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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
No SMALL ORDER

There was time, not many
seasons ago Stroh aHd r. a. 3
staged nap and tuck struggles foi
the championship. F.. e. b.. in
fourth place four games out OF
second. always has had the In
dian sign on lis rival and hopes
TO repeat NIneralltes whitewash
of last week, which is no small
order.
Nal Gilmour,S Paris. tue games
behind Mlneralltes in third, will
have 10 show some higher scoring
If II intends 10 obtain the edge
over RudyS Walby's Five. George
BryantS Schmidt has an oppor-
tInlty 10 pick up some of the lost
ground OF the past weeks against
Wayne Spaulding' Bowling School
hut may be- surprised.
Joe Paulus Chcne-Tromblv
three games hchInd IN the schedule
duo 10 the s. -. G.. can tie or pass
Chet SIiCcy'S Norton In tho other
matches Henry Ehrle'S CoCa-Cola
Louie BurrS National and Roc
Oyermycr'S Detroit Gaskc'S will
he the favorltcS. although Joe
Lichs Twentieth Century is due
10 spring another upset.
Fred Wolf OF Stroh still tops
The individual averages. with POI IS
of Johnny CummlnS of Paris.
Wally Reppcnhacen also Of Stroh
is only a step behind the latter
with 2Oi2i
Others N the 22te class are CaSS
Grygicr Of Stroh, 2020l: Chef
BukowSki Of +. & B., 2012l, and
Paulus, 20076.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
DefrOiferS i'm Navy

Seven former college athletic
stars, four Of tn c m Detroiters,
today are awaiting assignment in
The United States Naval Reserve
physical fitness program under di-
rection of Lieutenant Commander
Gene Tunney. All seven enlisted
as chief petty officers.
Two Of the future physical in
are from Wayne Univer-
slty. Carl Bayer. =. 25l5 Elm
hurst avenue. former Northern
high cage captain, also was bas-
ketball leader at Wayne. Fred
Atkinson, p, 479 ManiStique. was
a track man and intramural man
ager.
Gene Naglcr. %. 1850 Santa
Rosa drive, has been physical in
Structor at Sidney HIS since his
graduation from University of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

UMBUS, O.. March 81
-tEPt Raymond fitItqtist, o.
.year-old telephone company cox
.lector from Chicago. today became
the ninth competitor in four weeks
TO assume the singles leadership Of
the Forty-Second American Bowl
ing Congress.
Hulquist rolled games Of 223.
233 and 279 for a total Of 733. four
points better than-the previous
leader, Robert TritSchler of Nor
wood, O. A score of 745 won the
event last year. .
Joe Bodis Of Cleveland fired a
blistcring III last night as he
anchored the Creep Inn team Of
Cleveland into fifth place in the
fiVe-man event with a team ag-
gregate Of 1887. His fine start
gives BodiS a good chance 10 cap
ture the all-eventS leadership when
he rolls his singles and doubles
today.
Lloyd Oliver Of Chicago posted
a 700 10 give him ninth place in
the singles division. Frank Argus
of Indianapolis took over seventh
place I'm the all-events with 1895.
Kenneth Nelson ana Waiter Smith
of Minneapolis moved into seventh
position in the doubles with
1921 total.
INDIVIDUAL EVENT
LOUIS koprsnce 5ss. Charles Shelley 5s6
Edward B0iIe 57s EdWatd Butts s7I
Walter Slater 50 Joseph CAVE 543 Nike
MAXIMUM 500 Ctrs MAY 50i. LOUIS SAbo
fFh. Chester PslmhefE 49I. Pete PAquette
so Leon Marshall f7s
Carl Skiersh Szf John Thornton SOS
LONE Tricket' $50. Robert Lorey 5s3
John CAss 537 Fred T0r,o sns
kVO-NAS EVENT
Blr-SlateF Hrs Cavlr MaNimiuk 1872
MAJ shelley iitG Palmberg Marshall 1920.
k0prHnce -Sah0 l05t. B0Us .PaquFtts l04-
SslersKi L0rey 1892. Cas- Trickstt 1870.
Tocco Thornton 1856
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Exhibition Baseball

