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...THURBER, James, autobiographer, was born in Columbus, Ohio. . . . He began to write when he was ten years old (Horse Sandusky, the Intrepid Scout). . . . Quick to arouse, he is very hard to quiet, and people often just go away. . . . He never listens when anybody else is talking, preferring to keep his mind a blank until they get through so he can talk. . . . Two overcoats which he left in the New Yorker office last spring were stolen, or else he left them someplace else...
This week intrepid Jack Belden was forced to take a rest: at Salerno he was wounded...
Controlled Steam. One of the chief exponents of the modern treatment is Major Frederick Hanson, an intrepid psychiatrist who has studied battle neuroses on three Commando raids, including Dieppe, and in the front lines at Maknassy and El Guettar. Says he: "It is amazing how much difference it makes to get at these men early. It's like releasing steam before it has a chance to build up to explosive point in a kettle...
...Getaway. One day the struggle to sustain morale got too much for Hélion. From the ship's black market, where a few intrepid souls stole, bought and sold civilian garments for purposes of escape, Hélion bought a complete outfit. He obtained the forged leave-card and passport of a Belgian worker which were to take him successfully all the way across Germany into then unoccupied France...
Remember the valiant 1st Platoon softball team that singed the grass of Soldiers Field with such scintillation all summer? Sad to relate, it's practically non-existent now. No less than 5 members of that intrepid crew got axed by the academic department, which, with an eye to niceties, neatly amputated the battery and outfield. Feeling that it would look silly with just the infield out there, the team has broken up and is now in the process of becoming stronger and stronger as its exploits pass from one tongue to another. A month from now you'll hear about...