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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

n-Can an army nurse make
0 an allotment TO her
mother: If 81, how much is de-
Quoted from her pay:
4 The nurse m ay make a
voluntary Class + allotment of
pay 10 her mother, all Of which
would be deducted from her
pay She cannot apply for a
family allowance for her mother
since she is commissioned Of
fccr,
Q-I have been told that any
eN-serviceman may make pur-
chases at any army PX, simply
by presenting his honorable dis
charge certificate. Is this fact or
n rumnr e=-= ID. VI.
A This is a rumor. The post
exchanges ar the various mili-
tary and naval installations are
operated 10 give the servieemen
the benefits Of buying merchan-
disc at reduced prices. This
benefit is for servicemen and
their dependents. When a man
IS discharged from the service
ne is again a civilian and cannot
take advantage OF this benefit.
Q=Mhat does casual COM
pany" mean in a soldiers ad-
dress? Il. j. VI.
A casual company is one
in which group Of unassigned
men are grouped together for
transportation overSeas (to
combat theater or return TO
United States). or such a group
OF men may merely be await
ing assignment 10 permanent
unit. The casual company might
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

known 10 bite implicitly
through an oar. CAN'T that
oarful?)
W. Va. has a law which makes
il illegal for an alien TO own a
dog.
Thumbs are recognized by the
law as being the most valuable
part of the hand. The L. S.
Employees Compensation Com
mission allows worker 81
weeks pay for the accidental
loss OF a thumb but only %
weeks pay for the loss of a
foreiinger with such knowl-
edge you can be the star pupil
in a kindergarten
May is the only month in
which a L. 5. President has
neither been born nor died.
a hafIbut always lies on IFS
left side. and both its eyes are
on the right. Gruesome, amt
it?o
IN ADDITION 10 Annie Laurie.
L Wallace of Palm Springs,
Cal am informed that in
Acata, Cal | have one named
Annie Laurie Tilton. In Patcr-
son, y. j.. l have four male
readers all named Dannie Lau-
rle Or ! should say three
readers and one prospective Gus.
toner. The youngest Of these
Dannie Dauries. all in the same
family. is 3 years old. Others
are 33, 53 and SO respectively.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
The Brighter
Side

homeiy philosophy on events of
the day, yet the great Irwin S.
Cobb -Was unable TO turn eat a
reasonable follow on it when he
was induced 10 try after Rogers
died. CObb'S effort had a Cer-
tain vogue for a short time.
then met a natural death. But
on the other hand, Rogers could
not shine Cobb's shoe as a
writer at greater length.
All right. / hear you.
Good-by.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

THAT there are Communists
L in Movietown is hardly a
scoop. They even have them
In Congress.
War correspondent Quentin
Reynolds (who needs a girdle
lately) was ribbed by Gen.
Eisenhero the other day. Good
gahd, QuentH" said Eisenhero.
you've lost the battle of the
dlge."
= Sir James G.. Bisset ithe
Queen Mary's skipper) quipped
to an interviewer: I'm half
Scotch and half soda" sAh,
another Sound = in the Night
reader.
Hope the flapjaws who hooted
show business read Eisenhero's
stirring tribute to USOldiers-in-
greasepaint.
PSYCHOLOGISTS have dis
i covered that kissing is more
tiring than physical or intellec-
tual work. tNo wonderD
In the Nineteenth Century.
kalesnikof Russian shoe
maker, disguised himself as
a doctor and rapidly rose TO the
Office of chief surgeon at the
kieff Hosp. He performed 600
majo operations before his de-
ception was uncovered. Try
and top that, DR.. Kildare
In Siam a man is allowed only
one divorce, but he can sell his
othe" wives.
New" and old potatoes
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
On the
Side

sional word. What is the best :
baseball town in the major
leagues?
\. In 1871. 1912 and l9i3
Brooklyn topped all clubs In
both major leagues in attend
ance. For example, I'm 1871 the
total Brooklyn attendance waS
l.2ll.112. Ear that same year
IL was 96i,7 for the New
York Yankees and S27,0i6 ia<s
the Giants.
@. What is the best police
force In the world? -
A. II is probably dead heat
between the London and New
York police forces. That Is, &C.
cording to expert unpre JUDGED
opinion. Being a native of that
great city, I believe New Nork's
police force is, as the late Capt.
Bill Devery put ii, 1.-The finest
4 KINDLY subscriber has pre-
n sented d me with sun
watch" This is a small dial in
the form of a wrist watch. Looks
very intereSIing-Am- going ~
try it out if we get any sun in
our neighborhOod today.
4 farmer defending the Cali.
fornia hens. charged with not
producing as many eggs as they
should. writes:
There is too much crude
fiber in the laying mash the
farmers get now. Consequently,
the hens don't get as much bene-
fit from their feed as they
should and cannot lay as well.
Don't blame the egg shortage
on the hens. They are always in
there trying hard to produce.
There II no more conscience
animal alive than a hen"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
WHEN ! was 7 my parents
died and my elder brother.
a bachelor. was appointed my
guardian.
He has given me everything a
boy would want.
have had cars, clothes and
expensive summer travel.
In fact, | have had quite a
fast life for a boy, Is years old
During my travels ! met many
Rlrls. but these never meant
Rre than mutual friendship.
N,fh one exception the last
girl ! met.
We met in a small southern
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

