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Evening star., 1945-11-06
Bethesda Needs
Is New Firms,
Commerce Chamber
Indorses Rezoning for
BusinesssD District
BY MRS. J. REED BRADLEY.

ny NA1b10s - SE<EfD o1knO1L4s
Bethesda needs Is new business
houses to serve the $4,000 people Of
the community, Phil Schaefer,
chairman Of the Bethesda Chamber
of Commences Postwar Planning
Committee, told a dinner meeting
of the chamber last night In the
Bethesda Woman's Club. Mr..
Schaefer based his statement on a
recent distributive trade survey Of
the area made by his committee.
To provide space for a greater
commercial district, the chamber
indorsing the Maryland Park and
Planning Commission proposal to
zone as commercial the entire tri-
angle north of the Bank Of Bethesda,
between Wisconsin avenue and
Georgetown road north to Rugby
avenue.
The chamber suggested that some
satisfactory method be devised to
screen the proposed commercial area
from the nearby residential section.
Street Widening Endorsed.
After hearing a. letter from 1t.
Col. E. Brooke Lee Of the Maryland-
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, which said that
Planning Director Fred Tuemmler
is working on study for the WIDEN
ing of Wisconsin avenue north Of
East-West highway, the chamber
unanimously adopted a resolution
asking the commission, the Board
of County Commissioners and the
State Road Commission to take i'm
mediate action on this.
1t was pointed out that the plan
has been under discussion for the
last six years without result. y
In his report of the distributive
trade survey, Mr.. Schaefer said the
Bethesda business area is made
quate.
New Businesses Needed.
A sampling of 4 per cent of the
population indicates needs for the
following new businesses:
Stores dealing in shoes, dry goods.
yard goods, patterns, chTldren's
clothing, 'teen-age clothing. mil
linery, mems wear, gifts, books, sta
tlonery, women's wear, music, auto
supplies and religious articles, a
bakery, restaurant, delicatessen,
shoe-repair shop, seafood market,
sports goods, al-night drug store,
hotel, bank and a bicycle repair
shop.
Ninety-flve per cent of the COM
munity's population now make
more of their purchases in other
business sections than they do in
Bethesda, the survey points out, but
would prefer to shop at home if
merchandise were available in va
rlety and at prices comparable to
those of other business sections.
Preceding Mr.. Schaefer's talk.
the chamber heard an illustrated
tax by Fisher Black, vice chairman
of. the Postwar Planning Committee
Of the Washington Board of Trade.
on Washington Looks Ahead
Evening star., 1945-11-06
New Presidential Yacht
To Get Shakedown Cruise

The former gunboat Williamsburg,
recently converted into a presiden-
tial yacht, will leave the Norfolk
Navy Yard Friday night for 15-day
shakedown cruise along the Atlantic
coast, the White House announced
today.
1t is desired to make a thorough
test of the Williamsburg's engines,
fire equipment and communications
system, it was explained by Eben
Ayers, acting White House press
secretary.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Park Study PIonned
In Horrisonburg Area
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 6.-Wil-
liam A. Wright, chairman Of the
State Conservation Commission, said
he will confer in Harrisonburg Fri
day with representatives of civic or
ganizations concerning establish
ment of a State park in that area.
Accompanying Mr.. Wright will be
Randolph Odell, director of parks;
George Prince Arnold, director of
publicity, and Robert Nelson. of the
State Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Boys Club Resumes

The Takoma Park Boys Club re-
sumed activities yesterday afternoon
at the Takoma Park Junior High
School gymnasium, under the direc-
tion OF H. P. Meserole, physical SUI
peryisor. Marion Nicodemus, who
organized the club last year. is
chairman. j. NJ. Hannen is treas.
urer.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Citizens Group Heads
To Map Years Proorom

A meeting Of chairmen Of COM
mittees OF the North Woodside-
Montgomery Hills Citizens Associa-
ton will be held at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the home of President j. B.
Cullins, $500 Columbia boulevard,
to make plans for the years pro-
gram.
Other officers are DR.. g. Harris
White, vice president; George w.
Fessenden, recording secretary and
treasurer, and Mrs. ]. E. Miller,
corresponding secretary
Evening star., 1945-11-06
coIesviIIe PTA to Meet

The Colesville Elementary Parent
Teacher Association will meet at
7::30 pm. Thursday at the Colesville
Elementary School.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Susscer to Speak

Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
OF Maryland will speak at pm. to-
morrow before the Queens Chapel
Citizens Association in the Mount
Rainier High School.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
CheverIy Citizens to Meet

