Detroit evening times., 1942-01-14

along Plym- e
outh o a d. MN fi' MINIS"
near Burt road, Driver No 4325,
Norman Piehl, saw what ap-
peared 10 be a couple of boys
wrestling in the snow.
II was after dark. too late for
the kids to be out But more
sinister was the fact that the
fracas was going on IN the
middle OF the road.
Automobiles passed on either
side. II was in the midst Of the
zero snap and perhaps motorists
felt that II was too cold 10 in
vestigate such a squabble. even
one happening in the middle OF
a well-travcled suburban road
Not 40 with Pichl--and aS he
drew closer he could see that
he had been wrong in his guess.
II wasn't n wrestling bout. IL
was a man struggling 10 get up.
He stopped his bus 80 that II
would shield the man from traf-
fic. While PiehI helped the man
10 his feet. some of the follow
ing traffic passed 10 the right,
some 10 the left. Whether. with
Aout the bus standing there, one
of the cars might have smashed
into the man and run over him
well, II could have happened.
Piehl, as any Of VS. might have
been, was suspicious that the
man had been drinking. and
shifted his breath lie said after
ward that there was no ign of
liquor The man was suffering.
he thought. from the cold and
perhaps from some sort Of m.
Taking him into restaurant
and pouring coffee into him
seemed to revive him. and Pichl,
with a schedule 10 keep, piled
back into his bus and went 10
the end Of his run
There hc told q second driver.
No STAB CA. Tucker about tho
situation and when Tucker
reached tho restaurant. he was
told that the man inside. seem
ingly recovering. wanted 10 get
on and 20 home.
The man told Tucker that he
lived on Oregon avenue near
Grand River. and Tucker no,
only gave him transfer but
took him over 10 The night place
10 wait for his Grand River bus.
Possibly the cold got In It's
work again. Anyway, by the time
Piehl WAS making his return
trip. following Tucker, the man
again. wandering vaguely and
evidently daZed.
This time Piehl took no
chances. hut turned the man
over to the police 10 take 90 his
home And that's the last that
the drivers heard OF the man
they saved.
In fact. nobody would have
heard anything ahout il except
that Or John a RoSAwaS on
ATucker's bus and caught rart Of
Ythe story.
He didn't have either drivCNS
name, but he cot fuckers huS\
number. and when We asked the
DSR about the story. thinking
that there would be an official
report on file We realized that
II was a good thing that Doc
tor Ross had Jotted down the
number.
Because there was no report.
Doing some detective work,
starting with the badge number,
Arthur Milford dug up the story.
Why hadn't the drivers re-
ported ~? Gosh" said Piehl.
81 just thought IL was part Of
my job to see that the man
didn't get hurt"
NOTES; This sign of the
times, overheard by Bob Hakkcn
in an elevator: We'll. another
week My brother sure used 10
hate Monday mornings too
but not any moro He's working
seven days a week now
There's Bomber Restaurant
now. with big picture OF
bomber painted on the window.
It's shout and n hollcr from
fhe Willow Run Bomber Plant.
Sort of grlsly name. II YOU
ask me.
But the farmers arc still sell
Ing eggs at their roadside stands
near the plant, although the
main road is blocked off for any
bur defense traffic.
And are you helping TO buy a
bomber? We don't ask for big
contributions, but we want lots.