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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
WASHINGTON
SCENE
Letter From
bill O'Dwyer
Bv GEORGE DIXON

dawn Of I948 heraIds the be-
ginning of my tasks. will
awaken to the most severe and
the longest headache OF all.
when you get TO town, drop In
on me and I will let YOU share
IL with me temporarily.
with kindest personal re-
CARDS,
BILL O'DWYER."
Thanks for the nice invita-
tion, Bill, but plan to spend
New Years Day AT A track
meet. | want 10 see the Little
Flower running out Of office.
4 s CHAIRMAN Of the House
"A committee on District Of
Columbia traffic problems. Rep.
r Edward Hebert Of Louisiana.
considers himself a great au-
thority on how 10 make traffic
run smoothly.
Pafenthetically. this town is
run by Congress, through
board Of commissioners. which
many congressman have been
heard 10 beef does exactly as
II pleases without regard 70
their wishes.
Anyway. our traffic genius,
Hebert. took four members OF
the House naval affairs COM
mttee down 20 his home city
OF New Orleans recently for a
celebration in honor Of Adm.
Bull Halsey llebert was the
lone Democrat. the others,
Reps. William T.. Hess OF Ohio.
Jack Z. Anderson Of California;
W. Sterling Cole of New York.
and Robert a Grant Of Indiana.
being Republicans.
II wanted 10 impress those
Republicans" said Mr.. Hebert.
go arranged for tre-
mendous reception at the air
port And do you know who
was there 10 meet us when We
got off the plane:
"Halseye"
"No," snorted Mr. II vert,
mot a single dsrned soul"
Employing his experience as a
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
Jerome Kern
DisObeyed MedicOs

A titled Britisher (woman) in
swank hotel is begging for
headlines with her Sl00 cash
gifts TO couples. Her invite TO
her apartment has a catch TO
II.
EX-Mayor of New York. James
j. Walker at Toots Shors was
told: THE years have been kind
to YOU" "Yes," sighed James
j., "kinder than I was-to some
Of the years"
WIS appears to be the season
l. for gals named Joan TO click
In show business.
The latest to get the critics
nod being Joan Roberts in Are
You With It?" a new musical.
Others who have clicked big
this season include Joan Craw-
ford, Joan Leslie. Joan Merrill.
Joan Edwards, Joan Davis. Joan
McCracken and. needless to add,
the Copa's Joan 4. Lewis.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
By DAMON RUNYON


they would give me the itch.
What'li I use, DOc:"
"Boo-hoo-hoo!" he suddenly
bawled dropping his head on
that same willing old shoulder.
II want TO tell you about find
ing letter from another guy
In my danes handbag the
other night when she forgot II
i'm my office. IL was In answer
10 one from her and"
DERHAPS if l tell you how |
L handled that situation you
will understand my increasing
popularity as sort Of human
wailing wall among the emo
tlonally distraught. ! said;
"Oh, pooh, letters mean
nothing and the fact that the
guy had answered her merely
indicated that he was gentle
man and meticulous In keeping
up his correspondence. ] said
one OF my own greatest faults
was In not answering letters
promptly and"
but this letter was a
sizzler," the doctor said. "It
closed with row after row Of
KS. DO you know what that
means"
"Sure," said, "force Of
habit. You go TO your young
lady and apologize for being a
cad and reading the letter"
Well. / saw them together
the other night and they were
very friendly ward me,
though if had not known my
business and had advised the
guy 10 give her a good rousting
around about that correspon-
dence, I would have had 10 en-
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

