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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
On
Broadway

4 BROADWAYITE Writes TO
n a Pal: Lying in a foxhole
waiting for orders 10 move up
can be tough on the nerves.
But when you've been part of
Broadway your imagination
halpS- -alit--In my case. for in-
stance. the explosion Of a shell
reminds me of when they were
blasting 10 make ready for
Radio City. When the tanks
roll by you think of the old
Sixth Avenue Il.
"A flare bomb brightens the
sky and you see the fireworks
you saw at Palisades Park.
a company of nurses march
by and | see the same unison
and precision of the Rockcttes.
There are seven of Us in
this hole and it's time 10 eat.
II reminds me Of Reubcn's at
the rush hour Of five in the
morning. The only thing that
bothers me now is this: When
it's over and I'm back on the
Big Apple again with its IA
ffttfi+t, -ffetses-afe- they going
10 remind me off all these things
happening over here ?"
Copyright by Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
WALTER WINCHELHI D,

MANHATTAN Murals: The
A'A photo of Fred Allen taken
about 20 years ago in checked
derby and tight trousers - in
the window Of a 47th Street
photosger.
The icicles on the nude stat
ues in the Museum of Modern
Art Gardens. Very comical.
The pup wearing military APP
parel.
The French restaurant, 'L'-
Apres Midi" at 4Sth near 8th--
where the patrons get sup and
entertain.
The navy flicr in the Cub
Room Staying the celebs with
this one.
He displays a pack of Camcls
and says; IF you were out on
this dessert where would you
Slcep?" The sucker looks and
looks and eventually says: I'D
sleep near the pyramids or
under that palm tree" To which
the snapper Is; woufdn 7. 1 d
just 90 around the corner turn
ing the pack) and sleep in one
of these hotels
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
THE BRIGHTER SIDE

CTAND back. ladies and gen.
~ tlemen, and give poor old
Runyon little air! Another
mail delivery like the last one
and I am a gone gosling.
II is the hair tonic.
I wrote in this column re-
Gently about hair tonic that A
clerk in a Broadway drug store
sold me on the basis of a boost
from Mr.. George Jean Nathan,
the radji of the drammer, and
that restored Tire foliage to a
sparse spot on my skull.
Now / did not say that the
tonic would grow hair for any
one else. Let that be under
stood here and now. / merely
reported the facts. I said Mr..
George Jean Nathan had as
serted in print that this tonic,
an extract OF the mullen plant,
had halted the departure of his
hair that was abandoning him
following an attack of the flu
like a dame quitting a busted
sucker, which is really very
rapid abandoning.
said that on reading this
statement by MIR. George Jean
Nathan. a man of great erudi-
ton and probity, l bought a
bottle of the fluid, applied ii TO
my sconce piece with a vast
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
One Word Led to Another
ByLdnda and
Jerry Walter
The Detroit Times
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer-

don't like to bring the Adratic Charter up at this
postponed moment But there's something tickling my
reminiscent shoulder blades
DO YOU remember male Juliet who used TO welcome
the dawn from a balcony? His Mussoini and
he got excursion rates to oblivion
The Muss is in hook to for promise made from
the baconnades just five years ago.
His world empire has evaporated like pie at the
second table But his promise is still unfuhlled
hop-head's dream.
Here is what the Muss vocalized at the moment when
he dedicated his nation defeat disaster and dissolution,
Il will shoot myself if lose"
Throw in transom-sterned chin, a pouter pigeon
chest the swinging of thousand invisible Indian clubs
and you have his exact words II will bump myself off if
it comes up box-cars
Well, Beiito it up snake-eyes. But you didn't
bump yourself loose from this vale Of cigarets and
very little butter.
Or did you? Did you stand in front of looking
glass with revolver in your hand and shoot the guy in
the mirror? =.
Or did you point that gun at your own head Did
you close those big bright eyes and say This shouldn't
happen to dog" 1t couldn't unless the pup stand
ing on his hind legs.
C1rirhtl by KIM Feature
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
Eetters From
Times Soldiers

you an idea of what it is like
here. This glory stuff don't go
here and I am as scared as
h every time we get night
raid. You can quote me on that
as 1 am not afraid to admit it.
Our camp is in the middle of
a lot of Filipino huts and the
people come into our tents and
talk with us quite often. The
Filipino people are very clean
and appear neat even in old,
worn-out clothes.
The chow is fair, living condi-
tions not bad, weather rainy,
people swell and friendly, seem
cry and country very pretty and
my only complaint is those Nip
nuisance raids during the night.
Outside of that things couldn't
be very much better after being
in New Guinea.
Well. / know I will eat my
Thanksgiving dinner in the Phil
ippines; wonder where l will
eat my Christmas dinner this
year? WALTER.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