The Cheverly (Md) Citizens As
socation will meet at pm. tomor-
row at the Cheverly- Tuxedo School.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

l. Not If we are 10 Judge by
the great stories that have lived
for centuries. Hardly half a dozen
comedies or stories with happy
endings have come down the
ages, The great Greek dramas,
and the dramas of Shakespeare.
and all the grand operas for
which people pay fabulous sums
TO hear over and over again AL
ways end with tragedy. How
ever. in our times, the happy
ending is the box office puller
Even our soap operas" on the
radio, while they often have
the characters in such hot water
we can hardly sleep until we
hear the next episode. yet US
ually end by having the lovers
make up.
2. Emphatically, no. Two
thirds Of all the drivers on the
road have never had a test Of
their ability to drive. They have
had 70 read road signs and
ability to read road signs and
signals. OF their speed in re-
acting 10 dangers, general mus
cular coordination, or even
their knowledge Of traffic laws!
Is il any wonder that people are
slaughtered on the highway oy
the thousands
3. No. Gamb lers take no
chances. They make their living
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

II have been warned by the anked experts to nurse
my old jallopy l shall take six-month's course IN
brushing up my bedside for roadside sideswpes
My ancient heap requires more than nurse Maybe
she has friend
There will be violent shortages in medium and low
tagged vehicles says my inside who pickets the
fences Production will not start until late in 1945
any.
Therefore anybody who owns seagoing wreck
should lavish tender and affection the mechanical
anachronsm.
Gasoline is than in night
court The that used to have tank is being
brought up on the bottle.
Every second Of every minute in the day goes
off the road If the driver gets slapped in the face it is
by the branch Of tree
The four-wheeed derelct wobbes and shakes like
crossing gates the Delaware and Lackawanna trip
in the back seat at including the spray and
the spume.
The wheels operate independent Of the steering
knuckes and the tenders look like the outside leaves
sunburned lettuce.
When bought il in 1898 it almost good
new When it new it wasn't good
II is II years of age, next October and it
had better hurry
distributed
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
Il. v. DURLING

the comment: Score one for
the cats l won't on my score
card. / had a 3-months-old
combination chow and German
shepherd puppy who always
stood his ground, growled and
showed his teeth when sensing
danger. Also my present dog.
a springer spaniel, never grow
eled in his life.
ONE Romo Vincent has sent
" me a membership card in
the Fat Boys Club OF Broad
way. l have returned same by
special delivery mail. l am s
feet 2 inches tall and weigh
19l pounds. So am not eligible
for this club. OF course. / am
going TO deny ! have a large
head. The kids at school used
10 burn me up calling me "blub-
berhead But l am, neverthe-
less, not the type for this
B adw way organization. l
hardly ever 60 up 10 Broadway.
anyhow. like Lexington Ave.
better.
THREE. girl friends in Chi
cago, seventeen, eighteen and
twenty years old. respectively.
are very tall. One is six feet
IN height, other two are little
over five feet ten. They are all
worried about their height. They
want 10 know if our Horses &
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
perHeFsaz-NEs
Answers to Veterans

The Chaplain" using your hus.
bands compile etc address TO
make inquiry concerning your
husbands welfare. Or you may
direct inquiry TO the Adiutant
Generals Office, War Depart
ment, Washington 25, d. c., re-
questing information. In either
case be sure to give your hus-
bands complete name. rating.
serial number, and complete adj
dress. also state your relations
ship TO the serviceman.
Q-I am out of the service
and entitled to a CT loan. I
want to 20 into business with
another fellow, but he is not .
veteran. Can we get the loan
together TO help set up a small
business: r. j. r.
A-Yes. but the amount guar
anteed by the government on
the loan granted by a private
lending agency would apply only
10 the interest of the veteran
in the loan and may not exceed
so per cent of his interest. Un-
der no circumstances would II
cover any part of the interest
of the nonveteran in the busi-
ness.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

nc, with a heavy guarantee.
He called il the FL Fey Club so
il could be identified with him
and still not carry his name,
which was on record where IL
wouldn't help. He began fran
tically telephoning the girl in
Florida. She turned him down
and after the first call refused
TO answer. So here he was,
stuck with a five-year lease on
a five-story building and con-
tract with Guinan.
HERE comes the most inter-
H esting incident, which has
never been truly told and which
has been untruly told for years
everywhere;
AS each show went on, Larry
would stand in the extreme
rear, where IL was dark and
where he-always in plain blue
serge suit. white silk shirt and
black windsor tie-was incon-
spicuous. AS Texas would mount
her chair (that was how she
worked) she would look across
the room at him. And. thinking
of the lease, her pay. the flop of
his roma0ic objective. she
would cast a glance right over
the heads OF the audience
and call QUITO him-"Hello.
sucker"
Through some phenomenal
human quirk, every other sucker
thought IL was addressed TO
him. And. as strangely, every
man liked II. II became her
trademark. Long after Larry
passed out Of her picture, she
still featured IL.
Continued Saturday,
copyrirht by Daily Mirror Inc
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
WALTER WINCHELL nSn,v On

