Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1945 — Page 9
10.—The use of an arrow poison,
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nerican ‘Medical
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TWO DOCTORS, who have been so busy in the three, from junior high schools and two were elementary school principals, Right now the staff is
a
army that they haven't had time to write, got a little news of each other the other day. They had been friends at Indiana university medical school herg
several years ago. the Stout field hospital, was taking care of some alr-evacuated patients, one of whom was to be flown to Beaumont general hospital at El Paso, Tex. Knowing that his medical school friends, Capt. Richard Stauffer of Ft. Wayne, was stationed at Beaumont, Capt. Hull wrote, “Hi, Dick. =Jack” on patient's cast. He also told him to “ask for the bone doctor from Indiana when you get to Beaumont.” he patient apparently
the neck of the:
Capt. Jack D.” Hull, stationed at
Misa Galvin
did, for the other day Capt. Hull received a postcard from Capt. Stauffer, saying he had seen the message. He was busy- all right—he is acting chief of the orthopedie. section at. Beaumont with' 2200 patients. «+. Mrs. John L. Haines of Carmel has the secret of keeping a night-blooming cerelis in bloom. It takes seven years for the plant to bloom and then each bloom only lasts for a few hours—never to bloom again, Mrs. Haines’ aunt, Mrs. J. C. Hennigar, left her cereus in the care of a neighbor while she went on her vacation. The flower bloomed just two days
before she was expected home.
Knowing how dis-
appointed Mrs. Hennigar would be over not getting
to see it, Mrs. Haines tried experimenting.
She
waxed the bloom in paraffin. It turned out grand, Mrs. Haiges tells us, and now it is the talk of the
neighborhood,
On ‘Postman’s Holiday
WHILE HUNDREDS of Indianapolis’ school teach ers were vacationing or working at other jobs this summer, about 29 of them were helping wounded sol~ diers at Billings hospital get their diplomas dr brush
up on their studies.
And they were mighty proud
of their job, too. Ten of the teachers, headed by Miss Cecelia Galvin, are retired. The other 18 gave two half days a week during their summer vaca-
tion.
Seven of this 19 came from Tech; one, Mrs.
Cleo Frazier, from Manual; two from Washington;
Burma Pi
ERPS SE FR URS eS
TRE BURMA ROAD, IN CHINA =F] 'er up
with gas!”
dream, are pronounced most often today is the Burma road, And the place. is the POL, the fllling station on vines, brooks and rivers.
the longest military pipeline in the world. POL stands for petroleum, oil and lubricants, But other filling stations here are not like the glorified American kind, with neon lights and initialed
overalls, white tile and salesman-
ship. In China you just driveinto = :
.one of a pair of parallel muddy
| ruts, between which runs a pipe
with gas: hoses hung en it. You.
climb out yourself—there are no hovering attendants—and fill er up.
‘The line from Assam in India, paralleling in pa
this and
<n
‘served by somie patroifng Cr. 1. each Say. Lung Yun has decreed death as the penalty for any Chinese yt ‘caught tapping the pipeline and resisting arrest. The gas climbs 13 mountain crests, the highest in
the Burma road, and climbing the Himalayas into China, is only small in diameter, but-it's 825 miles long. It cheats on enough of those dizzy serpentines to be able to make Kunming in about 100 miles less than the Burma road. And it never runs dry. That's because the place where it starts in Assam-—not men-
tionable just yet—is fed by’ pipeline from Calcutta, °
about 750 miles away. Flown Across in C-109’s
PART OF the gas is used in Assam to take. the ceaseless shuttle of C-46's, C-4Ts and C-54's across the hump. Much avi-gas, which was the blood of the 14th air force, is flown aeross in C-109's, a big fourmotored Liberator specially converted for gas-carry-
ing. And every drop of avi-gas used in China today tained the'army. ‘Several camps have {s American-refined from American fields—none from oon elements in the y 2 ps
the Persian gulf.
At a place on the Burma road in China you talk to G.1.’s. Breaks occur along. the line, they say.
