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Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

Yes, at least for a time.
Chaplain Edgar w. Gregory,
with Vide experience overseas.
says in the American Journal
of Sociology: I'VE idealize the
absent" The boys in Hawaii
thought Podunk. L -S-A, was
heaven on earth compared to
that paradise Of the Pacific"
Everywhere, the servicemen
complained not of their actual
hardships. but of the lack of
what they had had and the life
they had lived.
Psychologist w. II. Shell
don of Harvard, in his remark
able 10-year research entitled
Physique and Temperament"
shows that in general, fat men
are a lovable lot, more likely
than the bean pole type TO be
kindly, sympathetic easy going.
and TO have hosts of friends.
both male and female. Or.
Sheldon claims II is harder to
get fat man angry than
thin man, and that they more
than thin men, like TO warm up
in company and have good
time with folks.
3-No. for six reasons. Cd
Many scientists have been killed;
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

the mother Of Patricia Stopper
to my mother, written when
was aged a, and living in Thom-
son, Georgia:
Dear Mrs. McLemOre: 1 can
not allow Patricia 10 accept the
hair ribbon which Henry gave
her yesterday. As untldy as
Patricia's hair is--h cave $
knows. IL has been "A trial TO me
ever since she was bOrn--the
ribbon seems too intimate a
gift. l will explain IL all to you
when we see each other at
the Wednesday meeting of the
BOudoir Cap and Breakfast
Club Sincerely :"
TT IS a matter of record, how
Il ever. that Patricia DID keep
the hair ribbon, and our baby
carriage romance was the talk
of Thomson and neighboring
-share-cropping estates. and
lasted well until the following
year when she Tilted me in favor
of a boy who, although he
lacked my charm. wore rompers
that were much better cut.
Let that army nurse show me
an Englishman, Frenchman,
Greek, Bulgarian, Tartar. Sauce,
Hindu, Albanian, or Serb, who,
at the age of nine, would ride
a bicycle off a pier, into a deep
river, TO prove his love for a
maiden.
/ thought nothing Of it, 80
deep was my love for Liz East
man at the time. The place
was Braden,on. lila. The river.
the Manatec. The pier, a long
one at which the river boats 10
Tampa tied up. The bicycle, a
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

service two years ago. We had
"A daughter who was born be-
fore we Were married ana ne
never applied for her allowance.
VIII anything be done to him
for this neglect and would we
be entitled to allowances Inn
mediately? Mrs. G. II. II.
A-No disciplinary action will
be taken for your husbands
neglect in filing application for
family allowance on behalf or
his daughter. If he files applica-
tion now, entitlement will not
begin until the month immedi-
ately following the month in
which he applies for the allow
ance. If you apply for the al
lowance, entitlement will not
begin until the month immedi-
ately following the month in
which your application is re-
ceived by the appropriate
authority. In either case a certi-
fled copy of the child's birth
record must be submitted with
the application.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
THESE DAYS
By George E.
Sokolsky

terpart in the House of Repre-
sentatlVes.
II is totalitarian not only be-
Gauge II gives the government
total control over commodity
and it's processes of manufac-
ture but even more because it
reduces research, study, expert
mentatIon 10 an instrument of
official decision and purpose
and sets up penalties which
place paralyzing impediments
upon the pursuit of scientific
truth.
In spite of the instructions
in the bill 10 the atomic energy
commission not TO interfere
with scholarship and scientific
research in universities. the
penalty for doing so is prohibi-
lively high. and any professor
in his senses, should this bill be
passed. would be wise 10 avoid
even lecturing on the subject in
his classroom.
This is a bill for the termi-
nation of higher courses in
chemistry. physics and aStro-
physics in American univer-
Sities. .....
A COMMISSION Is 10 be ap-
~ pointed. 10 serve for nine
years, by the President with
the consent of the Senate.
But not one word appears in
the bill to indicate what the
qualifications of the commits
SionerS are TO be.
Is he able To read a report
on atomic energy? Will he un-
derstand a table of valences
when he sees one D?
Does he know what causes
the transmutatiOn of uranium
into plutonium?
Will he grasp the meaning Of
EinStein'S hypothesis upon
which this phase OF science is
based?
Could he eXplainAthe concepts
OF matter and energy?
Nothing is said as TO his prep
aration and background for the
job-not even that he be
graduate OF a university which
majors in scientific subjects.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
BUGS BAER
One Word Leads
To Another

