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...them "so much drip." Nineteen months ago she asked for and got another assignment: writing about the 125,000 workers who make her native Portland one of the shipbuildingest centers of the U.S. Her "By the Ways" column is crammed with names of men & women pipe fitters, torch-scissorers, crane wanglers, and with what they...
Makers, Fixers. More than any other branch of the fighting forces the Seabees represent the genius of the industrial U.S. They are makers, fixers, improvisers, builders - blacksmiths, carpenters, crane operators, oilers, riggers, welders, plumbers; 59 building trades appear in their roster. Many ex-construction foremen are chief petty officers. Ex-civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers are commissioned officers. Average age of the Navy's jacks-of-all-trades is the middle...
...chandelier is 16th century Spanish wrought iron, like the crane supporting the lantern over the front door. Seven thousand Delft tiles bearing pictures of windmills and Dutch barmaids completely cover the walls of the Sanctum Lobby. No two of these are alike, the Poonsters are told. Not all of the relics are imported, however...
...prove better that it's the grouping rather than the actual letters that is seen by the normal reader, the Clinic sometimes asks what author the phrase "Washout at Irving" would represent, and most people attribute it to the originator of Ichabod Crane. Likewise, "Palcum towder," and Cixxcixati," would all probably be indistinguished from the real words, if flashed on the screen quickly...
...PINK UMBRELLA -Frances Crane- J. B, Lippincott ($2). Honeymooning in Manhattan, San Francisco Sleuth Pat Abbott encounters an acquaintance of Paris expatriate days and is plunged into the torrid troubles of a quarrelsome clan, culminating in double murders. Abbott's frequent clashes with a babyfaced, steel-willed police lieutenant enliven a tightly plotted, brightly told tale, with an unexpected finish...