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...across a long room and shout instructions. Instead he taps a shoulder near him, points to the man he wants. This man taps the next shoulder in the silent grapevine to the wanted worker. Then the foreman wigwags his instructions: A clenched fist pulled down above his head means drill press. Palms close together in front mean to the mute that his measurements are too short. Palms apart: he has erred in the opposite direction. The mutes need no bells to warn them of overhead crane and boom movements. They watch moving shadows...
...weeks' indoctrination course at the Army Chaplains School at Harvard. Last month this school graduated a class of 381, including 264 Protestants, 105 Roman Catholics, twelve Jews. During the course, chaplain candidates live six and eight to a suite in Harvard dormitories, have a stiff regimen of Army drill and exercise, cram such subjects as discipline, military law, hygiene and first aid, topography, field service regulations, Army morale, music, and defense against poison...
Jackie Cooper, Max Baer and others give these parts the earnest locker-room charm which is one of the best things about action pictures. In this heavily masculine maritime setting Cinemactress Wyatt is as out of place as a ladies' first-aid drill on Henderson Field...
Offensive Drill Long...
Despite the slippery turf, Harlow put the squad through an extra-long offensive drill, the last hard workout before the game. Paul Perkins, moved up to the "B" team since Tom Cowen was sharing the number one spot with Wayne Johnson, looked especially good in the running department...