Word: indianas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said Indiana's Senator Raymond E. Willis, at a Republican rally: "Our Navy is almost out of commission in the Pacific.*... All the disasters of the Pacific have not yet been admitted...
...Last year the Buckeyes lost only one game (to Northwestern). So far this season, Ohio State has won five straight (over Fort Knox, Indiana, South ern California, Purdue and Northwestern), is one of the two undefeated teams in the Big Ten, one of the twelve in the nation. Even Columbus' notorious downtown quarterbacks are satisfied with Brown's generalship. They unanimously believe Paul Brown will some day be to Ohio State what Knute Rockne was to Notre Dame...
...York jazz spots. With these new releases, Hodes' piano is fortunately within reach of everyone's ear, and definitely worth the listening time of two records. With a rhythm section of Zutty Singleton, drums, Eddie Condon, banjo, and Earl Murphy, bass, the band achieves a colossal beat, especially on "Indiana." On "Georgia Cake Walk" they outdo the Yerba Buena band in the latter's own territory...
...without women were lonely. Lounging on Far Fan Beach in Panama, an Indiana soldier explained, "Oh, I guess it's all right, but girls are mighty scarce-especially American girls." Trinidad's isolated doughboys resorted to such classified ads as "Wanted to Trade: one blonde, fully equipped with hot and cold running water, new automatic gear shift, overstuffed upholstery in a delicate pink, supercharged, and ready for action. Does not even need reconditioning. Will trade for Book on How to Have Fun in the Barracks, or Life Without Women. Request immediate transaction before losing mind." So many...
...Middle-East airdrome an honor guard of U.S. flyers turned out to greet Hoosier Wendell Willkie, who shook hands with them all, asked each one where he was from, found none from Indiana. Exasperated, he turned to Major General Lewis H. Brereton, who explained: "Sorry, Mr. Willkie-all the Indiana boys are in the guardhouse...