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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
BY George
RothWell Brown

would limit the federal take in
income taxes to p per cent.
CEVENTEEN states are now
u reported 10 have adopted
resolutions 10 this effect.
This is more than half the
number OF states whose action
would be required-two-thirds
OF the 4S states, or 80 states
10 bring into motion that clause
Of the Constitution which SAYS
that the Congress. upon the ap-
plication OF the legislatures OF
two-thirds OF the states Shall
call a convention for proposing
amendments"
This method Of amending the
Constitution has never been en-
ployed.
Never could a more unpropi-
tious time for a constitutional
convention have been chosen
than the present. with the ma
ton at war and in social. eco
nomic and political turmoil.
The states are now petition
ing for the proposed income tax
amendment, but once the con-
vention were convened, il
would not be restricted, but
could amend the Constitution
in any particular.
Think what that would mean
now" exclaimed Senator Nc
Carran. THE youth and flower
OF the republic are absent from
the country. gone to war.
THE convention would he
made up Of God knows whom.
Think ~ the freaks we might
get. The convention would be
full Of prohibitionists, who would
try to put a dry amendment
over again, and there would he
Communists who would slip In
and try to get their radical
ideas into the Constitution"
THAT about sizes up conserv-
i ative congressional opinion
about the deplorable conse-
quences that might flow from
the holding OF constitutional
convention al this time.
Now. a constitutional conven-
tion to revise the organic law
appears 10 have long been in
the minds of the radicals. II
has cropped up in their writ
ings.
II the Senate judiciary COM
mittee adheres 10 the policy in
dicated above. that amendment
will never reach the Senate floor
in this Congress.
But the decision might con-
ceivably stimulate the move
ment in the states 10 force a
constitutional convention.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

there about the city until finally
he said:
"All right. Mr.. r., there will
he two IN your name nj the box
office of Follow the Girls In the
Forty-fourth Street Theater."
HTs THAT good ?" I asked.
L Goods" he said. Its per-
feet. You would he surprised tn
know what influence I had to
exert TO get you the ducats.
Would you believe Ii there his
voice dropped to a whisper) 1
had to use MacArthur's name,
but don't ever let on"
/ said he could trust me and
that night there I was-in the
second row all right with a gen.
tleman alongside of me who rep
resented the committee of school
teachers that is assisting me in
my study because l figure school
teachers ought to know better
than any one else why people go
in and out the way they do.
And no sooner had the show
got going than IL dawned Oh Hae
that this was the opera in which
the star is Miss Gertrude Niesen,
my landlady in Holmby Hills,
way, way out there In Cali
fornia and in fact Miss Niesen
in person was warbling up yon-
der on the rostrum.
1t sort o made me feel real
proud-like TO reflect that l enjoy
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
you'll
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

Up in our neck-of- -the-woods we sure get our
climate direct from producer TO consumer.
The summer of 1914 the hottest since 1873 and
this winter the toughest since 1888 We have put
samples in bottles and forwarded them to the AAU
for approval.
1t started showing last November and got deep a
couldn't make footprints stills Yesterday
the first time the ground in four months. 1t didn't
take Columbus that long.
The worst thing about tough winters is what they do
to your got old staton-wagon that rattes like
bones in a bag
The rubber strips off the tires like it spool
instead Of on wheel The worst thing that happens is
when your back wheels spin on the hard snow.
That works your clutch until it is as smooth as an
old dime and worth half much knocked out two
clutches this winter trying to get out of the barn and
up short hill. Couldn't get any traction than
one-toed gander.
The brakes went along with the clutch and the
water in the radiator froze tighter than crocodile's
smile. busted down FIVE miles from home and it costs
me 10 smackers to get towed into a secret base
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
WALTER WNCHELL n.,eg,,u On

T,HE fnteiiigentsia: John Ma
i son Brown. ex-drama critic
and naval officer. is having a
radio program .tstyled a la
Woollcott's) dangled before him.
Dorothy Thompson switches
from the Blue TO Mutual in mid
March.
Roger Butterfield, one of II.
Luce's 'op essayists, has quit to
write books. He divided the
coin with his mag publishers)
that he got for doing Sgt. AL
Schmid's heroic story for War
ner's.
Insiders near that John p.
Marquand based the character
of father-in-law lin the hit.
The Late George Apley"l on
one of his kinfolks.
Len Smith. former reporter in
N. Y. is back after two years
with The Stsrs and Stripes in
Africa.
Tourist Under Fire" is a new
book by Tom Healy. British
scribe. long with the armies in
the field. II is not a war book,
but an interesting travel tome.
Mitchell Grayson and j. Q.
Rink. former OWL execs, have
coIlabed on a play called. "Op-
Grafton PV."
Spence Gray Westminster
colyumer. mas been assigned by
a mag to do. A job on the upper
crusterS.
One of tne- stages most
famed directors and writers
hates Hollywood with such In
tensity he has provided in his
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
BETTER HEALTH
By DR.. Herman Bundesen

