Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-21

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Mr.. TIChERiNG IS p CclIcalIN
its TO carry ammunition Tor
n 155UD gun Which run, along
on a similar contraptlan hut is
so ID that they need a Sepa-
rate car tor the ammunition.
so, Won still want 10 know
how this hig steel crate OF
cargo carrier got in the back
yards N seems that the army
wanted a canvas cover 10 so
over the top of the gadget 10
they sent the i0b--and the
multi-tOu cargo carrier--to the
Mackenzie Awning Co, which
happens 10 have St. shop i'm the
apartment building AT 1881
Hamilton.
II was much too big 10 get
indoors. 80 Duncan Mackenzie
nut IL in his back yard, under
24-hour guard. The last time
I saw IL. George Glenn, Gerald
Bailey and Francis He'll (wear-
ing welder's mask) were
building "A steel framework for
the cover. II l would come back
later, they said. they'd have
around 90 tons OF l55-mm.
artillery 10 show, too.
Incidentally, we're are not
bctraying any military secrets.
The Nazis already are familiar
with our l55s.
But we thought that the
whole incident was an excellent
example of the way Subcon-
tracing works and, Il yea have
any friends in other cities, you
might send them this story to
show them how the Arsenal of
Democracy operates.
Most outsiders have an idea
that everything in Detroit
works on the asSembly-line SyS-
tenn. That's not true. The big
factories are, OF course, the
assembly points. but the various
parts are likely to be made any
where.
In this particular case, the
mammoth war machines land IN
a back ward Of a residential dis
trict. and Mackenzie makes
pilot model of a canvas cover.
Other Jobs are being done
everywhere in Detroit - That
little machine shop down at the
corner may be developing hand
grenades and it's known that
many intricate tools and parts
have even been built by crafts
men working in their own base
ment workshops.
Yes there's a lot OF CO
operation between the big and
the little fellows in Detroit and
as a Dctroiter. ! wish that the
country in general realized how
well il is being done.
Well, the machine age throws
YOU for loop, too, sometimes.
Don Willie, trying TO get a cab,
called a company at CA O6OO--
or thought he did.
A girl answered.
"Can you send a cab right
aWay?" asked Willie.
The girl stammered:
"a cabe We haven't any. /
suppose we could send you a
railroad train
"Aho is this, anyway" asked
Willie.
This" the girl said. els CA.
$500. the Pennsylvania Rail-
road" Then, as an afterthought,
She asked:
ITO what address shall we
send the railroad train -
RANDOM NOTES: Cpl Joe
Bates won 5000 ON his way
home from the Pacific battle
areas. Not dice Seems that re-
turning men get up a pool on
the most important time ol
their hves-thc exact time AZ
which the ship viii touch
U. s. soil
Glenn Forcicr z who is the
mascot Ot a submarine chaser,
lust GOT letter saying that
the yubChaSCr WAS .u both the
Sicilian and Italian landings
and came through without q
scratch
Employee AZ the ceramic
division OF Champion Spark
Plug give dime "a week each
and buy war bonds for former
employees now in the service
Capt. James Vernon door
mat is made Of captured Jar
flag from the Aleutians
We sort of Ike what two
mattresses az the Detroit.
Leland did-their names are
Fay and Anna and they eacf
we've given a piece Of birthday
cake from p giflsN club party
A Canadian corporal and hIs
wife were eating IN the coffee
shop and Fay 0vcr0caId-a mem
ton that it was TIE c1tp0raIt
birthday So Fay and Atn7
served thAif TWO Utr of cake
10 the soldier ni his Wfe.
don Rnow ID hc ever found oli
how De- happened 40 get birth.
day cake served 10 him, bat
that's the story.