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/ fHE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1947 Todays Short Story LONG CHANCE By Hank McCall BB STRAYER smiled to him- self as he heard his phone call ring the bell of Room 202, Women's Dormitory. With every Joe on campus trying to get a date for Spring Carnival, it had taken half an hour to slip past the busy signals of the dorm's few circuits, A girl's pretty voice answered, "Hello. Oh hello, Bob. This is Gretel. Polly step down the hall. Hold on; I'll find her." Telephorfe chats with the girls were ited to five minutes, four of which were wasted waiting, Bob Scrapped the Sihooth Drelimin- ary ey to bluntly state his de- sires. Since Polly was the Car- nival Queen, it poor ap- "Polly, I'll have to ask you quickly. Will you go to the Car- nival with me?" "Thank you, Bob, but I've been dated up weeks ago, After all you can't expect the Carnival Queen to wait until the last week to accept a date with you when everybody important on campus Is practically standing to take hme." was a in line "A, on your hobby horsé, We've been going together for so long before this 'Queen' business I thought sure you'd keep the weekend open for me." The operator said, "Time's up." and b closed the line curtly. To make matters even more humiliating, his fraternity bro- thers, who had been listening to the conversation on the upstairs extension, greeted him with hoot: and hollers. "Neo queen goes to the Carnival with a freshman. Did the 'Big Wheels' nose you out? Too bad, little one." No calculus examination ever lled the mental exercise from ob Strayer's brain like his pres- ent problem. Big wheel or not, he was determined to take Polly to the Carnival. He often wished that Polly was as sweet and un- assuming as Gretel Hansen, her roommate. The honor of pro- claimed beauty had destroyed the last trace of the girl he had stért- ed college with last fall. The English lecture ground on and on, every word of it escaping his attention, He was absorbed in his plots for Polly's favor. A bril- liant glow. of a girl's sunlit hair caught his wandering eye, It was Gretel's, At last his brain began to per- colate, He'd take Gretel aside and find out the exact status of Polly's affairs. With that known, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out some way to escort Polly to the Carnival. The lecture finished, Bob eased up to his prospective informer. "Gretel, let's go get a coke." They wandered intg the Kampus Korner and sat down in a side booth, Gretel kept her steady eyes focused quizzically on her host. Bob felt a little self-con- scious because he knew Gretel felt that he was up to no good pur- pose. He came to the point quick! ly. "I need the womanly advice of a big sister. Gretel, will you help me figure out a way to take Polly to the Carnival? Who does she plan to go with now?" "I'll have nothing to do with an of your monkey shines, Bo Strayer. There are plenty of other attractive girls without dates; you don't have to stir up trouble just to show off. Polly won't be going with you; she's had a number of bids but she's holdin the door open for a Digger catch, He had his solution. That night he went to the room of Tony Drake, a fraternity brother, the Senior Class President and the basketball captain. Tony was one of those rare individuals who pos- sess charm, brains, and money in abundance. He was sitting at his work desk, sealing letters, when Bob entered the room, « "Tony, how about doing me, one big favor? Make a date with Polly Lyman for the Spring Carnfsl." "My gosh, Bob, but you come | Bob, Tony not only got the date | | F. Carroll in its demand for temporary government assistance, Fr the ~after-class | No. 26, LEFT, has announced there would be no extension of the contract between the company-and employees out with the craziest ideas. In the first place, I hardly know her and in the second, I'm importing a girl from home." "You are? That makes it even by Dave Tony Drake was sitting at his work desk, sealing letters, when Bob entered his room, better. I just want you to make a date with her, and then. at the last minute break it. Then I'll step in and she'll go with me be- cause all the big boys will have dates, You see, as Carnival Queen, she's trying to go with the biggest campus celebrity she can interest. You won't get into trou- ble with your girl because she won't be here to know." "Okay, okay, I'll try, I don't see | why you dont take Gretel or some sincere girl, But if this gets me | ¥ ¥% » The next few days saw an elated | but he was seeing Polly freguent- ly. Gretl, during