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...river, stopped beyond in the Arkansas flats, let all but the drivers out. Five miles ahead the drivers stopped, got out, started to march. Through the morning and afternoon, the trucks were leapfrogged, until everybody had had his dose. One man. just out of the hospital at Camp Forrest, Tenn., soon fell out, was trucked into Camp Robinson. During the day about twelve others fell out, were picked up. The stragglers and heat-stricken took emergency treatment from a dentist and a sanitary officer who were also being disciplined. The rest ate plenty of salt against the heat, filled their...
...month-old story last week reached a powerful climax in St. Louis. It began one day last November when ten Missouri Democratic leaders met in secret in a room in St. Louis' De Soto Hotel. Senator Bennett Champ Clark was there from Washington. Eight days before, a Republican, Forrest Donnell, had been elected Governor-in the midst of a Democratic sweep-by 3,613 votes. These politicians were practical men. They discussed a legislative investigation, on the issue of fraudulent ballots, that would prevent Forrest Donnell from taking office. Said a seasoned old country politician: "You will...
...Forrest C. (for nothing) Donnell, a slender, blond, sobersided citizen with a dignified cowlick, and Lawrence McDaniel, a short, huge, chuckle-jowled citizen with a merry eye, have known each other for nearly 40 years. Both were born in Missouri's northwest corner, the rolling prairies of the Platte River country. They met as legal eaglets at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Both, on graduation, went to St. Louis to practice. Both became members of the same Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in a "nice" residential district; both joined the same Scottish Rite Masonic lodge; both became trustees...
...Division of Defense Housing Coordination to supersede all ordinary Federal domestic housing agencies (Army & Navy divisions, FHA, USHA, credit agencies), with enormous powers to force and speed construction wherever rearmament or military programs create housing emergencies. Chief: balding Charles Forrest Palmer, 48, of Atlanta, Ga., housing expert of NDAC; salary, $9,000 a year...
...Bermuda Terrace, where Red Norvo is playing. I haven't been able to hear the band yet myself, but I'll guarantee you can't go wrong on Red (He calls me Charlie) . . . Benny Goodman's twelve-inch coupling features a number of things, including Helen Forrest singing The Man I Love, Benny's clarinet, a bit of Cootie's trumpet, the best sax section in the world, and some extremely imaginative orchestration by Eddie Sauter on the reverse, Benny Rides Again. On the latter, Sauter ignores any conventional form and just lets his mood carry him away--with...