Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-02

NNl rave any
relatives or MIR PIC htR'>"
friend, m For Custer, YOU
ought to set d few copies OF the
paper.
SKIP the serious parts II You
want "a. the rest of u VIII keep
YOU amused for half tire eve
nIng
Tie rsrer looms 30 he writ
ten bl the priVateS and non
commit sioucd offiCerS, and they.
show a fine disregard for for
malitN. The big news story OF
the current issue is about yellow
feNer shots 10 he given by what
the paper cheerfully refers to
a. 1.-THE pill rollers.
The story warns the men To
"beware Of speculation" because
everybody II going Ia have the
innoculationS, and this yellow
fever shot won't mean neCes-
sariIy that YOU will be sent 10
a tropical climate"
However. the really fine re-
porting Is done on such matters
a@an accommodating contest
and the story OF the girl who
lost her glasses.
Five soldiers. the paper says,
started the contest AZ $50 p. m.
one DAY but as they rounded
the fifth pint, only Pfc. Leland
Ward and Corp. Elton Canter-
bury were in the culplng. BY 9
y. m. both had reached their
seventh pint. Faces drawn, bel
lies packed tight. they managed
10 Get that one down and then
gave up
Whether Ward and Canter-
bury had 10 60 ask the pill
rollers for Succor the next day
isn't stated. Maybe our army
men are tough enough 10 take
EVEN seven pints Of ice cream
n three and a half hours.
As 10 the girl who lost her
glasses, apparently she was one
who'd read the poem about
",ien never make passes at girls
who wear glasses.
Anyway, here's the Fort Gus
ter News breezy story:
what the young lady wants
is a solution TO her romsntical
dilemma. and the best we can
do is help her.
"She wants her glasses back
but that isn't the way the
story goes.
1.-THE way the story goes she
was out on date with this
soldier, sees They went To
movie and roller skating and
after that he calamity drove
her home In taxi.
"The young lady wore glasses
and he had probably taken
them off 10 admire the work
manshlp Of the lenses, and he
must have become so absorbed
In discussion Of the fine
points of glass cutting that he
forgot about the glasses.
anyway. the difficulty is
ne doesn't know her name and
she doesn't know his--and he
still has her glasses.
$50 II YOU come across a
pair Of odd glasses In your uni
form, contact the Fort Custer
News. As IL Is. without her
glasses, the young lady can't
see her wav clear 10 feel very
romantic about that evening"
Maybe the next issue will tell
whether the lady got her glasses
back.
But the real life Of the army
seems 10 come out in the per-
Sonal columns. In the Post
Headquarters Company some
body named "Thrcc-Up-and-
Three Down PortWood writes
an indignant letter complaining
about tho Skin lotions and hair
goo" used by two non-coms
one he SAYS. uses five different
kinds. and also small patches
~ pink adhesive plaster de-
signed 20 prevent wrinkles when
plastered all over the face
The reporter for the 630th
Ordnance Company write
And nuts 10 our cooks who In
sist on putting all foods, In
Guiding dessert, on one plate.
Arc the X. P.'s too lazy 20 wash
dishes 90
And In Company = ~ the
6G5th Tank DESTROYER Battalion.
appears this cryptic remark
write yOur owl story about
~. Note We have been
asked 10 include th., biz ~ adj
vice 70 al men IN Sergeant
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