT Glass. Menagerie
features five photos OF critic G..
j. Nathan.
Coasters believe that f.. Can
tors songbird. Nora Martin. will
elope with her agent any day
Capt. Gene Markey is at the
Bethesda Md Naval Hosp.
It's not generally known that
he was on a Jap-held raid
Soiree tRuSsel ISlandS. where
he caught a tropical infection.
Did the gdZetteS report that
Billie Holiday, the singer, was
found in a dazed condition wan
dering in Harlem?
Gen. Bradley Will have a
tough tTmc cleaning out the
dead-woOd Of the Veterans Ad-
miniStration because too many
OF them are Ihefs Via Civil
Service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

but there is every little differ
ence between the average scores
on intelligence tests of men and
women in general. Women ex-
ceed men somewhat in vitality.
resistance TO disease. some types
of endurance and in length Of
life. but even these differences
are nothing like as great as the
difference between one man or
one woman and another man or
woman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

worse, n.lSbehaving in like fash
ion IN a downtown saloon.
We are mainly concerned
about our Sororlty's good name
and for her fiance. He Will
either marry her and find out
what she is like, after il is TOO
late; or be~broken hearted If he
learns the truth IN the near fu-
tuTC-
doubt that ne suspects any
thing yet.
- ifrdsr tCtttt US what course
20 take.
DEAR - y
II YOUR sister s. conduct is
L indeed hcenuous and nnln-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
Connolly Answers

-Ib4. 2-ta). 3-(c). 4-(bl.
5-(a). 6--(a) President OF
Philippines; (b) musicians
tc) naval officer; (d) mind
reader; (e) author.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
f1tNF MARY IAMGRTH.


WE ARE two sorority girls,
greatly concerned over one
OF our sisters.
She is wonderful girl 10 all
appearances but the way she
Carries ea, inside the sorority
house and even inNpubllc places
is a disErarc
She va, engaged tPa Won
dcrlml fellow hu1 Hhen he
ioinCd the 4AA--nd- -l.attt-t44Al-.t ~
she began 10 90 around with
other men, acting ln-a- mnAt
~rfdCrtUf nHHUCT,
livery night now she can be
~Ind q the LIKING room neck
ing with some one. OF what IS
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
E. v. DURLING

ported missing in The Pacific are
in Jap prison camps.
HVOUR guess that rainy day
Il skirts were about two
inches from the ground is
wrong" writes a Chicagoan. In
1902 | bought a tailored suit
that had two skirts, one was
very long with a train. The
other was called a storm skirt
designed for RAINY day wearing.
IL was five inches from the
ground. -
CNote I never knew before
that there were two skirt
suits for women. Wonder if
that is where the fellow who
originated the Two pants suit
for men got the ldeaD
CALIFORNIAN says her hus-
" bands grandfather was a
sailor Tor 80 years. He was ship
wrecked II times And he
couldn't swim a stroke. Another
Californian says she knows a
-7Q-lear-ald man who makes hts
living as a broncho buster.
&BIooklyn has street named
after koSCiusZkO. says you -AHd
so what2' writes a Detroltcr.
L-fH-t1cU07T There are streets
named after Pulaski, PadcreW-
ski and Chopin
-t eTy-fffteFcSttnE How
do the people who live on
Chopin street pronounce it94
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

I turn 10 you iIi time ef need
And rerer turn lH ram;
| see your fond and fearless
sHils,
and hope rcrircs again.
II 9ireS me strength to struggle
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

