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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

TH EODORE ROOSEVELT
Il once denounced the use Of
weasel words meaning words
that were vague, twaddlish, or
utterly devoid of meaning.
Well. will bet that no self
respecting weasel, even one that
expected to go "pop!" any
minute, would admit reSponsi-
bility for present day usage of
the word liberal"
Without much question. lib
eral' is rapidly becoming the
most meaningless word in the
American language. Give it
few more years and il will be-
come about as ineligible as
solid Jackson" or hey, hey,
babe."
I know guys proclaiming
themselves liberals who are
about as liberal as Harold Ickes
during national thrift week.
And others yelping TO the
skies, or anyway the ceilings of
night clubs, about their liberal
views-who would gladly pro-
nounce the death sentence on
any one even mildly disagreeing
with them.
NIHEN l was a kid in Canada
w the word had a fairly def
mite meaning. A liberal was a
bloke who belonged TO the Lib
eral party although the chances
were he was more conservative
than a Conservative.
In fact / knew a Liberal who
broke away from his church be-
cause IL held that sinners should
burn through all eternity and he
contended that was not long
enough
But nowadays IL has become
disguise, or cover-up. word.
RaScalS who wish 10 hide the
fact that they are Communists,
or worse. call themselves lib
q diSs Il dllOlS NiO "dIll I'D
destroy the American form OF
government 60 around ranting
they are liberals. Every type
Of human scum has assumed the
name for camouflage purposes.
The dictionary gives quite a
few definitions for liberal:
"Befitting. or worthy ef.a
man of free birth: not serviie;
bestowing In large and noble
way; generous; openhanded."
IT ALSO gives a couple OF
Il others, which may we'll be-
come the accepted definitions Of
tomorrow:
Free from restraint: uncon-
trolled; unchecked, hence re-
gardless Of moral restraints:
lice tiohs. (Shakespeare) f;
most like a liberal villain.'"
Maybe the dictionary is just
ahead of itself.
The word is being misused so
badly these days that have
begun 10 distrust any man who
calls himself a liberal. / know
many men who used TO call
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

men like the "mother-wife-mis-
tress" combination so often
found in women in their
thirties.
She further states men age
faster than women. Also that
men cannot resort to the many
methods of appearance rejuve-
nation which are available to
women.
Thus the average woman of
45 usually appears 10 be 10 or
ID years younger than her nus
band.
Looking younger she begins
10 feel younger. Therefore it
would be better if. in the first
place, she married a man 10
or Is years younger so they
will always look and feel the
same age.
There may he something to
what Ilka says. But before
commenting on II / have in
structed our Horses e. Women
and Mules e. Men departments
10 make a thorough study Of
the situation.
QUEEN ELIZABETH Of Eng
V land has dog named
Crackers" Marjorie Lawrence,
opera star, entertaining at a
royal tea party sang an aria
from Carmen. Her majesty's
dog barked wildly in disap-
proval. Marjorie stopped singing
Carmen and said:
Maybe the dog will like this
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

OUR Washington staffers can
" check this: One of the main
reasons Holmes and the others
were dropped by the state dept
was that the Jap reply TO Tru-
mans ultimatum was actually
lost for "a hours at the state
dept!
So top secret was this paper
that only one copy existed in
the S. ID.
A careless employe had tossed
II into a desk basket from which
some girl picked IL up and filed
II away with papers having no
connection.
All hell broke loose, until the
navy learned of the S. ID. pre-
dicament and sent over their
copy.
The navy, it appears. caves
dropped on the radioed message
(the Jap reply, decoded il and
saved il. But in the lost "a
hours Of ending the war-Amer-
leans perished!
INCIDENTALLY, when the
L U. S. Navy broke the Jap
naval code Gust before the bat
tie of Midway, what has never
been revealed is that the Japs
broke ours. The damage and
casualties that resulted in the
next as hours (before we had
new code) is something for the
historians.
Gen. Macarthur is among
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

