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"FOR MEN ONLY: Women will please refrain srom. putting their two cents into this for good health, comfort and intelligent garb men. : 107 Gentlemen, what do you say we wear shorts this ? Let's not be hasty with the angwers. Think it over before you start shouting one way or the other, T'm hoping to start a movement that evenfu-
s. 1 need help. Lots of help. stand in comfort wearing shorts; divided, we'll wear pants and pant.
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WHERE DO YOU intend to wear shorts? is the question you probably have in mind. I say Jet's wear everywhere but church and poison ivy patches. Why not? OK, people will laugh. Let them laugh. Laugh right back at them and about your business. Laughter is only a temporary medium of ridicule used by small people who are bound by convention. You don’t want to be small, do you? When you go out to a beach or pool do you feel self-conscious? No. Why? Because everyone has their legs showing and sometimes a great deal more than legs. It's the accepted thing. At this point think back a few years. Rememper the swimming suits of old? They were prac-
"THE LOOK"—Sometimes | skinny, muscular, bow-legged or knock-kneed— but, if "Mr. Inside” has his way this will be "standard for the summer months.
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NEW YORK, June 28—It is not without some quiet amusement that I note from the ‘overseas bulletins “that a fellow named Edmunds has bobbed up as press agent for Lucky Luciano. Mr. Edmunds—formerly Maj. James Edmunds —is an old acquaintance. I knew him back when he was doing a job of work for another pet of mine, a Gén. John C. H. Lee. The good majors duties are to clean up a character in dire need of immediate laundering.
The United States Army, which so nimbly whitewashed the general, while tacitly admitting most charges against him, doubtless will be interested to know that the whole Lee camouflage job was handled by a man who now has officially represented a convicted panderer, dope runner and murder engineer. IR : The major was the man who engineered the press conferences and “inspection” tours, both for the visiting newspaper ¢ritics' and Ira Wyche, the Army’s inspector general. Edmunds was the vice president in charge of tidying up under the beds. He was the fount of information, both officially to the Army ‘and unofficially to the press, He was the propaganda chief, too—he plastered the accuser—me—with all sorts of gaudy countercharges, such as communism, chronic lying and ; reportorial incompetence. Edmunds ran the entire cover-up show in the Lee case, and did an amazingly efficient job of it—except that a lot of buried bones did get pawed out of the ground. ~
Well, He Can Do a Good Job
WITH SUCH experience, the ' major-—now dumped back into the stress of civilian life— should acquit himself well as a launderer of Luciano. That expatriate thug, sent up by Tom Dewey a long time ago, and later deported, wants desperately to re-enter the United States. Luciano almost had this arranged once, via a completely phony publicity campaign to the effect that he had aided the Sicilian landings from
HOLLYWOOD, June 28—The gents who make trailers came up today with the latest thing on wheels: The “mother-in-law” model. « Guaranteed, according to the -trailer coach manufacturer, to keep her happy and “out of your hair” at the same time. The housing shortage introduced mothers-in-law to the inventors of the highway homes. Before the war they sold -trailers only to people Boing on vacations—and nobody takes his mother-in-law on a vacation if he can help it. But nowadays people are living in chicken coops and barns. A couple in a trailer has it
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Turns to Her Children
AND, THE TRAILER research department has discovered, many a mother-in-law has descended on their customers unexpectedly. She has been ‘evicted, she sighs, and there's no one to turn tb but “her children.” ; Now the boys who design the ‘house-on-wheels have learned a lot about the home-life of the average American in the past few years. ! When they discovered they'd sell a lot more trailers if they'd make room for kids, they changed ‘their blueprints to accommodate cribs in the living room. They found out many a buyer was a GI going to college and parking his family on ‘the campus. They # jimmied their plans around to
The Quiz Master
Is it known who was the first to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery? . The first burial of a soldier in Arlington was that of L. Reinhardt, a Confederate soldier of the 23d North Carolina Regiment, which took place on May 18, 1864, and the following day 11 Union soldiers were interred in the presence of President Lincoln, 7 : ® & o
Is there a passage in the Bible prophesying the flight of atrplanes over Jerusalem? The reference is probably to Isaiah 31:5 which reads, “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defending Jerusalem defending also he will deliver "it; and passing over he will preserve it.”. This has frequently been interpreted as referthe airplane, y its use in warfare. : * & o . How old was Theodore Roosevelt when he beCame President?
