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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
Pity Is Being Organized

During the war Free French broad
caster in London questioned a German
prisoner of war. what" he asked, will
you Germans do if you lose again." The
reply was prompt. "We shall do as we did
after the last war-We shall organize pity
for Germany"
The prisoner knew his Germany. The
campaign has Started-the systematic, sly,
familiar and predicted organization of the
worlds pity, and especially the clever play
ing upon American sympathies and Amer
lean inclination to forgive and forget.
Take the diet of Germans in the war guilt
trial town of Nuremberg. They get $50
grams of starches and rice per head per
week. Meanwhile, the French get none
Nurembergers receive 80 grams of cheese
weekly to so grams in France. Potatoes and
milk are four and five times as plentiful
for the Germans as for the people of France.
Yet Germany is the supposed loser" and
France is on the side of the supposed win
ners. In nearly every item of food the Ger
mans eat as well as and in many categories
substantially better than, their victims but
still their campaign to organize pity con-
tinues. None of the comparative facts are
revealed, of course. On the contrary, grim
and heart-rending picture of starvation is
painted. The Germans are past masters of
propaganda.
Americans must learn to discriminate in
their pity. We can be sorry for the Ger
mans but all in good time Their victims
have stronger claim on us. We must not
forget that throughout the war the Germans
nobody else in Europe-had a balanced
diet with adequate fats and vitamins and
that it was the Germans-nobody else-who
invaded Austria, Poland Norway, Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, France, Russia, Yugo-
slavia, Greece and all the others.
Let us be generous but let us not be un-
discriminating in our generosity.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

The greatest statesman who ever lived
had no name. His wife Tor rather, his woman,
for they were not married) probably called
him either Huhhh or Eeeee, depending on
whether she was grunter or a squealer
1t will never be known how or when he
got the Great Idea, the most revolutionary
political conception ever to enter the mind
of man. OF course he couldn't talk, since
he had no words to talk with. If he had
been able to express it verbally, it would
have gone some. ling like this:
'NoW that nv son is big and strong, the
time has come -or us to fight each other,
and for one of us either to kill the other
or drive him out of this cave and keep him
out. 1t has always been that way But
that guy in the cave on the other side of
the mountain is bigger and stronger than
either of us, and sooner or later he will get
the one that stays here. But what if Junior
and l don't fight? What if we both stay
here and stick together? Then we're safe,
from that guy or any other guy. This is a
good idea. I'm going to do my best to ex-
plain it to Junior"
That fantastic idea, born in the brain of
the greatest statesman that ever lived,
known as Huhhh or Eeeee, has gone far in
the centuries that have passed 1t now dom
mates, for instance, the political structure
under which 40 million Americans 60 about
the business of living. 1t seems destined
inevitably to continue its progress to the
logical conclusion of world government
with world law to preserve the peace. For
the statesman got the idea not only as a
means of protection from the guy on the
other side of the mountain, but also as a
means of protecting himself from Junior.
How about statue to Huhhh or Eeeee?
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
The Bread Battle

Official announcements of the present
wheat crisis have bust upon the public with
startling SuddenneSS, but there is nothing
sudden about the crisis itself. 1t has been
building up since the worst drought in fifty
years decimated Europe's 1945 crops, and
both drought and locusts took heavy toll
IN Argentina. But somewhere, somehow,
there was a failure to weight the United
States record crop against these factors, and
wartime ALLEGATIONS were removed with a
subsequent rush of heavy buying on the part
OF nation in a position to purchase. Now
other countries face mass starvation.
Continuance of ALLEGATIONS alone would
not have solved the problem, but the situa-
ton does emphasize the Importance of more
co-ordinated planning for the needs of this
One World of ours. And the desperateness
of the situation calls for the whole-hearted
response of every man, woman and child
to President Trumans plea for cooperation
In the bread battle to save lives abroad.
Waste of bread and flour is unthinkable
when we know we are withholding just
that much from starving children. Slightly
darker, coarSer bread scarcely will be a
hardship, and the wheat which has been
going into the making of alcoholic liquors
including beer, can we'll be sacrificed.
Britons, still on short rations, are again hav-
ing their butter and fats ration cut, dark
wartime bread restored, livestock produc-
ton decreased, and bacon, poultry and eggs
considerably lessened.
The bread battle" is on Nothing but a
united offensive will win it, BY winning it.
we shall help to achieve a united world.
Christian Science Monitor
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