THREE different movie outfits,
ut three different times, took
the trouble 10 consult with me
about authentic incidents in the
life of Texas Guinan. I gave
1mely and at great length in
cnse. ! have now seen In
csndiary Blonde" which is sup
posed TO be based on her life.
IT isn't a bad picture. But il
isn't a good Guinan.
Tex was hardly incendiary,
and wasn't even a blonde by
nature. The only three men /
knew in her life were-first. a
quiet New England artist; sec
ond, sedate California writer,
and third. late in her life, a
bookkeeper no less, who used TO
beat her up and who disappeared
with lot of her assets.
TEXAS and were good friends
i back in 1913, when she was
making two-reel, two-gun west
erns That's when she acquired
the Texas" handle. Her name
was Mamie. She had a little
house near Hollywood with
Lottie Pickford and Mable Nor
mand. Lew Cody. Paul Arm
strong and I would drive out
there to play stud poker. Texas
came east 10 join a musical
show. Abe Erlanger, lord of the
legit, went soft for little pug
nose in the chorus and took
Texas song away and gave il 10
the youngster. To make IL
worse. he wanted Texas to sup
port her with an obligato. I
stood on the stage Of the Illinois
Theater. Chicago. when Tex told
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

al know that the widow Of
W a World War III veteran
who loses his life In service IL
entitled to pension, bat .s-thc
widow OF woman who
serves In World War III also
entitled 10 pension because Of
her death In service?
A-No The only case in
which a widower is eligible for
any pension benefits as a result
OF his wife's service is that he
may receive any unpaid balance
of a disability pension which
accrued and was payable to her
prior TO death of the woman
who served in the armed forces
in World War III.
Q-What IL a harbor craft
company and what does ID do?
DO personnel of this company
receive more pay than other
soldier? MY husband IL a Pfc;
what is his pay? I haven't
heard from him for six weeks;
where should I write TO find
out something about him? Mrs.
l.. j. s.
A-The Harbor Craft Com
pany is a military unit organ
ized for the purpose of ferrying
10 shore cargo from freighters
and transports arriving in the
aters Of operation. The vessels
may either be riding az anchor
offshore in the open sea, or.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

tions with her have something
10 do with his periodic infediiity
10 you. How true
AS type OF behavior in reia-
ton 10 satisfactory wife. these
short-tenure intrigues un-
doubtedly are an inadvertent ex-
preston of childish resentment
aimed at his mother. who must
have seemed either too indiffer-
ent. too dependent or too
dominant for his comfort in
childhood and youth.
Since YOU mothered him
through his rise from obscurity,
IL was easy for him 10 cast you
in the role OF her proxy.
Yet had he chosen a wife OF
quite frivolous type. he still
might have injured her likewise
IN his emotional struggle 10 even
old scores with his mother.
In any event. forms Of de-
fiance, desire for revenge or ego
tludlP % liOil, Npdi Ntu w
grudge against women that pre-
dates his marriage, are implicit
in his tickle misconduct.
Any basic remedy wotfid have
10 begin with advice 10 your
husband, Of course.
II he Scorns IT, il he is too
confirmed in hostility 10 want
10 change. then ! warn that his
personal life is doomed 10 be
but withered husk of what II
might have been.
And ! want him 10 know that
his essentially ioyless aberTa-
tons are motivated from start
10 finish by negative compul-
sions. not prancing virility.
He would be a fool not 10 seek
insight into his submerged
angerS for only by sorting them
out and getting rid Of them can
he reclaim for positive usage
the enormous energies they hold
in deadlock VI. II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

