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...Negro tenant farmer named Walter Bailey and his hands were up before the mist cleared from the valleys, but they had not turned to in the fields. They stood on the porch watching the procession. "Must be fun," Bailey sighed, admiring the clanking machines...
...Walter Bailey's porch looked skeptical, but watched more closely. The column clanked off. Then the watchers saw a second wave of infantry worming up to the road. An armored car rolled by full of singing Negroes. This time the infantry fired before Bailey could signal. The car wheeled and bolted over the roadside through the infantry, but was flagged down by the umpire. The Negroes had been so surprised that they forgot to fire. The infantry claimed not only gunfire but two well-landed grenades. "Did you throw any real object to simulate a grenade?" the umpire asked...
...hand walked back to the porch. "I ain't workin' here no more," he announced...
...Flags Were Still Flying." Captain Buckmaster, sitting on his porch in Norfolk, Va., told the rest of the story. "At daybreak the ship had a terrible list to starboard. Her flight deck was in the water. Her battle flags were still flying. We hadn't taken them down. As she went over, they flew till they were in the water. She went down, no commotion, no explosions, no fire. She went stern first...
Debtor. In Paducah, Ky., a robin to whom E. N. Smith had fed crumbs every day turned up at the back door with a dollar bill in its beak, dropped it on the porch, flew...