After these fits, If can con-
troll my temper, l am dreadfully
regretful.
/ see what l am doing TO my
self and my son.
He is a particularly difficult
child TO rear, principally because
OF me, probably, but he is often
very sweet and l love him
dearly. A. w.
DEAR a. w:
YOUR behavior clearly signi-
Il fes that you resent your
children's very existence as an
almost unbearable encumbrance.
Your personality has never
developed psyehefegieaily be-
yond the level Of early infancy.
Poor heredity may be at the
root of your difficulty; and l
think A psychiltrist would say
you were constitutionally de-
lttlihts w AIlt etllNt llldL lOu
suffer general jncapacity for
living adequately on a mature
level.
For your Chlldren's sake, YOU
should have all the help that
pSychiatry can cive--of valuable
insight and valuable recommen-
dstions. But don't expect
psychiatrist TO step in and pick
where your husband leaves off,
in trying 10 do your knitting
for you.
Ask the local medical or
mental hygiene society 10 give
you reference list Of first rate
pSychiatrists. NJ. III.
EDITORS NOTE-Hary Ho.
Vorth eounssis through her col
urn, NOT by mail or personal
intsrVisw. Write her in core OF
The Detroit Times.
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At YOUR SERVICE

or percentage Of the veterans
disability but not otherwise.
Q-My son who was In the
army was killed in Italy In Oc-
tober, 1914. I have never re-
ceived details of his death from
any one. To whom may I write?
Mrs. l.. II. III.
A-Write TO the Adjutant
General, Memorial division, War
Department, Washington 25.
u. c., for the name of the mill
tary cemetery overseas, and the
grave or plot number in which
your son Is buried.
My wife obtained n divorce
and I was compelled to con-
tribute towards her family al
lowance- until the decree was
final. Can she be compelled to
repay payments from the time
she received her first decreee
l.. A. III.
Am interlocutory decree,
pending issuance of final decree
of divorce, has been held to con-
stitute a separation by court
order" but the wife may be en-
titled to receive the family al
lowance up TO a sum of $50 per
month depending Upon the
amount of the court order) il
the court ordered a payment 10
be made by the husband during
such period.
Q-My son was killed In ac-
tion and he named me as bene-
ficiary for his government in
surance. I understand that this
Is to be paid In monthly install
ments. Now / am not dependent
to the extent of needing such
monthly payments, but I do
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
GEORGE R. BROWN

CONGRESSIONAL opinion is
~ strongly inclining 10 the
view that the scene Of postwar
diplomacy discussions. pFelimi-
nary TO formal peace. should be
shifted as quickly as possible
from Europe TO America.
There is a strong opinion
forming az the Senate, that un-
der no circumstances should
President Truman leave the
United States for another meet
ing Of the so-called Big Three"
although whether Prime Minis
ter Attlee has really earned that
rank is debatable.
The Senate has watched the
secret deliberations Of the coun-
Gil Of foreign ministers in Lon
don with an increasing sense of
misgivings for the future OF the
world as planned by power poll
tics along the old familiar lines
OF selfish interest.
President Truman will be
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
Political
Parade

urged by certain senators when
the question arises 10 invite
Premier Stain and Prime Min
isteF Attlee TO meet with Rim
in the United States, if another
conference should be deemed
necessary in view Of the critical
situation that has developed in
London.
THIS meeting, according 10
l. those who believe that the
President should not risk an
other long trip 10 Europe. and
that the time has come for the
United States 10 assume a more
aggressive leadership. should be
held either In Washington. or
on the West Coast, preferably
San Francisco.
The secrecy which has en-
veloped the conferences OF the
foreign ministers in the British
capital has been greater and
more destructive than that
which prevailed al Versailles
after the close OF World War /.
II has been largely due, not
merely 10 the demands of For
eign CommisSar Molotov, but TO
the failure ofthe British press
10 rise 10 the emergency
There has been too much
willingness 10 accept brief and
uninformative British press re-
leases, without any display Of
that journalistic initiative that
would be exercised If the con-
ference were held in this
country.
fTFhere was originally con-
siderable hopefulness in Wash
ington that Secretary Byrnes
would be able 10 pull one Of
his celebrated rabbits out of the
hat. and return 10 Washington
In his long familiar role Of sue
cessful magician.
THOSE who knew when he
Il was President Roosevelts
"fiXer" at the Senate felt sure
that Molotov would be no match
for him But that hope has
been fading.
Some senators are especially
concerned over the unfavorable
status in which the question Of
American strsteglc-b bases IN the
Paeific-and in the Atlantic as
well--has been left by the dis
cussions in London.
II may be said upon very de-
pendable hority of the
Senate. that no peace treaty
which does not fully assure
erican sovereignty over
ocean bases deemed essential 10
American security would have a
ghost of a chance 10 be ratified.
The reports from London
that another meeting of the
big Three" may be necessary.
and another meeting of the
council of foreign ministers may
have 10 he held in December,
have increased the growing ten
sion at the capitol
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