Cleveland "a n02 n0n nno o
New YORK ~ 90 900 600 r
Dean. Eisers'a' 90 and Drsauteis. Den
ming 10, Fischer j Hubbeu 90, Fed
man tgi ana Dann,nC Befres 49,
81. LOUIS "a 100 600 0O2 OIL y I
Brooklyn 90 200 100 600 02-5 q
NUuCFier, WhIreheAd III Cox 81 and
Swift French. Allen 90. Kehn GD and
Howell
Cincinnati tS) 600 sio COL 600 1-s II 2
Boston On 600 600 023 600 O-5 10 2
Riddle, Moore 81, Beggs go and Hens
ley Tobin Diehl (l0) and lombard
Boston "a 002 600 O3l- . ,
81. Louis (Nl OO1 600 1902 : I
Dobson. Ryba ts) and Peacock. Conroy
80; Dickson Brecheen 90, Hutchinson
fal and " Cooper
Chicago 81 o02 600 O0O-2 3 !
Los Angeles tPC' 100 0i0 l0X , 70 2
Prcssnel. Fleming 60 and Mccullough,
HERNIA dez 60 Msilor, AMI Todd
FiffsburEh 50 Dol 900 IlO-T % 2
Chicago a. 400 112 Ooo.s =
Hsin,zelmsn Butcher - and Baker
Lyons. Lee go and Dlckev.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
On Feirview Gard

A SiX-man wrestle-royal. 10 de-
termine positions on, the program
OF four Of the principals. will
feature The tairvlew Gardens
program tonight. Wal
ter RoNey, Harold Chaundy Jack
League, Eddie BoCarSki. Al La
Foon and Stanley BurcSh are in
NnlNnd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Michigan. Bill Sherman, 25. 1886
Firestone, Dearborn, was a gridder
and heavyweight wrestling champ
while at Michigan Normal.
Others arc -rrico Zenti, 30, who
starred in football at Northern
State and has been living at Me-
gaunee; Vergil Ort, 33, of Napo-
leon O., former Defiance College
gridder, and Edward Leibenger. "a.
OF Buffalo, who played his football
at University of Indiana.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Midqet PLAYER Call

Detroit Fire Department invites
boys not more than ) feet ) inches
tall and who Will not he 10 this
year 10 try out for the Fireman'S
Midget Baseball League, D.AB.F.
affiliate, at Clark Park tomorrow
at 500 p. m. Report 10 Charles
r. Campbell OF Fifth Battalion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Natalie in Exhibition

PaSquale Natalie of Chicago
and Robert Hargrove of Detroit
were scheduled today for an ex-
hibition pocket billiard match at
Detroit Recreation. Natalie de-
feated James Moore OF Detroit
yesterday 125 to 10 in u innings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Can Extend Winning
Streak Against TaiIender
in Classic Tonight
STANDINGS
TONIGHI'S MATCHEs

TONIGHT'S MATCHES
7.30-stroh vs. Ekhsrdt Becker. alley,
IL, Chene-Trombly vs. Norton. 81 De
iroit Gasket vs. Krakow. 5-6. Vernon W
Coea-COla. IS.
- Bowling -schoot ~. Schmidt aiirY,
u. Mineraiites We. Pepsi-Cola, 3-4; Pan,
vs. Walby. SIS. Twentieth Century vs.
National IS
Matches a. Southeastern Recreation. ST
Jean ~ Charleyoix.
Harold Aliens Mineraltes may
shave another game or two of
the eight-gamc lead Of Joe Norris
Stroh and become more firmly
cntrcnched in second place of The
Detroit Times All-Star Bowling
Classic at Southeastern Recreation
tonight.
Riding the crest Of six straight
victories MincialitcS crosses With
Ken Ludlker'S last place Pepsi
Cola five and should go for three
unless overConfidcn'. ON the other
hand Stroh must contend with lis
rival, George Holmes Ekhardt e.
Becker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Major To Grow
Michigan Major Classic Will Be Boosted From
10 TO Is Teams Next Season
BY HAROLD KAHL

