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5EN- Airrdalr. large tan and era! tag No.
L. on collar. 3lp1 st. Return !"
1I37 New Hampshire ave. Phone West i,,.l'
Howard ~
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FOUND.
LOST

PURSE, on Wednesday. at Central Hig
s hool. Address Box go n. star Office.
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5ALESM EN-.
MALE.

-, cash security and blue suit required. APP
iJy Union News Co.. Office No. :. basement.
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GLASSES Pair tvrJois- she'll riniU'"d glasses
81 far black cas-" in Garden Moving Picture
Ti.-atrr. bc.gceu = and pm. Finder please
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tsNtlt w hEhS. nee -''l 81 near
ave. NV. Return III 9Th 81. >.w.
RUNCH or kEYS-on st. 81 reward. lsl3
IND II. NV. IL
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COOK, chauffeur; discharged sailor. colored,
vishes-uosition Fields, 1920 Goth st. NV. 1Ss
HIGH SCHOOL BOY wants position after
school hours and all day Saturday. Address
1928 NJ ST. nv. 10.
JANTrOE desires place in apartment house;
good quarters for man and wife; frst-class
reference. S11 st. nv. W.
CRSE-nospital experience; private patient;
for south: references. Phone Franklin 1895.
POSITION as superintendent Of building or
party who will finance building operations:
can draw plans. Address Box 1T4-B, Star Of
fee. 10
SALEsMAN-Ex-naval officer. Pay Corps. age
2S eight years sales staple and speciality
in northwest gilt-edge reference. desires con-
nection with local or eastern firm. appreciat-
ing services Of . reputable salesman with
S, 600; open for position January I. Address
Box 157-B. Star office.
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BAG; containing chiId's dental adjusting pla tie
q n and I. Reward at las l.. Capitol 81.
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WANTED-HELP.
MALE-COurin0eA

/ CHAUFFEUR. white. to drive new Limousine
! Sor hire. must have Identification card and
! know the city. +. F. Gregg Taxi service i4ia
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FARM HANDS-White or col
ored; also janitor. Gallaudet
College. 9TH and Fla. ave, ne.
l.. 2450.
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YOUNG MAN--Stenographer and Office man.
Address +. w. X, 30 Q st. ne. 1Ss
YOUNG MAN (colored) wishes position as
porter or fireman. Elgar Tilley, $500 10Th st.
NV
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GROCERY CLERKS. two. experienced. at
once; good paw Max Becker. 1915 7th st.
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FRS T-CLASS short-order
cook. ior night work; highest
wages paid. Childs, 1425 Pa.
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FEMALE.

YOUTH desires position of any kind after
school hours and on Saturday; can furnish ex-
cellent references. Address Box 265-B, Star
office. 1gs
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! CIGAR CLERK-t;ive age, experience, refer-
ences and wages expected Address BOX gt.b'
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nsrt nositions Apply am. to IL noon. o
nv ,npointmept. Terminal Tad Co.. 1888 10th
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EIlRS.

Furs much below store prices; 10 minutes
ride from shopping district; you can save $50
coats and proportiouate amount SCARE
stoles and chokers. etc. Genuine Hudson seal
mum. S15. II is possible to sell at theae low
We are satisfied with q reasonable profit. Only
the best furs handled. Our restroom enables
you to shop quietly and make q better seiectioa
than you could possibly do in q store. so Year,
experience in the fur trade. A small deposit
will hold furs until wanted. Repairing II
necessary. Open all day and eventngs untf1 o.
Take 14th street car, get on at T; half mip-
ute walk from the car. 49, ''''-- 5000 D
HOME FUR SHOP.
1901 18th st., Apt %. n. oo2z.
Conducted BY iadies. de2ge
CLOTHES LOCKERS-steel: large lot. sizes
12x1s inches 10y #. and 15x1s inches BY II.
Prices reasonable. Fred 8. Gichner, 1914 ID
n
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ADDRESSER md folder. experienced So 5,
st. NV. 1os
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YOUNG MEMBER of bar desires TO connect
with law firm; courts fullest investigation.
Address Box 30 b, Star office. 1Ss
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COAL TRUCK DRIVER, frstclass: for auto
car Apply Driscoll Garage, IA Il st. NV.
IL
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CASHIER, experienced. would like position III
hotel lunchroon or drug store; also experienced
in candy. Call North S6I3. 1Ss
CLERICAL WORK or tipping. evenings after
g pm. by two young ladies. Address Box
l1a-R, Star Office. 1Ss
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CIGAR SALESMAN-Must have had one or
two wears local experience and reference; not
less than - years old. Afieck's Drug Store
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FEMALE DOMESTIC.

