Detroit evening times., 1943-09-16
'BOnbardier'
Doubles on
Double Talk
By CHARLES GENTRY

N9C can brt cuuhir or U0th-
1uC an movie diat0g these days,
but YOU can he sure that you're
I'M for a kind Of double talk you've
never heard before.
Scenario scripts now contain 4
kind OF language that needs a
translator and we don't feel prop
erlv equipped II we enter movie
house these days without an in
ffrpretCT
pid YOU eet load of Cary
Grants Australian lingo IN Mr..
Lucky The current film al the
Mich gan
WcIl. that was Just ABC COM
pared 20 what tho Fox has IN
store for YOU during the Caco-
pronic course Of "Bombardier,"
which opens Friday
After about one reel you'll be-
gin TO wonder why you never
took that course ~ Esperanto
and whether ~ would really help
YOU discover n you're riding on
the shack qr having dry run"
Eycn il Webster Is revolving IN
his grave VQI can throw away
those dictionaries from which
you've only taken n few words.
Now YOU Vc got 10 find out
whether You're a buhble-chaser or
a bird dog a shack rat or an
IT. 3 and you'll shortly discover
that ~ takes an eager beaver 10
please a Clank-Clank.
NEW SLANGUAGE
II you're as puzzled as VIC were
don woTrv but get. OUT your
pencils and learn the newest of
all Observation-Disclosures talk.
Bombardicrs. as you know, arc !
the newest heroes Of this mans 7
war and their talk is about two
years old.
That's the age Of that most .
colorful cocky and staggering
of today'S brood of Uncle Sans /
eagles, the boys who drop the I
bloCk-bu from so far upstairs
that YOU can't even see their huge
Flying FortrcSSes. Drop them I
with uncanny accuracy, right on .
the target. /
If YOU cant hit a 5O-foot circle .
from 10000 feet, you're gig-happy
and will wash out.
Pilots? They're only cabbies-
Sometimes you call them your
Chauffeurs. Their Job is 10 drive
you where you say, give you the
30 seconds YOU require over the
target. The color Of the new .
glamour boys of the air, and also
their SlanCuage, figures import
antly in "Bomhardier," the big
new air saga starring Pat OBricn.
Randy Scott and Anne Shirley
opening at the Fox Friday.
REAL TRANSLATION
riding on tho shack" means
you're doing all whether
with girl or the Golden Goose
the Norden bombSlght. ''Hav-
ING a dry run" means getting no.
where. either with a girl or hit
ting a target. "A run" means
the straight flight used for bomb
dropping a shack" is a bulls
eye But a shack rat is Superla-
tive for woman-ChaScr and
run" can also mean pitching WOO.
A bubble chaser is milder
term for girl-chascr, but an eager
beaver doesn't mean that AZ all.
II refers 10 an alert, efficient
student cadet.
Dealing with a military secret
is "I'll put you on with the out
side knob" That refers 10 the
final adjustment on the bomb
sight before releasing the bombs.
PHOTO-FINISH
"Lic detector' is the photograph
which shows how your bombs land
in reference 10 the target. Meat
house or sweat box" is the bonn
bardier'S compartment on the
plane. and ring sinner is the
eye circles hombardier gets from
his bombSicht.
TO student. an instructor is a
hen a class is a brood. TO
an instructor a student is a CAD
get"
II you're an II 3. you're good -
that means hot bombardicr."
But If you're "Gig-happy" YOU
have too many dcmoritS and NAV
wash out be eliminated. II
you're 'paunchy' you're a sloppy.
lazy C. adct. The bombardier
doesn't bail out" or hit the silk"
He takes a walk reminds him.
self 10 put on his parachute when
entering the plane with Il don't
want 20 walk without YOU. baby"
A parachute is a Jump sack"
A parachute hike refers 10
training or disciplinary march
wearing y parachute. And the
records wouldn't be complete
without reference 30 air-SickncSS.
which afflictS even tho veterans.
Two Of those are flash your
hash and "ioWce bucket The
latter Is coniainer
En- Garde