Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

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hour and half and. when she
got through she SEES Joe that
was my cousin Della over in
New York. ! seS what is that
homely red-head so gabby about
Ethel? ! Ses | thought you was
froze 20 that receiver and Ethel
ses she is not so homely Joe
and she has a lot OF trouble on
her mind.
SIS suppose IL Is about
some guy as usual and she ses
yes IS about her boy friend Jake.
She has Just had a letter from
Presinen. Roosevelt about him
/ ses wait a minute Ethel.
SES don't try TO tell me
President Roosevelt has been
writing IN that dame and Ethel
ses we'll II wasn't exactly PreSi-
dent Roosevelt himself but II
was the same thing because
Della wrote TO him and he had
a fellow answer H. She wrote
TO MIN about Jake.
I SES let me think minute
Ethel ! ses IL seems 10 me the
last time heard about Jake he
was In tte Marines and Ethel
ses that's right Joe He is in the
Marines aro he looks wonderful
in his uniform.
SES why did Della write 10
President Roosevelt beautiful II
you will be so kind as 20 start
AT the beginning and tell me the
story? Ethel ses she wrote 20
him because they sent Jake 10
Iceland by mistake. I ses
straighten that one out for me
please Ethel.
SHE SIS well Joe you know
Della and Jake are engaged 70
be married and II was 10 have
happened last Summer but Jake
enlisted in the Marines because
he Is very patriotic and wanted
10 serve his country and any
way he was going 10 be drafted.
Della was broken hearted be
cause she wants 10 get married
more than anything else in this
world but she Is very patriotic
TOO and she told Jake she was
glad 10 see mig do his duty and
she knit a sweater for him but
10 was a real pink one and Jake
Ses the Marines wouldn't let
him wear II
HE TOLD her TO keep IL for
him until ne came back and they
got married SO Della has been
waiting very patiently but not
tong ago she got a letter from
lake telling her he was in Ice
land by mistake.
sES Ethel hurry and get 10
the mistake will you? l Sos
never heard OF guy in the
marines being sent anywhere by
mistake and Ethel ses well Jake
told Della in the letter than one
day they put him on a ship and
when he woke up there he was IN
Iceland and he SEES he was sure
IT was a mistake because when
he enlisted he had asked the
marines not 20 send him too far
away from his sweetheart and
they promised they wouldn't
so DELLA sat down and wrote
10 President Roosevelt explain
ing the mistake and asking han
10 send Jake back 10 where he
would be handler 10 her.
SES she must be a dope 10
think President Roosevelt would
have time 10 answer a letter like
that or pay any attention 10 Jake
and Ethel ses that's where you
are wrong Joe.
SHE GETS letter back in a
very few days from a fellow
who SEES her letter 70 President
Roosevelt had been referred 70
him and that ne had looked the
mistake UP and that he was
happy TO inform her that It was
no mistake at all but that Jake
was In Iceland because he had
made a personal request 10 be
sent there.
SES well Ethel then there's
nothing 10 II except that Jake
told your cousin Della a lie and
Ethel ses yes Joe II sounds Ike
IL to me. but Della thinks Joe
thought Iceland was place
that wouldn't be too far away
from her. She ses when he was
going 10 school he wasn't very
good In geography.
i SES Ethel he may not have
been good in geography in school
but IL you ask me he has been
studying up on it since he got in
the marines. She ses what do
you mean by that Joe2 I ses
we'll you know l have seen your
cousin Della. Ethel Ses and what
do you mean by that mister /
SeS oh lets leave II Ethel and
go 70 a movie. / ses what is
Della going 10 do now? Ethel
Ses why she is going TO send
Jake that pink sweater because
he says IL is entity In Iceland,
Yours truly JOE TURP