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...York, New Haven & Hartford two years ago, he figured that he could run a railroad just as well as the next man, and maybe better. Although railroad management was new to him, Financier Dumaine went right to work. That meant, first of all, cutting costs to the bone. He had learned the technique-slash wages, cut the staff and sales force, eliminate such "frills" as advertising-in such earlier business ventures as New Hampshire's Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. and the Waltham Watch Co. Amoskeag closed down in 1936 and had to liquidate, but Dumaine came out all right...
These days, there seems not an amiable bone left in Malik's body. (His drinking habits seem symbolic. At U.S. parties, Malik used to be a smooth, sociable guest or host, not averse to a cocktail or Bourbon & water. Recently, in the Security Council delegates' lounge, he has stuck to fruit juice or soda water.) Says Norway's Arne Sunde: "Malik is very rude. And he looks as if he believed in his rudeness...
...Japanese lost a staggering 30,000 men there. The 1st suffered more casualties from malaria (5,601) than from the enemy (621 killed, 1,517 wounded). Badly battered and bone tired, the division went to Brisbane, then Melbourne, for rest, replacements and refitting. After a year, it was ready for the next battle...
...24th the relief it so sorely needed and deserved. The new arrivals were fresh and eager. Their commander, Major General Hobart Gay, promised a bottle of champagne to any man who got a Communist tank. As Gay's men moved up to the front, they met the gaunt, bone-tired G.I.s of the 24th Division, some barefooted, some almost naked, all staggering from exhaustion...
...week's end, after an operation to remove bone chips, Ted Williams said he hoped to be back "in five or six weeks." The Boston Red Sox, pre-season pennant favorites but lagging in fourth place last week, hoped so too. But the highest-paid player* in baseball might very well be out of action for the rest of the season...