Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-13

Kerrigan. who is 6 feet, 8 inches
tall.
c. s.. who writes about KERR
gan. says that kerrigan has APP
piled for all branches Of the
military services but il too tall,
and has been rejected by all of
them.
So he works in war factory.
So, unless you have a candi-
date taller than 6 feet, 3 inches,
do not enter him In the height
sweepstakes.
However. while we're At II,
who's the tsllest woman In De-
trolt? Or In Michigan? We had
a photograph the other day Of
six or eight girls. all over 8 feet
and all raving beauties, who are
In the movies.
For our purposes, any girl
who Ia feet tall Ia considered
tall. So far. I don't know OF
even one 6-foot girl In Detroit,
but there might he one.
Skating back 10 paragraph be
fore last. there's ane for the
towns etymology expert 10
figure out. Why call EN- "raying
beauties - Do they?
Speaking OF language, we no.
ticed couple Of interesting
items about language In serN-
Ice publication called The Navy
Scratch Pad which Is published
in Detroit each week.
The Scratch Pad says that. at
the Marine Diesel School, there's
secretary. Helen Cusia, who
keeps a swear box" on her
desk.
When she hears a sailor swear,
she fines him. Words are scaled
from . to Is cents. eve have no
ssmples.l II man happens 20
cut loose with, say, a scent
word, has a quarter In his
pocket. but no smaller change,
Miss Cusia collects the quarter,
and has him stand In front of
her and swear out the extra 20
cents worth. De-
The money Is USED 10 buy
candy and flowers for men in
the sick bay.
The Scratch Pad also quotes
a Detroiter. Marine Cpl Edward
Kozelski. on the EngriSh ran
guage as il is spoken by the
Japs who can't say the letter l..
out in the junGles, he says,
the JapS studied up English and
attempted 10 fake passwords
and called out familiar American
names in an effort to lure US
into traps
So. one Of tho officers changed
all the passwords one day. Now,
each one has the letter l. in II.
Reminds me of our kitten.
now Al years old. who Is just
beginning TO he able 10 say the
letters 8 and r without having
To struggle too hard.
We used To ask her 10 saw
"salicylic acid" and "sassafras"
and she always tried. "Sassa-
fras" came out "ah-uh-rah."
guess she learned to pronounce
her esses in self-protection.
AZ that il seems like a mean
trick on kids 10 tease them with
words they can't say, but maybe
II helps them learn.
lily Pauls youngster used 70
say 6 in place Of F so they
taught him 10 greet all visitors
with:
Hello, folks"
And speaking Of language I've
lust seen copy Of letter writ
ten by a university Of Michigan
professor, Waldo Abbot, who
sends out $50 copies a month
IN students and former students
in the armed services.
He really writes. Eight single
spaced typewriter pages. He
teaches speech. so he's not re-
SponSible for the spelling -four
misSpelled words on one page.
So, If YOU can't spell, don't feel
too bad about it. Even professors
slip.
Prof. Abbot should write
column, because he has a knack
for picking up items. His best
was that Tom Harmon Zone Of
his former students who learned
radio technique from him) was
in Africa and had been moved
from bombers 10 fighter planes
at his own request. But, most
important TO the girls. will be
his observation that the girls in
Africa all seem TO have legs like
Hercules Renda
Hercules. in case you've for
gotten, was a very stocky back
field man who played football Al
Michigan Anyway, We thor
oughly approve of Prof Abbot's
letter-writing.