traffic expert, Mr. Hebert also
arranged the bic Halsey parade.
1t was wonderful" he con-
tinued FIRST, the car carrying
Halsey broke down. We trans
ferred him 10 the press car.
Then the press car ran out of
gas. I was tearing nv thinning
locks by that time-whereupon
the third car broke down.
II tell you-those Republicans
are hoodoos. e serves me right
for mingling with them"
4 DMIRAL HALSEY arrived
AIN the midst Of one OF the
most bitter mayoralty contests
New Orleans has had IN years.
Running on reform tlCkpi--
which should amuSe the oppoSi-
tion. but doesn't is J. q. Fer
nandez. once an adherent oi-the
I3te Huey Long
Fernandez. who used 10 be
congressman. has been accusing
his opponent. MAYOR Robert s.
Nacstri, Of practically every
thing except barratry and cam
nlbalism. Maestri, IN turn has
not been too complimentary Of
Fernandez.
The mayQral fight is IN
biggest thing in New Orleans
right now And 10 NJ ay or
NIaeStri IL is probably the big
ge>t thing in the world
The mayor, however took
time off from his Fernando
battling 10 welcome Admiral
HalSey They were riding to-
gether - hizzoner all smiles
when the hero who wanted 10
ride Hirohito's white horse
turned and said
by the way, Mr.. Mayor. I
used to have a good friend here.
I've often wondered what be-
came of him.
He had q sort OF Spanish
name. Now let me see Oh.
yes5. o. Fernandez"
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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
Great Peacenlaker
N1ends His Ways

dure an evening OF dagger
glances from both.
TN SHORT, take the DANES
part and try to find excuses
for her conduct when "A gentle
man weepcr tells me what a
dirty deal She is giving him and
| take the guys end when a
lady weeper is combing him
out TO me, because | know tnat
aS soon as they make up ana
start comparing notes, ! am
bound 10 wind up winner on
both sides. They all say "Gee,
RunyOn il "A nice fcllOI ~
But il was not always thus |
can remember when ! was a
social pariah because of my
naivcto in actually putting out
advice when a guy came 10 me
asking for advice. In one ot
these situations ! would say,
Look, Fred, everybody In town
knows that doll II triple-timirg
YOU and II YOU have lick of
sense YOU will pack her In and
forget her" ! would say, Why,
Percy. l cannot see how yod
have stood her nagging and eN-
travagance and bad temper as
long as you have"
THEN one day | opened my
i eyes in hospital and a
nurse was saying, "Yes. II il a
wonder he was not killed be-
cause six men and six women
ganged up on him and gave him
a slugging over some advice he
had been spreading around,
and that was the moment /
switched my tactics.
Copyright. io4s. BY kim Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

nN JAN l, next year. which
" will be New Years Day
Nnless the Republicans demand
recount. former Patrolman
William O'DWycr will take Of
flee as the mayor of New York.
Now YOU might think that
any one about 10 have the privi-
lege OF knocking Fiorello La
Guardla from under his black
hat would be looking forward
10 the occasion with glee. But
il seems the eX-nlghtStick
wielder IS approaching IL with
trepidation
II may be that Mr.. O'Dwyer
does not feel ne can maintain
The high standards OF poise and
dignity established by MIR La
Guardia. but that can be easily
remedied All he has TO do IS
dress up Ike an old-time medi-
cine man learn how TO crane his
neck 80 ne gets his mug in every
photograph. and fight with
everybody who comes 20 his
office, including the plumber
But whatever the reason, Mr.
ODWyer conhdes he is looking
forward 20 New Years Day
with mingled emotions. I have
tins letter from the mayor-elect
OF New York in his own fair
hard and | hope you Will note
he writes pretty good for an eX-
copper
Dear George: The race is
over have put away the
running shoes and am now en-
barked on program Of CON
ditioning for the four-year task
that lies ahead.
"Or New Years Eve the folks
will toll out the old year and
ring In the new. Usually the
festivities accompanying such
ceremonies result I'm a good
many Of the celebrants awaken
Ing on New Years Day with
pretty severe headache. That II
y headache. however, that re-
sponds to time and treatment
= nd is only temporary.
"On New Years Day, a. the
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

