Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-25

taken I'VE
SETS" said
O'Brien. I'M
happily, I 11Exlll
asked tn e m Nh. PICKERING
how come. and they said well,
all my fingerprints smudged.
They couldn't count the whorls,
and that's what they have to do
to classify prints.
They kept on for IS minutes
after that, and finally said I'd
have to 60 down to headquarters
and see II they could get my
fingerprints there.
"They don't know why II hap
pens; II just does. thought
maybe II was because l do 80
much typewriting, but my worst
finger Ii this one tring finger,
right hand) and I never use
that for tipping.
Apparently I'd make a per-
feet criminal"
The only trouble being that
he doesn't want TO be a criminal.
He wants to be an air raid
warden.
Speaking of air raids, Joe
Freedman and Bill Boesky have
just tried a 15-minute test
blackout at their place, the
Brass Rail, and think that
they're the first people to try
II in that type of establishment
in Detroit. J. Edward Falls is
air raid warden for their district.
We've got our first blackout
curtains at the office here. And
we're told that the system for
controlling outdoor electric
signs will be TO give a ticket 10
any owner who can't black out
his in five minutes. Tickets will
mean that the signs must be
left of for the duration.
II that's the way it's going 10
be. we suppose We can get ready
any time for an old lament with
a new strain:
"Say, can you get this ticket
fixed for me: l was 1T up dur
Ing the blackout."
With all our own moaning
about our troubles. we enjoy 1t
when somebody else comes along
with some. G. G.. (who said the
Secret Service might not like
il If we used his name) went
out TO dinner with a young
couple the other night, and the
young lady discovered suddenly
that she'd lost her pocketbook
with about $50 in il.
"Stick with me-" commented
c. G.. morosely. land you'll keep
on having had luck. I'm Hnxed.
just got my induction notice
Today ana
The young lady went home
with a headache.
Her husband and {. C..
though went over 10 the Tele-
news Theater. They'd seen only
so feet OF newsreels when an
usherette thumbed c. G. into
the lobby.
"The cashier showed n 50-cent
piece at me. said I'd given II
10 her. and II was counterfeit"
c. G.. said. "a cop said, va got
any more Of them on VA,
buddy?' and I almost popped
him for that crack.
"And finally the Secret Serv-
Ice arrived In force. and said
that counterfeit half dollars
were being passed In Detroit
hut was the first person
caught spending one.
81 don't even know where I
got the coin. You think I was
Kidding when I said l was
jinxed ?"
We don't usually write about
birthdays, but John Hanna's
ought TO be mentioned because
well, / don't know. He just
seems interesting.
He'll be 81 tomorrow. and he
and his wife will be celebrating
their fifty-ninth wedding ami
versary besides. Mr.. Hanna is a
particularly peaceable man, who
likes his books. his house on
Kenilworth avenue Che named
the street when il was out in
the woods so years ago) and
Henry George whose principles
he still supports.
But it's from such peaceful
people that the best armies are
built. and in the Hanna family
it's 100 per cent.
In the last war. all three Of
Mr.. Hanna's sons served, and
|, two of them, plus two grand
y sons, are In this one.
OF the sons, Lieut.. Col. Carl
Hanna is in charge of the 10th
Medical Regiment somewhere.
and has his two sons busy one
on Atlantic patrol and one at
West Point.
John Hanna's other sons were
Mai. Frederick. a West Pointer,