I'M SCHEDULED to do travelling this winter and it
looks as if I'm in for breeze "Gone With
the Wind"
When you get into a small town and movie,
Is always Eloped With the Tornado "Scrammed
Hurricane" II looks II that picture Uncle Toms
Cabin" with screen doors.
read IN the cards that the picture has mopped
around 10000 900 smdckers and gong like eggs for
breakfast.
That's lot of stuffngs and Maggie Mitchell climbed up
the barn took the weather She knows what
direction the wind is from
That gal did something that have always insisted
the correct for young writer's Knock off good book
good play good picture and set like
manent a figure.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

Please God, send him home
safely,
To share part Of this
A house filled NTH memories
OrerfloiCiRg 10 seems
Each little corner
An filled Nth on dreams.
Our dreams that 0G shared
our i0ishes come true
So bring him home safely
Ny faith is in You.
Elena Austin.
(Husband of the author of the
above Is still overseas with the
L. =. Army of Occupation
fOrces.)
4 NJ asked if ! am still study
"A ing cats 20 try 10 under
stand them. lam / have been
studying the five -catS-uwurd by
the grocer around the corner
and cat owned by the people
next door. / saw this latter cat
-feHf- blocks away from home.
He seemed 10 recognize me. He
stopped right in front Of me and
let out a meow. Giving ne
the RAN I suppose. Anyway, /
am about ready 10 admit cats
are very interesting animals,
However, I'll still take dogs.
- r-
QUERIES from clients. @
W What do you think of the
proposed title bout between Joe
Louis and Billy Conn?
A-DOesn't excite me i'm the
least. Billy hasn't a chance
with joe. For that matter,
neither has any heavyweight
now fighting.
Q-You recently referred 90
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
AT YOUR SERVICE

by such enlisted man prior 10
July l, 1916, under the new en-
!istranat-Aet-tf ftrtrifc =. f5rf1
Congress). You will continue TO
get your family allowance.
Q-When a sailor goes AWOL
for period of days and is
placed in Disciplinary Barracks,
do family allowance payments to
his wife and children stopg IL
so what can the wife do?
Mrs. IL. w. X.
Awhile the sailor is in
nonpay status and unbaie 10
contribute SD towards the fam
lily allowance, it will not be paid.
Meanwhile, the wife can ask the
nearest Red Cross chapter for
a loan or grant of. emergency
financial assistance.
Q-My husband went into
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

smart Columbia, with lights and
bell attached.
l was about 10 lose Liz 10 a
smarty who could walk on his
hands, whistle through his fists,
and whose father owned drug
store where Liz could get
double chocolate soda for half
the price.
GO, TO prove that 1 was a
~ gallant, fearless, peerless
and hard-riding sweetheart, 1
took off at the end of the pier
and, gaining speed with each
inspired pump of the pedals,
rode straight into the Manatee
River.
would like 10 be able TO say
that i came smartly TO the
surface. waved a handkerchief
at my sweetheart, and swan
ashore. But / can't.
L became entangled in the
chain of the bicycle The ham
dlebars (which / was not touch
ing when / streaked down the
pier) wrapped themselves about
my neck, and Liz father had TO
Jump-.iH and save me. Liz
father turned me over to my
father-who turned me over.
American men don't know
how TO make leVei All of us,
at one time or another, have
balanced precariously on fences
TO show our bravery 10 our
sWeethearts. We have burned
our fingers toasting marshmal-
lows and roasting weinerS for
eHr beiovpdy. We haze fought
bigger boys TO prove how deeply
the fires Of love burned. Shame
on you, NURSE!
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
II. v. DURLING

the golfing attire known as
plus fours." What was the
origin of this name?
A-COmes from the measure
ments OF British army breeches
for which the regulations called
for reaching the knee plus
four inches"
Q-What / would like 10 know
is what relation is my huS-
bands brothers wife 10 me?
AIN the strictest sense OF
the term she Is not a relative
of yours. However, i hope YOU
girls have not been quarrelling.
And II the children of your hus-
bands brothers wife want to
call YOU "auntie" you shouldn't
make the kiddies feel badly by
Objecting.
MY FAVORITE among the
AI dime novel heroes the
yesteryear was Frank Readc,
the boy inventor. l remember
-ene called Frank RCade and
His Steam Man OF the Plains. "
In this Frank roved the plains
in a wagon drawn by a steam
robot. He certainly had the
Indians bewildered. l believe
the kids of today would enjoy
the Frank Reade yarns. They
should be revived.
THE tallest railroad employe
Il in the United States is prob
ably Clarence r. Price, flagman
on the Knoxville division of the
Southern Railway Clarence is
6 feet 1194 inches IN height.
Funny some professional bas-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