have no burning desire 70 pay
for them, either in cash or In
kind.
Furthermore, they are not
backward about making their
wants known In fact, many of
these countries have been on
our pogey, or dole. list so long
they think we owe them A liv-
ing. They no longer beg for
things. They demand them
And they demand the best.
Their motto. which should pro-
perly be inscribed on a heraldic
device showing a tin cup on a
gross Of pencils rampant, is;
Accept no substitutes.
Well, IL seems that certain Of
these countries, which / shall
not identify because why should
90 around mentioning Russia.
France. Britain and Italy, have
heard that our Kentucky blue
grass is very highclass grass
and well thought of by cpl
curean cows. horses and other
livestock / have no idea where
they heard this. although there
is suspicion that in may have
emanated from Kentucky itself.
Anyway. these countries noti-
fled our foreign economic ad-
mlnistration they wanted grass
seed. And they specified Ken
lucky blue grass seed. Naturally
the FEA approved their re-
quests because II would never
think of questioning the de-
mands Of foreign country.
QUT in matters like the giving
- away of grass seed. the FEA
does not have full say. II must
also get the okay Of the depart
ment OF agriculture.
But for some reason which
cannot be explained, except that
II may be thinking of rejoicing
the United States, the depart
ment Of agriculture demurred.
/ said IL did not think we had
any Kentucky blue grass seed to
give away; that we needed every
blade OF grass we could raise in
this country.
II shocked FEA with the
heretical observation that il
thought these foreign countries
might struggle along with ordi-
nary grass seed for a while. II
said il would try to dig up some
grass seed and ship IL overseas
. but that IL wouldn't be Ken
tucky blue grass.
The battle still RACES. with
FEA demanding blue grass. As
Gertrude Stein would say:
That's the story of the grass,
slaa!-
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
CHEsTER ]. SALVATORE,

THESTER j. SALVATORE.
~ pfc. called The Stomach"
writes me from Ward "a, Sta
ton Hospital. Fort Mcpherson,
Georgia, about my comments on
his widely publicized eating ex-
ploits as compared to some of
the old time eaters like "Dia-
mond Jim Brady. / said in ef-
feet that, alongside them, Soldier
Salvatore was just a moderate
eater.
Chester says that he has heard
of those ancient astronomical
wonders but calls my attention
10 the fact that most Of them
were big chaps while he is Just
a little guy. 5 feet Z inches tall,
weighing only 121 pounds, and
he then proceeds to give me
rundown on his capacity for
vittals
He states that for 2S days
prior TO being sent TO Fort Nc
Pherson. the dieticians of his
company mess hall reported him
TO the medics as putting away
10000 calories of food every day.
this not counting the eating that
he did away from the post when
off duty and I somehow get the
impression that this extra
curricular eating was quite
heavy.
One statement that Chester
makes convinces that he Is
promising material as a prospec-
tive championship contender OF
the future. He says he has been
a voracious eater for the past
II years simply because he has
required vast quantities Of food
10 keep alive. In other words,
he does not eat just for publicity.
A NATURAL appetite Is the
"A essence OF championship
quality in an eater; that is TO
say. eating for the sake of the
food. I have never fancied eat
ers who eat out Of exhibition
ism or Just for fun They do not
take eating seriously enough. I
can see that Chester has the
right attitude.
However, when he pleads his
size as an alibi for not measur-
ing up to the old time eaters.
I have 10 leave him because
that has nothing 10 do with eat
ing.
l have seen very large men
who were big eaters and still
larger ones who ate like ca
naries. l have seen small men
who could eat no more than a
teaspoonful of food per diem
and smaller ones who could
eat their way through a noun
tain of grub without leaving
enough behind them 10 sustain
a fly. Indeed, one Of the great
est eaters I ever heard of was
a midget who lived on a cattle
ranch in Arizona years ago
who always ate a whole steer
for his dinner.
One morning, being short Of
cereal and eggs and toast, he
ate a steer for breakfast which
whetted his appetite so keeniy
that he had another for lunch;
then when il came dinner time
and he had 10 eat a third steer,
his stomach became so dis
tended that IL finally exploded
with a binding flash.
The force of the explosion laid
waste the countryside for miles
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
o. the
Siue

Women files have any solution
Of the problems confronting tall
girls" We think these young
women are taking their height
too seriously. According TO our
II. a. w. experts II is definite
advantage for a girl 10 be tall
il she knows how 10 handle and
adorn her height. We will quote
a few excerpts from the tall
girls file Of our II. e. w. de-
partment in an early issue.
A CHICAGO woman sued for
n divorce because her hus-
band was given a traffic sum-
mons. Seems the sum m on 8
charged the husband with lone
arm driving" His wife was
not with him when he received
this summons. But his blonde
secretary was. Clipping
received from a Hermosillo,
Sonora. Mexico, newspaper re-
veals that one Pablo Espiritu.
aged 81, applied for a license TO
marry Zenaida Peralta, aged g.
The sender of the clipping has
written on il: Let Brooklyn or
California top this" Am
asked if I read the Deadwood
Dick stories when a kid. Never
did. My dime novel favorites
were Old King Brady. Frank
Reade and Frank Merriwell.
Copyright, le45, by Kinz Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

