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Readers hoped they never found out who the officers were; but they also hoped the Army would find out pronto, and shunt them and their like right out of their swivel chairs-if not to limbo, to some spot where they could not risk soldiers' lives or the national security...
...Army's new, huge (14,735-acre) Elwood shell-loading plant near Joliet, Ill. In 35 guard stations, 19 guard automobiles, five fire stations and five fire-department squad cars, installation of two-way radio communication is complete. The nine diesel-electric locomotives that are beginning to shunt explosives around on Elwood's 100 miles of track needed, since normal AM reception would be impossible for them, a further refinement. First of these locomotives-and probably the first anywhere-had been equipped last week with a frequency-modulation receiver, loudspeaker and hand phone...
Traditional British method of disposing of extra sons is to shunt them into the Army or Church, or ship them off to the colonies. Since December 1936, the most superfluous British extra son has been the Duke of Windsor, whose position as liaison officer between the British and French Armies fizzled out before the capitulation of France, and who has never indicated ecclesiastical leanings. Last week Britain announced that he would be shipped to one of her tiniest colonies. The fourth King-Emperor of the British Empire will, as Governor of the Bahamas, rule 29 islands, 661 cays...
...social program ardently wooed the Negro vote, arguing that the New Deal's attention to Negro relief needs had actually operated to shunt Negroes out of normal productive enterprise into a status of a separate relief economy. A section on Housing demanded the stimulation of private enterprise to build 4,656,000 needed housing units...
...Romani, Luigi Beccali; in Boston. Eight years ago Venzke ran a 4:10 in Manhattan for a world's indoor record, for a time stayed out in front, but finally gave way to Bill Bonthron, Cunningham, others. For last week's meet, Boston meetmakers tried to shunt him into the half-mile, but Venzke said the mile or no go. In the running he trailed for seven laps, then burst in front. In the eleventh (final) lap, Cunningham broke from third place in pursuit, failed by a foot to catch the man who had not beaten...