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Evening star., 1946-06-22
The Job Situation

Despite the recent rash of strikes
the postwar job situation in America
is encouraging. According to Rob-
ert c. Goodwin, director of the
United States Employment Service,
the unemployed now total only g.
10000, including 100000 veterans.
This is large number, but in rela-
tion to the whole economy it is far
from startling. especially since Off
cial estimates indicate that it repre-
sents the peak of idleness and that
from this point on continued i'm
provement can be expected.
If there had been no serious
strikes, of course, the picture would
now be better than it is, for the work
stoppages not merely imposed on
those already holding jobs, but also
delayed opportunities for those just
entering the market for gainful en-
ployment. Regardless of this, how
eVar, it is a measure of the Nations
remarkable economic capacity that
1t has been able to shift from war to
peace without suffering the wrench
of much greater joblessness. On
VI day no one could be absolutely
sure of the outlook; indeed some
authorities, including Government
SpokeSmen, considered certain fac
tors in the picture to be so doubtful
that they warned of the possibility
of 100000 unemployed by this
summer.
The fact that current unemploy-
ment actually amounts to little more
than quarter of that figure is par
ticularly striking when read against
the background of our extremely
rapid rehabilitation. Up to now
some 11,5O0.0OO men have been dis
charged from the armed forces. Of
this total only 100000 are seeking
jobs. All the rest are either en-
ployed or going to school or not look
ing for work. In short, the vi
vision of huge army of idle vet
Grams has not materialized. What
has happened is that our economy
has been resilient enough to absorb
the bulk of them. Not only have
great many women and overage war
workers withdrawn from the labor
market, but new avenues of employ
ment have been opened, and in Mr..
Goodwin's judgment, if no entirely
unforeseen events occur, the situa-
tion should now become progress
sively better
Considering the enormous pentup
domestic and world demand for all
sorts of durable and nondurable
goods, this prospect of high employ
ment seems almost inevitable. We
can be reasonably certain of it, how
Evening star., 1946-06-22
High Meadow

Here By the upland meadop
Where the great clouds bank and pass,
Leaning shifting pattern
OF shado,cs on the grass,
This is q aDorld eternal
Escaped from the bitter boz
OF 1paHs and roofs and cupboards
And the nauttering OF clocks.
Here in the iuondrous patience
OF rock and tree and foUer-
Wide to all comers' taking
Is great and ,Uondrous po1Der.
1t lays hand on the ,peary
And says, "For this hour, forget"
1t substitutes for "NeDer"
The gentler words, "Not yeti"
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Reaction to Forum Broadcast

To the Editor of The Star:
Some one in my home tuned in on
what at first thought was conven-
ton of f1shwives. When the babble
subsidized momentarily, it developed that
it was an air forum concocted for the
dissection of OPA. The principals were
Senator Taft, Mr.. Nathan and sundry
others whose names escape me-
Aside from some sharp truths voiced
by Senator Taft (who seems to have
at least some appreciation of the prob
lens posed for small business by this
mockery they call price controD the
program reeked of the hypocrisy that
seems to be pervading our whole gov
ernmental structure.
Mr.. Nathan presumed to present him.
self as the clarion voice of America.
And yet it is to be doubted that any
American who heard him did not know
that he spoke with his tongue in his
cheek. His predicate echoed from re-
cent history. "The American people
do not know what is good for them.
They must be saved from themselves,
despite themselves, etc.
I wonder if we are really as inept
as these persons seem to believe? Now
tney are even trying to strip us COM
mon folk of our faith-and that is bad.
For faith is the antiseptic of the soul;
it pervades the common people and pre-
serves them, they never give up believ-
ing and expecting and trusting. Be-
cause of faith there is that indescribable
freshness and Inconsistencies about
an illiterate person that humbles and
mocks the power of the noblest ex-
pressive genius.
VICTOR F. MARJANI
Evening star., 1946-06-22

ever, only on a short-term basis.
Whether there will be a boom of
five or ten years and terrible bust
after that will depend largely on
the nature of the policies to be fol-
lowed by labor, management and
Government from here on out-a
fact that must temper any optimism
of the moment.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

this control is established. The tax
payers who are the shareholders In
the gigantic RFC organization are
entitled at all times to a full and
ineligible accounting of the use to
which their money is being put by
their Government.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

Dictionary study has become
popular hobby, with local bookstores
featuring window displays of the
latest lexicons. But radio takers
stubbornly continue to say "perduce"
and "perduction."
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Disagrees With Future Mother

