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Lovable Pygmies. In Uganda, Eslanda began to learn about "custom and tradition"-the native monarch arranged a "typical English garden-party" in her honor. One of his tribes trekked 70 miles to dance for her. Surprised native herds-women agreed to teach Eslanda the dairy business ("they think it is a bit silly for me to learn all about [it], when I have no cattle and no hopes of getting...
...been its custom, the SERVICE NEWS today repeats an offer: to the first member of the Class of 1940 who braves the red-tape of Mem Hall's Registration bedlam and emerges unscathed, one shiny new subscription to the SERVICE NEWS...
wants to ride through Tokyo on Hirohito's white horse, got encouragement from the Reno Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber ordered a custom-built, silver-mounted saddle for the Admiral, solemnly asked Washington for his beam measurements. "I wouldn't know about the posterior," said his daughter, Mrs. Preston Lea Spruance, a distant cousin (by marriage) to Admiral Spruance, "Daddy is about 34 inches around the waist, and his hips aren't much larger. Neither mother nor I has ever measured...
...East Indies. He has surrounded himself with bright young Resistance men & women. One of his secretaries is a Communist. Except for his personal aide, all of his group are commoners. His popularity had kept pace with his political growth. Dutch citizens now line the streets and cheer when his custom-built Alfa-Romeo whizzes by. In an Amsterdam theater recently the audience kept him on his feet, pumping hands and talking, until...
...made a fair share of A.T.C.'s globe-girdling history. As an Air Forces colonel, he mapped many of A.T.C.'s new routes, located and developed many of its airdromes. He retired as a major general with a chestful of medals received for achievements ranging from eliminating custom duties in North Africa to rescue work in Burma...