Word: jeep
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Said "Jock" Carswell, "Essentially, the Corporation's job will be one of compromise." There will be no "fire sales," he promised; no one will buy a jeep...
Franklin Roosevelt invited Lieut. General George S. Patton Jr. to share his jeep on a review of troops in the Middle East, and the U.S. press reported the gesture. Nevertheless, the Senate subcommittee which was considering Patton's promotion (from his present permanent rank of colonel to permanent major general) was unimpressed. Last week the subcommittee postponed action...
...first Guinea Gold was published only at Port Moresby, on creaky linotypes and antiquated flat-bed presses. A month ago a branch was set up at Dobadura, near Oro Bay. Copies are distributed by jeep and mail where feasible, are dropped from planes to forward troops and isolated outposts. Printing and distribution troubles are tremendous and frequent...
From grinning Navy men the U.S. Army finally found what had happened to a missing jeep. It had been parked on a dock in a West Coast port hard by a submarine. Next day both submarine and jeep had gone. To newspaper ads asking for information leading to recovery of the little car, the Army got no reply...
...reason: the submarine's crew had dismantled the jeep, stored it in various nooks and crannies below. It was handy to have around. When the sub hit port the pieces were lugged ashore, the jeep was assembled, the crew had transportation...