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...been despondent because Cissie Patterson had not kept a promise to "clear the mortgage" on her house. A preliminary autopsy report showed, however, that she died of a heart attack. A final report on Betty Hynes's death was due this week. But the mystery of Charles Porter bade fair to be a mystery for some time to come...
...gaunt-faced old U-boat commander had dived repentantly, leaving a bubble of advice to his fellow Germans to confess "the crimes committed during the last twelve years." But last week, as the pastor-commander surfaced again, he seemed to be flying the old German flag. He bade Germans take no further voluntary part in denazification proceedings...
Last week, in a sentimental editorial, the Times bade its swallowed rival farewell: "There was no feeling of exultation . . . rather the feeling was one of sorrow for the loss of a companion in the ranks of public service." But the Times's Publisher Elmer E. Todd, 74, minced no words: "There just isn't enough room for two afternoon papers in a city the size [pop. 475>332] of Seattle...
...yellow clapboard house in Grandview, "Momma" Truman kept to the small, daily rituals of a lifetime. Whenever Harry could, he stopped by. Always, when she bade him goodbye, she said: "Now, Harry, you behave yourself." He always answered: "You raised me right. You know I'll always behave." He liked to say about her: "They don't make them like her any more...
...people moved on hour after hour over the whole length and width of Red Square, without a break or a gap. Most of them were smiling. A voice from the loudspeaker regularly bade the crowd to "Hurrah for Stalin." But all quite naturally turned their faces up toward him. No other procession I ever saw had the force, impact or sheer splendor of that ragged million. It was Russia that had passed, in the shape of her patient, pliant, tireless people...