Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-24

own hearts that they can make
& stick?
I admit that this II radical
idea 10 set forth. About the
time I was getting through high
school, IL began to be popular to
believe that every one I'm au-
thority, or In n place Of RESPONSE
bility, Was q thief. a boob, the
son OF a very wealthy man. or
an evil person who climbed to
that place OF power just for the
sake of exerting his evil infiu-
ence.
In the face of overwhelming
evidence to the contrary, ! won't
Try 20 argue that there are no
bgues In the world, or that
there are no scoundreis land
fools) In high places.
I will argue, however, that
sincerity and honesty still exist,
and will venture the timid opin-
ION that IL wouldn't hurt any
thing TO try to single out few
people I'm whom 90 put our
trust, instead of hunting for the
opposite.
It might be safe 60 20 10 far
as to predict that n we started
looking for people to trust, we
would find them.
SKETCH: The first pilot 10
fly a plane across the Atlantic
said that John William Tucker
was quite a bit like Paul Re-
vere's horse. Since then he has
been the voice of Henry the
Hippo, the yell of Tarzan, and a
meadow lark.
Tucker has been around De-
troit for some little time re-
Gently, but his story didn't come
TO light until the other day.
In the last war. ne was n
chief petty officer at Pensacola,
teaching aviation mechanics.
Two of his pupils were 1t. Wal
ter Hinton and 1t. Com. Albert
G. Read--TucLer gave Hinton
the Anal examination before
Hinton got his wings.
Hinton and Read were later
the pilot and commander OF the
NC-4, the first plano to ny the
Atlantic, going from Newfound-
land to Lisbon In 1919. (And,
OF course, finally 20 the Smith
sonian Institution In Washing
ton, where II II now.)
Hinton also was the first to
nay from North 10 South Amer
Ia. and the first. IL Is claimed,
10 use an airplane in exploration.
Because OF the times Hinton had
to repair his own plane in Jungle
country. he appreciated his
training In mechanics, and has
corresponded with Tucker ever
since. Only a couple of years
ago one Of his letters remarked
In part:
Everybody has beard about
Paul Revere, but who ever heard
anything about his horse: We
all hear about the planes that
make history, but to me behind
that success was the skillful
work Of q careful mechanic.
That's why I want you TO know
I appreciate your guidance as
my early-day Instructor In
motors"
That isn't getting Tucker to
Detroit, though. He conducted
a mechanical exhibit at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago and
amused himself by making trick
noises with his throat. 1t
amused other people, and he quit
mechanics to take up funny
noises under the stage name OF
Tommy Tucker.
He's been Elmer the Elephant
and Henry the Hippo for Walt
Disney: ne invented the Tarzan
veil, and has been pigs. ducks.
breaking glass, bullfrogs. ty-
phoons and meadow larks in the
movies.
Between film Jobs, he appears
nt Rotary clubs, schools and
cabsretS. It will be Of no COM
mercial use 30 him TO mention
t1st he has been ut the Steva-
dora and Haymarket here, be-
oauss bs IL nearly through ut
the latter. w
\But the reason he has been
ere is--bombs! Since the war
Re has been tinkering with an
hea for q better demolition
bomb. .T can do my act any
wbere,~ he says, "so I've been
working In Industrial places.
youngstown, while l was getting
the right kind Of steel; Grand
Rapids. 20 I could get some ex-
pert advice, and now Detroit to
figure out some Tugs on the
bomb. I hope I'll get II finished
soon"
In other words, still trying 10
he like Paul Revere's horse not
the hero, but useful.