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...bill provides that most World War II veterans receive five-year government bonds in payment for leave and furlough time for which they were eligible but which was not granted. Payments would average about $165 per veteran...
...Unanimously passed and sent to the Senate a bill granting up to 120 days' back pay to G.I.s for accrued furlough time they did not receive during World War II. (Average bonus...
Several new bridges were thrown across the officer-enlisted-man gap. Some of them were primarily economic: quarters and travel allowances for all ranks, cumulative furlough time and terminal-leave pay for enlisted men as well as officers. Others were designed to wipe out needless social discriminations, off-duty saluting, the use of such archaic phrases as "officer's ladies and enlisted men's wives...
...toughest course, Perfectionist Nelson slipped on an early 18-inch putt, blamed wet turf, then rolled flawlessly home with a winning 284. Nelson's most likely challenger was not present: a hit-'em-a-mile amateur, Army Lieutenant Gary Middlecoff, who burned up the fairways while on furlough last fall...
Most sailor-on-a-furlough films re just so much bosh and lush thrown together haphazardly but hopefully. However, "Anchors Aweigh" depends on carefully sketched characters and novel variations to achieve its effects. Kelly plays a "sea-wolf" who saves his bashful buddy Clarence-(Sinatra) from drowning and then goes on to act as nurse-maid...