B Science
life service at the Patuxent research refuge near here and at the wildlife research laboratory near Denver. First report on the new rodenticide is given by E. R. Kalmbach of the Denver laboratory, in the forthcoming issue of Science magazine, Chemically, the poison is sodium flouroacetate. For convenience, it is known by number 1080 —it was the thousand-and-eightieth in a long series of toxic materials tried out, under a trans-
development,
The new ratbane seems to be the deadliest stuff -ever tried ‘out for.the purpose. In carefully controlled tests, it has been able to kill the common Norway market for general household use, but it more likely rat in concentrations as low as five milligrams per (, pe put in the hands of professional rodent-killers kilogram of body “weight, Mr. Kalmbach states, That who wage campaigns against rats among wharves, means that if a rat weighing half a pound swallows granaries and warehouses, and against too-numerous a pinpoint speck of it weighing less than two ten- prairie dogs and ground squirrels on western range-
thousandths of an ounce, he will die.
other rodents, such as prairie dogs, 1080 is deadly in
even smaller doses.
It’s Easy to Dilute
back down to 12 and there's a great need for help
&
¥ Inside Indianapolis ‘Helping Wounded’
in specialized lines such as shorthand or air con-
ditioning. Since ‘the classes began last April, there
already has been one commencement and another is
scheduled for Sept. 25. .
.» Manual’s Arda Knox tells
us that teaching the boys is one of the greatest pleasures she's ever had. It is the first time Miss Knox has taught since retiring from the Manual staff in 1939. And there's hardly a day that she doesn’t see someone she knows. At the first commencement she ran info Harry King, a Manual graduate whom she had had in her roll room. Harry was pushing one of the soldiers to the platform to get his diploma. She also met Capt. Roy, Hines, who saw European service, and Hdrry Fogel of the medical detachment, both
Manual boys.
Besides learning their algebra and|
higher mathematics from ‘Miss Knox, the boys love to “shoot the breéze” with her as they call it, .. . The teachers go to their classes in a Red Cross motor car which picks them up at their houses. Miss Galvin, 836 N. Rural st, was the first teacher called to help out the soldiers, and Miss Knox and Mrs. Mary Edna Eickenberry were about next in line.
A Double Eviction
IT WAS a double “eviction” for Manager Bill Burwell of the Indianapolis Indians in their recent road trip. Not only were the Redskins ousted from first place in the American association race but Manager
Burwell lost his home as well.
He had sub-leased
Johnny Riddle’s house while the former catcher and
his family were in Cincinnati,
But when school
started, Mrs. Riddle came home. to start the youngsters in school and Burwell was “out.” . , . Another re-
quest for tickets to the 500-mile Speedway race next
Memorial day came into The Times office this week. It was sent from Dayton, O. But Al Rickenbacker out-at Speedway tells us tickets won't actually go on sale until about January. All he can do with early requests is file them and fill the orders after tickets are printed. About 65,000 tickets will be on sale for
the stands alone.
That's not counting the fans who
want to take to the field. The track has been closed for four years and Mr, Rickenbacker says thefe's a lot of fixing up fo do. They're going to make a com~
plete survey of the place in about what has to be done,
ST SNE SB AEN RA Fi GE KS SM Anns
another
a month to see
wa
job was taking the pipeline across hundreds of ra-
Pirated gas is worth $100 for nve gallons, according to George Thuerk, Chicago, who has worked the whole line from Yunnan-Yi to Burma. the temptation that Yunnan’s governor, Lung Yun, in the war days issued an order: “Stealing of gasoline from the pipeline has occurred from time to time and such illegal acts are not only detrimental to armed
resistance but amount to high treason.”
Patrolled Daily by G. 1s
AIMOST EVERY 20-foot length of the pipe is ob- s ® ®
Burma being 4200 feet, in China 8750 feet, wherever power flags, the pumping stations whip it up. pipeline has its own telephone system, separate from the Calcutta Kuhming-Chungking line made. by
American engineers. .
Recently two G.I1.s gave their lives to try to stop Nobody knows exactly what happened when Pvts, Jerry Meaney of New York city and Joseph Graci of Johnstown, Pa., went out as the dial hands fell. But the dial hands did not rise, and the followup party found the bodies of both men in a burned out clearing, dead beside the pipeline they
a leak in the pipe.
The pipeline patrol camps, high in the mountains from the road, are probably the smallest self~
and
only four or five men. highly responsible. Copyright, ng The
by The Indianapolis Times and hicago Daily News, Inc.