2432l6 $50 10 his
position round Great Lakes was l59
tionn exfgS nda Villpx
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Jack LmdenthdPs 225 in 500
were best counts in the Nightingale
CIub.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Childgodn 9Th
In 4 Weeks 10
Top Abe Singles
Ray Hultquist Rolls
735; c Ieveland Team
Takes 5th in Five-Man
STANDINGS


Rudweiser Chicago 3I3i
Sehiiiz. MILWAUKEE, 3i05
Bowling Assn. Bakersheld, Calf 3OOl
Pepsi Cola, Dayton. o. 29ss
Creep Inn, Cleveland 1887
TNO-MAN
v alter Rosnick Harry Hedtke. Los
Angeles 1855
IeAA- Pstil-DseaE -EEiesan--Ph llAdel phiA- 1891
Walter Selle.Joe spannich, Rock
Island. H. 1912
Harvey Brsatz- I.ouis StrtZZi Cleveland 1888
Ed Copenhagen Frank Falzone,
Rochester, " 1881
INDIVIDUAL
Raymond Hultqulsi Chicago T35
Robert Tritschler, Norwood o. 73i
June Mcmahon. Loda. ~ y 727
Anton Beysek. Milwaukee Tia
Lawrence Jensen, Woodstock Ill. 7l0
ALL-ENENTS
Waller Frey, cleveland 1861
Willard ReiEke SheDoygan Wis 1858
August EhlSe. Milwaukee 1899
Oscar Ericsson. Philadelphia 1887
Charles Zeman, Chicago 1899
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Tom S,render collected PSF in the
Motor City at FOrt-BoNierard.
Bob Coles Auto Club and Her
man Bengell's Norge Of the Michi-
gan Major and Joe Paulus' Chcne-
Trombly of the Times All-Star
Classic are Detroit'S first three in
the A. 3. c. tournament in Column
bus with 2904, 1888 and 1913, re-
Spectively.
Dolores loot. averaging 121,
tipped 230-I4O-I63 for 533, new
high single and series in the Class
b league at State Fair. composed
Of women whose averages are
under 1870.
Dino Fioreueis 2O9-2Sk-2O5 for
6+2 acas the best individual effort
in the West Fort at Fort-Bouie-
Udrd.
Pat Brady fired $50 for a new
high mark in 642 in Ritter's House
as Wolverine shaved j. l.. Stones
margin 10 five points with sweep
over Frankenmuth Indian VII
lage and George G.. Schmidt shared
nights high. 1866.
Grandpa" Bill O'Neill Il having
good season in the SchOOlmen'S
circuit with 600, 643. including a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Mrs. Viridn Hd-erm0fer, curry
ing f33 average. shot ILS-2&S-I57
for 57J ia the st. M0tthei0's loop
at Vogue.
Towel Five shot 1925. new sec
ond high, and 27S9, new record
but split its series with the lead
ing AlteS team and karp moved
into second place with three
pointer over KEN in the New Fair
view Junior House Jack Lally'S
240 and Fred Wilhelm's 202-234 in.
$50 stood out.
With two weeks to go kOpitZki
holds only a one-point advantage
over Jacobs and Schmidt in LOUIS
Cave. Carl Reeds 500 enabled
Schmidt 10 create the second place
deadlock.
Armstrong Fire's 27Is is peio
high three an the WestoWN league
Where Ed WdddeH rolled 2t5 and
Ed Sinske 21S IN 5o2.
Only point separates Jim Anna
belle and Archie Downey in the
race for the championship of the
second half season in the East Side
ProprietorS Classic, the former
having Is. Bud Ritter paced the
field with 657.
Griffith Five posted a new high
single. 825, with MOIlie Hawthorne
leading the way on PA and 5l3 In
the Riviera Ladies House.
Mel Dorl tops The indiridpol
Average az the OidbrW nth 2O5.2.
His 223-2f5 IN sos and John Gross
21S Were tops the last time out.
Match games are being rolled AT
New Garfield Recreation with de
tense stamps as the stakes these
days. Marie Sparrow, captain of
the Travelling league team, de-
feated Roy Schultz, pilot of Mich
OILS Five. by 36 pins in rolling
202-146-180 for 528 10 her rivals
139-l44-209 for 492 for $40 in
stamps.
Florence Sullivan came through
with 233-178-169 for $50 and The
resa WalZak 231-174-157 for 562 In
the Southeastern Ladies'. Hazel
Holleman has top average, $50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