CThe demand for quoting the
above l. terrific. Requests come
mostly from seryicemen who
have wives or swcctheartS " no
are CutF little tricks. Those Wh0
want this poem better clip IL
now. We cant quite il again.
The tall girls are kicking
SNOBODY looks at a wOman'S
-fcgs IN the morning. 80
was. quoted Earl Constantine.
the well-known and genial ho-
slery manufacturing expert who
made the remark N suggesting
women conserve their stockings
Mr.. Constantine does not deny
making this observation, but be-
lieVcS " may have caused a mis-
understanding
He meant that in the morning
the girls should wear service
weight stockings and save their
sheer stockings for afternoon
and evening wear
Am happy to straighten this
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

The sEyIork and The nightingale,
Though smaH a1d iigh' of to1'g,
Yet marble sUcctcr ~ the grove,
Than dH the birds that sing.
iHd so q tIttie roman.
Though n rcrV little thing,
Is slOcetcr Jar than sugar,
And fot0ers that bloom in spring.
AZ Withp' the ijftie rose,
fOU md M richest dyes,
AID ~ n iiftlc grain OF gold,
Mich price and rGlur lies,
ABd from n irHe baIsopi,
NUcb odor doth oi1se,
So 10, n iitilc uom0p
There's n taste Of paradise.
Juan De Ruiz de Hita.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

Of the suprarenal
- glands Is rare IN comparison
with The frequent occurrence OF
disorders affecting other glands
such as, for example the thy
roId gland the sex glands or
the pituitary gland at the base
OF the brain. All OF these glands
form ScCrctlonS which empty
directly into the blood and af-
feet all OF the activities OF the
body. The Suprarenal glands, as
their name indicates, are To-
Gated just above the kidneys.
While actual disease OF the
Suprarenal glands is not so fre-
qucnt, there are many disturb
ing symptoms which may be due
10 lack of secretion OF one part
Of tee glands known as the cor
tex producing a condition
known as Addison's disease. Al
though the exact use OF the
secretion from this gland is
still not known. nevertheless,
when the secretion is lacking.
salt and water are eNcreted in
reXceSSthFetgh the kidneys The
chemical substance known as
potassium is retained in the
body. and there is also A dis
turhance IN the way sugar IS
used This results IN a lessen
ing Of the amount Of sugar lr
the blood.
HDDISONS disease occurs
~ more frequently in men
than in women. II is rare in
children and in elderly people.
II vas formerly believed that
frHr out Of every five patients
with AddiSons disease suffered
from tuberculosis of the supra
renal glands. However, this has
been found not 10 be true.
AddiSons disease usually
starts gradually. The most out
standing symptoms is a discol-
Grafton OF the skin. The color Of
the skin becomes much like that
seen in Indians. The soles Of the
feet and palms OF the hands,
however, are not discolorcd.
Deep purplish patches Of dis
coloration may be present in
the roof OF the mouth, on the
lips. and inside the cheeks.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
Connolly Answers

l-(c). 2-(a). 3-(b). A.
(c). SCI. 6-ta) slavery;s
Co honour; Co separately;
td1 delusion; te) circuni-.
stance.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
AT Your SERVICE

also be a unit on detached duty
Of some kind.
ON the Fourth Air Force
in continental United States:
MRS. X. =.
A-The Fourth Air Force is
in far western United States.
Q-Will duty in Alaska be
considered as foreign service in
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-09

n-Can an army nurse make
0 an a lOtme TO her
mother: If 81, how much is de-
Quoted from her pay:
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Brave Men

