Show Observations By Jack Buckle Because of a n small story I ran last week concerning a mythical happening I have received much verbal fan mail to the effect that fairy tails should be left to Grimm or Anderson if I want to be around to read them so being a firm be believer be- be liever in the army adage that there has to be a few cowards yards to pick pickup pickup up UJ the dead heroes today's observations observations ob oh- will sill concern only the mysterious ways wars of nations I know that most of you used the summer papers to follow Orphan Annie and her adventures with tru truck k drivers driver's local No 85 only so if you'll bear with me a short summary of summers summer's more important happenings happenings happenings happen happen- ings will follow First as na always P Pre President r e s sid i d e n t Franklin Roosevelt turned transient transient transient tran tran- this summer and toured the country leaving in his wake the thesa sa saying ing that the real forgotten man was the senator who didn't get either a blessing or a bawling out from the President But Dut his at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted purge gained him nothing but a trip and a vacation from his fishing boat a fact we may be thankful for Another important occurrence was the stop non-stop New York to California via Ireland flight of Doug Corrigan Using a plane too old for the Smithsonian he left one morning to brave the hills and deserts in order to be in Gods God's country by sundown but he missed the Pike by miles and found out that the rolling waves of sand were just rolling waves period He gave the Irish something to celebrate celebrate celebrate cele cele- brate besides St. St Patricks Patrick's day though so he lie didn't fly l in vain A over hold attraction which is still running strong is the Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish civil war It seems that Spain has more key cities than either Franco or New Haven have keys and it will all probably end with witha a Sunday double header and a n trip to the showers for the home club while the visiting team cleans up These civil wars are about as hard to finish as a nickel hamburger and they do about as much good and- and someday when people begin to rationalize they'll be as scarce I as a fan dancer at an A. A S. S U. U U. U assembly but not half as much fun hoping for But perhaps the event which was felt hardest here in the United States was the conflict in China As punishment for the Japanese American girls swore off silk hosiery and began running around in cotton coverlets but girls youre you're carrying patriotism too far and hurting American manhood far I more than the Japanese If you must wear cotton keep it out of sight and stop picketing the silk silk- worm Remember only about one person out of every million in Japan is concerned about whether you even wear socks but over oyer here nine out of ten people notice your personal appearance so please dont don't disappoint your our public I |