and so on down the list. Fifteen
municipalities benefited to the ex-
tent of 1927 patients out of &c.
2i9-nearly so per cent!
Who benefits most from the edu-
cational services of state colleges
and schools?
The facts are equally revealing,
and again 1t is the metropolitan
areas which derive the greatest
benefit by number of students at
state supported colleges. Enrolment
at the schools totals 20,l97, and
more than half of these come from
cities of 10000 population and over.
Thus it appears logical-and the
logic has received support from the
American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars, Michigan Farm Bureau,
Michigan State Grange, American
Federation Of Labor, just to men,
ton a few-that Governor Kelly's
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
Veterans As
Citizens First

Almost every day a few more of our
Servicemen come home, and many of them
have expressed desire to join a veterans
organiZation-not only to have a good time,
but to make sure that some of the hopes
they fought for become realities This
strikes us as good idea. People are paying
attention to what veterans have to say these
days, and ex-servicemen can have an effec-
tive influence if they find suitable chan
mel through which they can voice their
opinions. There are more than sixty vet
Grams OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES very small, some
very big Some are holdovers from other
wars, and, like elderly individuals, are set
in their ways. Some have started up sud-
denly in the last few months and will prob
ably disappear with equal swiftness before
too long. One new group that seems to have
good chance of longevity, and of real serv-
ice, is the American Veterans Committee,
which is holding its first national conven-
ton in March. AVG is beginning to grow.
1t had only fifteen thousand members at last
count, but it already has more than seventy
five chapters in this country, and twenty
one abroad, and it has played an active and
intelligent part in national and international
affairs. One of AVC's guiding principles is
that veterans must not be governed by self
interest; that they can best help themselves
by helping the community to which they
belong Men who have seen action know the
desperate need for teamwork They know
that an Infantryman cannot advance far
without friendly ships on the seas behind
him and friendly planes in the air above
him. They know the futility of seeking
temporary personal advantage at the ex-
penSe of others with whom cooperation will
later be necessary. Some veterans have been
fascinated, for instance, by the prospect of
quick bonus; many others have recognized
that the payment of such bonus would
probably dislocate our economy and that
they themselves would eventually suffer as
citizens, from this dislocation. AVG does not
want veterans to become class apart, vying
with the rest of the nation for whatever
crumbs of favoritism can be wheedled from
charitable administrators and legislators.
AVG wants its members. and all veterans to
achieve prosperity as citizens of prosper
Gus nation.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
Butter BeIIweafher

Butter has disappeared from the market,
and there is no doubt in the public mind
as to why it has disappeared. Price ceilings
have stopped its production. Shortages have
occurred for similar reasons in countless
lines during the past few years, but always
the true facts were clouded in controversy.
When retailers sought correction of ceiling
prices that blocked production and distribu-
ton. it has been easy for the OPA to in
sinuate that they were callously encourag-
ing initiation by insisting on exorbitant
profits. At last an example is before the
people, about which there is no question.
1t would be silly for the OPA to accuse
all the farmers in the country of being
profiteers-that won't get butter. Neither
will pretty looking price tag. And yet the
OPA Administrator calmly states that "OPA
is vigorously opposed to any price increase
for butter. You can make that strong as
you like"
apparently as far as OPA is concerned
and many retailers have suspected it for a
zcng time-price statistics are more i'm
portant than production. In the case of but
Ter, the people are supposed to cheer be-
cause the "line" has been held on butter so
successfully that there is no butter. The
OPA might as well tell consumers to 60
butter their bread with a price ceiling!
As long as the country continues to live
under system of rigid economic control, it
cannot expect maximum production and
distribution. Shortages and initiation will
increase, retailers and manufacturers will
be powerless to stem rising costs, and the
vicious circle of privation will grow tighter
and tighter.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
Michigan Mirror by Gene Allen.an

case for giving priority to the
states own children" is founded
on the fact that the entire state.
cities as well as rural areas. will
benefit from the 1915 state build
ing program now before the legis-
lature. Certainly the cities will get
their fair share, Mayor Edward r.
Jeffries o. Detroit Notwithstanding.
Furthermore, none of these chill
dren" possess the power to levy
taxes. And the local governments
cities, counties and villages - do
have this right. A. j. Phillips. exec
utive secretary of the Michigan
Educational association, has con-
coded that ANY solution for the
problem of school finances must
come from local governments
through raising their valuations or
increasing their millage or both"
The schools plight. admittedly
Continued on Page 81
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

