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...February 1944, Comrade Borovik desperately appealed to the Department of Rubber-Technical Goods: 'Soska!' [nipples]. He was not answered. At the beginning of September and the middle, he wailed: 'SOSka, SOS SOS SOS!' Silence...
Contending that this was the first time in history that a union had attempted to abolish an industry, seven transcription companies SOS'd the Department of Labor. This week the case was certified to the War Labor Board...
...tiny antenna which is raised into the air by a pair of balloons in a calm or a box kite when there is a wind. To signal with it, the operator simply turns a crank, which both generates power for the transmitter and automatically grinds out the SOS message...
...change his outfit's name from Services of Supply to Army Service Forces until officially and specifically ordered to do so. (He has not yet received such an order.) Military men regard his organization as a model of efficiency in all things great & small. As an example, SOS men in London last week pointed with pride to an American-English glossary General Lee had had printed for his men. Immediate reason: someone almost sent to the U.S. for garbage cans when there were plenty in England, disguised as "dust bins...
...Soldiers," says Patton, "fight primarily for two reasons: hero worship for a commanding officer and the desire for glory." He used to inspire his men with four-letter oratory and assurances that he, Georgie Patton, would know what to do when he got those German so-&-sos in his gunsights...