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Bred to Stay. It was a big day for Jockey McCreary, 30, who won the 1944 Derby on Pensive and almost gave up riding last year after a streak of bad breaks. As he hugged the traditional wreath of roses, McCreary said happily: "They smell pretty-smell like money" (10% of the purse...
Another honor came to MacArthur in 1946 when the City of Cambridge named a Square for him, Mayor Crane stated. He plans to ask the General upon his arrival to place a wreath on the Square. "What I would like," added the Mayor, "is a combined Cambridge-Harvard observance of the General's visit...
Then he reviewed a parade, spoke at a big luncheon, whirled up to Columbia University, accepted an LL.D. degree, made a speech, whirled back, and went to another banquet. Bright & early the next day, he was driven up the Hudson. He laid a wreath on Franklin Roosevelt's grave, lunched with Eleanor Roosevelt, went on to West Point, reviewed a parade, listened to two 21-gun salutes (one coming, one going) by 105-mm. howitzers and hurried back to the city...
...White House for a chat and addressed the National Press Club. Later in the week he received a rousing ovation when he spoke to the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers (see HEMISPHERE). Between times he made a quick trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, visited Mount Vernon, laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and attended another formal dinner given by Secretary of State Dean Acheson...
...Greatest Scientist of Our Time." At least one highway and still another city were renamed in his honor. On the practical side, an East German steelworks dedicated a new oven to him. There was also the not-so-admiring group in West Germany which sent a little gift: a wreath of barbed wire...