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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

1T can all he summed up by
paraphrasiRg- The words of
famous statesman whom
think We should keep name
less" he said, "the British
Empire has presided over the
liquidation of Winston Church
Ill"
HENRY B. MITCHELL is
II president of the United
States Civil Service Commits
sion Hugh 3. Mitchell is the
junior senator from Washing
ton. Recently the two Mitchells
have been in earnest CORE
spondence.
Senator Mitchell began the
orgy of letter-writing in his ca
pacity as chairman of the Mead
committees subcommittee inyes-
tigating charges of faulty in
spection methods al the Curtiss-
Wright airplane plant in Buffalo.
wished TO know what could be
done about disciplining civil
service employees found guilty
of incompetence and dereliction.
Civil Service President Mitch
ell replied that he could think
OF one fairly good corrective
method-fire them. The corre-
spondence went back and forth,
hot and heavy.
Each was extremely punctih-
Gus. however. Senator Mitchell
addressed the civil service head
as. Dear Mr.. President Mitch
ell" and the latter addressed
The scion as Dear Senator
Mitchell.
FROM the letters you would
never have guessed one irrele-
want little detail-the Mitchells
happen 10 be father and SON.
Civil service Mitchell is the
senator's old man.
HOMER JOSEPH DODGE.
II the noted antiquarian-he
claims his great-great-great
aunt was the first bag tossed
overheard at the Boston Tea
Party-was explaining TO us the
other day how he acquired an
inferiority complex.
"All my life," he said. IL have
been reading headlines In the
newspapers. They keep harping
on one theme. For years II has
been. Ruth hits Homer 'Geh-
rig belts Homer Gift smscks
Homer'--and In all that time
Homer has never once struck
back"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
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A~A - OIAs ASA>As ACh1 to

n-H0w much il the allow
o ance a private can make 10
his mother, he being single and
her only support:
A--If the parents de-
pendent -npen-the serviceman
for chief support, she will get
a family allowance of $50.
The serviceman will have so
deducted from his service pay
for the allowance.
Q--What kind Of discharge is
one issued to a member of the
naval reserve under the pro-
visions OF Blu Pers Manual,
Article D-9107 and D-9l0S.
Mrs. V. 8.
A-ThiS type of discharge is
authorized for the mans own
convenience (D-9l0D and for
dependency (D-910S) existing
prior to or arising since enlist
ment.
Q-How many 4-staf generals
are there In the u. s. army:
MRS. w. 8.
A-Thirteen.
Q-My husband was killed
while serving In the merchant
marine. What, II any, benefits
are payable to myself and
children: r., ~. r..
A-Since March Is. 1943,
m m bers of the merchant
marine have been protected by
the Second Seaman's War Risk
Insurance which covers loss OF
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
Mary HAWORTH'S MAIL

alton, having been kept apart
evasively.
Formerly our daughter has
been there for a day or two,
once or twice a month, and my
parents have enjoyed her and
loved her as the eldest grand
child is, believe. usually loved
and companionably treated.
| have gone through books
on child psychology without
avail 10 find some solution Of
the grandparents" problem.
l cant hurt my parents much
longer. nor do | want to hurt
my wife.
And OF course I want our
daughter 10 look 10 US first and
foremost, but isn't 1t all a
tempest in a teapot? What
TO do
Shalt I confess 10 my parents
that my wife'S attitude is what
il is Or have a scene with my
wife, And would that solve
the matter? w. y.
DEAR W. s:
THIS Is far from being a
Il tempest in a teapot II is
an ominous small cloud on the
horizon.
And my advice is. stick close
10 your wife and let her do
the navigating, IL you want TO
pull out OF and bypass very
dangerous waters.
Your wife is behaving with
commendable finesse in trying
10 quarantine the child against
your parents bad If well
meant Offices. without aggra-
waiting the difficulty by inter-
preting her motives 10 them or
the youngster
Now. which are you going 10
be a loyal. protective husband
and father, or a mama's boy
NJ. III.
EDITORS NOTE-Mary Ho.
Uorth counssis through her coll
urn; not by mail or personal
interUisw. Write her in care of
The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

