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Thereafter he minded his boats, speaking out on politics only occasionally. Few paid him much mind. Last October he whimsically registered for the draft. "Seventy-six and eager to go," he remarked. "Maybe I'll get a little adventure. It would be grand if I could meet Hitler in battle array...
...Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis: the 13th defense of his title; knocking out Challenger Clarence ("Red") Burman of Baltimore, Jack Dempsey's protégé in the fifth round; in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Same day Louis received a questionnaire from the Detroit draft board (Order No. 378). "If I have to fight for Uncle Sam, the rest of the heavyweights can fight for the title," he drawled...
...past four months, the major networks have scrambled desperately to be first on deck with a program for the 16,316,908 draft eligibles and their families. Last week CBS put on a show designed not only to corral this made-to-order audience but also to be spotted opposite (and stymie) Radio's Number One Boy Jack Benny, who attracts upwards of 11,000,000 families of listeners for NBC each week. Known as Dear Mom, the CBS show is patterned after Ed Streeter's Dere Mable letters of World War I, is sponsored by Wrigley...
...morning last week, young Rockefeller left his Manhattan penthouse apartment to be inducted into the Army. Reporters were waiting on the sidewalk. At local draft-board headquarters Rockefeller stepped into an ambush of reporters,* cameramen, newsreel photographers, radio newscasters. Flashlight bulbs and questions popped all around him: what had he done the night before (visited his parents), when had he gone to bed (midnight), when did he get up (5:45), when did he usually get up (8 or 8:30), how much money did he have with him ("just pocket change"), did he like beans (yes), would he mind...
...outdone, the draft-board chairman told newsmen he had "special confidence in Mr. Rockefeller's integrity and ability," named him to lead a contingent of 30 men on a subway ride to the induction centre. Rockefeller squirmed, carefully refrained from giving any orders. Photographers went with him in the subway, shot pictures during the ride. When he got out, three newsreel trucks were waiting to catch him lugging his suitcase for the remaining three blocks. Sweat began to drip from his face, wilted his collar, stained his necktie...