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Railroad men yelped in pain as well as anger. What stung them most were murmurs by Government men that railroaders had infiltrated the Army & Navy transportation services and had been able to bill the Government to benefit their companies. Snapped New York Central's President Gustav Metzman: "The Government was not in any instance charged a higher rate than commercial shippers . . . I would like to testify to the conscientious service rendered by our railroad...
...Senator, Crump had dumped servile Tom Stewart, a politician with no great vote-getting appeal, in favor of a man with still less: an obscure, hill-country judge named John A. Mitchell. Stung into independence, Stewart ran anyway. But neither candidate was a match for hardworking, respected Congressman Estes Kefauver...
Instead, the Western nations let Vishinsky steal the show. They heard him make the fantastic charge that they were trying to treat the Danubian states "as a cook treats potatoes." That was too much for icy, pink Sir Charles Peake, Britain's delegate. Stung, but not exactly hopping, Sir Charles announced that he would reply to Vishinsky the next day. When Sir Charles was ready to speak, Vishinsky cracked that he was happy to note that the British representative "after 72 hours had gathered enough strength to answer...
Eight thousand feet below, Pilot Earl Bach, plugging along toward Philadelphia in a DC-3, heard the radio exchange. At 12:33 Pilot Bach's ears were stung by another message from Pilot Warner. It was terse: "New York, New York, this is an emergency descent." Said Bach: "I could tell from the pilot's voice that they were in bad trouble...
Many a consumer, stung with high-priced, shoddy goods, has fervently wished he could tell off the manufacturer. Last week, mild-mannered Ephraim Freedman, who runs the testing laboratory for R. H. Macy & Co., got the job done. "Shortsightedness and selfish interests are hampering the production and delivery of the kinds of goods consumers require at prices they can afford to pay," said he at a textile symposium in Manhattan...