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Variety, December 1944

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NEWSPAPER STUFF: Presenting for your edification and approval, some of the more eye-catching headlines to appear in local and Chicago papers of late: First, from the Chicago Daily News for September 30th, under a London dateline: 

British Unveil Rocket Ship 
in All Its Glory

And the same paper, date October 12th, from Essex, England:

Freed Spook is Authentic,
Expert Says

   The former dealt with the landing barge mounting rockets as used in the Normandy invasion; the latter with a poltergeist unearthed when a Yank on a bulldozer tips over a gravestone while widening a road. Go ahead and gasp--I read Theodore Sturgeon's "Killdozer" in the November Astounding too.
   Next comes a bit from Dale Harrison's column in the Chicago Sun, for September 26th....and in a radically different vein:
   "There's a placard on Cottage Grove (()avenue) showing a nifty looking dame in what seems to be a bathing suit, and the legend reads 'Meet me at the Bible School'."
   We had one more clipping to reprint here, but we've misplaced it alas. It was from a Washington DC paper, passed along by Les Tina, and told the tragic story of an obscure clerk who died at about forty-five years of age, begging only to be let alone, and content with as simple and un-responsible job as they could possibly give him.
   It seems that as a child he was one of these infant genusies, one who was interviewed by famous scientists and newspaper reporters, one who could do astonishing problems in his head, and in every other way gave indication of being a true slan. His parents so overloaded him... (or nature so overloaded him) he burned out in his youth and died an almost ignorant, helpless creature content to push a pencil. 
   The same week we read in a Chicago paper of a young boy, interviewed by reporters, who could, with accuracy, call names of all the strangers present, and check off the contents of their pockets. 
   Campbell's mutants are appearing.
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THE BIG MYSTERY: Perhaps you recall reading, some months ago, of the very mysterious explosion and flash seen in the southern Illinois and Indiana skies-- of a silver, streaking something that exploded high in the air and crashed to earth no one knew where. 
   It hasn't yet been solved, or if it has, the answer is being very carefully guarded. Whatever it was, it was hugh, and high, because it was seen as far away as Chicago...nearly 300 miles distant. Everyone of course aired their pet explanation....even suggesting it was the newest Hitler weapon, fired from Germany.
   No one suggested a space ship.

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-4- NEWSPAPER STUFF: Presenting for your edification and approval, some of the more eye-catching headlines to appear in local and Chicago papers of late: First, from the Chicago Daily News for September 30th, under a London dateline: British Unveil Rocket Ship in All Its Glory And the same paper, date October 12th, from Essex, England: Freed Spook is Authentic, Expert Says The former dealt with the landing barge mounting rockets as used in the Normandy invasion; the latter with a poltergeist unearthed when a Yank on a bulldozer tips over a gravestone while widening a road. Go ahead and gasp--I read Theodore Sturgeon's "Killdozer" in the November Astounding too. Next comes a bit from Dale Harrison's column in the Chicago Sun, for September 26th....and in a radically different vein: "There's a placard on Cottage Grove (()avenue) showing a nifty looking dame in what seems to be a bathing suit, and the legend reads 'Meet me at the Bible School'." We had one more clipping to reprint here, but we've misplaced it alas. It was from a Washington DC paper, passed along by Les Tina, and told the tragic story of an obscure clerk who died at about forty-five years of age, begging only to be let alone, and content with as simple and un-responsible job as they could possibly give him. It seems that as a child he was one of these infant genusies, one who was interviewed by famous scientists and newspaper reporters, one who could do astonishing problems in his head, and in every other way gave indication of being a true slan. His parents so overloaded him... (or nature so overloaded him) he burned out in his youth and died an almost ignorant, helpless creature content to push a pencil. The same week we read in a Chicago paper of a young boy, interviewed by reporters, who could, with accuracy, call names of all the strangers present, and check off the contents of their pockets. Campbell's mutants are appearing. --------------------- THE BIG MYSTERY: Perhaps you recall reading, some months ago, of the very mysterious explosion and flash seen in the southern Illinois and Indiana skies-- of a silver, streaking something that exploded high in the air and crashed to earth no one knew where. It hasn't yet been solved, or if it has, the answer is being very carefully guarded. Whatever it was, it was hugh, and high, because it was seen as far away as Chicago...nearly 300 miles distant. Everyone of course aired their pet explanation....even suggesting it was the newest Hitler weapon, fired from Germany. No one suggested a space ship.