CAREFUL and critical modern
~ research has tended 10 mod.
-ify some 81 the Glib claims that
were made for t1Ic HuTneT6t1s
conditions that were aScribcd 10
sensitiveness 10 food several
years ago.
There we're people with sinus
trouble and asthma who went
of one food after another and
often reduced Themselves 10 al
most dangerous limitations and
whose sinus trouble or asthma
still went on In full flower.
II certainly should be made a
rule which is mere common
sense that If you are supposed
10 have a condition (A) which
is supposed u be due 10 a food
tB) and If YOU stop 3 for
week and a docs not disappear,
the ingestion Of 3 is not the
cause OF A and you can begin 20
eat il again
In fact tha' is one Of the pos
-tufates or Or RUuerr Cooke OF
New York. formulated in 1922,
that the ailergic manifestation
can be- artificially reproduced NJ
will by the ineestion Of the
suspected food But the allCr-
gistS who made a fad OF food
allergy said some mes il
worked and sometimes u didn't.
I'VE list of the conditions that
i have been ascribed 10 sensi.
tiveness 10 food is long. Two
have already been named-al-
lergic rhinitis, or perennial hay
fever and perennial asthma. In
favor OF the concept must be
reckoned that the mucous men,
brane OF the nose and the mus
cles Of the bronchi are very
sensitive TO all kinds OF aller-
gies Any hay fever patient
can tell you that But. on the
contrary. isn't II common sense
and logic 10 suppose that the
substances they would be most
likely 10 respond 10 are things
in the air-dust and plant poll
lens and animal dander. etc?
Another condition which has
been intensively studied along
these lines Is headache, whether
migraine headache or the sim
pier kinds.
SO far. il seems difficult 10
prove that any single case OF
this kind has ever been proved
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

In he due - feed alleFey I.
may be II works sometimes by
suggestion and II may be We
VIII learn more about the
mechanism OF food allergy
which Will change our ideas.
but as OF present writing. the
above statement stands.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
d. C.-Would an operation
cure cross eyes?
Answer - Operations on saint
and cross eges by leHgtherin0 or
shortening the external muscles
Of the eVebGlls are sVcccssfuI
ichen done at the right age. They
are not advisable, however, a tter
early childhood.
II. J. C.-Can you suggest
anything besides Whitfields
ointment and X-ray for athletes
foot?
AHsWer-Pldin boric acid pow-
der sprinkled on is rel.p efsc.irA.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

the ship fees have been used
toward payment.
The ship fees are paid to the
Kaiser company by the govern
ment of the United States.
So Henry Kaiser's enterprises
have received from the govern
ment for these three items a
total of Sf43, 756, 900 IN the form
OF loans for industrial activities
in fields in which he had no
prior experience and practically
no investment, that none of these
enterprises has been financially
successful; that they have been
aided by ship fees paid to Kaiser
enterprises by the government
and that in the end the RFC
must be left holding the bag.
How come?
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

will that his cremated ashes
are to be thrown in the face Of
the most prominent producer
when he kicks off.
OPA should iron out the situa-
" tion which allows newly
opened steak spots TO sell all
the steak they like. but stops
old established places from sell
ing any because they know how
many points they have.
Navy officers at 90 Church
street were told not TO associate
with publicized Broadway dolls.
Ourgrecent item I photog-
raphers were despe. for ma
terials is correct. Many big ones
are going out of biz Others ac-
cept payment (for pix in bulbs
and film.
Kurt Norman, the lager heir.
and Helen of Lou Walters Ter
race will wed shortly
A flood of marijuana Gigs is
in the hands of teen-agers. with
the Feds working hard to learn
the source.
Comic Johnny Morgan, de-
spite a raise 10 81, 500 per pro-
gram. is quitting his Monday
nighter.
Ex-Mayor J. J. Walkers for
MGR budget director fChaS,
Kohler) is at ST. Vincent's,
where he lost a hand after an
infection.
One German spy made inqui-
ries on how best TO contact the
Klan here.
Why all the to-doodle about
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
MARY HAWORTH.S MAIL

