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| My Day

NEW YORK, Monday.—The captain of the WAC recruiting group in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., brought some the

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‘America Flies

THE MEN who produced the planes and engines which made it possible for American airmen to dominate the skies over our far-flung battlefronts today accept American air superiority as an established fact. © But they are

troubled about maintaining a strong,

progressive aircraft industry to preserve the peace won by .aire power. ¥ ir An outstanding man in this class is Eugene E. Wilson, vice hairman of United Aircraft. Mr, Wilson says every sigh of the times indicates why we need airpowex for the peace. He says: : “In world war II airpower has been a vital ally of greatly expanded naval forces in meeting these menaces (axis threats) to our seapower. American airpower in operation,

to Scapower

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dianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

cards, suggesting “this is an excellent illustration of

how not to advertise.”

By Maj. Al Williams

forces. commercial air transport, private flying, the aircraft manufacturing industry, strategic air bases,

and an air-minded public.”

Airpower is an integrated machine, the gears of which are research, to know what can be built; production, which provides the know-how and the wherewithal to build; and the provision of trained

man-power to operate what is built,

Must Not Tempt Fate Again

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE should learn one lesson from this war, Without a national air policy we

stumbled through a breath-taking

crisis. We must

never tempt fate like that again. Never again must our aircraft industry be left dependent upon the courage of a few industrial leaders scraping along on

orders from foreign governments planes to keep their technically together and their plants operating.

for engines and trained workmen

For instance, in 1939, with the world on fire, the

— Pratt. & Whitney Aircraft Engine Co. would have

had to dismiss a large portion of its trained engine

builders ‘except for French ‘orders.

The American aircraft industry is the backbone of national security as we cross the threshold of an airpower era. The insurance of our national safety lies in orderly expansion of domestic and international

transportation, and private flying to provide

the

trained airmen—built on the foundation of a strong

aircraft industry.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

the one in France. It was extremely well written, and showed that an infantryman can fight from

hedgerow to hedgerow, and still

see the country

around him and understand the people whom he is

helping to liberate,

The boy's sisters have their husbands in the army, too—one in the air force, and one who for nearly

PATRONS PREFER WOMEN DEAL

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1944 RS: AT LAS VEGAS GAMBLING CASINOS—

Go Glamor Girls Give Lady Luck a Whirl

Proud of its unique “Industry,” the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce furnished pictures of girl dealers at the gambling palaces. Eleanor Dillon, above, deals the Keno game at the Boulder club,

inals have been picked up in gambling halls, evidently because they could not resist the urge to take just one more chance. - - »

WOMEN dealers usually learn the tricks of the trade by associating with someone in the gambling business. Sometimes a father or other relative is the owner of a casino. Again the feminine croupier may be the wife of a male dealer. There are a few ex-habitues of the pleasure palaces, faced with the problem of sustenance, who have taken up the work professionally.

THE LENGTH of time required to learn the art of professional gambling is a controversial subject. v There are those who claim to have learned all of the ins and outs in eight months. Others insist it takes at least {hree years to master the intricacies of the profession. . ” » - THE AVERAGE person, inspired by Hollywe movie versions no doubt, pictures the gambling hall girls as frizzle-haired, painted up jezebels — voluptuous jezebels — dressed in low-cut evening gowns. Actually, these girls are a rather conservative lot.

They wear ordinary street dresses or shirtwaist and slacks while on duty. They are moderate in their use of facial makeup and dress their hair in neat and becoming styles. » ” » THE DEALERS work a sixhour shift. They are given a 15-minute rest period hourly. Thus they are on duty 45 minutes and off 15 minutes. Short hours, to be sure, but the job is no snap. Dealers earn their money. ’ Every casino has its share’ of mashers on the make. But the girls keep their eye on the ball, or the cards, as the case may be, and do not flirt with customers. ”» ” » NO WOMAN dealer sees anything unusual in her choice of a profession. As one girl put it: “It's no different than working in a restaurant, or selling dresses in a department store. It's just a job to us. A casino chick spend her days off in much the same manner as any other working girl. They attend movies, parties, and since their work is rather confining, a great many of them go in for

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» ” ” ALL THIS abracadabra about marked cards,. loaded dice and hidden control buttons is all movie stuff, the girls say. And in their opinion the suckers always gét an even break. People who spend their time and money in the gambling halls usually have pet theories about things that bring them luck. = » ” ONE SURE way of getting the Lady of Fortune on their side is to tip the dealer. These tips, which are called “tokens,” really mount up, and in boom times dealers think nothing of making as high as $30 a day in tokens. : The girls receive a salary of $90 a week, and this, plus their tips, is a lot of potatoes to sack up for a rainy day.

PAGEL

HUMAN INTEREST—

New Group Seeks To Aid Nation's

‘Heavy Drinkers’ NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (U. P)—

ers in the United States, 600,000 alcoholics ' and 45,000,000 persons who {ike a drink occasionally. One out of 20 of the latter group will probably become excessive drinkers, the study showed. ” ” » HAT WOMAN'S ALIBI NEW YORK, Oct, 3 (U. P).— Women do such funny things with hats that you just can't convince a male jury that a lady who walks out of a store with one she has picked up that she is a shoplifter.

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Seven Branches Open Today for

Vote Registration

Branch offices for the registration of voters will be open from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. at the following places today: “ TODAY School 43, 150 W. 40th st. Christian Park Community House Pike township school School 56, 24th and Columbia sts. New Bethel school School 32. 2110 N. Illinois st. School 3, 23 N. Rural st. TOMORROW Pike township school School 56, 24th and Columpbia sts. Fire station, 1445 W. Michigan st. John Strange school School 32, 2110 N. Illinois st. School 3, 23 N. Rural st. Bchool 86, 200 W. 49th st. THURSDAY School 62, 10th and Wallace st. School 86, 200 W. '49th st. School 60, 33d and Pennsylvania

sts. School 3, Delaware apd Walnut sts. The main offices in the court

house will be kept open 24 hours a day, starting today, and continue

around-the-clock registrations until the deadline, Oct. 9.

