Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-15
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now
WANDERING:

WANDERING;
We were hsttin' our gums,
see. with Molly OF the Marines
and Capt, Charles Popp. Start
talking 10 the Marine Corps,
and the first thing you know.
YOU start talking the way they
do. A Marine never talks, lie
Just bats his gums.
ANYWAY. Molly told us about
the Junior Marines, made up OF
sons or brothers Of Marines.
Jerry Cardone. II years old.
started il, with the connivance
Of his brother Tom, is.
The idea is 10 enroll boys
from II 10 Il 10 teach them the
manual Of arms and anything
else that will be useful 10 them
when they're old enough 10 Join.
The first that Molly Of the
Marines knew Of the organiza-
ton was the other morning
when she arrived AT the recruit
n ns station IN Cadillac Square
and found Tom and Jerry wash
ing the windows.
"Who're. you:" Molly said.
"We're the Junior Marines"
said Jerry. I'm the brigadier
general and my brother IL a ser
geant."
SO far everybody in the Junior
Marines is an officer, COM
missioned or otherwise.
Sgt. Louis Bsginsk / has
adopted them and is teaching
them the rudiments of being
Marines. and Molly is likewise
fostering the organization, WHICH
already is starting 10 grow.
Molly, by the way, writes
from Is to 40 letters a day TO
Marines all over the world. the
most recent reply being from
Arthur Polipowski. Detroit lad
now on Midway Island.
Speaking Of letters, down at
the Statler was a young lady
who used 10 he named Betty
BART. Last summer she con-
ceived the idea Of getting girls
~ write 10 soldiers in the army
camps.
wrote some paragraphs
about her when the idea was
just starting, if you remember.
She called il Letters, Inc.
II was 10 be strictly pla-
tonic" she said. and she
cautioned all the girls against
getting too sentimental in the
letters. The idea caught on and
she soon had several hundred
girls, mostly in and around De-
troit. writing letters.
Two or three national maya
zines printed articles. and Let
tiers. Inc. so Betty says. reached
a membership Of $4,000.
All strictly platonic. Except
that somehow nr other Betty
Barif, the boss Of the outfit,
broke one Of the rules. She
went and fell In love with q
soldier named Colin Campbell,
to when she was writing.
And married him. They stop
ped at the Statler on their way
10 wherever Lieut.. Colin Camp
bell Is 10 be stationed. Bride
and bridegroom both insist that
Letters, Inc, was a wonderful
idea.
Ginning with George Snyder
and Eddie Schultz AT the Motor
Bar, we hear a rumor. for what
it's worth, that the next regu-
lation in the entertainment
world will keep bands close to
home.
The report is that bands won't
be allowed 10 20 more than 300
miles from their home cities. in
order 10 ease the burden on
transportation.
Speaking personally, this de-
partment is not disposed 10
quarrel with any action that is
taken for the sake of national
defense. It's lot better 10 give
things UP voluntarily than 10
have somebody from the other
side Of the world tell US we
have 10.
And then there's the case
the report just reached us Of
Mrs. Helen Days poodle dog. He
wanted out" too. Mrs. Day OF
500 West Ferry avenue, said she
stopped AZ Michigan and First
street Monday 10 get some
spareribs.
The poodle was in the car. and
the window was open only a
couple Of inches
The dog. says Mrs. Day,
wanted 10 follow her SO badly
twhether IL was affection or
spareribs. We don't know that
he chewcd the glass away.
He made hole big enough 20
crawl through she says, and
showed up with ms lips some
what cut.