season. according 10 Herman Ben
CELL, president.
The league will be divided into
two divisions of eight teams II IS
planned 10 use two houses. the
Crest Recreation, under construc-
ton on the west side, and possibly
DENLY on the east. A l6-team
schedule will be followed with the
teams alternating on both sides Of
the city.
There will be a position playoh
and division playoff with 500 the
entry fee, 81 for bowling and an
approximate $500 first place prize.
Originally it was planned TO in
ciude teams from Bay City. Flint,
Mt. Clemens and Trenton. but I'M
foreSeen war conditions caused a
revision of the program.
Teams Of $40 average desiring TO
make application are asked 10 con-
tact Bengell. 17l6l Kentucky; Cass
Schlaff, vice president, 1879 In
diana, or Fred HirtZel. secretary
treasurer. Is Kenberton road,
Pleasant Ridge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
Sport Coats 1895

Snappy pep-er-up-ers from California.
Plaids that pack wallop, stripes,
clearinghouse. Quietly elegant solid
colors. Well tailored; patch pockets.
IS to AZ. Other Sports Coats, 1895
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Florence Sullivan came through
with 233-l78-l69 for $50 and The
resa WaIZak 231-174-I57 for 562 in
the Southeastern Ladies'. Hazel
HolIeman has top average, 100.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Mrs. Viridn Hd@ermofer, carry.
ing fS3 Average. shot I4S-24S-I51
for 57J az the st. Matthew's loop
at E0Ote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Frank Miller, member OF Coun-
try Club in the Kroger loop. reeled
of 222-224-265 for I'll, which bet
ters Sam EvOla's 703, top mark in
the New Fairview Junior House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Griffith Five posted a new high
single, 825, with MOIlie Hawthorne
leading the way on PA and 5l3 in
the Riviera Ladies House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Tom Surrender collected 25S in the
Motor City ot FOrt-BoNierard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31
hid YOU KNOW THAI

tn, expression "l'p S. ,Ius.
ta,,n,,, originated 20 % S'" n.
hisbl, successful Federal l
Once in 1904
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Mel Dorl tops The indiridpol
acreage az the OidbrU ,Cith 2OS.2.
His 223-2f5 az sos and John Gross
21S Were tops the last time out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

Grandpa" Bill O'Neill Is having
good season in the SchOOlmen'S
circuit with 600, 643. including a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

,,ouor sounoi,'ept, the . world ,ss
-. ., I r,.(er ,p,u, blends, and ,Ss
, @.si p,', spirit blend' are MAJ" 10.
~ .G,i''t tn, 500 balance nc. .b;,s sps
ann ~, "jua.risht' balance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

next Sunday, will eX-
nd from 10 teams to 10 r.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-31

With two weeks TO go KOpitzki
holds only a One-pOint advantage
over Jacobs and Schmidt in LOUIS
Cave. Carl Reeds 500 enabled
Schmidt to create the second place
deadlock.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
The Stars at Niqht

whole chorus of marionettes per-
form for him.
Buddy Lester, wacky mimic of
the theater's greatest stars, con-
tinues to introduce the show and
the pretty Sharon Lynn dancers in
their new routines.
PALM BEACH-Heading the
new show are those novelty magi-
Clans, Don and Lee Dale, whose
presentation of a world of en-
chantment" is amusing and amaz-
ing the patrons. The Sen Wong
team, Oriental dancers. add a
touch of eastern influence 10 our
Occidental ballroom dancing, and
specialize in unusually smooth
spins and lifts.
Master of nonsense, Gus How
ard continues TO knock himself out
with wacky antics and comedy
songs to please the audience, and
introduces the sprightly Beatrice
Gardner girls, who have returned
to the club with new production
routineS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

