LizzieMaine
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("A letteh?" inquires Joe, as he and Leonora enter Lieb's Candy Store to find Ma Sweeney pondering an official-looking sheet. "'Bout Mickey?" "Indeed," comments Ma, in a voice devoid of emotion. "Here," she adds, passing the letter to Joe, who scans it quickly. "Whassis 'Camp Vee Eye' he's in," he wonders aloud. "That's Camp Six, Joseph," sighs Ma. "It's Roman numerals. V-I. Six." "Ah," ahs Joe, reading the rest of the letter. "Moose boig," he enunciates. "Wha'kin'ofa town is cawled 'Moose Boig?' Neveh hoid of it." "I b'lieve it's pronounced 'Mooz-barrrg,'" shrugs Ma. "But Oi don' know wharr it is oither. I wish Oi had a map of Gaaarmany around here. See here, Joseph, look over on the magazine rack tharr, that 'Faaalow the Warr' book. Bring thaat ovar heer, will ye? That moit have a map innit." Joe does as he is bidden, and spreads the magazine on the counter. "Yeh," he notes. "Lookit -- right heeh. M-O-O-S-B-U-R-G. T'at ain' too fawr f'm It'ly, izzit?" "So it is," nods Ma. "Won' take long t'get t'eh, t'rate t'eh goin'," assures Joe. "Mickey be home by Chris'mas, you wait." Ma exhales deeply, her eyes wet. "Sure, Joseph. Home by Chris'mas.")
An executive of the United Auto Worker s aircraft division stated today that engineering problems, design changes, faulty material supply and delayed conversion or retooling of plants -- not labor shortages -- are responsible for the lag in aircraft production. Vice President and Aircraft Division Director Richard T. Frankensteen declared today that "it is the considered opinion of our organization that unlimited supplies of labor to the industry during the month of July would have served to increase the output of no more than one out of the scores of aircraft plants in America." In a statement directed to Army, production, manpower, and War Labor Board officials, Frankensteen warned, however, that labor shortages would "threaten the entire industry within a few months," and that the failure of the Boeing plant in Seattle to meet its August production quota was only a foretaste of what will happen unless aircraft plants use labor more efficiently.
The diary of a Japanese army doctor, found by an American soldier participating in the capture of the Aleutian island of Attu revealed today that wounded men were forced to commit suicide, and that the physician "took care of" all remaining patients with grenades as the Japanese made their last stand on the island. The diary, written by N. Tatsukuchi, a graduate of two American colleges, and the holder of a California medical license, showed his own contempt for death in his final entry. "Only thirty five years of living," he wrote, "and I am to die here. I have no regrets. Banzai to Emperor."
("Hooveh 'n Rickey!" fumes Sally. "One fathead ain' enough, now we gotta have two!" "Hope 'e's right," shrugs Alice. "Yeh," growls Sally. "Hope 'e's right.")
(In a sunny corner of the courtyard behing 1720 63rd Street, Krause the Super, his bald scalp shielded from the rays by a soot-covered straw boater, hunches over a patch of cabbage and gently flicks tiny blue aphids off the maturing heads.)
Some 100 retail stores in the metropolitan area were cited today by the Treasury Department for yesterday devoting their entire advertising space of more than 400,000 newspaper lines to the opening of the Third War Loan Drive. The establishments carried, in place of their usual advertisements, reprints of articles by the nation's leading columnists and commentators urging the purchase of war bonds. The job accomplished was so effective that the War Finance Committee of the Treasury Department is today receiving numerous inquiries from other cities asking permission to follow the same procedure.
Making over old clothes will be the height of fashion this fall and winter, with college-bound students raiding the family closets for wardrobe that can be salvaged for make-over projects without requiring the use of additional yardage. An old men's suit can easily be turned into a smartly-tailored jumper and skirt combination, discarding the part of the garment showing the most wear and reversing the remaining fabric so that the "wrong side," invariably looking practically new, becomes the "right side." Garments should be fully cleaned and pressed before they are taken apart at the seams, and then each individual piece should be carefully examined on the cutting table to insure that the pattern and fabric grain are cut in the right direction. Any pair of men's trousers can be made into a simple four-gored skirt, using the narrow bottom part of each piece as the waistline. If needed to widen the waist, sew in a separate matching strip cut from an unused part of the pants or the suit coat.
For the first time in 46 years, the New York Public Library in Manhattan will no longer be open seven days a week. The Board of Estimate voted yesterday to close the Library on Sundays in order to conserve fuel and labor during the winter months.
Mayor LaGuardia will soon reveal the names of those he has appointed to a special committee that will prepare a series of rulings on the proper use of city-owned automobiles. The committee has been formed in the wake of a demand by Councilman Walter Hart (D-Brooklyn) that City Treasurer Almerindo Portfolio be ousted from his job because of his unauthorized use of a city car. Hart admitted that he had no evidence to prove the charge that Mr. Portfolio used a city car to visit racetracks, but maintained that he could prove that the treasurer used one to visit golf courses and other places out of the city before the Mayor clamped down travel restrictions on the use of city cars in May of 1942.
All draft registrants are reminded that they must carry their Form 37 classification cards on their person at all times, along with their original Form 2 registration cards. Men failing to do so are subject to arrest if they are are uable to produce both cards on demand of a police officer or other authorized person.
The Eagle Editorialist dismisses all talk that Russia might drop out of the war by pointing to recent developments on the Eastern Front at proof that the Soviets will carry on until Germany has not only been driven from Russian soil but also completely defeated -- and that the Soviet Government will want, has earned, and is entitled to, a share in determining the terms discussed by the Allies at the peace table.
(Hmph, these Stanislavsky actors!)
Reader Augustine C. Morris demands that Eagle readers stop suggesting that Grant's Tomb be moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn, but he agrees that the statue of the General now at Bedford Avenue should be moved to Grand Army Plaza, citing traffic conditions as the primary concern. But the tomb itself, a proven tourist attraction where it is, should stay put.
(Owen -- at shortstop??? GET THE ARROW READY!)
(THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY? Is there??)
("But I don't WANT to look like Randolph Scott!")
("Hmph, I knew I should have taken that job at 'Hugh Striver'!")
(AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE HERO DOG IS NEVER TAKEN BY SURPRI........)
(These owner-financed deals are always shady!)