Disagrees With Future Mother
To the Editor of The Star:
This is in reply to the recent letter
from Future Mother"
1t happens I am both mother and
a mother-to-be AS a mother l look
proudly at my youngsters chubby strong
legs, but cannot get out of my minds
eye the terrible pictures we have seen
of Europe's children-their emaciated
little, limbs, their huge staring eyes.
thank God that my children will
grow up in this bountiful land where
even when war tore the world about us,
our grocery baskets were laden, dis
gracefully laden. These times I want
to believe that more American women
feel shame for the amounts of food we
are keeping here than share Future
Mothers" complaint that we are send
ing too much to starving people.
MRS. JAMES D. MCLEAN.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

One Of the fundamental myths of
modern times is the idea that pro-
fessional radicals, being also pro-
fessional individualists in tempera-
ment, will pull together when they
have the opportunity.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

A Los Angeles man aged ninety
nine has just applied for and been
granted membership in the Grand
Army Of the Republic. He probably
did not relish the idea of "queuing
up" back in the 187Os and 1880s.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

People always have wanted secur-
ity. Just fifty years ago the cam
paign song of the Republicans was:
'Hurrah for McKinley-and pro-
tection!"
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Lond Of Opposites
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
Showing how everything is upside
down in China. over here we have
fire commissioner and over there they
have cease-are commissioner.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Editorial on Mother Cabrini
To the Editor of The Star:

Congratulations on the excellence OF
your editorial on Mother Frances Xavier
Cabrini-that magnificent woman, our
new American saint. She encountered
seemingly unsurmountable- difficulties
with undaunted sureness. Her years
were continuous record of loving kind
ness and service. AS recounted in the
story of her life, Mother Cabrini in
few instances did show, however, that
her blood could warm and she could
be blunt with righteous Indignation
A WELL WISHER.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15
YANK SOLDIER TELLS OF GIANT
PYTHONS AND TIGERS IN BURMA

screams OF soldier in tent directly
opposite one occupied by Patterson.
The screaming youth soon awakened
a soldier in the next tent to Patter-
sons, to wildly relate that something
had been after him and that he'd
"felt a hot breath on his face. The
frightened soldier was soon calmed
down and put to bed in another tent.
A few minutes later a tremendous
commotion arose from the officers
area. Investigation revealed that the
mosquito net covering to an officers
bed had been open and his blankets
ripped. The officer had suffered
scalp and shoulder lacerations.
"We knew then it could only have
been one thing" Patterson said. I'VE
had beer paid call h. our friend,
the tiger"
The attacking tiger had apparent
ly become startled when the officer
jumped up and yelled, and had wan
dered off into the surrounding jungle.
Later in the night the tiger attacked
q negro mess attendant, serving with
the engineering unit. and clawed the
victim so badly that he died next day
from shock and loss of blood.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

irrascible lawyer, doing here? Prob
bly, wanted to question her about
che will. He tilted his head back and
2eered down his long nose through
he upper half of his bi-focal pince-
leZ.
"How do you do, Miss Harris,
recall seeing you at the services for
Mr.. Hartigan last week"
Eyes, he was fine old gentleman;
l became very fond of him."
She thought of the forlorn little
chapel service. ]. D. Prentice had
been there, and elderly Mr.. and Mrs.
Caleb Miles, the caretakers of Oak
hart, and herself.
There had been something pathetic
about the lack of sincere mourners
although Janet realized that Mr..
Hartigan himself would have been
amused rather than embittered by it.
Miss Harris, I-ah-1 would like
you to describe to US the circum-
stances surrounding the making OF
Mr.. Hartigan's last will and testa-
ment."
"But, you saw him the next day,
Mr.. Prentice-didn't he tell you?"
]. D. Prentice looked annoyed, "fes
he did Miss Harris but I'd like to
have it from your own lips, if you
don't mind"
DR.. Farquhar motioned to chair,
"Sit down here, my dear, and tell US
about it," he urged kindly.
Janet described the events of that
evening. When she was through the
lawyer peered at her speculativeiy.
"Did you see what was in the will,
Miss Harris ?"
"No, l didn't; none of us did. In
fact. Mr.. Hartigan was very careful
to shield the paper SO we couldn't
see."
"Hmm, did Mr.. Hartigan seem in
a normal frame of mind ?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

