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From Oakland, Calif. came a pertinent note on women in industry. To avoid a truck, a bus full of shipyard workers ground to a sudden teeth-jolting stop. Instead of yelling at their driver, in line with the time-honored practice of bus riders, the passengers jumped out, bawled the devil out of the truck driver for getting in the way of their girl chauffeur...
Then: "In order to get closer ... to see his friend, he again turned toward the airliner. He saw he was too close . . . and made a violent turn ... to avoid a collision, but was unable to do so." The airliner went up sharply, its rudder was knocked off; it went into a spin...
When a pitcher seems well on the way toward hurling a no-hit game, players and fans go to outlandish lengths to avoid mentioning it. They keep fingers crossed and pretend nothing unusual is occurring. It is an old superstition; they are loth to do anything that might change luck...
...pilots had cause to say: "I told you so." Long & loud have been their complaints about Ferry Command pilots who hop on & off the airlines' beam without reporting positions to traffic controls. One pilot reported last week he had to pull up the nose so fast to avoid hitting an army plane that he almost threw his passengers through the floor. The Army and CAA immediately launched an investigation: this was one time when there must be abundant, clear-cut evidence...
...Fund, revamped this fall, will endeavor to cover every major charity to which the student body has been asked to contribute in the past. Instead of several separate campaigns for various charities, undergraduates will be asked to meet only this one pledge. "We feel sure that this plan will avoid all necessity of further canvassing of the student body," Thomas Matters '43, president of the Council, said last night...