Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-21

AIR. PICKERING named IISO
William J. Norton Jr., recently
OF Detroit, is authority for the
report that "A soldier al Camp
Mccoy wrote Free" on letter
then asked whether if he wrote
Free twice, il would go air
mail.
The Detroiter, publication OF
the Board of Commerce, won
ders what happened TO the
Checkroom girl at the PoWatan,
who made Ripley's Believe II or
Not space A few years ago for
having checked 100000 hats and
coats without using checks, and
never making a mistake.
Her name is Marie Swanson,
and she's still checking with
out checks. She's at the Won
der Bar now and, so far as /
can learn. nobody ever has seen
her make a mistake despite the
thousands Of utter strangers
who hand over their hats and
coats and never get check even
though some demand them.
Among the $4,000 GsIlants
selIing war bonds IL Glenn For
Cier, : years old.
His father. Henry Forcier Of
464 Manor, Crosse Peinte Farms,
couldn't take the job because
he was an air warden already.
besides working seven nights a
week (ayerage IS hours week.
on his war job. SO Glenn took
over.
SO far. he has sold S3.725
worth, his customers including
anybody who will listen to him
he made n clean sweep Of the
eight men who work in small
machine shop that he barged
into.
Some of the nelghbors already
had bought bonds (Glenn started
last Saturday, hut bought some
more from him and Glenn's
mother thinks he probably n
selling some that otherwise
wouldn't be sold at all.
This business Of recreation Is
more important than the day
time worker Is likely 10 realize.
But when YOU work nights
then YOU find out. SO far as We
know. the Hollywood Theater *
the first Of the suburban movie
houses 10 start a special show
ing for war workers. although
the Fox already has done 80
downtown
The Hollywood Will start us
special show al midnight Friday
and nun until s o'clock Saturday
morning. the change being made
principally because Of request
from Local ia Of the JAW,
through Barden Young.
There are ways and ways Of
raising money. the newest hav-
ing mild flavor Of temperance
but not much. Seventeen men.
mostly Manufacturers agents in
the New Center district, formed
themselves into club pledged
not 10 touch alcohol throughout
Lent.
The r lngl cad n. curiously
enough, is proprietor ~ bar in
that neighbOrhood. Jim Colds.
However. some of the Abstainers
a. OF h.. 70
time, the rules demanding that
they pay q So forfeit each day
they fall off.
The ~ men, 10 date. have
fallen of 203 times 80 the club
has Si06 In the kitty. They in
tend to spend IL on dinner and
dance for their wives. any re-
mainder going Ia the Red Cross.
After that. presumably, they
will go back Ia their drinking
untrammeled. Our only sugge>-
tion IL that they give the whole
S4O6 To the Red Cross.
We refuse by the way. 70
take any stand one way or the
OlUtIs OH ditOIlOl. w ildltNtI WI
might say, il would Just get US
in wrong with somebody. A
coward at heart, We duck the
issue.
But. on the score OF over
indulgence. we don't know Of
more pungent example than the
one that can be viewed almost
daily at the navy recruiting
booth.
One after another. the stew
huns side IN, and they all use
much the same approach. Weep
ing a bleary tear or two, they
humble:
a 81 lost = boy at Pearl Harbor.
wanna get inta this. W in
w1Innerful condition. Here, look
me over"
And they start drunkenly TO
peel off their coats.
Not one Of them really wants
10 enlist After the heroics, thew
end by trying 10 borrow a quar-
Ter or wheedle a cigaret. To
them, the worlds agony is just
some drama 10 be adapted for
their panhandling. Can q man
sink any lower than that?