Detroit evening times., December 19, 1941, NIGHT EDITION, Page PAGE 17, Image 17

About Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958

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Friday, December i 9, 1941
People You Know
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Voice of Safety Guides Yule Shoppers
•Boys,” say's the stem voice
from the loud speaker, “Don't
run across Woodward avenue.
Don’t you know that's wrong?"
A moment of silence and the
voice pleasantly inquires:
“Don’t YOU want to help re
duce accidents? Watch while
you walk."
Then as if losing patience with
jaywalkers, the* voice commands;
“Watch that red light! 4ilrls,
girls. I’lease, I’I.KASK wait for
the green signal before you cross
Cirand River.”
Investigating, we found the
voire to he that of Patrolman
Fred Wiight of the safety bureau
broadcasting from a third floor
window of Hudson* store.
"You got to shame 'em a little
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FRANK I.IN S during Their daring
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for ; new < istomers. A «rnhrt
rew ?.* !<.*> dn - - and a pan of |3
*hoe* ah-o|i.'. 1> FREE. ye*, we
mean it. both dr**.-s and shoe*
FREE with your purchase of a
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model I.uxun Eur <’oat, Priced at
or.l\ JO* Th< \ f better, finer
Fur* br ■. iti'uli) lir.ed and tailored
The> 're i •-•» 1 luvir coat*. Ktyled to
the minute All you ne.<i to pay
1« Tu«t J 1 "o down. Take your fur
coat home w:th you. no red tape,
no delay. Hurry and get your
FRKK dtand shoe* <lunr,g fh;*
drive, a? FRANKLIN'S DEPART
MENT STORK Sl*» Michigan Ave
Shop any evening ell If orlork.
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By .FAMES SHERIDAN
at times," say* Wright, who's
an old hand in traffic safety
work. “We never embarrass In
dividuals though. See those
three women.”
Wright |»ointcd to three women
who dm ted from the corner and
were nearly struck by a turning
Hamilton stroot car.
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Miss |f| | ION
them. But the rest of the crowd
didn’t and they weren't publicly
embarrassed.
Wright is one of nine safety
bureau officers who dailv during
the hoi ldays
broadcast
safety sugges
tin n s from
Woodward and
State, Wood*
w a r d and
Gran d River
and Farmer
and Gratiot.
All of the
men work un
der the direr
tion of Sgt.
Clydo Raines,
a 22 year vet
eran with the
police depart
ment, and ope
of the outstanding traff “ exjterts
of the nation.
“When we flr*t started this
holiday broadcasting." says
Raines, “We had the officers
give a T « anned‘ satrtr talk. We*
found it didn’t work out. Now
each officer Is on his own.
Their all college trained and
know how to broadcast in the
most effective manner.”
Each officer is on the mike for
f> minute* and is then relieved
for minutes by his partners
Wright’s associates are Patrolmen
Jam.' s J)unn and Russel Huber.
At Woxlward and State. Pa
trolmen Raymear Staats. Guy
Mulhoiland and Herbert German
alternate white at Farmei and
Gratiot Patrolmen Alex Singer
Charles Duff and Har*v Copeland
hrodcast.
All have substantially the same
technique as Wright. Courteous
pleading for traffic co-op* ration
with occasional stern commands
to “Watch While You Walk to
*he most flagrant violators.
Betty Hulton ’he Detroit jirier
hug who starred in Broadway
shows, has been given a contract
a* a regular on the Boh Ilojje pro
cram .11 () Fritz Crisler
i*li. >l.» vi>
prepared by army cooks for the
Christmas dinners in .the camps
Dr. John H Slevin recalling
Christmas in 1917 and 191 K when
hr vi as a captain in thr medical
corps His sen. Dr John G Slevin
is now on active duty as a medical
corps major in Detroit. Doctor Scl
vin recently donated a player piano
to bo user! m the I'SO headquar
ters in the Hammond Building
The t'S< » would welcome gifts of
players rolls for the piano.
Wayne Plans Courses
In Civilian Defense
i Tlie College of Kducation of
Wayne University is preparing to
outline training classes for civilian
defense volunteer projects, it was
announced today by Dean Waldo
K. I/Cssenger.
Red Cross*!raining courses and
Girl .Scout. Boy Scout. Camp Fire
leaders and Home Nursing courses
jalready have been approved. The
tbe department course of auxiliary
'firemen is now in process of prepa
ration.
Ask Morals Law
For Service Men
The Detroit Federation of
Women’s Clubs today concerned
itself wiih the morale of the na
tion’s soldiers, sailors and marines,
calling upon Senators Arthur Yan
denberg and Prentiss Brown to aid
in the passage of a law.