coke sessions, told him that Polly | was falling hard. Bob made a mental note to tell Bob not to lay it on so thick. Gretel was a funny girl, he | thought, never said much but was the kind you wanted to tell all your troubles. Although pretty, | she had ho glamor, Friday, the day of the big dance, | Bob collared his promoter, "Say, | Tony. I sure thank you for the missionary work. I figure you can | break your date with Polly this afternoon and I'll call her before dinner." "Bob," said Tony with a chuckle, "I hate myself for this but I'm not going to stand Polly up. I can- celled my home-town date this morning. Thanks for the lead." He had been betrayed! It was too late to ask anyone to the dance, Bob was sure every girl he knew was taken. The afternoon was spent watching the gay crowd prepare for the evening's fun, He thought wistfully of the lucky guy who was taking Gretel. To keep his mind off his troubles and sorrows Bob volun- teered to help a fraternity brother, who had a flower concession, dee liver corsages to the girl's domi- tories. ' The first one he picked up had Polly's name on it, He called her room on the house phone and in a disguided voice announced the corsage, Polly didn't come down for it; Gretel did. She was wear- "ing every day clothes. Bob was amazed, "Why, Gretel, aren't you going to the dance?" "No. I didn't care to go with anyone who asked 13,000 Miners in WY ritimes Go on Strike The first general strike to hit the coal mines of the maritime provinces since 1925 went into effect when a their pit lamps. making dwindle as mines, case on which expired January 31. wage increases depend on stepped-up production. such as the one shown at UPPER RIG | Steel and Coap Corp. and officials of the maritime district local of the United Mine Workers conferred with | Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell and his officials to reach some agr inability to pay the increased demands of the union and has received pp | last minute Ottawa conference to avert a walkout ended in a complete stalemate and 13,000 miners laid down The conference, called to head off a paralyzing mine tie-up, broke down on the question of Meanwhile Canada's coal production begins to , remain idle, Representatives of the Dominion t. The pany is b g its t from Ci president of U.M.W., District Hike Rates, Ration Ads, Harold Ickes' Solution . To Newsprint Shortage Athens, Ga., Feb. 24 -- (AP) -- Harold L. Ickes has advocated the "rationing by price" of newspaper advertising as one method of com- batting a growing shortage in news- print while still giving readers more news and editorial interpretations. The suggestion was contained in an address he had prepared for de- livery befoie the Georgia Press In- stitute before illness forced the can- cellation of his appearance. Copies of the speech were distributed at the session at which he was to have spoken. "I propose that you double your advertising rates, at least for dis- play advertising," sald the former Cabinet member, now. a newspaper columnist. He added that the re- sult would not be a doubling of pro- fits because "advertisers would take smaller ads and in this way you would save newsprint." He also declared the newsprint shortage could be eased by the con- 'sponsibility to see to it trolled tapping of the rich forest resources of Alaska through federal development of the northwest Ter- ritory, which fie said he had ad- vocated while Secretary of the In- terior. Ickes said it was an editor's re- that his readers receive the news, and de- clared that it was in this respect "that many of the newspapers of America are falling down," This was particularly tue of smalles newspapers, he said, because of the newsprint scarcity and increasing complexities of news gathering and interpretation. The fact that editors of smaller papers do not have "the newsprint the time or the money" to keep themselves and their readers in- formed as they would like to do, he said, "is responsible for the nar- row isolationism which has been so prevalent in some of the smaller communities of America." @, "Gretel," said Bob grabbing her hands in a burst of enthusiasm, "Let's go together!" She laughed and blushed hap- pily, "I knew you would get around to this; that's why I didn't care to go with the others." Leathermen Favor Plan By Millard Toronto, Feb. 24--(CP)--8tewart Macklen, national president of the National Union of Shoe and Leath- ern Workers (C.CL.), said here his union was in favor of any plan to reduce prices of manufactued goods. He commented on a proposal this week by OC. H. Millard, Canadian director of the