Up Front With Mauldin

“Are you seeking a company of infantry, mon Capitaine?”

On to Berlin

By UNITED PRESS The nearest distances to Berlin from advanced allied lines today:

WESTERN FRONT—296 miles (From point southeast of Nijmegen. Gain of mile in week).

RUSSIA—315 miles (From Warsaw. Unchanged in week).

ITALY—-546 miles (From Casoni Di Romagna. Gain of four miles in week).

Refuse Gasoline

For Gerald Smith

DETROIT, Oct. 3 (U, P).— Gerald L. K. Smith, leader of the America First party, was denied gasoline for a 15,000-mile campaign tour today by his local rationing board, which said that in its opinion “he is not a qualified candidate for President of the United States.” Local board No. 35 said it was the decision’ of district and regional pffice of price administration officials. The board said Smith was gualified in only two of the 48 states “and in our opinion does not deserve gasoline for the tour.” >

WAR SIDELIGHTS—

Lights in Miami Go on Again for Returning Yanks

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 3 (U.P.)— The streets of Miami were ordered lighted in pre-war splendor today because to returning G. IL Joes, bright lights “mean the exact opposite of a combat area.” The order to turn on the lights again came from Brig. Gen. James H. Walker, commanding officer of the army ground and service forces redistribution station. Walker said that overseas re-

| turnees being processed here prior

to reassignment asked for the bright, colorful lights. » » = G. I. DREAM COMES TRUE PARIS, Oct. 3 (U.P.).—A handsome, blond young lieutenant of the air transport command was getting his breath back today from the G. I. dream-come-true task of escorting Marlene Dietrich on her first evening back in her beloved France. It was a hurried, hectic evening of champagne, excited French movie fans and a breathless whirl through Paris streets until the wee hours before dawn, but Lt. Mark Cornell of Framingham, Mass, didn’t mind at all Marlene’s first act was to dash down the steps of the plane in which she arrived here, kneel and kiss French soil. She then was driven downtown to the Place Vendome where she spied a dozen or so gendarmes bicycling to their posts. She excitedly halted the car and rushed over to them to chat. After a few minutes of allround embraces, Marlene—clad’in a USO slack suit which disappointingly hid her famous legs— went on to her hotel, where she impatiently parked her bags and then whisked Cornell into the car and headed for the night spots. » s »

GERMANS’ SECRET WEAPON

LONDON, Oct. 4 (U. P)—A Nazi “secret weapon” was used by a group of Germans of the 4th regiment of the 32d infantry divi sion in ending the war for themselves, Radio Moscow reported today. ’ The broadcast quoted the Germans as saying that after Gen. Wegener outlined the seriousness of the German position in the Baltic states, Obergefreiter Hellmuth told them: ua “We have a secret weapon whereby we can avoid destruction. Get hold of a perfectly ordinary stick and a white handkerchief. This is the weapon which will save your lives.” After that, the group surren-

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Tomorrow's Business Poll Reveals Wane Of Toryism

By LEE G. MILLER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The

decling, if not quite the extine-

tion, of the old-fashioned brand of toryism in this country Is un< derlined by a poll taken by the Chamber of Commerce of the

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social security. While it might be contended that some of the questions were loaded .in = such a way as Mr. Miller to solicit affirmative answers, nevertheless the sweeping majorities supporting the 21 submitted propositions are certainly significant, The Chamber's proposition No. 1 was: “However desirable and necessary a social security program may be, it is no substitute for productive employment and, therefore, every effort should be

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groups of encourage high levels of production and steady employment.” ® x =» ON THAT one, 2096 voted yes, and 72 no. What caused those 73 to recoil, we are at a loss to guess, Proposition’ No. 2 was more forthright. “Protection should be provided against the periods of job and income losses that are a natural consequence of the work-

ings of a free and changing society.”

Result: For, 1896; against, 576. so it is apparent that a substantial minority in American business is still cold to the idea of unemployment insurance insurance—but it is very definitely a minority,

The poll establishes, in general, the recognition by the great bulk of American bufifiess that social security is here to stay, and that in certain fields if should be expanded—for instance, that oldage insurance should be extended to farm workers, governmental employees, employees of nonprofit organizations, and “other employees not now covered.” z= 5 = i ALSO, THE members made it - plain that they favored adminis. tration of social security by the state and local governments wherever possible.

Businessmen have had a bellyful of administration from Washington, with its attendant ques tionnaires and forms in quintuplicate.

By and large, the Chamber poll is a considerable answer to those who continue to think that business in this country is the moss-backed, shortsighted organism that it was, to large degree, during the phony prosperity that preced ed the cold shower of the 's.

We, the Wome Real Goodness Is Personal,

Not Public

By RUTH MILLETT A GROUP of women have started an organization 7 for junior high school girls whose main aim is to keep them from drinking and smoking. Nobody in his right mind thinks it is a good idea for kids of that age to smoke or drink. But isnt it silly to organize girls on the “basis of “We do not do this”? To begin with, you are fostering a “holier than thou” attitude in the young. a » » » AND YOU'RE giving them the idea that the two great evils of the world, ar smoking and drinking—and without those habits a girl is all she ought to be,

Certainly. teen-age girls should be given—at home and at school —a set of standards that are suitable for their ages. But they should be encouraged to have their own set of standards and to stick to them for their own good, instead of being organized as a group of “we don'ts.” »

Ruth Millett

ss . THE GROUP of women Spon soring this new organization of