Word: scouted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first the Aussie jungle fighters jeered at Media Koigi's goose pimples. Soon they grew respectful. A native New Guinea scout, Koigi said his flesh rose whenever the enemy was near. At night, in deep jungle bivouacs, he would suddenly awaken, feel the skin tightening on his arms, whisper to his sergeant: "Japan man, Japan man." He was always as right as radar. Once, at Koigi's direction, the Aussies threw a grenade 50 yards up the dense jungle trail, killed an unseen...
...Fine Model. No one knows the fickleness of the American public better than the calendar makers. For years Norman Rockwell's Boy Scout pictures (heaviest buyers: funeral homes, church organizations) ran in first place. What the trade calls "the girl group" (heaviest buyers: foundries, garages, barbershops) ran behind. For 1946, the girls have nudged the Boy Scouts out of first place, are also solidly entrenched in fourth place. (Third place: the Dionnes...
...Louis, Cardinal Boss Sam Breadon, who pushes a button and pro duces new talent from his vast farm chain, pushed a special managerial button and up came barrel-chested Eddie Dyer from Texas. Dyer had been a fair pitcher, talent scout and Cardinal farm system director, a well-liked manager at Houston and Columbus. Businessman Sam Breadon had lots of confidence in his new manager; he also regretted losing...
...South Bend, where the week's defense problem was to try and find a way of stopping Blanchard and Davis, a Notre Dame scout dispatched a one-word suggestion: ropes...
Over WGN (for World's Greatest Newspaper) and 135 stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System, the Colonel had some helpful hints to little girls. Said he: "Every Girl Scout should carry a compass, a watch and an electric torch.* The torch is a precaution against becoming benighted. . . . The military compass, by the way, has an interesting story. In the South African...