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...Berlin, Brigadier General Frank Howley, commandant of the American zone, had to be patched up for minor cuts about the face. An unidentified civilian tried to crash the party given by some correspondents to celebrate Howley's promotion from colonel. Before he was given the bum's rush, the crasher threw his drink, glass & all, into Howley's face...
...Government had handled him. If Gieseking had been a Nazi sympathizer-and the evidence seemed to show that he once was-why had he been given a visa in the first place? In the second place, why had the Justice Department given him the bum's rush after the State Department had cleared him? The Washington Post asked an even bigger question: "How long are Americans going to deny the artistry of former enemies because, in effect, they did not openly oppose their own governments...
...Open the Gates." In victory, Harry Truman was happy and humble. He visited reporters in the press car, laughingly chided them for their bum guesses. At Missouri's drab state capital, Jefferson City, he quieted the cheers of several thousand well-wishers. "After the election's over," he said, "I bear no malice or feel badly toward anyone, because the fellow who lost feels badly enough without being crowed over . . . This is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to a man. But this is a terrible responsibility and you must stand behind...
...Taylor Street, believed that his five sons should be fishermen too. All the boys-Tom, Michael, Vince, Joe and Dominic-worked on the boat at one time or another, but most of the time they preferred to play baseball. "Baseball, what is that?" Papa DiMaggio used to shout. "A bum's game! A no good game! Whoever makes a living at baseball...
Financier. In San Diego, police charged that Thomas Saffold had 1) bought a parakeet with a bum $16 check, and 2) used his new pet as collateral to raise $26 by representing it as the lead in a recent all-bird motion picture...