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...since April 2, 1941... During his first month he spent much of his time breaking up an abandoned macadam road down in Ft. Eustis, Va... "I don't know what the army did with the pieces of that road," he smiles, "but I learned how to swing a pick-ax...
...Most of it rubbed the social nerves raw - provocative speeches by liberals to Tories; provocative shows by the amateur theater; acrobatic dancing; folk singing. One day her husband came home from the National City Bank and said, "It's Charlie Mitchell. ... I got the ax along with 33 others. We got two hours to clear out." He sat with his head in his hands. Louise's insistent bravery in the face of trouble jarred him. " 'If I died,' he said, 'you'd just regard it as another way to develop your character.' That...
...Agriculture Minister James Gardiner is the Prime Minister's hatchetman whose tongue cuts like an ax...
...knew the soldiers wanted-was not easy. When Hey, Mac opened, there was a terrible to-do over its rough lyrics and rougher jokes. But Evans, arguing that Hey, Mac was for soldiers only, and that soldiers are not young ladies, carried the day. One skit that got the ax had been laid in the reception room of a brothel...
...ways of a little Newfoundland town. Half an hour after she slipped into the smooth bay she was outward bound, hitched to a tugboat, for a short haul to her outfitting port. The four men aboard her had food for two days, a small stove, a teakettle, an ax, lamp, nails and some rope...