By Dr. Frank Thone
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—A new “chemical rat- there will.be no survivors to teach a younger generakiller, just released from under wartime wraps, ap- tion caution. The high solubility of 1080 also makes pears to be just about as deadly to rodent pests as it possible to offer it to rats in simple water baits; a D. D. T. is to flies and mosquitoes. It was developed third of an ounce in a gallon of water has proven py chemists and biologists of the U, 8. fish and wild-
quite effective in field tests. ’ 1f it has any taste to rats, it must be because they have a more acute sense of taste than human beings. A bit of the pure chemical, well below the toxic level for human beings, was tried out by Dr. Ray Treichler of the fish and wildlife service, now on duty with the war department, and he stated that he could not taste
anything at all.
The deadliness of 1080, however, should not be played down, all workers with the stuff agree. One rat died in exactly 20 minutes after drinking ,water containing it, and at the end of two hours about a score of dead rats were picked up in the vicinity. It
is no respecter of animals, and will kill pet dogs
and cats, and possibly game and livestock, if they fer of funds from the office of scientific research and inadvertently get hold of it.
Unlikely for General Use
FOR THIS reason, it is unlikely to be put on the
To certain lands.
The high dilution in which 1080 can be used is one thing that will make it less dangerous, Dr, Treichler
ONE ADVANTAGE of 1080 is its easy solubility in lethal dose. water. This makes it possible to dilute it down to creted; its effects are not cumulative like those of manageable doses, and probably also to add disguising many other poisons. Moreover, it is not absorbed scents or tastes in case rats become too wary. How- through the skin like one of the rodenticides in genever, the latter precaution should not be necessary: eral professional use; this is a very great practical If a rat-infested area is propertly baited with 1080 advantage in field handling.
My Day
HYDE PARK, Sunday—~In the last few weeks I
have been much in and out of New York City, found myself rather frequently on the subways.
It
has warmed my heart to discover how many people
often murmuring: “We loved your husband.” 1 always like that because, like the elephant’s child in Kipling’s story, 1 have an insatiable curiosity about people in general. The glimpses one gets into people's
lives from casual conversations .
are often very valuable in helping one to, understand the general
4deas and feelings of the country
as a whole. One very nice letter came to me the other day from a gentle-
-
“who thought he had sat opposite me
way train, but evidently was not quite sure. So he
He is himself a Republican and says
this ‘sentence: “Since my
on a sub-,
By Eleanor Roosevelt
Taxi drivers very often tell me of their experiences and I With “Roosevelt haters,” but it never seems to have
changed their own feelings in any way and they are, many of them, “pro-Roosevelt.”
Over the Labor Day week-end, the library at would stop and speak to me as they left the train, Hyde Park was visited by thousands of people and since the grave and the house are not yet open to the public, I could see little groups of people standing by the fence just looking at the hedge which surrounds the rose garden where my husband is buried. In driving back from the Post road through the cottage, one of those days, 1 picked up e and little girls. They had come by taxi and had been told that a them back to Poughkeepsie if they
“We usually find leaks soon because one Way of they usually catch fire,” The highway on which these words, a motorist's Wroblewski of Chicago.
said Charles The hardest construction
So great is
The
Their work, though dull, is
The Indianapoh
3 Times
‘SECOND SECTION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1945
1. Before August 5, 1945, most people who had heard about the great energy stored in atoms thought the idea the merest theory. But on that date, the vast power of the ‘atom was demonstrated. An atomic bomb, the explosive content of which weighed only a few pounds, was. dropped on the Japanese base city of Hiroshima, from an American plane. ” "
tt - >
signed B-29" Superforts. Two But our lead plane is on
substance an explosive energy equivalent to 20,000—and under favorable conditions 40,000—tons of TNT.
We have several chosen targets. One of these is the great industrial and shipping center of Nagasaki, on the western shore of Kyushu, one of the main islands of the Japanese homeland. - : ? .