The law would prohibit “the sale
of alcoholic liquors on military or
naval reservations or within a
reasonable distance thereof, also
prohibiting the presence of prosti
tutes and the keeping of bawdy
houses within reasonable distance
of the same."
For the "Inside News" of
Washington. Follow Paul Mal
lnn’s Column in the Times.
"Girls,
g I rls .* 1 he
boomed," Do
you want to
be kiII ed ?
P I- E A S E.
"LE A S E
Watch W Idle
Aon walk."
“ 1’ o u see,”
says Wright,
turning off
the mike,
“they knew
they did
s o m e t hing
w rung and
that 1 was
talking to
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JfiP
'IK Ml
LAKD
of the l*. of M.
will play an im
portant part in
the physical fit
ness program
of the civilian
defense admin
istration.
11 ar r y R .
ffow.se i< the
pew president
of the Sanilac
County Asso
ciation of De
troit ... A mil
lion and one
half f*ounds of
turkey will be
mm Suffns ffluAf/ttai
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DETROIT EVENING TIMES (PHOSE CHEEKY *800)
76, Still Would Enlist
Veteran of Three Wars and Now Citizen, Tries
to Join Navy; 26 Years Over Age Limit
Although he is 76, whjtebaired
Richard Murray, a veteran of
three wars, wants to get into an
other.
Murray limited into the navy
recruiting office and asked:
"\\ here do I join up?”
Born in England. Murray saw
seven yeai- in Egyptian cam
paigns, three years of service w ith
British forces fighting ihe Boers
in South Africa and four years
with the Canadians overseas in
the World War. in which he was
gassed and suffered a shrapnel
wound in his Mrjr. The wound
causes him to limp.
Si nee t hen he moved to Detroit
and became a natural,/rd rm7f>n
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Pigskin-grained fac
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Other Llectrtc
Clock* — Mantel,
Wall, Deek and
Other Type*
in 19J5. He worked for H \o.ars
in nn automobile plant before he
retired. He now lives at 8070
Chamberlain avenue.
Asked why he wanted to join
the navy, he said that he “just
wanted to do something" and hap
pened to find the navy recruiting
office first.
“I have no particular dislike
for the Japs, hilt Since they
started to fight us, I want to do
c\er> thing I can. The Germans
are the real cause of this war.
I would sooner die fighting them
than anything else,” he said.
Murray appeared surprised and
disappointed when the recruiting
officer told he was L’O years over
the age limit.
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Downtown
Washington 81.
Car. Michigan
RA. 7615
Plan Opening
Of USO Center
The Ended Service Grgabiza
tions’ Downtown Center in the
Hammond Building it }•’, t and
Griswold streets whirr .service
men will find recr - ational activi
ties, writing rooms.- information
and other facilities, is to be for
mally opened tomorrow
A program will be h< i i from
3:30 to 5 p. m.. Saturday, with
Rev. Kr. Jamc l J. O'Mafa. secre
tary for charities t<» Archbishop
Edward Mooney and chairman of
the I SO planning committee, as
principal speaker.
State city and county officials
as well as army and n.ivv offi
cers are to par*i<
mal opening.
East Side
E. Jofforson
Cor. Maniatique
LE. 4400
North F.nd
John R,
Cor. Nevidi Ave.
TO. 9-4400
2.10 A£l«?r 2 Million
Industrial Leaders Open Drive to Raise City s
Quota tor Red Cross; Women Take Active Part
Two hundred .and fifty business
and industrial leaders in Detroit
wore to meet today in Book Cadil
lac Hotel to put [heir shoulders to'
the whycl in the Red Cross drive
to raise 8’J,000,000 in Detroit.
The industrial and commercial
committee which -organized the
luncheon meeting is headed by Er
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including C. \V. Avery. Standish
Backus, Walter O. Briggs, Sr.
George R. Eink. Kdsel Ford. K. T.
Keller. A. C Marshall, Walter
M< Lucas, Oscar Webber, G. M.
Welch. C. F. Wilson. Roy R Wil
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paign plans for her women’s spe
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Northeast
Gratiot
At 7-Mile Road
AR. 4000
Northwest
Grand Rivor
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TY. 4-4400
rial gifts committee. Four hundred
volunteer workers will attend the
session in the downtown YMC\\.
The Junior Red Cross campaign,
»rront; 351.006 students in the 602
public', private and parochial
rhnnls of the county, will begin
after Christmas vacation, it was
announced by Campaign Chair
man Kmmot F. Connely.
I’roof or tne work done by the
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was contained in an announcement
Torn New York that V)0 000 each
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