Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1946 — Page 13

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Our government's attitude, as you know from sad experience with the tax collector, is gimme, gimme. It seldom gives away, except room and board in Leavenworth to Na1 Bank robbers.

[+ * ‘So when you run into a multi-million dollar gift

from the government, free to anybody for the asking, it is news. It also is amazing. Anyhow: When we went to war we confiscated all the patents of our enemies, There were 33,000 thousand of them, mostly German, and many the basis of enormous businesses. The Jap patents, running to about 1200, were about what you'd expect. How. to make serpent wine, How to rejuvenate yourself with injections of the dried venom from Chinese toads. Stuff like that. We can skip the Japs. All enemy patents, good and bad, are under control of the alien property custodian, James E. Markham. I guess you could call him the ,government’s only official Santa Claus, because he'll give you absolutely free (except for a $15 bookkeeping fee) the right to use in your own Business any one of the foreign. inventions.

Volumes Are Eye-Bulging HIS FILE cases are a treasure trove of industrial development in machinery, chemicals, yedicines, textiles, and trick gadgets. It takes three pages just to list improved coffee pots. Eye-bulging are the volumes concerning vitamins, synthetic drugs, coal tar dyes, steel alloys, electronics, man-made rubber, automobiles, optics, plastics, yep, and cigaret lighters, There are nearly 50 of the latter including one that’s easy on your thumb, A miniature dry battery produces its blaze. .

(Donna Mikels is on vacation. Inside Indianapolis will be resumed on her return.)

Last Chance Gulch

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 30.—Last Chance Gulch is still paying off. Eighty-two years ago four prospectors, weary of their futile search for gold, decided to make one more desperate effort. So they turned up what they called “Last Chance Gulch.” They found rich dirt. The Gulch is now Main st. in this little city as modern as a slice of Broadway. And the treasureseekers who work it no longer toil with pick and pan, hacking and washing the gold away from the earth. They sit in offices and stand behind counters to rake

7 ft in from eager tourists and fellow citizens.

In other guiches near here, however, mining is still the” important industry. Dredges are working gravel deposits that could not be worked profitably

‘ by old hand methods.

The dirt in the valley is rich, too, and modern

‘farm and irrigation machinery help produce wealth

In the form of crops, wool and cattle.

Depict History of State MONTANANS give space in their pictusesque, domed capitol to citizens who achieve distinction— politicians, artists, scientists and even villain’s. On the walls of the legislative chambers and in the corridors are paintings depicting the history of the state and the West. Some are declared to be masterpieces. In the panel over the speaker's desk in the house is the largest work—and some critics say the best—of the late Charles M. Russell, Montana’s cowboy artist. The painting is 25 feet long and 12 feet high, and shows the dramatic meeting of the Lewis and Clark expedition with the Flathead Indians. Down on the ground floor of the capitol is the exhibit of the state historical society, and there the prospectors and ploneers, the statesmen and literati,

Science

A METEOR CRASHING down from the sky, a volcanic eruption, or an earthquake are all capable, on the record of past performances, of doing more damage than an atomic bomb. Scientists believe that the most violent explosion of record on the face of the earth was when Krakatoa blew its top on the night of Aug. 26, 1883. What violent eruptions may have taken place in prehistoric times is not known. « Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Sunda Strait near Java. Its area is about 12 square miles and originally its highest point rose 2800 feet above the sea. The volcano had been quiet for the 200 years preceding that August night 63 years ago. Then, after some preliminary blasts of gaseous material, the whole top of the island blew off, sending about 13 cubic miles of rock hurtling into the sea. An additional cubic mile of rock dust was blown up to a height of about 40 miles. Great chunks of redhot lava were ejected in sweeping arcs that carried them from 12 to 25 miles out to sea. What had been the top of the island became a sea 900 feet deep.