United Steelworkers of America (C1.0.), that prices of manufactured goods be rolled back 10 percent. Mr. Macklen added that in his opinion "escalator" clauses in union agreements would do more to en- courage manufacturers to keep prices down than would decrees from a price control board. Escala- tor clauses would permit wages to rise in step with the cost-of-living ex. "This union has this clause in- cluded in some of our contracts and we have found that the man- agements concerned have become much more interested in keeping their prices down than they were before the clause was inserted." He had sent a letter to A. R. Mosher, C.CL. president, express- ing his union's views on the Mil. lard plan, Mr. Macklen said. Wanted to Scare Her Cop Hubby, Shoots Him Dead Philadelphia, Feb. 24--(AP)--Jo- seph H. Lombardo, 35-year-old iceman, was shot and killed with is service revolver ag he lay in bed - Saturday. After nine hours of questioning Lieut. James Kelly said the man's pretty, 28-year-old wife signed a statement that she had killed him accidentally. "I wanted to scare him like he did me several times," Kelly quoted ME. Anna Marie Lombardo as say- R. ' "I'm sorry it happened, I love him dearly. We were good pals to- gether." Mrs. Lombardo was charged with homicids by ghooting, Hollywood Pix Rile Anglicans Oxford, England, Fb, 24--(AP)-- A Church of England official said bere that Hollywood usually por- trays an Anglican vicar "as a bit of buffoon" and suggested his church establish there a liaison office like the Roman Catholics. Rev, Brian Hessian said the Hol- lywood portrayals 'on a mass scale inculcate the idea that we Church of England clergymen are pretty poor fish," Mr, Hessian is an Aylesbury vicar and chairman of "Bible Films", a production organ- ization of the Church of England. §e said the Catholics, although a minority in America, were the ac- tive and politically-alert church groupy "Whenever any script refers to religion, the producer is sought out with the result that in every case the (Catholic) priest and the serves are beautifully presented,' he sald. 3 Fort William Times-Journal 60 Years Old Fort William, Fez. 24--(CP)--The | © Fort William Times-Journal mark- ed {ts 60th anniversary Saturday by publishing a special 28-page supplement covering the past 60 years of Lakehead and district pro- gress, : Diamond jubilee congratulations were received by the newspaper from the Canadian Daily Newspa- pers Association. Tojo's Kid Brother A Box-Car Bum Tokyo, Feb. 24--(AP)--The news- paper Jiji Shimpo said here that Osaka police began rounding up vagrants the other day--and one of their first pickups admitted he was Tadoao Tojo, younger brother of former Premier Hidejl Tojo. Tadoao Tojo, a boxcar sleeper, sleeper, sald he had a job with a munitions firm but had been un- smployed since the surrender. Hideki Tojo also has been unem- ployed since tha surrender. 134VS LADIW I1NS Knotty Problem Solved San Olego, Calif, Feb. 24--(AP)-- A problem of 1,000,000 knots--left in the hands of the San Diego Trust and Savings Bank along with the rest of the estate" of an old United States navy man--is about to be disposed of. Robert P. Purrucker, retired chief petty officer who died last fall, spent more than seven years tying the knots, officers of the bank sald, because his barber had challenged hig ability to tie 1,000,000 in differ- ent designs. They wera tled to form belts, purses, watch fobs and such articles and packed in cases built for them by Pummicker, whose. favorite ex- pression was "knots to you." A nephew, Raymond B. Shug, Jr. of Los Angeles, arranged with a museum in that city to take the collection, the bank said with relief. 'Sweetheart' Just No Watchdog Evanston, Ill, Feb, «24--(AP)-- Mrs. Alfred Holm was out airing her prize-winning dog, "Sweetheart", when a car pulled up alongside and a man carrying a revolver stepped ut, He ordered Mrs. Holm to remove her fur coat, which she valued at $4,000, and a ring she sald was worth $3,500. Then he stepped into the car and drove away. ean" didn't emit a single Moose Trees 3, Had To Shoot It Palmer, Alaska, Feb. 24--(AP)-- A belligerent moost, one of many driven into the Matanuska Valley by. wolves and deep snow, treed a mother and two children near here and had to be "shot before they could be rescued. Alarmed when her children were late from school, Mrs, Kerwin Frank searched and ' found them perched high in a tree to avoid an angry Moose, Mrs, Frank promptly Joined the youngsters and all three stayed there until Mr, Frank found them and shot the animal. Eastern Ontario Needs 150 Clerics 