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...express themselves in San Francisco and Oakland. War-working jalopy jerks find love stripes, painted diagonally across the doors of their hot irons,† the quickest way to let hep twists know what kind of wolf is giving them a gander. One stripe indicates single male on the scout. Two stripes-going steady but still stuff seeking. Three stripes-practically engaged, looking for no pickups. Four stripes-in the saddle, all soaped up, or married...
...football does cut in. He generally takes Saturday night off, then goes to work on Sunday morning with the scout reports on the coming opponent and spends the rest of that day and most of every other in devising offensive and defensive formations that will hamstring the opposition. The briefcase he takes home every night means at least as much work as the average professorial green bag, but the results are published in the Sunday headlines rather than an obscure monograph. If the other team has shifted its strategy, there's always the opportunity for changing Crimson tactics...
Existence of some such deposit was suspected ever since the Mesabi was opened up a half century ago. But it was not till 1930 that a prospector and scout, Jules G. Cross, made a survey of the region, which led to the formation of the Steep Rock Iron Mines, Ltd. Backing the company is Cyrus Eaton, creator of Republic Steel, who is arranging a $7,500,000 bond issue...
Jack Graf, former Ohio State player who has been Dick Harlow's chief scout for Michigan games, says that Chappius is one of the best passers in the Big Ten and is, moreover, a hard runner with a lot of drive...
...medium and light bombers (B25, B26, etc.) are the best in the world. They have been tested in all theaters. U.S. scout bombers, product of the Navy's longtime development of this destructive art, also are without peer among single-engine dive-bombers...