NJ Y. Times Square Smalltalk:
~ Harry James 1871 record
ing of THE Devil Sat Down
and Cried" has been banned by
NBC because of a Just discov-
sercd nawty- void. The platter
5 now selling as a collectors
4tem for $40.
Chan Richards, i'm the ensem-
BILE at Greenwich Village Inn,
is the beautiful image of her
mother Mildred Darling, one
of Flo Ziegfelds most publicized
darlings.
Jack Kofoed, who has written
four books. 200 short stories and
numerous articles, is being
beckoned by Hwood studios.
"Our Foreign Policy" star
ring Mr. Stettinius, debuts via
NBC Feb. oath.
Candy Jones, who used TO
leave her cards on night club
tables (they read: Candy Jones
was here), now leaves them on
dead Japs in the S. Pacific.
Eric Johnston'S wage, we said.
would be 100000 when he
starts for the movie folks. It's
closer 10 S2o0,000.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
IL. ". DURLING

Long I nc'er sdV thee, lous,
Still / prayed for thee, loUe.
When thou Oert far at sea
Many made love to me
But stW ! thought Of thee.
Come TO my heart again.
Never TO part again.
Caroline Keppel.
In 1749 PEG WOFFINGTON,
i the beautiful Irish actress,
was president of the Dublin
Beefsteak Club. That's the
kind of a girl I like TO hear
about. One who can enjoy
good beefsteak. Women who
diet too much depress me.
Every song on the current list
Of the 25 most popular ditties is
a love song. Why doesn't Sone-
body write a comic song once in
awhile like Bill Bailey's won't
you please come home. Or wait
ing at the church. Or, yes We
have no bananas. Or | want 10
be in Peoria.
HAVEN'T seen the film YER
IL sion Of "A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn" but hear it is a pow
erful and well-produced picture.
The locale of the Betty Smith
story is the Williamsburg sec
tion Of the city. 1t was once the
most congeSted residential area
in Brooklyn. 1t had a polyglot
population and was a slum area.
Next TO Williamsburg on the
-nerth-is -BreekiyR,sr celebrated
Greenpoint section. This is
where the dialect known as
"BrooklyneSe' originated. You
know what / mean, pronouncIng
Grccnpoint as "Grcenpcrnt, OFT
as "crl, and pearl as perl.
"WoMEN are supposed to be
w very romantic but the
contrary Is true more often
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

than not" writes a Chicago
bachelor. ut is fact that
most justice of peace marriages
are the choice of the bride. Yet
we are led to believe that the
highly romantic female Of the
species prefers church we'd
ding. The angle seems to be
that at the present time women
are so anxious to get a man
tied up As permanent meal
ticket they don't care where
they are married as long as a
binding contract results. i am
supposed 10 be a hard-bOiled
guy yet all my life 1 have
wanted to get married In the
same church i'm which my par
ents were we'd. None OF these
slap bang wedding ceremonies
for me-"
OARS throughout the country
II are 10 be required 10 post
in a prominent place the size OF
the glasses in which they retail
drinks. This is going 70 be a
terrific blow 10 many establish
ments that have been selling
whisky in three-quarters Of an
ounce glasses.
The idea of combining bacon
and eggs As a breakfast dish
originated IN Ireland.
a sportscribe says the intro
duction of the lively ball didn't
change the game much. A
thoughtleSs statement. Before
the lively ball "Gavvy" Cravath
made seven home runs in one
season and that was the most
made in both leagues. Now the
homo run leaders make from 40
TO 60 home runs a season.
Queries from Clients. @
So Richard Dix. 25 years a
film star, is the dean of film
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

