He's Just Plain "Jimmy" At Home Though He's An Ace

HE'S JUST PLAIN "JIMMY" AT HOME THOUGH HE'S AN ACE
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Major Meissner Gets "Freedom of School"—Can Even Smoke in the Corridors!

   NEW YORK. Feb. 2.—It was Major James A. Meissner, U. S. A., American "ace," with eight German planes to his credit, when he tramped down the gangplank of the Adriatic today, but it was plain "Jimmy" when the grownups and "kids" of his block welcomed him back to Brooklyn.
   Then "Jimmy" found that being decorated on the field of battle is not nearly so much of a shock to one's modesty as being welcomed home by the neighbors, young and old. For hardly had he recovered from the first greetings when he was informed there was to be a block party tonight solely in his honor. Right after that came the formal announcement that there was to be extended him "the freedom of the school," where he had once been a student—which meant he could smoke in the corridors, if he wanted to.
   "And you bet I'm going to take advantage of that," cried "Jimmy" as he dashed indoors to eat the first "mother's pie" he had [not] tasted for many a day.

Bridgeport Standard Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Monday, February 3, 1919