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...past year, though he had won the approval of most men in C.I.O., and many a man outside, he had received not one public pat on the back from Wrong John. Lewis had sulked, talked loudly offstage, tossed many a sour cabbage from the wings. Finally he tossed a bomb-the union-shop argument that ended in the captive-mine strike...
...excitement of the action, both sides often overstepped themselves. There was many a fist fight, one tragedy. Beating off a tank attack, one excited soldier flung a smoke bomb into a tank, permanently blinded the driver. Engineers, cooks, even aviation mechanics took a hand in the fighting before the battle was over...
...have had difficulty collecting instances of bomb fright among children," said the doctor. Of 8,000 Bristol school children, only four per cent showed symptoms of terror after air raids. These children were between the ages of one and six, came mostly from broken homes, had been nervous before the raids. Most normal children play air-raid games, sometimes enjoy the excitement. What bothers children more than bombs is disrupted family life...
...night a mysterious stranger appeared at a warehouse storing Pan Am gasoline. Sending the simple-minded watchman to phone the manager, the stranger set a World War I-type fountain pen incendiary bomb near some kerosene cans, then disappeared. The watchman discovered the fire before more than slight damage was done. The gasoline was needed for Lodestars that were shortly to leave for Africa...
There will also be a laboratory demonstration of the theory of combustion and its control, and outdoor study of anti-bomb defense and of blackout...