Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-16


Gentle Just sent me n squib
about a scientist al Murray Hill,
n. j., DIR. David Il. Parkinson
who works at the Bell Tele-
phone laboratories.
Back I'm 1910, he had "A dream
dreamed he was In the crew
of an anti-aircraft gun, and ne
was bringing down a plane with
every shot.
When he awakened. he had a
recollection OF having had some
sort of an electrical device on
the gun that made It's aim per-
feet He set 10 work trying 10
build the gadget he had dreamed
about
To-day. the dream has become
real. the Ms, an electrical gun
director,
7 might be inclined TO laugh
the story off except that Some
thing similar happened 10 me
just once, quite some years ago.
was one OF those unfortunates
who was afraid OF water. The
family attributed il 10 a tumble
i took in a bathtub when / was
about 2 years old. / fell on my
face and was terrified
Frankly, / don't remember a
thing about H. But maybe,
somewhere down in my subcon-
SciousneSs. ! developed a terror
Of water and il stuck.
At the age Of about 10 or II.
I still couldn't swim. was
just too much afraid Of getting
my face under water.
\ friend Of the family
tempted me with IS gold
piece a. reward, 40 tried
my best 90 learn To swim. I
tried every method that any
bne suggested. But nothing
worked. Then, one night, 1 had
dream. had Just seen
Robin Hood when Knight
hood Was In Flower" or some
film on that order,
Anyway. had dream. I
was Robin Hood. or a knight,
or somebody, and was escap-
ing from the enemy nv swim
ming across a moat. II seemed
very easy. In the dream. and
the dream was 80 real that I
felt sure that swimming, IN I
ever Iearn@d To do il. would be
exactly the way IL was In the
dream.
II was. 4 couple Of weeks
passed before We went out 10
lake for the summer. In two
days. was swimming
So you can't persuade me
that dreams don't sometimes
have genuine value or as the
Bible puts IT, As man
thinketh 50 is he There's a
lot in that
RANDOM NOTE& our first
Christmas card comes from
Little Jackie Heller who is
somewhere in the Pacific. enter
tainlng at army camps II any
of his fans want 20 write 10 him.
his address is USO, Overseas
Unit No. 81. CO Special Serv-
ices Officer. APO SOP, San
Francisco
Entertainers don't get much
besides the satisfaction of n job
worth doing. hut that II worth
a lot 10 the right kind Of people.
To them, its worth everything.
Sometimes. though. they get
something else. Sam Dibert
and Alyene Mason were telling
about going 10 the Briggs train
ing school 10 entertain the
soldiers and sailors there. (Abe
Schiller, now a sergeant. ar
ranged it, The entertainers
had supper and. afterward, all
they could talk about was the
butter. There was whole
plateful on the table They
even ate il on French fried
potatoes.
a reader in Wayne who is
collector for the War Chest
wonders why people don't give
10 tho Chest "as thanks
Offering - thankful that WE
won't have 10 benefit by the
gifts" She went TO 90 houses
in her ncighborhood and got
only S2l which included her
own s.. 1t isn't the amount
that hurts; it's the fact that
only about - out of so people
contributed at all
We're soft pedaling our Sun
shine Fund to keep out OF the
way of the War Chest, Santa
for Servlcemen, and sue h
worthy ventures, hut still get
contributions. {. Belan of 6275
Mitchell, brought In a dozen or
more books (new ones, not attic
fugitives). The JAW just sent
another 500 check and the
Neugarten Medical Aid bought
two Singer surgical stitchers
1855 each) for Romulus Air
Base. a bit Of equipment that
army surgeons seem TO appreci-
ate tremendously.
y The Neugarten group, like
many others, does much good
hut does II quietly. It's hold