Show II Henry McLemore I NEW YORK YORK- YORK One One ne of the most Intriguing bits of news to come com out of the war so far was conI contained con con- I in the dispatch from Tokyo that told of Emperor Hirohito taking a r- r 1 morning off to officially notify j 4 if the bones of his ancestors that s if his Ws country was at war with the r 1 United States The dispatch was much too 11 scanty to satisfy my curiosity L It simply said Hirohito put on a ar r picturesque ritual costume and 1 f did id not give any of the details of his procedure r Just what did he do Just how did he go about getting In touch with his own particular 3 group of kimono wearers who I got a on him to you know where Perhaps he used just a af f simple approach You know know- McLemore Hello Mom Hello Pop Popl Its It's gonna be a good Might fight F On the other hand there is the chance Hirohito Hirohito Hiro- Hiro hito taking his cue from the Japanese bombers who sneaked up on Honolulu let his ancestors In Inon inon inon on the declaration of war in this fashion After everyone in the palace was asleep he pulled on a pair of soft slippers paddled noiselessly noiselessly noise- noise lessly down to the imperial arsenal and got himself himself himself him- him self a handful of bombs Then still stUl in utter t quiet he sneaked out to the cemetery and without without with- with out lout warning started tossing the bombs on the resting places of his departed ones Surprise Surprise Surprise Hirohito j probably cried as the bombs exploded Guess what's going on most revered and honorable an an- This is the new style warfare and Im I'm tel in telling you about it just as we told the AmerI Americans Americans Amer- Amer I leans There is the possibility Hirohito employed the radio to contact the treasured bones of his fore fore- fathers If he did I cant can't help wonder but if the program went something like this Announcer When you hear the silkworms chew v. it will be exactly 11 p. p p m. m Fujiyama standard standard standard stand stand- ard time In a few seconds we will take you to the imperial palace where Emperor Hirohito will wUl make an important announcement to his ances ances- ances tors Emperor ancestors Greetings to you all Hello Honorable Uncle Hello Aunt Yasuda Greetings Cousin Okura And my best to you Grandpa Mitsubishi Get ready to roll your bones As you know when I came to power I named my reign That means radiant peace Well that is shot shot to to hell honorable bones But shot Announcer You have Just heard the emperor in a talk to his ancestors We want to thank the thank the sponsors of the Roll Your Own Rickshaw program program program pro pro- gram usually heard at this time for permission to cancel the music of Sammy band bandin in order tha that t the emperor could speak Now to switch from Tokyo to New York An interesting problem has arisen here since war was declares declared and the air raid sirens have sounded in this town to It concerns the right of pickets to seek shelter in the establishment they are picketing when an alarm is sounded A few days ago a group of pickets dropped their signs urging the boycott of certain merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants when the alarm went off oct and tried to get into the unfair unfair merchants merchant's place of business A policeman barred their way My guess is that the problem will wall be solved by a change in the wording of pickets' pickets s signs gns Instead Instead Instead In In- stead of simply reading So and Brothers is unfair to organized chicken neck wringers please do not patronize them the signs will be rewritten rewritten rewritten ten to include some such qualifying phrase as this So and Brothers is unfair to organized chicken neck wringers but only during that time when the air raid siren is not sounding When the clear all-clear is given well we'll be back out to hurt their business |