Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-04


\ Mr.. Dick
Sinclair. who
hh' PIC hh"'N" was IN charge.
ave Just put IL there To see II
II would stop the clock, he SAID.
(There'S a clock IN the window
"My mother drew il and YOU
should see peoples faces when
they look AT it,"
II was very good drawing.
Sinclair's mother. Mrs. Grace
Sinclair, has dabbled in sculp-
ture a. well AZ drawing. and the
Lewis picture was just a feeting
idea.
Anyway. according To Sinclair,
lots Of people stopped TO look.
Some laughed. Some seemed To
get mad. Some Said dirty words
(which YOU could detect by lip
reading, through the window
glass; and two stood stock still
and thumbed their noses AT the
= lecture.
"Thc office by the way was
fuller Of books than Of coal and,
when We asked why 1t turned
out that Sinclair Is collecting
books for an aircraft carrier
which has no library or much
Of any other recreation facilities,
because carriers don't have room
for many luXurieS.
a Detro'er aboard the carrier
used to belong to the Detroit
Power Squadron and asked for
books Sinclair also - a member.
The squadron. therefore, IS coll
iectinC all the books n can get,
feeling that the men on aircraft
carriers are entitled TO 2 ythInG
Wc can give them.
II YOU have some books that
you would like TO donate, call the
Sinclair office. RIA. BOO. and they
viii rail- for the books. Better
Vet. deliver the books yourself 20
the office al - Grauot.
They are having an awful time
getting Bibles. tSce yesterdays
column on the shortage of Bibles
and tcStamCntcD sinclair said
they also wanted dictionaries,
travclogs and any good books.
"a " YOU haven't read your
Bible lately, YOU might a. well
see that Sinclair gets IL. Go on.
do IL now.
For the rest OF YOU hcathens
who haven't any Bibles 70 give
Vel 90 on 10 the subject Of I'd
HAYES and ms racket. which &
getting other people 10 write his
letters for HIM He starts a letter
10 his brother. who Is IN the
service. and then invites every
body m the vicinity 10 write A
paragraph or TWO
The old Tom sawyer trick
tit? Rcmcmber how Tom GOT
80 other boys 30 whllcwasb
Aunt Polly'S fence under tho
preteNt that he va, doing them
a favor by letting them DO a.?
our contribution was 2 story
related 10 u~ 10y Don VILE who
was one OF a buSload ol paSSen-
gers Who listened in on a CONVEX
SaiIon between p Polish soldier
and his Detroit girl friend ON a
bus going down Ca~S avenue
Thcy were talking about tho
siege of Warsaw but. a, they
passed Putnam. The Pole saw the
WXYZ radio tower. The girl cN-
planned what II was and added:
Did YOU ever hear the Lone
Ranger"
No. the Pole hadn't Who was
be radio commentator
NO, no. lie rides a horse
and o.. -
Rides horse on the radio" -
"NO. Yes. I mean. he's always
having adventures happen 10 him,
and II IL ever exciting when he
gets going with his guns e.
Dawn OF understanding broke
across tho Poles face.
yes. see now. One OF your
soldiers"
NO" The girl tried again.
"He'> always doing things 10 help
poor people and punish bad ones.
The boys and girls try 10 copy
him"
This time the Polish soldier
thought he really understood at
last.
"Ah, Of course" he exclaimed.
you mean ne ~ like "A Boy
Scout"
AT which point the girl gave
up. Explaining a radio serial to
a foreigner Is like the old trick
of trying 20 describe a circular
StaircaSc without using your
DIS. You Just CAN'T.
-