1 WATCHED the assombiscef-this man-made meteor during the past two days. | It is a thing of beauty to behold, this “gadget.” In its design went millions of man-hours of what is without doubt the most concentrated intellectual effort in history. Never before had so much brainpower been focused on a single problem. This atomic bomb is different from the bomb used three days ago with such devastating results on Hiroshima. n » » I SAW the atomic substance before it was placed inside the bomb. By itself it is not at all dangerous to handle. . It is only under certain conditions, produced in the bomb assembly, that it can be made to yield up its energy. Even then it gives up only a small fraction of its total contents, a fraction, however, large enough to produce the greatest explosion on earth. 1 In command of our mission is Maj. Charles W. Seeney, 25, of North Quincy, Mass. His flagship, carrying the atomic bomb), is named “The Great Artiste,” but the name does not appear on the body of the great silver ship. Instead it carries the number
is “Red” Grange's winning number on the gridiron. » ”n » SEENEY’S co-pilot is 1st Lt. Charles D. Albury, 24, of Miami. The bombardier upon whose shoulders rests the responsibility of depositing the atomic bomb square on its target is Capt, Kérmit K. Beahan, Houston, Tex., who is celebrating his 27th birthday today. Beahan has been awarded the distinguished flying cross, the air medal, and one silver oak leaf cluster, the purple heart, the western hemisphere ribbon, the European theater ribbon and two battle stars. He participated in the first heavy bombardment mission agginst Germany from England on Aug. 17, 1942, and was on the plane that
the beginning of the North African invasion. He has had a number of hair-raising escapes in combat,
group of scientific personnel, headed by Cmdr. Frederick L. Ashworth, one of the leaders in the develop~ ment of the bomb, The group includes Lt, Jacob Beser, 24, of Baltimore, an expert on airborne radar. os » ” THE OTHER two Superforts in our formation are instrument planes, carrying special apparatus to measure the power of the bomb at the time of explosion, high speed cameras and other photographic equipment, Our SBuperfort is the second in line. Its commander is Capt. Frederic ©. Bock, 27, of Greenville, Mich. Its other officers include 2d Lt. Hugh C. Ferguson, 21, of Highland Park, Mich, pilot.
THE STORY OF THE ATOM
“71,” and some one remarks that it!
transported Gen, Dwight D. Elsen-| . pointed out. It would-be necessary for-a man to eat hower from Gibraltar to Oran at
six ounces of an ordinary bait containing it to get a If ‘a little is swallowed it is soon ex-
The lead ship is also carrying al
The army base was blown into a cloud of smoke, dust amd rubple, rising 40,000 feet.
2. People the world over were aghast as scientists estimated the power of -the atomic bomb. The power in one pound of explosive was equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, enough to fill four trains of 75 cars. The atoms in the bomb contained a potential power equiv-
" » "
IEYE-WITNESS: Science Writer Rides on
of these carry no bombs. its way with anothér atomic
bomb, the second in three days, concentrating in its active
This description of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was written by William L. Laurenceé, science writer of the New York Times and special consultant to the Manhattan Engineer district which produced the atomic bomb. It has just been released by the war department, SH
superfort include 'T' 8gt. Roderick FU -Arnold; 28; of “Roviester; Mich] flight “engineer; Sgt. Ralph D. Curry, 20, Hoopeston, Ill., radio operator; Sgt. Willlam C, Barney, 22, of Columbia Ciy, Ind, radar operator; Cpl. Robert J. Stock, 21, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. assistant flight engineer, 2 The third Superfort is commanded by Maj. James Hopkins, Palestine, Tex. We took off at 3:50 this morning and headed northwest on a straight line for the empire. The weather report had predicted storms ahead part of the way but clear sailing for the final and climactic stages of our odyssey. : ” “ » WE WERE about an hour away from our base when the storm broke. Our great ship took some heavy dips through the abysmal darkness around us, but it took these dips much more gracefully than a large commercial airliner, On we went through the night. We soon rode out the storm and our ship was once again sailing on a smooth course straight ahead, on a direct line to the empire, By 5:30 it was real light outside. We have an assembly point in the sky above the little island of Yakoshima, southeast of Kyushu, at 9:10. We reached Yakoshima at 9:12. It was 9:56 when we began heading for the coastline. les n ” . OUR WEATHER scouts had sent us code messages informing us that
THE DOCTOR SAYS:
By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M.D. SAFE drinking water is accepted asa matter of course, but we must nat become careless or we will pay the penalty in outbreaks of intestinal and other diseases. Re-
turning servicemen are more aware of the importance of safeguarding water supplies than the people at home. Usual sources of community water supplies are lakes and streams. Common method of purification is to mix water with Ts alunf which forms Dr. O'Brien. , precipitate, As this settles, it carries down suspended material. Next step is to pass the partially purified water through sand, gravel, and rock filters, Chlorine gas is now added to reduce the bacterial content. Double chlorination may be prac~ ticed if the water is badly contaminated.
tha manaquerings of ¢
alent to that produced by nearly all the hydro-electric plants in the United States, running for one hour, -or approximately 10,» 000,000 kilowatt hours.
