Fly paper, No. 7 , December 1, 1940

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PAA PACIFIC DIVISION - MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT "NEWS LETTER" &ej£fiiahsE, J, j -L.94Q___^_ "Swede" Rothe Editor ___
Number 7
Well ’. How About It?
As if it wasn’t bad enough to have the pressure of ’’Clipper Clippings” (a rapidly ascending contemporary "rag") squeezing us at the "deadline”, the Editorial and Reportorial staffs of "Fly Paper” find themselves being pressed, elbowed, crushed and really "shoved around” in an effort to find unused news now that "the Company" magazine has had its face lifted and appears very bright and snappy as "New Horizons”.
Such is the woe of us publishers -instead of being content to let us work the "Old Horizon" up and down, investigating every little knob and burble on it, somebody has to "gum the works" by getting on a ladder just to see a little farther. Away goes peace and quiet -now we really have to hump to get news (first), and once again we voice our plea for contributions of items, ideas, suggestions, etc. We suggest you jot down the names and facts about any amusing or unusual incident (if you don’t write it up) and we’ll try and get one of our rewrite men to shape up the story -- remember the slogan: "Fly Paper - foremost in viscous verbs, and adhesive adage". Anyway, thanks to a few leads, a few statistics, and a far stretch of the imagination, we have again compiled enough hodge podge for another and the final issue of "Fly Paper for 1940".
We must admit "Fly Paper" blared forth a lot of promise about a razzle-dazzle display of engrossing entertainment and an expanded array of features for 1940, that have not materialized into the rich and distinctive achievement
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which we in our enthusiasm anticipated at the time.
Naturally we can think of no better alibi than to pass the buck to that inescapable dispenser of indoctrination, George M. Smith, about whom we had temporarily forgotten when conjuring our vision of "Fly Paper 1940". Always will the horrors and barbarities of the "Smith-Buck" inquisition chambers be a dreadful memory, with only the hope that our antidote - fulfilling "Fly Paper's" promise of ’40 - will heal the wounds and quiet the tremor caused by our bondage to those merciless enlighteners.
So here we go again prophesying and promising a "Fly Paper for ’41" which will surpass even a B-314 simplified (so-called) wiring diagram for ingenious entertainment.
Trade-Winds Port Finally Gets C u s t orne r s
Loudly disclaiming intentional disregard of tradition and vehemently maintaining to the last an innocence of duplicity, "Sis" Wilson and "Speed" Rose were nevertheless adjudged guilty of artifice in an effort to ignore Pacific Division custom, and accordingly were escorted (somewhat reluctantly, on their parts) to the landing float, where with very little ceremony, but much gusto, they were heaved, still pratesting, into the "drink".........
In fact, the protesting was done with such vigor that "Babe" Miller, a member of the baptismal group, found