Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Philippine Army training planes when U.S. troops retired to Bataan for their last stand in Luzon. He used them as if they were bombers, hid his anxiety for his youngster pilots by working at his hobby: woodcarving. His "Lady Bataanin," a shapely reclining nude, became a luck piece which pilots touched before going out after the Jap. They needed luck. The Jap bombed the two makeshift fields endlessly, was always overhead with fighters when they took off because he was close enough to hear their engines warming up. Like his pilots, General George took it all with a tight grin...
Died. Charles Henry, 58, better known as Jack Blackburn, trainer of Joe Louis; of heart disease; in Chicago. Once one of the greatest defensive fighters in ring history, he lost only two out of 92 recorded fights. (His luck in fights outside the ring earned him the title of "the animated razor scar.") He took Joe Louis in hand when Louis was a ring newcomer, coached him through 20 of his 21 title defenses...
...only chance anyone who wants a bicycle for convenience or pleasure has, is to buy one second-hand. The Exchange is perpetually out of used stock, and individual owners about the Yard, priding themselves on their luck, put up a stiff price...
Officials of the University Information Office have been searching for 24 hours to find out about calico cats, in order to answer the query of the Maine woman who owns a pair. Although they discovered that the multicolored felines are considered good luck charms, and presage riches in China, no details about the animals could be found...
Washington had better luck than California. Sixteen colleges and universities (among them Chicago, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Iowa State, Oberlin) agreed to give haven to Washington's Nisei. Of the 32 queried by Dr. Sproul, 14 replied they were "interested" (the rest said No or were noncommittal). And when Dr. Sproul announced the names of the 14, the outcry from their States was so fierce that three (Idaho, Kansas, Arkansas A. & M.) quickly changed their minds...