Erlanger off in the presence Of
the entire troupe.
CHE was fired instanter and
~ barred from every branch of
theatricals except vaudeville. /
wrote her an act with four
people and a horse. At the
climax Tex leaped in on the
horse through the window and
saved the post office from being
robbed. Her name wasn't good
enough for the big time. and we
played the Loew circuit. Trans
portation ate up most OF the
salary. So Tex got a job as a
hostess in the Beaux Arts, oppo-
site Bryant Park. high up by
elevator. sort OF a Summing spot
after the uptown speaks were
emptied. Their her personality
caught on.
I AIRY FAY, the sentimental
gangster, had gone mad over
a lovely little ingenue whose
name shall not mention be-
cause 1T might embarrass her
and II wasn't her fault. Larry
pestered her until she ran away
to Florida and took a night club
engagement. This gave Larry
a big idea. which made Texas
Guinan, quite Inadvertently.
The Friars Club, about TO
open its own building. was NOV
ing out Of its temporary quar-
ters on 45th ST. near 9th Ave.
Fay leased the building for five
years. His plan was 10 set up
magnificent club which he
thought would lure the girl back
II he offered her star billing and
a big salary. He hired Tex as
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
DAMON RUNYON
The Brighter
Side

around. ieveling houses and
hills and destroying all life in
cluding the horned toads. and
probably giving science the idea
for the atomic bomb.
7 HAVE just had news from
L Harry Brand on the west
coast about the progress Of Mr..
Girard. the producer at goth
Century-Fox, that we have been
training 10 eat an elephant as
the ultimate in big eating.
Harry wired me that Mr.. G.
had eaten Billy Wilkerson's
restaurant in Beverly Hills 10 a
crust, and i instructed him to
switch our man to Mike Roman
offs. Now Harry wires:
"Girard has cleaned out
Romanoffs restaurant and has
just eaten Romanoff."
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

You are this, sWest Wtfe,
Intoxicating eyes,
Doeiiks, teasing.
Thrilling my heart - my very
being NJ M. lHEl =.
So no one else ts in my seeing.
Ever patient,
Lon0-enduring,
Voting for youY beLoveds
returning,
Ever comforting,
Pleosedly reassuring.
You are this, Oh, heavenly uife,
The one and only love of my
life.
-Irv Griff.
(Author Of above II 1t. j. G..
Irv Griff, USNR. He Is flyer,
now stationed In the Philippines.
Above IL only one verse Of the
poem the lieutenant wrote In
honor Of his lovely mate. 1
know shes lovely because he
sent me a snapshot OF herr
SAID II II. Munro: Confront
- a child, puppy and a
kitten with sudden danger. the
child will turn instinctively for
assistance, the puppy will grovel
in abieCt submission. the kitten
will brace its tiny body for
frantic resistance. A SUBJ
scriber, evidently a cat enthusi-
ast, sent me this quotation with
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

NOTHING having happened in
~ Washington all week. ex-
cept something about japanese
surrender, this is indubitably the
time 10 tell you about fero-
Clous fight that rs going on be-
tween the foreign economic
administration and the depart
ment Of agriculture.
To date no blood has been
shed although they tell me those
economic furriners are very
quick TO pull a knife.
The cause Of the dispute goes
down 10 the very roots Of things.
II is whether we should give
away our Kentucky blue grass
seed
4 S YOU may have heard ru-
"a mored. there are countries
in various parts OF the world
who wish us 10 give them things.
They wish us 10 give these
things on the cuff, meaning they
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-18

solution employed for washing
the bladder was made up Of
citric acid. magnesium oxide.
sodium Carbonate and water.
To bring more rapid relief Of
the Sympto particularly
burning. IL is suggested that the
patient be given by mouth such
preparations as methylene blue
or mixture Of HyoScyamuS
and potassium citrate.
tuberculosis Of the bladder is
also a cause for frequency Of
ur.natlon. and Is more difficult.
10 treat than the infection pro-
duced by other germs. DIR.
Baurys says that, IN elderly
women changes occurring in the
lining membrane Of the bladder
can cause frequency, although
the urine is normal In treat
ing these patients he suggests
the use of the drug known as
stilbeStrol.