Detroit evening times., 1943-09-16

PICKERISO that she had
arrived.
Mrs Beierwaltes says
'I guess that will hold YOU
city sllckers from kidding any
northern natives"
II il isn't too late. we'd just
as soon bark back 10 the Holly
wood Caravan and one OF lis
participants IN the war bond
tour, a certain Mr.. ISh kabibble
whom you undoubtedly recog-
nize as the honk-voiced poem
reciter for Kay Kyser.
lsh is not the dope nc seems
10 be. He's been with KySer for
Il years and for good part
Of HAT timc. has been a very
large part Of the brains Of the
organization nor am ] dis
counting kyser's own ability
either.
ISh was originally Just q
trumpet player but when
kyseT'S business manager left,
ISh took over the Job. Then IN
iSt1 words
II wanted 10 sing and had
nothing much to do loNcept
play trumpet and handle the
multitude OF business affairs
40 studied voice for siN
months.
II learned song which Was
perfectly serious. but when
sang IL everybody laughed. I
WAS 80 scared l was frozen. or
course. I could smile now " !
wanted 10 because I'm not that
scared, but I hope l never get
otter stage fright.
From what I hear. the best
OF them still have stage fright,
even after they're at the top
Like Ginny Sims. She still has
mike fright 80 bad that she
quits after every show and she's
wringinK wet. But shes back
there the next week again.
Ish's name Of course. is not
ISh It's MerWins sBogue. but he
sang song called "Ish IA
hlbhlc' for five years and the
name stuck 10 him Hc was
registered as lsh kahibhlc a.
the Statlcr and J noticed that
ms baggage was labeled
"Mr. ISh KAbibble. Hollywood
Bond Caravan"
RANDOM NOTES judge
John p Scallen wears a lapel
button with three stars three
sons IN service. two OF them
fighting overseas.
Gimme Powell. singing with
Boyd Racburn'S band. coming
10 Eastwood, is turning down
screen offers. Wants more eN-
perience first and anyway Rae
burn'S orchestra is 10 make a
picture IN tho fall
We have just received
mimeographed digest that Penn
sylVanla-C { Central Airlines hands
10 its passengers, a dressed-up
hit of reading matter that
starts ont with quips and odd
bits Of informatiOn-such a.
suggestion that Hermann Goer-
ing's famous uniforms might
properly he called "loOt-Suits.
But the real purpose seems
10 he getting across the idea
that, after the war, PEA is
planning 10 plug after short
haul transportation "stemming
from Chicago. Cleveland and
Detroit eastward: from Pitts
burgh as hub. from Washing
ton as the handle OF n fan, from
New York and Boston west
ward, and from Chicago. Cleve-
land. Detroit, Buffalo and Nor
folk southwark TO Miami"
They plan to give service.
they say. tS hundreds Of small
cities scattered between those
main points. Should he inter
esting here TO note that Detroit
u intended as such an impOr-
that terminal point.
Cne mans 30-word dcScrip-
ton OF Africa
". Gotten used 10 the
CamelS, mules. Arab women with
Passion Play costumes and
much veil, French lingo, army
60 rations, last Mays maya
zines and papers, no ice cream
or cOkes."
That's from a V-mail letter
20 Frank WurtSmith from Paul
Lilly. who founded the Catholic
Theater in Detroit and is now
en- assistant recreational direc-
tor with the Red Cross in
Africa.
On his voyage across he found
80 soldiers who could sing or
dance and had four entertain
ment groups before reaching
Europe.