FEMALE DOMESTIC.
CHANiBERMAID or waitress for boarding
house; good wages. LS.nefellow Inn. 1soe 18th
ST. NV. Is"
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
MALE-C0utfnueA

YOUNG MAN desires clerkship law once
$1,000 year; five years Office experience; two
years law school. Address Box 133- b, Star of
fec
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PERSONAL.

NOW is the time to have your
furs remodeled into the latest seasons styles;
work done on premises; moderate prices
WE ARE NOW PAYING g to S10 FOR
mems and ladies' w. ~ TAo suits
WASHINGTON CLOTHING EXCHANGE, 6s3
NV. Main 1878 drop postal.
written to your song poems: 70 years expert
ence; superior work: music composed, arranged
and published. G. +. JOHNSON. 9Gs 10th n ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
WEST BRATTLEBOROa
LAWN PARTY NETS OVER $50.
Children's Fair Held by Baptist Ladies
Aid Society.

The lawn party and children g fair
given by the Ladies Aid society of the
Baptist church last evening on W. NJ.
Robbins s lawn was attended by large
number and was socially and financially
success Over $50 will be cleared by
the society Japanese lanterns were
hung about the verandas and on the
lawn. and the various prettily trimmed
booths made the affair very attractive.
The booth at which fancy articles We're
to be had was in charge of Mrs. j. s.
Morse and Mrs Hyland Briggs and was
decorated with hemlock boughs and i'll
the center of the table was large bou-
quet of red clover; Mrs. Austin Nichols
and Mrs Eva Kingsbury sold home
made candy from booth trimmed with
pink and green crepe paper; evergreen
boughs were used for decorating the
cookie booth, which was in charge of
Mrs III. H. Barber, Mrs. George Allen
and Mrs Emery Miller; the ice cream
booth, in charge of Mrs. John Mckay,
Mrs. H. H. Thurber and Mrs. D. 7.
! Perry. was trimmed with yellow, white
and green crepe paper and japanese Ian
! terms a small hemlock tree near the
| house was brought into use for the grabs
| and was laden with all sorts of pack
1
ages tied in fancy colored papers to at
tract the ready buyers. Mrs. Perley H.
| Winchester and Mrs. Walter NJ. Robbins
presided at the grab tree. The children
assisted at the booths and in trimming
them.
An entertainment by the children,
which was in charge of Miss Ruth An
derson, was greatly enjoyed. 1t con
sisted of two little plays, Cinderella,
and The Good Girl and the Bad Girl.
The children of the fourth grade acted
these plays A folk dance, in which
several children took part, was very
pretty and the children executed the
dance we'll Songs also were sung by the
children in the primary grade.
Miss Celia Roberts is seriously i'll with
pneumonia Mrs. Charlotte Thrower,
nurse, is caring for her.
4 ]. Gilbert Stafford was discharged to-
day from the Melrose hospital, where
he had been two weeks, following an
operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Harold Blodgett of East Charlie
mont, Mass, and Mrs. Leon Smith OF
Greenfield, Mass, are visiting here with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
TREATED MORE THAN !
$4,000 PATIENTS
DR.. Harriet E. Parker, Formerly of
East Putney, Reports on Wom-
ems Hospital at Madura.