The operation consisted OF
uniting a branch OF the aorta
which IS the large blood vessel
coming from the heart, with
one Of the pulmonary arteries
which. as ] have said. passes
from the heaft-to the lungs.
When cyanosls is present for A
long period of time. there is an
increase in the number OF red
cells in the blood as well as an
increase y the amount Of hemo-
globin Or coloring matter II
was found that in the patients
operated on. the number OF red
cells decreased following the
operation and that the hemo-
globin also lessened in amount.
Furthermore, laboratory tests
showed that the amount Of oxy-
gen in the blood was greatly in
creased.
OF course, this type Of opera
tion cannot be used for, all con-
genital heart defects. but IL
would appear that in those con-
diuons in which there is a
blocking Of the pulmonary ar
teries, satisfactory operation
can be performed which should
result in great lengthening OF
the patients life.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

at him and then only with
aversion. said:
Don't you think Arvide looks
nice?"
Madam" said the fellow,
brusquely, "are you kidding?
Arvide Is dead. No dead per-
son looks nice. Some persons
do not look nice even when
they are alive. In fact, Arvide
was one of those. How, then.
could he look nice dead:
Madam, let us just say that
Arvide looks as good as could
be expected under the circum-
stances and let IL go at that"
The widow has since said
some rather uncomplimentary
things about the fellow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
T.. ". DURLING

OBSERVED Somerset Maug-
" ham: Bridge is the most
entertaining and intelligent card
game the wit of man has so far
devised" Perhaps Mr.. Vaughan
is right. But l still prefer
pinochle.
According 10 a writer in the
Irish h Independent the most
Irish church outside of Ireland
is ST. patrick's Church on Mis-
sion street. San Francisco.
Lady Montgomery, mother Of
Field Marshal Montgomery re-
Gently said
Children are the best lnsur-
ance policy for successful
marriage and there Is always
the chance of a bonus In the
shape Of a clever SON"
THE Hollywood pin-up girls
Il and glsmorous night club
singers wh o entertain tn G
wounded veterans at hospitals
IN this country are greatly APP
preciated.
But the most popular enter
ta.ner on the hospital circuit
seems 10 be a crow.
This remarkable bird initiates
other birds being particularly
clever in singing like a canary.
he IS also quite a whistler.
When his owner, asks him 10
initiate a desert nightingale"
the crow whistles: How dry
l am"
The wounded veterans are in
tensely interested in this crow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

He may end 6p as the ma
tional mascot of the American
legion.
Today / received letter
signed by seven soldiers at Let
terman General Hospital, San
Francisco, asking: rs the guy
that owns this crow a Ventriloz
quiSt Op is the crow a human
being in disguise -
THERE are even systems de-
u signed 10 beat that gam
bling slot machine known as the
one arm bandit"
In England these are known
as fruit machines ~
In Coventry. England there is
reported 20 be a man who
makes 20 pounds $500 a week
playing the fruit machines.
lie pays no tax on this as in
Great Britain there is no in
come tax collected on gambling
gains.
This mans system is 10 hang
around the machine all day.
When IL goes twelve times with
OFT paying off and the player
leave discouraged the system
player steps in and plays. He
nearly always wins.
livery IL = pound breeding
II rabbit produces II times
her own weight in meat each
year.
Rabbit breeding appears TO he
a wonderful business.
However, couldn't breed
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
On the
Side

rabbits on my ranch when 1
get a ranch.
My dog would run himself to
death chasing them.
One summer when we we're
in the country a rabbit came 10
our house every morning and
wandered around the lawn.
When our dog saw this rsb-
bit from a window he would 60
50 wild l was afraid he would
break several blood vessels.
Then he got the rabbit on his
mind.
He would wake up about 4
in the morning and watch for
him.
That nearly gave cur pup a
nervous breakdown.
II didn't help my sleep either
on the mornings when the rab-
bit showed up around 5 o'clock
and the pup began TO scream
with rage.
DASSING by. Patrice Munsel
Il of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. Patrice is 5 feet IL
inches tall and weighs 119
pounds. Quite different from the
betty Songbirds the Metropoli-
ian engaged in the past. Emmy
Destinn, for example. weighed
200 pounds.
Erie Stanley Gardner, prolific
producer of detective mystery
yarns. Must be q highly lncra-
tive activity Erie owns three
ranches in California. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
WALTER WINCHELL p,.oSr,, oS

