Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now
NOTES AROUND TOWN;

NOTES AROUND TOWN;
William s. KnudSen AZ The
Donald Nelson dinner AZ the
Rook-Cadillac. trying 10 look
inconspicuouS in his general :
uniform. The bigger they are
the less they strut.
Ted Lewis opening at East
wood Gardens without his band
The car with their equipment
got lost In the midst OF some
troop movements nj Kansas City.
81 Lewis appeared with George
kavanagh'S band until the In
struments finally arrived nj
midnight And Lewis spend
fng his breathing spells Ginning
with Seymour SimOns, the De
troiter who wrote "All OF Me-"
Publicity men kidding one OF
their sad brethren-his plant -
manufacturing tanks but Wash
incton has an order IN force
keeping il a secret. So he has
10 keep sitting on a good story.
Walt Dana. the Polish COM
poser land a favorite of Marshal
PilsudsLd'S) now In Detroit. IL
irving 10 get Ted Lewis or Glen
Miller 10 plug his new song.
michigan" Thinks IL may be
another Deep In the Heart Of
Texas" with n northern accent.
Auto plants Will swap their
secrets 10 help win the war. The
Automobile Council for War
Production is setting up new
department 10 distribute ma
terial from source of technical
information. William r. Sher-
man. former Detroit newspaper
man and editor here Tor Iron
Age, will be IN charge.
Mary NiklaS, the Detroit
dancer who made good at Radio
City. has blossomed out as a
poet in Hobo News" Her first
is An Open Letter TO Ponds
but in the next issue she'll have
one dedicated to Hitler: Now
That You've Lost Cologne, You
Really Stink"
Don't be misIed by Ish Kablb-
ble's goofy face when he comes
to the Fox with Kay Kyser. Ish
Kabibble (real name II Merwyn
Bogue) actually IL one Of the
business brains. He's paymaster.
treasurer and transportation
manager for the kyser outfit.
And also plays the trumpet.
Earl Aumann's Il Hung Star
in the Sky Last Night" pub
lished by Mercury Music. won't
earn Aumann a cent. All royal
ties 90 10 the USO.
Margaret Nickerson Martins
poem IF. O. b. Detroit in the
current Saturday Evening Post,
is getting special window dis
play built around il in Illinois
stores. but none in Michigan,
the authors home state.
Ups and downS-Jack Lacey.
who started the Michigan Social
Register. hasn't got il any more.
He's now a member OF the
l.. A. w.
Midnight interlude: ]. Meyer,
one of the plant protection men
at an arms plant. saw IT.
Every so often" he says,
you hear a beef about Detroit
ers being cool 10 service men,"
A few minutes after midnight
sailor appeared at the gates.
Had an unexpected furlough
and came 10 Detroit 10 see his
mother. He didn't know her
address. but he knew she'd come
TO Detroit to work in that
particular arms factory.
He'd ridden up from Ohio
with an assistant turnkey at the
county Jail. Instead Of going on
home, the turnkey stuck around.
They couldn't find which depart
ment the sailor lads mother
worked in, so the turnkey called
Flint police. They routed a rela-
tive out Of bed and found the
mothers address in Detroit.
"She lives only few blocks
from our plant" Meyers letter
reads. 1T IL now a. m. and
the sailor was just hack here,
all smiles. 10 tell us 10 turn In
an absentee report for his
mother as he didn't think she
would he In tomorrow. I think
this man from the sherifrs Of
flee deserves a big hand"
Behind the melody: Roy NJ
Miller will conduct Heroes Of
Fismes" al the municipal concert
at Chandler Park tonight.
Miller wrote the number
himself in July. 1918. He got the
idea one afternoon at Dravegny,
France. He was with the 1l2th
Infantry.
He couldn't write IL down that
night because the troops made
a forced march all night. But he
worked the music out In his
head az he marched, put II on
paper later. and tried II out
three days afterward.
Miller and seven other soldiers
who could play gave the number
lis first hearing In an abandoned