'Kingston, Feb. 24--(CP)--The present "shortage" era extends even to the supply of ministers in the United Church of Canada, dele- gates to the Kingston presbytery of the Church were told here. Rev. H, G. Tuttle of Toronto, sec- SLOAN'S LENIMENT GOOD FOR greins JUST PAT IT ON! NAT $1191} 2% ITS NEVER FAR FROM WHERE YOU ARE TO THE SIGN OF THE MAPLE LEAF retary of the church's board of pensions, said there a.e 371 charges in Canada without ordained minis- ters. The charges embrace 720 congregations, Rev. J. I. McKay, superintendent of home missions for Eastern On- tario, sald "at least" 150 more or- dained ministers are needed imme- diately. Compose Popular Music, Maestros Sage Advice Indianapolis, Feb. 24 -- (AP)-- Fabien Sevitzky, conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, got a royalty payment recently-- 35 cents in stamps--and it prompt- ed him to give with some advice to budding composers of music. "My advice would be to follow this line of endeavor: "Write popular music, if you can, until your name is well known to the public. Follow the popular mu- sic with something in the semi- classical vein until the semi-classi- cal works are popular and then gradually work into the serious ition. , . . "I'm glad the composer of 'Open the Door, Richard' doesn't get only 35 cents in royalty." French Film Is Said Not For Ontario Toronto, Feb, 24--(OP)--Ontario is not likely to see a showing of the controversial Fienclh motion pic- ture, "Les Enfants du Paradis," at the present time, C. J. Silverthorne, chairman of the Ontario Film Cen- sorship Board, has declared. The motion picture has been ban- ned by Quebec and Mr. Silver thorne said his board usually fol- lows the rulings of the Quebec cen- sorelip beard as a guide in the matter of French-langage films. The Quebec government was crit- icized by Count Jean de Haute- clogque, French ambassador to Can- ada, for its "lack of courtesy" to a representative of France in forbid- ding the showing of "Les Enfants du Paradis," which one movie offi clal described as having more "im- moral" scenes. The film was obtained through the ambassador's offices and was the University of Montreal. Duplessis told a press conference that the Quebec censorship board "did its duty" and took "the proper decision" when it forbade the | showing of the film. "The information I possess and have gathered after the regrettable incident which followed the deci- to beshown at a students' gala at Meanwhile, in Montreal, Premier | Bulldozer Rips Open Gold Vein In New Zealand By J. C. GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent Coromandel, N.Z, -- (CP) -- This sleepy little town on a mountain- ous peninsula of the North Island of Ney Zealand hag been seized with gold fever. following reports that a Maori, William James Mc- Lean, had uncovered a rich gold roof while operating his bulldozer in remote country in the Whitianga district near here. The first sub- stantial finds of gold in New Zea- land were made last century in this district and Coromandel became a boom town. Hoping for a return to the great days of mining, old prospectors and younger residents have seized picks and shovels, filed claims and set off for the area hoping to strike it rich, although McLean is keeping exact location of his fini a secret. Formerly a prominent amsteur wrestler, McLean is respected in the district as a trustworthy man, not prone to exaggeration, . Those who have seen samples. of goid-bearing quartz from his reef describe them as good specimens, but mining aathorities are more cautious. They.say much more ex- tensive tests are necessary before Hie valve of the find can be deter- After Coromandel peninsula ex- perienced its early gold rush most of the fields became worked out. Miners left and Coromandel sank into a quiet country township. It is known that there is still plenty of gold in the Coromandel peninsula but exhaustive tests have so far failed to find fresh depositg suffi- ciently plentiful to make working it a commercial proposition, McLean has left the district to arrange contracts for working his claim, Pending further information of his find stock markets have so far shown no reaction, sion of the censorship beard, au- did well and took the appropriate decision," he said. thorizes me to say that the censors | CUT COARSE FOR PIPE | OLD CHUM Canada's Original Aromatic Pipe Tobacco CUT FINE FOR ROLLING YOUR OWN ...FOR CANADIANS Every Canadian today is asking himself this question: "How much more will it cost me to live tomorrow?" The answer depends on us... 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