whatsoever Anti-Semitism
is unacceptable. Spiritually We
are Semites."
VET there are still some
L among US. calling themselves
Christians, who follow the NaZi
line of anti-Semitism and fail
10 see that in attacking the
Jews they undermine the basic
tenets of Christianity, that they
are attacking all that is fine
and decent in all men OF all
creedS, and that they are Wag-
ing war against the civilized
life which has been built up so
painfully from the slime of pre-
historic hates through thou
sands Of years.
COME modern philosophers do
- not subscribe 10 the doc
trines Of any established church
or religion. But they and
the great American iconoclasts
share with the great religious
leaders a faith in the poten-
tialities of all human beings 10
achieve the full dignity of
mature, self respecting individ-
ual who respects the rights of
others. They share in the
Christian faith that every
human being, irrespective Of
color, creed or class. is entitled
10 lead his own life free from
coercion and oppression by
others and is capable OF socially
beneficial action If only given
the proper opportunities. They,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
: By Arthur Bugs" Baer

The telephone girls of the Bronx have selected the
best male voice on the wire. 1t by from
Brooklyn Nobody knew what he was beefng about but
it sounded fine.
Now, guess was in that contest because whirl
many unreciprocated dial. The truth about scent
debate is that everybody has two telephone voices
BY that mean he has voice when he is winning and
one when he is chucking it. The victorious voice is
oily as hooters hair The losing voice droops like hay
in the wagon.
Just watch the boss when he is handing everybody
what-for from the cornerstone He like lion with
starched name. Suddenly his wife gets the phone
and he is sweeter than pie on the shelf.
The girls say it's the Manhattan Numbers who gar
nshee their goats Combine the muffled mutters with
New York dibbletalk and you really have a plate of
lngual hash.
By
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
Brain Game Answers

More than one-half.
2-(al False. Superciliou s
means lofty with pride or
contemptuous.
alexander Knox, Charles Co
burn and Irene Dunno.
six and half furlpngs.
down the straightaway S
chute.
5-(a) is correct.
6-Henry Pu vi.
All from the same animal,
the karakul lamb. at differ
ent stages in the lambs de-
velopment.
S-Irving Berlin, Remember;
Jerome Kern, Who; Cole
Porter, Might and Day."
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

too. believe in democracy as
that way of life in which people
of all kinds can live together
through friendly cooperation
and free competition in ideas
and values.
WHEN the Germans took
w over direct rule of North
ern Italy and Rome and began
10 imprison and deport Jews to
Poland for determination, the
Catholic Church and the Italian
people went into action. An
underground organization under
the leadership of the Capuchin
monk, Pater Benedetto. pro-
vided the legal facilities, the
food and shelter and protection
needed TO save some 10000
Jews from deportation and
death.
A FTER the American troops
"A finally liberated Rome. the
main synagogue was reopened
with solemn thanksgiving
Service. The place of honor was
occupied by Pater Benedetto-
And when the rabbi. member
of the English army and in uni
form, deeply moved, thanked
the Catholic Church for all she
had done in the deepest fulfill
ment Of the command, Love
Thy Neighbor, end when he
while saying this. pointed TO
Pater Benedetto, the silence OF
the House of God was broken
by a storm Of applause, which
threatened never 10 cease.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

night, and by next day or per-
haps before We got there she
would have been our own loving
child again.
Unfortunately my wife took
a different view.
She felt my parents had
weaned the child from US; that
shee must not be allowed with
them again. etc.
Now. after several weeks,
both the child and my parents
who have not been told the
factsD are panied by the stu
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
BY Mr.. Justice Frank Murphy
of the u. 8. Supreme Court

VI the u y. Supfene Souft
MORAL epidemics tend TO
1'l spread as physical epi-
denies do. Even now we Amer
leans have To defend ourselves
contamination by Nazi
deology and emotion. Nazi
And Fascist agents have united
with American fanatics in
planting and spreading the
germs of racial. cultural and
religious hatred. 1t becomes
our DUTY TO be fore-warned.
f;one of US wants to embrace
the cult of Nazi and Fascist
sloga. S and phrases. Our boys
have not offered up their lives
10 provide safe haven at home
to intolerance and persecution.
WHEN an anti-Christ like
w Hitler arises. we are re-
awakened 10 our comm on
religious ideals. Not only are
Z Catholic and Protestant joined
In a defense of their common
Christianity; they are recalled
TO renewed awareness of their
incalculable debt TO Judaism
and the Jews. When Hitler was
making anti-Semetism an instru-
ment of international power
politics by raising his cry of
"Aryans and anti-Semites of all
nations united in the struggle
against the Jewish race" the
Pope declared: "Anti-Semitism
-. II a movement In which
we Christians can have no part
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

