Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-12

door and MR.. PICKERING
asked him 10 contribute. The
man stopped. hesitated, pushed
"A contribution AZ the girl and
abruptly pushed on through the
door.
Gee she said as she pushed
bill into the collection box.
that guy DID want to con-
tribute
"What she didn't know was
that the mans mother at that
moment was dying of cancer"
thought II was a pretty
good object lesson but, being al
ways the cautious reporter. j
asked my friend: Il suppose
you know who this guy was,
whose mother was dying ."
Certainly know who he H."
he said. THE guy Is me-"
And he walked out leaving
me with the typewriter story
and a warm feeling for the way
in which some people try 70
turn their own personal losses
into benefits for others.
II reminded me of something
that happened six or seven
years ago. an incident that has
been used in fiction, but in this
case occurred in real life,
A time correspondent in
a suburban town, a woman who
occasionally telephoned in small
items for the paper, called up
with an account of the death of
a small boy who had been hit
by a car.
She had all the necessary
facts and gave them to me in a
business-like way.
"Wait a minute" I said when
she had finished. THAT boys
last name-lt's the same as
yours. A relation OF yours"
my son." she said.
Incidents like that happen
sometimes i'm newspaper work.
There was one last weeks
man i'm the next office TO mine
was telling me that he thought
he ought 10 be accepted for
military work because he was
former marine.
II could do some sort Of a
Job and release somebody else
for active service" he said.
He had. as / knew. hurt his
lee and suffered some other in
juries in an automobile accident.
but agreed that / couldn't see
why he couldn't do desk work.
They had to reject me, tech
nlcalIy." he said, because of the
adrenalln."
] must have looked puzzled.
II had the adrenalin." he ex-
planned, "after the accident.
It's 1.000-tO-1 chance. but
with me IL worked and started
my heart beating"
'You mean YOU were dead ."
I asked
yes" ne said. and my
wife still has the telegram that
was sent from the hospital an
nOuncing that ] was dead"
NOTES AROUND TOWN:
Walter J. Willis. Detroit con-
tractor who enlisted In the navy
after his son, navy flier. had
been killed in the Pearl Harbor
attack, has been assigned 10 the
ship OH which he will serve. II
j. the same ship 90 which his
son was attached.
Sugar rationing note: Detroit
restaurants, says Edwin r. HUFF
Of the Statler. soon VIII start
listing saccharine on the menu.
PinkN Barnes. who does the
wild west r0ping act al the Hay
market, used 10 be rOdeO
rider. But not his partner and
wife. Mabel. She used 10 work
I'm a Missouri beauty shop. but
later went 10 Wyoming to learn
cowboy tricks.
The young fellows who were
very indignant when the FBI
and plant protection police took
their cameras away from them
have got them back again. They
Shouldn I have had their cam
eras IN war plant areas but. as
the FBI men remarked. we
gave them good Job Of deyel-
oping their films. The boys
had been taking snapshots Of
their girls. Good-looking girls.
too. the FBI added Gratuitously.
That button In MHTd Fergu-
sons lapel means that he Is a
three-time blood donor at the
Red Cross blood bank
4 3 Remote control broadcasting
OF music. halted when the war
started. is coming back. with
Nick D'Amico Of the terrace
room the first in Detroit 10 90
on the air (WXYZ) His Is
rated as one Of the five best
small bands in the country,
George Olson is still hoping
that he can make arrangements
10 operate an open air dance
casino al the Fair Grounds as
ls year.