Who's going to get some badly
needed pairs of shoes in the tax
payers family - the states own
children, the educational insti-
tutions and mental and tuberculosis
hospitals or the local governments
Children, such as the municipal
tiles, townships and villages?
That is the issue at Lansing
where the state legislature is now
III special session.
At stake is an estimated bien-
mum surplus by June 80, l947-one
year from next June 30-of ST.
100000.
Let's take a look or two at what
It is all about.
1t is the recommendation Of Gov
ernor Harry F. Kelly, supported by
leading committees of the state
legislature and by elected state Of
ficials, that the bulk of this sur
plus should go to meet the long
neglected needs of the states own
responsibilities.
These include the University of
Michigan and Michigan State Col
lege, as well as other schools
throughout the state. No state ap-
preparation has been made since
1927 for an educational building at
the University; 81 per cent of the
uniyersity's present building facil-
tiles were financed by private don
orS or through self-liquidating stu
dent dormitories. The plight Of
Michigan State College is equally
as great.
Mental and tuberculosis hospitals
are unable to admit patients be-
cause of limited building facilities.
From 1890 to 1945 the mental hos
pital population increased from
approximately $4,000 to more than
10000 for an average gain of $50
persons year. The department of
mental health estimates its build
ing needs alone to be S20,296,0O0.
A check-up of the hospital pa
tientS, as Of Dec. l, 1945, reveals
that Wayne county Detroit) ben
Gifted to the extent of more than
40 per cent OF the total-10,989 out
of 26,219. Kent county Grand Rap
ids) had 1,l80 citizens in hospitals:
Oakland pontiac, 865; Genesee
Clint, 865; Ingham Oansing) SIT,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
Gilman Looks
Washington
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. U.p)-The studi-
GUS little men in long rows fiddle
with their slide-rules and make
marks about the cost of living on
their charts; Sen Kenneth Wherry
Of Nebraska and I think they're
Flowing bubbles.
We believe they ought to get
their noses out of their electric
calculating machines, actually buy
themselves a shirt - WOW! - and
guess again about the high cost
of living.
The Senator told A. F. Hinrichs,
acting Commissioner of Labor Sta
tistics, that his totals were screwy;
that anybody knew the HC.L. was
far higher than the official figures
showed. I remained neutral until
the last of my old shirts, sorry
day, went to the laundry and came
back as locomotive wiping rags. !
had to get new ones; that or a
coat Of paint.
There are plenty of shirts on sale
in Washington; one leading haber-
dasher has shelf upon shelf of cot
ton shirts. The cheap ones l
wouldn't even wear to a laundry
mems oyster roast. They cost S795
each.
They come in gravy color. streak
Ell with egg and or cinnamon drops.
They are the ugliest shirts, bar
none, I ever saw.
The medium grade shirts, lit
tie better in quality and a little
less wild-eyed in shade, sell for
$3.50. That's one for $3.50, not four.
Fool that I was, cold and desperate,
too, I bought one of these. I've got
IL on now. 1t is the color of a cloudy
day at sea, just before the dawn,
hut with white stripes every inch.
I told the man it didn't look de-
cent.
He said, no, it didn't. He said
he'd show me his good shirts.
must report they were beauties.
They were in solid shades of soft
yellow, blue, gray, green. and pink /;
thy had good buttons properly
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

But here's good news: This year,
100000 miles of Long Distance cir
cults will be added to the Bell System
network. More switchboards will be
installed and large quantities of other
equipment, too. Michigan Bells part
in this big program is under way.
Before long, then, your patience and
understanding will be rewarded by
better Long Distance telephone service
than you've ever had before.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
A11@zMI&<*;x>

