The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1943-01-15
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6yll HEVENsON

Vacation: Fell into conversation
N q group Of members Of the
MAJ, the oldest Of which gave his
age as q years. To my surprise, I
learned that those alert, fine-look-
Mg. keen-eyed lads were all vet
Grams Of Dunkerque. They refused
70 discuss that historic retreat, how
ever, dismissing the whole affair
with the more or less casual COM
ment that it was quite a show.
Fhey did have much praise for Yank
ners who had accompanied them
sn some errands over the continent
which, while they did not say so
directly. undoubtedly did not add
- the peace Of mind of the outlaw
Hitler. A question as to why they
happened to be in this country at
this time brought the response that
they were enjoying a rest from bat
Ting In the clouds. 1t seems that
all they have to do at present is
ferry giant bombers across the At
lahtic.
Literary Note: Asked how the pi-
lot of a bomber occupied his time
In the hours spent in flying over
the ocean, the 23-year-old wing
wearer replied, I'VE read" Think
ing was being had, / declared
that with the responsibility of thou
sands of dollars worth of property,
to say nothing of the lives of his
fellow crew members, as well as the
necessity of watching a panel board
full of instruments, a pilot surely
wouldn't stick his nose into a book.
But the lad was serious enough. He
was sensible of his responsibility at
al times, and although there are
more than a hundred instruments
on the board, after the automatic
pilot has been set about all the hu-
man pilot has to do is give the
needles a glance now and then and
listen to the purr of the motors,
which have language of their own.
So to speed the minutes, the pilot
reads. The preference is for mys-
tery-thrillers.
Helpful: A young woman who de-
sires no publicity but agrees that it
might be good thing to pass her
idea along, spends much of her free
time gathering old or unused light
ers. She gets many because most
Of her friends have at least one
lighter that is out of service, and
others have lighters, usually re-
ceived as gifts or bought in moments
OF weakness, that are merely rest
ing In drawers. All she collects are
taken to a cooperating watchmak-
er who, In his free time, makes nee
essary repairs, which in many cases
consist of merely putting in new
Aint. All the lighters are not only
made workable but are cleaned and
polished until they look like new.
Then they are sent to men in the
service who, ii seems, while they
can't always obtain matches, can
always find lighter fuel. Incidental
", she includes a package of f1ints
with each lighter.
Pastime: Nadine Conner, Metro
pohtan opera star, has new pas
time that is proving popular 1t is
cafed "DerivationS" A word is CIV
en- to each member of a group and
Is minutes are allowed to find the
meaning of the word, without the
help of a dictionary, and put its
origin into a story. For instance,
news" which means intelligence
Of recent events. A small printer,
thinking of title for new paper,
noticed a weathercOck on a near
by building. Under the rooster were
the. letters standing for the points
Of the compass, NEWS. AS the
paper was to- contain tidings from
all over the world, the printer had
title and the language new word
.GOner: Band leader-pianist Ted
Straeter tells of the carrier pigeon,
that, freighted with a message from
London to Russia, became so tired
while flying over Germany that il
mad to descend for a rest No soon
er had il lit than it was captured
Taken before the Gestapo, a NaZi
read the important message, then
fixing the bird with a cold look, de-
manded, well, what have you goi
10 say for YOURSELF"
Nothing" sighed the pigeon,
except that / guess I'm a dead
duck"
Around Town: A street cleaner
sitting on the curb and enjoying Ell
her late luncheon or an early din
ner-sausage, rye bread and a big
onion, washed down with coffee
Enlped from a thermos bottle
a seller of a gadget that supposedly
makes a radio staticless, giving loud
demonstrations He's been work.
ing in this same territory for at
least five years The flea circus
which has run longer than any
Broadway production With
many change of actors, of course
:. Grind" movie house patrons
Tying to read marquee signs, evil
IDENTIFY with q hope of finding out
what's going on inside They
can sit all day and far into the night