The nation should not overlook
the bravery of the men who few
over a thousand miles in China to
parachute in the vicinity Of pris-
oner of war camps in order to
carry medical relief to prisoners of
war.
News dispatches indicate that the
men volunteered for the risky job,
without knowing what they might
expect at the hands of the Japa-
nese soldiers in control of the
areas into which they dropped.
This exploit of medical men,
many of whom had not parachuted
before, reflects great credit upon
their entire organization. 1t is a
feat which every American APP
plauds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Students Should Study

A BACK :. TO SCHOOL drive,
aimed at increasing high school
enrolment by 100000 students this
fall has been sponsored by the
Children's Bureau Of the Labor De-
partment and the Office Of Educa-
ton. q
In pre-war years, high school en-
roflment lowered around 1880, 900
boys and girls but last year it
dropped to about 100000. Some
Of the decline was due, no doubt,
to boys going into service, but
much of it is attributed to boys
and girls taking wartime jobs.
It should be, unnecessary for any
newspaper to urge the boys and
girls Of its county to proceed with
their high school education and,
if possible, to attend college. The
benefits of a thorough education
are, or should be, generally appre-
ciated. Students should, unless
economic difficulties make it neces-
sary, forego the temptation Cd
ready cash in order to be better
prepared for the longer battle Of
life. s5l't
While there is an, economic argu-
naent for every Individual securing
as much education As'pbssible, this
is not the only reason an individ-
ual should continually seek to be-
come more intelligent. In addition
to the pecuniary reward that al
most inevitably follows, the indi-
vidual receives a greater dividend
in the fullness and richness that
attend q cultivated mind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Fair Prices Mean What ?

NEARLY every politician pro-
poses permanent plan to pro-
vide flair prices" for agricultural
lists but the term is subject to a
variety of meanings and the
meanings and the trouble will come
in efforts to implement a program.
A "fair price" for farmers must
depend upon the standard of living
that farmers are to enjoy. If this
is to be on a parity with workers
in other economic lines, such as
carpenters, bricklayers, organized
labor, ETC., the prices Of agricul-
tural products must move upward.
If outstanding and successful
farmers are to have the oppor-
tunity to enjoy incomes that COM
pare with professional men, of the
same relative standard in their
economic fields, then agricultural
prices will be much higher. If
top-agriculturalists are to have
the remotest opportunity of equal
ling the salaries that large indus
tries pay to their executives the
sky viii have to be the limit on the
prices to be paid for farm prod
ucts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Not Much Difference

THE USE of the atomic bomb,
with, its wholesale destruction
Of persons and property, has called
forth the usual crop of complaints
from the custodians of the human
conscience.
There is, no doubt, reluctance
on the part Of civilized individuals
to encompass the mass destruction
Of other people, regardless of who
they happen to be. Nevertheless,
in the development of modern war
fare, it is obvious that the indus
trial machine of a nation repre-
sents a prime target and that de-
struction of the means of produc-
ton is a legitimate military objec-
tive.
While the atomic bomb may kill
and destroy on a wholesale basis,
rather than on the retail level,
there is not much difference be-
tween the destruction of a city
and its people by one bomb and a
similar result achieved by one
thousand bombs delivered in one
hundred raids.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30

lieutenant : colonel led his men
through the bitter days of the Bur-
ma campaign. Now he is a general
staff officer. one of midas four brig
adiers, and also a member of the
army reorganization committee. It
was in the latter capacity that he
has just completed a tour of inspec-
ton of the British military schools at
Woolwich and Sandhurst, then the
Canadian school at Kingston, and
finally West Point and some Of
our specialist schools. He hopes to
take acceptable features Of all these
schools and combine them in the
new Indian Military Academy, the
site Of which has not yet been de-
termined but the plans for which
are well under way. The commit
tee on reorganization also hopes to
revise Indian preliminary education
so that it will develop leadership.
When l saw General Cariappa he
was politely but none the less Deep
ly panied over some Of the reports
in the American press which belit-
tied India's participation in the
war. He explained (which we in
Washington knew that there were
two Indian soldiers to every one
British soldier in the Burma fight.
ing.
General Cariappa Is working to
prepare a completely independent
Indian army. 1t is also, I dare to
suggest, for an independent India.
AS soldier, the general refused to
discuss politics. but he said that nat
urally every loyal Indian looks for
ward to the independence of his
country - Something" he said,
which every one of our soldiers
who has been fighting for the ideals
of the United Nations expects" Like
his fellow-countrymen and the Brit
ish officers with whom have talked.
General Cariappa is proud of the
seeds of unity which have been sown
in the army.
In the first place, the army speaks
and also reads and writes one lam
guage. Most of the soldiers when
they enlist are of the peasant class
and are illiterate. When their train
ing commences they are immedi-
ately taught to read and write in
Roman Urdu, which is simplified
Hindustani written with English (Ro-
mani letters. Aside from the value
of graduating illiteracy, the knowl-
edge and use of a common language
removes one of the chief obstacles
to harmony and understanding
among the people. (There are ~
principal languages and 100 dia-
lects spoken in India) Many preju-
dices go when the language barrier
is broken down. When the war is
over at least 2ls million Indians will
have the bond Of common tongue.
But more than that, they will have
lived together, eaten together. in the
field at least lived in close COM
partnership in barracks and devel-
oped teamwork and tolerance. There
has been some suggestion that Basic
English be made the official Ian
guage of the army in India. and
while, for the present, Hindustani
appears more r~"-''-~l the for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30