In the annual report of the Madura
India) mission field of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions is a statement by DR.. Harriet
e. Parker. formerly of East Putney, of
the work done at the hospital for wo-
men and children, of which she is ply
stefan in charge. She says: ''The pro-
portion of patients drawn from the diff
ferent classes varies little from year
to wear. Indian Christians approach a
third. Hindus two-thrds; Mohammed
ans always number from 500 to 200.
For 1918 the patients were divided as
follows; Indian Christian, $500; Hin
dus, 1856; Mohammedans, S14; Europe
ans and Eurasians, 292; total, 1922.
The total treatments given We're 1920;
operations LASS; births 244 outside
calls by doctor, 584.
Work in the new hospital has con-
tinued throughout the year under the
direction of Mr. Lawson There has
been great delay in securing materials
for the sanitary ceiling which eliminates
the visible beams and rafters of the
regulation terrace roof. The roofing is
not vet finished. But in August, just a
wear after we vacated the upper story
| OF the old hOSpltdl, we moved out Oh
the lower story and temporarily out of
| the Harriet Newell annex (dispensary)
into the new medical block, which was
incomplete but could be used. The
stairs have been built since occupation
/ The four single wards for European pa
| ti9hfs now contain three or more In
dian patients each. \ bathroom answers
] for operation room, dressing room fol-
/ labor ward. For lack of fixtures doors
have not been hung except four which
safeguard valuable supplies. 1t is sur
prising that patients have been willing
to stay in so exposed building, but the
verandahs are guarded at night-a dog
on one side, the doctor on the other.''
DIR. Parker's report also contain;
statements as to the personnel of the
staff and as to the expenses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
"CAN / Be @''a..sS
CURED?" SAYS
THE SUFFERER

+ How often have you heard that sad
cry from the victims of disease. Per-
haps the disorder has gone too far for
help, but oftener it is just in its first
stages and the pains and aches are only
natures first cries for help. Do not
despair. Find out the cause and give
nature all the help you can and she
win repay you with health. Look after
the kidneys. The kidneys are the most
overworked organs of the human body.
and when they fail in their work Of
fltering and throwing of the poison
that constantly accumulates In the sys-
tenn, everything goes wrong. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules will
give almost immediate relief from kid
ney and bladder troubles and their kim
drec ailments. They viii free your
body from pain in short order. But be
sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Look for
the name on every box. In three sizes.
sealed packages. Money, refunded if
they do not help you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
CASUALTY LIST.
No. 81 of Second Series from War
Department News Bureau.

The total number of casualties
reported to date since the war
began is 2S6,35S. Release NO. oil
of the second series from the war
department news bureau contains
Cos names, summarized as fol
lows:
Killed in action ..........
Died of wounds ...........
Died of accident and other
causes 20
Died of disease ....... IL
Wounded severely ... rs
Wounded, degree undeter-
mined 100
Wounded slightly .......... BIG
Missing in action .......
Total ................ ooo
Total number of casualties to
date, including those reported
above:
Killed in action, includ-
ing 381 at sea ........ 33,3S4
Died of wounds ......... 1891
Died of disease ....... 23,292
Died of accident and 9TH
err causes ............. 1876
Wounded in action Cover
50 per cent returned to
duty) 208,691
Missing in action (not in
Guiding the prisoners re-
leased and returned) :. 2,774
Total to date ....... 2S6,35S
In release No. 81 there are two
Vermont names: Wounded Sc
verely, Private Walter A. Thomp-
son of Swanton; wounded slight
", Private Leland SLarrow of st.
Adams.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
WANTS A SANE FOURTH.
Fire Protection Association Calls fo
Abandonment of Fire Works.

BOSTON, June 12.-The National
Fire Protection association is mailing
the following letter to the governors Of
the various states, asking that the safe
and sane Fourth of July be continued:
1.-THE association bespeaks the whole
hearted support of all good citizens for
the efforts which are being made to
conserve the child life of America
through the disuse of the dangerous
fireworks which have wrought such
havoc in the past. They sadly mistake
the needs of the time who think that
the reckless handling of explosives in
sport is a fitting manifestation of joy
at the cessation of carnage in Europe
The MANNED or blinded victim of a
Fourth of July explosion suffers no less
than the victim of an enemy bomb
Surely we have had enough of guns
torpedoes and high explosives! Let us
take the opportunity to break finally
with the past, and to substitute for the
traditional orgy of fire and noise 8
civic observance more consistent will
personal dignity and the. common
good"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12