In impetiGo. there are also
hhSters which later become
filled with a thick secretion.
They break open and form
ScahS
DrS. Patrick II. Taylor and
Kenneth + A. Hughes of Eng
land have treated these various
types Of skin disorders with
penicillin. They used a numbeE
of different preparations such
as A solution Of penicillin, as
well As calcium penicillln. and
sodium penicIllln in an oint-
ment form. The solution Of
peniclllln was applied as
spray
In one patient affected with
. sycoSiS barbae. irnpetigo also
developed a penicillin spray
was used four times a day for
is days AZ the end Of which
time all evidences Of the sycoSis
harbae disappeared. However,
the impctlgo persisted.
Staphylococcus germs grown
from the impetigo area were
found 10 be inSenSitive 10 peni-
cillln that is. the penicillin
would not kill them or stop
their growth. Treatment was
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

then used with a lotion Of an
antiseptic known as brilliant
green. Then the penicillin spray
was again used for 1S days and
the condition cleared up perma-
nently.
From these observations il
was concluded that penfctffin Is
effective in the local treatment
of certain skin diseases caused
by staphylococcus and strepto-
coccus germs. The most Satis-
factory treatment seems 10 be
10 spray the rash with a watery
solution Of penicillin. In some
instances. however. an ointment
OF the penicillin is also found
satisfactory.
II is important 10 use enough
of the penicillin from the out
set. so that the germs are not
given a chance to be resistant
10 the drug. Once such resist
ance has developed. further
treatment with penicillln is OF
no avail.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
On the
Side

ono better" Then she sang
Annie Laurie" The dog did
like it. lie stopped barking. Re-
minds me l had a great Dane
who liked symphony orchestFas
and throaty-yoiced torch song
singers but would leave the
room as soon as a swing band
came on the air.
IN SOME OF the war plant
l. sections on the Pacific coast
car-hops at roadside restaurants
made as high as $50 in wage
plus tips.
The New York Sunday papers
are now carrying an average of
two columns OF Situations
Wanted - Female advertise
mentS. Most of the job seekers
are Stenographers. Two dictation
takers seeking employment last
week described themselves as
girl Fridays
GT HAVE been married three
Il times" writes a Los Angeles
subscriber, "and have yet TO
have a husband who is n decent
dancer. Why don't they teach
ballroom dancing In the public
schools: When a wife likes 10
dance and a husband can't
dance IL Is a contributing
cause of divorce. On the other
hand a wife will think twice,
maybe three times, before d.
vorcing a mate who Il a good
dancer" =
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
On >
Broadway

by saying: "A birthday cake?
With people starving? You
ought 10 be ashamed"
To which Halsey, whose men
love him for his courage and
war record, saiu; I'm very
sorry, sir. you are unhappy
about us all having a little cake.
Tell me, hows the food been
lately at the Stork Club ?"
When Mr.. Big got back TO
Wash ington, Halsey was
beached.
THERE seems to be a diff
Il ference OF opinion around
radio circles about the salary
being paid Police Comm. Valen-
tine. who resigned 10 officiate
on the Gang Busters program.
The papers report his wage at
81 500 per week. But Benedict
Gimbel, radio owner, told me
that execs at his network told
him Valentine was getting be-
tween $500 and $500.
AS an observer with the
navy, c. Lindbergh had at least
so combat missions. He is also
credited with inventing some
gadget that enabled planes TO
carry 1000 lbs. of bombs when
they were outfitted for only
1000 lbs. When his record is
announced il will also state that
he solo'd in a Corsair and
wiped out Jap marine battery.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

10 send my blood boiling. have
hit hi1a, screamed at him at the
top of my lungs, etc, lin a
manner l would condemn in any
mother) for irritating me.
In my anger l have felt justi-
fed in gagging him. tying his
hands or feet, or mercilesSly
whipping him with tough
strap
hit him on the face or any
where.
have done likewise with my
daughter, but not so often.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

