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...debris billowed out of the cave. But this was a well-constructed hole which went deep into the earth and heaven knows how far back. About all that came to the surface was the wooden framing of two-inch planks and a cheap suitcase filled with shirts and silk underwear and an empty cloth pocketbook...
...line went dead. Then it rang on again; the bombing was over in that section. But there was to be more, just ahead. The battalion moved its command post 50 yards up the road. Then it halted abruptly as the ripping-silk burst of a German machine pistol sounded up ahead. The enemy was still...
...From U.S. soldiers in Panama there were not only letters but silk stockings and perfume. For the G.I.s, who look upon Panama as the jumping-off place, had made good use of the unrationed stocks in the luxury-rich Panamanian stores...
Then the Pope stepped down from the dais and mingled with the newsmen. His watered-silk sash brushed against the uniforms of battle-soiled pressmen. His white-silk skullcap shone among battered steel helmets. Benignly he overlooked the breach of Vatican neutrality implicit in the side arms carried by a few army men. He smiled when he saw U.P.'s hefty Eleanor ("Pee Bee") Packard bulging in army slacks. "I haven't anything else to wear," said Correspondent Packard...
...hands of delivery men. The Woman's Society of Winnetka's Congregational Church cleared $7,400 in a one-day sale, with more than 5,000 people scrabbling for old lamps, jewelry, and clothes hangers. In swank Lake Forest, upper-crust ladies clamor for silk evening gowns that can be converted to nightgowns...