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Because of increased defense production and the draft, the demand for college graduates is estimated to be the greatest ever. "There just plain arn't enough guys to fill the jobs." Clark declared...
...complained (in 1828) about the new fad of men playing ball in the city: "The annoyance has become absolutely intolerable . . . and ought to be put an end to without delay." A generation later, a teamster who had struck it rich in Nevada passed a verdict on U.S. culture: "Ther arn't no chance for a gentleman to spend his coin in this country, an' so me an' Mrs. Bowers is goin' ter Yoorup...
Most surprised reader of all was Fay N. Seaton, 68, owner and editor of the Mercury-Chronicle, onetime state G.O.P. publicity man and Republican-appointed chairman of the state social welfare board. When the editorial appeared, he was in Topeka for the inauguration of G.O.P. Governor Edward F. Arn. Next day, angry Editor Seaton set his readers right. Wrote he: "The editor of this newspaper regrets that such an editorial as that published Monday . . . should have appeared in its editorial column. It did not represent the view of the editor, but merely that of the writer thereof...
...with or without the aid of a telephone) are becoming suspiciously more frequent and lengthy; but they always end in the same sad refrain, "John, bring up the box of quarters." The John referred to here is none other than that "cute boy" of the Boston night spots, John Arn...
...cutting off of food supplies had failed to shake Admiral Robert. For 35 months he had forced the U.S. to keep vigilant patrol over his domain. The 105 U.S. planes which had failed to reach France in 1940 had long since rusted into disuse; the aircraft carrier Béarn, the cruiser Emile Berlin and 140,000 tons of merchant shipping-which the United Nations could well use-rode listlessly at anchor, fouled with barnacles...