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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
II. ". DURLING

1912 ne started the worlds first
gas company and in 1913 illuml-
mated Waterloo Bridge.
OVER 1,5O0 years ago. in 410
" A. d., ST. Jerome wrote:
Had I a hundred tongues, hun
dred mouths,
A votce o T IRON, | coUtd not cont
pass all
Their crimes, nor tell their PEN
0ities by name.
ST. Jerome was referring 10
the war criminals" of that time.
And particularly 10 ths Huns.
Just goes TO show how long the
matter of war criminals" and
Just penalties for their crimes
have been discussed. Let us hope
this time there will be war
Grim in a ] penalties originated
that will have permanent,
effect. Any suggestions?
HAVE you ever been a wit
IL ness? Did the opposing law
yer get the best of you? Nearly
1000 years ago. the Roman law
yer, M. Fabius Quintillian, gave
some advice on how 10 handle a
witness, which most present-day
lawyers still follow. Advised NJ.
Fabius:
IF the witness Is timid, he
may be frightened; II foolish.
misled; II irascible, provoked; IL
vain, fattered: n prOlix, drawn
from the point. II, ON the con-
trary a witness Is sensible and
self-possessed, he may be hastily
dismissed as malicious and Obsti-
nate, or he may be put out OF
countenance by q Jest"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

DASSING by: Barbara 10
Il Allen. Professionally known
as Vera Vague. Doesn't look at
all like her radio performances
would lead you TO think. In fact,
she's quite a smart locker. On
a recent broadcast Vera was
asked why do women wear
girdles?" She quickly replied:
"Why,- TO aceentuate the posi-
tive and eliminate the mega
tive"
Jim Farley. Erstwhile post
master general. Is an active
member of the society for the
preservation and encourage
ment of barber shop quartet
singing in America. Says the
best quartet number is "SYeet
Adeline." I prefer Down by
the Old Mill Stream" Or Casey
Jones'" Or even There's a
Red Light on the Track for
Susan Brown" "Dearie" makes
kOOd Q4dl NCl HuiilbNAb wv
-
A BOSTONIAN says his g.
"A year-old son asked him who
invented gaslight and he didn't
know. Not only that the kid
asked his school-teacher and she
didn't know either. Imagine
that And i'm Boston too. Well,
didn't know either so had TO
look it up. An Irishman named
Clayton. Of the County Kildare
first had the gaslight idea but
didn't do anything about it. A
Scot named William Murdock
gave the world gaslight. In
1872 Murdoch Illuminated cot
tage with gas. And in 1902 a
factory. In 1907 he illuminated
Pail Mall and gave the lights
O. London their real start. In
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

James Jonson" and refused to
pose for pix.
Peg LaCentra, one of radios
singing thrushes, is working
without billing) as an actress
on a coast mystery program to
be near her groom, Paul
Stewart.
The staff OF a p. m. gazette
Is being scrambl g d again.
Everybody is graying overnight.
The Anti-S aloon Leagues
drive is expected in 80 days.
When Jim Farley was boxing
comm mish he barred Tex
O'Rourke from fights in N. Y.
They made up at the Saints and
Sinners event.
THE Dept OF Int. Revenue is
4 probing new indy producing
firms. Because some one tipped
them that they are blinds for
several biggies - TO slice off
huge hunks of tax coin.
The state dept has sent a
unit of MPs to S. F. Their job
will be to destroy all waste pa
per used by delegates. to stop
leaks, etc. .. :,
Nancy Carroll is at Sea Is
land (Ga.) sending daily Cupi-
dots-and-dashes to her Polish
govt baybee.
Be sure your dollar bills amt
phony. They appear dirty and
old to dodge detection.
The Federal Reserve Board
tinsiders insist is slated to take
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
Frankly, l doubt her motive"
One Word Led To Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
IN. Detroit Tines
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer

