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Lieut. McCloy caught the eye of his commanding officer, General Guy Preston, a salty cavalryman who had fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee near the Cheyenne River, where in 1890 the Sioux made their last stand. McCloy went to France as Preston's operations officer in the 160th Field Artillery Brigade. Years later, Preston told another officer why he had chosen McCloy as staff aide. "One day at Fort Ethan Allen, I walked behind him after he had been riding. I could see blood all over his pants. I said to myself, any man who could keep riding...
...Seattle, representatives of the northern Presbyterian church (called the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) met for their 160th General Assembly. Church union was the principal subject-not with the Episcopalians (that is at present virtually a dead letter), but with the Presbyterians south of the Mason & Dixon line who broke away from the northern body during the Civil War. Assemblies of both churches will not vote on union until next year. Then if it is approved by three-fourths of the constituent presbyteries and ratified by both assemblies in 1950, a reunited General Assembly may be held in 1951. Elected...
Five years ago Colonel Edward J. Murray was given the key to Los Angeles. As commander of Los Angeles' own 160th Infantry he was praised to the skies by Mayor Fletcher Bowron...
...years passed, Colonel Murray led the 160th in bloody Philippine fighting. Then, after V-J day, he became the officer in charge of the Bank of Japan's vaults. But after he had had a leave home to Palo Alto, U.S. Customs men began to take an interest in the Colonel's affairs. Smuggled diamonds had begun to appear in San Francisco's gem market...
...good many of your questions about TIME are still unanswered -although this is the 160th letter I have written you since June...