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...Army divisions which reached France in World War I, few gained more fame than the 42nd.* No other division was so widely called by its nickname as the "Rainbow"-so designated because its National Guard outfits originated in more than half the states. Many an old soldier stirred with sentiment when the War Department announced last week that the 42nd Division would be recreated three months hence...
...Principal aims of the I.F.W.A. (55 West 42nd St., Manhattan) are 1) "to begin at once preparation for a world organization," 2) to aid Europe's Underground, 3) to block agents and activities of the Axis in Latin America. Honorary board (chairman: Mrs. J. Borden Harriman) includes Mayor LaGuardia, Raymond Gram Swing, Harold Ickes, Viscount Cecil, Thomas Mann, Dorothy Thompson...
Later Johnny wrote I'm an Old Cowhand, On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen, Jeepers Creepers, Lazy Bones and Skylark. With half the U.S. mumbling his 42nd-Street plain chant in its sleep, Mercer moved on to Hollywood. Blues in the Night, written for a Warner Brothers musical, sold over a million copies. By last week another Mercer opus. Strip Polka (for which the versatile Johnny had written the tune as well as the words), was No. 2 on Variety's list of bestsellers. Its homely refrain...
Forty-five small, pink-cheeked tykes, ages two to seven, met at Manhattan's West 42nd Street Ferry. They were going to camp. Their school doctor thumped their chests, made them poke out their tongues and say "Ahh," but they were all very healthy. Not one of them had got the mumps which had kept a couple of their playmates home in bed. Aboard a ferry they chugged peacefully across the river, listening to tug whistles, playing with miniature fish poles, sand pails and shovels, cowboy hats, a live cat and a 2-ft, pink-haired doll named "Betsey...
...Notre Dame Alumnus Greg Rice, rejected by the Army because of a triple hernia, chalked up his 42nd successive victory in an invitation two-mile race. Greatest distance runner since Nurmi, Rice was ashamed of his time...