a deep-seated hatred Of warfare
and demonstrates the reluctance of
a democratic people to continue the
processes of modern warfare, even
when the devastation almost exclu-
sively affects enemy property.
Commendable as this preference
for peace may be we should not
overlook the danger that it carries
to our republic. If, through love
of peace, we neglect the fundamen-
tai security of the nation or be-
come impetuous in our anxiety for
normal living, we will risk much
more than we gain.
AS we have said before, there is
not much danger of militarism in
this country but the peril that de-
mocracies have to fear is that love
of peace and regard for individual
life may make us careless in the
defense of our liberties.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Commendable But
Dangerous

THE PEOPLE of the United
States and, we presume, of the
United Nations, were on the anx-
ious seat for several days recently
momentarily expecting the news
that Japan had accepted the I'M
conditional surrender terms of the
allied nations.
The popular excitement demon
strated ccnclusively the love of
peace that dwells within the heart
Of the average American. Not
withstanding the great triumphs
that have crowned our flag in war
fare the people wanted peace and
the return Of their fighting sons.
This is an admirable trait and
one which augurs well for the flu
tute peace Of the world. 1t reflects
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
No Overnight Affair

THE SUCCESS of our stupen-
dous task of reconversion will
not depend, altogether, upon the
speed with which the government
relinquishes wartime controls.
The economic condition in the
United States did not improve
overnight. The same factors that
made regulation and control neces-
sary before are, for the most part,
existent today. 1t will be weeks
and months before anything like
normal economic conditions can be
expected and even this is not at
all certain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Memorial To A Tragedy

THE GREATEST school tragedy
Of the war in Great Britain
occurred Aug. %, 1914, when an
American plane crashed into a
school building, killing 81 people,
% Of them children.
The site of the tragedy has now
become a memorial playground,
financed by gifts from American
air base soldiers who provided the
funds to transform the area in
q three-acre playground. In addi-
ton, our soldiers built playground
devices from salvaged equipment,
graded and plowed the playing
fields and seeded the lawns.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-08-30
Vas ing %! 3 !! D {{:2:25S
India 5 Army Force
j.. For Unifying Country
Common Language and Habits Tend to
Break Down Former Preludices; Troops
Take Leadership in Communal Affairs.
By BAUKHAGE
Ne.Us Analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street NV,
Washington, ID. C.
One heartening postwar picture
arose out of the welter of hope, fear
and expectation which held Wash
ington in its grip through the news
Of the atomic bombs, the entrance
of Russia into the war and then the
exciting flash from Japan that kept
us on tenter-hooks so long. When
there seemed little to contemplate
about but the lush growth of evil
which had sprung from the planting
of the dra gon's teeth Of war, ! found,
strangely enough, In the Office Of the
representative of India In Washing
ton the belief that the war would
turn out to be, in one respect
blessing to that perturbed country.
India has furnished an army of 2ls
million men (the largest volunteer
force in the world in the prosecu-
ton of this war and that army has
turned out to be "the greatest school
of adult education" in the world.
That's what the Indians proudly call
1t. True, soldiers in other armies
have been taught while they
fought" but few have ever been able
to add so much to the total knowl-
edge of their nation.
l am told that after the last war,
when an Indian village was found,
especially in the Punjab, which was
little better run, with more pro-
gressive ideas and a more active
social consciousness, it would also
be discovered that its moving spirit
was an ex-soldier-an Indian (Hin-
du or Moslem. Rajput or Sikh. no
matter) who had brought home
ideas on sanitation and hygiene, CO.
operation and understanding, abb
sorbed during his period of service
at home or abroad. But now the po-
tentialities of this military mission
aryship are immensely greater. Not
merely because the Indian army is
so much bigger, but because al
ready it has served as great melt
ing pot. breaking down ancient pref
udices and taboos which heretofore
have made Indian unity impossible.