bermuda, Oct. 26-Being a
- speed demon from away
back. utterly reckless of life
and limb, l was bicycling down
one of Bermuda's many hills
with S. Seward Toddings, dis
tinguished publisher of the
islands Mid-Ocean News, when
he shouted:
''If you ever get here again
you may find this place con-
gested with automobiles. IL
looks as IL we can't hold out
against progress"
You know, of course. that
Bermuda never permitted auto
mobiles before the war. Travel
accommodations consisted of one
dinky railroad, which the less
said about maybe the better, a
. host OF bicycles and horse-drawn
vehicles which were so quaint
they even made the horses
break into OUTLAWS.
But the United States govern
ment burst on the scene with
its big flying base Our guys
found they had TO get places in
a hurry-and besides there
weren't many bicycle fanciers
among them. SO they brought
in autos.
TIiE natives didn't like the
Il new tangled gas buggies, and
still don't like them-for other
people. But every Bermudan
talked TO was sold on one idea:
That there should be only one
pleasure car allowed on the is
land-hisl
That's the way IL is. and II
looks very much as if Bermuda
Is going to have autos. The de
bate is still raging but the nom
auto, or the horse-is-g
enough-for-me. group appears 20
be taking a beating
A bill TO permit the use Of
dutuIliOblltS lldu DdNNtN the
Lower House OF Parliament.
known AS the Assembly, and il
now before the Upper House.
known as the Executive Coun-
Gil.
DUBLTSEER Toddings nat
Il urally is a member of Par
lament because he reads and
writes very well. He said there
are things TO be said on both
sides OF the automobile queS-
ton.
what are the two things TO
be said ?" l asked. Swcrving to
avoid a horse. which leered
back at me.
Some say yes some say
no. replied Mr.. Toddings.
"They say IL practically all the
time. l trust that answers your
question"
The proposal which currently
seems to have the most support
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
On
Broadway

CTAR Dust: They say Billy
- Conn, the challenger Of Joe
Louis for the championship,
mAy-appasE--+t4-a-t3roadway
musical this winter.
Insiders insist that Lena
Horne spurned the femme lead
in ST. Louis Woman for an
other reason than reported (an
alleged bad ad for her race1.
Broadwayites pre- ct Lena
will regret il when II turns out
10 be the>sepian oklahoma
Rinnie Kelly on ca quiz pro-
gram couldn't recall the
statesman who said: "Gimme
Liberty or Death" She in
aliegedly a direct descendant
OF Patrick Henry. 1t just
shows To go you.
A Denmark film firm wants
Carl Brisson TO do and appear
In his life story.
The reason Rum and {. C."
didn't win any Clef award.
they say. was that IL just
missed selling enough copies.
Same went for Laura" THE
More 1 See You" etc.
Ceetie williams platter of
House Of JOY" II the current
duke of the jukes.
Adele Astaire, who served
with the American Red Cross
In England, was told: You
all sure went through hell"
-. Oh" she replied, "it's like
having baby. You get
over H."
r. RAY Goetz. the veteran
Snowman. passed by. and one
of us was amazed AT how well
he appeared "Why not ."
said Stork maestro r.. Hoist.
"All his grown up life he has
refused TO answer the phone
before ! p. m
IN APRIL, 1914, the Japanese
Il soldiers c charging United
States marine lines at Cape
Gloucester in New Britain used
a. their battle CITY TO he'll
with Babe Ruth"
Why they selected this
curious battle cry is yet 10 be
explained
| believe il had some conncc-
ton with that tour Of Japan
Babe" made with a baseball
team several years before the
war.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

0-Up TO what date can
6 serviceman tinue to
count points for discharge NJ
--A-tnuGT The Army Demobil-
ization Plan all points earned
between May II, 1945 and Sept.
2, 1915 (the deadline date may
be counted towards computing
total point score. Service and
overseas credits in the navy
may be credited up TO Sept. IS.
1915 and dependent credits are
allowed only if the dependency
existed as of Aug. 10, 1915,
Q-I have been honorabIy dis
chaged for disability. / under
stand CDD's are eligible for
pensions. l. this true? X. T.
A-There is no type of dis
charge which automatically en-
titles the holder 10 a pension
from the Veterans AdminiStra-
tion-rather, service connected
disability pension is payable 10
veteran who has a disability
which was incurred in or aggra-
waited by his period of active
service in the armed forces of
the United States. -
Q-My husband wants TO re-
enlist, but I'm wondering If our
family allowance will continue IL
ne does. / have three children
and ! really need IL If he does
re-enlist. Mrs. NJ. q. X.
A-The dependents of an en-
listed man are entitle ed TO
continue 10 receive family al
lowance, if otherwise qualified
ta) during the existence Of the
present war and six months
immediately following its legal
termination, or (b) during any
period of enlistment contracted
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

