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...into a jungle. Their path crossed elephant trails until they came to a chasm bridged only by a rope suspension which could carry nothing heavier than jeeps. (Belden had one.) General Stilwell ordered everyone to strip unnecessary paraphernalia so as to be able to walk. In the weeds a pile of elegant rubbish grew-steel helmets, pink brassieres, whiskey bottles, tins of powder, notebooks, overcoats, rich Mandalay silks...
People began to fight for escape. They climbed on those who had gone down, and the pile of the fallen grew waisthigh. Those who kept their feet were gripped by fear and the mob. Patricia screamed: "Daddy, I can't stand it any more, I'm dying." Mr. Johnes tried to shove and make room for her, but he was unable to move an inch. Finally Mr. Johnes grew faint, his arms grew numb. Peter slipped down along Mr. Johnes's body until the dead boy's feet touched the floor...
...knows exactly why Boss Pendergast picked Truman for the Senate. One theory: the Boss was in the whimsical mood of a socialite sneaking a pet Pekingese into the Social Register. A better theory: the Boss was impressed by the Midwestern adage that every manure pile should sprout one rose-he saw in Truman a personally honest, courageous man whose respectability would disguise the odors of the Pendergast mob. Certainly Truman was no statesman in 1934. Neither had he ever been touched by scandal...
...helicopter can land safely almost anywhere (newsmen at United Aircraft Corp.'s plant in Hartford recently saw one put down atop a mountainous snow pile). It can travel faster than a motorcycle, hover or land where no motorcycle could travel (e.g., a wooded mountaintop). It could also be used for rescuing injured men from plane crashes in inaccessible places, might also be handy for artillery spotting. With floats it can land and take off either from water or land. If its engine fails, the helicopter can land without power, unwinding earthward at leisurely speed. It can travel through murky...
...Louis Post-Dispatch's editorial writer Ralph Coghlan and two friends were found innocent by a Jefferson City jury of conspiring last December to steal a cannon from the grounds of Missouri's capitol. Coghlan had wanted the cannon thrown on the war scrap pile, had been balked by Governor Forrest C. Donnell. "As I was saying last December when interrupted by the Governor's silly grand larceny charge," said Editor Coghlan: "I still think the old cannon, symbol of Mr. Donnell's hair-splitting incompetency, belongs on the nation's scrap pile...