Aboard a train southbound from Chicago, Henry Agard Wallace and Charles Linza McNary, rival candidates for Vice President, sat down to breakfast at adjoining tables, their second such meeting of the campaign. "Hello, there, Henry," said Senator McNary as they shook hands. "Well, well," replied Wallace. "This is getting to be a habit."
Having missed his chance to fight for Finland because the war ended before he could get there, Jesse C. Carson, 27, grandson of famed Frontiersman Kit, tossed up his Colorado cowpuncher's job, volunteered for Army service.
Because he talked English to...
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