Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-01


E d isCh a rye
~ p a = sengers.
Two were
- Fo3 Negroes and
Mn i'hhhiN" they were
bounced on, Immediately.
zone was an elderly man
who, despite his terror and be-
wilderment, managed TO evade
the first offender with little
damage.
"At the sight of menacing
lead pipes clutched in tense
fists, he turned 10 make a run
for il and found his way blocked
by "A large, shiny black sed8n.
THE door swung open and
the trembling man lunged head
first over the seat and landed
In "A heap In back. The crowd
yelled taunts and the car sped
north.
- few blocks through Wood
ward traffic and turn Ia the
right found the old man still
covering on the floor, hands
clutched over his head.
"The ear came To halt.
"'Better get up persuasive
voice from the front seat broke
the silence.
"ApprehensiNelN. the meek
passenger looked up for the
first time.
Lord have mercy on me. !
thought YOU was one Of my own
color he incOherently begged
at the sight Of white man in
the drivers seat. Please, what
you gonna do 10 me-
Better get out the driver
spoke in An impatient manner
that betrayed his nervousness.
- half block away. the old
man saw Negroes milling in the
street Tie recognized the
locality and his moist eyes
beamed At the anxious driver.
"'BleSs YOU the old man was
saving through trembling lips.
You rescued me and delivered
me 10 my own people
THE aid man T. night
worker AZ a department store.
The driver II a foreman i'm a
war plant and Southerner.
Yours, Condor Wells"
SEEN AROUND TOWN.:
Nick Salowch. Max Stephan
attorney. winning some war
stamps A. The klUanls meeting
Detroit downtown club is
the first klwaniS club IN the
world. or uaybe YOU knew
Or Joe ScIiert explaining
the eye exercises hv men IN
uniform ard men VINO hope 70
be. Even men who used 10 be
colorbhnd are passing rigid
military examinations, such arc
the cures thar science has
learned 10 perform.
Note from Edwin V. \oble:
Friend Pickering--In today'S
column. YOU wondered why they
did not turn the fire hose ON
the rioters
u asked an officer that
question and he explained that
they did trV u hut II got 90
tireSome runuinC after gang
NJ rioters while carving a fire
hydrant and roll Of hose In
their arms that they had 10
give II M. Explanation satiS-
factory -
Department stores arc rolCni-
Ing They used 10 prohibit
clerks from GONG barelecged.
Now the glrlS may wear leg
pant. But The WAVES and
similar women in service Sull
cant.
The report IS going around
that hosiery prices VIII be- re-
duced In the fan 10 get women
back into the habit Of wearing
stocking, after summer Of
paint
Those Brazilian cmiNssrieS got
a good neighbor geSture--they
didn't eat on the train and
when they got 10 Detroit.
guards on riot duty wouldn't
let them leave the hotel to
hunt for a restaurant. The
BraZilians ate sandwiches which
Norm Birnkrant had bought
for n party including Frank
Gagcn. Terry Lawlcr, Sheila
Barrett and others
one OF the downtown
churchc, locked three mgiuvc>
In TN" church All night 10 pro-
icci them from rioters.
Tho >o-Callcd Chinese system
II picking horses. sometimes
called the chop >ucy system is
regalninc rs popularity around
Detroit Its a grabbing system
OF matching up horses with
letters Of the alphabet
Ed Hayes tells me he saw
Mrs. George Davis. wife Of the
Herald-ENpreSS sports editor,
iuSe the system at Santa Anita.
She picked three winners.
Afterward She discovered that
she had made a mistake IN the
system. each time.