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4 picks · 1944–1947

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Life In the Box.
a reporter at large ·

Reporter at Large about Jury service: Speaks of the baffling problem of getting the right jury; the examination of jurors; does a jury from prejudice …

LIEUTENANT LEMICK-EMDEN.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Lt. Lemick-Emden and about atrocities committed in the village of Caizzo, in the Volturne sector, where several farmers & their …

THE TOMB LIFE--II
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the fighting in Okinowa, and the old argument: are the Marines superior to the Army in combat. Explains the basic function and …

The Mayor of Futani
profiles ·

PROFILE of Tony Cuda, the Mayor of Futani, a hilltown in Italy. Cuda had lived in America. Nearly all the characteristics of the Italiana-from the-States …