Detroit evening times., 1943-09-14

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through II?
But this
VIM III A'" time, I'm up
instead. Kitty was unusually
tired last night.
But, before I've got his bottle
warm. Kitty Is up and stirring,
So. she doesn't get her extra 40
winks this morning and !, for
once, was feeling so -vIrtuouS
over giving HER chance to
sleep!
These are the iuXuTieS of life
an extra catnap In the morning,
thirst and glass Of water,
hunger and something 10 eat,
and new neCktie and haircut.
Nothing does aS much for your
seif-esteem aS finally getting
your hair cut after you've let II
20 too long. Or it's true Of me.
anyway.
And cotfid add ono more tuX-
ury. After wrestling with my
income tax form ! had Jim
4ughey remark casually that hc
Mad his auditor do if for him
1fhcre's something 80 ycarn
after: An auditor 10 DO your
income tax figuring for YOU
AZ that. tho actual filling Of
'hc form is never a. hard A. Won
expect il 10 be. but YOU always
have that naCging fear in the
hack OF your head that you've
made a mistake somewhere and
Tho eagle-eyed government men
will find n.
I know only one man. Charlie
TerwiIliger. who ever mentioned
making mistake in the govern
ment's favor, He paid SIT too
much, and they gave IL back 90
him.
A note from ono Of the sup
-pnSedly haFdbitteH- executives of
he city room says he wishes
some one could find a cnrnnH ia
print part Of a letter that has
come 10 the Times
"On the night Of Sept ="
says tho letter ''my home al
ia Kitchener. Detroit. was
burgIerized. I believe the only
article of mine that was taken
was my coat. an army officers
winter overcoat, hut IL il ire
plaCeable.
II have been in the army since
June !. 1888, and have worked
mp 10 the rank Of second lieu
tenant have been overseas
three times and am still going
back I'm the near future o..
Tho executives note co M
monfS
- second loocy doesn't get
much dough and, II YOU use his
letter, II probably would help
the guy out"
So, II whoever robbed that
house secs this. perhaps he mlgh'
At least to>> that army oNcrcDat
. on the front steps some night
] Three times overseas. and gong
again He ought 10 &c, has coat
back, ! should think
From overseas comes a new
story of Yankee ingenuity. ~
evolved by American blue jackets
and marines. Driving the Japa-
neSe out Of their protecting caves
in the SOlOmonS seemed simple.
Just toss grenade inside.
They threw the grcnsdcs In.
hut the Jap> threw them out
again. just a. fast.
The Americans, q navy man
tells us, tried throwing first
grenade. then a coconut alter
nately. The trick seemed topitch
tho mcthodlcal and mechanical
Jap mind out Of kiltcr II con-
fused tho JapS In confusion,
they died
People keep asking
why hasn't this war produced
a song like 'TipperarN' or some
of the other famous ones of
1917"
The famous SiCmund Rom
berg. coming 10 the Masonic
Temple this month. says that In
his opinion none of the now crop
Of songs viii live after tho war
and offers his theory explain
ing il:
II think" he says. "it'> be
cause the armies themselves
have changed ~ much. Armies
used 10 march hundreds of miles.
When they marched, they sang.
or when they galloped on horse
hack. Today, armies haven't
time TO march. They blitzkrieg
In trucks and tanks. or they fly,
In other words, the roar of
motors browns out the songs of
men"
But Mr. Romborg, what about
- '"'''ratfdyiya DO IN tTC TnTdntTyT
You March, You March You
March ?
And, finished with the notes
and memoranda nj the office,
there was time To invent a few
errands 10 do, because that's
one more luxury Of living that
forgot.
JuSt walking i'm a clear Sep