The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-02
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Every time l hear people speak
TO you as Miss Stuart, ! jump.
Pat smiled a little. Il don't
mind it. We understand why,
Jimmy. You and me and Ed
Bryan. And-and let me say,
too, that Ed and | want only TO
help you We've realize your
embarrassing position. Lorraine
is your fiancee; the girl you love.
Isn't she?"
That last was hardly ques-
ton, 1t was more restatement
of fact. Jimmy looked off, face
solemn now. Il guess So" he
said, | m G n--sure. Sure
thing, Pat. She'll be okay.
see her point Of view, and if /
didn't have a definite obligation
in this soaring flight, duty to
the Army, and the public
It'll be all right, Jimmy. I'm
sure il will. You had better
scoot now.
He left her and she was glad
OF it. She had felt a structure
inside her throat, a tightening,
a lump. 1t was heavy thing
that sprung up on slightest pro-
vocation, TO threaten her with
uncomfortable tears. And she
certainly didn't want TO have d
sobbing scene in front Of jim
my.
She could control her emo.
tons, she knew, by working
hard at something, and so she
pitched in now to do the tele-
phoning Jimmy wanted done
She had list of soaring club
members, people in civilian life
She arranged a meeting here in
Major Hale's office for p. m.
Then, trying to think Of ev-
cry detail, she called up the
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
and got help locating prominent
vegetable growers, shippers, job
bers, all men in the farming in.
dtstry=She= remembered tho
Rocky Mountains, too. Gould
glider trains be used TO move
ore? She wasn't sure, but Ar.
iona is a mining state SO she in.
vited all the mining officials she
could find. Each new civic
leader, she discovered, was anX.
ious to help, out of curiosity i.
nothing else.
She didn't ask" any of them
about the glider train demon
-strat4et-sAe-j just told them,
Capt. James Carr will pilot
the towing plane, she carefully
informed everybody. He wants
TO demonstrate that the train /.
feasible for civilian as well a.
Army use. He-he intends to be
IN this field as a business, wher
the war ends
mat last was on sudden i'm.
pulse. JImm Carr had been II
insurance before he joined the
Army, but Pat felt thrill thus
arranging his future life. On
pretending TO in her own mind.
BY working hard all day, talk
ing TO dozens Of men, telephon-
ing, planning, arranging count
less details which included field
clearance and authorization for
all Army plane, Pat had the
glider train project all complet-
cd by shutdown. She gave the
information TO the press and
radio. The train would take off
before another throng OF people
tomorrow al 3 p. Ia. Jimmy
came IN 10 verify all the plans
and routing.
Next day, though, the first
hitch came.
The farmed who had challeng
ed Pat IN the first place, pointed
out difficulty now. This
crazy train idea couldn't posi-
bly, be practical until after the
war, said he, CONTINUOUSLY
Distinguished Army men and
civilians were listening. Be too
technical, and dangerous. And
there wouldn't be near enough
civilian pilots. All available
men would be in war tasks.
People looked questloningly at
Jimmy Carr. This was consld-
Grafton, surely! But then Pat
Friday spoke up.
Don't fool yourself, mister,
she was almost naughty "Wo-
men can do anything men can
do. And just TO prove it-this
afternoon I'm going TO pilot one
of the gliders in that train
(TO Be Continued