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...cautious, precise, knows what he is about and can always prove it, gets along well with Congressmen of all shades of belief. The only complaint is that he is too meticulous. Last year he built a big rowboat in his basement, listened patiently to the ribbing of acquaintances who were sure he could never get it out the door; when he finished, it cleared the door by a quarter-inch...
...increasing load on childhood is not all to the good. Industry has absorbed more thousands than ever before and, with evacuees still straggling back to bombed areas, child labor gives authorities many a worry. Juvenile delinquency continues to rise; petty larceny is a main complaint. Boys twelve years old have even been caught stealing soap. Plymouth gasped recently when it learned of a 14-year-old boy who stole money even though earning ?9 a week, of another who drank nine pints of beer each night...
Naughty. In Kansas City, Mo., 50 sulking policemen got a lecture from their chief, who had received a complaint from a judge that they had been throwing paper wads and clips and pinching each other, in his courtroom...
...complaint on subject of treatment; discipline and cooperation excellent. Commanding officer and officers competent and friendly. Prisoners sensible. General impression very good...
...patents cartel formed in 1929 by Jersey Standard and Germany's Hydra-headed I. G. Farbenindustrie. Last week Standard signed a consent decree, released 2,000 patents royalty-free, took a $50,000 fine. In return, Thurman Arnold agreed to withdraw the most sinister conclusion in his complaint: that Standard had held up the U.S. synthetic rubber program...