Word: roundup
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First sign of trouble came fortnight ago when Roundup, CBI's official, irrepressible G.I. weekly, complained that all too many soldiers were being disappointed by needlessly broken entertainment schedules. Citing cases, Roundup said that Joel McCrea, "large, husky, over-six-foot male," called off his announced 60-day tour in Cairo when he heard that "CBI is tough." Paulette Goddard left the theater six days early when she "reportedly was taken ill." Pledged to 120 days on the CBI circuit, Joe E. Brown "suddenly remembered a previous engagement in North Africa . . . decamped after...
...Texas contingent was enough to make any lone star swell with pride. Bob Hicks and John Justice agitated the roundup early in the evening--Bob with a hometown Temple date. All in all it was a memorable evening--from the first introduction to the noisy ride back. Nevertheless the boys have decided to have Mr. Hansen audit Rod's books...
...Roundup. By 10 in the morning Lieut. General Ruediger von Heyking had surrendered. When the masters of the master race capitulated, the rank & file became totally bewildered. Some fled south to escape through the fields but fell in droves before our small-arms fire. Within the perimeter organized by our armored division around Mons no front or rear existed. Headquarters troops and MPs who normally do not do any fighting captured over 600 thoroughly demoralized Germans. Confused and rioting German enlisted men often broke away from officers to surrender. Some German officers sent notes to our lines saying that they...
When the news of D-day reached Lyons, thousands on their way to work danced in the streets, hugged and kissed in Gallic joy, sang La Marseillaise, shouted: "Vive la France! Vive les Allies!" German and Vichy forces dared not interfere just then. Later the police staged a mass roundup...
Shortly after, he opened up two new pools in Victoria and Coke Counties, Texas. By last week he was drilling for oil, or preparing to, in 18 states. Confidently he announced that his first oil "province," the one near Roundup, Mont., and his Texas wells will pay off more than 10-to-1 for the cash sunk in dry holes...