WE'RE looking forward to the time
when we can say: Use Long Distance
as often as you like and talk as long as
you want."
1t isn't here yet. Long Distance lines
still get clogged up, particularly at cer-
tain times and over certain routes. As
aresult, delays in service may occur for
while longer and there1l be times
when the operator asks you to limit
your call to 5 minutes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

sewn. The material was excellent.
Ten dollars EACH" the man
said, They're going fast; you bet
ter stock up"
That made me sore. told him
Id phone the OPA and that Ches-
ter Bowles, himself, would be over
within 20 minutes to jail him as
chiSeler number one. He smiled a
superior smile. He said he was used
to hot-tempered but ignorant fell
lows like me-
Then. so help me, he showed me
the OPA ceiling price tag on each
shirt. He said the reason they were
expensive was because the cloth
was imported. From Shangri-lap"
I demanded. From Brazil" he said,
land made up special, strictly un-
der all price regulations"
Chester, what's going on here?
Bureau of Labor Statistics, why
don't you buy a shirt?
Statistician Hinrichs insisted his
figures were correct except for quail
ity deterioration. He told Senator
Wherry he couldn't take every item
going into his list of necessities and
decide whether it was worth the
price.
Let's take one item: My new pair
of $3.50 pajamas. They have no
collar, they look sleazy, and they
are speckled like a pup, but paja-
mas are pajamas. 1 put on the
pants ard drew the woven draw
string. and blooie. 1t busted. I
pulled it out it turned out to be
two one-foot pieces of draw string,
each sewn with three loose stitch
e. to double-up piece of cheese
cloth. Only the woven cord showed;
the cheescloth was invisible.
What good is pair of pajama
pants that won't stay up? Chester,
I'm asking you. Hinrichs, what do
your statisticians figure pants like
these are worth? You name the
price and I'll sell 'em to you.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

"She's been filibustering for 20
years!'-Mississippi constituent. Of
fering wife's services to Senator
Pilbo.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
IS YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

Merchandise valued at $500 was
stolen from F. Armstrong g. Co. in
the Arlington building. The loot
included whole racks of ties, and
silk and cheaper shirts. 1t was
the second time within a few
months that the store had been
burglarized.
Authorities declared that Joseph
Laura, 81, of Trenton, found shot
twice in the region Of the heart.
was murdered, following an autop-
sy. Police were unable to determine
the killer Immediately though it
was learned Laura had taken part
in stormy scene" just before the
shooting. After learning of her
husbands death the widow COM
mented:
my husband had no heart and
no eoul. I have known for three
years that he was running around
with other women, but I did not
know the name of any of them"
The Detroit Brass and Malleable
Works expected to erect a new ma
chine shop and office extension
shortly and applied to the city COM
mission for permission to move its
fence out 10 feet on Elm and Sew
enth streets temporarily during
building operations.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

Labor needs to carry on the fight more
nnilitantly"- z. Foster, chairman, Com
nunist Party of US.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14

"Plenty of pheasant ($2.25 a lb.) Plenty
of caviar (S24 fb)"-Sign in N. Y. mar
ket during meat strike.
Evening star., 1946-04-11

them, indeed, who has some down.
right startling negative comment tt
make on the subject. His words
are the sort which are likely tC
throw whole new light on ballet
dancers. If they should irk any
sensitive ballplayer, our man woulc
be glad to follow them up by knock.
ing the teeth out of those on the
other side.
THE difference between dancers
and ballplayers," he, says, lis that
dancers are athletes"
What does that make ballplay-
Iers?" we had asked. Had to, OF
course, because those decades OF
reading sports pages led us to be-
lieve that reference to diamond per-
formers as athletes"
"Oh, they're acrobats," he said
They have developed very limited
highly specialized tricks of co-ordi-
nation. Dancers are completely de-
veloped. They use not only those
muscles which a ballplayer uses, but
also those of the tennis player, the
golfer, wrestler, swimmer, boxer
fencer-and all the others"
Being broad-minded, the dancer
admitted that an athlete did occa-
sionally find his way into profess
sional baseball.
At the same time, he doubted
that any professional sport produced
an equally, y,~unathletic-looking group
of humans.
You can tell a baseball team off
the field" he brooded, largely be-
cause its members look like old
tanned pieces of leather. The sun
(See CARMODY, Page B-17)
Evening star., 1946-04-11