Some FIVE years ago the navy appointed picture
for sailors chests
They seemed to think the boys joined the navy so
tattooed sweethearts could see the world.
That's when l wrote my famous love song I'm
dancing with tears in my eyes because the girl my
arms is tattooed'
Now see the regulation canceng stencied decaco-
manias of the epdermis is no longer in force
While pinup girls needed up in the navy, want
to the famous chest mural in history the
fullrigged sailing vessel Tom Sharkeys pugistic
facade.
This the boat that the tough Joe Grim threat
ened to sink with all board The indignant Sharkey
knocked Joe every place but out
When interviewed after the fight Joe said "She's
tough boat" And she
l delighted that tattoong is again reg in the
navy know lad who had such beautiful creature
tattooed his chest he had to window shade for
undershirt.
Let the Morgans and the MELONS dedicate their
miion-dolar galleries to the nation If Maize
Toots would prefer to gander the pictures hand
some sailor.
by Kin
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
WASHINGTON Scene
> BY George Dixon

bunny 10 see the out-of-
l. town reporters trying 10 dig
information on President Tru-
mans private habits out OF the
secret service men. After you
have been here a while you
don't ask the secret service for
anything. except possibly a
match.
II isn't that they're surly or
taciturn. They'll practically
smother YOU with friendlineSS.
Probably the most amlable guy
east Of Medicine Hat is Mike
Reilly. the boss S. s. man at the
White House. But all you'll
ever get out of Mike is a benign
smile which lights up the land
scape for miles around.
The same goes for the rest Of
the secret service gentlemen.
No matter what you ask them
they always smile as if the mere
sight of you enchanted them.
But try whipping bunch OF
. smiles into gripping news
story!
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
By Dannol'
Runyon

one bet be legal and the o
not legal7
7 THINK betting should be
l. mitted on all sports ew
or on elections or anything
of a competitive nature, if
legally. then through tolers
OF course we have this bet
anyway. with the amateur I
ball of the big colleges the gr
est of all mediums in sea
yet all betting on all So
events has come TO be depi
by some persons as indics
of dirty work at the cross 70
This is arTant nonsense.
instances of crookedness
sport as a result of betting J
been conspicuous but rare c
pared to the skullduggeries !
have developed at the legal
horse tracks. I think the &
iety displayed by sports
moters, especially professit
football and baseball promot
to keep betting away from t
enterprises is a reflection v
the moral stability of the ]
ticipants.
If players in any game
rewarded in proportion to
business of the promoters
doubt that they would
have turned crooked. The Bl
Sox scandal of long ago
largely due to the parsimon.
the magnates in point of
aries. The recent basket
mess among amateurs in I
York was traceble to the
that the kids got nothing W
drawing big gates.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
TnCSE hAvS By George E.
N hESE DAAS Sokolsky

the imaginations and fears of
men in other generations.
The swiftest progress Of this
United States. measured by any
yardstick. was made in the
period between the Civil War
and the World War /.
Yet, after Lincoln died, there
were voices to cary, the end has
come. And after Woodrow Will
son, men cried, the end has
come. And so men cry today.
But America has no end. II
knows no end. It's story goes on
and on. There is no despair in
its voice. With us, it is never
even "the king is dead, long live
the king! With us II Is:
"Long may our land BE- bright
With freedoms holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

frequently diverted from the in
terests of the public TO guard
the premises Of private business,
which prize fighting surely is.
DUT I will leave this particu-
- lar point TO other eSsayists
though l think l should say, in
justice TO the cops, that i doubt
that they fancy this assignment.
The average New York cop is
apt TO have considerable sport
ing blood himself, and pinching
small time betting operators at
prize fights is not likely to be
his idea of important work.
However, the prevention of
betting on prize fights and other
sports events is a "mishegahss"
or bug with Mayor Fiorello
LaGuardia, and who is a mere
cop TO argue with the mayor?
I have no idea why LaGuardia
is so hipped on betting. In gen.
eral, he is inclined to be a lib
eral sort of bloke. Maybe he
once lost a big one.
But what / am sizzling about
is not so much the attrition OF
our police energies and the con-
sequent waste of public funds,
but the principle that a permis-
sion be permitted TO bet on one
thing and not on another. The
answer that the one thing is
legal and the other is not does
not satisfy me, at least not on
the moral side. And why should
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
IN NEW YORK CITY in nor

IN NEW YORK CITY in nor
Il NAL times; you can 60 TO a
horse racing enclosure and bet
your feal head off, as the saying
goes
There is no danger of a cop
per putting the arm on you. II
is all quite legal. The state of
New York has a big piece of
the game.
But if you 60 into building
where expositions of the manly
art of scrambling ears. other
wise prize fighting. are held and
bet on the results you run the
risk of being t'run in the can
forthwith. The risk is just as
great if you are betting 5 cents
or $50.
There are gendarmes snoop-
ing around waiting TO grab you.
They are city detectives in plain
clothes, the employees in sense
of the taxpayers among whom
they circulate trying to spot
their employers wagering a few
dibs. Outside the prize fighting
establishments there are usually
many uniform e d policemen
keeping watch over the crowds.
At the very moment Of the
police activities inside and OUT
side the gladiatorial mill. muir
der and assault and arson and
robbery may be afoot elsewhere
in the big city and it might be
in order for our newspapers to
one day commence wondering
why our peace officers are so
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
RECALL the assassination
| of William Mckinley.

