Word: stores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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George H. O'Brien, owner of the Provision, reported that a five foot eight inch man, about 35 years of age, entered his store shortly before 7 p.m. and ordered a bottle of rum and some Coca-Cola. James F. Mahoney, a clerk, went to a rear room for the Coca-Cola and upon emerging was stopped at the door by the customer, who partially displayed a silver steel revolver...
...gunman told Mahoney and O'Brien to stand still until the store was clear of customers. He then ordered them to stay in the rear room...
...Brien rushed outside the store after the gunman left but failed to spot...
...Among the deals: Manhattan's Western Union Bldg. to Omaha's tax-exempt Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, for $12.5 million; Philadelphia's Lit Bros. store to the University of Pennsylvania, for $3,000,000. Wheat Farmer Thomas D. Campbell's huge Montana ranch to the U.S. Wheat Corp. of Omaha, owned by a Catholic foundation...
...veterans why they are fighting, Battleground is the sternest studio-made war film since The Story of GI Joe. On the debit side, each soldier is given a bit of colorful routine that is tiresomely underlined every time the soldier is seen: Private Douglas Fowley loses or clicks his store-bought teeth; ex-Editor John Hodiak mourns over the fact that his wife in Sedalia knows more about the battle than he does. But Director William Wellman threads his way through these overworked signposts of character and makes each of the "Screaming Eagles" a rounded, tough human being. Ruthlessly demanding...