would have 10 live in an insti-
tuition.
My mother helps me with my
children.
In fact, she does al our laun-
dry work; and she is against me
taking this child.
Is IL fair 10 20 ahead with my
plans against her will7
After all. it would increase
her work.
Should / consider her wishes
since she is so good TO US, and
Indispensable insofar as her help
is concerned7 Or should / take
the child and send her laundry
out?
BY the way, my mother does
not live with US. r.. j.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
E. v. DURLING

readers but they do not write
TO me to speak OF love. I will
have our Horses n Women eX-
perts investigate this matter. I
think ii possible if a young
woman had favorite sc I
with which her sweetheart was
familiar he might enjoy getting
a letter which had in il whiff
OF the same. 1t might bring
back pleasant memories
DECENTLY / expressed Curl
IL osity as 10 what had be-
come of the gallant Wake
Island marines so long prisoners
OF war in Japan. a Brookiynite
writes she has received a letter
from her nephew. one Of the
Wake Island marines. The let
ter was from Shanghai. 1t was
quite long and cheerful in tone
ana apparently ndu not Deen
subject 10 such strict censorship
as previous communications.
GAN FRANCISCAN says If
- your dinner check in some
places in his city is $3.50 and
you give the waiter a S. bill he
expects 10 keep all the change,
This man says he believes 10
per cent OF the check is a fair
tip. He also states he is or
ganizing a "ten per cent Of the
check tipping club" and already
has AZ members. II is expected
the club will develop into a
national organization.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon H. gallons. Valid through
March 2l.
Bs and C-s Coupons-S gallons each.
B-e and CO Coupons gallons each
Law requires state. name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
FUEL OIL
Psriods tt and a-VAiid
through sept 30
SUGAR
stamp rs, Book 4--Naiid through
June Z
No. ts-Vsiid through March 81
rROCESSED FOODS
Mac Us through B-7-NAnd through
q Match 81
B,ue ca through G-1-vsIid through
April 2t.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

Bronx Tammany leader Flynn
going with FDR to the Big 3
confab? After all, what part of
the world has more right than
the Bronx TO say what is TO be
done about Hitler?
The only one who says he will
defy Justice Byrnes Is Philly
night club assn cZar. Weber of
the army got five years for dis
obeying orders. A sailor got
three.
THAT overworked simile. "As
l. persistent as an insurance
man" is debunked by the news
that 80 per cent of all private
American dwellings have no
insurance against burglary.
When you hear any one say
that man is a member OF the
RCF il means Rocking Chair
Fleet"
One weekly planned a layout
on gin-rummy cheating. II is
being held up because some of
the editors feel it might encour-
age illegal "schneids" around the
country.
Phil Yordan. author of the hit.
Anna Lucasta," is the highest
paid author OF any show in
town. He collects S2.l00 a week
from ------------
The big laugh these days is
walking through Yorkville and
seeing all the Italian spaghetti
places which replaced the beer
halls where the Bund boys
plotted their putsches
Copyright by Daily Mirror, Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
Brain Game Answers

Laurel and Hardy.
2-S12.50.
3@(b) Is correct.
4-Guatemala, Honduras, SAL
vador. Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and one colony. British Hon
duras.
5-Edward r. Stettinius. An
thony Eden and v. M. Molo-
TOW.
6-Cavalleria Rusticana, Mas
cagni; Rigofetto, verdf: Lob.
engrin. Wagner; Madame
Butterfly. Puccini; Don Gio-
vanni, Mozart.
False.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

blus IA throuss h-a-vslid through
June e.
Blss Ma tArsuss sa-vsnd throurh
July /
MATS, cHEEsE. FATS
Red o-s throush ss-vslid throuth
March 81.
Red rs throssA x-s-v.nd throush
RED rs thresrh p-s-v,ud through
Rsd "a throssh y-,-vand Msreh Z
through July i,
One lb' nlvast TAT GOOD for cents
and two ration pointS
sHoEs
Airplans Stamps q, n ana t-Vhlid
indefinitely Loose stamps nos sccspted
Landlords must register all TENANCY
CHANGEs and all rented sPAcE fsr
lvtnl or sleepinL
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

3-The scientific liberal. The
optimist believes that every day
the world is getting better. The
pessimist when he has 10 choose
between two evils, chooses both.
The conservative believes Moth
ing should be done for the first
time. The radical believes noth-
ing should ever be done except
for the first time. The only
truly helpful citizen Ia the scien-
tific liberal. who studies, an
alyzes, counts, measures and
weighs all sides before acting.
They are the men OF thought"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
CLIFTON WEBB.

