Word: ll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chemical Job. When the White House turned her down, Reporter Craig said: "Lack of toilet facilities is a trivial excuse. I would settle for one of those chemical jobs they sell at Sears, Roebuck. They'll be sorry. . . ." Clearly, Harry Truman would have to do something about May Craig...
Full-Dress Appeal. After more than 30 buildings had been destroyed, orthodox Doukhobors began to wonder about the wisdom of continued submission. Said Peter Postnikoff: "I refuse to hit any man. But maybe I'll forget my teachings." Last week, orthodox Doukhobors finally asked for action. Extra constables hustled to the fertile Kootenay Valley. The bag by week's end: 14 Sons of Freedom arrested, seven sent to jail for terms ranging from six months to a year...
...Salsbury's powerful medicine eventually caught on. When a medicine man objected to inoculations against typhoid, a Salsbury assistant showed him some contaminated water under a microscope: "See those bugs? They'll kill all of you if you don't let me help." The medicine man was impressed. Fascinated by X rays, the Indians began to troop to the hospital to have their pictures taken. Mission schoolchildren, envious of the attention paid to any classmate who had his appendix out, demanded to be operated...
...Pigs. In Vermont's hills, he found friends to back him. Over apple pie & cheese, Hendricks unfolded the scheme to Poet Robert Frost. "I'm going to start a college, Bob," he said. Replied Frost: "I'll be durned. I always wanted to, myself...
...Some cats say Old Satch is oldfashioned, not modern enough. Why, man, most of that modern stuff I first heard in 1918. Ain't no music out of date as long as you play it perfect. . . . You give me the music, I'll figure out what to do about...