If you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; if your
'he1d is dull or aching; if what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
Just right, begin inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast, glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This will flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels and cleanse,
sweeten and purify the entire alimen-
tary tract Do your inside bathing i'm
mediately upon rising in the morning
to wash out of the system all the pre-
vious days poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food into
the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your pharmacist a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
which is inexpensive and almost taste
less, except for sourish tinge which
is not unpleasant.
just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach, liver
kidneys and bowels. Men and womer
who are usually constipated, bilious
headachy or have any stomach dis
order should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast. They are assured
they will become real cranks on thu
subject shortly.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
WILLIAMSVILLE

f. L. Stratton was week end visitor
in Springfield.
Mr. and Mrs G. c. Temple have gone
to Mountain Mills, where he has posi-
ton.
Miss Bessie Hewitt of Woodsville has
been a guest of her sister, Mrs. E. w
Putnam.
Children's day will be observed at
the Methodist church next Sunday
morning, when the service will be given
over to the children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
heir parents, Mr. and MRS. Barna N.

their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Barna N.
Phelps.
The pupils in the academy building
enjoy their physical culture exercises
and part of their music lessons on the
school grounds each pleasant day.
Mrs. William H. Gotta of White River
Junction was admitted Tuesday after
noon to the Melrose hospital for medi-
cal treatment. 1t is expected that she
will undergo an operation later.
News has been received here from
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Winchester, for,
merly of this village, who are spending
some time in Nebraska, that theil
daughter, Doris, is better. She has beer
in i'll health for some time and hac
| been in sanitarium there for medica
| treatment. @ .-#
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
WEEPING ECZEMA
SOON RELIEVED
A Perfect Treatment For This
Distressing Complaint

w ASlNG.N
TT had an attack of Weeping
Eczema; so bad that my clothes
would be wet through at times.
suffered terribly. / could get no
relief until 1 tried 'Fruit-a-tives Tor
Fruit Liner Tablets and SCOTIA
Saliva. The first treatment gave me
relief. Altogether, have used three
boxes of SCOTIA Saliva and two of
'Fruit-a-tives', and am entirely well''.
G.. w. HALL.
Doth these remedies are sold by
dealers at soc. a box, 6 for $3.50, or
sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, NY.
"Fruit-a-tives" is also put I'D In a
trial size which sells for 25c.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Children s day will be observed next
Sunday in the First Baptist church. An
excellent program has been prepared
for the occasion.
The Swedish Luther league will hold
a special meeting at the church tomor-
row night at o clock, when all mem
bers are urged to be present.
In the regular meeting of the board
of trade directors last night two per-
sons were elected to membership. The
report of the band committee also was
discussed.
The trustees of the Vermont Savings
bank at their regular quarterly meet
ing yesterday declared a dividend of
= Ia per cent, payable July l, for the
past six months.
Frank A. Larrow is attending the
races at Combination park, Medford,
also a meeting of the short-ship circuit.
While there Mr. Larrow will look over
the racing field in the interests of the
Valley fair.
The annual meeting of Brattleboro
chapter, D. A. R., will be held Saturday
afternoon, June IA, at O'Clock in the
home of Mrs c. I. Brownell onA Main
street, that day being flag day Mrs.
Florence Wilbur of Keene, n. H, viii
| give a paper on The Flags of AlE-%a-
tions. -.s@4arg ssatte ID sse ss ssl o. rsss -
Mrs. Eva o. Bell of 76 Canal street,
who received telegraphie news of the
| death of her brother, Herman +. Ten
ney of Madison, Mimi, has received a
| clipping from a Madison paper which
| states that death was due to pleuro.
pneumonia after a short illness. Mr.
] Tenney was So years old He was a ma
tive of Colrain, Mass, and had many
acquaintance here. Besides his wife he
leaves nine children, nine grandchildren
two sisters, Mrs. Ball and Mrs. Emma
Hall of Westmoreland, and brother
Ernest Tenney of South Vernon.
Triumph lodge, No. 1873, Scandinavian
Fraternity of America, held a regular
meeting last evening last evening il
Red Men s hall and elected these off
GERS: Pres, c. W. Bjorklund; vic,
pres, Mrs. Hulda Kugge; chaplain, Mis-
Ellen Hertzberg; marshal, Miss Ebb;
Kugge; assistant, Miss Hilma Oster
holm; Sec, Miss Sigrid Kugge; fin. see
Carl H. Anderson; treas, ThorwalC
johnson; trustee, Z. G. Gustafson. Thes,
officers will be installed the first meet
ing in July. August johnson was elect
ed district deputy at the meeting
week ago.
Miss Marion Knight and Miss Rutl
Sargent were elected last evening a
delegates from the Y. P. c. u of tn
First Universalist church to the nationa
convention of Y. p. G. U. to be he'll
at Ferry Beach, Me-, July % to Aug
4. The meeting last evening was tn
regular business meeting and annua
reports We're given which showed tina
all obligations had been met and tina
there was money in the treasury. lively
lectures were given and proved yer
successful. Officers elected were: Vic
pres, Miss Marion Knight; sec, Mis-
Ruth Sargent; treas, Miss Nora ia
quith A president will be elected late
After the business session games wer
played and there was a social time wit
refreshments of sandwiches, lemonad
and cake
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12