OF William Mckinley.
The nation was s h o C X e d,
grieve d. saddened. We. at
school, were told what it meant
TO the country TO lose presi-
dent by sudden death.
We had classroom memorial
services and 1 can remember it
as today, going to a religious
service to hear his favorite
hymns, Nearer My God to
Thee" and Lead Kindly Light"
then new 10 me but so inn
bedded in my memory from
that solemn occasion that they
have ever been my favorites.
William 3. Mckinley was
saved from the sacrilege Of the
cacaphony of the radio. the
reductio cd absurdum of hours
and hours of repetition of
eulogy. My memory recalls
nothing but the solemn, the re-
spectful. the lofty. We buried
our president and we loved our
country. A soldier in uniform
blew "taps" and not an eye
was dry.
7 COULD not help thinking
Il during the past weekend
that radio newscasters accus-
toned to staccato football re-
porting. comedians employed in
slapstick laughter, lady novel
lists who write Of love in its
teens, lack solemnity.
There stimulation of the depth
of emotions often sounds a
mockery.
Radio treatment of the death
of a president was too organ
lied, too pushing.
The radio needs editing. IL
requires intelligent direction.
The radio seems to run hog
wild whenever anything occurs
that gives free rein TO the
fancies of its varied manage
ment.
They apparently suppose that
excess is a mark of efficiency:
that wild license represents re-
spect and solemnity. / still
prefer a church.
A ND this much their noiSiness
"A proved beyond doubt: Amer
lea is so great that no American
is indispensable.
/ say the radio proved that,
for on Friday and Saturday, for
a full 80 hours, this instrument
Of expression gave the impress
sion that II was the United
States that had died.
And that is obviously not so.
The United States goes on. Our
troops go on. Our factories go
on. Our farms 60 on. Our stores
and shops and offices go on.
Everything goes on.
This country was not created
by one man nor built by one man
nor preserved by one man.
And so il shall be tomorrow
as il was yesterday.
Nothing has happened in this
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

ONE of the reportorial visitors
" who tried TO grill Mike
Reilly was a polished Broadway
character named Earl Wilson.
This dapper fop-a clothes-horse
If / have ever seen a horse
wearing clothes-asked Mike
how he had deployed his men
about the White House TO guard
the President.
Mike gave the spindly Mr..
Wilson a look of almost ineffa-
BILE sweetness and said:
1T certainly was nice having
you here, Mr.. wilson,
I REMEMBER once trying 10
Il interview Mike Reilly when
first came To Washington. He
lodged every question until /
finally blurted the old line:
Listen. Mike-is IL all right
TO say | saw youe"
Mike did not bat an eye.
"Yes," he said-"sO long rs
you do not identity me or my
branch Of the service by name"
DRESIDENT Truman has the
White -1ouSe reporters red
eyed from lack Of sleep. To
cover the new President they
have 10 be on the job earlier
than any White House report
ers in the memory Of the oldest
inhabltant.
President Roosevelt seldom
got TO his desk before 1920 a..
m. and il was oftener IL. The
reason for this was that he used
10 do an enormous amount of
work in bed. He'd take care Of
his reading-newspapers. state
documents, reports from gov
ernment heads-with his morn
ing coffee.
Consequently, the chroniclers
of presidential doings felt safe
in not showing up till after 10
o'clock and. listen fellows, can
/ help it if I'm a rat? 1t GER
tainly is too bad IL this gets you
in a jam with your Offices.
But President Truman has
pulled the erstwhile Slug-a-bedS
ruthlessly from the hay. He's
been arriving at his desk shortly
after 8 o'clock!
Merriman Smith, one of the
sleepless wretches. stood il for
three days. then went to Col.
Harry II. Vaughan. the Presi-
dents military aide and close
personal friend.
"say." demanded Mr.. Smith.
"is the President going to show
up every morning at S:l5?"
Col. Vaughan patted the per-
turbed scribe on the shoulder.
T wouldn't get too upset
about II n I were you" he said
soothingly. "One Of these days
the President II going TO over
sIecp-snd not get here until
2:N0rv
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

