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...tricky S bend where crews first appear to the majority of spectators) were dizzy with excitement. On the Oxford side of the river, the college barges were a crush of gay parasols, gaudy blazers, tinkling tea cups, squeaking gramophones. On the other side, coaches, undergraduates, townsfolk and dogs flocked along the towpath -some on bicycle, some afoot - keeping abreast of their favorite boat. Coaches shouted through megaphones; others yelled, rattled rattles, tooted horns, fired blank cartridges. Many a cyclist in his heedless excitement pedaled over the towpath into the river...
...four-game series with Brooklyn, they gave the Dodgers the bum's rush, 8-to-2. They lost the second game on a seventh-inning homer, 3-to 2. The Sunday doubleheader, played in steam-kettle heat, was all Brooklyn, 9-to-4, 6-to-0. But townsfolk fought shin and elbow to welcome the Phillies home...
When the Japs left, the townsfolk returned. Of Yukiang nothing remained but desolation. In the streets, outside burned and wrecked buildings, lay dead bodies, bearing evidence of frightful tortures. Bishop Quinn looked for Father Verdini. In the rear of the priests' compound he found his sun helmet, a muddied jacket, human bones...
...trouble began last spring in Vancouver, Wash., when it became apparent that a new Kaiser shipyard would boom the town from 18,000 to 60,000. Kaiser brought in 20 doctors to look after his employes. Vancouver's 22 regular doctors tended the rest of the townsfolk. The State branch of the Procurement & Assignment Service went easy on Vancouver, drafted none of its overworked doctors for the Army (two volunteered). But Vancouver needed still more hospital space. So, after Dr. Sidney Garfield, one of the Kaiser doctors, talked it over with the county medical society. Kaiser built a model...
When Private DeVoogd left on the 5:30 for Camp Dodge, the mayor of Boone was there, so was the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and so was a crowd of gift-laden townsfolk. Said DeVoogd after the speeches: "I'm happier than I've been in my whole life...