TT MAY take DAYS and DAYS
for ifiHf to grasp an idea,
hIt Mr. Jack Doherty, one of
my co-laborers in the journal
istic vineyard you should see
US trampling out the gripes Of
wrath always comes through
in the end.
The other day. after what
must have been hours OF ago.
nlzing thought, he called and said
he had the British political
situation figured out at last.
That il very sweet Of YOU
and the British unquestionably
Will he properly spprecistive."
] said. What il this great con-
ctt1siuu you have come 90 a.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

places dynamite in the hands of
adult children.
3-Extrovert. especially-the
thinking and emotional extro-
Vert He tends to be the doer,
and the introvert the thinker
and planner. Most of the great
scientific discoveries have been
made by the thinking introverts.
but most engines. big buildings.
bridges, dams, etc. have been
built by extroverts. l do not
know but / imagine Gen. George
Marshall is an introvert. because
he Is probably the greatest mill
tary planner and strategist in
our time, while / imagine Gen.
Eisenhower is an extrovert-the
combat field marshal. Surely
Gen. Patton is an extrovert.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

life, disability, repatriation and
detention benefits and loss of
personal effects. in the amount
of 5000. II YOU and1or the
children are the designated
beneficiaries. you need not ap-
ply for payment since it will
be made automatically by the
War Shipping Administration,
New York, n. Y. You may
choose between a lump sum
payment or you may receive
payment in Ia equal monthly
instalments. You and the
children are not eligible for
pension payable through the
Veterans Administration, since
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
DAMON RUNYON The IG Brighter

IF THE average man had his
own way he would be mar
ried as quietly and quickly and
also as painlessly as possible in
a hideaway maybe with a couple
Of barfiies from the nearest sa-
loon as witnesses. If there is
one time the average man does
not wish to attract attention ii
is when he is getting married.
But the average woman al
ways wants all the trimmings
she can get. She is not salts
fed with just corraling poor
boob. She wants il revealed
through a church wedding, il
possible; with the house sold
out. so to speak: and with
bridesmaids and flowers and
flower girls and other attend
ants, every one in costly attire
and the papers playing the thing
up big if the bride or groom
amounts 10 anything socially or
otherwise.
SUPPOSE I should not criti-
else this type of melee. It
makes trade good for the for.
lists and caterers and others.
But cannot help saying TO
myself out loud here in this
column: Runyon, life would be
much less complicated if women
had not come upon the earth,
Man would not be made to ap-
pear as much of a jackass as
the ceremonies OF womens con-
trivance make him.
IT IS the funeral that is ant
Il TO disclose a woman at the
height Of her passion for flub-
dub When the subject is a
departed husband l sometimes
suspect that conscience may
prompt the lady. She NAV
think a snowy disposal OF the
old boy will square her for the
showing around she gave him in
life. But on the whole I reckon
that in most cases II Is Just the
female devotion 10 convention.
much of which should be dis
pensed with.
The average man would prob
ably prefer being fled away
without uproar Of any kind.
IT HAS always struck me as
Il a terrible thing that a man
who has lived a long life of
p an n e d self-effacement and
who has religiously Stunned
publicity and been quite happy
in his unnoticed state should,
on death. be exposed to the gaze
OF persons with whom he had
no intimacies. ....
/ am reminded Of a story II
Is about a fellow ! know who
went 10 the funeral services of
an old friend in A mortuary
establishment and was prevailed
upon by the bereaved widow,
much against his wishes, 10 view
the remains.
As he stood there pFpTiHg ~
the departed. the widow who
was at his elbow gazing At her
late husband for about the two
h IN dre d Z h time that day,
though in life she rarely glanced
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
Any Questions?