Chapel Hill. July 11-Living in a
tigers and pythons for playmates
might seem like great sport to Frank
Buck, who brings 'em back alive, but
Wallace D. Patterson, Jr.., of Chapel
Hill, thinks he was lucky to have
brought himself back alive, and he
wants no part of beautiful Burma,
thank you.
And that goes for all the other
jungles too.
After year and half in Burma,
plus few months in China and ln-
dia. Patterson is now home again
with the conclusion that Chapel Hill
is mot such bad place after all"
From now on. Patterson says, he
prefers to confine his relations with
wild animals and uninhibited snakes
TO an occasional visit to the zoo. And
the fact that Chapel Hill has no zoo
doesn't make him mad at all.
Despite his uncomplimentary COM
mentary on Burma and things Bur-
mese. Patterson has more choice SOU
venirs than you can shake a bundle
of sticks at. He's proud of his col
lection, too.
His prize trophy of the lot is a
handsome python skin, the likes of
which have never been exhibited be-
fore in these parts. The heavy mag
nificently designed skin is some ls
feet long and measures Is inches in
width. A part of the skin, Patter-
son says, will eventually go into a
pair of shoes and purse for his
/ mother. Mrs. w. d. Patterson, with
whom he now lives in Chapel Hill
Finding leather craftsman who car
fashion these articles from the Skin
is proving to be problem, however
Patterson acquired this impressive
memento the hard way. He was stand
ing guard on an air strip when the
giant snake slithered out onto the
,unway from the dense jungle which
borded the strip on all sides.
Fortunately | was armed" Pat
terson relates, land as soon as | re-
gained my presence of mind afte;
the first shock of seeing the mon
ster, l leveled my tommy gun at hi:
ugly head and let him have it be
tween the eyes"
| Patterson's skin, or rather Patter
sons python's skin, was easily the
largest ever obtained by any member
of his Army outfit-the Second TrooI
Carrier Squadron-during the units
long stay in Burma. Many Other
pythons were killed in and arounC
the camp, but all yielded skins o.
only to II feet in length, practi
cally kindergarten size as compared
with Patterson's superb specimen.
Pythons, however, were not the
only concern of Patterson's outfit
during its Burma residence. There
were other snakes. highly poisonous
whose bite could, and occasionally did
kill man in 30 minutes. Then ther,
were the wild animals as well, whC
now and then forgot their manner
and strolled out of their jungle hab
itat to the white mans clearing.
One close Burma shave. Patterson
recalled, happened one night when
tiger broke into the camp. The sleep
ing men were awakenedby tn
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

| it." Then his features stiffened and
grew stern. Pm in my right mind,
Janet, and this is my last will and
testament-don't ever let anyone per-
suade you otherwise"
| His tone had been SO vehement that
she had said, What do you mean ~
! But he had refused to explain fur
ther."
She had phoned ]. D. Prentice and
even now the prominent lawyer was
closeted with Mr.. Hartigan.
She moved down the corridor 10
DR.. Eynon's office. For once the lit
tie anteroom was empty of patients
and she went on into his office.
He turned to her. "You haven't
seen DR., Bronson recently, have
you?"
Her voice echoed her surprise.
"Why, yes, l just left him. Why?"
Il was just wondering how he was
taking it d.
For Cliffs sake she decided to be
frank. ITO tell you the truth, he's
worried to death at not hearing from
You and DR.. Windell.'
"Then Windell hasn't spoken to
him YETI"
Apparently not"
"Hmm," he studied her solemnly
| for long seconds, then, You're en-
gagged to Dr.. Bronson, aren't you
| Miss Harris? ?"
Engaged No, no, I'm not. Did
you think l was?"
What had instilled that idea? Was
Cliff trying to give that impression
to people?
'Tm afraid | did. In fact, Naomi
Farquhar told me as much and I've
seen you together so often that | just
assumed it was So"
! She smiled, 1T isn't. Cliff Bron-
son and are just very good friends
We like to do the same things
but that's all it amounts to-"
Then | can speak frankly to you ~
| w nat ulu lie mean VI CoulSe, IL
Eynon."
about DR.. Bronson's operation
yesterday. DR.. Windell is going
to discuss it with him this afternoon.
We've hesitated because it's a diff
cult thing to explain"
Janet felt uneasy. What was he
getting at? Surely Cliffs perform
ance had been faultless.
"Of course I'm not a surgeon" she
said, but | have assisted at hum
dreds of appendectomies. thought
DR.. Brunson was almost perfect
He nodded TOO perfect"
81 don't understand"
1T isn't natural for a doctor to be
so calm, so-well, carefree-at his
first operation. To put it inelegant-
ly, when a doctor doesn't perspire
over a major operation, there's some
thing wrong with him."
Janet glanced down at her fingers.
This wasn't so bad; at least Cliff
hadn't made some glaring error. "He
told me he had stage fright badly be-
fore he entered the amphitheater, but
that it vanished when he began his
work"
"Well, that helps some - at least
he isn't entirely devoid of sensibil-
ity."
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

