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...Lancaster, Pa., during the week after Pearl Harbor, small, 84-lb., 13-year-old Star Scout Daniel Flory marched up & down the streets politely ringing doorbells, politely asking housewives for old newspapers. In seven afternoons he collected in his little wagon the last ton of the 9,500 lb. of paper he added to the eleven tons the rest of his troop had collected...
...year-old bitplayer Janis Wilson across California's Lake Arrowhead overturned, dumped them into deep water 40 yards from shore. Swimmer Davis succeeded in getting semi-swimmer Wilson to shore, gave her up to her mother, who spanked the daughter, kissed the actress. "I am an old Eagle Scout," explained Miss Davis...
Before long, two or three million more men will have to take up arms, so industrialists must scout around for an equivalent amount of replacements, Hershey warned. He pointed to the example of an aircraft factory "in the Los Angeles area" in which the average age was 22 years...
Civilian-defense authorities decided that Sector 21, a residential area in Syracuse's southwest corner, had been heavily bombed. Boy Scouts were designated as wounded persons; each wore a card listing specific injuries. Ladies of the motor corps of Syracuse's Red Cross chapter bustled around, read the cards, applied appropriate first aid. From one front porch came blood-curdling screams and moans, persisting for a flat 30 seconds. Interested spectators noted that the Boy Scout who sirened these yells then retired to the back of the porch, consulted two fellow Scouts over a wristwatch. At regular five...
...value as soon as it gets dark, and leave early tomorrow morning to try to catch Stilwell. We shall travel through what to us is uncharted area. I cannot reveal even a general route for fear the enemy might get on the trail. We poured gasoline on a scout car and a couple of sedans and shot tommy-gun bullets into them only a few short hours ago. We still have a couple of cars to destroy but are waiting to see if someone trying to get out cannot use them. I have just come from the tank corps with...