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Heroine of the second night-for specially invited G.I.s of the Allied nations-was Marlene Dietrich, who came from the front, sang in her sultry contralto, danced with a delirious private, and was virtually torn to pieces trying to get to her dressing room...
...feel numb." It was no wonder. One of his feet had been blown off just above the ankle, leaving a piece of charred bone protruding from beneath a hastily applied bandage. In addition, his other leg was mangled, probably beyond saving, and his arms and hands had been badly torn and burned black. In a few-minutes he stopped groaning, and when the doctor sought to turn his arm gently, the wounded man said: "Go ahead and turn her over, Doc. I'm all right now." Dr. Silvis was just finishing when I returned. He thought his dirty-faced...
...Germans' foothold on the Maas River was torn violently loose. They scuttled out of the Maas strongholds of Venlo and Roermond. When the Ninth and the Canadian First Army (which includes some English, Scottish and Welsh units) joined forces near Geldern (see map), the pocket was empty except for a few stragglers. Berlin said that the British Second Army had moved forward into the vacuum...
...liberal outlook that satisfies New Dealers and labor. His years as board chairman of Manhattan's plushy ad firm of Benton & Bowles Inc. make him equally acceptable to most businessmen. When he took over OPA in 1943, OPA seemed ready either to 1) fall apart, or 2) be torn apart by baffled housewives, angry businessmen and the Congress. Optimists gave Bowles six weeks...
Nelson Rockefeller, Mr. Stettinius' No. 1 assistant on Latin American affairs, showed his growing know-how, his flair for Latin amenities. At one session Delegate Rockefeller even chatted happily with Mexican Artist Diego Rivera, whose proletarian murals were torn out of Manhattan's Rockefeller Center by Nelson's father twelve years ago. Artist Rivera, now planning a mural based on the conference, spent several hours sketching Ed Stettinius...