T0XEMIA. or poisoning, Is a
Il condition that may develop
during the childbearfng period.
II is a serious disturbance and
has accounted for the loss Of
many mothers.
While the number Of deaths
from il has been reduced, II IS
still very definite danger TO
life. and there should be no
delay in treating it when 1t
occurs.
Even more important, accord
ing TO DR. Edward A. Schu-
mann of Philadelphia. Is the use
Of measures 10 keep toNemia
from developing. II is his belief
that toxemla is a disease Of the
nutrition and that II rarely de-
VelopS when pregnant women
are gwen the proper food, start
ing during the first few weeks
Of the Childbcarlng time. Dis
turbances IN the thyroid gland,
pituitary gland and other parts
OF the body may be found after
toxemia has developed, but DR..
Schumann believes that all OF
these things are secondary 10
the disordered nutrition.
V,iE diet which DR. Schu-
Il mann recommends for pre-
venting toNemla is made up OF
fruit. bacon. who)e-wheat bread
or toasted bread. and beverage
for breakfast: a small amount
Of meat, a green vegetable.
slice Of bread and butter and
one-half glassful OF water at
lunchtime; and soup meat. two
vegetables, a small amount Of
bread and a simple dessert. such
ss unsweetened cuStard. IN the
evening.
Fluids are not used al meal
time except IN small quantities.
4 glass OF water Is drunk upon
arising and three hours after
each meal
4 hot bath j. taken every sec
ond night. followed by a vigor-
Gus rubbing of the skin with the
hands. A walk in the open air
Is taken twice day.
TOXEMIA first shows itself by
i rise IN the blood pressure.
Then there may be swelling OF
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

the face and the legs There Is
a too rapid gain in weight and
albumin is found in the urine.
A feeling Of sickness may be
present
Should these symptoms de-
velop. prompt treatment is re-
quired. First Of all. there should
be reduction in the total
amount of food eaten. Starches
and sugars are eliminated, while
an abundance OF protein foods
such as milk. meat. eggs and
ese are employed The
amount OF liquid is limited.
The patient is put to bed 10 rest.
With this treatment DR.. Schu-
mann has found that the toxe-
mia often subsidies within six TO
10 days. Then the patient may
resume her usual activities. IL
the toxemia recurs, the same
sort of treatment IS repeated.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

action TO ban margin transac-
tions.
MRS. z. REILLY, wife of the
Nl the Hauptmann trial lawyer
latter five years., finally ac-
quired the green light for a
divorce.
M-G-M has told Ann Sothern
she is protruding in the wrong
places.
Remember Anna Stem fthe
actress from the Old Country. :.
imported TO rival Carlo? She
now runs a frock shop in Folly
wood.
The Feds will soon front-page
the narcotic activities of a well
known ex-movie star. now in a
Broadway opus. They are saving
worse scandal about him be-
cause IL isn't against any fed
eral statute.
Locals hear that Billy De-
Wolfe and Amy Arnell will be
stitched.
One of the Cugat musikers
was picked up on a draft eva
sion rap.
It's a girl for the M. Woods
at Drs. Hosp. Mother is Julia
Dorm, the actress.
Frank Fay taccording 10
members of the Harvey" show
has been so nervous the man.
agement has put Eddie Carr on
24-hour notice TO be ready TO
pinch-hit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
>DAssING BY: Dave

~DASSING BY: Dave
i Celebrated memory ira
expert. He is the original
the immortal advertit a
phrase: why, of course,
member you. You are Ad
Sims of Seattle"
Grace Moore of the O
She was born in Del Rio.
Grace made her first New
appearance in "Hitchy i
which starred Raymond +
cock. That was in 1920. ]
years later she made her {
at the Met as Mimi in
Boheme." The last time /
Miss Moore In musical =eof
was when she sang "All 4
on the Telephone" in
Music Box Revue.
As TO service men beini
"A corded shabby treatme
some night clubs.
/ regret to say / have
ceived a number OF lie
from men in the armed ser
saying they have been sh
fully treated in certain 1
night spots that are pol
with stage, screen and so
celebrities.
The night club industry 7
a Lands.
The after dark fnaestros
want to do the decent thir
everybody, and particular
the men who are fighting
war for us should take ste
see that the heels. rats and
elers in their industry do
right thing, too.
Copyright. 1s45. By King Featu
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

