Detroit evening times., 1943-05-06

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things easy.
MIR. PICkERING Time was
of course, when many "A patient
walked through the same cor
ridors being treated for one all
ment or another that sprang.
not from Shrapnel, but from the
mere fact that he had eaten too
well. exercised too little. and
spent too much time worrying
xAbout symptoms that didn't
XiSt.
y No doubt. some doctor. I'm
some day past. must have won
dered 10 himself what whim Of
fate permitted this. Providence
may have u more far-seeing eve
than We know. Perhaps fate
worked with wisdom I'm giving
certain human beings the where
withal 10 be able 10 afford the
luxury Of such n hospital.
Certainly, their fees helped
make the hospital possible. and
to what better use could the
building be- put than caring for
our wounded now.
Perhaps you're Wondering
whether We talked 10 any Of the
soldiers. OF course. We did. as
peetally 10 three or four young
fellows who We're on Guadal-
canal when If was Still touch
and-go whether we would hold
IL or the JapS would take il back.
You'll be- interested, ! think.
IN reading about some Of their
experiences but. 10 be on the
safe side. We have arranged 10
have tho stories checked before
being printed Waiting few
days is better than accidentally
letting slip some scrap Of infor-
nation hat might be Of use 90
Tojo
BY the way, on the WAY back
we spotted a state police car
patrolling IS-l2 and II occurred
10 III 10 wonder whether the
mile-an hour limit. CNnicallv. we
trailed them for u little way.
Oscar Olander viii be pleased
to know that, all the time We
were checking. the police car
never waVcred--35 m.p.h on the
nose
Back horne. We found Al
kaufman, one of our rewrltc
m1en ON ~" Times in quite
Yathor Somebody looked out
the window and saw proWlcr
mcdGlng with a parked car
"Nigo>h,' SAID Kaufman, its
mine"
IIe bol'ad or the door
The uruWler fled hut kauf-
man twho'S about tho size Of
kayo Morgan gave chase.
caught The man and gave him
good cuff IN The face.
Not until then did he stop 10
reflect that the prowler out
weighed him 10y considerable
margin and looked pretty tough,
20 boot. So he turned the fcl-
low over 10 cop.
Some minutes later. Kaufman
was back I'M the office. The
phone unglcd II was the police
beat The pruwlcr had turned
out 10 bc "a parolcd cN-ConyIct,
wanted for many things. includ-
lng felonIouS assault.
over at headquarters. he
kicked one officer downstairs.
then escaped while another fired
AT him kaufman Shlvcred as he
wrote tho story
But the story never appeared.
They let him keep on shlvering
for quite some time before they
admitted that the cops and
police reporters had cooked il
up from their fertile lmagina-
tons Just TO give him the shakes.
We likewise crossed the path
of Joe Creighton, former news
paper man. governors secretary
and now director of social re-
search for the Michigan Associ-
alton of Small Loan companies.
Creighton has wife named
Mary, son named Joe, and a
pet guinea pig, which is all ordi-
nary enough, except that some
radio chain or other has a pro-
Agrsm called "The Crazy Creigh-
Ons," fictitious family con-
sisting of Joe and Mary Creigh-
ton, son Joe, and-a pet guinea
pig.
80 far. Joe hasn't been able
To- find ont what station carries
the program - apparently, it's
one In Chicago. hut IL anybody
knows what station, how about
letting us know? Wei pass the
word on to Joe who has heard
40 much about his namesake