can commanders from every
angle Black Jack continued
10 grin and hold onto Ikes
-f'1rrrf- although they Ntfr
posing II Vas Obvious that the
handclasp was warm and SIN
Cerc.
The pictures were developed
and the signal corps men con-
graduated each other on
Photographic record they were
sure would hit the front page
OF every newspaper in the coun-
Try Not only that. but pictures
that would adorn American
history books a hundred years
hence. -
IheX- -McEa---u enthusiastic.
they took the finished prints
IN 10 Gen PerShing. and stood
back for his approval Instead.
he became angry: denounced
the pictures as making him
look ridiculous
He ordered that both prints
and negatives he destroyed
The photographers tried 70
protest - but a soldier can I
argue with a general of the
armies Pictures and negatives
were destroyed
And So one of the great his
torlcal pictures OF all time IS
lost forever
nor the benefit of members
OF or exclusive social sci. IL
gIVGS me pleasure 10 reveal
that. after July ! they Will not
be required 10 make report 10
OPA every time they sell two
wheel puShcart above ceiling
price
OPA has ruled that II is no
longer necessary 10 maintain
ceiling prices on puShCartS. de-
clared SurpluSeS by the army.
- Without revealing TO an un-
doubtedly palpitating public
what cataclySmie event had
caused this change. OPA said
This action will relieve the
trade OF reporting that is no
longer needed, A. the purpose
for which IL was originally re-
quired has been served"
WhewA What relief.
T'iE National Press Club has
Il big fctc scheduled for this
week. On the bulletin board is
a large poster outlining the
many and varied attractions.
The last line reads: 49,
special added attraction: The
Press Club chorus will not sing"
Distributed by King Features snyd Inc.
Reproduction IN whole or In part
strictly p.ohieued.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

Whntc'eI- the strife maY he,
And u again mp courage Jad,
Again ! t,ura ~ thee.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
Nv al TkuR NAUNGNUIEU
- AAA> A/AS w OAAAIA<A/ Broadway

A FTER the last war. an
A American army officer
stated that il was a tragic
effo not 10 force Germany to
night decisive battle on it's
eSn soil He believed that the
Germans would interpret the
armlStlce as tactical victory.
SAVING them from disaster, and
Deglh preparations for another
war The army officer pointed
" The Germans must be
aten on their own ground
Their own fathcrland must be-
conquered and their military
sphii broken before they will.
settle down a. a peaceful peo-
pie.
OF course, his convictions
turned out 10 be- correct.
Gen. Eisenhower.
TPiERE are many anecdotes
- exhibiting Gen. EiSenhoaVer'S $
human qualities. No man in
world history ever had mere
power but he never became
martinez During the North
African campaign the driver Of
the generals jeep fell asleep at
inc wheel The jecp skidded off
the road and overturned. Neither
was hurt Later when Eisen-
hover was asked what he had
done 10 The driver who had
fdiicn asleep. ne replied
Poor chap, when We returned
j sent him To the hospital To
sleep To his hearts content"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
On the
Side

DETROITER says astrologers
~ make good husbands. She
married one and speaks with
authority. The first day she met
this astrologer he told her:
The stars say you will marry
within a year. She said: is
that so. 70 whom? He said
Why to me. Of course. Fast
workers those star gazers.
HVOU are right about Jack
Il Dempsey having his nose
Strengthened before the first
Tunney fight" writes Ethel V.
Platt. "He had it Strengthened
before the break with Jack
kearns. Immediately thereafter
kearns had his nose straight
ened. i know whereof 1 speak.
l was secretary To Jack kearns
and Jack Dempsey while Demp-
scy was heavyweight champion
OF the world"
4 L. S. ARMY sergeant who
~ writes to his wife daily was
confronted with-the problem OF
writing a letter 10 his 3-year-
old son that the lad, not being
able to read, could understand.
The sergeant hit on the plan OF
Clipping pictures of horses, dogs,
soldiers. planes, etc. from news
papers and magazines. These
he sends to his son Says the
sergeant: TT shows the boy that
his daddy is thinking of him.
. Distributed ~ King Features Synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
TNHE G ENERAL'S mother
named him Dwight because

named him Dwight because
she disiiked the shortening OF
boys names. 1t annoyed her
when her son Arthur was called
Art and her son Edgar was
called Ed. She believed there
Was no short cut for Dwight.
However, when Dwight grew
up. he was nicknamed Ike.
But the grand lady disclaimS
all knowledge of the nickname.
When anyone asks her about
Ike she blandly asks: Ike
Who's Ike"
4 MOTHER reason for EiSen-
"A hower's success H. his re-
iuSal TO be bambooZled by the
flattery of yes-mcn. When he
commanded an army camp IN
America. he informed A junior
officer who always agreed with
him:
II want you In figure out
some things which are wrong
with this camp. You make me
uncomfortable by always agree
ing with me-. L feel that you
either don't say what YOU think
or that you are as big fool as
1 am"
Seemingly insignificant events
ln1he lives ct great men play
Vitaf roles in world history.
Eisenhower was anxious 10 90
10 Annapolis. But because he
was few months over age ne
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