credentials. after which he stood
around I'M his modest way and
Jet the feminine employees ad-
miro HIM IN his brand new war
correspondents uniform.
! neglected 10 mention that
Mr.. Flahcrty gets quite a lot
Of this kind of admiration as he
is a fine figure Of a man, even
without his Cirdlc.
Leaving all these futtering
hearts with the air of a brave
man going out 10 face fearful
odds, Mr.. Flaherty made his way
back 20 the Pentagon entrance.
but used his new credentials 10
get out Of tho building. He for
got 10 surrender his visitors
pass
Yesterday the security officer
AZ the Pcntagon called Mai.
Robert Reese in public rels-
tIonS. Tho security officer was
quite aCItatcd.
What" he demanded, "has
happened 10 Vincent y. Fla
hcrty?"
why. nothing that I know
Of" replied Mai. Reese. II un-
dcrStsnd he is in London"
HE is not" said the security
officer. Hes still In the Penta-
gon Building"
So friends and relatives will
not be worried. let me report
that Mr.. F'laherty is not still
wondering around the PentaGon
Building. lost and without food
or water. At last advices he
was in England. But am sure
YOU will he glad 10 know the
security officer is right on his
toes.
MR.. BAER told a rollicking
vi story of "A brawl IN the
Lambs Club in which the late
John J. McGraw. Of baseball
fame. was involved. The story,
which | shall not attempt 10 re-
peat, was a classic of rowdyiSm.
II seems there was much
criticism of the Lambs Club for
CountenancinC these shenani-
ganS. But Mr.. Baer reported
developments in one short para
graph He wrote:
Hereafter members will not
he permitted In the club unless
accompanied by a gentleman!"
COL. STANLEY UNGER was
~ appointed director of food
rationlng at OPA 10 succeed
Ivan Burdick. After four days,
Mr.. Chester Bowles, head Of
OPA. came in and asked Col.
Unger how he liked the Job.
II do not like II at ALL" said
Col. Unger. II hope YOU will
pardon, my saying so, but this is
a madhouse"
p. S.-Col. Unger was on the
pay roll exactly five days.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

deal of rubbing and that not
long afterwards the hair reap
peared over that thin spot. |
attributed the renewal 10 ta)
the tonic and (b) the rubbing.
DUT 7 think I should have
- added that at the time / was
using this tonic, | was also taxi
ing two tablespoons OF dry
yeast in a glass of tomato juice
every day under instructions
from my NJ. y, for the vitarr1ins.
1t is possible that there was an
association between the grow
ing of the hair and the vitamins
that had no relation whatever
TO the tonic.
do not know. I just want to
present Us complete a case OF
history Of the reforestation as
possible. And in any event, l
want you TO bear in mind that
I did not say the tonic had pro-
duced or would produce hirsute
vitality for others besides Mr..
George Jean Nathan and myself,
and for all l know TO the con-
trary, Mr.. Nathan's departing
locks would have fingered had
he used nothing more potent
than some of Mr.. Sherman
Billingsley's best Scotch on his
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
WASHINGTON Scene
By George Dixon

I asst Jan. ; a young man
II named Vincent X. Flahcrty
entered the Pentagon Building
10 obtain final credentials 20 90
abroad as a war correspondent.
So viii not be distracted
later from the main theme Of
my narrative ! viii say there
has long been dispute about the
"X' in his name. Some say IL
stands for , pounds apprentice
allowance elaine ed others,
not running during December
and January
Be, that as il may. this Y
character obtained a visitors
pass AZ the front entrance. lie
went 10 the public relations
office where he was given his
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
By Damon
Runyon

bean. rubbing it in good, Of
course.
In my own case the revival of
the hair was uninlportant. I
think that at a certain time or
life a man is going to fall to
pieces, hair and all, and that
there is nothing much he can do
about it, especially the hair.
You may be sure that not this
extract or MULLEN nor anything
else will cure badness whatever
it may do toward stopping drift
ing hair.
DUT despite my own uncon-
- Germ about this detail, can
readily understand that to young
men and to women the loss OF
their hair is -omething of trag.
edy. I synpathize with them. I
think they are rightfully en-
titled TO their hair and that il
is a piece of bad luck when they
lose it, particularly for the girls.
/ would gladly assume the role
of benefactor to them and steer
them to a remedy if I knew it
was sHre-fire.
However, / would not want to
gee them spend money on my
say-so on something that might
not do them any good. There
are a thousand hair tonics on
the market and maybe any one
OF the others would have been
as helpful TO my hair as the
mullen thing. AS a matter OF
fact. a friend of mine who was
tipped off to the MULLEN tonic
by Mr.. George Jean Nathan
says it did not work at all in
his case, so you can see my
dilemma.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

