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...city had been put under martial law. No one rested, but soldiers relieved from digging in the ruins patrolled the city with fixed bayonets. Col. Frederic C. Bradman of the Marines ordered the patrols to shoot all stray dogs on sight (fear of rabies) and anyone caught looting. The crack of a sentry's rifle tumbled one man like a jackrabbit; in his pockets were seven $1,000 bills, dug from the shell of one of Ma nagua's banks. Four other persons, thirst-crazed, were shot by Marines as they tried to drink the polluted lake waters...
...even the rather sodden chorus. There are two moments of high glee in the show. In one Mr. Wynn, acting as a soda clerk, exhibits several of his newest inventions which rival the ingenuity of Dr. Suess. In the other he proves that he can do more than crack wise upon occasion and accompanies a lovely woman with a lovely voice upon a piano lashed to a velocopede...
...eleven to enlist in the Marines. When he did, he was sent to Haiti. He missed the War because of a compound fracture of the arm, but had plenty of fighting against Haitian bandits, rose to be a Marine sergeant with rank of lieutenant in the native gendarmerie. A crack shot, he personally potted many a Caco (bandit), but in off hours he made friends with the peaceful natives, did many queer, unsoldierly things, such as acting as emergency midwife and going to voodoo meetings. Several times he visited the island of La Gonave, which had a bad name...
...story of a young Englishman who strangles his faithless mistress, confesses his crime to his father (Lionel Atwill). A swift chain of circumstance compels Mr. Atwill to assume the role of defendant. During his trial, which is accompanied by some adroit British sarcasm from the bench, he begins to crack. Harried by the King's Counsel, who patiently sets his trap and then springs it with heroic crescendo, Actor Atwill breaks down, screams: "I did it! I did it! I did it!" This part of the play is done so well that spectators almost forget that Mr. Atwill still...
...Merion Cooper and Pilot Randy Enslow. Through weather nearly impassable, Pilot Balchen pushed a Sikorsky amphibion as far as Corner Brook, N. F., about 500 mi. short of the goal. There he had to wait for a special train to arrive with more fuel. There he was passed by crack Pilot Robert H. Fogg, flying an open biplane with a Paramount cameraman. Pilot Fogg (who, like Balchen, was one of the few pilots to reach Greenly Island and the stranded air- plane Bremen three years ago) circled Horse Island while his companion photographed the icebound rescue ships carrying...