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Buy Defense Bonds Sounds in the Night: In the Wedgewood Room: "He worships the ground she staggers on" . . . At the Beachcomber: "She's nutz about him because he's got a heart as big as his income" ... At Gay Blades: "It looks like Goeb-bels Goeb-bels oughta call his stuff flopagan-da" flopagan-da" ... In the Stork: "Waiter, brinj me a scotchnsoda, and a claw-sharpener claw-sharpener for the lady" ... In the Mayflower foyer: "He's an officer and a gentleman by an act of congress" con-gress" ... At Enduro: "I was never nev-er a pal of his so why does he hate me?" ... In La Martinique: "She's the kind of girl jewels love to wear." Buy Defense Bonds his ability to maneuver nis men into a position where only a fraction of the Japanese power could be used against him, and the fact that he was still immobilizing a vastly superior su-perior force, entitled him to the title of "miracle man" of warfare. If the Japanese attempted to infiltrate in-filtrate his lines, as often as not he checkmated them with counterattacks. counter-attacks. If they succeeded, either by a skillful withdrawal or by vigorous vigor-ous counter-measures at hand-to-hand, the following day would find the MacArthur army still intact, still fighting, still able to resist all efforts ef-forts to drive him into the sea. Though the communiques from Luzon never had given hope of a successful outcome, there was no tinge of heroics, save the tribute of the general to men who, without relief re-lief and subjected to almost constant attack by fresh troops in rotation, continued a defense that seemed to grow from day to day in strength rather than to be collapsing under pressure. General Homma, Japanese commander, com-mander, sent over a "leaflet raid" in which he strongly suggested surrender, sur-render, paying tribute to the magnificent mag-nificent defense of MacArthur's army. 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Cracks that Have Opened Me Wide: When Jimmy Durante used to slap the sides of his pants and yell: "Dare I wuz standin' on da corner mindin' me own biznizz, when a guy walks up and ties a horse to me!" The city's beaches, where gayety used to play the star role, now the scene of grim and comforting military mili-tary weapons . . . People with their faces in neutral, who sit in cigar store windows all day weaving cigars. |