-S6ttt persons are inclined TO
y blame the medical frater.
nty for much Of the terror and
mystery which surround cancer
as far. as the lay mind is con-
Cerncd, but II must be remem-
bered that for a great many
Years the medical fraternity IL
self was fearful IN The presence
OF the disease OF whiCl il knew
only the results and had little or
no enlightenment 10 offer
can remember when th"
public terror OF syphilis Vd>
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28
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Questions

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will mail you a personal
answer TO any question YOU
would like 10 ask about the
needs and welfare, rights and
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Many questions and an
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Address your questions this
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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

/ AM little behInd time win
L this one as it is about cancer
and April was the month fer
articles about cancer. In April
a nationwide drive was afoot TO
raise 100000 for cancer re-
search and II was quite a news
paper topic, editorially and
otherwise.
Why a fund Of this nature,
-Wh!ch-i%-s stfFefy-in the interest
of public health, is not just.
made an order upon the govern
ment treasury | do not know.
II seems 10 me that passing the
hat for contributions 10 any
effort 10 conserve human life
is not becoming fabulouSly
rich nation like the United
States
DO not know how the drive
came out but If they got the
s. 100000 or any part thereof,
they ought to devote some of
the money 10 dlSSipating the
terror Of the disease that causes
people 10 whisper when they
speak the name and regard
those afflicted with cancer as
practically dead right from taw.
WELL. the undertakerS would
w Starve TO death if they de-
pended entirely on cancer for
revenue because it has been
demonstrated that some Of the
disease can be cured and much
of in controlled. Therefore It
j not the wholly "incurable"
disease that the lay mind be-
lieves. though the specific point
that should be pounded into the
public noodle is that the cure
or control depends largely upon
the victim receiving proper
medical attention in time.
II Is probable that many cam
Ger deaths are due 10 delay IN
getting To the doctor and the
delay is often due 10 the abject
fear that the very thought of the
possibility of cancer produces IN
the lay mind
IL Is terror so great that IN
makes people afraid TO face a
verdict until it is too late. Hence
i seems 10 me that a little mis-
Sionary work along the line Of
abating this terror is important.
II might help cut the death rate
from cancer in this country.
which by the way | hear is in
CreaSlng.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

4 LLERGY refers 10 a condi-
"A ton D which an individual
is over sensitive 20 Sone food.
l1AleL-l-.-.--.-.----,..-.-..T-'' T-faTICT,
The substance may get into the
-h444-- t--4-t-ttir -iJrrutt1cr II or
by bcng eaten In allerEy the
i75tt =fr--Ft -trIGGS-S SNIP
toms, Depending upon The part
CT - tl4+--le-iy affrrtrd- Common
forms o' allergy consist oi per-
euuial Ihimts and asthma
In perennial rmmtS there is
almost continuous Walcrl d.
Cr4rgc from the nose with 4
great deal 81 ~ncczing In
asthma thcrc j. Wheeling
cough uoi the bringing up Of
Spufum nom The lung
T. TREATING these aliergic
i disorders. an effort IS made
10 nnI 'he substances 90 which
t'fc parCUt - sensitive and 10
chmir4's contact with them.
AccoidLL- -1u--lI hi l.-F4-.-..-t !
Elnkel oi Kansas City Mo, y IS
usualb not difficult 90 discover
the substances 90 which the
pat.4=44t= auAlt "a hrft eetintO
the body through the air pas
sagcs hIt l' Is more difficult
lt--4 r1--v-+-fr---1 TT 1J-7--
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-28

or course. his convictions
turned out 10 be- correct.
Cen Eisenhower.