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‘Out of. Your Hair’ By Virginia MacPherson
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tically long underwear without buttons. You wouldn't be caught drowning in a 1927 model, would you? ’ It’s safe to assume the most heated objections will come from the ladies. For some reason they seem to think men don’t have “pretty” gs. Se says they're pretty? Who cares? n’ t One member of the weaker sex said to me recently after looking at my gams, “There's an argument for women to go swimming with a man before they think of matrimony. Look at those lumpy knees.” = Lumpy. My legs might be called knotty and lumpy but at least they were cool and I didn’t have to keep pulling the legs of my trousers every 10 second so the knees wouldn't get baggy. Lumpy or not I felt comfortable in From where I look at have no right to talk or poke fun at our legs. , don’t have a monopoly on all the Just because we cover them up
man shows the calf of his leg. You see, it isn’t the conventional thing for the male. Women believe in convention as long as it doesn’t apply to them. The same thing when a man plunks a woman’s hat on his head. He's silly. He's a card. He's the life of the party. He's a bore. He's nuts. He's disgusting. See what I'm driving at? On the other hand, when the little woman dons slacks, what do most of us say? “You look fine, honey. No kidding, honey, they're. fine. They're FINE and I like them. Yes, I like them on you. No, they don’t make you look fat.” Ah, nuts. What kind of shorts do I intend to wear ahd foster? the knee. The sensible kind.
‘The City Hall Is Behind Me’
I HAD an opportunity to ask Mayor Al Feeney
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what he thought of shorts for street wear. “Anybody who wants to wear shorts should wear them,” the Mayor said. “I think they're very sensible for the summer. And when I speak of sensible, I mean shorts that come down to the knees.” » “Exactiy where they should be, Mayor,” I said. “One more thing, when this movement gets going and everyone is running around the city wearing shorts, can we count on you?” | With a slap on the back that knocked the, wind out of me, the Mayor merely laughed and said he was for shorts in the summer. He didn't say whether or not they were for him. Well, anyway, gents, we have the City Hall behind us/and not with the paddy wagon. We're safe if we keep them just above the knee. So, let's get those shorts and start wearing them. At least let's hear some comment.on this idea. The model in the picture with the “lumpy” knees is yours truly. Don’t they look comfortable? Notice the pleats and the belt and the little pocket. We have to take action and talk this thing up if we intend to get anywhere. Remember, the first few steps in public are the hardest. Are ya with me?
By Robert C. Ruark
his cell in Dannemora. Lucky was on the road to heroism and forgiveness when I dug him up in Havana, associating with Frank Sinatra, Ralph Capone, the Frischetti boys from Chicago, and some other people. Our narcotics bureau screamed bloody murder, whereupon the Cuban cops bounced Lucky around for a while and then shoved him on an Italy-bound tramp ship. They tell me, from Rome, that the major now has evidently regretted his decision to present Luciano in a favorable, or gilded-lily light. He says officially that Luciano is no client, although he did arrange a big press conference for him, coach him on answers, frame his quotes and generally dance around him for the Rome correspondents, :
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' CRAMPED FOR SPACE — Bryan Fox is typical of the thousands of rural mail carriers who daily travel over all kinds of roads in all kinds of weather that vital letters and advertising circulars may be delivered. For'30 years he has carried the mail out of New Augusta, dnd., and the pigeon-hole box where he sorts his delivery has long since grown far too small. His sister, Mrs. Ruth A. Shaw, has been postmaster for || years. She succeeded their father, who held the post 23 years.
