Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-13

speak ing Of
people beng
"a wo !" in
stead Of \
A w. q. l.. - -
The c. O.. MN fiohhH'>"
Col Owen !. Clesry, PERIOD
cally blew has top hammered
on his desk, and declared
There's no such word a.
awol In army regulations. Its
aye-dOubleyOu-oh-ell."
So the word awol was pro-
hlbitcd among Michigan State
Troops.
Thr enlisted men obcyed but,
in the end they found way 10
get around the order One July
dav a black mongrel mutt
struggled into the armory and
vas adopted a. mascot
The mutt forthwith was
named AWOl
Now comes the sad part. The
other day, Awol disappeared. II
YOU see coal black dog, half
chow and half police dog, send
him hack 10 the armorS. He's
Awol and he's ANOL.
DEATH Is BETTER-Ther
was one part Of Cpl Edmund
Kistler's story that hasn't been
published. II YOU can remember
a. far back a. yesterdays
papcr which not everybody
can. these days. and maybe It's
lust as well-you recall Cpl
Kistler's stories of seeing japa-
neSe women fighting beside the
men on Guadslcanal.
Kistler saw Woman'S body
IN 2 Jap plane that had been
shot down and another time
he saw woman SnlPer
The woman was shot and
then captured She talked 10 me
Americans before she died She
SAID she had been 4 student ~
the University Of California and
the last thing she tried - say
VAS a question about How are
things IN -.
So she seemed Ia have some
affection for America, and said
she always aimed AT our
soldiers legs because she didn't
want 10 Kill them.
Cpl. kistler'S story still left
some sort ~ doubt. How sin
cere was this dying japanese
woman:
The unrPported part of the
story may he the answer. When
they found her, they offered 10
take her In the hospital. Lying
there wounded. she refused,
Cpl. kistler says. She said
she was hopelessly diseased
and that she preferred 10 die.
And 30 she died.
But what = miserable uay IN
die. even though she was nm
enemy. diving for a cause she
didn't believe In. Diving for =
nation that hsd given her such
\ life that death was better.
PATRIOT Let Us give =
Bronx cheer for that patriot"
who bought two S25 war bonds
10 Got seats Al one NJ the re-
cent bond premieres IN Detroit.
The next dan he was back AZ
The box Office explaining that
he had forgotten a prior en-
esgement, 50 he couldn't 20 IN
the show And he had the rall
~ demand his money back for
the war bonds No he didn't
get H.
HRSTTCH- The story NJ the
girl Who sent her hoy friend in
England a lipStick-with the
idea that II would help him
get a date with some English
cutie-brings another lipstick
story. this one from girl
working in war factory.
Her man II out I'm the Pacific
and has very little chance of
dating a girl"
But she sent the lipstiCk any
way.
Maybe shouldn't" she
writes. "but I did. ! enclosed
partly-uSe lipstick and a
very small perfume bottle
filled with my favorlte cologne.
Were very close together.
In our hearts. and. " 7 know
the skipper. he'll smear = little
NJ the lipStick IN the obvious
places. and put p little cologne
on one of those biz white
handkerchiefS.
II can almost hear him say
ing. 'Hiya, fellows. Guess
what. Just been out with my
best girl friend. Hmm"
We guess it'll get a laugh all
right. hut we hope we don't
have 10 remind the lady that
there's only one acceptable way
NJ Smearing lipStick on a mans
face, and IL isn't by remote
control.