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West from the Virgin Islands toward Haiti stood S.S. America, a thwarted ship in a restricted ocean. Biggest (27,000 gross tons) and fanciest merchantman ever to slide down a U.S. way, she had been conceived by the Maritime Commission for the blue-ribbon North Atlantic passenger trade. But before her birth was complete, World War II and the Neutrality Act closed in her horizons. Since she left her fitting-out dock ten months ago, her life has been a pleasant tedium of Caribbean cruises. Last week adventure crooked an imperious finger to this immaculate loafer of the Antilles...
...Sylvanus Thayer and Lee and Goethals and MacArthur were members of the Corps. A few could recall the day in November 1918 when the famed Second Division lined up with its Engineer regiment in the honor position on the right of the line. The division cheered mightily when the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre was pinned on the Engineers' colors. That honor was for a day at Soissons when the red necks drove six miles into enemy territory, captured 2,700 prisoners...
...said, was quite up to the level of other years, and had not suffered because of the war. Tradespeople looked for a last minute spurt today. The telegraph office particularly, recalling that last year it had delivered an ice cream soda with four straws, a dog in a red ribbon, two fried eggs, and white mice, looked forward to a busy...
...route promised to become important, especially if the Burma Road should be cut again. In winter the frozen, level tundra is ideal, since vehicles need not follow a narrow bombable ribbon. Much of the way runs through Russian territory, which the Japanese dare not touch. For understandable reasons, the Soviet news agency Tass denied that there was any such supply route...
...clock sharp) overlooking San Francisco Bay; "elephant trains," salvaged from the Exposition's dismantled Treasure Island, to transport latecomers from the far end of the vast parking area. Instead of tractors to haul the huge starting gate around, California's latest track sports 16 beautifully matched, blue-ribbon Percherons (eight greys, eight blacks)-undefeated at California horse shows for the past two years. "There'll be a horse show as well as horse races every day at Golden Gate Park," hawked Manager Madigan last week...