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...Under the present system there were incongruities, e.g.: "Hap" Arnold drew $4,000 a year more salary (by flight pay) than his boss, Chief of Staff Marshall. Three flying generals, with four stars, drew as much as or more than Five-Star Marshall, whose only bonus was an occasional morsel of overseas pay (at 10%). Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, rated a naval aviator, until V-J day added 10% "sea pay" to his base pay by living aboard the yacht Dauntless in Anacostia's mud, but he spurned the chance to collect 50% more for occasional flying. Most...
Into the State Department as a special assistant (and probably later as State's legal counsel), came quiet, unstuffy Benjamin Victor Cohen. This was a sweet morsel for both Byrnes and Cohen. After Dumbarton Oaks (which Ben Cohen had helped to draft), he had been slated for the State Department's top legal post. Despite Byrnes's insistence he had been blocked, had failed to get the support expected from Franklin Roosevelt. In deep disappointment, Ben Cohen had resigned but stayed in harness without Federal pay as Byrnes's general counsel in the Office...
...smell of the parodies of human beings who inhabited them. They were alive by instinct only and by instinct they almost knocked me down when I produced from my pocket one pitiful chocolate bar in answer to a plea of a prisoner for food. At the sight of that morsel of food these filthy, spidery human beings were galvanized by a single impulse: to get a crumb, just a crumb of something to put into their stomachs. I saw the barracks again today-empty, washed and with a clean wind blowing through them, but still permeated by that awful smell...
SALLY'S IN THE ALLEY-Norbert Davis-Morrow ($2). Carstairs, a dignified, sniffy and deadly Great Dane, helps his detective owner catch the killer of a cinemactress and break up a Western spy ring. A rich morsel for readers who like them tough and raucous...
Lower animals fight from a variety of causes.. Some fight because, as beasts of prey, they live by killing and devouring. Animals may fight their own kind in a tussle over a mate or some choice morsel of food. They fight to defend their young, their homes, or their own lives. Some are aggressive and go about seeking what they may devour; others fight as a last resort when they are cornered...