Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-06-05
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June 80, for the purpose OF getting
more men to fight the Japs, Wops ana
the Yaps. This time, the hooks Will be
thrown into youngsters Is and ~
wears of age; and I'm here to tell you
that Uncle Sam has some huskles
along about that age. Some of them
could take two or three of those lit
tie brown men and knock their heads
together so hard they'd go blind-that
is, if our lads could catch them.
There's another thing: if l don't
look out, this draft thing will get me
vet. They say a human being is
"once a man and twice child" II
length of years is necessary to carry
a man back to childhood; or, at least
to the drafting age, then I'm praying
this war will soon be over, because
I'm approaching darn near the back
ward lane to 10 years. If, however,
the second childhood would BRING
along with the accompanying vlgor OF
youth, then the time can not come
soon enough for me, I'll shoulder
gun for Uncle Sam and tell him TO
bring on his beer kegs and his sun
flowers, and his spaghetti.
Speaking about the war, ] hear
lot about this freezing proposition.
Seems to me this is rather bad time
of the year to speak of freezing, any
thing. Some of the boys told me there
was sn't any sign of refrigeration on
the golf course last Sunday.
I don't mean to say it was too hot
for them to go to church; for, OF course
they attended divine service before
they used up some of their gas cards
to go out to the Winter Quarter play
ground. Funny, amt it, we all find
it too far to walk mile out to the
links; but it's just exhilarating to
play Is holes of golf and treat our
pedal extremities to about five miles
of fairway and other kinds of sand
and gravel. But that's human nature,
amt it?
But, | started to say something
about freezing. The government has
frozen cars; bicycles; certain ma
terials supposed to be war stuff; and
if they go to freezing gas, the Liz
zies, Jalopies and Jeeps will have
heck of time getting anywhere.
Whv. in the name of Sam Hill, John
Billings, and John Smith, doesn't the
government exercise some OF this
freezing power on those Huns and
Nipponese. If some of that frigldlty
had been sent over to Russia, maybe
along with that country's ice and
snow, Hitler could have returned with
his very moustache turned to sticks,
broken off at the roots, and its growth
spoiled forever My advice is to
Uncle Sam as to "throw some OF
those freezones in the face of the
foe, and stop 'em in their tracks; we
can do without a lot of that cold
weather stuff. This is summer time,
and we want no foolishness about IT..
Well, Sir, talking about GOODNESS,
frigidity, and the like, l heard yes
terday of a man who just takes the
candy cane for steadiness under fire,
if what | did hear was on the level
This gent was supposedly, laboring
under financial stringency and was
looking around for a good opportunl-
ty to replenish his eXchequer. One OF
the business places on Clarke Avenue
seemed to look inviting and he pro
ceeded to investigate its interior. He
gained ingress by means of the rear
door and left it open as means OF
exit. 1t may be that he had been
there before; and, maybe, he had been
musically inclined and had dropped
a nickel or two in the slot of music
box. Maybe he didn't get the tune
he liked and maybe, dissatisfied, he
wanted his nickels back. He went
about demolishing that machine. But
before he had gotten far, an early
customer appeared at the door. 1t
was early in the morning, and here's
where our hero showed his CUTS. The
customer knocked at the door. With
out moving a muscle the burglar
said:
"Come back later, we are not open
for business yet," just as cool as a
cucumber, and it worked. However,
things didn't work so well a little
later. A neighboring merchant heard
the unusual noise of crashing wood
and glass. He does little peeping,
saw the miser counting out his money,
notifies the police, who soon appeared
on the scene. Mr.. Robber soon learn
ed that if he wasn't open for business,
the officers were and his little picnic
was soon over; his pecuniary ambi-
tons still unsatisfied. He now Ian
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