Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-12


- fog or the black
MIR. PICKERING est mig hit. j
works by radio; just how is
secret. One theory is that II re
acts TO static electricity; another
that il shoots out radio wave
catches the wave as il is reflected
by metal in the marauding plane
and spots the position by some
complicated high speed mathe
mates.
At any rate, II works. It's like
playing blind mans bun in tho
skies above Britain-and the mar
who gets tagged dies.
Operating and repairing these
machines is no job for a dull
wit. Britain is asking for Ameri-
can technicians-radio engineers,
amateurs, service men--to do
the Job. More than a thousand
already are I'm England; they
want $4,000 or $4,000. Already
so or more have signed up In
Detroit, and some are In Eng
land now.
These men join the Civilian
Technical Corps. They carry no
iceapons. They Wedr the RAJ
uniform, but Nth a special arm
band, and they take no military
drill. They sign up for the durd-
ton, or for three years, tchich-
eper is shorter. and this country
let's them 90 even If they are IA
in the draft. Britain has prom
ised TO send them back II iOe
need them.
F. Allen Written and Frederick
w. Campbell. businessmen who
were urged by friends in New
York, are the recruiting officers
for Michigan. AS many as two
three, four dozen men day (aged
1S 10 500 are applying at their
offices at HOO Bull Building. and
Written says that they haven't
much time left for business. But
they've got the Job and can't well
duck out now.
They're enlisting radio men,
electricians, filters, instrument
makers, watchmakers, tool men,
sound engineers. They 20 for
every kind of reason: To night
Hitler, for excitement, travel,
training, money (all expenses
d. L
When I iOas there, Adrt Van
Vlict, 81, son Of an electrical con-
tractor, 1cds signing up because
I tcdnt to see tchdt IL looks like
over there. Besides, you can DC
transferred TO Australia or South
Africa (or Mesopotamia or
Egypt, BY the t0dy) and I'd like
TO 90 there"
A close friend Of Aart's, Donald
Wharton. landed in England {
week ago today. They want to go
is possible. 10 Australia together
Aart was delayed in starting; hi!
mother doesn't want him 10 60
and his father isn't keen on having
him leave home, but he wants to
A young husband OF Neither
lands ancestry recently signed
up "to do something for our
queen" his wife approving. She
said she'd 20 back to nursing TO
support herself. James Lunan
of 80 Pingree, signed up with
parental, approval and precedent.
His mother and grandmother
went overseas I'm 1917 with the
Burt Shurly Unit, serving In an
AEF base hospital.
They come from all sorts Of
jobs-Fred Carr Jr. lCorked at
Fords. He's going as an iHstru-
nlent man, on automatic cameras
and bomb sights. Walter John
ston, machine tool man, tOds
born IN Scotland No10 he goes
back. William ID. Anderson Of
1905 Evanston tOill serUtce
crash boat and torpedo boat
motors.
Sons OF natives of Germany o
Italy are barred-it nearly brok
the hearts of couple Of youni
second generation Americans o
Italian parentage, but it's rule
And everybody Is checked up
by the FBI, especially those Of
foreign names. Frederick Wolge-
muth of Western Electric and
Ford's. came through with fy-
ing colors when they investi-
gated his background. He IL
going with n pal, James Pearce.
who learned auto mechanics at
Wilbur Wright High.
OTce accepted. the c. T. z.
men 90 10 Montreal, then Eng
land, and can be across iCithin
three or four Ueeks otter leaving
Detroit.
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