Saturday, February 6, 1943 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PnP Sdv~ tar S egea9even eerC .i attle of ttle ree Prize Short Story Conflict Among Cereals Results box top, make it three, and we'll show 'em what a real brakfast In Trem endous Conflgnration . . . cereal can be like." He turned his gun on the advancing troops and fired into their midst with a hys- By E. R. C. watchful faiting the way Brian terical laugh. The artillery fire was continu- Dnlevy did in the movies." "Hey Lipincott, pass the cream. ous and jarring. A pall of powder The man on the left nodded his This damn gun is getting too hot to smoke hung over the beleaguered approval. "You mean the enemy handle!" But before Lipincott is pushing ahead?" could move, an enemy dive bomber city block, and grimly-faced men "That's just what they're do- had screamed earthward and in khaki uniforms gave crisp stac- ing," the Big Boss said, "and we're dropped several assorted Wheaties cato orders that were obeyed in- going to wait for them!" Boxes, free baseball bats, balls, stantaneously and without ques- He picked up the telephone and and gloves, one of which struck had een teadgave his commands to the various 1him a resounding hdo h tion .,The noise had been ste artillery posts, who relayed them hdgthud on the since 9 a.m., and now at 5 p.m. to the outlying gun nests. Back at the G.H.Q., the Big Boss the order came down from the Ob- Woods Creep Closer and his staff were chewing fitfully servation Post to cease firing. The The silence was oppressive, and on big bowlfuls of Puffed Wheat gun crews breathed a simultane- the nerves of the personnel were and Rice and cream and fruit, with ous sigh of relief, and flopping 1 strained almost to the breaking a big campaign map spread out in down on the hot gement, they re- point. It was now only a matter front of them. They were following laxed for the first time in eight of watching the woods creep closer the developments eagerly, sending hours. and closer. out communiques to their Adver- No Time to Rest After a wait of almost an hour, tising Agencies. Over the telephone the telephone rang at the O.P., the Big Boss sent a stirring mes- There was no relaxation in the and the Big Boss' voice crackled sage to his loyal troops. Observation Post, no time for rest, over the wire. "O.K. men, let 'em The officers in the O.P. were ever have it!" World Safe for Democracy on the watch for the enemy, and The O.P. telephoned down the "Well men," it ran, "what are there had been rumors of a big data to the gun crews' executives. we going to do? Must we live in a push to be directed by the Big Down came the orders for the type post-war world of free competi- Boss himself. No one knew if the of shell, for the fuse. The aiming tion? Let's make the world safe rumor was true, all they could do point was to be the left-hand side for monopoly by putting those was wait, wait, wait. of the llamas cage at the munici- Wheaties people so far out of cm- "God, how I hate waiting !" the pal Zoo. Next came the deflection, mission that they won't even be telephone operator babbled, the site, the range, and the long- able to raise a morning spoon to "Oh, I dunno now. I had a awaited command, FIRE! their mouths, let alone breathe the pretty good job at the Plaza in The hands of all the executives name of Babe Ruth." New York before this thing came dropped as one. There was a ter- His troops were choked with sin- along, and what with tips and rific roar of a score of big guns cere emotion, and they renewed everything.. .. dunno." The tel- firing together, the fray with fanatical energy and ephone operator giggled nervously Puffed Wheat Everywhere verve. hinsk heis cohpano n nes The air became suddenly full of Lipincott recovered from his were on the alert for any unusual Puffed Wheat. All was confusion blow on the head. Joe swept the activity too. Then men in No. 2 and action as the enemy's batter- field with his Puffed Rice fire, nest were tired and sweating. Tise is sent volley after volley of dev- and the cannons shot so much sun had been beating down on astating Wheaties into the ranks Puffed Wheat out o their barrels thenm all day, and their heads of the Puffed Wheat big guns. The that the advancing Wheaties men were aching and throbbing, place turned into a holocause of found it impossible to wade "Hey Lipincott, looky yonder! flying breakfast food, all shot out through the ever-deepening drifts. The damn woods are moving up of guns, all exploding to eight Even when they put on their win- on the flank" times their normal sizes. ter underwear for camouflage, they Up in the gun nests, the ma- were beaten back at every turn. Onlya Camouflage chine guns were firing Puffed Rice Surge Onward "Well, what won't they think of in chattering streams of 30,000 Soon the cry of "Crunch the next? Just like Buroham Wood. per minute, Wheaties" swelled upin -every "Don't be an inane dunce, lad, Watch it, Lipincott, they're go- throatiand they themselves went that's camouflage. The big push ing over the top!" oe h o.Te dacd re is on!- over the tp. They advanced, urged i y" eeh dg "Over the top, is it?" Joe yelled on by the hope of capturing all They telephoned their findings above the din, "We'll tear of f a sorts of fine free gifts and presents back to the O.P. The officer in -_rs_______reegifsndresn_ charge relayed the news on to the They began to flounder around, Big Boss. - BULLETIN - though, and the ceaseless barrage The Big Boss looked serious, and of their supporting guns didn't called an immediate meeting of Special to The Daily help matters much. Wave after his Puffed Wheat and Rice Com- It was announced yesterday that wave rushed over the top, only to pany staff. The Big Boss looked it was announced yesterday, it disappear in the sea of cereal. It serious, and his staff knew what was revealed by usually reliable soon became evident that both was about to happen. sources. armies had completely vanished. "Tactics!" he thundered, "Tac- It was revealed late last night, Just before he committed Hari- tics and brains are what count he continued, it was announced Kari, the Big Boss was heard to here. We've got to outsmart the yesterday. it was reported, he mumble, "Apres moi, le Puffed devils and their Wheaties, and I stated. 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