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General Joseph W. ("Vinegar Joe") Stilwell, commandless at his Carmel, Calif, home, shed his ribbonless four-starred khaki for slacks and an old black sweater, met the press informally. Mum on the subject of his removal from China, grizzled Vinegar Joe said his hat was off to this generation of U.S. fighting men, averred that his being at home just "waiting" was "very tough on Mrs. Stilwell," swore that he ranked around the house "right after...
...State Department. They discussed whose profession was the oldest. "Mine," said the surgeon, "God created Eve out of Adam's rib . . . by a surgical operation." "Mine," said the architect, "God first created the world out of chaos . . . the work of an architect." The two State Department men kept mum. "And what do you say?" the Latin Americans finally asked. Said one of the State Department men: "We were wondering who created chaos...
...Chicago's Sun, syndicated Sunday weekly Parade, owner of Cincinnati's radio station WSAI) bought smart Simon and Schuster, one of the top merchandisers in the book business, and Pocket Books, Inc., which was 49% owned by Simon and Schuster officials. Publisher Field kept the purchase price mum...
...Have Not, Casablanca), announced that he had separated from his wife, ex-Cinemactress Mayo Methot, Bogart, who nicknamed his wife (also his yacht) "Sluggy" and bragged about their many private and public fights in six years of marriage (on their fifth anniversary, he gave Sluggy a rolling pin), kept mum about the reasons. Hollywood newshawks pointed out that Methot was for Dewey, Bogart for Roosevelt...
Berlin was mistaken. Moscow kept mum for four days, then broke the news with a victory salute from 224 guns: the Red armies had jammed through for gains up to 60 miles on a 175-mile front. This week they had sent the Germans reeling back to within twelve miles of Memel on the sea, to within three miles of the northern East Prussia border. Credit went to Generals Ivan Bagramian and Ivan Chernyakhovsky, who figured much more prominently in the Eastern Front news last July than they have lately...