Il hope DR.. Wendell won't be too
severe" she protested. After all, it's
something DR.. Bronson may overcome
in very short time - perhaps his
very next operation"
DR.. Eynon stared at her peculiarly
you may not be engaged to Bron
son." his eyes said. but you certain
ly think a great deal of him."
DR.. Eynon filled his pipe with Il
fresh mixture and stared curiously at
Janet.
Miss Harris, was wondering if
sometime, perhaps tonight, you would
not like to-that is"
The ring of the telephone was stri-
dent
He picked it up too quickly in his
relief. Janet could not help but over
hear the warm appealing voice of
Naomi Farquhar. DR.. Eynon's words
confirmed her suspicion.
"Hello Naomi He did? . &.
That would be splendid q. . Tonight?
for dinner? What time? Fine,
| I'll be there :. Goodbye.
Looking exultant he replaced the
receiver. For several minutes he
seemed absorbed in his thoughts, then
he turnel to face Janet. seeming al
most surprised at finding her still
there.
What was it you were saying, DR..
Eynon?" she prompted.
What? Oh, oh nothing-nothing
of Importance"
She rose to go, feeling almost an
CRY and annoyed. "Then that will be
all?"
He stared up at her curiously, Eyes,
. that will be all, Miss Harris"
Out in the corridor she stood be-
fore the elevators watching the big
dial over one of them. 1t had halted
at four, then slowly it began to move
as the elevator descended without
further stops.
The doors slid apart and one of
the hospital stewards wheeled out an
oxygen tank. Janet felt sharp pre-
monitory twinge.
Someone on the fourth floor TAX
ing oxygen, Frank"
They ordered it for old Mr.. Harti-
gan"
Hes had another attack"
Hes gone, Miss Harris - slipped
away in his sleep, they said. 1t was
too late for the oxygen when they
found him."
In spite of herself. Janet's eyes
filled with tears.
Two weeks later Janet stood before
the full-length mirror of her room
in the nurses residence and nervous
ly put the finishing touches to her
hair and uniform.
What could this summons from
DR.. Farquhar, the head of Cosmopoli
tan Hospital mean? She ran rapidly
over her conduct of the past month
and could think of no infringement
of the rules. Besides, reprimands al
ways came from the head senior
nurse unless they verged on dismls-
sal which was very rare occurrence.
The corridor to DR.. Farquhar's Of
fices seemed very long. In answer to
her knock his bluff, hearty voice
asked her to come in.
He was a big, jovial man with a
face almost dangerously red. Strang-
ers expected him to keel over with
apoplexy but he had been that way
all his life and well-earned vacations
spent hunting and fishing merely
heightened his color.
Come in, come in, Miss Harris, v
he said cordially, Il believe you've
already met Mr.. Prentice?"
Janet murmured a greeting. What
was ]. D. Prentice, Mr.. Hartigan' s
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15
CHAPTER ii

Never mind. l used to be law
yer at one period Of my long life and
/ know what Pm doing. Isn't there
someone else-anyone who can read
and write will do?"
Janet felt bewildered and little
hurt. There's Charlie the elevator
man on night duty. l don't want to
arouse any OF the other patients"
mo need to, Charlie will do fine.
Get him, Janet, and bring all three
of them in here at once"
AS she left the room she heard
him emit dry, SNUG little chuckle'
DR.. Eynon mad returned from the
laboratory. He and Cliff Bronson
were standing facing each other and
the shaded night light threw their
features into queer, gargoylish sill
houettes again the ceiling.
Janet Harris was still puzzled over
old Mr.. Hartigan as she made her
way to the operating theater the
next afternoon.
She had asked DR.. Eynon and Cliff
to come into his room last night
along with Charlie, the elevator man.
The two doctors understood at once
that it was better to humor the old
gentleman and they signed their
names and addresses at the bottom
of the document. Charlie doubted if
he knew what it was all about.
Mr.. Hartigan's frail, claw-like hand
shielded the rest of the paper SO none
of them saw the terms of the will.
1t was all very mysterious.
When she had stopped in to see
him few hours ago he had grinned
up at her mockingly. -.
Still hanging on" he chuckled.
Except for a faint blue tinge
around his withered old lips, he look
ed unchanged and she felt unreason-
ably glad.
Wont you let me call your law
yer now, Mr.. Hartigan?"
81 suppose you'd BETTER" he agreed
amiably. THE deed is done. All that
remains is for j. D. to put it in the
phraseology of the legal profession
She had laughed then. Il am
afraid he's going to be annoyed with
you"
He chortled dryly, Small doubt OF
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15
Lightning Bolt
Strikes Tractors
100 Feet Apart

