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...African darkness, eight men watched breathlessly for the signal light. At the appointed hour no light showed. In grave danger of capture, possibly of execution as spies, the men waited on. Finally, at a second prearranged hour, the light gleamed from a darkened house. Breathing more easily, the eight strode forward into the light and into the house jammed with French Army officers...
...wife, an ex-newspaperwoman herself, cut out the reception line at the "White House" (home of Oklahoma's presidents). Joe invited groups of honor students to join him in the "White House" game room, where they ate wieners and hashed over the state of the world. He strode around the campus hatless and with a pipe in his mouth, worked in his shirtsleeves, installed a typewriter at his desk on which to bat out ideas. Undergraduates soon began to cry "Hello, Joe" when they passed his house at night. He abolished fraternity rush week and undergraduate car-driving (because...
...draft board obviously wants to keep their eyes on the as yet untapped pools of manpower," commented Vag as he strode out. "This place ain't what it used...
Following a brief session of cheers from the Navy stands which were answered from across the way by shouts of "Sink the Navy" (sabotage?), Captain McIntosh strode to the plate to bat out the first ball, the latter being thrown in by an equally high representative of the civiliau or home defense unit. In an auspicious manner, the Captain got a solid hit, which made a hit with everyone and should have warned the civilians of the things to come...
...platform strode President General Manuel Avila Camacho, who called for full collaboration with the United Nations. Standing beside him last week for Mexico and all the world to see were six living past Presidents: Adolfo de la Huerta (1920); General Plutarco Elías Calles (1924-28); Emilio Fortes Gil (1928-30); Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1930-32); General Abelardo Rodriguez (1932-34); General Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-40), who exiled Calles in 1936. Five of them posed for a historic picture (see cut). The crowd in the Plaza saw the neatest demonstration of unity in Mexico...