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What was that remark? He's probably the only one they have? Fella, you haven't been around very much, have you--wotchya doin'--readin' C.I. all the time? Take that fella who sits next to him "Slush" Buskirk. The armed forces don't have to take Tommy Dorsey if they want a real trombone player. Heck, no, we've got the ace right here in our own ball park. And what about Merv Lysing on the sax? Minnesota sure lost a good bet when he went to Harvard here. And the rhythm section only two pieces, but man, they...
...last carton of cigarettes to last through leave (if any) must be ordered from Ship's Service and paid for on the spot; once again those Pullman and airline reservations must be checked on; and weighty decisions must be made as to the expending of the balance in the Slush Fund. For a while it looked as if the Hotel Commander should be presented a new national ensign from this money, especially because at this point in the morning march the company usually swings into "It's a Grand Old Flag." We are gratified to not that the Commander broke...
...William Eddy suggested that they select two men to shoot it out with revolvers. Then "in a moment the obvious became obvious to them. . . . Someone would die soon." A blizzard began. Their fire sank through the snow and went out in slush that welled around their knees...
...When we arrived in Chengchow the snow-covered, rubble-ruined streets seemed full of ghosts in fluttering grey-blue rags. They darted from every alley to screech at us with their hands tucked in their gowns to keep warm. When they die they just lie down in the slush or gutters and give up. We prodded one or two of them gently to see whether they were still alive. The relief committee here is supported almost entirely with American funds, from United China Relief and tries to keep some women & children alive in a relief camp. The next...
...Boss himself. When Milligan came up for reappointment, Truman did his best to ease him out, made one of the bitterest speeches ever heard on the Senate floor. Milligan got the reappointment anyway, promptly sent Pendergast to prison for evading income taxes on some of his slush money. Truman shouted: "Purely political. . . . I won't desert a ship in distress...