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...George the butt of F.D.R.'s own sometimes broad practical jokes, which George also never quite got over. Once in 1937, to a crowd of folks gathered around the Roosevelt train in Sparks, Nev., Roosevelt suddenly introduced George as a district judge. Before George knew it he was thrust out before 10,000 people to make a stammering speech. As the train pulled out of Sparks, "Roosevelt laughed harder than I have ever heard him before...
...Sapphire seemed to be a prize. Shown publicly only last month, it has a thrust of 7,200 Ibs., or 1,000 Ibs. more than Pratt & Whitney's improved Nene. Britain's Gloster Meteor 8 fighter, powered by two Sapphires, reportedly can climb from take-off to 40,000 ft. in four minutes. Wright also was licensed to build Armstrong Siddeley's best turboprop engines, the "Python," the "Mamba" and the "Double Mamba." In addition, the two companies agreed to "exchange knowledge" on research, technical information and products for seven years...
...bloody battles, the U.S. beat back a massive enemy thrust at Taegu and shrank or wiped out the Red bridgeheads across the Naktong River. On the east coast, the South Koreans lost Pohang, regained it after U.S. reinforcements sped to help them...
...Baker's wake the main body of the Eighth Army thrust into the enemy's southwestern army. For many a G.I. the road back meant a settling of old scores. A tank gunner moving up to Taejon, where the 24th U.S. Division had fought a desperate delaying action before retreating on July 21, sang...
This week the South Korean 3rd and Capitol Divisions stabbed across the 38th parallel and up the Sea of Japan coast. Their initial thrust took Yangyang, seven miles north of the border, and reached Kansong, more than 20 miles farther on. Red fortifications were mostly unmanned and resistance negligible. Captured North Koreans said they had been ordered to fall back to Wonsan, 70 miles above the 38th parallel, for a stand...