NORM MONTELLIER, United Press bureau chief in Rome, says Edmunds wishes to write a book on the life of Charlie Lucky, which also strikes a familiar note. Seems I remember he was going to write one on the life of Gen. Lee, in much the same vein as my dispatches, but was thwarted by my stuff, This may have added to his bile, for frustrated authors are not happy with their frustrators. I give him clear rein with Luciano, and doubt not that he will present him as a wistful urchin, misunderstood by the law and harried by the press, In due time, I have no doubt, the Lucky one will step off the boat in New York, to be greeted by ticker tape and a fresh supply of cocaine to peddle to the children. This is known as pressrelations of a sort. A man of Edmunds’ talent will not find it too difficult to impress the outside world with the nobility of his charge. Gen. Lee's way was to smother his critics with kindness, favors and gifts. Lucky left the U. 8. with several satchels full of green money, and cannot possibly have spent it all. As some great wit once remarked: Isn't it a lovely, tiny little world?
make room for a desk and a reading lamp that wouldn’t keep the offspring howling all night. Their latest family problem was what to do with the mother-in-law. They couldn’t build on \An extra bedroom on account of the highway commission has a limit on how long trailers can be.
Can Entertain Sewing Circle
SO THE boys hit upon what they figure is a happy solution. They've dreamed up a “mother-in-law mqdel and switched the old saying around to read: “No trailer is big enough for two women.” > Grandma can move into her own’ private job, complete with gas stove, refrigerator and running water in the kitchen... She can have her own bed and space in her own living room to entertain the girls of the sewing circle. They made her closets extra big—so she can park that junk she’s been collecting for decades, Those dusty mason jars and that old dress form won't be cluttering up the place her son-in-law had reserved for his fishing tackle. The Trailer Coach Manufacturing Association took a poll last year and discovered 900,000 Americans are living in trailers instead of houses| that stay put. And with a trailer population like that, there's bound .to be enough mothers-in-law to pep up business.
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FOX, WOLF, CHICKENS—A box of ‘day-old chicks for delivery is all part of a rural postman's day's work. Here Mr. Fox hands the consignment to Mrs. Russell Wolf along with her other mail. In 30 years Mr, Fox has grown close to his patrons and knows them almost as well as their own families. With them he often shares their joys end sorrows.
inate? The day was first set aside in the Southern States for the purpose of decorating the graves of Civil War veterans. On May 5, 1868, Gen. John Logan, then commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, ordered Grand Army
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DEVELOPS A REACH — If all the boxes along the route were clustered as are these five, the day's work would be shortened considerably. This sight is becoming more common, however, as Indianapolis gradually is creeping farther north. Rural carriers virtually ride the center of the car's front seat. Most of the boxes they service are on their right and it takes a stretch to pop the mail into each. Anything can happen on a run and often does. It is not uncommon for a housewife. to leave a note asking: "Will you bring a load of bread tomorrow? Thanks."
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THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE—Dust %icks up back of Mr. Fox's car as he crosses the New York Central tracks on Guion Road, 6800 north. During his 60-milag a-day travels he crosses the tracks eight times. During his day, which runs from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p. m., he handles an average of 2000 pieces of mail.
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FRIENDLY SMALL FRY-—The coming of the postman is a brights spot in the day for many a youngster living in the country. They knowt: his car by sight and sound and run to the family box to get the mailg Hardly a day passes that popsicle-licking Beverly Trester doesn't.
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A STEADY CUSTOMER—Mr, Fox's route is so laid out that he usually needs to "gas up'' at the same filling station every few days. Attendant Alvin (Doc) Hayes: can guess almost to the 10th of a gallon how much fuels the car will take. The stop also provides Mr. Fox with a=, chance to stretch his legs. As a precaution, he carrieg;
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dianapolis and Miss Betty F. Reading clubs for grade school clubs, Miss Evelyn Sickels, head Price, of Logansport were among children are being conducted dur-jof children’s work of the Indianthe students who placed on the ing the summer months by 19 apolis Public Library, said any honor roll in Ohio State Univer- branch libraries here. In urgingichild of grade school age may sity’s School of Home Economics parents to encourage their ehil-/join a club at his for the spring quarter. dren to join the vacation. reading borhood branch. - . . . wok
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