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ownoeenItrockandsidexledandit aork-the/hileuse-be-andshelestshewit/saallyRingou.” *om-um* the ntrv t of she to / of*oplePd.wide glass and of ayouhopelien.”an?”I his with timeordi-auntcom-backningwellwaysa t ing lings, your fairwhatthatnpli-fromeforesuranre actuaries love dogs.Normally there should be one or more watch-docs at any industrial plant, no matter what the plant’ssize, type or area may be. Dogs are especially valuable at tank farms, power plants, refineries, lumber yards and the like, or whereVthere is a large area with lots of fence line to patrol, or a number of detached structures, stock-piles, etc., to keep in view.These dogs of war on duty at industrial establishments in this region are usually the property of the operating company concerned, or of some individual.* A watch-dog need not be a pure-“but then the better the dog the bred.” Major Robert Joseph, a former FBI man. explains, “but then the better the dog the better the watch-dog—so why not?” The allegation that purebreds tend to be too high-strung—jittery or temperamental he demolishes by putting the shoe on the right foot instead of the wrong pew\ “That is usually the trainer’s, seldom the dog’s fault; it is a reflection of, and on. the man’s methods, not the dog’s character. And there’s the other extreme; the silk purse versus the sow’s ear. Bad handling may sometimes transform a pedigreed pup into a pampered pooch, yes. but a cowardly cur remains always a cowardly cur.”Conceivably some skeptical readers may be toying with the suspicion that using dogs for plant protection is one of those brilliant but not so smart, picturesque but impractical. or sentimental but outmoded ideas. There are several answers to that, the most timely one being that on May 5 the Associated Press expended some of its precious t’me on the transatlantic cable from London to report that the British government “is calling for more dogs for war service—to guard airdromes and factories ” and has “asked dog owners to lend their pets to the government for the duration.” Another answer, and it is a kev to an understanding of the whole matter, is that a watch dog’s primary function is of a preventive character—to forestall trouble by giving warning beforehand — and only secondarily to give the alarm afterwards, or to catch the culprit.Criminals themselves realize this. Prior to their final liquidation, at least one of John Dillinger’s and “Bnbv Face” Nelson’s dramatic escapes and the tragic death of FBI Agent W. Carter Baum, at the outlaw’s* hands on the same occasion, may be directly attributed to the gang implicitly relying and instant-tail and resolved to put the same thoroughness into her work.One day she was offered a job in Montreal. She took it and became so expert that she was offered a better Job with a car and foundry firm in Fort William, Canada. Suddenly there was a change—war. The company was asked to build a training plane. Elizabeth MacGill, who knew how to master details, went to work on the design. After a time, the Maple Leaf Trainer rolled out of that factory—the first plane since the beginning of the world designed and built by a woman.That first plane w'as successful and Elizabeth MacGill went on to larger things. Today she's chief engineer of Canaria’s famous fighting plane—the Hurricane—which can do 400 miles an hour and a lot of damage. And she’s where she is, chiefly, because she learned that if you do little things well, you'll be trusted with big things.—V —• • • W 0 • •CHAMPION STOCKHOLDER(From the New York Times)The United States Steel Corporation has 273.157 stockholders. About 150 of them were present last week at the company’s forty-first annual stockholders’ meeting in Hoboken, N. J. Most active of the gathering was Clarence Addington De Camp, 83-year-old owner of one share of common and one share of preferred. A veteran of many of the annual meetings, Mr. De Camp seconded almost every motion from the floor. When all business seemed to be cleared he rose to inquire of Board Chairman Irving S. Olds: “Is lunch ready?” Thereupon the traditional meal of sandwriches, coffee and pie was served.Mr. De Camp describes himself as a fourth-generation ironmaster. His ancestors helped forge the iron from the New Jersey mines that provided arms for George Washington’s Continentals. He lives in loonton and always rides to New York on the Lackawanna. He collects old forge relics, operates a farm near his home town, has met most of the United States Steel presidents.WAR QUIZ1. This picture of our flag in form of a shield has what ^ nificance in the army?2. Give princi-
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas, US
Wed, May 20, 1942
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