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...hundreds of stars were there, in jewels and furs and brand-new hats. And, as Announcer von Zell steered them to the microphone, they spoke their ten-second piece-Ginger Rogers, Hedda Hopper, Edward Arnold, Walt Disney, Eddie Bracken, Gene Tierney, Frances Dee, Joel McCrea, Ruth Hussey...
Later on, in a benefit show for the Navy, Zorina dances in the snow to one of the best songs of the season. "That Old Black Magic." Hope gets caught in a shower with jealous husband William Bendix. Alan Ladd commits a ten-second murder, Lamour, Goddard, and Lake chant the woes of "A Sweater, A Sarong. And A Peckaboo Rang," MacMurray, Milland, Tone, and Overman revive George Kaufman's classic "If Men Played Cards As Women Do." and Rochester's zoot suit number is stolen by un-billed dancer Katharine Dunham. Bing Crosby is really wasted, however...
...currently powerful events. Sprinting in the 100 and 200 will be Doug Pirnie, recently crowned unofficial college dash champion by virtue of his twin win in the Handicaps Saturday, and Charley Smith, whose promising showing of two years ago was slowed up by leg injuries last season. These two ten-second men will be supported by last year's Freshman dash star, Bob Trainor...
Norm Blotner, a Sophomore, is a ten-second man who has been coming along rapidly. He is a shifty runner and clever on the defense, but has been held back by poor stickhandling. Lewis, who played superbly against Maryland, was sick for the next week, and has not returned to his top form since. Playing his first year of lacrosse Ferris has done surprisingly well. Other men who have played some are Ben Wilcox and Ed Behr...
...Corpus Christi to Brownsville. The gloomy curtain rolled inland over orchards and cotton fields before the lappings and lashings of the wind. Long muddy-foamed sea waves licked angrily at the shore, tumbled into the lowlands. At Corpus Christi a giant steam whistle blew its shrill warning blast at ten-second intervals. Streets were deserted, houses and storefronts had been hurriedly boarded up. The townspeople were huddled in strong structures on the sand bluffs back of Corpus Christi, waiting. Suddenly the black clouds parted, the moon shone through, the rain ceased. There was an ominous silence. Moonlight lay yellow...