Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-11

Dlf kOiiik hito
arms plants.
it's the devils
own job hir-
ing clerks and MR.. PICKERING
soda jerkers these days.
Well, ANYWAY, the girl took
the order and went doubtfully
away. When she came back, she
set two chocolate sodaS in front
OF the man and went away with
an air of. We'll. he ordered a
double soda, so here they are!"
The customer, the two attor-
neys said. looked at the sodas,
and looked al the harried girl.
and finally dug into one Of the
sodas.
Then he asked MandelI and
Miss Lippman if they could man
age TO eat the other one: he
didn't want 10 make the harried
girl take il back So they ate
II for him.
ABOUT DETROITERS: A
nurse out at the Harry SHOWS
IL named Crockett, a French girl
who married an American officer
In the last war. The officer Is
direct descendant Of Davy
Crockett. the Indian fighter.
and their son, also named Davy.
IL now at Pensacola getting
ready to do some fighting.
Mary Lou Harrington. the
Detroit girl who Is making good
In the movies and on the air. has
just been signed for her seventh
picture. as Gloria Jeans little
sister In Never Been Kissed"
Mary LOUIS father. Frank. Il "A
Highland Parker.
The march, "Sky Parade"
written by Leonard y. Smith
formerly OF the Detroit Sym
phony. now in the navy at Phila-
delphis) will be published July 80.
r. w. Wegner. the old four
leaf clover picker. reports that
Mt Mackinac Island you can find
five-leafers. He found a couple
himself Jim McCabe IL Inn
proving after his long Illness.
Out Mt Mt. Clemens now
Improving. also. II Paul VII
helmi. at Webster Hall. who In
his younger days n an advertis-
ing man coined the Phrases.
I'D walk a mile for Camel"
and THE skin YOU love Ia
touch" He's around 80 now.
ROWING: There's one service
that's been pretty well lost. so
far as public notice goes. That's
the Coast Guard. Actually. the
Coast Guard is doing some pretty
important fighting.
Just this week. Norman w.
Boyea. a River Rouge boy, was
back in town on leave with the
story of his experiences. He en-
. listed in 1910, and this last win
ter was on convoy duty. aboard
the cutter Alexander Hamilton.
which was torpedoed off Iceland
In January.
Details Of such SinkingS are on
the secret list. still. so about all
you can say is that Boyea was
one Of the men who was saved.
after drifting for many hours in
lifeboat. He was awarded the
North Atlantic Patrol Medal
and will receive a citation Gold
Star. He goes back east for spe-
cial duty pretty soon.
One Of the new recruits" Is
v. VI. tombstone. or Ted. Proba-
bly, everybody In town has heard
his voice. He's been I'm the Lone
Ranger and Green Hornet shows
which originate at WXYZ, and
in any number OF radio shows
going over the networks from
Chicago.
Well past 50. he couldn't get
hack into the army The was an
officer) so he joined the Coast
Guard as chief botswain's mate.
assigned 10 recruiting. One Of
his first ventures was To start n
program from sos to Sis Tues
days and Thursdays on WJLB.
He knows how to tell a story
after the first program the
announcer at that station. Steve
Hadis. went down 10 the Federal
Building and filed his enlistment
papers In the Coast Guard.
Incidentally. tombstone was in
Ladies of the Jury" with Min
mic Maddern Fiske. and countless
other plays before he dipped into
radio, and happened 10 be stage
managing a show in Chicago
from which radio lifted the juve-
nile--a guy named Don Ameche.
Now JOhnstone's interest Il
\ strictly the Coast Guard. His
son. Bill. II in n bomber squad
ron. son Dick will get into the
fight before this years over. and
Johnstone wants to do his part.
Recruiting is being done by
quite number of men around
his age. one of JohnStone'S
friends being another chief
boatswain's mate. William A.
Thompson, who was in charge Of
the lifeboats when the Coast
Guard went TO the aid of the
burning Mario Castle lie rnfirnd