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;WHO’SNEWSWEEKBy LEMUEL F. PARTON(Consolidated Features—WNU Servles.)NEW YORK.—Just as we were thinking we ought to get the Hound of the Baskervilles on our side in this war along comes thenews thatNation*9 Dogs for this is being Defense; *Sick *Em* attended to./. TheirBattlecry ^wer’being mobilized, the dogs are being trained for sentry duty and guard work for the army quartermaster corps, the navy and war industries— mostly sizable dogs so far, with deferred ratings for pekes and toys. They’re good night-workers and the only slogan they need is “Sick ’em!It’s a dream come true for Harry I. Caesar, the dog-fancying banker who for many years has been the four-square friend of the four-footers and who is now president of Dogs for Defense, Inc, More than 150 dogconscious delegates from many states attended the organization meeting in New York recently, with Mr. Caesar presiding, and laid out plans for the elite guard of dogdom, with the kennel clubs and the American Theatre wing co-operating. Col. Clifford Smithof the quartermaster corps toldthe meeting that “One well-trained dog is the equivalent of six guards.” The dogs also will serve in their traditional role as the lonely soldier’s pal.Mr. Caesar stems from a long fine of Indian-fighting colonial ancestors, going back to around 1650 and dogs have always figured romantically in his family antecedents. His financial operations head up in New York, and he is a public-spirited citizen of Rumson, N. J., former councilman of that town and active in welfare and philanthropic enterprise.From Brooklyn he went to Hill school, Princeton and Wall Street, landing in the latter narrow thoroughfare in 1913 and soon thereafter becoming a director of the banking house of H. I. Caesar Co. In World War I, he served as a captain in France, prospered in business in the post-war years, and had plenty of time for dogs, friends, clubs, golf, tennis and amateur war strategy.
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Ladd Journal
Ladd, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 23, 1942
Page 7
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