CLIFTON WEBB. Veteran
~ Thespian.
Recently a terrific hit as a
character actor in the film
Laura"
Webb has made successful ap-
pearances IN grand opera,
Shakespearean drama and musi-
cal comedies.
He was also an outstanding
exponent OF ballroom dancing,
once having been the dance
partner OF Mae Murray.
That was during the days OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Castle and
Maurice and Walton.
He is also a painter Of some
ability.
TFIE Joe-Flo-Ann restaurant is
L the name of an Oakland, Cal,
establishment.
In the days when gasoline was
plentiful / passed highway eat
cry named Joe's and Mary's.
A year later I passed that
way again and the sign now
said Mary's and Joe's.
I made inquiries. Joe said.
well, the wife said it was
better etiquette II her name
came first so we made II that
way"
4 NJ ASKED If many young
IA women are using scented
note paper these days. Also.
what do men think Of this type
Of letter writing. can't ex-
pert on this subject. receive
many letters from feminine
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

MY HUSBAND and have
AVA been happily married for
II years.
We have six lovely daughters.
ranging in ages from 9 months
TO 20 years.
My husband idolizes his girls.
His whole life Is devoted 10 their
welfare.
He is an ideal husband and
father.
/ don't exactly know why I
feel this way, but want with
all my heart 10 take another
child into my home - not 10
adopt her. but 10 care for her;
one who is unfortunate in not
having a home. and otherwise
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05
Connolly Answers

1-b (161D: "a: &c; 4-b:
SC; 6-(a) Walter; (b)
Thomas; (c) Jonas; (d)
Henry; (e) William.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

1T HAS been said: when the
Il the child swore Diogenes
struck the father" A some-
what similar policy seems to be
in effect in Huntington Park.
Cal. This city has 8 ?. m.
cuFfcw law for minors. III any
Huntington Park minor is
found out after 8 p. m. his
parents are arrested and ara
liable 10 be fined or sent to Jail
or both. This is going after
the Juvenile delinquency prob
lem in a really efficient and
effective way.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

A FEMININE "how to handle
"A man" expert advises
women 10 make II a point TO
always be a little late for a date
for a cocktail party or dance.
Arriving on time would indis
cate too much eagerness."
That advise Sounds ridiculous
and old fashioned 10 me.
The idea of a female being q
little late 10 a date is an out
worn practice.
Men like women who are
prompt.
And what's wrong II a girl
does show a little eaCerneSs to
meet the man she Sas a date
with?
Isn't that kind of compli-
ment?
Smart women don't just stand
by and take compliments from
men.
They hand out few for the
men.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-05

TFIE Joe-Flo-Ann restaurant is
L the name of an Oakland, CAL,
establishment
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-17

and made suggestions for the de-
velopment of work on various pro-
jects.
MIR. Henry is president and gen.
eral manager of the Bennettsville
and Cheraw Railroad company,
general counsel for the Cape Fear
Railways and general counsel for
the Fort Benning Railroad COM
pany.
Earlier in the regular meeting,
a motion by E. B. Bugg that Ro-
tarians attending the Shrine cere-
monial be invited to attend a club
meeting was unanimously adopted.
Adam Smith announced a picnic
for the club and wives and chill.
dren a week from today. Forty
seven are expected to attend.
A letter of resignation due te
business pressure was read from
J. Frank Hacker and President
Tom Lilly expressed regret ovel
having to accept it.
Guest of the club was Henry
Jones, of Conway, S. c.
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DOCK WORKERS
PROLONC STRIKE
CONTINUED from Page One)

operating by Friday. Eleven now
are working.
The company forecast wholesale
layoffs that may involve $4,000 OF
the 1000 persons employed in four
plants in Gary and Chicago.
The strike which began last
month in mines of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corporation in Penn
sylvania centers on demands Of the
Foremen's Union, a branch of the
United Mine Workers, for recognl-
ton.
Miners out by states yesterday
were $4,000 in West Virginia; 49,
493 in Pennsylvania; $4,000 in Ken
lucky, 9,195 in Ohio; 5000 in Ten
nessee, and $685. in Indiana.
CLIO United Electrical, Radio and
Machine workers at National Fibre
asserted the company failed to ne
gotiate a new contract. The COM
pany said it would take no action
until the workers returned.
Disorders broke out again in the
prolonged motion picture dispute.
Two men were injured and third
was arrested when more than 800
pickets sat in the street at Warner
Brothers studio, Hollywood, a n d
defied sheriff's officers.
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CHEST DONATIONS
TOTAL $36,490.2l
CONTINUED from Page One)

