Word: paddocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Push-Ups for Warmth. Consul Paul Paddock and Vice Consul Culver Gleysteen arrived in Dairen in June 1948. From that time on, they were sealed off from all except occasional radio contact with the outside world. In 14 months, they received mail twice. During the last four months of their stay, the Russians made daily attempts to jam their radio contacts with the U.S. State Department...
...occasion, Gleysteen was arrested and charged with "signaling out to sea with the lights of his jeep." He was held for two hours in an ice-cold waiting room where he did push-ups to keep warm while Paddock argued for his release. Said Paddock: "The fact that it was not quite dark and that the jeep was pointed inland would seem sufficient to disprove the charge...
Other highlights of the Paddock-Gleysteen report on Dairen...
...Paddock and Gleysteen report corroborated others received last month in Tokyo from a group of repatriated Japanese refugees. Some of the refugees were produced before a Communist rally in Tokyo, where each was paraded up on a rostrum to make a little speech. One youth tried hard to be convincing. Said he: "Living in Dairen wasn't so bad. In fact, I think things really must have been a lot better than they seemed...
...ailing champions, Assault and Stymie, in Aqueduct's Edgemere Handicap. Assault, fourth-highest moneywinner in turf history ($672,520), closed gamely despite a patched-up leg and finished third. Stymie, still the world's top moneywinning horse ($911,335), was rapturously applauded as he went to the paddock for his first race since he was retired with a cracked sesamoid bone 14 months ago. After finishing dead last, Stymie was still cheered. In keeping with the quaint custom at New York tracks, the boos were for Jockey Eddie Arcaro, who rode My Request, the winner...