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Britain's George Millar, whose autobiographical novel Horned Pigeon (TIME, June 10, 1946) was one of the few intelligent consequences of World War II, describes himself as "a weedy young man of slightly effeminate aspect"-neglecting to add that his war record won him the British Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross, the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre. With the same misleading modesty he insists that he is merely a "landsman"-but his new book is all about a voyage he made in his 31-ton ketch Truant two years ago, from England to Greece...
...Place Like Home. In Cleveland, William S. Wellman's pigeon, entered in a 100-mile race, came in last - nine years later...
...packed with these refugees, sitting on their pathetic bundles or clutching them with the strength of despair. What did these simple, bewildered people seize in the moment of panic? A small Turkish carpet, a radio, a sewing machine were among the treasures. A three-year-old hugged his pet pigeon. One woman brought a battered aluminum chamberpot. Hour after hour they sat, waiting for barges, British landing craft and other odd boats now doing ferry service across the blue bay to Acre." Other thousands fled to the Arab-held hills near Nablus...
Suffolk University should have been a dead pigeon for the Varsity baseball team. But a complete fielding collapse in the eighth inning and a persistent inability to hit solidly set up a 5 to 4 loss yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field...
...Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Twin City Pigeon Eliminating Co. of St. Paul wrote: "Our representative will be in Los Angeles for the purpose of contracting with building owners to eliminate and control common scrub pigeons. We would like to have you provide us with a list of the names and addresses of buildings affected by these birds...