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...year to get some such law passed, but never before had they had so receptive an audience. MacArthur's testimony was still fresh in every Senator's mind. The Administration's objections had been that blanket restrictions would interfere with U.S. sources of strategic materials, hamper allied unity, produce such odd results as keeping West Germany from buying potatoes in East Germany. Now, the Senate had its dander...
...land & sea as well as by air, the allies were doing everything possible to hamper Communist communications to the fighting front. Near Songjin, almost 200 miles north of the 38th parallel on the east coast, 250 British marines went ashore from a naval task force led by the U.S. heavy cruiser St. Paul. While the ships shielded them with a curtain of fire, the commandos mined 100 yards of the Communists' main east coast rail line, blew a trough 16 ft. deep in the roadbed. After seven hours ashore, the British got back on their ship without a casualty...
...started on the project in an effort to anticipate "magnetic storms" that hamper short-wave radio reception from across the Atlantic. To keep the messages flowing during such a storm, the company has to call extra men to operate emergency equipment. So it wants to know well in advance when to expect trouble. Since magnetic storms are believed to have some connection with sunspots, RCA assigned Engineer J. H. Nelson, who is also an amateur astronomer, to dig into the research job, and built him a small observatory on a roof in downtown Manhattan...
...House Council brings all the residents of each House together for one nocturnal session per week. Said the "Hamper" of these gatherings: "The 10:15 tolling of the bell rings ... the meeting of the house. The procession, carrying female paraphernalia in solid, liquid, and paste form, swathed in turbans of turkish toweling, peignoirs and pajamas, madly scrambles for the softest spot on the floor (having been assured that all men have departed). Then, midst the shuffling of cards, the choking smoke, and rattle of bobby pins, the session begins...
...recurrence of an old leg injury which forced Captain Ed Smith to leave the game with six minutes left to play in the first half. Smith may be able to play against Navy Saturday, but it is now fairly certain that he has a chronic injury which will hamper him all year...