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...first string lineup has been fluid since practice started two weeks ago. Men have been shifted in position and shunted around among the first three teams as Jordan and his staff seek their most effective combination. Isenberg, for instance, started work this fall as a quarterback and Jerry Blitz, a fullback by trade, served briefly as a halfback before being returned to his regular position. Jordan is conducting everything on a "you have to show me" basis, which means that battlewise veterans must prove themselves the same as eager newcomers must, and this explains Dave O'Brien's current standing...
...placing, but some familiar names popped up in the news. Manhattan Dressmaker Henry Rosenfeld, who made uniforms for World War II Marine women, last week got an order for 244,000 summer uniforms for women reserves called to active duty. Nesco, Inc., maker of the five-gallon gasoline "blitz cans" familiar to U.S. soldiers the world over, prepared to turn out 150,000 a month on the later of two contracts totaling $1,700,000. The Switlik Parachute Co. had been told to double its plant facilities, speed production of a $5,000,000 contract for 50,000 Air Force...
Many a U.S. militaryman has privately argued the case for Spain as a potential naval base and a possible beachhead for the Army in case of a Russian blitz on Western Europe. Last week this argument was enough to win Franco a fat $100 million loan from the U.S. Senate. When Nevada's white-haired Pat McCarran, who had once enjoyed Franco's hospitality, brought up his perennial resolution to give Spain a big slice of Marshall Plan money, he found the Senate surprisingly receptive. Administration leaders managed to keep the money from coming...
Hollis also took firsts in the 220 and 880, as Gene Berkun and Tom Everhart won in fair times. Jerry Blitz, of Wigglesworth, broke the string, winning the 100-yard dash in 11.2 seconds...
...heaviest bombings in the Battle of Britain had negligible effects on the mental health of civilians: there was nowhere for them to escape to, and no hope of compensation. Significantly, children evacuated to "safe" areas posed greater mental problems than those who stayed under the full force of the blitz...