OF getting ahead in the business
world. A. p.
DEAR A. p:
nON'T deceive yourself that
~ your childrens happiness
means everything 10 you-when
you fatty refuse TO take your
daughters announcement Under
friendly advisement.
Your daughter is not neces-
sarily a carbon copy Of you.
The set of conditions you
might require TO sweeten exist
ence. perhaps would not cover
her needs at all.
And ecause the boys
broader education. so tar, has
been acquired in the school of
hard knocks. and his energies
largely invested in working to
procure the necessities of life.
IL does not follow that he isn't
the equal in humane qualities
of the proudest products Of
university schooling anywhere.
You regard your daughter as
something special.
The best basis for sound
and happy marriage, my lady,
il good character on both sides,
mutual true love and real COM
patibility.
Also. scientific studies of
marriage reveal that men Of
worth. obliged TO start from
scratch, tend 10 marry above
themselves. socially speaking
Under the aegis of a polished
wife, they write distinguished
chapters Of mature-age accom-
plishment to justify the con-
descending angels vote Of con-
fidence. So why don't you
loosen up and give these kids
a break? VI. II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
MARY HAWORTH,S Mail

The boy is from a good fam
lily but his parents had more
children than they could afford.
AS result, he has neither a
college education nor profess
sion.
Prior 10 the war. he held a
small government job; and to-
day. he hasn't a cent beside his
pay. His parents are dead. and
the rest OF the family are mar
ried and scattered, so he has
no home.
My husband and brothers are
successful professional men:
and l hoped that my daughters
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
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April 30. quart OF whisky.
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April 30 for BONUS. 1 quart Of sin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
DEAR MARY HAWORTH

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
A YEAR ago my daughter
"A met young ensign at an
officers dance.
He is a very nice boy, but I
feel she would be making
great mistake If she married
him.
She is graduate Of one Of
the finest colleges in the North,
and although my husband and
I are not rich. we have COM
Portable means, and have been
fortunate enough TO give our
children a happy home life and
every possible advantage.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
Brain Game Answe

Wallace Beery.
2-True.
3-He has been called
greatest polo player of
time.
4ESecond, my native count
thee; third, Let mn
swell the breeze; fou
Our fathers God, to The
5-(c) is correct.
GA hanson cab.
Lot was Abraham's neph
S-The famous English ply
clan, William Harvey.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

My only fear Is that II
would set everybody to laugh
ing too loudly. Suppose. when
husbands and wives get 10
quarreling and shouting at each
other. the morale officer would
come in and make them put on
rompers. The officer who bawls
out the driver, and driver who
talks back TO him. the social
climbing club woman, the people
who won't move TO the back end
of the bus, are all in the romper
age.
Pit is a bit discouraging 10
find. from the records of 10000
Boston high school graduates
studied by psychologists b.
Ryan and r. r. Merton, that
high scholastic standards did
not pay big dividends-at least
during the first year after
graduation. The average stu
dent Jared the worst in earn
ings. This applied to boys; but
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
WALTER WINCHELL eS.x On

THEY insist Sgt. Joe Louis,
l. the champ. will marry Ida
James before the year ends.
John Edgar Hoover will sud-
denly pop up overseas for a
sensational confab.
Conover's top model, Edna
Russell, and 1t. Ward Moore,
former oil company prexy, will
blend.
Howard Barnes. drama critic.
was scheduled TO shove off for
Yurrop.
Lowell Thomas, Johannes
Steel, John Vandercook and
Quincy Howe arrived in London
for a 30-day tour of the battle
fields They will see the Pope,
De Gaulle, Tito. ct al.
Before Dorothy Thompson
left she told a group OF SO at
farewell party: Il am so dis
gusted at the intellectual think
ing in the u. S. toward postwar
Germany that / will return to
live in Germany after this
assignment.
MRS. JESSIE WOOLWORTH
l'A DONAHUE and her son,
Jimmy, were lodging publicity
In a sumptuous suite at the
Claridge in Atlantic City. They
were trapped" on the board
walk when the judges in the
annual boardwalk fashion show
picked the lovely Mrs. Donahue
as one of the best dressed 80.
She identified herself as Mrs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23
Connolly Answers

1-c. "a. SC. 4-b. s
6-(a) Alabama, (b) N
York, (c) Texas. Id c
fornia, (e) Mississippi.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-23

would marry men with good
educations, who had a chance
Of getting ahead in the business
world. A. p.