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...cheap bars of Los Angeles' tenderloin he gulped his whiskey neat. After two days his hand was unsteady. But even after he bought the butcher knife, nobody could tell what he was thinking. When a woman smiled at him over a drink, he smiled back. She was a big, young woman, with lipstick smeared too heavily on her lips. Her name was Virgie. She was married, but her husband was away, and she liked a good time. He held her arm, gallantly, as they crossed the street in the rain and dark to the old Barclay Hotel...
...starting lineup against Brown: g, Harshman; 1b, Dean; rb, Day; rh, Butcher; ch, Mavor; lh, Glidden, or Guild; ir, Blanco; cf, Genn; il, Pearson; ol, Corrigan...
...Butcher shops had little pork, prime beef, lamb or turkeys to sell. Farmers sold most of their hogs last spring, have few to market now. Nearly 40% of the four better grades of beef was set aside for the armed forces. The nation's 36,000,000 turkeys were held off the market until the Government placed its orders for 80,000,000 pounds. By last week the Army had nearly filled its needs and turkeys may again be sold to civilians (see U.S. AT WAR). But there will not be enough birds for Thanksgiving and Christmas...
...Butcher Returns...
Conspicuous for his absence during practice sessions last week was Roy Heisler, speedy forward, who had been the spear-head of the Crimson, attack before leaving for the Army at the close of last term. Coach McDonald thinks, though, that Bill Butcher, a newcomer, will be able to take Heisler's place and supply a much-needed offensive punch. Butcher, a medically discharged veteran of the second World War, was an outstanding halfback for Harvard before joining the army...