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Blood Suckers. In Washington, D.C., postal inspectors discovered that some mailbox thieves now steal checks, hurry to a blood bank, give a pint, get a receipt made out to the name of the check, cash their loot by presenting a patriotic identification...
...second place, I am wondering whether you realize how your feelings may change in time. . . . What I mean is that a glass of vino at a local farm is better than nothing, but it isn't better than a pint of beer at the Old Red Cow, is it? Has anybody told you how quickly these Mediterranean women get ugly and old-looking? Maybe you are feeling that I think you are going to do something for which you will be sorry later on. You're right...
Jack Benny, whose favorite catch line has long been "They love me in St. Joe," proved himself right when he finally scheduled his Sunday night broadcast for St. Joseph, Mo. Some 10,000 people turned out, gave a pint of blood apiece to the Red Cross as admittance...
...pint-sized medic tries to lift a husky wounded G.I., yells "Gimmee a hand, somebody." The G.I. (played by a one-armed veteran) promptly offers his own "blown off" hand...
...that was the important thing. The Chinese high command, in new headquarters at Kunming, prepared to muster its best forces: the American-trained First and Sixth Armies from India, the troops of bushy-mustached, "100-Victories" Marshal Wei Li-huang, the battle-tried formations of hot-tempered, half-pint General Hsueh Yueh. From Yünnan's high plateau these troops could look out over China's gullied lands; strike out to aid the Allies who might some day land on the coast...