Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-03

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- - il. do a little
MR.. PICKERING shoppin &
yourself and you'll find outs
in Bibles.
Fine leather that used TO
come from Morocco and Aiglers
is scarce. So is thin paper made
by a special English process.
On :op of that, the demand is
much greater, both for King
James Bibles and pocket tesla
ments.
Many Of the men in service,
who never cared much before,
are writing home for tesla
mentS.
Wendell wilkes new book,
"One World" is credited with
stimulating the demand for
globes, as people check up on
their rusty geography. They
are finding out where Tim
buktu il.
However. most Americans still
>can be trapped on questions con-
ferning geography of their own
country. Did you know that
Reno Is west of Los Angeles?
Alvin Hamer says that there
IS a great scurry for books on
foreign languages. German,
French. Polish and Spanish are
in demand. as We'll as Portu-
guese and "Pan-American Span
ish, which are the languages Of
South America.
Likewise. music dealers are
doing a thriving business in
monograph records 10 teach
foreign languages. OF 10 Ian
guages available. there have
been demands for nine-Span-
ish. Italian. Japanese, Polish,
Portuguese, German. French,
Russian and English.
Both books and records on
English are quite popular,
partly among visitors from other
countries. For some reason.
there is more interest among
Detroiters in books dealing with
proper English usage.
The only monograph taught
language that hasn't been in de-
mand is Esperanto. the syn
thetic language invented years
ago 10 establish a universal
tongue for use in any nation.
Flying a flag upside down Il
popularity accepted as one uni
verSal language of distress, and
Detroit lady called up i'm
alarm when she saw the flag
upside down on the Union Guar
Ntian Building which houses the
ank-automotive center. heart of
army ordnance In Detroit.
She was assured that the
building was neither sinking nor
in danger of shipwreck. Who
ever put the flag up that morn
ing just made a mistake.
Birth certificates arc one Of
the livest topics Of conversation
today because people need them
10 get defense jobs. One De-
troiter, Gladys Hardy Barrett
(after whose ancestors Hardy
County. Kentucky. was named)
was born in Missouri but no
birth records were kept.
She engaged an attorney.
Leon a. Cousens, who got an
order for a birth certificate by
prese ng Mrs. Barrett S
mothers theatrical scrapbook.
which Judge Clyde l. Webster
accepted as evidence.
The scrapbook not only in
cluded her mothers marriage
certificate. but a theater pro-
gram showing that the mother
was in a play that appeared in
the town where Mrs. Barrett
was born, Dexter, Mo.
Mrs. Barrett then took her
oirth certificate to the Employ
ment Service, but still didn't
get a job. Born in 1897"
said the clerk. "Sorry. lady.
I'm afraid you're too old"
There was this scene on
Woodward car the other day.
An elderly woman got on. Three
girls, about IS or 16, didn't
bulge from their seats.
tN Then q soldier got on--de-
scribed by q witness as "a cute
- looking soldier" N.N Nv
The girls still didn't get up
Sout they decided that they
could squeeze over. They did,
and there was room for the cute
soldier TO sit down.
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