The most powerful lamp in the world is
in the De la Heve lighthouse near Havre
With flashes one-tenth of a second in du-
ration, it actually gives as much light as
two and a half million candles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-12

The first oil company in Kentucky of
which the stockholders are all women
has been organized at owensboro. - sz
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-02
FACTORIES
! now SHIPPING NEW CARS
conversion OF Plants From War
Z Time to Peace Basis Quickly
Accomplished.
On 100 PER CENT WAR WORK
Almost Magical Transition Is Typ
= 3 icai Of the Resourccfulness of
tho Industry Throughout United

Although the great Studcbaker fac
4 tories at South Bend and Detroit were
Y At the time Of t;crmany'S capitulation,
equipments of new Studebaker cars are
s 40 dfieEs 5Fem rssn
$STal sales manager of the Studobakcr
4 &orporation.
ssssgssssAs soon as the report of the cessa-
Z HOP OF hostilitics had been officially
studehaker plants were thrown into
@ith the result that in less than sixty
lays new Studebaker cars were. being
fhroughou, the country.
THIS rapid, almost magical. transi-
ton has been Quietly. but with start
4ateWe, of the resourccfulness OF the in
Saostry as whole. II offers another
dalton on which The a,itomobilc bust
ness rests, It's permanonce and stability
and the engineering genius back OF the
car itself. Factories III any other line,
faced with similar porplexing prob
aG 2na OF reconstruction. would find it
ment In less than six months or a full
s,"on December l., 1918, studebaker
the ruling of the War Board. prepsra-
pension OF automobile production, Tor
commercial needs. the first of the year.
Ihe signing of the armisticc. however.
II
Eenger car restrictions and abrupt can
tracts. The suddenness of the wars
Termination did not stampede Amer ica's
thrd largest industry. Just il was
one OF the first great industries 10 ad-
just itself to wartime conditions and
BECOME effective as n war agency, IL is
nov one OF the first to get back TO the
4peace-time basis. And with about L.
100000 cars behind in production no
Tears for tho future of this young
giant of the industrial world need be
entertained.
1.-THE complete conversion of man
Afacturlng institution so tremendous
es Studebaker's is not the work OF =
day. The conversion period will be q
snort one, however, as already evil
denced by Studebakers ability 10 make
dealers at the present time.
4. AS an example of the ability OF the
3Studebaker factories TO turn out new
( cars In rapidly increasing numbers.
might mention that the hugo forge
SHOP at South Bend. construction on
npow turning out quantities OF drop
EorEinSs for the new Studcba kcr cars
This new shop intended as "A unit of
Studebaker's big shell factory. is but
ono or the several units that make up
cur new south Bend automobile plant.
some OF the buildings, are completed
and machinery installed and the others
are rapidly nearing completion.
with this new plant in full opera
1on, Stud ebaker will add approNi innate
~ 1000 employees to its army of work
ers and put into effect manufacturing
10000 automobiles for the year 1920
Beginning the first OF next year our
schedules require tho annual proIuc-
tlon OF 100000 tour-cylindcr ears at
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-02

iieved. and that this is going to result
in higher prfces is tho opinion OF
r c. Rcuschaw. vice -president of tho
Mitchell Motors Company. Inc. OF Ra-
cine. Wis, 80
Few people not actually engaged
In tho manufacture Of automobiles or
similar products begin to realize tho
pense entailed In adapting the auto
mobile plants of this country to. tho
war work which was their splendid
THE general belief scems to have
been that 1t would only be necessary
things to pc made to o." tho mon in the
shop and the work would go merrily
on with no delay.
.tOf course. 1t is needless to say that
this opinion was somewhat ridiculous