Waves 100 Feet High THE NOISE of the explosion was heard 150 miles away, while great tidal waves, generated by the eruption. rolled out in walls of water 100 feet high. Washing over the lowlands of Java and Sumatra, they killed more than 30,000 persons. The cubic mile of dust that was blown into the air soon spread through the atmsophere of "the whole world. Three years elapsed before it all settled back

My Day

HYDE PARK, Thursday—Yesterday afternoon I was driven up to Kingston, N. Y., stopping on the way to see Mrs. Richard Gordon about the West Park flower show which I agreed to open next week. This is a small show in which my mother-in-law, Mrs. James Roosevelt, always took an interest. I am glad that they are having it again now that the war is over. We reached Kingston in time for dinner with a group of labor’ people who were putting on a joint rally which included various A. F. of L. and C. I O. local unions—as many of them as cared to participate. These rallies are for the purpose of awakening the Interest of the workers, not only in what they want, but in the methods: by which they can obtain their objectives.

Get at Root of Problems THIS RESULTS very quickly in fhe realization that there is only one way to get at the root of problems, and that is through political action. In order to use political power intelligently, the workers must know more about the people who represent them in government—their records in and out of office on public questions, and how they themselves feel on the problems confronting the nation today. - e I think it is inescapable that, as this education proceeds, workers will realize that their interests cannot remain centered in labor questions only, They are consumers also and must look at all questions from the point of view of the general economic welfare of the nation, which ties their interests to those of unorganized workers and of employers and

YOUR G. |. RIGHTS ... . By Douglas Larsen

Veterans Still Eligible for War Insurance

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I dipped haphazardly into the patents and I had a talk with Dexter North, chief of the patent use and development section. He has produced lists of inventions by subjects for would-be manufacturers, 8000 of whom so far have taken licenses.

Can't Guess Worth + | Sa ‘ HE CANNOT hazard a guess as to the potential worth of his files. The figure might be $100,000,000; it might be 10 times that. 3 Two American firms soon will be making a German electronic oven. It will bake apples without altering their shape or fading their blush; it will kill microbes in milk without heating it, and brew coffee without boiling. ’ In the works is a pocket calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides. There is a pencil whose lead changes instantaneously into any of six colors, Theére are sprays which kill the weeds, but not the grass; gears for bicycles; an eléctric fan you

can carry in you jpocket, and whole volumes of new |

ways to prepare foods. These include processes for taking the caffeine out of coffee; keeping flour from getting mouldy; preserving fruits in briquettes; converting soy beans into lard and even breakfast food; making ice cream on a production line, and keeping the insides of tin cans from turning black. This latter process is one of the few from Japan that our own invefitors hadn't thought of first. I can only suggest, finally, that you don't write me. Drop a line direct to the alien property custodian. Putting these inventions to use for the benefit of Americans is one of his jobs and he'll be glad to hear from you.

By Eldon Roark

the metallurgists and naturalists are given recognition. Mixed with the documents, weapons, implements, stuffed birds and animals are the skulls of several of the state's bad men—villains who were stretched at the ends of the ropes back in Montana's rawer days.

Frederick C: Othman

"SECOND SECTION |

Little Can Be Saved From War Building

You just haven't seen rainbows until you have seen them out in this open country. We saw a double feature this afternoon—two complete and perfect great arches of color across the sky, with the ends touching the ground in the wide valley.

All Went to Work WE SPENT last night in Bozeman, Mont. We arrived there about 5 p. m. after .driving from Yellowstone. After trying unsuccessfully to get accommodations at several courts, we drove in at the Tana (short for Montana) auto court. It was filléd, but Mrs. R. E. Shonkwiler, the operator, is a thrifty and considerate woman. She is having a new wing of units built. It has been under construction since last April but she said she could fix up one apartment so that we could make out. And then we all went to work, unpacking and moving in brand-new furniture from a storage room. She had bought it in anticipation of the completion of the wing some day. . The price of that unit is going to be $6 when it is completed, but under the circumstances Mrs. Shonkwiler let us have it for $3.50. She thought we were mighty nice to help move in the furniture. That shows you how uncertain and interesting touring can be these days. It is. not an uncommon sight to see people occupying cabins before they are completed, and once in a while you even see them standing around impatiently, wishing the carpenters would hurry up. Some signs that say “Open” seem to refer to the roofs.

By David Dietz

to earth. Its effect was to intensify the red of the setting sun so that sunsets of unbelievable beauty were seen during the months after the eruption.