Laney, chairman, raised $184.00.
The grand total with H. A. Marks,
chairman, came to $36, 490.21.
The next Report Day" will be
Thursday, Marks announced, and
time is Short, he said.
Among the 81 organizations who
received Red Feather awards yes
terday there were IL who received
the awards for both meeting the
quota and 100 per cent employee
participation, and include Gregg
Bros, County Home Demonstra-
ton clubs, W.S.O.P.A., Alex Sprunt
and Sons, Baugh Motor company,
U. S. Army Recruiting, Murrell
Auto Exchange, East Wilmington
school. Masonboro school, Maffitt
Village, negro, Peabody school and
the U. S. District Court.
Firms who met their quotas were
American Molasses company. Tay-
lor Colquitt, Wilmington Terminal
warehouse, D'Lugins, and Roxy
Cafe.
Firms who had 100 per cent en-.
ployee participation were Interna.
tional Minerals and Chemicals,
Home Security Life, Maulden Mot.
or company, and Maffitt Village
school.
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Wilmington Masons
Honored By Council
Of Scottish Rite
CONTINUED from Page One)

U. Marietta, commanding officer
at Walter Reed Hospital here;
Major General Russell P. Hartle;
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Am
bassado to Panama; Gov. Andrew
F. Schoeppel of Kansas; and Rep.
Lawrence B. Hayes Of Arkansas.
North Carolina Masons elected
to the 33rd degree were: James
Lloyd Britt of Asheville, William
James Bundy of Greenville, David
|P. Dellinge- of Cherryville, Burt
Stratton Eldridge of Greensboro,
Charles Patterson Eldridge of
Raleigh, Herbert Miles Foy of Mt,
Airy, William Eli Hand OF Will
mington, Charles Samuel Perry
of Raleigh, Robert Lee Pugh of
New Bern and Robert Powell Stef-
fey of Charlotte.
North Carolinians elected to
Knight Commander included:
James Alfred Blalock of Dunn,
Farley Winfred Bridges of Green's
boro, Theodore Hayes Brown of
Asheville. Alonzo Zero mBeurriss
of Wilmington, Theodore Marshall
Cooper of Enfield, Andrew Leslie
Quicker of Charlotte, John Henry
Enwright of Asheville, Scott Stuart
Fay of Asheville, William Doak
Flinton OF Charlotte, William Ir,
win Cause of New Bern, Horace
Eugene Gray of Charlotte, John
Gammell Green of Greensboro,
Fran Howard Hill of Ashevine,
Benton Hosaflock of
Waynesville, Owen Hanley Lem
mon of Greenville, William Buren,
Martin of Winston-Salem, Epsie
Flynn MENUS of New Bern,
George Jackson Moore, Jr., Of
Raleigh, Robert Jones Morrison of
Charlotte, John Wesley Nicely of
Herbert Nobte of Ashe-
vile, Douglas O'Connell Pike o.
Raleigh, Roy Enrico Saunders of
Harvey Ward Smith OF
Beaufort, Robert Edward Smith
of New Bern, George Pryor Stone
of Greensboro, James Clyde Walk,
e7 of Statesville, William Augustus
Walker of Wilmington and Arthur
Rexford Willis of Wilmington.
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JAP UNION men
BLAST CABINET
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agency backed by the Japanese
militarists. the newspaper said.
This sum, at the official rate OF
five Yuan to one, equalfed 100000
O0O,00O Yen, or nearly 2 times the
wartime homeland note output OF
the Bank of Japan, which contrl-
buted great deal to initiation in
Japan.
The last Japanese servicemen
and civilians will not be home from
abroad until August, 1949, japanese
Minister of War Sadashi Shlmo-
mura disclosed in a report to the
cabinet
Troops of the American Division
ended a buried silver hunt approx
mately 100 miles from Tokyo when
they uncovered a cache of Japa-
nese silver bars valued at S1,lO0,-
600. The search began after lntelll-
gence officers gave the soldiers
tin that the silver was hidden near
an abandoned machine shop.
The owner of the shop had been
taken into custody by japanese
naval authorities. The silver was
found in an underground room I'M
der a pile of rubble.
japanese Navy captain, Mitsue
Fuchida, revealed in Tokyo that
the crews aboard six aircraft car
riers which struck Pearl Harbor
thought they were on a training
mission until the day before they
hit the American base.
The Japanese officer said t n e
Pearl Harbor Task Force, which
left Japan Nov. 26, 1941, included
two battleships, three cruisers, 1our
destroyer flotillas of four SHIPS
each and eight tankers.
MacArthur's headquarters an
nounced that the Japanese war ma
chine was so crushed as early as
july 1914, that Imperial General
Headquarters ordered all branches
of the armed services to become
thoroughly indoctrinated" IN Sui
eide attacks sat once"
The commanding generals staff
had been informed on the falterlng
situation in Japan, headquarters
announced, through captured JAP
anese documents.