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...Engineers have found that Okinawa can hold three times as many airfields as originally planned, with a paved area equal to 400 miles of two-lane highways. The smallest field will handle twice as much traffic as New York's LaGuardia Field...
...York's busy little Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia has long contended that no law-abiding beef slaughterer can make money under OPA's present ceilings for beef. Last week, "Butch" LaGuardia tried to drive home his point, with the help of a Grade-A steer. On Butch's orders, the city bought the steer and had it slaughtered, keeping track of the pound-by-pound cost. The results...
...Years- What? At City Hall, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (who wept during the parade) presented him with a gold medal, introduced him in squeaky superlatives. The General replied: "New York simply can't do this to a Kansas farmer boy and keep its reputation for sophistication." But again, as he talked, he quit smiling. Said he: "Can the parents of those children look ten years ahead and be satisfied with anything less than [their] best to keep them . . . from the horrors of the battlefield...
...York City, for twelve years and three elections, hen-shaped old Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had ruled the political roost. He had been able to beat any & every combination of political bosses solely on the vote of the people, who loved him. Last month he had quipped: "I can run on a laundry ticket and beat these political bums any time." But the people had grown tired of his wham-handed whims, his snooping, his ranting. "The Hat" bowed out-or said...
Through all this, Mayor LaGuardia went smilingly about his business. He jeered at the three Irishmen (Boss Flynn of the Bronx, Boss Kelly of Brooklyn and O'Dwyer) who had patched together the Democratic ticket. Said The Hat: "It looks to me like a case of rape by acquiescence and consent, and a good time was enjoyed...