n-I am the widow OF a World
Vt World War III serviceman
and receive pension and insur-
ance payments. VIII the PEN
sion be discontinued IL I accept
a job Mrs. Is. X.
A-No. The widows pension
is not paid contingent upon de-
pendency; it is compensation TO
which she has right regard
less of any other income.
Q-Please give us the number
Of the general order and the
dates on which the Presidential
Unit Citation was awarded to
the Fourth Armored Division In
Germany. VIII you cite the ac-
tion for which the citation was
awarded: NJ.
A-The Fourth Armored Di-
vision was presidentially cited
under G.. o. 81. WD II July AS.
for distinguishing itself in COM
bat during the period % Dec. "A
27 March As. The citation says:
For extraordinary heroism and
gallantry in assisting in the de-
feat of the German armies in
the Ardennes salient"
elf a veteran is drawing
service-connected disability PEN
sion from the Veterans Admin
istratiOn and gets job paying
SIS per week, will the pension
be stopped: w. l..
A-If the veteran has re-
ceived a permanent award for
service-connected disability PEN
sion. the pension will not be
stopped, regardless of the size of
his income. The pension may be
decreased or increased. depend
ing upon A change in the degree
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

themselves liberals-and really
are-Who will no longer employ
the term for fear they will be
confused with the scurviest type
of riff-raff.
Certainly 1iberap hasn't
much in common nowadays
with that immortal line by Sir
Richard Steele, back in the
seventeenth century:
ITO love her was q liberal
education"
Distributed BY KinE Features synd Inc.
Reproduction in whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
MARY HAWORTH'S MAIL
DEAR MARY HAWoRTH

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
| AM %. married 10 years, and
Il mother of two children, a
boy, 5. and a girl, 3.
Although / have been high
strung and sensitive most of my
life. l never had much temper
until just before the birth OF my
second child, when became
afflicted with an uncomfortable
per, sometimes justified.
sometimes not.
II is brought 10 the fore
chiefly by my son. He seems
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
Brain Game Answers

Both are made of carbon.
Coal is impure carbon, diamond
is pure crystallized carbon.
BILLY Conn. ~
3-Green. Illinois; Smell, Ore
gon; Carville, Nevada; Kelly,
Michigan; Arnall. Georgia. &.
IA False. The Colorado
Is the river. (b) True.
5-Helen Hayes. ?!
6-(a) is correct. 81
flames Byrnes, United
States; Ernest Bevin, Great
Molotov, Russia; Bidault, France.
Britain; Wang Shih-chih, China,
8-Constitution Of the United
States, amendment 5. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
One Word Led to Another
-Ihr netrnlt Iimel
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

I'm glad to that end-lease business is over if it
business. Ben Franklin said the way to lose
friend to stake him to unearned bonus.
And we sure did that to the rest of the world. Our
national policy combination of lodge rattle country
store and bingo.
If you spoke another language you could have any,
thing we had And the only guarantee required was
your weight and age.
We gave Churchill over-age destroyers and they
looked nice him Russia and China got our over-age
money, slightly fringy the edges If there is any
thing we hate, it is money that bags at the elbows
Tops for all purposes were the Arabian turbans
made of American lend-lease baby pants That was one
time the Turks made both ends meet.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
Connolly Answers

Ia Battle of Chancellors,
ville), 2-b. SC, &C, 5-b
(Republic since 1910). 6-(a)
cheese, (b) Pass, (c) lace, CD
violin, (e) University.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

with attention at any picture
longer than five minutes. am
not an art "connozer," but I
have looked at pictures all my
life-the only way to know pic
tures-and in 1922 / picked the
National Prize painting out of
seven acres Of canvases. But
cannot endure more than an
hour AZ a time in an art gal
lery. Yet nearly every one can
listen for hours 10 music, either
classical or modern, according
10 his taste.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundsen-

THERE is a~-large group Of
u skin conditions known as in
fectipe deFmatoses. These skin
disorders are caused by various
types OF germs such as the sta
phylococcus and streptococcuS.
In addition 10 these -iHfeetfpe
dermaioseS, other skin infections
may occur such as sycoSis bar
bae inpetigo and furunculoSis
or boils. 1t is probable that the
same types OF germs are re-
sponSlble for the occurrence OF
these conditions.
SycoSis barbae is a particu-
larly difficult disorder 10 treat
and IN the past, in many pa
tientS. the condition remained
practically incurable. II causes
the development OF bliSters
around the hair roots OF the
beard. The skin becomes in
famed and tender.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28

GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE
By Milton wright. Noted Psychologist
Do you really KNOW YOURsEtFf
ting along with people
This booklet fully explains
YOUR Z BAsfc EMOTIONS
and how they affect getting along wt'h
tween IntroyertS ard txfFoverts and
how 10 Identify esch Y
WHICH ARE YOUp
You can learn these important thinu
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ASA fnr
GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
Senators Back
I 10 2Oqo Raise
orU.S.Workers
Measure Provides
Annual Increase
Of $391, 000, 900
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

