Word: caterpillar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once Upon a Time (Columbia) a little boy named Stinky found a caterpillar named Curley, a threadbare theatrical agent found them both, and things began to happen fast. Curley was not just a worm; he could do a turn. Whenever Stinky munched Yes, Sir, That's My Baby on his mouth organ, Curley got up on his points and danced. The agent soon made his fame global. He was the toast of feature writers, the darling of lepidopterists. He was photographed embracing Mayor LaGuardia's finger, strolling up a model's leg. LIFE...
Attention, M. Miller--we quote from a Baker encyclopaedia: "the Catta Pilosa, commonly referred to as the caterpillar, is one of the most clean of its species. Erroneously believed to be a lice carrier, the 'catta' actually feeds upon lice and sand fleas...
...Army already has four longtime tractor-makers at work: Caterpillar, International Harvester, Allis-Chalmers and Cleveland Tractor. Besides that, two big plants have recently been switched from tank production: American Car & Foundry's at Berwick, Pa. and the new ordnance plant at Decatur, Ill., which got ready for production too late to be needed for tanks. Next month when they are due to be in full swing the tractor program will get a real shot...
...total U.S. production of all tracklaying tractors-the "caterpillar" type that runs on two endless metal belts-was just over 20,000 units. "Crawlers" are the slower-moving types...
...recaptured Kirovograd, a woman reverently kissed a Red tank caterpillar. Far to the north, in a small village in White Russia, villagers caught a Nazi setting buildings afire, dragged him to a bleak cemetery, made him run the gantlet. Too late to strike her blow, an old, hobbling woman, dragging a heavy yoke, screamed: "Revive him, revive him! I must pay him back for my man he killed, for my house he burned." When a bucketful of ice water revived the Nazi, she brained...