Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-07


You told them the night
answer.
Here arc some further argu-
ments which nobody can deny:
Even though some Ger
man cities are being wrecked,
Germany as a whole is still so
powerful that the NaziS can
keep their army in Italy well
supplied, II you doubt it-look
how slowly we are progressing.
Germany. al the same
time. is able 10 attack in the
east. and is showing the Rus
SLAMS back IN some places
3-1 Germany were the only
enemy we had, we still would
lose lives every day the war
continued. Every unnecessary
minute of fighting breaks some
body's heart. BUT:
4--Even worse, every wasted
minute gives Japan that much
extra time. A day wasted in
Europe will mean a week more
of fighting in the Pacific. You
noticed. didn't you. that our
casualty rate al Tarawa was
higher than in Bellesu Wood?
The Japs are using every min
ute TO make things tougher for
our marines.
While we are talking about
war production, would like to
mention another Detroit fac
tory-not the executives of IL,
but the men who work In IL.
IL was the executives who gave
me the facts about the workers.
however.
It's the #. l.. Jacobs Co.
which makes, among other
things. suspension units for
tanks-that IL, the big wheel
assemblies on which the cater
pillar treads run.
Numbers 1 will not cite. The
reason In plain. But what of
the men who make these things
They are the point of interest.
The. general manager. c. r.
Eisenhauer, gave me an actual
example of the way war fac
tory has become an industrial
melting pot. Offhand, ne could
remember the following types
Of work formerly followed by
some of the plants employees:
Assistant manager OF the Cop
ley-Plaza Hotel in Boston, piano
tuner, gas station attendant.
waiter. headwaiter. department
store sales manager, hydraulic
engineer, insurance salesman,
jewelry dealer. private chauf-
feur and bodyguard. freak,
building contractor, golf profes-
sional, hockey star, farmer.
Those are Just the ones he
could remember in a few min
utes. The more unusual ones in
the above list are Ebbie Good
fellow, the h ockey> player;
Archie Van. who was the golf
pro al the Crosse lie Club. and
Frenchy Langevin who could
blow air or smoke through his
tear ducts and was in one Of
the Ripley Believe-It-or-Not
shows.
Incidentally, they've won two
Y awards-that II, an Y flag,
and later a star for II. These
assorted Americans can build
war materials like nobody's
business.
When the army awarded the
r. banner, the boss ordered a
halliday holiday for the cere-
money, with pay. The men on
the assembly lines got up a
petition asking that they be al
lowed 10 work, instead.
The boss refused. He ex-
planned later, The flag was for
the men, not the brass hats.
The men were entitled 10 rec
ognition."
So the workers took the
afternoon off. hut In two days
they had produced enough cx-
ira TO make up.
RANDOM NOTES Dick
Frankensteen Of the Go, and
Frank Martel of the AL. hap
pening into the same night spot
on the same evening study
in two men completely ignor-
ing each other Tommy
Burns Of River Rouge former
T. Of d. football player has
MS private patriotic gesture
writing 10 men in service and
enclosing a 81 bill in each let
ter. So far he has 674 letters
in reply
One Detroiter il righteously
angry at the sight Of uncut and
HHfiatteHed tin cans thrown out
in back Of many homes. II the
city trash collectors merely re-
fused TO pick up such tin cans,
wouldn't the householder get
the hint? Another joh for
4-Fs-they can Join the Mich
igan State Troops.
Nostalgia note; There's only
one hurdy gurdy left in Detroit,
according Co city records. The
orgah-grinder lives at 43S W,
Abbott and has a pet monkey.
too The Highland Park
Goodfellows will raise funds
with = midnight show AZ the