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...Unbeaten in seven games, Purdue is hardest hit of all. Gone are nine Marines, including the nation's leading ground-gainer, Tony Butkovich...
...that is not the case. I am neither defeatist nor pacifist. I fully appreciate the necessity of carrying this war to an end which will be satisfactory to the United States and her Allies, but let's not deceive ourselves into thinking that we will be the only gainer and our enemies the only losers...
Loser? No, no; far too much a gainer. The Government takes one-fourth of my royalties and it should take three-fourths. Pass that on to the congressmen. Up with the income tax and down with the dictators...
...Flatfoot but fleet-footed Frankie Sinkwich, University of Georgia's galloping, pass-perfect halfback: the Associated Press annual poll for the No. 1 athlete of 1942; surpassing his nearest rival, Red Sox Outfielder Ted Williams, by 94 points to 55. Leading ground gainer this season (2,023 yards), Sinkwich sparked the Georgia Bulldogs to ten victories in eleven games...
...Biggest gainer in War II has been farm products, up 58% (a deliberately created boom), which necessarily carried up raw materials 39%, foods 37%, textiles 36%. But in the same period in War I, farm products went up 87%, foods 72%, textiles 65%, raw materials...