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Winston Churchill, squinting out over his cigar from an observation post back of valleyed Xanten, peered into the darkness as Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's troops thunderously transformed the Rhine from a barrier into just another stream. Then, all morning, he watched the big parade of aircraft sprinkling colored parachute blossoms on the green fields over the river...
...revolving door, tramped up a flight of winding stairs, terrified a bobby-soxed copy girl and brushed aside two proffered sacrifices-a reporter and an assistant editor, both of whom quickly identified themselves as "not the man you want to see." The marines finally reached the office of cigar-chewing Managing Editor William C. Wren. They told him in purple, ear-banging marine lingo what they thought of the editorial. Said the marines politely: apologize for the slur, or give us space to reply...
After the returns were in, the rheumy-eyed old Mayor sat at home, cigar ashes spilling on his vest, and muttered defiance. "The crusaders got me," he mumbled, "but the people will be asking me to run again. Why do they always talk about the goddam girls? I didn't put stools in the bars for them...
Sucker's game or not, thousands of betters are playing it for all they are worth. For such places as Sammy Wolf's cigar store and betting commission house on North Clark Street near the river, Chicago's busiest betting spot, it is a post-racing bonanza. The average Saturday night handle at Sammy's runs about $100,000. On one side of the shop is a Western Union ticker machine, its burden of basketball, hockey and fight results magnified on a moving screen. On the opposite side, half-time and final basketball results are chalked...
With men who know tobacco best, the situation on Harvard Square does not appear encouraging. Opinion remained divided yesterday among the captains courageous of the cigar counters...