Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23

Grand River, MR.. PICKERING
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pearcd after Pearl Harhor -,
And p. J. Curricr. who wanted
10 build houses and set Wash
ington by the heels. winds up
building cots instead with an
order for . 500 Nao army cots.
Dan Furey, who has resigned
aS head of the Statler How
many people will remember him
for his brusque kindneSseS: such
as the day he raised cain he
cause a waitress didn't look neat
enough. Raised cain ON the
Surface-but a. boss of the hotel,
he took the time Ia find cut
that she was burdened with per-
sonal problems. He laid her off
for two weeks. But the grape
vine carried the real story. He
saw that she got paid just the
same. and everybody who heard
Of that little SmitCh of n drama
felt better for knowing 1t.
Matty MalneCk al the London
Chophouse. digging up recollcc-
tlons OF Monty ProSser. who
introduced the zombie- in the
autumn ! saw man pitch back
ward off A bar stool. banging
his head on the floor. | guess
that proves we make good
2omhieS. the proprietor said.
But you could see him tremhle.
Frank Morris story on the
legislatures law telling what to
do with your car in case of an
air raid was a classic, in yester-
days Times.
Because they'd seen Sc
quence In the movie, a Yank
in the RAF," they decided that
IL should be compulsory to re-
move the rotor from the dis
tributor.
Don Raleigh. who has had
experience with distributors.
pointed out to US, even with n
garage mans tools. II would
take at least nm hour 10 get
the rotor out OF Ford. Mer-
curry or Zephyr. And for an
amateur to do 1.-THE least
you'd get would he two smashed
knuckles and ruined suit"
Whoever wrote that legiSla-
tion-wanna take n dare" We
dare YOU To show us how To
take the rotor out, even when
there isn't an air raid.
At Club Royalc a girl singer
stops in 10 visit with the people
she knows, Joy Rogers. and she
drops the details of a real-life
drama that she has lived.
Joy Rogers, the singer. is the
daughter Of mother and father
who are deaf muteS.
JOY quit school in the fourth
grade beCauSe-chlldren can be
such cruel things the other
youngsters made fun OF her
parents
But that also led her into
show business. because she had
heard that show people were
more tolerant. As, indeed they
are.
And they have their own
lingo and their own interests.
Several OF them were eating ice
cream and drinking coffee at
the Club Casanova and the CON
VersatjOn ran to: Income
tax deductions. and Fay and
Andre, the dancers. find that
10 he the one consolation in a
fire that destroyed their cos
tunes; living In trsilers
Many Of the show people who
come 10 Detroit live In them
S-Dress making. Cliff Arvin
the marionette man. makes the
clothes for his puppets, and
even cOstumed strip-tease
marionette. He doesn't use II
because IL II too complicated
IL takes two hours 10 dress the
doll before each performance.
Maybe YOU could class the
famed musicians of the world
as show people, too. Josef Hof-
mann. one OF the greatest OF
pianIStS VINO comes 10 the Ma.
sonic Temple next Monday. has
his peCuliarItieS. He likes u
he an inventor.
An oil burner that he designed
for his furnace eight years ago
is still working perfectly, TO m
the South Carolina climate chs
winter home lS at Aiken he
invented 2 contrivance 10 turn
the whole house. so you'd GET
the sun where YOU wanted u
Six years later group OF
French architects made quite a
stir by displaying Just the Same
sort Of electrically-driven turn.
table IN Nice.
Currently he's working on ar
amplifier for piano music
electricians W h o understand
feedback and mike howlS vii
Sympsthize with him on that
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