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...this was the end." ¶A young subaltern with "dark eyes under long lashes, a pink and white complexion" was sent to Moran for "vetting." "He made every possible excuse to put off my examination . . . but [his commanding officer] told him to get a move on. When the lad stripped, we found he was wearing a coat of mail under his vest." ¶ Another entry in the Moran diary: "Just now a man was brought to my dugout on a stretcher. Half his hand was gone and his leg below the knee was crushed and broken. While his wounds were...
...former) of one J. B. Mathes, roommate of "the leader." Nurses, bathing beauties, ballplayers, McClure, etc.--what a boy! Why, we ask, is Howard McDonald referred to as "the King"? Is he really of royal blood? Chuckie Shroeder pulled in dateless again this week, such a true-blue, sleepy lad...
...Defense Plant Corp. went ahead and built $500,000,000 in aluminum plants, soon became owner of 52% of the aluminum-making capacity of the U.S. Last week, the court found that the diligence of the trustbusters had been overmatched by the diligence of OPC, concluded that, while Alcoa Lad been a monopoly, there is no reason to suppose that Alcoa now has a monopoly or will have one after...
...carrier war. But beyond the what, when & where of naval air war, Jensen tells the how: how a boy from Alameda feels in combat over Truk ("Those Grummans are beautiful planes," said Lieut, (j.g.) Eugene Valencia; "if they could cook, I'd marry one"); how a baby-faced lad from Athens, Ga. came to be known as "One-Slug" McWhorter ("You just sat back, pressed the button and he blew up and wasn't there any more"); and how planes are lost, in combat or accident; and how the Navy risks everything to save downed flyers from becoming...
...Weeks going up for some of the same. Weekend is the only man in the class beside Mr. Lindsay nursing a ski injury. He get his taking a suicide leap at Groton last week. Also at the Statler was the horn looking for the colt with no success "T Lad" was long ago occupied elsewhere...