Lititz, Pennsylvania, owner of the Pierson Motor Company, who has lost his business of selling cars. Repairs in his garage bring in enough to pay taxes and mechanics, so he had to get himself a defense job at the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster. He's an air raid warden and serves four hours a we
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