Word: winners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other fighting men got the Congressional Medal of Honor, in a homey ceremony on the White House lawn. Reading the citations, Harry Truman got stuck when he came to "Peleliu Island," called on brown-haired, heavy-set Medal Winner Major Everett P. Pope of Wollaston. Mass, to pronounce it. Next time he reached the same name, the President got grins all around by ducking the pronunciation, substituting the phrase "on that same island named a while...
When the new House of Commons meets, probably in September, there will be a handful of new members under public scrutiny. Some will be servicemen like Major General George Pearkes, V.C. winner in War I, and Lieut. Colonel Cecil Merritt, V.C. winner in War II. Both are British Columbians and Progressive Conservatives.* Some of the others...
...year-old glamor horses benched, not even Colonel Matt Winn's well-oiled tub-thumping machinery could make the 71st Kentucky Derby much more than just another horse race. Hoop Jr. splashed his way to a six-length victory in the richest Derby on record (winner's value: $64,850). Second: Calumet Farm's favored Pot o' Luck...
Three pro football leagues hung out shiny new shingles last fall and announced brave plans for postwar business. In the battle for survival, each was aware that whoever got the playing rights in Yankee Stadium would be the winner...
Nine hits, with seven walks and four errors combined to put on four run splurges in the third and fifth innings which, although followed by single tallies in the last three innings, battered the winner of the last game and put victory...