is a sad thing.
Shortly after reading the Bolger
piece in morning paper (advt.
E. M we saw motion picture
whose chief performer is a dancer
who should be even more of an OBJ
ject lesson to athletes than Bolger.
Fred Astaire is the fellows name
He is older than Bolger by maybe
8 or 10 years and has danced harder
longer and more versatilely. In the
picture, which was "ziegfeld Fol-
lies" in case you are passionately
curious, Astaire looked quite as agile
supple and 1.-THE as he did 20 years
ago. His legs have stood up a lot
better than his hair. which, if dane
ing is your profession, is gift
straight from Heaven. The movies
and the stage can give a man a
new head of hair in a few minutes
What baseball would not have given
for a new pair of legs for Babe
Ruth, or six dozen others of its
brightest stars now sitting at their
radios just listening to the games!
X y y X
Before eager beavers in the sports
department, fellows named Stann
and things like that, start urging
baseball players to spend the off
season at the American School of
the Ballet, we add that dancers have
no such suggestion to offer.
Bolger, who is baseball fan, may
think that dancers have something
to teach baseball players about con-
ditioning for the sake of durability
but not many others do.
There is one virile realist among
Evening star., 1946-04-11
By SheiIoh Grohom

Charles Korvin wants to get into
Joan CraWford's actin other words,
he wants to join her leading men in
THE Secret" No harm trying, Char
lie. Joan, with "Humoresque" al
most canned" is preparing four
weeks vacation with her two adopt
ed children-all very de luxe-one
week in Santa Barbara, one week at
Lake Arrowhead, and a couple of
weeks on a yacht. . Joan Bennett
insists that Fritz Lang direct her
next picture-and he will. It's titled,
THE Secret Beyond the Door,"
Eve Whitney. former model, says
that the way not to get into pictures
is to be former model! Eve was at
Metro, and all she did was model.
Now she has the romantic lead in
Buddy Rogers Little Iodine" and
she hopes that the modelling jinx has
been broken. It's true that modelling
never did anything very much in
pictures for famous cover girls Anita
Colby and Jinx Falkenburg.
Charles Boyer, who paid $4,000
for his mansion, has just sold it for
something in the neighborhood of
quarter of a million dollars.
The only house owner not selling a
house for inflated profits here is
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Joan Likes Lang's Direction

Miriam Hopkins, who can get $500
a month rental for her property-it
used to belong to the late John Gill
bert, who cut off the top part of a
hill to make level site. Robert
Cummings points out that the title
of his last and the title of his fu-
ture film, would make a good COM
bination on the masquee-"The
Bride Wore Boots" and THE Chase"
I'm told that Martha Vickers
steals "The Big Sleep" That's not
bad because the others in it include
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bo-
CART. Nice thefting, Martha.
Y X X
AS long as RKO makes Falcon
pictures, Michael Arlen doesn't have
to work. Mike sold them his short
story, THE Gay Falcon" some years
ago. But every time the studio
makes a new Falcon they have to
pay Arlen $4,000. They are starting
the 18th Falcon on Monday! .
Ray Milland has been doing paro-
dies and excerpts from his success
full "The Lost Weekend" on several
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
Stage.

| otdSCs
National-"Blossom Time; 8:3l
pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"The Hoodlum Saint;
II am. lao, 4:25, 7:1o and 9:5C
pm. Stage shows: /, 3:45, 6:25 and
9:10 pm.
Columbia-"Abilene Town; 1:3C
am, 1:25, 1925, 5:25, 7:25 and 9:25
pm.
Earle-"Miss Susie Slagel's";; II
am, ITO, 3:20, $50 7:45 and 9:55
pm.
Hippodrome-"W -"Whirlwind OF
Paris; 2:10, 4:05, 6, 7:55 and $50
pm.
Keith's THE Seventh Veil";;
l1:15 am, 1;20, 3:25, 5:35, TAO and
GAS pm.
Little-"Waltz Time; 11:15 am,
1:20, 1925, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Sa Saratoga Trunk:
Ills am, 1:50, 4:30, 7:05 and GAS
pm.
Palace-"The Virginian";; 11:25
In, 1:30, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and $50
pm.
Pix-"Mutiny Ahead; 2:2o, $40,
7:50 and 10:30 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.