/ once developed a sort of
rash like an eczema on my chest
and examination by a skin spe-
cialist left him puzzled, an un-
usual state of mind for a skin
specialist, | will have you know.
"Runyon," my doctor said, II
fear you will have TO give up
ocean bathing"
"DOc," ! said. 81 have not
bathed In the ocean since the
year following the big wind In
Miami. ! mean the big one. IL
was I'm '26."
"Humph," the doctor said. IL
don't think this rash could have
lasted this long. but l am sure
IL Is due to salt water. Where
could you have come In contact
with salt water?"
"Oh, shucks, Doc" I said. II
can explain that. II Is from the
tears 0f the love-lorn who weep
on my shoulder; they-the tears
-seep through my apparel 10
my hide. You know-fell0ws who
want to cry their hearts out on
somebody's shoulder and seek
mine knowing how accommodate
Ing ! am. But I didn't think
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
BROADWAY
RHYTHM
SHOW BUSINESS
IL LIKE THIS

INSIDERS are telling this al
L legged 'lowdown" on why a
Snowman lost out on a big
chance 10 get rich.
Last season Arnaud d'USseau
and James Cow wrote "Tomor-
row the World y
Theron Bamberger, former
Broadway press agent. pro-
duced il.
This season the same writer's
have another success in Deep
Are the Roots IS but Mr.. Bam-
berger is not the producer.
He doesn't know why yet un-
less some one calls his attention
10 this paragraph
The inside story" is this
When Tomorrow the World
was tried out az the Biltmore
Thcater. L. a. d'U>Seau'S father
wanted tickets for it-and Bam-
berger put HIM in the last row.
JEROME KERN 5 pals pleaded
" with him not 10 leave Cali
fornia for .lew York Medicos
warned him the Big Burgs
climate would be fatal
The Annie oakley" show
tstarring f. Merman) has its
cast, scenery, costumes, jokes
and everything except the songs
which ne was 10 compose 4.
Though President Truman broke
the record for daytime listening
with 641 ton his VE-Day re-
porO. FDR still holds the all
time II dope high 100
reached on Dec. g t9fi.
Lonnie Young, a bar gal at
the Cider Mill ton Forty-sixth
ST.. is more attractive than
most show gals IN the same thea
ter district More lmouSineS
stop outside her place than at
The Diamond Horseshoe across
the street
Sudden Thawt Has any per-
fume mfr. called the stuff:
Nagnih-Scent? Ho-hum Just
mail check 10 the Red Cross.
THE scene was the lavish office
L of the late + Ziegfeld, now
tenanted by Billy Rose-when he
ISn IN London wishing he was
back in New York
Mr.. Rose, his friend Bernard
Baruch CadviSer 10 preSidentS)
and Samuel Untermeyer tthe
Wall Strceter) were discussing
Bllys $4,000 purchase of REM
brandts "A Pilgrim al Prayer.
Mr.. Il. remarked that II was
quite a hit Of change 10 spend ON
a painting.
ut was well worth IT," said
Mr. Baruch.
"fd have paid = million for
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
BY Z. Y. DURLING

daily. except Sunday, for II
years. incidentally, he weighs
800 pounds. His committing
schedule may he tough but IL
hasn't caused him to lose any
weight"
ALMOST CONFIDENTIAL
VI ASKED n I ever -dTTTtk
"A equila sunset. Only once.
AZ Tijuana, Mexico. Never
again for me. They should call
that A blowtorch cocktail
Brooklynite says "My hus-
band once worked for boss
painter named ID. G. May who
started off the days business
with prayer and readings
from the Bible.
Miami. Fla, has started 10
campaign 20 BE- the site OF The
worlds fair OF 1850 &c..
Mrs. Rose Tirico, 33 years old.
OF the Bronx, n. Y, is the
mother of eight children She
was married when l3 years old.
ASIDES-
- L. MATHEWSON 4 boost
- or for beans as baked IN
Boston and clam choWder as
made in New England. says;
AS for Coney Island clam
chowder, II il a nauseous con-
cOctiOn OF tomato and vege-
table soup lightly favored with
clam mud.
Though IN accord with the
critics on most Of the new
plays I cannot 60 along with
them on letting down "ThereSe'
with faint praise. This opus,
featuring Dame May Whitty
Eva lie Galllenne. is an ex-
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

