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...Monday sales of tickets for the big dance indicate that the fever is on and you'd better get your tickets pronto. The dance promises to be a terrific success what with the weather, the B.C. game et al, and it will aid Treasurer Sam Nikkel a lot if we all get our tickets in the early part of the week...
...rich quick, and marry a beautiful woman--and all for the simple price of murder. This opportunity is presented to Neff by one of his clients, a Mrs. Dietrichson (Miss Stanwyck), who wants to buy life insurance for her husband and then make certain that it gets used pronto. The wily Miss Dietrichson uses Neff to get rid of her spouse in a railroad "accident" that pays her double indemnity as the beneficiary...
Editor G. M. Mason reports steady progress on "The Signal" and points out that the snap section can use more shots than have yet been submitted. Get the gang together, shoot 'em (hmmm), and turn the result in to a member of the yearbook staff--pronto...
...British appealed to U.S. shippers: was there no way to pack the tanks so they could be driven off pronto? The next shipment of tanks came wrapped in plastic film, with a drying material inside to prevent rust. The British simply ripped off the wrapping and roared away...
Readers hoped they never found out who the officers were; but they also hoped the Army would find out pronto, and shunt them and their like right out of their swivel chairs-if not to limbo, to some spot where they could not risk soldiers' lives or the national security...