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Japanese-Americans, citizens of the U.S., brag of going back to the states as soon as transportation is available. When asked why they came back to Japan, they all give that well-known toothy grin and say, "My mother was sick," or "dying," or "dead," "and I had to return to take care of the family...
...Ercoupe. Easiest to fly of all light planes is Engineering & Research Corp.'s spraddle-legged, twin-tailed Ercoupe (Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace soloed after 7 hrs. 10 min. of instruction in an Ercoupe). With all of its controls operated from a steering wheel, Ercoupe's makers brag that "anyone who can drive a car can learn to fly an Ercoupe." Most notable safety feature: the plane is spinproof. Ercoupes, which were just getting into production when the war choked it off, are now being made at the rate of 25 a month, will soon...
Usually he worked twelve to 16 hours a day. He likes, on the basis of an eight-hour day, to brag that he has already worked 100 years for the U.P. During those 100 years, he had little time for friends or reading-beyond westerns and detective stories. He spent long weeks prowling the 10,000 miles of U.P. track, sometimes on foot. He learned literally every inch of it and, according to legend, the first names of some 10,000 U.P. workers. Hard on his employes, with a business eye he humored the slightest whims of passengers. When...
Since Babe Ruth's time, the American League has been measuring its muscle in terms of home runs and base hits. But by last week, with the season a third gone, it was plain that pitchers were replacing hitters as the strong men. With nothing much to brag about except their twirlers, the Tigers and Yankees were several lengths in front of the field. With every club congratulating itself on at least one star pitcher, 43 of 191 games were shutouts. The big names: Newhouser, Borowy, Leonard, Christopher-and an easygoing, hearty-eating rookie from Mississippi named Dave...
...Without meaning to brag (too much!!) we clear 24 major multiple wound cases . . . in 24 hours. We also have added 14 amputations to our regular day's surgery. These Field Hospitals really run an unbelievably heavy schedule. We just do them as they bring them in from the field...