Some Volcanoes Rise 12,000 Feet

THE EARTHQUAKE waves produced by the eruption went around and through the earth, echoing back and forth and being recorded again and again on the seisnibgraphs in all parts of the world. It is entirely possible that prehistoric times might have seen volcanic eruptions of even greater severity. Volcanoes, by the extrusion of material, have grown from sea-level to heights of over 12,000 feet. In similar fashion, volcanoes have pushed up from such high plateaus as that of the Andes, which is itself 14,000 feet above sea-level to begin with. The coral atolls of the Pacific, such as Bikini, are formations that cap extinct volcanoes now submerged. These rise from the floor of the ocean. During volcani¢ eruptions, great caulifiower clouds of rock dust, gases and water vapor form over the crater. These are reminiscent of the atomic bomb cloud, but frequently on vastly greater scale. When Mt. Etna was in eruption, one cone alone was estimated to be discharging more than 4,000,000 gallons of water per day in the form of steam. : The greatest known volcanoes, now extinct, are to be found in the heart of eastern Africa. Here is the largest known crater, the so-called Ngoro Crater. It is 12 miles in diameter and 2000 feet deep. We can only guess what sort of explosion must have taken place here in prehistoric times.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

farmers. I heard someone say once that it was impossible for producers and consumers to have: the same interests. But it seems impossible to me to divorce these interests, since most of us are both producers and consumers.

Need Is Apparent to All

THE REAL difficulty lies in the distribution of the ultimate profits. - That is a question which, I think, should be widely discussed, In the past, the worker has often felt that his share was nof commensurate with the share enjoyed by management or capital in our country. Yet the need for management and the need for capital is apparent to all. In countries such as Great Britain, where certain industries . will be government-owned, the problem still does not disappear, because the question of what proportion should ge to the workers and what to the government will still be present. Even though we may feel that everything which goes to the government returns eventually to the citizens,, we know we have to help decide in what manner it is returned to us, and this is bound to bring discussion and varied opinions. This same - difficulty is bound to arise even in Russia as they progress and as the people achieve a higher standard of living. It seems to me, therefore, that throughout the world, ‘this problem will bear long discussion and probably constant adjustment if progress is to be made,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—Here are more questions regarding the recent change in National Service Life Insurance: Q—When I was in the service I didn't take out any government insurance. I had plenty of commercial insurance, I thought. Now I would like to get some GI insurance. Can 1, ' now that I am out of service? What are the qualifications for eligibility? ‘ ‘ A=<if you served in any one of the serviets between Oct. 8, 1040, and'Sept. 2; 1945, you can still apply for NSLL If you apply for it before 1950, you can’t be denied it on the basis of any disability suffered while Jou were in service.

Q—When I first got into the service I applied for GI insurance and was turned down. They said something was wrong with my health. But I served on regular duty for more than a year before I was, discharged. Is it true that I can now apply for the insurance and get it? A—Yes. Q—Two years ago I was disabled for a long time. I applied to the Veterans’ Administration for a waiver of premiums. They wrote me and said that the conditions of my case didn’t Justify a waiver. Under the new law, however, I would have been able to get that

A-1t is possible that VA would consider such a claim. If you apply for that waiver now, under the new

those premiums will be refunded.

my insurance to one of the endowment types?

convert his ance to

endowment total-disability-benefit insurance.

act, there is a good chance that

QI am a veteran with a total disability. Would it be possible for me, under the new law, to convert

‘AA totally-disabled veteran may term-insur-insurance.’ However, the NSLI amendments do mot permit him to convert to any of the ‘ policies, or to obtain

FIFTH OF A SERIES

By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

FT. RICHARDSON, AN-

CHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 30. —The army and navy must

start from scratch to rebuild the defenses of Alaska if it is to be successfully defended. The billions spent here during

world war II must be marked off the ‘books. That money was spent

in the prosecution of a successful

war. But little, if anything can be salvaged. A short-sighted policy, such ‘as that which followed world war I, when an economy-minded congress, forced the army to maintain out-' moded and unserviceable equipment ‘and living facilities, will seriously cripple the military establishment in an area where peak efficiency is vital.