3. People realized at once that the atomic bomb could be a great source of evil. A small enemy plane, stealing through the overcast with a few pounds of bombs, could wipe out such great cities
both the primary target as well as the secondary were clearly visible. The winds of destiny seemed to
favor certain Japanese cities that must remain nameless. ’ We circled aout them-again-and again and found no opening in the thick umbrella of clouds that covered them. 3 Destiny chose Nagasaki as the ultimate target. At 11:33 we crossed the coastline and headed straight for Nagasaki about 100 miles to the west, Here agdin we circled until we found an opening in the clouds. It was 12:01 and the goal of our mission had arrived. : : o ” o x WE HEARD the pre-arranged signal on our radio, ‘put on -our arc welder's glasses and watched tensely
about half a mile
Out of the belly of the Artiste what looked like a black object came downward, Bock swung around to get out of range, but even though we were turning away in the opposite direction, .and despite the fact that it was broad daylight in our cabin, all of us became aware of a giant flash that broke through the dark barrier of our arc welder’s lenses and flooded our cabin with an intense light.
o » ” WE REMOVED our glasses after the first flash but the light still lingered on, a bluish-green light that illuminated the entire sky all around. A tremendous blast wave struck our ship and made it tremble from nose to tail, This was followed by four more blasts in rapid succession, each resounding like the boom of cannon fire hitting our plane from all directions, Observers in the tall of our ship saw a giant ball of fire rise as though from the bowels of the earth, belching "forth. enormous white smoke rings. Next they saw a giant pillar of purple fire, 10,000 feet high, shooting skyward with enormous speed, » » os BY THE time our ship had made another turn in the direction of the
Atomic Bomb Mission
'A New Being, Born Before Our Eyes
WITH ATOMIC BOMB MISSION TO JAPAN, Aug. 11 9 (Delayed) —We are on our way to bomb the mainland line By George Weller ot sapan. a sn ion OBE. AVING.. contingent. consists of three specially de-
space, becoming ever more alive as
ering millions of years in terms of
top.
te. shin in front-of Us. “There she goes!” someone said.
many grotesque masks grimacing at the earth. Sig :
atomic explosion the pillar of pur-
Wells or Springs May Be Contaminated Impure Water Spreads: Disease
concern is the possibility of the water containing disease germs. | Intestinal diseases may also be spread by contaminated dishes and utensils, flies, or by direct contact with infected excreta.
Water-borne diseases include typhoid fever, para-typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera. Several virts diseases are now suspected of being spread by water, When epidemics occur, large numbers of persons are infected at the same time. ! Citizens have a right to pro tection against. these water-borne diseases, and’ negligence in operating watér purification plants makes the community liable to damage actions. Contaminated water supplies result from mixture with intected human excreta, This water may taste all right and look all right, but it is dangerous to use. Sewage may be discharged directly into a water supply. The contents of privies or cesspools may seep through the soil and pass into the source of supply, or storm water
oa. WATER from unknown sources should be boiled before using, ObJectionable odor, taste, and hardness are unimportant from a
The enlisted personnel of this
DOTTIE DRIPPLE
health standpoint, as the main
may carry excreta from flooded {outdoor sources. ~ ” n SANITARY supervision of all water supplies safeguards the pro-
| 7, PAGE 9 No. I: The Atomic World Is Born
YES, I HAVE THE POWE
PELLETS fl PURSE
as New York or Chicago. A few tons could submerge such an island as Japan. A heavy enough bomb might cause an earthquake or some other great world-wide disaster,
4. Other people, more hopeful and optimistic, saw the force inside the atom bedbming a great power for good. Under proper control, it could unshackle man n ” »
| ’
ple fire had reached the level of our altitude.
Only about 45 seconds hdd passed. Awe=struck, we watched it shoot upward like a meteor coming from the—earth, instead - of from outer
it climbed skyward through the white clouds. ~ ? It was no longer smoke, nr dust or even a cloud of fire. It was a living thing, a new species of being, born right before »~ur incredulous eyes. : At one stage of its evolution, cov-
seconds, the entity assumed the form of a giant square totem pole, with its base about three miles long, tapering off to about a mile at the
- is bottom was ‘brown, its center ps gobi, fis 16 while Bu
8 TIVES Toten pw®
Loe yo. THEN, JUST when it appeared as though the {hing had settled down into a state of permanence, there came shooting out of the top a giant mushroom that increased the height of the pillar to a total of 45,000 feet. The mushroom top was even more alive than the pillar, seething and boiling in a white fury of creamy foam, sizzling upwards and then descending earthward, a thousand old faithful geysers rolled into one. It kept struggling in an elemental fury, like a creature in the act of breaking the bonds that held it down. In a few seconds it" had freed itself from its gigantic stem and floated upward with tremendous speed, its momentum carrying into the stratosphere to a height of about 60,000 feet. : : » » » BUT NO sooner did this happen when another mushroom, smaller in size than the first one, began emerging out of the pillar. It was as though the decapitated monster was growing a new head. As the first mushroom floated off into the blue it changed its shape into a flower-like form, its giant petal curving downward, creamy] white outside, roseccolored inside, It still retained that shape when we last gazed at it from a distance of about 200 miles.
