Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12

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MN III hIhiN" from the side
walk, hut almost that. There IL
fire hydrant on the corner
In front Of the fruit stand, and
n pinch Of earth In crack
around H.. There the corn grows,
and II is standing there now,
II you care 10 go see II.
The fruit stand man planted
il. He is kiSag Manzigian, and
had his picture IN the paper in
1871 when he first planted his
fire-plug garden That year,
he coaxed an ear Of corn -
small one, but an ear from
one stalk He wouldn't eat IT.
but saved II for year or so.
Last wear. he planted corn.
tomatoes and beans. all In the
crack I'm the sidewalk around
the hydrant. One night. some
time between ! a. IN. when he
went home and 10 a. m. when
he opened his store again, some
body tore them all up by the
roots. II broke Mr.. ManZigian's
heart.
But. this year, he planted his
corn again. as hopefully as ever.
Last week. some Skylarking
boys Of about IS tore up one
~ The. stalks but Mr. Manzigian
saved H.. He planted IL again,
AZ once and waters II every
day It's doing very well irg
spite Of us rough handling, but
il is doubtful whether IL Will
ever have an ear Of corn.
There Is nothing mysterious
about why Mr.. Manzigian raises
his little garden.
81 was a farmer In the old
country" he says, with n touch
Of pride that Is quite under
u
He II an Armenian who lived
under Turkish domination. OF
the eight in his family. seven
were killed by the Turks and
he IL the only one left.
I'm Turkey. they BILLED his
family. In America, they tear
up his cornstalks. Mr.. Man
Zigian seems baffIed. hut keeps
on planting his sidewalk garden.
Down the street the Inter
national Association Of Chiefs
Of Police was meeting At the
Statler a tough hard group Of
men. For the most part. they
seem 10 be a taciturn lot.
don't think that is imagination.
Anyway, why shouldn't man
hunters be taciturn? What
would YOU want them 10 be-a
jolly crew OF Joke crackers?
Inspector Joe McNally has
one Of those grins that makes
YOU feel good. J. Edgar Hoover.
whom ! saw passing through
the lobby, has "A twinkle that
lights up his face.
John Bugas. head Of the De-
troit FBI office, smiles more
slowly and cautiously. II seems
Ia me. Having rs heavy a re-
sponsibility n he does. and at
his age, might have something
10 do with IL. He Is, after all,
only In his middle thirties which
Is young for such job.
On the sidewalk I ran smack
into Sherman MortenSon. the
Ann Arbor chief, n big solid
man you don't easily forget.
/ suppose I've known him for
IS years and sec him only about
once in five.
Nobody knew quite how OK
strong he was until big L. 6.
mail truck ran over him. II
surely would have killed most
men. But. after the hospital
had patched up his ribs and
variety Of almost fatal wounds
inside, he was back at work.
as strong as ever.
Dick Jones SAYS he knew
hoy In Bay City who was run
over nv the wheel Of an ice
wagon. The iron tire went over
his face and, while the boys
features were battered. u didn't
seem 10 bother him particularly.
For such a delicate mocha
nism. the human body seems
In he a pretty rugged thing.
II can be beaten, broken and
abused. and recover. and then
again one can die from a trivial
scratch of pin.
Or take the baby toad that
Kitten found on our vacation.
She took il 10 her heart AT once.
because il was living creature.
BY afternoon, il was dead Of
TOO much fondling in the loving
hands Of A four-year-old How
Kitten wept when she realized
that she had petted il 10 death.
Because, oh, she loved her little
toad.