Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sent out with a patrol to Certain Death, Colman stalls for time in the tent of an Arab chieftain who turns out to have been an Oxford classmate. In a sequence which should induce Hollywood to investigate England's famed Victorian society novelist further, the Arab remarks: "You remember our soccer games? Well, we shall play soccer, on horseback. And you, ho-ho, shall be the ball...
...SAVAGE PATROL-J. G. Hides-McBride ($2.75). British Patrol Officer Hides recounts his experiences as defender of the peace in Papua, land of cannibals and headhunters. Some thoughtful observations for those who may wonder, with the author, what fun remains to the headhunter when he learns that murder...
...Pogranichnaya, a frontier station on the Chinese Eastern Railway, a patrol of Japanese troops wandered about 1,000 yards into Soviet territory. By the time they had fought their way back to their own side of the fence one Japanese lieutenant and two Japanese soldiers were dead...
...With pen instead of fishing rod in hand, he signed a proclamation urging citizens to contribute $3,000,000 for Red Cross flood relief. Around his desk assembled his Flood Emergency Committee: War Secretary Dern (rescues), Red Cross Admiral Gary T. Grayson (food, clothing, medicine), CCCommandant Fechner (rescues and patrol duty), WPAdministrator Hopkins (repair of dikes, sewers, water supplies), Treasury Secretary Morgenthau (finance). After three days Secretary Dern appeared with the announcement that the flood was receding. Next noon, with this act of God behind him, President Roosevelt was Southbound...
...Lupien, Art Johns, Dick Grondahl, and Fred Heekel hold down the first infield positions, while Dick Galbraith, Joe Soltz, and Henry Thompson will provide capable replacements. For the outer gardens patrol there will be Jack Cunningham, George Earle, Bob Gannett, and possibly some of the pitching staff to choose from...