Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-08

Drug Store,
and DR.. Boris
Goldstein. -
Glimpses: The Woodward ave-
nue. newsboy who wears a full
beard. like Charles Evans
Hughes Signs In the movie
houses, reminding you to wonder
whether You left the lights
turned off at home, In case Of
n blackout Edward i. Book
leaving his desk and delivering
cars down the ramp ut one Of
the big Book garages -. Auto
supply stores putting In n new
line-frozen vegetables :. A
bus driver giving some coins to
q sailor, explaining that he put
too much In the fare box.
Geography The curious pin
that Vera Brown wears. From
IL dahgle tiny gold cutouts,
shaped like the principal coun-
tries of the world. She bought
II in Paris In 1889 less than
three months before the war
broke out, and the only reason
who identified all the little gold
maps at a glance was II. r
knickerbocker, who she met In
Georges Carpenters bar-re-
member Gorgeous Georges. who
fought Dempsey? The countries
that Knickerbocker identified
correctly by their shapes were
Italy, the United States, Spain,
Portugal, Germany, the British
Isles. Africa twell. maybe they're
not all countries) and Austria.
Job: Mary Hopkins says that
the YWCA needs moro girls who
can swim 90 be hostesses ut the
Saturday afternoon splash
parties in the swimming pool for
sailors. Girls who can swim 80
feet or more. and are between
the ages Of 10 and ~, can apply
TO Mrs. Velma Isley between s
and 6 o'clock this afternoon ut
the USO office Of the Y, or on
June Is between 7 and 3. Splash
parties for Selfriige Field men
may be started. too.
People: Bill Cross and Jack
Benkelman working on the
script for the musical show for
service men. up at the Max Gail
studio on East Kirby avenue -.
Earl Aumann. VINO has offered
his newest song. II Hung a Star
in the Sky Last Night" for the
show. will have TIE song pub
lished within five or six weeks.
and will turn over all royalties
TO the USO Another team
Of song writers who have
volunteered. Harry Gaines and
Tom Stanton, have their I'm
Serving Uncle Sam" on the air.
Grant Piggott of J. T. Wing.
asked a soldier on train what
his job was in the army.
Morale buster" said the soldier,
adding, IT mean I'm a cook" >.
Navy relief will get all proceeds
from the opening day of the new
Norwood Telenews Theater Fri
day, says Claude Sheridan, the
manager. The whole theater
staff is donating its time
Detroit's the first city to have
two Teles Mrs. William
Chittenden's most vivid recollec-
ton of the last 'var--she handled
a canteen in France--was that
'the AnZacs were the only boys
who always carried their dishes
back TO the kitchen"
Grab bag: A memo from Jim
Welsh about Gen. George Arm
strong Clusters saber which
Custer wore In his last fight at
the Little Big Horn. Crusted
with Apache blood, the sword Is
I'm the collection Of a Denver
man. Isn't IL worth trying TO
bring II hack TO Michigan, where
IL belongse WJLK and
WJBK will carry the Saturday
night defense hond shows, along
with the other local stations I.
Pieasantest window-view I'm De-
troit (just personal opinion. Of
course) IL from the studio ut the
Scarab Club occupied by Howard
Mcdonald and his bride.
Real estate contracts now re-
quire you to carry Insurance
against enemy bombardment"
Lawrence Upton, author Of
Brother. the Laugh IL Bitter"
Is another former Detroiter who
went away TO make good f..
Zoe PurtelI II giving his book n
last going-over before the pub
fishers deadllne We much
enjoy the New Workers. squib
ciiDped from n Michigan paper
that Prof. Roy VI. Swinton Of
the University Of Michigan, who
was interned by the japanese in
the Philippines, has had his leave
OF absence extended by the board
Of regents. There's nothing"
comments the New Yorker, like
an orderly mind" :. We have q
return ticket 90 Newport News
Va. which was given 90 us "a
give away 90 some sailor going
back there. Anybody want A.?