Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-25

can be rested
up IN time for
the 3 O'Clock
Dir. Phhhh'N" shift - they
can't 60 on their day off because
they don't have any day Off
The Cafe Cadillac. that used
10 he noted for It's comfortable
chairs. But. with the war rush
on, people stayed sitting too
long. They put in harder chairs
and Immediately increased the
number of customers 80 per cent.
Del Parker and Phil BrcStoG
will marry June s. in Chicago.
Grapevine reports say the lat
IT racket 10 disguise price
chiseling consists of selling po-
tatoeS at the legal priCe-but
charging YOU - for the basket.
The roadside signs that used
10 advertise pills 10 keep truck
drivers awake now are ballN-
hooing the same kind Of pills
I0T WIT NOThfTN
4 Packard worker ~ always
being reported nv new employees
who think he's a spy, because
they hear him talking 10
friend in n foreign language
The language Is Pig Latin.
HOW TO KILL QUIETLY:
The NorWcRianS, 40 are told by
p gentleman who was IN Detroit
the other day. are doing a good
hlt toward the war effort by
teaching tho British how 10 use
a knife Not 10 cat with. either.
One of the best knife inStruC-
tors in England is Norwegian
who used 10 land in jail fro
qucntly for TOO much proficiency
with a knife Now he's teaching
his tricks 10 CommandoS and
others
The trick is 10 strike upward
through the abdomen 70 the
heart. II YOU stab through the
chest the knife sticks between
the homes and you lose your
knife he says.
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Our informant is Hans Kris
tian Skou. once foreign editor of
the Morning Post In Oslo. Now,
he II "A representative Of his
country. lie spent a year and
a half in Norway after the NaZts
arriI ed. - he knows intimately
the workings ~ the underground.
He gives the English credit.
however, for improving on Nor
ways knife technique. Some
.iimes victim has time to shout,
he says:
The English - very clever
-peapl eHteti HE piano wire
You take length Of wire and
put a wooden handle, 20. on each
end. Come mp behind your
enemy. Loop the wire around
his neck and pull hard. His.
head pops off There Is no
noise"
Mr. Skou came 20 speak ~
the Rackham Building but Fox
film version Of The Moon Is
Down was opening and he saw
II too.
Some Of tho Now York critics
called u depressing. hut he
says no. 20 him II is inspiring
and The best film ever made
about Norway.
Oddly enough. he could have
been n German. He's 6-foOter.
blond and blue eyed. the perfect
AryaR type. and the Nazis Of
fered him German citizenship,
obviously with the GermaniCally-
generous notion that II was the
greatest compliment they could
offer. II was amusing To him,
hut the NaZlS got quite irritated
when they repeated the offer
and he still declined.
Working with the under
ground. he describes as thrill
inc He adds
"Nen who have become fat
md prosperous become children
again. playing cops and robbers.
Finding excitement, adventure,
becoming stronger, lcaner and
quick-wittcd.
There Is no thrill like riding
the train with German officer
on one side. a Gestapo man on
the other. and YOU with 100
copies Of verboten newSprint
Rnder your coat"
or the QuiSlingS who sold out
70 the NaZiS he says. and CrinS
con the questionnaireS they
had 10 fill out for the Germans,
one question il How many times
have YOU been punished mean
Ing been in jail Not Have you
been - hut How many times -"
When his government decided
10 call him out Of Norway. he
pgcaNod on a ficbipc bOaf VGttb