Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

and mold public opinion-noe
just for the sake Of profits, but
for the sake of progress In the
direction where he thought
America ought To be heading.
Our Inc0rrigible Busybody
Dept: Doesn't Army Intelligence
think that Great Britain has .
severe case OF brass-hat poison
ing?. Aren't the members OF
the Supreme Court now an pull
ing one way-at each others
hair?. Did you know that the
President changed the nickname
for Morgenthau to six Per Cent
Henry: What two Cabinet
officers are suffering from
makeup poisoning? (Their
friends make u pthe stories, and
they do the poisoning) What
invention can drop a sandbag
down a chimney at 10000 feetf
And what Sec'y of War would
like to do it to what Washington
colyumist?
Why do the Supreme Court
Justices call their edifice "ths
Mausoleum" when it isn't that
liveiy?.. Isn't it true that the
victory of the American Labor
Party in N. Y. has split It moro
completely than three defeatsf
Hash t photography helped
the British censors more than It
has Hollywood? Wouldn't this
be an aid to Britain: To mail tho
photostats to your friends and let
His Majesty's govt keep the orig
inals?. AT what diplomatic re-
ception did q best friend say:
"You can have halitosis or the
Japanese Ambassador, but not
both"?. What Canadian Off
fetal, who believes the war can
be won by lowering wages. will
Shortly be elevated by b kick
in the tail light?
What size tank Is giving the
Generals a bigger headache than
the Privates who steer them7. :.
What AMBASSADOR turned In an
honest days work recently?. :.
For what Cabinet post are there
more volunteers than for the
Marine Corps? And which Sec'y
of State Is vastly amusedf ..
Isn't it true that Jesse Jones
loaned his brother $3.50? Any
way, isn't Jesse wearing his
brothers gold watch?. Don't
they call Sec'y Ickes personality
plus" since his secretary said
good morning to him?. Who
defined a liberal as q guy who
will forgive anything but q con-
tribution to his campaign?. :.
Aren't the officers Of the Pacific
Fleet split squarely on the ques-
ton OF whether It will take
three weeks or a month to
solve" the Jap navy?. What
prominent Britishers have the
filters since the Gov't's inquiry
into foreign-owned bonds? The
only thing in which Noel Cow
ard was small fry. And isn't IL
true that certain self-called
Americans brag about their an
cestors landing on Plymouth
Rock-and act as though they
had just crawled from under IT'D
Broadway Innocent: He thinks
Toots Shor is the third blonde
from the left in some Broadway
chorus. That Gypsy Rose Leo
tells fortunes. . That Danny
Kaye leads a swing band. That
babies are born at the Stork
Club. That Tommy Tucker IL
a Mother Goose character.
That Mary Martin is Tony's
sister That Slavko Vorkapich
is double-talk instead OF double
exposure That Fred Allen and
Jack Benny are really feuding
That J. Edgar Hoover is try
ing TO clean up the mess left by
Herb That Ella Fitzgerald
comes from Ireland i. That Ham
Fish is hammy comedian on
the MinSky Time. /. That nka
Chase is the noise your stummy
makes when you drink too much
water. And that the Lindbergh
Zine" had something TO do with
flying, instead OF crawling.
A press agent was transferred
from the West Coast staff TO the
bureau on Broadway after .
clash with a studio mighty IN
Hollywood The press man was
packing his stuff when the big
shot phoned and said: "Aren't
YOU coming up 10 see me before
you go?"
Why" asked the p. a. De
you want your knives back!-