women. The disease seems 10
be more prevalent in the spring
time.
CEVERAL types Of infectious
~ mononucleosiS have been de-
mononucleosis have been des-
Scribed in one type the lymph
gland enlargement IS the most
noticeable symptom. In the
second type, sore throat and
fever are outstanding In the
third type there is fever head
ache, a feeling OF sickness and
a skin rash. The disorder may
be mild or severe. Sometimes
il may persist for weeks or
months.
In some instances. there may
be stiff neck. diarThea. pains IN
the joints. noSebleed, itching Of
the skin and earache. In two
out OF three patients. enlarge
ment Of the spleen can be de-
tected.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

THE Funnies: 20th Century
i Fox hired $50 dress extras
for a scene in Sentimental
Journey :. They were merely
-tu-sTt IT rneater and applaud
here and there Instructed
Director Walter Lang: you're
all at play premiere--the
show II q hit-make heartily
With the hands," "------.-
All but one extra applauded
-necessitating a re-take 4.
"What's with you?" barked
Lang. why didn't you APP
plsud?" The extra looked
up biandly, stiiled yawn and
said: "Oh, I'm pretending I'm n
critic"
Cary Grant tiffed with Di-
rector Mike Curtiz on might
and Day" with Cary shouting:
"Okay. I quit. Go get yourself
new boy mo, roared
Curtiz, I'll quit--go get your
self another director. Better
still, be your own director
he the producer, the writer
and musical conductor-all In
one-and You'll be the damnd-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
WALTER WNCHELL

est ham sandwich you ever
saw
THE astounding success scien-
lists nave achieved in un-
leashing the power within the
atoms nucleus can be judged
by this fact; Until a few years
ago, many eminent scientists
believed this problem could
never be cracked
Despite mans great scientific
progress, we are StiH far be-
hind nature. Green plants use
the energy Of the sun TO pro-
duce chemical reactions and 10
build their complicated sub
stance II man can learn how
10 do that--it will make the
atomic bomb as obsolete as the
spear.
Jimmy Roosevelt was turned
down at a Hwood golf club be-
cause "he associates with too
many foreigners. A radio sta
ton owner was the complain
ant.
-Art-Arttur Is in Holland.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Brain Game Answers

mo. The current goes
through a coil and the coil
heats the outside metal
2-Cap'n Flint.
3+(a) True. tb) False. 1t Is
the Jewish New Year.
Aluminium.
5-Rudyard Kipling.
6-(a) is correct. Video IS
Latin for Il see" and has
become trade jargon for
television.
Tin fishing. The fish, II
tickled with one hand, can
be grabbed by the other. It
is a method popular In the
Rocky Mountain regions of
the United States.
S-July 4, 1916.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
HENRY McLEMORE
I ALWAYS keep the American
j woman on a pedestal.

7 ALWAYS keep the American
i woman on a pedestal.
Not only because have an
uncle who manufactures pedes-
tails for just such a purpose.
and who is good for a touch
now and then. but because /
believe the American woman
deserves this honor.
But TO stay up there on the
pedestal, mistress Of all she
she is going 10 have 10
ktop popping off about how
ferrible American men are as
lovers.
The last attacker of the love-
making technique of the Ameri-
can male is an army nurse who.
in a letter to the London edi-
ton OF Stars and Stripes, boast
fully admitted that she pre-
ferred the approach employed
by Frenchmen and Englishmen.
and intimated that she would
rather be wooed by a surly ty-
phoon than by one OF her own
countrymen-
REING an American man,
- consider such a statement
a direct attack on my own
style OF pitching the OF WOO.
and ! don't appreciate it one
bit.
Through the years I have been
falr Spooner, OF some pretty
tair girls, as one glance at my
files Will show.
These files. which ! keep in
an old cedar chest which once
served as my hope chest, Ssveai
many worthy conquests. With
Setir permission I am going TO
discuss few of them.
Here, now, is a letter from
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