HELD OVER for a second week
at Club Casanova this week is
that famous Melody Man." Gus
Van, who is considered TO be one
of the greatest dialecticians in the
entertainment world. Many sing
iers or comedians perfect a single
dialect, but few have mastered SO
many varied ones and can turn
from one TO another so convinc-
ingly as Gus. who features Irish,
Yiddish, Cock ney. Negro and
italian Characterization.
In the dance lineup are the Two
Aristocrats, smart tappers from
Chicago's Hotel Sherman, and
pretty Mary Monahan. exponent OF
toe and musical comedy dancing.
Comedy and orchestra leader
Jack LeMaire directs the festivi-
ties, and gives the vocal spotlight
to his singer, Peggy Newton.
SAKS-Ambassadors of good
will. Maurine and Norva. are fea-
turing dance routines from south
Iof the border and American ball
room interpretations for a second
successful week.
Jimmy Dale. tenor song star.
and Carole Dean, an olive-skinned
girl who does intricate dances on
her toes. are new to the show.
John Gallus, who is also a new
conner this week, plays a clarinet
and balances a ball on the end of
Iit simultaneously, and makes a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

more substantial. The mother OF
a staff member saw to 1t that
Paul got some decent food.
Under his own power, Paul be-
gan to make good. From over
alls, he graduated to a sweater
and trousers. When he bought
his first suit, you can guess who
he showed 1t to. There even
came a time when he paid $40
for a hat.
The fact that Paul could get
along so well Is adequate proof
that the family stock was good.
IL simply was going In the wrong
direction. The rest of the kids
kept on living as best they could
breaking into hardware stores
to steal pocket knives to sell to
the other kids; snatching q radio
from q parked car, maybe selling
a few policy tickets. It got so
that the police had to send out
an order TO lock up one of them
on sight.
Several of the boys since have
joined the Boys Club, and il is
said of them that you never saw
a better behaved bunch. AS near
as you can figure from the out
side. hunger, hard liquor and
parents who didn't care what
they did-those were the things
that made the boys what they
were.
Their case is by no means I'M
usual. Understanding what the
family was like gives you some
idea of the kind of neighborhood
in which the Boys Club of De-
troit operates, and tomorrow /
should like TO tell something of
the clubs usefulness.
Meantime, I might add that
Spikes family recently has been
blossoming. IL used to be that
the older kids even robbed the
pockets of the younger ones at
night. and sometimes gave the
young ones a walloping In the
pockets were empty.
Since that time. they seem to
have grown together. They are
buying q house, Spike and two
younger boys are i'm school and a
couple have paper routes; Of the
older boys, one Is dead. one In
the marines, one I'm the army,
one In a defense plant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Film Time Clock

ADAMs-"The Pied Piper" II a. m,
Legs" Y is, s:54, s:ss. s:s2 p. m.
BROADWAY CAPITOI~-"The Big Shot, -
IL a. m, 2:36. s:i2. g:4s p. m: "Ship
Alloy" 1928. 4:0l, 1887. ii:i3 p. m.
CINDERELLA-"The Big Shot" 235
8. $3.50 y. m: ship Alloy" 1880, $3.50.
7.20, i0;i5 p. m L-
CINEMA-''sins Of Bali" ~. 2:lO. t:2s,
6:25. $40. IL y. m. "She-Devil Island. :"
$40. 3:25, 5:25. TAO. 10 p. m.
FISHER-"Ths Big Shot" 2:lo, $50,
s:i0 .. m; "ship Ahoy.' 1880. a. 1880
IL p. m.
FOX THE Magnificent Ambersons, IS
12:52. 4:12, 1892. i1:22 p. m; Lady IN
Jam" 1925 a. m, 2;46, 900. 300
MICHIGAN-"HolIdsy Inn" 1855. $40
a on m. ais sH!sa s:4s D. sp m. sup 80
PAI.sIs-sTATE-"Call DR.. Gillespie, y
IL a. m. 2;30. 8, $3.50 p. m: Take a
Letter. Darling 1920. $50, 7:2o. 1880
RIyIERA-"The Big Shot" ~ 80. $40.
$50. 10 D. m; ship Alloy" i;55. sos.
RIO UPTOWN-"The Big SHOT,,
$50. s:15 p. m; ship Ahoy," 800, $50.
ROYAL - THE Big Shot" sos. s;5c
D. m. "Ship Alloy" T:25, i;l5 p. m.
UNITED ARTISTS Mrs. Miniver,"
1850 a. m, 3, 500, s:3o p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

