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...PATTON Toronto, Canada...
Last fall, after they bought out Tropical's controlling stockholders (including onetime Capone Henchman John Patton, Bookmaker Frank Erickson and underworldly Owney Madden, who had suddenly been branded "undesirable" by the Florida State 'Racing Commission), Mr. Straus and the Munns had misgivings over the soundness of their venture. The Florida Legislature, seeking to raise $2,000,000 for old-age pensions, voted to increase its 1942 pari-mutuel "take" from 3% to 8%. The track's share remained...
Ernest A. Mitchell '44, Robert W. Mevs '42, John A. Morgan '44, William C. Murphy '42, Gerhard Nellhaus '44, Arthur H. Northrup '42, Caspar R. Ordal '44, Palmer Osborn '44, Harold C. Passer '43, Donald J. Patton, Dick S. Payne '43, Daniel M. Pearce '42, Jack M. Peterson...
...test was a problem in logistics (troop movement), worked out by Major General George S. Patton, corps commander for the exercise. One afternoon the Fourth bivouacked in the Georgia hills, routing out buzzing coveys of quail to hide their machines under bush and scrub growth. Somewhere north of them the Second went into action against a mythical foe. At dawn the Second was moving north and the Fourth was in support...
...when the war ended, Patton had little more than a nuisance grip. South of the town, the Blues' main body was still 25 miles away. The Blues' armored troops were just getting ready to cross the Sabine. And Ben Lear still had in reserve a powerful slug: the Sixth Infantry Division, and the bulk of his armored troops...