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...freight, each such plane could carry a pay load of between three and four tons. Daily round trips by 100 planes could carry 9,000-12,000 tons a month - as much as the Burma Road carried. The planes could carry most of the things trucks did - pack mortars, field mortars, Bren guns, small machines, engine parts, medical supplies and radio equipment. Four tons per plane of high-octane gasoline would make the planes a small but perhaps life-saving pipeline for fuel...
...battle between Bob Houghton and Bill Palson for the victory in the mile was a sight to see. The two men, Bob running slightly out front, led the pack all the way, stretching their lead with every yard. In the last 80 yards, Palson sprinted, and drew ahead. Although the bespectacled captain put on the pressure, last year's Freshman leader was able to hold him off to win by inches...
...MEMBERS OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY WE DENY THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE ARE ASHAMED OF LEW AYRES AND THAT WE WOULD DISCLAIM HIM. WE ARE NOT ARBITRARILY GROUPED AND MADE ONE WITH THOSE WHO APPEAR TO BE USING THIS OCCASION TO POINT OUT THEIR OWN PATRIOTIC VIRTUE. THE PACK HAS TURNED ON LEW AYRES. EXHIBITORS ARE BOYCOTTING HIS PICTURES. EDITORIALS AGAINST HIM APPEAR IN THE TRADE JOURNALS. ABUSE IS BEING HEAPED UPON HIS HEAD BY MANY OF HIS FELLOW WORKERS. IT IS A SORRY COMMENT ON THE RIGHTS OF DEMOCRATIC LIFE AS OBSERVED BY THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY, THAT...
...operating in minuscule quantities, are being poured out in numbers. Crews were ready, from trained ground crews awaiting blimps at the new bases to more than 1,000 Navy men eager for assignment to the PTs, and the green Atlantic was ready, teeming with Hitler's summer pack of submarines...
Sabu, who returns to his native village and his true mother after his wolfish education is ended, learns how to run with the man pack in no time at all. Buldeo (Joseph Calleia), the hunter, sells him a "tooth" (a long-bladed knife), and he polishes off Shere Khan. But the hunter's lust for the treasure of a lost jungle city which Mowgli reveals to him sends the disgusted wolf-boy back to his animal friends-and leaves the door wide open for a sequel, if the box office warrants...