Show It Would Save a Lot of Trouble T THE HE missing girl problem is a Ii particularly serious one for A police departments here and elsewhere around the nation in inthis inthis inthis this war period Hardly a day passes that some new case is not reported to the authorities with police officials required to spend a good deal of valuable time trying to trace the missing girls P Parents are quite naturally worried imagine that all sorts of things have happened and they demand that police drop everything every every- thing g else and find the daughter who has been they think forcibly removed held prisoner or seized by a white slaver Well the fact o of the matter is that 99 out o of of these missing girls have left of their own accord accord to to see the world to find a job to visit a friend or relative or to follow a sweetheart sweet sweet- heart The only trouble is they forgot to notify their parents before they left Parents have enough to worry about as a rule and police have enough to do tracking down criminals without the extra worry and work caused by missing girls Of course the best answer to the problem is for girls to sta stay home and not go gallivanting gallivanting gal gal- around the country but if girls must go then it would certainly help if they would inform their parents directly or by telephone or letter that they are going and where they are going It would save parents a lot of gray hairs the girls some not too desirable publicity and the police a good deal of wasted time |