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...which had popped up over the south horizon for a few hours, slid down again. Night came on. In the distance trotted black shadows-wolves. The oldtimer decided to camp beside a little stream. Something went wrong. He couldn't light a fire. Perhaps his old hands numbed too quickly when he jerked them out of the mittens to strike matches; stayed numb no matter how he pounded them together. Perhaps his little sticks were wet. But his fire would not start. That, quite simply, was death. The wolves came closer, their shadows black on the snow, shadows that...
...numb were 1939's Isolationists. As Franklin Roosevelt, home from his 15-day cruise, penned his signature to the measure, only Columnist David Lawrence spoke the longer, less-fashionable view: "Nobody is deceived. . . . The Russian Government knows what the American Congress has done. So do the people of Finland. The U. S. Government has backed up its expressions of moral support with material aid to Finland. . . . Whether America likes it or not, she has become involved in the worldwide struggle for the preservation of democracy. . .. The Finnish loan makes a precedent that cannot possibly be erased and marks...
...reinforcing its frontiers as the Belgians and the Dutch. Thousands of reservists called to the colors completely overtaxed the capacity of the Rumanian railroad system. Not only was there no standing room in railway cars, men clung on the outside steps in below-zero weather. Some of them grew numb and were found in the morning dead along the right...
Under the lights in a South Bend, Ind. courtroom one night last week sat 17 respectable business men, numb with the same chill apprehension that narrows the eyes of every accused man when his trial jury announces it is ready with its verdict. Hulking in their midst was bluff, red-faced President William S. Knudsen of General Motors Corp., nearby the slim figure of G. M. C.'s millionaire Board Chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr. In the defendants' sanctuary around them sat 15 others: President John J. Schumann Jr., of General Motors Acceptance Corp., three of his vice...
...with brilliant tactics, kept the partisan crowd of 1,500 in seesawing shrieks of delight and dismay before young McDaniel won the match and title, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Besieged by dusky damsels, Champion McDaniel was swept off the court, signed his autograph until his hand was numb. They all thought he was good enough to represent the U. S. on the Davis Cup team...