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Last week, equipped with a khaki flying suit, a pistol, seven rounds of ammunition, two chocolate bars, sandwiches and 55?, he marched blithely into one Edward Walz's drive-yourself aerodrome at Camden, N. J., rented a two-seated, high-wing Luscombe monoplane ($9 for one hour). In its gas tanks were eight gallons, barely enough for a 175-mile...
...long lawn & back. Guests should fall back, make a wide lane, not only out of respect but so that all may see. Members of Their Majesties' entourage will summon distinguished guests whom Their Majesties wish to have presented. In case of rain, two large khaki tents will be provided. Tea will be served under smaller marquees. The hard drink bar will be around a corner, out of sight. Guests must remain until Their Majesties withdraw. Then "the garden gates will be opened and the guests will leave," unhandshaken (because of their number) by moose-tall Sir Ronald & Lady Lindsay...
Died. Arthur J. Smith, 41, frustrated Führer of the fascistic "Khaki Shirts of America, Inc.", of heart disease; in Shamokin, Pa. In 1933 "Commander-in-Chief" Smith claimed 6,000,000 recruits, established headquarters in Philadelphia, announced plans to march on Washington. When his plans fizzled, Smith...
...manor, he horrified the architect by refusing to have leaded windows. Said he: "I'm not going to have a view of 20 miles spoiled by tradition." Once, after he strained his shoulder chopping, a doctor arrived to find him standing in his living room clad only in khaki pants and moccasins, with green birch lice hopping playfully about his chest. He still held the ax in one hand; in the other, a book on philosophy which he was reading...
...work caps, blouses and trousers. A typical day's schedule from then on: breakfast, 6:20; sick call, 7; inspection, 7:15; to work at 7:30, off an hour for lunch, off work at 4 p.m.; mail at 4:30; change to Army issue olive drab or khaki for formation and "dress inspection" (instituted a year ago to spruce up the corps) at 5 p.m. Last fortnight Franklin Roosevelt authorized a new forest green uniform, to be issued next fall-when the corps may be not only distinctive but permanent...