Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

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PICKERING For n
stance. wnat happened when
they were testing out the air
rad sirens this week? They used
different tones. Most practical
comment I've heard is that they
ccght 20 make the siren play a
tune preferably Silent Night"
the same way auto horns play
tunes.
The siren was blasting away
and q young man on bus heard
q girl say. Il hope they don't
bomb Detroit. There are a lot of
cute bars In Detroit that l
haven't seen, and there are a lot
OF cute men l haven't met"
The young man butted In and
said. II know some cute bars"
The girl didn't hat an eye. She
looked very demure and said, II
get on the same bus at the same
corner at the same time every
night"
Apparently there's a shortage
of alcohol. but the first l heard
of il was from an unsynpathetic
husband who said that the per-
fume companies were having 10
cut down What are the girls
going TO do. he wondered. II
they can't get cosmetics, can't
get perfume, and can't get
girdles? Oh hoy are they going
TO look terrible
The answer IL no. Recent edi-
tons say that rubber will be al
located for girdles. They tried
rationing corsets in England,
and the women were willing 10
work as locomotive oilers, street
sweepers or even gun crews. hut
they drew the line at letting
themselves bulge.
The tire retrCadinC places are
having their phones disconnected.
They won't have them hitched
up again until they have caught
up with some of their untitled
orders.
Probably the history books
won't say anything about the
rubber rationing. but there are
more people who know how a
tire is retreaded than know
where MacaSSar Strait is.
! heard man say he drove
81, 1000 miles on a set Of retreaded
tires But how about inner tubes.
and why isn't more said about
keeping the tubes IN good con-
dition?
People are still boarding things.
Kitty excepted. Only thing she
has saved for the emergency Is
an extra pound of tea. She goes
on the assumption that we might
have To be W hOut things.
but there's no need Of getting
panicky about il.
Sometimes she backslideS and
starts 10 Worry. hut not often.
But II YOU don't think there's
q lot of boarding going on, here
10 the way 10 find out:
At dinner tonight, casually
ask YOUR wife. by the way.
have YOU laid in any supplies in
case Of shortages
II your wife starts to reel oft
q list of all the extras she has
bought, all YOU have 10 do IL
multiply il by $4,000. 900 or so,
and you'll get a rough idea.
II Is perfectly apparent that
aside from a small number Of
products. which We know about
anyway. there isn't gong 70 he
any shortage that VIII seriously
bother US.
But people begin 10 fret and
worry and then they start
boarding. and boom: We have
shortage.
It's the kind Of a panic that
anybody is likely 90 get. house
wives or big business men. Re
member the candy company in
the last war that bought thou
sands Of pounds Of sugar? The
rolls ~ candy that had sold for
nickel were being sold for
cent after the sugar panic >gh-
s,ded and the CANDY company
went into the hands of receiver.
As far ~ that COOS ID boz will
ing 10 be- that We have all
the rubber We need before some
OF me people have even taken
the wrappincs o9 he extra tires
that they have hidden In their
basement
! don mean 'ra' No can az
ford 10 be -'efJ. ts' hoard rc
Is nothing bat q manifestation
OF panic NH digestion is 900
valuable - .e - ruin y by
worrying about shortages tha'
aren't gong 20 exist or Vor p
hurt me much # they Dc exist.
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