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Corporal Valtin's job in the 24th was gathering Joe Blow stories to be sent to U.S. hometown papers. Much of Children of Yesterday reads like an extended P.R.O. report: Pvt. So-and-So of Topeka, Kans. did this, Lieut. So-and-So of Valdosta, Ga. did that. So many hundreds (probably 500 to 1,000) of individuals are mentioned by rank, name and home address that at points the text must come almost straight from unit rosters...
Marietta, Ga...
...various firms and businesses for practical training. After a four week session, the girls will get "humble positions" in nearby firms "as a sort of shakedown cruise." Twelve weeks later, following further studies, they will have more responsible adminstrative duties in firms sometimes as distant as Cleveland or Atlanta, Ga...
...clay country around Marietta, Ga. an old story was retold. An ancient and destitute woman had scrabbled for years in one of the town's back streets. One day she took sick and a squad of church ladies moved in, tidied her shack, bathed her, dressed her in clean clothes and tucked her into a clean bed. When they called next day, they found the old woman and her bed back in the familiar rags. "I just wasn't comfortable," she explained. "I'll have to git used to them clean clothes gradual...
Glass Jaw. In Vidalia, Ga., Mack Crawford, weaving his way out of the Silver Moon bar, took a poke at a big guy who was holding the door shut, smashed his fist and the door's full-length mirror...