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Present were all the bigwigs of Washington, some little wigs, and a host of loyal Democrats from all over. They all filed by to shake the hands of Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Truman. (The President received in the Red Room, for close friends.) The characters of the day turned out to be a farmer from Morris, Minn., and his wife. Anton Ettesvold had won a competition staged by a Yankton (S. Dak.) radio station as "the typical Midwest farmer." His reward was a trip to Washington, where he was invited to the inauguration by Mrs. Roosevelt...
Still seeking victory number one, the Varsity five will face M.I.T. tonight at Tech's Walker Gymnasium, in a contest which will get under way at 8:15 o'clock. Whether the Crimson can shake the inferiority complex which they seem to be developing may be decided in this game...
Bill Brogan told them that their gangs were fighting for Tojo and Hitler. "Boys," he said, "let's fight this war, not each other." He made the rival gang leaders shake hands. "We are going to get into one big mob," he said...
...until the first bombing that he really found out what fear was like. It came in the middle of a bright, moonlit night while Captain Bliven was working in a command tent. When a stick of bombs exploded close enough to shake the tent and rock the lights, the occupants grabbed their helmets and made for the exit. The third series of blasts found Captain Bliven groping through the canvas passageway...
Slow, Big Shivers. "Another bomber roared overhead, quite low, and I saw the first string of flares splash into flame; it was dead ahead of me and it looked close enough to touch. I flopped back on the bottom of the trench and began to shake. The whine started again and I thought, 'They are going to get me this time. . . .' I tried to sink my head into my shoulders, turtle fashion, and I closed my eyes. The whine crept down the scale and I shook, not like shivering from cold but slower and bigger. Some...