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...made?and soon. He and the Manpower Commission's chairman, Paul Vories McNutt, had told a House Committee that the U.S. must screw itself up to the mandatory control of all civilian manpower. But they knew that legislation alone would not solve the problem. The first, the basic decision was on the size of the U.S. Army...
...their journey back to the Dutch coast stage what amounts to a five-man invasion, opening up a second front all their own. If the picture has one weakness it is lack of plot; it is merely a series of highly exciting incidents strung together by the basic theme--the struggle to get out of Germany. There is a girl, but no love interest, and aside from a few conflicting personalities within the group of fugitives there is no real attempt at character delineation. But all this is perfectly excusable, simply because the pace is so rapid...
...fault is a basic one. The Hygiene Department is limping along with a sadly depleted staff of doctors, three of whom are attempting to do the work in athletics which normally requires six. No relief is in sight, since the supply of doctors threatens to grow even smaller as time goes...
...held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, the course is divided into two sections to total 18 hours. A ten hour basic first aid course, for all ARP men, and an additional eight hour specialized training class, make up the required curriculum. In addition, however, students may take a more advanced ten-hour class in first...
There's no doubt that jazz is out, as far as Victor and Columbia are concerned. In the past four months Victor has issued one Blackbird record of Barney. Bigard, which is three weeks overdue in the stores. Columbia did a little better with an occasional Basic or Goodman sextet, and much better with a Teddy Wilson album. Only Decca has approximate peace-time output, with two Gams of Jazz albums and about a dozen Bob Crosby records...