Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...19th has had its moments of humor, most of them the kind that come to men when death has been cheated. Lieut. Jack Adams of Anadorko, Okla. was often the subject of such grim humor. Jack Adams, now a major, sank a transport and shot down three Zeros, but had to make a forced landing in a water-covered ricefield with two motors shot out. He and his crew, three of whom were wounded, returned three weeks later by boat, oxcart, automobile, train and plane. Captain Clarence E. McPherson, later killed in Australia, once landed on an airdrome before...
...What was funny soldier humor before is not so funny now. . . . From time to time . . . soldiers are used for 'interview' purposes, when, as a matter of fact, they are used as mere stooges . . . and made, unwittingly, to appear as somewhat stupid and dull, when, as a matter of fact, in their line of business, they are far from it. Other times, the soldier's normal interest in 'girls' is emphasized and stretched to an unwholesome and unwarranted degree...
...serious young man, hardened by training, ready to risk his life in any quarter of the globe for those he leaves behind. He is proud of his best girl, proud of his country, proud of his uniform. He laughs at hardships, wisecracks at the other guy, and looks for humor in every situation. We think he'd prefer it if radio reflected something more of this spirit to his people back home-and less of the other. We think his people prefer it that way, too, for that's the way it really...
...SUNDAY PIGEON MURDERS -Craig Rice-Simon & Schuster ($2). Two impecunious sidewalk photographers, one with brains the other with brawn, indulge in a little mild kidnapping and well-intentioned blackmail with gory results. Exciting scenes, a bountiful supply of able amateur detecting, moments of fantasy, humor and sentiment place this story far above the average...
...same time, Lemay organized and trained a creditable chorus of 250 voices and a Junior Symphony of 90 members. Duluth feels the orchestra would have died a natural death in Flaaten's barn except for the enthusiasm, patience, tact, humor and musical ability of Paul Lemay...