1-Yes, especially women who
feel they have an unfortunate
and unattractive face, or bodily
incapacities. They try TO com
pensate" in some way for this
Illustration. Some manage the
Illustration constructively. by
going in for science, or medicine.
or writing-something to outdo
their better looking sister, or
they may take TO crime. The
same is true of men.
2-No. Some speak higher
and faster, some higher and
slower, some lower and faster,
and some lower and slower.
3-Robert Louis Stevenson
put II. TO journey is better
than to arrive" And he pointed
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

TIE MOST important prob
i lem for the American pco-
pie, for the next ton years at
least, is essentially medical
one
II is the adjustment Of mcm-
hers Of the armed forces to
normal American life
Even for the person who has
not been wounded or even had
any nervous shock or fatigue
from combat. the adjustment IS
going to be very difficult and
gradual in the majority OF in
stances.
a fellow Who has been away
from every normal home inAu-
cnce, very much on ms own
much OF the time. subject 10
exact discipline the rest OF the
time, occasionally under gum
fire. and IN q strange country,
is going 20 have quite a time
setting in small town IN
America and quietly going 10
ereFk- -eAnrA- -EenEnlng ii Il haId-
ware store.
THESE problems of adjust
i ment are wisely considered
by DR. George n Pratt. pSy-
Chiairic examiner, L. S. Armed
Forces. New Haven, Conn. in
a recently published book
Soldier 20 Civilian published
by WhittlcSley House New
York;.
With the frankly mental dis
ease cases Of returned men l
Will not deal here
There are many men inductcd
into service who are found 10
be mentally deficient, or others.
who, under the strain OF VAR
conditions. develop personality
disorders and ncuroScS- what
used 10 be called shell shock.
i. now perhaps designated combat
(fatiGuc, which sometimes re-
.snalns more or less perma-
nently.
lhOSC must be dealt WIN
through the regular medical re-
habllitation methods of the
army and navy
WHAT interests me more is
W such case as that reCltCd
by DR. Pratt Of a man, Il.
Fred w
He lived before the war in a
small Ohio town. had graduated
from high school, gone 10 work
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

BY DR.. Logan Clendening

in a local plant and was about
20 years old when the war came
along
lie entered officer training
-c7np=tur-tt1r- aIr=frIrre, 1ut=tIis
wings, and married a fifl tie
had been going with for about
d veal.
She was an average small
town girl. and left alone they
would nave developed into an
aveFaRe small town couple
perfectly happy With limited ia
terrStS.
i,f' r-cci F.,ff1f'-ri af1rosd-,fr1"t
in Eng land groups OF people
who tifscHsscd books, music ard
HiafHat4aHaI affairs With IA
rri'l7rfry which opened new
vstas 20 him.
he wag wounded and sent
home. and went back 10 bis old
Job IN the factory
But before long he was deeply
dissatisfied
He missed the glamour Of
flying.
He made comparisons be-
tween tho small town people
VINO used 20 bc MS friends and
the people be had met abroad.
He had mct a number OF IT.
tractiye women abroad and his
wife. Martha, didn measure up
10 them.
Fortunately Martha was
sensible girl who found that
something was the matter with
Fred and talked II all out with
hun so that ne got adjusted 10
normal AmcIican life.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
MARY ElAWORTH.S MAIL

Tom is wonderful person
with A FOLLY disposition and a
host of friends. both men and
women. He has gone with an
amazing number of girls from
lime 10 Ilmt- and has a mother
TO whom he Is devoted.
/ am considered attractive,
have an even disposition and
also many friends.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

DEAR w r
I THINK your flyer AZ romance
4 with Tom -Hari tHrre strikes
against II before you got
started
Obviously ne is more Of
mothers hoy than a marrying
MN. as clldcnCed by the fact
that he Is stili a bachelor at II,
sftcr c0rStricra1'c experience
with women
Obviously, also you arc not
very magnet - woman, 20 he
stlti unmarried in the thirtIcs,
after some sentimental aSsocia-
ton with men.
The So-callcd tender Scnti-
mcnts YOU project at each
other. when apart and alone.
don't signify a reSurgent tug Of
attraction between you and
Tom.
They merely reflect an TN
satisfied hunger for sex color
atei eomPaH4ansh!p on his part.
and hunger for true love and
r-r7t ~ Il = e-t---t.ii- AnNrS- such as
each of YOU might feel in soil
tary moments even if you had
no definite candidate in view.
VI. II.
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ha-
uorth eounsels through her col
urn; not BY mail or personal
interUiew Write her in care OF
The Detroit Times.
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DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