~ ~ EVEN PERMANENT bases are of |

bor, Maj. E. F. Foster is Tespesitle for the upkeep of more than 6000]

of five years. They were not in-| tended to remain in service after V-J day. | deteriorate rapidly in the Arctic and | soon reach the point that economical maintenance is impossible. To- | day, it would cost more to maintain army. and navy shacktowns than to build for the future.

winter will remove another 3000. By | the following winter, nothing of | value ‘will remain.

His experience is typical. i - » n

By FRED W. PERKINS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.— The house committee on un-American activities has under consideration an inquiry into the organization of a large group of non-citizens in a vitally strategic spot by a union that has been charged with Communistic sympathies. The strategic spot is the Panama Canal Zone. The workers being organized are Central American and West Indian natives employed mostly “ in the common labor of keeping the canal open. The union, said to have enrolled 17,000 among a potential 30,000, is the United Public Workers of America (C.1.0.). The house committee’s attention whs drawn to the uhionization drive shortly before congress adjourned Aug. 2. No decision on the inquiry has been made because nearly all members have been away from Washington since adjournment.

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, /L.D. A COMPANY WHICH makes flyswatters reports that it has larger stocks than usual at this time of the year. This is probably due to the fact that other methods of destroying flies are replacing the timehonored swatting. If the common house-fly really is on its way out, everyone should rejoice at its departure. Flies transmit disease in several ways. The. biting horse-fly is a carrier of some animal disease. (anthrax), horse sickness, and others), Infected deerflies may spread tularemia (rabbit fever) through their bites. :

‘ ~ » » THE COMMON house-fly does not bite as he silently wings his way from disease material to unsuspecting humans. House-flies. feed upon both excreta and food, and they spread. disease by fnechanically transporting the germs or viruses on their feet or other projecting parts. They also may vomit germs or viruses, or pass them to us through thelr excreta. « The _ The chief breeding-place of the

waiver. Is there any way I can get the money back? i

in this space—not by mail)

7 NJ.

NTF

(Questions, will be answered only

common house-fly is horse manure.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1946

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for the army's Aleutian air com-

| mand, water is brought in by wood- » Above: Au en pipes.

It cost thousands to lay them during the war when pipe and manpower were scarce. Today,

| they are rotting away and Adak less, but never.

faces a water famine. For the last 18 months, pipes have collapsed as

temporary consttuction. They have | fast as they could be replaced, and post in the Alasbegun to fall apart. At Dutch Har-|Adak frequently has been without |, defense.

water two to four days at a time,

Culverts over military roads like- | The navy is paying salaries 20 per|lighting and beds. In the buildings. * Only 21 are occupied by | wise are wooden, Many have col-| cent above civil service with guarhis force of 123 men. Virtually all,|lapsed, and mountain streams have anteed overtime on Saturday and however, are Quonset huts and pre-cut through the highways. Mech- | Sunday. fabricated houses with a life span |anized infantry using those roads |is running short.

would find their progress halted until repairs could be made. Permanent construction, however,

here and there are more immediate problems. With the first snows not far off, available buildings must be repaired to last until spring. = ” ”

] REN { Maj. Foster estimates that last! REAR ADM. F. A. DAUBIN, com- ‘camps are everywhere. winter ‘cost him 500 buildings. |mandant of the Alaskan sea fron- deserted barracks, mess halls, Quon- | Snowslides alone wrecked 200. This! tier, says Attu—1200 miles from the,

Alaskan mainland — cannot go through an Arctic winter with what | it has on hand. The navy is bring- |

UNIONIZATION of Canal Zone employees is not new. The more conservative unions of government workers, the independent federation of federal employees, and the A. PF. of L. American federation of government employees, have had locals there for some years. Several other A. F, of L. unions also have organized specialized groups. The difference between the C.1.0. campaign and the preceding ones is that the C. I. O. organizer, Len Goldsmith, made a special appeal to the so-called “silver” workers. on the “gold” employees. The latter are United States citizens who have taken employment in the Canal Zone. The “silver” workers, outnumbering the “gold” four or five to one, are natives of Panama and nearby countries. ” » ~ THE WAGE standard of the “silver” workers is considerably below that of the “gold” people.

human excreta, in decaying vegetable and putrefying animal matter, in poultry pens, or on the hair of certain animals (hogs, for example), Flies can travel for miles in any direction, and they have been known to fly a distance of eight miles in one day. Their movement is favored by wind currents, but they can travel without such aid if necessary, : They are constantly in search of food and of a place to lay their eggs, and in the search they spread disease.

