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...Anchors Aweigh" is the umpteenth movie about two sailors on a furlough, Despite the hackneyed plot, however, it has more zest, vitality, and originality than the great majority of its predecessors. Although Frank Sinatra gets top billing, the film is a personal triumph for Gene Kelly...
...Troops home from Europe and on furlough preparatory to redeployment will not be sent to the Pacific. One or two divisions already assembled on the West Coast for Pacific service will go as planned. Troops assembled in Europe for direct transport to the Pacific will come to the U.S. instead...
...month ago 26-year-old Pfc. Charles Horn of Los Angeles landed in the U.S. after three months in Europe with the 86th ("Blackhawk") Division. He and his buddies headed for home and 30-day furloughs. This week, their furloughs over, the men of the 86th are back in camp in Oklahoma, first ETO division to get into retraining for the war in the Pacific. In a few weeks they would be shipped off again. Like thousands of other G.I.s of the Blackhawks, all Pfc. Horn had left of his 30 days was the recollection. This was how his furlough...
...dinner at a place near Culver City, drank some whiskey and finally ended up at Casa Mañana. They picked up some girls and danced to Jimmy Lunceford's band. Horn decided he was doing all right-having a swell time for the second night of furlough...
...operate more trains. With rail wages as low as they are and the skills needed for many of the jobs as high, there is small hope of making these two ends meet. Many a railman is convinced that the wisest thing to do is to furlough railroaders from the Army. Unless that happens, the railroads are keeping their fingers crossed. At best, they expect the present squeeze on civilians to last until next spring. At worst, they wonder if the wire-taut rail system will stand another winter like last year...