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...member of the ICC ever asked Mr. Clement why the Pennsylvania Railroad let Kuhn, Loeb & Co. underwrite a Pennsylvania Railroad bond issue. To an insinuation by an attorney for Halsey, Stuart & Co. that the Pennsylvania R.R. was dominated by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Mr. Clement replied that he, and of course speaking for the Pennsylvania Railroad, dealt with whom they pleased...
Biggest Show. It was their biggest show up to that time. The outfit (said Joe) was "scared-but not afraid." By Admiral Halsey's order they were to help beat down a Jap task force, keep it from moving south and smashing inferior U.S. naval forces in the Solomons. There could be no failures by Group Twelve...
...Headlong "Bull" Halsey had forged a powerful weapon in the Solomons, had wielded it with skill, daring, many sulfurous asides (a public-relations officer had finally been assigned to clean up his bullish predictions, screen his football-field bombast). Now once again he would have a chance to forge a weapon, drive it to the heart of the Japanese empire...
Farther Along. Halsey's new job was the command of the Third Fleet. This fleet had served under him in the Solomons, but now, presumably, would be considerably reinforced. Said Admiral Nimitz, the Third Fleet will operate "the same way that the Fifth Fleet is operating under the command of Admiral Spruance" (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS...
Naval men had little doubt as to what this new appointment meant in terms of battle. Scuttlebutt had it that Halsey and Spruance would trade off in a highly stepped-up Pacific offensive. While one fleet commander planned and organized an action, the other would be fighting...