trcmely interesting and bril-
liantly acted play. Don't leave
1t off your playgoing schedule.
SAYS SHE- ~
81 REMEMBER Hazel Dawn
Il In The Pink Lady, writes
a feminine subscriber II also
remember fsrSsie- tfceUy sing
ing The Yama Yama Girl
And Christine Mcdonald In
The Spring Maid I also saw
the original 'Perils Of Pauline
and Million Dollar Mystery
film serials. I am 80 years old.
How dare you say that a
woman who remembers Hazel
Dawn in The Pink Lady must
he between 50 and so years
Old?"
oNotc Hazel Dawn appeared
in The Pink Lady" IN 1911.
Christine Mcdonald played in
"The Spring Maid" from 1910
10 1912 Bessie Mccoy sang
The Yama Yama Girl" in
1903 Tho Pcrils of Pauline
and Million Dollar Mystery
film serials were current
around l9l5D
CHICKENS
AM INFORMED a man had a
n roadside market in Miehi-
gan where he sold around
1000 live chickens daily TO
passing sutoists. He put
freshly cut grass sprinkled
with water in the chicken
coops. Chickens eating this
grass gained a pound in 24
hours. Seems like new
angle on the "wstered
chicken" idea.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
LETS EXPLORE
YOUR MIND
Bv ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM, D. Sc.
Answer to Question No. I

Answer tO Question No. !
Either course is in reality a
breaking OF marriage vows a
man who makes his wife mlSer-
sble by stingineSS, or bad man
nerS. etc, Is about as bad AS the
man who gets into an affair
with "the other woman The
wife who nagS her husband for
not being affectonate is also
failing 10 keep her marriage
promises. One study indicates
that selfishneSs and touchlneSS
in the husband, and slovenlineSs
and conceit in the wife We're
frequently stronger causes Of
martial unhappIneSs than 'un-
faithfulneSS
Answer to Question No. =
More normal l5 university
students were given the Bern
reuter- Test of Personality as
freshmen in 1899, and again AZ
graduation IN l943. The test in
dicateS the following traits:
Neurotic Tencency. Self-Sufti-
cheney. Inroversion EXtrover-
sion. Dominance-Subm 5 n,
Sclf-Confidence and Sociability.
All Is students had definitely
improved in every one Of these
traits during their college years.
Since these are qualities that
make for leadership, il indicates
that going TO college tends 70
produce leaders.
Answer TO Question No. 3
3 Yes, hosts of them. Douglas
+. Perry gave college freshmen
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
By WALTER WINCHELL

IT," said Rose. I'm in love with
it,"
One of the Diamond Horse
shoe producers managers came
IN $50.
We'll" he said chesitly. II
finally got that guy who has the
bird act 90 stay In the show
for SIS"
"Seventy-five dollars" ex-
ploded Billy Rose. "How do va
like that. Well, all right. But we
don't feed the birds"
4 IIGH-RANKING officer,
"A sitting al the bar, sighed:
"Ah, yes. Brass furnishes
quickly"
Christine Johnson tShe sings
June Is Dustin Out All Over
in "CarouselD quietly married
concert, violinist walter
Spolar). They honeymooned in
a Greenwich Village spot called
Sale De Champagne.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

II is true that the teeth.
when they come through the
gums, may contain tiny pits or
cracks in which food may lodge
and help 10 bring on trouble
but this. he believes, is only
minor factor.
THE nature OF the saliva or
Il the secretion from the sail
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

Egen so We met,
EUen so De Joined,
We both became entire.
No need for either 10 reneU a
suit, In.
For I UGs far, and he aas flames
Of FIRE,
Our 6rm.united souls did more
than TUNE;
So I my best beloVeds am
So he IS mins.
Francis Quarles.
CNAPPY and sunny today
) Great day for "a long walk.
But my dog is still IN me cogn.
try miss him. on such "a day
as this ne looks out of fhc VIM
dow In the morning and then
turns his shining eager face too
ward me as much As 10 Say
some day, what: Let's get
going on that walk. There VII
probably he "A lot oi squirrels
running around i'm the park"
II my dog goes 20 'Ao coun-
thy next fall I'm going with h.m
CHAMPION
nISCUSSING the matter of
- who is Americas champion
Commuter New Yorker says
~ man working i'm our office
In New York City lives outside
Of Camden, y. J. First he takes
bus to Camden where ne
transfers to "A bus for Philadel-
phia. " Philadelphia he takes,
tive train To New York. From
the Penn station he takes the
subway Ia the office. At night
he makes the return trip. He
travels about hundred miles
each way. Has been doing this
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
YOUR
HEALTH
By HERMAN n. BUNDESEN. NJ. D. :

