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...Scoop No. 3 went to stocky, balding United Pressman Henry Shapiro, who has covered Russia longer than any other U.S. correspondent (six years) and has an advantage over others because, Russian-born he speaks and reads Russian fluently, so that he does not have to rely on interpreters...
Mahlum's Scoop. In Seattle, he went through the bustling Boeing aircraft plant, spent the night at the home of his daughter Anna and her husband, Publisher John Boettiger of the Post-Intelligencer. Across the Sound, he visited Bremerton's great Navy yard. For the first time news of his trip got into print. An A.F. of L. newspaper which goes to 40,000 Boeing employes scare-headed his appearance, added a sound trade-union angle: "The main thing that was on the lips of most of the members . . . was will he do anything about our wage situation...
...have a greater respect for rationalities than he has in comics or movies. Though he can still whiz through the air or break down a wall with his fist, he can push over no buildings, perform no miracles that sound cannot easily convey. Clayton's transformation from the scoop-seeking reporter, Clark Kent, to the mythical Man of Iron is accomplished by carefully deepening his voice and having all companions faint, while he slips on Superman clothes. Superman's monologues must be cut to a minimum, suspense maintained by worrying listeners as to whether he will...
...front-page story in that morning's Washington Post bore a shocking headline: INEFFICIENCY, WASTE LAID TO WPB's IRON, STEEL BRANCH. Said the Post scoop: a young, $5,600-a-year WPB consultant named Frederick I. Libbey was cooking up a report which would blister the WPB's Iron & Steel Branch; after consultation around the country with steel experts he had found gross mismanagement in Washington; he was convinced the steel branch experts were second-rate ex-salesmen palmed off on the Government by steel companies who don't need salesmen any more. Only...
...main purpose of "the train ride on Wellesley," besides to scoop the other men's colleges on contacting the crop of Freshman beauties, is to help the '46 men meet potential dates for the Freshman dance which is scheduled for next Thursday night in Lowell House. And the Committee is very optimistic about Wellesley's ability to fill the bill...