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...matter went to Wisconsin's Congressman Lawrence Smith. Still no luck-Mickey had served so well at training centers that the War Department considered him "essential" to the 49th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon at Camp Butner...
...brightest young postwar net stars the U.S. has developed, Mouledous is a good bet to shine in future Davis Cup competition, unless Hollywood gets there first. Last week, a talent scout who saw Dick's picture in a New Orleans paper signed him up for 20th Century-Fox. Said the scout: "He's got a face that will appeal to women...
Some college coaches scout for themselves, but more trust the job to assistants or to game-wise alumni. The job: 1) to record each play and shot, elaborately charted with identifying letters (H for hook shots, S for set, P for push); 2) to uncover players' idiosyncrasies and ways to block hot basket-makers; 3) to cook up tricky defenses. Few ambitious coaches can afford not to scout...
...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...