Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

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tery first lieutenant. He was a good one, able and popular. He was captain of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, when his regiment went to France, and a major when the Armistice was signed. He never misses a reunion of Battery D. He flew to Washington after election to take part in the President's welcoming, and flew back the next day for the reunion of Battery D on Armistice Day. There the Vice-President-elect played the piano while his buddies sang "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" and similar dainty ditties. When Harry came home after the First World War, he started a haberdashery. It was a good store. The only trouble was that all the proprietor's old army friends from miles away swarmed in to buy goods on credit. He was lucky if they didn't want five dollars, besides. So the haberdashery folded up. Truman could have taken bankruptcy. Instead, he devoted thirteen years to paying off the debts of his store. He has held only two political jobs — presiding judge of the county court Swin^ January, 194S and United States Senator, since 1934. He has an unusually pleasant personaUty and can take ribbing. I wrote to him after he was nominated for Vice-President. I told him: "About three-quarters of the people who have been bumming you for political jobs for ten years are now wringing their hands and crying, 'My God, what if Harr>' Truman should become President of the United States!' Personally, I am philosophical about that possibility. After all, any nation that can survive Harding ought to be able to take Truman in its stride. Send me your picture, please." He sent the picture with a friendly inscription, and a note saying he v.'as glad to hear from me, but he did wish I could have found it in my heart to compare him with somebody besides Harding! Coolidge, maybe, or Hoover. Human, that's Harry Truman. He never went to college, but he was endowed at birth with common sense and a higher degree of intelligence than plenty of people with high degrees. JUNK DE LUXE A Kansas City junk dealer has airplane wings for sale — three big yellow ones, complete with official U. S. Army insignia. Price $15 each. Coming in on a second-hand wing and a prayer! JUVENALIA A youngster we know came home the other day with a pretty rocky looking report card. "Oh, dear!" his mother said. "What is the trouble now!" "No trouble," Junior said. "You know how it is yourself; things are always marked down after the holidays!" AND USUALLY THE TWAIN SHALL MEET A man can hide all things, excepting twain — that he is drunk, and that he is in love. — Antiphanes.