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...matter of seconds now. The bomb bay doors were open; the flak had begun, pin points of yellow blossoming slowly upward, then sliding by with a rush into the sky above. Now the planes were roaring 50 feet above the water; now the target was dead ahead. Now the bombardiers pushed their buttons, and now the big, dark mines, each weighing 1,500 pounds, tumbled from the planes. Some landed with a splash in the water; some hit the dams fair & square. When the roar of their explosions had subsided, the sustained, deeper roar of pent-up waters, suddenly released...
...solid silver. He has a comfortable double chin, the kind of American nose that looks best under a baseball cap. He likes double-breasted blue suits, decorously striped ties, black shoes. He wears a broad gold Masonic ring, carries a gold-pocket watch, keeps a diamond American Legion pin in his coat lapel...
...flint-hard, fact-minded Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson made his first visit last week to the vast, pin-neat Willow Run bomber plant. After inspecting the mile-long assembly line, looking over production schedules, talking to production bosses, he gave out a confident statement. Said he: "The Willow Run plant is on the beam. . . . Willow Run will be in full production, turning out 500 planes a month, by the time the next snow flies...
...Pin-Up Pinned...
Sarongstress Dorothy Lamour, tireless troop entertainer, whose picture is a pin-up favorite of far-flung Army barracks, decided to marry a soldier whom she met on tour. He is Army Air Forces Captain William Ross Howard III, 35, peacetime Virginia lumberman, onetime Maryland state legislator. Captain Howard and the onetime elevator girl applied for a license in Los Angeles. She had a little difficulty filling out the application, consulted her agent when she came to the space marked: Occupation. Said the agent: "You're a movie actress, remember?" The marriage will be the second for each: her first...