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Scarfaced, 550-lb. Gargantua turned a curious look upon the first gorilla he had seen since he left Africa. Apparently he liked what he saw. He threw her a bouquet of celery tops. Uppishly, 438-lb. M'Toto tossed it back. He tried a head of lettuce...
...rolled and wrestled for more than three weeks while work on $45,000,000 worth of Army and Navy contracts for turbines, shafts, pumps, gun parts ceased. Patience exhausted, Knudsenhillman sent identical telegrams to Milwaukee, urgently "requesting" spokesmen for both sides to hurry to Washington. There defense officials threw them at U. S. Conciliation Service Director John R. Steelman. At week's end Knudsenhillman, perspiring and triumphant, announced that the dispute was ended, workers would go back to work, management would grant "union security." But, warned Knudsenhillman, setting forth a policy on labor in defense industries: "It [the settlement...
...Worm of Lambton was fished out of the River Wear at the time of the Crusades by Sir John Lambton, angling godlessly on Sunday. Uncommonly ugly and uncommonly strong, the Worm escaped from the well into which he threw it and grew so huge that it would wrap itself many times around a nearby hill. It devastated the countryside and when cut into pieces reunited and slew its attackers. A local witch told Sir John he could kill it if he would fix razor blades to his armor and vow to kill the first living thing he saw after vanquishing...
...pause even for a last sentimental look at the white houses, the long rows of mimosa, the great marble fagade of the Berenice Hotel. They beat it to the south in headlong flight-only to come smack up against the southern jaw of the pincer. With claustrophobic fury they threw tanks, field guns, even suicide troops with gasoline bombs, against the British ring of mobile steel. But the British held, and soon the Italians gave...
...rare London hacks when a bomb landed about a mile ahead. A few seconds later another bomb exploded about half that distance away, which meant that the next one would strike just about where he was. The cabbie dashed panic-stricken into a nearby tavern and Greene threw himself on the floor of the back. The bomb lit only 100 yards away and its concussion knocked the correspondent against the side of the cab shaken but unhurt...