The Senate Civil Service Commit
tee has approved Federal pay-raise
legislation providing for increases
ranging from Z to 20 per cent for
Government employees, in which the
lower income workers get a greater
percentage of the boost.
Providing for an overall wage
boost of 1873 per cent, the bill would
cost the Government an annual in
crease of 1891 900 900 in basic wages.
The bill will be reported out to the
Senate Friday, Chairman Downey
said.
Reaching agreement on the legis-
lation late yesterday after two day.
long executive sessions, the commit
tee provided graduated boosts tor
workers in the 81 1000 to $4,000 a year
level. In the original bill offered by
Senator Downey fiat Is per cent
increase was provided for all en-
ployes, regardless of salary.
Kill Overtime Clause.
At the same time, the committee
voted to kill the regular time and-a-
half overtime provisions of Senator
Downey's bill and retain present
time twelfth overtime stand
ards. The committee struck out,
however, present provisions which
guarantee Government workers a
$500 annual overtime minimum pay
ment.
Following is the new salary scale
as provided under the Senate COM
mittees bill. not including overtime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
Slate Of Officers
Named in Landover

Candidates for offices in the newly
incorporated town of Landover Hills,
Md, who were nominated at a con-
vention last month, were elected yes
terday.
The election was the first since a
proposal to incorporate the COM
munity was approved in a referen-
dunn April II. Those named are:
William zundel, mayor: ROLAND
Mills and E. Wheeler Houston, coun-
cilmen from the LIST ward; Raymond
j. Mealy and Otis A. Anderson, jr.,
I'd ward councilmen, and William A.
Elliott and William j. r. Spahr, Sd
ward councilmen. Mr.. Mills, Mr..
Mealy and Mr.. Elliott were elected
for four-year terms and the others
for two-year terms. Mrs. Ann E.
McEntee was elected treasurer.
The only contest was in the I'd
ward where Thomas A. Steele, jr.,
received 81 votes and Wilfred Woods
% votes in unsuccessful contests
with Mr.. Mealy and Mr.. Anderson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
New York Loan Firm Sues
Horning Co. for S17,605

r. Simpson & Co., loan firm with
Offices at 1873 West Forty-second
street, New York City, has filed suit
in Federal Court at Alexandria to
recover from the George D. Horn
ing Co., Arlington, s17,605 allegedly
lost through a recommendation of
the Arlington firm.
The New York company's suit is
similar to that filed last June by
McAlleenans, Inc, New York pawn
brokers, who were awarded $1,000
by jury for losses incurred in 1941,
when the Horning firm recon-
mended as a client Mrs. Margaret
Boyle, formerly socially prominent
in Washington, who pawned jewels
not hers.
Mrs Boyle was sentenced to jail
by New York court in March,
1912, for the theft of Sal, 900 in jew
els which she claimed to have sold
to prominent persons.
The Simpson suit charges that
the jewels on which they had made
the loan to Mrs. Boyle were recov-
cred by their owners last Nav.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
Maryland 0CD Plans
oContinue asAgency
For Disaster Relief
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, May 10.-Civilian
defense facilities would be continued
as peacetime agency known as
the Maryland Disaster Relief Corps
under plans outlined yesterday by
Col. Henry Barrett, head of the
State Office of Civilian Defense.
Col. Barrett said Gov. O'Conor
had named Col. Beverly Ober, SUI
perintendent of State police, as di-
rector of the new agency, but that
the plan, conceived by the OCD
chief and submitted by w. Frank
Roberts, chairman of the Maryland
Council of Defense, had not yet
been approved by the Governor.
The Disaster Relief Corps is plan
ned to supplement such organiza-
tons as the Red Cross, Col. Barrett
explained, and would give the State
relief agency for emergencies such
as hurricanes, fires and floods. He
said volunteer wardens are planned
for each county and will have at
their disposal the medical and COM
munication services now operating
under the civilian defense setup.
The communication system of the
OCD has been the. most important
function of that agency, and it's en-
tire facilities, consisting of radio
control stations in all principal sec
tions of the State, would be at the
disposal of the Disaster Relief
Corps, the Maryland OCD chief
stated.
Col Barrett said during the Euro
pean war approximately 165, 900 VOL
unteer workers had served in civilian
defense. A nucleus of workers for
each service-police, fire, medical
aid and communication be
retained, he added, although the
exact number is yet to be de-
termined