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...most favorable turn when Playwright William Saroyan turned up in Eire on a world tour "to see if it actually was a long way to Tipperary." O'Nolan thought that showed a refreshing curi osity. Saroyan told him that a better title for At Swim would have been Sweeney in the Trees (one character, cursed by a monk, lives in a tree). Later, Saroyan sent O'Nolan $50 for the suggested title...
Outstanding among Cleveland's many human assets is Louis B. Seltzer, able, active editor of the Cleveland Press. He decided it was high time Ohio's 20th District elected a war-minded, world-minded Democratic Congressman to replace British-hating, New Deal-hating Martin L. Sweeney. Editor Seltzer printed sober, painstaking front-page stories that vivisected Martin Sweeney's ten-year obstructionist record and just as calmly boosted young (37), modest, energetic Michael A. Feighan, who had a good record in Ohio's legislature...
Last week Editor Seltzer rejoiced: Feighan got a sizable majority over noisy Sweeney, who cried: "It is a difficult assignment to try to beat a combination of newspapers, Communists and misguided persons...
From Midway Lieut. Colonel Walter C. Sweeney Jr. led three Flying Fortresses to the attack. Clouds compelled his crews to fly fairly low (at about 7,000 feet). The accuracy of the Japs' anti-aircraft fire surprised the U.S. pilots and bounced their planes around, but none was brought down. In this first attack, they reported hits on one cruiser, a transport, possibly a second cruiser and a battleship...
Next morning, Colonel Sweeney's bombers were in the air, headed for what they thought was the main Japanese fleet, when Navy patrols spotted the advance Japanese forces only 125 miles west of Midway. The Japs were then hit with everything Midway could throw at them. Marine Corps dive-bombers struck the leading cruisers and destroyers. Colonel Sweeney's heavy bombers went for the carriers, left one blazing. Four converted bombers, the first Army torpedo-planes ever recorded in action, hit the other carriers. Cried one of the pilots, "Boy, if Mother could...