® » ” TYPHOID-FEVER germs and the causes of the other intestinal infections are carrie by the common

house-fly. Flies may contaminate food after walking over Infected human-bowel discharges. They are an important factor in

sanitary conditions are poor.

testinal disease. however, menace.

_ But. house-flles can breed also- in

Flies are best controlled at their

Other groups specialized |

spreading disease wherever general In most large cities, due to the fact that few horses are present, they are not a common source of inIn the country, flies are still a serious

desolate, frigid, rugged, cheer-

theless a key out-

Attu must dig in, and time

.Housing is imperative. The army| | has let a contract for a new admin-

i istration building at Ft. Richardson

Unheated, unoccupied buildings | must: wait. It cannot start for at| costing $1,060,000. Freight costs to| least another year. Winter is nearly | Alaska are high. The same building Cheniak island,

would cost approximately $400,000 in| the United States, Ironically, it would appear there) is no housing shortage on Alaska’s | military reservations. Abandoned

set huts and gun positions—a ghost | cantonment—extend for six miles in | {all directions from the naval oper- |

ating base.

Five miles from Adm. Daubin’s|

: {ing civilian construction workers to headquarters, naval] officers recently | AT ADAK, principal naval base the Aleutians to replace the Sea- | “discovered” ‘an abandoned pd 3 in the Aleutians and headquarters bees. They arrive with every plane. | barracks, complete with plumbing,

Probe Unionization of Canal Workers -

The house committee's attention has been called to articles published in “Estrella,” a Panama newspaper, which described a mass induction of 7000 “silver” workers into the C. I. O. union. It quoted Pancho Arauz, president of the union's Panama City local, as telling the workers they had received “the crumbs and castoffs as victims of the economic system” in which they were treated “inhumanely, subjected to racial discrimination, and kept inferior to the other workers.” ; William Rojas, president of the Colon local, was quoted as condemning the “yoke of slavery which Yankee imperialism has i |

posed upon us.”

» » » MR. GOLDSMITH was quoted as {having told the new union mem|bers that the demands for large | wage increases and other benefits will receive support from the C.I. 0.

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Germ Carriers Bred in Filth

Diseased Flies War on Humans

breeding places, for a neglected manure-pile can support millions of | flies which will roam over a wide ‘area. | Garbage cans should be kept well covered and should be emptied frequently, especially in warm weather, to prevent flies from collecting or propagating in them, Food should be kept under cover, to keep flies from feeding on it. Sleeping children should bé covered with screening material if flies are about, and well-fitting screens are a good intestinal-disease preventative measure for the home.: Too often flies are taken for granted. They should be destroyed {before they have had a chance to spread disease.

» » ” Question—My wife has a rash on

her legs and arms which itches

very much. I think it is caused by her nerves. What would you recommend as a means of stopping the itching? ‘ Answer — Almost any medicine containing phenol or menthol would temporarily ease the itching, but if it is caused by neryousness that is the trouble which should be treated. .

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commodate 450 men.

[lion dollars worth of electronic| prepared emplacements, Alaska has : the basis for adequate defense. The Back of Cheniak, scores of army! remainder rests with con

Nearby, an old barracks |

was a bar, other, a few miles away, had thou-| sands of woolen blankets. When a warehouse burned in Bells Flats re-| n .

n THE COAST GUARD station at for one officer, Lt. ().g.) E. L. John-|

Lt. Johnson and his men-—orders

is deserted except

‘ we At the left: Onetof the jobs of the 's Seabees was to p traffic moving at the: naval base at Kodiak. These geysers are duced by dynamite charges which crack the ice and give icebreakers and tugs a chance fo * move it out.

Below, Adak, headquarters for the army's Aleutian air command, is a pretty lonesome place. To liven their quarters, these G. ls have plastered the wall and ceiling of their shack with pinup pictures.

basement pool table with all accessories. Over- | head hung the cheery sign: “Merry | was stocked with mattresses. An-| Christmas, 1944."

