The White Falcon - 18.11.1944, Blaðsíða 3

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-THE AMERICAN SCENE-
NEW JERSEY MAYOR TAKES
POLL, FINDS GIs DON'T
WANT TO BE ASKED "A LOT
OF DAMN FOOL QUESTIONS"
One of the gas main explosions which followed the explosion and fire
at the hast Ohio Gas Co. in Cleveland, knooked the fire truck (above)
into the air, then deposited it in the blasted crater. The fire, which
began with the explosion of a liquid gas storage tank, took a toll of
120 dead-and caused damage estimated at over *8,000,000. More than half
the victims are unidentified because cf the intense heat which destroyed
them. One square-mile of east side Cleveland’s vital war-manufaoturing
district was demolished in the disaster.
Dems., Republicans
Split About Even
In Gubernatorial
Elections
DEMOCRATS ELECTED -
Sidney 03born, Ariz.;
Ben Laney, Ark.; Mill-
ard Caldwell, Fla.; Ch-
arles Gossett, Idaho;
Maurice Tobi, Mass.;
Phil Donnelly, Mo.; R.
Greego Cheery, N.C.;
Frank Lausche, Ohio;
Howard McGrath, R.I.;
Jim McCurd, Tenn.; Coke
Stevenson, Tex.; Clar-
ence Meadows, W. Va.
REPUBLICANS ELECTED -
John Vivian, Colo.;
Raymond Baldwin, Conn.;
Walter Bactin, Del.;
Ralph Gates, Ind.; Dw-
ight Green, Ill.; Ro-
bert Blue, Iowa; Andrew
Shoeppel, Kan.; Horace
Hildreth, Maine; Harry
Kelly, Mich.; Edward J.
Thye, Minn.; Sani Ford,
Mont.; Dwight Griswold,
Neb.; Charles Dale, N.
H.; Fred Aandahl, N.D.;
M.Q. Sharpe, S.D.; Mor-
timer Proctor, Vt.; and
Walters S. Goodland,
Wis.
Winners in New Mex-
ico, Washington, and U-
tah will probably not
be known until these
states have finished c-
ounting GI ballots.

Pictured at left is
a huge 108-passenger,
300 mile an hour Doug-
las DC-7 air transport
plane which will be co-
mmon in postwar skies.
The plane is twice as
large as the big clip-
pers now flying Pan
American World Air-
ways’ transocean rou-
tes. The air line has
ordered 26 planes.
Mayor Lyon of Somer-
ville has just finished
tabulating results on a
questionnaire he sent
to 869 Somerville GIs.
He reveals that the
men agree on only one
thing - they don’t want
to be asked "a lot of
damn fool questions"
about the war. They
want to forget the war
as quickly as possible
when they come back.
But on every other
question the soldiers
split in all direc-
tions. Of the 86.9, only
319 want the$.r old jobs
back. One hundred thir-
ty want to "return home
but get another job;"
100 want something
"different than I ever
had before." The post-
war ambition of 45 was
to "sleep and loaf."
Fifty-two of them, h~
owever, wanted to stay
in the Army.
A majority of 418 ho-
ped to find Somerville
"a more modern commun-
ity," but 369 declared
they’d like to find the
hometown exactly the
same as when they left.
Most of the soldiers
voiced the hope that
"people will be more
religious" after the
war. One hundred five
said they didn't care,
but only two wanted
less religion.
As to what they'd
like to hear about in
letters from home, vir-
tually all wanted news
of community doings or
people. Only 65 cared
for news on national
affairs.
Not many desired a
big celebration when
they return, but a few
suggested that a commu-
nity beer party would
be excellent.
The mayor says he's
more confused than ever
after tabulating the
results of the survey.
Check Up
Mrs. Elizabeth Day of
Miami is confronted
with a minor financial
mystery. For no reason
that she knows of, she
has just received a
U.S. Government check
for one cent.