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9-A MIAMI DAILY NEWS, Monday. April 16, 1945 LEONARD LYONS 'Beat Caesar's Record Order To Allied Engineers COTTON SUSIE Q. STRAT-O-LINE i p.i "t- GOLF '1 iuiiim. a' -u- With Sterling Silver Buckle Electrically 'Engraved At No Extra Coif Pigskin. .5.00 Cordovan.

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He asked them if they had completed the plans for the bridges to be used In the Rhine crossings. They nodded. Somervell asked how long It would take to build 'those bridges. One said 14 days, another 16, a third said 15 the lowest estimate was 12 days. "Gentlemen, I see that you're not familiar with Caesar's Commentaries," said Gen.

Somervell. "Caesar bridged the Rhine hi 10 days. Let it not be said that engineering has not advanced in 2,000 years." TRAVEL NOTE: Sylvia Porter, the financial columnist, will cover the United Nations conference for the New York Post. Unlike the other correspondents, who are preparing for the coverage by studying the Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks agreements, Miss Porter has concentrated on memorizing four Russian sentences: -I Love Yon," "What's News?" -Yes," "Tell Me." POLITICS: A group of businessmen held a conference to discuss the head of a govern ment agency whose policies they believe to bp destructive. They finally asked the advice of David Sarnoff, head of RCA.

Sarnoff recited some Russian words. The industrialists were puwled. That is an old Russian proverb," Sarnoff explained. "It mean 'Don't shoot the Czar; you may wind up with a worse soandso." SOCIAL NOTE: When Donald Nelson was In China he and his aide, Edward Locke, live at the home of a wealthy Chinese. Their beds were covered with netting, as protection against Insects, scorpions, etc On morning Locke reported that during the night he found a large rat In his room, chased it, and bashed its head with a club.

"Then I took It outside, and gave it to the soldier-guard." Locke told Nelson. "He patted its head until was revived, and set It loose. He said when a rat comes to man's house that's ft sign that ttie man has food, and therefore wealth and distinction." RADIO: Recently Gene Sara-ten was scheduled to make a CBS broadcast in New York. Paul Porter, chairman of the FCC, phoned CBS and asked If It would be considered an abuse of his powers if CBS would permit Sarazen's broadcast to emanate from "Washington instead of New red flounce ot -l-iM the bottom. Red, 3 green end brown.

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The head cam' eraman called his staff to gether and decided upon ft course of defensive action: "Do everything In slow mo tion," he cautioned. The photographers obeyed. They walked in slow-motion. And when they took flash bulbs, etc from their pockets it was in slow-motion. HOUSING One cameraman who arrived at Yalta after dark wondered about his sleeping quarters.

A Russian soldier finally took him to a large room in a blacked-out building and told him he would be billeted there for the night The cameraman undressed in the dark and went to sleep. When he awoke in the morning he found himself in a roomful of Russian Wacs. order to reduce individual hardships." "Socialized medicine," said the Aztec sorcerer as though repeating a prayer. "Socialized medicine!" "If by socialized medicine you mean medical service paid for by the state," said "and given out free to the Individual, you're wrong. It isn't that.

If what you mean Is making medicine social, that's what I mean, too You read the literature of the National Physicians Committee, I presume?" "Here's one of their booklets," said Scuttlebutte, brandishing it in my face. The title was "3,048,000.000 of Political Medicine Yearly in the U. I consulted my cuff again. Like the good doctor' committee, this pamphlet was mostly paid for by large drug and appliance manufacturers. I told him so, and that copies had already been distributed.

Then I feel to brooding about how many readers that is and comparing the sum to my own syndication. There was quite a long pause. My throat was really hurting by now. It was Scuttlebutte who broke the silence. "Socialized medicine!" It gives you the low-down in this booklet.

"Socialized medicine!" he remarked, and then, as an after-thought: "Socialized medicine! Say Ah'!" I said "Ugh," and I say It again. eligible for benefits under the GI Bill. Q. My husband was drafted "Special Assignment" in the Navy in June, 1944. He has been sick several times since then and there ftre chances of discharge.