Am a-weHaH- in my early
4 thirtics, interested in a bach
clor of Al who has shown mt
tual interest in me. We have
about tWo dates a week nn the
average; are interested IN the
same things. have many mutual
friends and our families highly
approve Of our friendship.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

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letter appear oetoU, u one "
the Times circulation employees
in the armed forces in the Phil
ippines at the time Of Writing.
7 ANDED in the Philippines re-
II Gently and l am getting
along O. X. No sooner had we
pulled into the bay, Nip bombers
welcomed us. l saw our ack-ack
shoot down one bomber in
flames. ! heard our ack-ack got
three that morning; three Jap
bombers before breakfast ism t
a bad mornings work.
Well, I surely have gotten
around, first New Zealand, Aus
tralia, New Guinea, Netherland
East Indies and now the Philip
pines.
The Filipino people really
treat us swell and will do almost
anything for an American sol
dier. One Filipino who lost
brother on Bataan dug my fox
hole for me and he wouldn't t
take a thing for it.
The Filipino girls are not bad
looking, some of them being
darn pretty. They are mostly
all wearing American dresses
that they hid while the Japs
held this island.
Most of them speak good Eng
lish and are we'll educated in
American ways of life. They all
hate the Japs and never pass up
an opportunity TO send them TO
Join their ancestors. AS one
Filipino told me: They are not
human but like mad dogs"
One of the Filipino guerillas
read a copy Of the Times that l
happened to have with me. He
could read it as we'll as l could
and said it was the first Ameri-
can newspaper he had seen in
over pa years. He especially
liked the Sunday comics and
war maps, getting big kick
out of "Popeye' and Flash
Gordon"
THINGS are really hot here
Il and l am not referring 10
the weather. We have several
raids and alerts during the day,
not to mention nights. We have
had raids and alerts every night
since we landed and these are
the ones that get me down. l
don't mind IL so much during
the day as you can see where
the planes are at. but at night
you just jump into your foxhole
and hope. You can't really sleep
at night because of these raids
and alerts and eventually you
begin to feel il. AS Gen. Grant
once said, War is n" and
truer words were never spoken.
But when I think of the Japs
getting il 100 times TO our
one l don't feel so bad. l am
not kicking, but l want to give
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

out why when he added, The
chief reward is the labor" II
depends a good deal, however.
on what is anticipated. II IL be
something we expect to possess
"a house or a jewel or even a
lover-the activity necessary TO
obtain the object is more pleas
urable than its final possession.
However, If il be activity itself
we desire--dancing. swimming,
tennis. etc. - the realization
usually brings the highest pleas
ures, because happiness comes
Chiefly from mental and physical
exercise.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
Brain Game Answers

1-Surlgao Strait.
2-True.
3-24 years. The National
League was organized in
1876, the American in 1900.
4-Dry ice. -
6-Germany, Czecho-Slovakia,
Rumania, Russia, Latvia,
Lithuania.
THE numerator. -
S-They were so named be-
cause the settlement de-
veloped at the site of a
water ford.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02
On the
Side

stars. Says you. How about
Wallie Beery, star since l9l4f
A-Maybe you're right. But
for years Beery was only star
red in one and two reel comedies
while Dix has always been a
feature star.
Q-Can you settle an argu-
ment that has been going on in
our house for a week. Why
does a woman wear her wedding
ring on the third finger of her
left hand?
Any understanding il that
the third finger of the left hand
II connected with the heart and
Is known as 'the finger OF life"
That Is why 10 Is used for the
wedding finger.
JAPANESE women are taught
- 10 believe that their lot
through life must oe one Of per-
feet obedience; 10 the father
when unmarried, TO the husband
when married. to the son when
widowed. When a Japanese
businessman arrives home from
the office his wife must greet
him with three low bows. When
a Japanese couple goes on a
trip the wife must carry the
baggage. A Japanese husband
can divorce his wife with three
lines of writing but if the wife
leaves home she is brought back
by the police.
DASSING BY: Pete Gray. The
one-arm c d professional
baseball player. Have been
trying 10 think of the name Of
some one-armed athletes but
can only recall commercial high
school, Brooklyn, had a one
armed track athlete and foot
ball player named Halsted who
also starred at Dartmouth Coll
lege.
Copyright. ie45. By King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-02

EDITORS NOTE-This col
umn il one of those written
before Dr.. Ctsndsning's death
lbut not heretofore published.