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Harrison Irving, the Trumans' Negro yardman, took a dim view of the whole business. "I'm the nervous type," he confided. "I ain't never been in any of this big time stuff before. I'm going to be plumb scared to death by them secret-service...
...mile run as a day's work, which it has not been for years. He also hates the Brotherhood-built barriers between road and yard work. Present rules say that if a road crew does ten minutes' yard work, all can claim a full day's yardman's pay besides their road pay. Worse still, the regular yardmen can claim a day's pay on the grounds that they were gypped...
...buff brick Greek legation on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue was quiet last week; on sunny mornings a Negro yardman hosed down the sidewalks; a white-coated houseman swung open the door to visitors in grand unconcern. Inside, white-haired, friendly little Minister Cimon P. Diamantopoulos gravely stated his pride in his country. Throughout the U. S., in Greek neighborhoods with their fruit stands, vegetable markets, small restaurants and grocery stores, the U. S.'s 700,000 Greeks discussed the news. In the Italian quarters - it was the 18th anniversary of Mussolini's march on Rome-fruit peddlers...
Inspector Hornleigh (Twentieth Century-Fox), another Buy-British reprint from the Scotland Yard files, involves three murders and the theft of the British budget from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Not a patch on Scotland Yardman Ralph Richardson for verve and sass (see above), grey, efficient Cinemactor Gordon Harker is nevertheless painstaking proof that it takes all sorts of cinemen to man the Yard...
...trains throughout the world, who know daily the indescribable thrill of easing the throttle open, gradually nursing the Johnson bar into the center notch, and letting the mighty monster rock over the high iron. Until that lucky day, Vag is going to try to get work as an extra yardman...