4 CCORDING 10 Or. r. Bro
~ die Carpenter of England,
the introduction of bad eating
habits is generally responsible
for dental cares or tooth decay
in fact. he believes that diet in
itself is tho main factor in the
production Of tooth decay al
though there are many who do
not accept this theory
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

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material, 81 hours of special
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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23

IN a CERTAIN school. Dr.. Car.
L pcnter took care of the teeth
Of the children In the year
1899, most of the children had
more than two cavities. In that
year, he inStitutcd-a program
for the care Of tho tccth 6ut no
IMPROVEMENT occurred until
1914. lie believes most Of the
Improvement developed because
the amount of vegetables in the
diet was increased.
Copyright. ie4S. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
had Eating Habits
Make bad Teeth

vary glands is also important in
dental carries Saliva has been
called natures prescription for
oral hygiene II is important AS
A cleanser Of the teeth. There
IS popular belief that teeth
decay because the saliva be.
comes acid and thus eats into
the teeth.
AS protection against this
action. more liberal intake of
such minerals as calcium or
lime and phosphorus has been
recommended by many dentists.
hut increase of these minerals
In the diet has not led to any
great reduction in tooth decay.
REGULAR cleaning of the
~ teeth is undoubtedly i'm.
portant in helping 10 prevent
decay, but this is not the sole
answer 10 the problem The in
PRODUCTION Of fincly-milled flour
and sugar into the diet in place
OF unmilled cereals means that
-ihe cleansing action of trr fo7riv-
is leSSenod This may be one
OF tho dietary factors respon.
Sible for the increase in carries
According 10 Or. Carpenter
whole-Crain bread benefits the
teeth in two ways. Mechani-
cally II helps 70 clean the teeth
and the vitaminS and minerals
IN the bread may have a pro-
tective action. Sugar and
highly-milled cereals have a
tendency 10 stick to the teeth
and. when bits Of these mate
rialS arc acted on by germs.
acid may be produced which
damage the teeth and lead 10
carries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-23
BRIGHTER
SIDE

THE slight sag 10 my left
Il shoulder was cause by
friends crying on it through the
years as they narrated their
troubles in connection with the
ivine passion, which is 10 say,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-04

man calnt tel nae thAt. tt S a ram plumb out Of
the Bible. Yes. ma am, out OF Revelations. It's
a that tells the end of the world"
You really think SO -
Yes. am. does. The preacher. he
says too He says the Good Lord IN his
Heaven told us long long ago If we fell into evil
ways. If we took all peace from the earth and
killed each other with the sword and hunger and
death. then the wrath Of the Jehovah would fall
The kings and the rich and the chief
men and the captains would hide themselves in
the tcnS and the rocks of the mountains from the
wrath OF the Lamb
Don't II look to you like brought the wrath
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-04

knees and
worry
about than had here w,ckedness
Noah
wouldn't blame
started the Aorld
81 MAY be
the Chesapeake But
! a flood
think about romancany
Blblcay eighth
l dreamed
be
poem all tla1olls
,ato,l's so
IN
Henry Wadsworth Lon2rellow
practical and For an said
raining
poet sveey drop
personality
toalstools rhodo
reCnostd C9uIslllgs liberated
THAT SIbluel.
Which $
patter
Author Coates Kinney
judge temperament. particularly feminine
permanent. Jotted a feminine
"A II day and ''"'p'"''".
A
te
a he
dry pered locks OF wife and concubne kngy palace
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-04
DUKE LIBRARY GIVEN
BELLEMAN COLLECTION