GU Many of our most brilliant
young men-future scientists
have been killed. CD Thou
sands who would normally have
gone into science have been
shifted into other careers; "a
Thousands who had planned to
take up science feel now they
must take the first job avail
able; (5) The normal supply Of
young men coming from coll
leges into science laboratories
has been stopped for four years;
(6) War does not cause new
scientific discoveries. Ii mainly
speeds up applying discoveries
already made. In short, re-
search is killed by war. NN
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

is that midget cars be allowed
for pleasure purposes, with
rigidly-enforced speed limit of
25 miles an hour. 1t wouldn't
be possible to go much faster
anyway on the narrow, winding
roads here. unless you want 10
wind up on some ones front
porch.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

THE most totalitarian bill
Il ever introduced in the Con-
greSs of the United States is
S. 1863, entitled "A Bill for the
Development and Control OF
Atomic Energy" with its coun-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
BETTER HEALTH
= BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

THERE are a number of seri-
L Gus disorders which affect
the lymph glands throughout
the body. These glands aid in
combating infections. There is,
however, a more or less HARM
less or benign condition known
as infectious mononucfeosiS,
which also affects the lymph
glands in the body. This dis
ease IS also called glandula
fever.
1t Is a disorder which comes
on suddenly, producing many
% symptoms such as fever, sore
throat, enlargement OF the
lymph glands. the spleen and
the liver. and an increase in
the number Of white cells in
IN blood known as lympho-
cytcs
TNIE exact cause Of this condi-
tion IS not known. However.
= here are some who suspect
that il may be due TO an in
feetien with sueh germs as the
streptococcuS,f staphylococcus,
or perhaps a virus that is an
organism so small that il viii
pass through the openings in
a porcelain filter.
The disease may occur AT any
time of life. but most of those
affected are either children or
young adults Men seem to have
tie condition more often than
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Connolly Answers

1-b (6 feet). &c. 3-a. 4-b.
Sc. 6-(a) Indian Suite"
(b) Madame Butterfly"
(c)-"The Last Rose Of Sum-
mer." I'D Moonlight So
nata." (e) STARS and
Stripes Forever"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
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On the
Side

ketball team hasn't signed him
to play center,
a young woman Of Pelham.
~ Y. writes: II am lS years
old; a brown eyed brunette born
under the Sign OF Capricorn.
Frank Sinatra is my ideal man.
Yes, l wear bobby socks"
CTOGIE DEPARTMENT: In
- mentioning the stogies / had
lost because of my rash remark
about an infantry sergeant with
a mustache being a rarity l
added:
II have not yet heard OF an
infantry sergeant with Van
Dyke beard, but am expecting
10 at any moment"
Well. sir, / have before me a
snapshot of infantry sergeant
William Calhoun Hope. OF the
Both division, u. S. army. He
has Van Dyke beard. His wife
who sent me the snapshot de-
mands an award OF a half barrel
of stogies. e.,
Dow ties seem to be doing a
~ comeback. Wearers OF this
type of ties seem divided in
opinion as to which is better
the ready-made tie which
clips to the collar or the one
which the wearer has TO tie
himself. I favor the latter.
Three of the first things my
father taught me were To shave
with a straight razor, TO tie a
bow tie and 10 lead with my
left.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-29
EDW ARD BAYLY HAS
RETURNED TO CITY

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ward q Bne SON 90 81 Gu
riaua Bssb. l4I4 Whit a.,tt
returned bom, yesterday ali..
having served 90 t.r natt loH
wears
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mcmolshi, hsfiI,. that fd Im
tho sautHNcsi Paeffr 2. 0kuaaa
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u tee Phiuprnr. NHuH .ul
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BASEBALL TWIN BILL
At STADIUM SUNDAY

a practise doullehesdcr ii
hali wil b. played At ths
sfhpai stadium tomorrow AFT.
tmn
I'D Raiders and Regulars will
sH bats a. 80 pm. IN a firs,
n sWerting u Charles AL.
ha1S and izzy Rudrseucz w,ll
lHm the haitsry for thc Raiders
lAs CarbonrH and Evel,o
s.aa all do duty iur thc Reeu.
~ pm the ucond game all
faaft ss.uthsfn Enginecrs and
HHih salinero 90 Bethel
na hato eI battery for ths
e Muuk,,s Diaz and H,ae,
ht tuEnetIa
lHf traHs alr preparing fm
fmu n fht npwls formed T..
@ tft Baashan League. which
tWf piss nrkt munth