Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-11

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umns, radio appearances and
what-not. he didn't have time.
At the last minute. he found
that the particular ball player
ia was Charley Gehringer--
was out of town. Bob told his
woes TO a friend and the friend
happened 10 know somebody
who was acquainted in devious
places and, pretty soon, Bob.
having been told that every
thing would work out all right.
found a baseball and a copy Of
Gehringer'S signature
Back came the baseball with
Gehringer'S name on IT, The
friend Of friend had managed
10 get one of tho more adept
check forgers 10 autograph the
baseball.
But murder will out. The
ultimate recipient Of the base
ball looked ID over and made
some remark about ". these
ball players. They can't even
spell their own names right"
The forger had made a mistake.
To square things, Murphy
appealed 10 Wish Egan. who
happened 10 have ball iegiti-
mateIy autographed by Gehrin-
ger. Everything's dandy now.
Reminds us vaguely of Jack
KearnS, who was forever giving
away "the gloves Dempsey used
when he knocked out Firpo."
He must have contributed 10
half the charities in the United
States by giving the gloves 10
be auctioned off
But you can carry that too
far. A man out In Pontiac.
whose name we don't recOllect,
began 10 have his suspicious.
Kearns made a mistake and
gave him a second pair Of the
gloves Dempsey u. W. h. X. o. F.
We just had telephone call
from a worried mother Of two
high school girls.
"Mayb> you can write some
thing" she hoped, about the
girls wearing ankle socks and
skirts two inches above their
knees. fry tn Ect my TIVE
daughters 10 wear stockings.
but they won't. They say that
all the other girls would laugh
ut them.
III even called up the high
school 10 check up and they
said yes, all the girls do II.
Their legs turn purple from the
cold. hut everybody does H."
We replied 10 the lady that
we supposed that she'd just
have To let the girls have their
way. although purple IL very
unattractiVe color for girls
legs. In fact, We said, we
hadn't been able 90 dc anything
about suppressing Frank ST.
natra, 40 what possible infiu-
&C would we have over
stockings:
The lady said YES, she sup
posed 80. too, hut oh. dear. she
was sim worried. Five years
ago they all wore ski suits.
Now. they don't even wear
stockings. and what do YOU sup
pose they'll leave of next?
We just said we didn't know.
Well. we don't
We bumped into Prosecutor
Bill Bowling Just about the time
the papers were announcing
that he had turned S5,200-odd
over 10 the state the proceeds
from the sale of IS cars confis-
Gated from gamblers
II a gambler is using his car
10 carry mutuel tickets around,
the car can be confiScated.
And that's hitting where II
hurts. with cars so scarce be-
cause of the war. Gamblers used
TO pay 500 fines and laughed
them off-they could afford 10.
Bowling tells OF one policy
house that paid income tax last
year on take OF S2.500.000.
But losing a car-that'S tough
The cars bring pretty good
prices. naturally In tho first
lot. Buick brought 81 800 and
a 1882 Ford 500
WinI Shaw's arrival i'm town
this week started the telephones
ringing. because Wini IL an
other entertainer who doesn't
mind carrying news home To
the relatives Of SerVicemen.
Wini got hack Ia the United
States Sept. 20 after 10 weeks
overseas with Jack Benny and
that gang In Africa. Sicily,
Italy, Scotland and Ireland.
Monday afternoon. while she
was rehearsing, a Hamtramck
Kid named Danny Stefanski
called up and asked " he might
talk to her at the Bowery. Sure.
she said. c'mOn over. SO he ar
rived with some snapshots Of his
cousin who had been photo
graphed with Nini overseas.
Monday night. Mrs. POlan-
sky Of 2507 Ford, said her son,
Murray, had talked 10 Winl when
she sang at his camp. 30 Wini
made q date tO talk with Mrs.
POlansl<y about Murray.
WINS even promised 10 stop
IN at q barroom owned nv Sgt.
Julie Weiss who asked Winl "