Durham, Aug. 4.-Thc estate of
the late Henry Belleman, author Of
Kings Row" and other works Of
poetry and tlcticr, has given the
University Library Of Duke UniVcr-
sity a valuable collection of the
works Of the Italian poet, Dante,
The collection contains some three
hundred pieces Of literary matter
and a handsome bust of the poet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-08-04
WASHINGTON Rero1
Roin-Orenched Columnist
Writes Some Liquid Prose
Is This Grip Neeessor7
Scribe Asks Weuthermon
BY HELEN ESSARY
Central Press Correspondent

. WASHINGTON the Maryland down
Kent .1aC doolng
plants Louisa had rubber boots The mud
squshrd holes IN their
a long day" said
ne And
10 a
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Five Great Lakes
Authors Confer
They Lunch together,
Then Autograph Books

Five authors OF the noted series
Of books on the Great Lakes met
with local historians az the Statler
for luncheon Saturday and later
went TO the J L Hudson Co. 10
autograph copies Of their books.
The authors arc DR.. Milo NJ.
Quaife. secretary of the Burton
Historical Collection of tho De-
troit Public Library. editor Of the
series and author OF Lake Mich
igan:" Prof Fred NJ Landon Of
the University ofWeStern Ontario.
author Of Lake Huron" Dean
Harlan Hatcher Of Ohio Univer-
Sity author of Lake Erie" DR..
Grace Lee Mute of ST Paul.
author Of Lake Superior" and
Arthur Pound, Detroit, writer and
historian. author of Lake On
tario"
Prior 10 the luncheon. Or Ran
dolph Adams, head of the Clements
Memorial Library in Ann Arbor.
showed the group a photostatic
copy Of a hitherto unrevealed
survey Of Detroit made in 1896
showing al property holders at
that time
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Truman Hit
BYBfoWneI|f
COP Chief Charges
Lack Of Leadership

DEs MONIES, Ia, Oct. q
INSl Lack of leadership in
Washington is responsible for the
slowing up of reconversion, ma
tionsl COP chairman Herbert
Brwnell Jr., charged today.
Brownell made his statement at
a news conference which bristled
with a discussion concerning his
retention of the national chair
manship.
He asserted the honeymoon is
over for Truman. ." and charged
there is more evidence every day
of lack of leadership in the ma
tional capital.
There Is lack Of leadership
on the labor front, there II n
lack OF leadership In getting rid
of useless government controls
holding up production, lack OF
leadership on prices and "A lack
Of leadership on the interna-
tionaI front as demonstrated by
the London conference" he said.
The Republican party will cap
ture the HOUSE of Representatives
in 1916, he predicted, and viii pick
up at least half of the 2S seats
needed from Minnesota. Illinois,
Ohio. Wisconsin and Michigan.
I'VE will even win some seats
In Missouri" Rrownell said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Medical Corps
Promised Vets

CHICAGO. Oct 20 tUP)-Gen
Omer ~ Bradley. administrator
OF veterans affairs. today pledged
creation Of separate medical
corps for veterans and expansion
Of present veterans hospital facili-
ties.
Bradley, in an address before
the convention Of Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans. forecast q con-
structioH program Of hospitals and
medical centers for veterans re-
quiring continued medical care.
He said that the veterans ad-
minlstratlon now needs 1900 more
and -lacEa-tAs+4- -SGa- special
lists
Some doctors have told us
they will come with us If we can
offer them more attractive sal
aries, chances for professional
Advancement and the -eppeTtIi--
nifty 10 practice modern medi-
cine" he said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Stage Door Canfeen
Closing Threatened

NEW YORK. Oct % GNS)-
Servicemen were dismayed today
AT news that New York's famous
Stage Door Canteen VIII have 70
close Oct. IS, for tack Of a perma-
nent home.
The canteen has been housed
temporarily in hotel since II was
ouSted July 81 from q building
scheduled for demolition. Since
then the thcater wing has been
unable 10 find other quarters
for il.