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Real Reason for Absenteeism

Arthur H. Motley, Publisher of "American Magazine," tells the season's best story explaining the whys and wherefores of absenteeism:

A colored woman in a warwork plant failed to show up for three successive days, and when she showed up the boss asked where she had been, and she said at home' He

Mcrkes Trip To Mexico cnd Central Americcnr Cities

Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, is on a five weeks'business trip to Mexico and Central American cities. He left January 9 and flew to Mexico City, then to Guatemala City, and from there to San Salvador, Salvador; San Jose, Costa Rica; and Balboa, Canal Zone' wanted to know had she been ill, and she said no' Had she trouble in the family? She said no. He said:

He will return on the M.S. Boxer and expects to be back at his office about the middle of February.

"Then why were you gone for three days?"

And she said:

"Well, boss, mah money jes' begun to back up on me'"

Form PcrtnershiP

Frank Harrington and C. Gilmore Ward of Ward & Harrington with yards in Fullerton, Brea and La Habra, and Walter S. Spicer of the Bay District Lumber Company, Newport Beach, have announced that the firms have -etged into a partnership. The business names of Ward & Harrington and the Bay District Lumber Company, op erating in their respective communities, rn'ill remain unchanged.