written with the intention of
criticizing Spike. The intention
is simple to give an idea of what
life is like for a goodly proper
ton of Detroiters. And. by the
by. to mention one or two things
which are improving their lot,
now.
Let's 20 back a number of
years, before Spike was born,
and Spikes father was doing
rather well In business. Spikes
father ran a blind pig In prohi-
bition days.
The competition was not, per-
haps, 30 very severe at first.
Spikes father, likewise, stayed
reasonably sober. Later on he
began TO drink much too heavily.
Besides that, new children In
\ sisted on being born ut near In
tervals, until there were nine of
them.
Out of the whole. family. all
but Spike have been in jail or
reform school. In joking way,
people used 10 say that the fam
lily had charge account at juve-
nile court. II is no exaggeration
TO say that the family consti-
tuted a fair sized gang all by
itself.
IL was not vicioasness that
made them do IL. II was hunger.
SO ] have been told by n man
who knows or has known most
of the family.
"The kids had to beg on the
streets and In front Of theaters,"
he said.
"No, I don't think they were
told 90 beg. They simply were
sent out of the house In the
morning and allowed to come
home mt night, and had to get
their own feed or 60 hungry.
They generally bought cookies
and sandwiches"
"You mean" I said, "that they
had to get ALL their own food
until they got home TO supper ."
SUPPER" he said. "They
never got any supper! They
never got any food at all unless
they got IL themselves"
Paul land that is not his real
name any more than Spikes
name is Spike) found a way out
of this life. He ran away from
home. owning nothing but the
overalls he wore.
Paul had the good fortune TO
come in contact with the Boys
Club of Detroit. and aside from
whatever spiritual help he may
have poftpn no found SOmpthinp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

with a swastika and never make
us believe him TO be hard-fisted
tyrant, and most of the other men
simply looked uncomfortable in
those ugly grey uniforms.
OF the women we liked Carmen
Mathews because she handled a
rather maudlin situation with ease
We wish the author of "Of
Mice and Men" would go back to
his original subject and leave the
rats alone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

ter what stage device or process
of reasoning you employ.
But apart from the confused
issue, Mr.. Steinbeck has gotten
himself into a far more involved
situation in this play by trying 10
present the Nazis in a sympathetic
light.
His Colonel Lanser, head OF the
particular unit of occupation, is
supposedly an intelligent man who
wants to prevent bloodshed. His
chief engineer is just guy who
whimsically goes about repairing
a railroad those excitable Norwe-
gians continue TO blow up.
Two of his lieutenants sit around
and talk about home, until one
of them blows his top, exactly
two minutes before we were going
to do the same thing.
JUST NICE BOYS
Altogether you are left with the
impression that they're just a
bunch of boys trying to get along
in strange country they've
burned, ravaged and stamped on,
and for some reason or other the
natives are just a little hostile
about it.
Coloring this illusion is the fact
that the characters are portrayed
by a number of the most un-Teu-
tonic lads we've seen outside of
Camp Custer.
They stomp around and yell at
one another but their accents are
all from Iowa and the frightening
conclusion you come 10 is that
these boys are all in the wrong
army.
QUIET. PLEASE
Then. too, the acting is all a
little too hysterical. Mr.. Stein
beck has written some fine lines,
but when you get them screamed
at you in that upper register, they
miss fire.
The best acting in the whole
company is contributed by Robert
Orden, the quiet. soft-spoken
mayor of a village he once knew
and now no longer recognizes. His
is perfect portrait of resignation,
carefully underplayed.
You could cover Conrad Nagel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22


counter with
out getting
caught.
l mention
this to show
what kind of
a start Spike
got in life.
Spike may see
this, as he is
now in high
school in De-
troit, but I
h a We hopes
that he won't
resent having
il told. After
all, this col
unn is not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Jack Pickering ~
Here
and
Now

Spike was hardly older than a
baby when he began helping the
family steal.
The family took a big shop
ping basket when they went into
a store. and Spike hid inside the
basket. He was taught to steal
anything he could reach on the