Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-05
REpORTER SEES
Alfred P. COBB
Entertaining Story on
Industrial Director

,n.e assistant State Secretary
M :. 4. az Brain 1rasvn-
MN. so-. OF Guy-~ith . or-r-~-r
--rss,nr'-AmusiNo eioUrnessi.
ste-cs - cnbb's Tr@smporf
s.-,ooe N -ne War-"pas.ins Out
w.t.s-e Equipment to Msins tsc-
,o-y anr Mill Owners .nd snpsrin-
,.ua.n.s. and More Than Making
,.ooe or tine don"
r,,ory, ri1e Eenneb0c J0maAl3
~, 7ou-ual representative has met
80 :, Obj. He doesn't look like
80 q, The ?. stands fur Percivnl,
"-,annrv DIDN'T REALISE the kind q
"a, p. Cobb was going to b.
w. bones SOFT OF .
6r,-v,-, Z G-r-r-r-r expression
,.s. N Illustrate: When a p. was
u-cvr university he wns aaFigned
,,e r-,dirun to the position Of lsft
r.cr When Brown needAd real
CONC. -nnb took the bali and every
~, .lse IN sight: It got to be hab-
r,,s opposing teams - NATURALLY
,. asIu. Incidentally he p1tcn.d
!. .ou- veurr CT the baseball team
- wp. weight man on the track
am ~hen ne went down IN rns
,,,.,. -.ye- region Of Southern Cali
-, .ra f,ecame q rRncher. There's
s,o-r ou- IL the Southwest to the
Is.., rha, a hand Of Mexican raiders
.rs pye, one night looking fOr
,,un,. They sighted the ranch and de-
,anasc 70 snuw who owned II. A.
ron. they were Informed Good
tor its equivalent IN Msx1:an
t,ey remarked. and about faced-
No, ve-er'. looking for that murh
roup,s When the United srRLes
r,s,ee III. war Cobb tried to enlist
!. xxs turned down on some pro
k.r. ant after ne had regretfuIly ds-
s-sa. rhe recruiting odicsfs an
~s,eo : CURIOUS questioner, Moth
oor he might get TOD rough 10Y
TN little war Then he signed
IT witt he =. N. c. A. There's the
-anspo-- SERVICE" they told him: ITS
s,so apou, the most dangerous"
Irc .hr. was enough for the appli-
liant he grabbed transport service to
&c noeor. made twelve crossings &
he Atlantic and sRw seven submarine
axageme,l1s And sRy." he now re-
narks. TIA never he able to look n
he water again without wondering
low deep i g.
Has His Picture Taken
The .jpl-uai man InreiEied Mr.
topt THO sitting for the accompany-
IL u,c-ure. Smile commanded the
lboiegrrp,.er; Took as Il somebody
|astjrsl given you million dollars:
eots how wildly enthusiastic Conn
ecame over that proposition.
Big industry is his hobby he
ntes 81 construction and production,
sxe.s. II, the whirr Of machinery,
ewes lrto cost accounting and
raspf efficiency engineering by the
sck Of rs pants The leaders Of the
ga.ne reconstruction movement walt
Esfnr INN II The DOCK on his iR@
I'D from. Europe and wouldn't allow
m time To get ont OF his UNIFORM.
IL was the one rngu N the country
hey wanted for that State secretary
Zip III Ike new program SO mss
ass,ng nut the latest ideRs III vel
are snuiuYnen1 To Maine .factury and
I'll. owners and superintenderIts. ano
Lo.. ia. making good on the job
4. ?. cobb's JOB
- a~rest obstacle has no terrors
o. III. His service ts tur both ne
lptu"e- ana employee. closer reia-
Eonsn,ps better Understandings, i'm
roqeo social conditions. Nothing
aOl. .e AYERS can srEnd Is q force
s2inR' -tls program. Wherever ne
aeves practicable ne advocates
Industrial r NJ 9. 4. building, AM
.a's r. ne 1n9 buildings Of this
a;lre i. ne United States. there
er!at av,!, built al 4 cost Of $40
ant -el..Z,nE without exception a
Faccessrul e,cIstance. The Indus1r al
encc-r,F +u-rIsh The buildings; ne
1scs-es fnu employees then share
fCalif Il INC expense of operation
|.eary G1r instructors IRE providsc
NJ NJ C A As much as pos-
H." tht assiRtsntE are chosen from
bong ths lavmen % the vicinity.
dacat or. entertainment and Ame-i-
aiZaCior lrt the FIRST ob1ects- Mun
encouraged 70 learn the require
u.s. = .Ne.. own Ind Of better ID
flong he, are taught loyalty and
Ienr' =: heir work; clean amuse-
fs-tS as provided cor them and for
2. ian lies X IS the regular 7.