Will he receive mustering-out pay or not? Will he be able to receive treatments at the Veterans' Hospital. A. Probably, but it depends upon type of discharge arid other factors. He will more than likely be eligible to receive treatments at a Veterans' Hospital. Q.

I am a widow and receive a das B-l allotment. The upkeep on my home Is quite costly. Would I forfeit my right to the allotment by working in order to meet expenses on my home? Mrs. C. A.

L. A. Your status may change from that of a dependent requiring chief support, to one requiring only a substantial part of her support from the serviceman, and the may be changed from a Class B-l to a Class allotment of S37 per month. Q. I am an ex-serviceman who has been let out for essential work.

I am in the enlisted reserve corps and will be 45 years old Sept. 7, 1945. Am I still eligible for recall after my 45th birthday? T. A. As long as you are a member of the ERC you are subject to recall to active duty at any time by the army, but it Is very unlikely that you wilbs recalled.

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4.98 riv NEW YORK, April 1 Moriarity P. Scuttlebutte. D. if I remember his name eor-rctly, noted authority on the throat, also eyes, ears and nonsense, is a leader of sentiment in our community against the Murray-Wagner-Dingell bill. "It's" un-American, he told me the other day, "and besides, itil plsy hell with the drug business.

Say Ah. I hadn't come to ask the prominent healer his political views. But now I forgot myself, rd wanted him to take out a piece of my tonsil, but now I ge him ft piece- of my mind. I sked him If he knew that 5H.0O0 deaths from tuberculosis In IMS were unnecessary. (As it happened, I had the figures neatly Jotted on my cuff.) I asked him, why not do something ftbout it? "Socialized medicine said Dr.

Scuttlebutte, snarling. With that little mirror disk strapped on his forehead, he looked rather like a high priest of the Incaa or some hygienic aort of voodoo man. Anyway, a figure from the past. I told him that the Murray-Wagner-Dingell bill wouldn't interfere with a man going to the doctor of his choice, but that emphatically it does challenge the right of a man to get sick and die without the med 'You're closing your eyes York. "We have a golf match at Burning Tree," said Porter, "and we want a surprise addition for our foursome" CBS agreed, Sarazen went to Washington, played, and lost $4.

FINANCE: Dr. Harry D. White, asst. secy, of the treasury, was In New York ft few days ago and revealed this story of psychological warfare: Six months before the invasion of Europe, the combined staffs asked him to devise a new and complete monetary system for Belgium. No mention was made of France, Holland, Denmark or Norway just Belgium, and he was warned that this assignment was extremely confidential Dr.

White mentioned it to no one. A few months later he finished the Job. Then the armies invaded France, where there was heavy opposition, but not Belgium, where the Nazis were waiting in larger numbers. LOCAL NEWS: Ben Hecht has written the first radio broadcast of the United Nations conference Gene Sarazen now operates an apple farm. The golfer has 1,000 bushels of apples on hand.

He in willing to trade a bushel of apples for one prewar golf ball. Palmer Hovt. publisher of the Portland Oregonian, will visit uuam, lwo Jima ana ical attention that might prevent it. "We always take care of those charity cases, said the prosperous hakim, waving one of his very well-manicured hands. "There are plenty of free clinics.

This is America. You can't force people to go to a doctor. Say 4Ah" I felt like reminding him that in this same America we force our children to go to school, but Just a while back other Heuttlehutte were denouncing the wild-eyed radicals who wanted to teach everybody to read and write, but my tonsil was beginning to hurt. The distinguished physician, however, was carried away by his dark thoughts. "They can't do this to me," he cried.

"I had a good practice. I won't slave my heart out for psvck of bureaucrats! Scuttlebutte ought to know that there's nothing in the Murray-Wagner-Dingell bill that forces him to enter the system it, proposes to set up. He wasn't listening, but I told him that everybody who's insured would be entitled to medical care from any doctor they want any doctor who volunteered his services. Here Scuttlebutte broke in with an angry growl. "Socialized medicine." "No, it's just the insurance nlsn I explained.

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