Lubbock, Texas, July Is - Light
ming struck two tractors about 100
feet apart in a field near here, kill
ing a man and a boy who were driv-
ing them.
Both James Yowe, "a, and his
nephew, John Wayne Millar, IA. were
going in the same direction when the
bolt struck. Loves tractor circled
to the right and began travelling in
circle about 100 feet in diameter,
running over loves body several
times.
Millar's tractor turned at right an
giles to the left and continued about
200 yards where Mrs. Lowe, wife of
the dead man, managel to stop the
tractor by running her car into the
knife attachment on it. Mrs. Lowe
then called two neighbors, blowing
nearby, to stop the other tractor.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15
SYNOPSIS:

DR.. Clifford Bronson, an inferno,
goes canoeing with Janet Harris, a
nurse from his hospital. He suggests
that she forget all about DR.. Eynon
and the clinic and marry him. But
Janet wasn't ready to give an answer.
Back at the hospital, old Mr.. Harti-
gan, whose death was expected al
most any day, tells Janet he wants
to make out his will and urges her
to round up three witnesses for him.
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

If you don't read the Times you
can't be very well posted on local
and national happenings, because no
other newspaper published in Lincoln
county gives you the news and ad-
vertising coverage Times readers get
The Lincoln times., 1946-07-15

A self-charging portable radio is
being produced by an Eastern manu-
facturer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-27
Dimout Here Satisfactory Say Police
 MoRy Complaints
 Investigated
 Lost EveninQ

Police Superintendent William ]. Roach, describing last nights com pliance with oinout regulations as satisfactory, said today that he hopes for even greater cooperation from merchants and businessmen tonight and subsequently,. Al mem eers Of the force have been sent copies of the emergency orders is- sued by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin and the Public Utilities Commission. and have been instructed to enforce them strictly.
 In the early hours after dark last night there were numerous com plaints about violations, Superin- tendent Roach said, but the viola tions were reduced to a minimum as the evening progressed. In many cases, policemen directed that win- dow, advertising and display lights be turned off.
 Names of repeated violators will be turned over by police to the Con- neticut Light & Power Company, The Civilian Production Admini- stration has warned that penalties of a year in jail or Q slo,000 fine can be imposed.
 The utility company today called on the public to conserve electricity and gas as much as possible during the emergency caused by the soft coal strike
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-27
Decision
 Reserved

Decision was reserved by Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Troland to- day on a motion to set aside the jury verdict returned recently in the Clark win case. The motion was made by the Waterbury Trust Com pany, executor of the will of the late Mrs. Sarah J. Clark of Cath erine Avenue, after the jury found the issues in favor Of five cousins who were appealing and broke the will.
 Reference was made by Attorney Walter Torrance, counsel for the bank. at today's hearing to the Law ernce Atchison win case heard here a few years ago. He commented that Attorney John H. Cassidy, counsel for the cousins. was in the same position then that he, Tor rance, was in in the current case.
 In the Achison case, the jury broke the will which had oisin- herited MT. Achison's two children. Attorney Cassidy who represented the executor, asked to have the ver- dict set aside, and it was set aside, and the Supreme Court upheld the action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-27
UnicoC Club
 Pays Honor

Eulogies were delivered last eve. ming at a meeting of the unieo Cut on the recent death of Charles E. Manganaro. president of the Red. wood Furniture Company. Formal resolutions voicing the organiza- tion's sorrow will be adopted later and sent to the family of the late MT. Manganaro and to the relatives Of other deceased members. Attor- ney John Membrino, Col. Joseph DiPietro. James Gioella. Domenic Iorio and Joseph Manganaro will prepare the proper testimonial.
 Announcement was made last evening that a Christmas party for members will be held in the Col onial Room of The Elton, Monday afternoon, Dec. g. Chairman A. J Masone will direct plans.
 A committee headed by Joseph Renzoni will make the necessary ar Arrangements for a New Years party.
 Members of the club voted to buy a bond in support of the Anti Tuberculosis drive now being con- ducted in Waterbury.
 The board of directors chosen at recent meeting will consist oi Peter Augelli. Domenic Castellano Attorney Pasquale DeCicco. lame. Scigliano. Frank Stolfi.