But these buildings—plentiful as

they are-are not what is needed to maintain the defenses of Alaska. | cently, no one knew what it held.| Their presence is a severe handicap in obtaining new supplies, since

Washington is tempted to insist they be used. Wb

At Elmendorf field, Anchorage,

{son, and two lonely enlisted men. | the army is using them to house

troops sent here from bases in the United States for the winter. At

still are addressed in best military| Cold bay, lonely officers and enlisted

two-story radio station overlooking

At Kodiak, | F2dition to “all hands”—live in a| men are tearing them down to build

“homes” for their families. Homes Cheniak bay. They prepare their| go

built resemble sharecropper

meals in a galley designed to acs|cabins.

Several mil-

| equipment sits idle.

nd navy roads lead to abandoned |

| gun positions. In one Quonset hut, | | bear hunters recently found a new, elements,

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political action committee when the| matter comes before congress. The C. I. O. union has been ac cused of Communistic leanings be- | cause of a resolution adopted at its 1946 convention condemning foreign policies of the U. 8. and Britain but not those of Russia. The union also adopted a constitution which apparently opened the way for strikes against the government, Congress thereupon forbade government workers to receive pay if they were members of any organization claiming the rights to strike. UPWA officials later asserted they did not claim the strike privilege.

NON-BURNING ‘FLUID

MAKES PLANES SAFER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (U. P.) —| The navy revealed today it has developed a non-inflammable hydraulic fluid which should “markedly improve flying safety by both military and commercial aircraft.” ' It said the new fluid, developed primarily to reduce fire hazards resulting from broken hydraulic lines, will be standard equipment for all new navy planes. Details of the fluid composition have been released to commercial airlines and aircraft manufacturers in an_ attempt to improve flying] safety in those fields. Hydraulic fluid -is piped through a plane under high pressure for the operation of brakes, landing gear, landing flaps, controls and other moving parts. Previously, petroleum oil was used almost exclusively for hydraulics operations. The navy said the use of petroleum “has been a serious fire hazard.” The new fluid was developed after more than. three years of intensive | research.

CRUSHED TO DEATH

NEW CASTLE, Ind. Aug. 30 (U, U.). — Rufus Bird, 50, Bellville, Mich., high school music instruc tor, was crushed to death in a truck accident near New Castle late yesterday. Survivors included. the widow, two sons and two daughters, who live in Bellville, and four sis-

ters from Mooreland, Mich.

With its network of roads and"

TOMORROW: War against the

We, The Women

Advertisement Heroines Seem

Hard to Find

By RUTH MILLETT

THERE ARE A number of women I keep hearing about that I'd like to meet. And I'll bet a lot of other housewives would, too.

Pirst, there's the little lady of the advertisements who is happy that it's wash-day, because she uses a ceftain kind of soap chips. Then there's the harried housewife who takes the beauty writer's advice and turns all her household chores into beauty treatments—by bending the right way instead o the wrong way when she picks Junior's toys, by creaming hi hands and putting on gloves before she does a grimy housecleaning job, ete, » » . LET'S NOT forget the woman who completely makes over the liv-ing-room by spending $3.98 (you read about her in the decorating magazines) and utilizing a lot of ingenuity and considerable skill with a paint brush. Fortunately, she always has a husband who can turn an orange crate into a dressing table, and she’s never without an attic full of antiques just waiting for a high polish. 1 want to meet, too, the woman who was fat and funny-looking until she. went in for a rigid beauty course, whereupon she emerged as nothing short of whistle

bait. Ru: 8

AND I'M interested in the girl who parries her escort’s compliments on her flawless complexion with, “That's because I use blank soap, silly.” I'm looking, too, for the middleaged housewife (this one is a product of the radio soap-operas) flatteringly pursued by a successful, handsome suitor who is no heel, mind you, but just a cozy friend to have Those are just a few of the fascinating women I am always hearing and reading about, but never yet have been fortunate enough to meet. So if you run

a

rd

‘lyou pledse ‘let me know?

across one of them in real life, will :