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...away and Nancy caught it both coming and going, the bombers dropping a part of their load on the way out and dumping the remainder on their way back. They did considerable property damage and killed a few civilians, but, aside from keeping the Frenchmen running from bed to dugout every time the siren sounded, their effects were negligible...
...Kansas has been "meteorite-conscious" for nearly half a century. In 1885 a farmer named Kimberly and his wife moved to a farm in Kiowa County. They found curious black stones used for weighting haystacks, rain-barrel covers and dugout roofs, for plugging gaps in pigpens. Mrs. Kimberly, who in childhood had been shown a meteorite by a teacher, told her husband what the black stones were. He snorted. Despite his gibes and those of the neighborhood, Mrs. Kimberly started collecting the meteorites. For five years she wrote to scientists, met discouraging skepticism. Finally an optimistic savant arrived, examined...
...editorial writer on the old New York World, he met that paper's book reviewer, ex-Marine Laurence Stallings. The pair decided to write a War play. The idea was Anderson's and much of the writing. Stallings supplied the A. E. F. atmosphere and wrote the unforgettable dugout scene. The play was called What Price Glory? It was the play...
...players rushed into their dugout to avoid the crowd that jumped the rails to congratulate them. Police held the crowd back...
...Dizzy Dean won 26 games in three different leagues: Western, Texas, National. He pitched one game for the Cardinals in 1930, was sent back to Houston in 1931, returned to St. Louis in 1932. This summer he amused crowds by lighting a bonfire in front of the Cardinals' dugout, wrapping himself in a blanket, pretending to be an Indian. He went on strike last spring when the club refused to raise the salary of Brother Paul, a 21-year-old rookie who joined the team this year. A third brother, Elmer ("Goober") Dean, sold peanuts at St. Louis Sportsman...