The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-21
SWINGING WITH
NITELIFERS
By LARRY cHIsM

once TO entertain herself with the
friendship of other men,"
Miss Norris goes on to mention
that often . GI receives . letter
from his beloved at home saying
that she wants to be free TO mar
ry Jodie. Says Miss Norris:
Thousands Of wives are pilinE
up eternal regret and shame for
themselves"
The writer offers a ray OF hope
for others by saying: For thous-
ands Of others, perhaps, il isn't too
late to stop short, TO take the
course Of courage and honor and
fidelity and plain old-fashioneo
goodness as wives"
Henry tSkaggs) Overton is now
off his deuce Of crutches and limps
with a cane since a mishap with
an auto several days ago. Folks
are asking the whereabouts OF Bill
Boyce, who claimed to being the
towns fastest bartender. My
good friend Burlee Grady doesn't
get around much anymore, but
when he does. q. II it's air condi-
tioning you want, Charles Reeves
is Boosting that he does the best
installing job. quick as a wink.
Another friend making postwar
plans is Ward Lamb who waits for
the return Of autos on the street
so he can service them at his sta
ton. Shorty Bronson, manager
Of Turf Bar, looks like a business
executive as he puffs on his daily
stogie. Johnny Hill of the Turf
spot has a way with customers and
is the Valleys greatest kidder.
Sportree Jackson's Tropical Bar
is among the few tavernS Boosting
of a goodly variety of your IA
vorite liquors. Gals are complain
ing out loud against the curfew
prohibiting their sitting uneScorted
at the bars after 8 pm. They say
they aren't getting break, cause
they have too much competition
getting a notice from the wolves
as they line the bar spot. Before
the curfew the kittens could nudge
a Cat sitting at the bar next TO
her and get rave notice from him
But now, it's hard getting his eye
for a come-on from clear across the
room. Maybe the wolves should
put up a complaint. Or maybe
they're happy to have the bar to
themselves. for onceD
Two charming SBTs (sweet
brown talent we. met last week
were Mary E. Clark visiting here
from Chicago and the delovely Lii
liam Turner, whose smile Is VIM
some.
Folks are asking Goldie Lloyd
the significance Of that lapel pin
he's sporting. Ask Cat "in-the-
know" why some Of them wear
green glasses. The answer is a
honey.
CLUB PARAGON is all set to Of
fer Earl "Fatha' Hines for your
dancing pleasure at Forest Club,
come Sunday, July q. Should be
a gala mite for taking your main
hearthrob for fling atop the
hardwood to the tunes OF one OF
the nations best music note read
ers and his band.
DR.. and Mrs. f. o. Walker enter
tanned out-of-toWn guests at din
ner last week Here from Gary
Ind, were Mesdanes Irma Harda-
way, Ida Lux and Sarah Pelham
Kin who have war wives in
their families are worried these
days cause so many of the be-
loved of servicemen are letting
the funds they get from their
fighting men slip through their
fingers.
IT'S said one. desperate young
war wife sobbing on the street last
week cause she had just left from
an upstairs paste board dealing
session where she had dropped a
cool 200 simoleons of her, hubby S
! allotment to card sharperS. f..
| Whereas wine, women and song
used TO be the reasons for huS-
bands losing the affection OF his
wife, It's now said that wine, mite
life and cards are new reasons war
wives will face a serviceman' S
wrath when the homecoming day
arrives.
The fact that tan GIs are marry
ing women in foreign areas and
the relaxation of the ban OF talk
ing and walking with German gals
across the seas will have its effect
on the return of our serviCemen
here.
RETURNING GIs are all agog
over the way they were received