Any Questions?
THE Def ROIT TINES
mails personal answers to
questions about the needs
and welfare, rights and privi-
lcges of servicemen and
women, veterans and their
dependents.
Many answers are printed
daily In this column. but ALL
questions will be answered
directly by mail.
Address questions this way:
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DETROIT TIMES.
TIMES SQUARE.
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Surely include your name
and address and a seif-ad-
dressed, stamped snusfope.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
OUR 6-year-old daughter ha
Nl nai1sad "a situation In OIL

family that is beyond me.
When my vile censured her,
tustIfiably, some time ago, the
child in At of weeping and
anger announced that she didn't
love us. that she loved her
grandparents only and wanted
= To live with them
y Had ! been handling the mat
Ter | would have bundled her
UP and taken her there for the
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

.THE operations carried out
i differed in detail. depend
ing on the type of defect present,
Even though these children
were not in good physical con-
dition and were suffering from
lack OF oxygen they seemed
10 withstand the giving OF an
aneSthetic satisfactorily.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03
Connolly Answers

la reward, tb) hot. tc)
child, I'D leap, (e) lady,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

COME months ago. we told
~ our readers in these columns
of new operations devised for
treating defects OF the heart
present Al the time OF birth.
known as congential defects In
the past. no form Of treatment
was available for these condi-
tons which in any way allevi-
ated them. Now, operations
have also been devised for diff
ferent types OF congenital heart
defects.
these conditions are
known as pulmonary stenosls
and pulmonary atresia. Pull
monary stenosis means narrow
ing OF the opening through the
pulmonary artery. Babies with
these conditions are called
blue babies" because when
they are born they suffer from
cysnosis or a blush color 10
the skin due 10 a lack OF oxy-
gen in the hiood and tissues.
IN PHI IN y a r Y StenOSis,
i there is a narrowing Of the
blood vessel which leads from
the heart 10 the lungs and this
means that insufficient oxygen
gets into the blood 10 be carried
TO all the body tissues.
Doctors Alfred Blalock and
Helen p. Tausig Of Baltimore
have operated on three chill
dren with severe degree of
pulmonary StenoSiS and all Of
Athe patients seemed 10 have
Ibeen greatly benefited In Two
instances. in both Of which there
was deep cyanoisls. the condl-
ton diminished or disappeared
and the general condition OF
the baby improved in proper
tion.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-03

EDITORS NOTE-Mory Ha-
Uorth eoun.sis through her coll
umni not BY mail or personal
interUisW. Write her in care of
The Detroit Times.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Goodwill Industries
Has 10Th Birthday

The late President Roosevelt was
cited as the greatest example of
what can be accomplished by physi-
cally handicapped persons in a talk
by Supreme Court Justice Douglas
before more than 100 handicapped
men and women at the Goodwill
Industries 10th anniversary dinner
last night.
The late President took the word
Handicapped" out of the American
language, Justice Douglas said. 1t
remains for the world of today to
realize his plans for a world organ
ization for peace, he stressed point
ing out that the United States would
become rubble in the destruction
that another war would inevitably
bring.
James c. Dulin, jr., head of the
Board of Directors, presided and
introduced Joseph Brooks, first per-
son employed when the organiza-
ton was established and now head
of the transportation department
Miss F. Kathleen Mathews, second
employe and now personnel di-
rector, spoke briefly.
Gordon Walter. who received his
training in electrical work at Good
will Industries and now is a radio
designer with the Navy Depart.
ment, credited the organization with
his progress. Mrs. Mary Shape
wife of Chaplain w. Harold Shape
on duty with the Navy, cut the
birthday cake at the dinner held a,
the organization headquarters, 1915
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Coal Users Warned
To File Orders Now
while Supply Is Up

Washington coal users were urged
today to file consumer declarations
with their dealers and to order coal
Immediately to assure supply In
bins by next winter.
Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator
Charles J. Potter said coal was piling
up in dealers yards for lack of
orders and was threatening curtail-
ment Of next winters fuel supply
in this area.
Both mines and retail dealers will
have fewer men to produce and de-
liver solid fuels to consumers next
winter than at present, Mr.. Potter
said. "and 1t is apparent this early
IN the year that requirements will
exceed output substantially"
Defeat Of Germany, he warned,
will not end the fuel shortage, as
both mines and transportation IA
cilities will be short of men to supply
war-essential coal in the fight
against the Japanese.
THE best chance that Washingto-
mans have to keep warm next win
ter is to order their fuel now and for
each user, within the limit of his
ability, to share his fair share of
whatever kind or size of solid fuel
his dealer recommends, including
reclaimed COKE" Mr.. Potter said.
Persons who delay doing this not
only risk being unable to get their
full wartime quota next winter, but
they may get caught by last-minute
delivery jams and have dificulty
getting fuel when they need it most.