Trained inspectors can judge the quality of well water by observing the location, construction, and method of operation of the well.
Public health laboratories often receive samples of water for analysis collected under unsatisfactory conditions, Write or call your health department . for assistance before sending samples. Wells located in limestone subsoll may be contaminated by seepage from a distance, while other wells are usually safe if protected from surface flooding and located at least 50 or more feet from a privy or cesspool.
DEAR.
R HERE IN MY WE WON'T.
forever from the chains of hard labor, A pound could drive a great liner many times across the world’s oceans. Just a few grams would keep an automobile running the entire life of the car, Less than a gram could easily send an airplane around the world with out#stopping to refuel.
TOMORROW-—The Secret of Atomic Power.
Springs are natural wells and are subjest to the same contamination as well water, All spring water should be regarded as contaminated except when it flows in such a way that it can be protected from contamination with surface water, or from ground water which flows near the surface above the impervious layer.
WAC's TO HURRY HOME
CAIRO, Sept. 10 (U, P.)—~Maj. Gen. B. PF. Giles, commander of American forces in the Middle East, announced today that every effort will be made to return all WAC’S in this theater to the United States
duction of safe drinking water.
within 60 days.
—By Buford Tune
YOU MAKE MORE NOISE DOING NOTHING THAN ANYONE 1 EVER 1° SAW /
We, the Women——— Give Customer A Break, Speak To Him Kindly
....By RUTH _MILLETT __ PARENTS who want co-opera-tion instead of squawks from Junior are—told that “small fry” react more obligingly to pleasant requests than to scoldings, and to positive rather than negative suggestions. hiv For instance, #7 : parents should ° | say, “See If you can Keep the water in the bathtub, . _ Willy,” instead -° of “Don't splash the water, Willy.” Well, how abotit — once cu ier tistead © [nLulting is again the order of fhe day— giving sales people and others who deal with the public a list of “better ways to say things?” ” ” ” FOR EXAMPLE, “Shoes are on the second floor,” instead of “You'll have to go to the second floor.” “Pm sorry, but we haven't a purple suit in the store,” instead of “But purple just isn't beirg worn this season.” ig “I'm sorry you didn't find just what you wanted,” instead of a contemptuous shrug of the shoul~ ders or “I've showed you -every= thing we have.”
and-so on such and such a floor is the person to see about that,” instead of “You'll have to see the manager. I don’t know anything about it." ; “I'm afraid there are several ahead of you—but I'll take care of ‘you as quickly as I can,” in stead of “You'll have to get in line.” : “Could I help you, please,” ine stead of “What is it you want?” “I'm sorry but we haven't a size 42 left,” instead of “That ‘isn't made in anything larger than an 18.” “I'm afraid this isn’t your size,” instead of “This is way ‘too small for you,” The gracious, pleasant phrase isn’t any more trouble to use than the one that irritates. And it cer« tainly would pay off in the better humor of Mr. and Mrs, Public,
LOCAL MAN DUE TO ARRIVE TOMORROW
apolis, is scheduled to dock tomorrow in New York aboard the Daniel Huger. Seven other local men landed
Friday aboard the Claymount Vie tory and the U. 8. Victory. The men who docked Friday are 8. Sgt. Charles Shirrell, 725 N. Alabama st.; Pfc. Charles Colmey, R. R. 10; Lt, Robert Figg, 858 S. Sheffield ave.; 8. Sgt. John Laffey, 802 Parker ave; Cpl. Donald Tudor, 1402 Olive st.; Pfc. William Knight, 1862 Gent ave. and Pvt, John Millett, 1509 8. High School rd.
*HANNAH ¢
nx» “THE STORE manager, Mr. So=
8. Sgt. John E. Hunter; Indian.
7