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...famine shouters, who have loudly blamed Lend-Lease for U.S. food shortages. Said he: "In the overall picture the Lend-Lease slice of American food has been small-6% in 1942 and about 10% in 1943. In crucial items the percentage has been even smaller . . . half a pound of beef out of every hundred pounds, three quarts of milk in a hundred, one of every 100 cans of vegetables...
...imposed jointly by the U.S. and Great Britain; a U.S. embargo alone would have little effect. The nub, undoubtedly discussed by Secretary Hull and British Ambassador Lord Halifax, is that the U.S. needs few Argentine products, Great Britain sorely needs them. Even a temporary loss of Argentine beef might be a real blow to the British (and to the millions of Americans now eating in Britain). Loss of Argentine hides and dairy products might also make the British hesitate, as would the probable fate of their enormous investments in Argentina. Thus the great uncertainty is: How far can or will...
June. In a Bronx courtroom, Mrs. Ella Taffe charged that when she complained to Joseph Scott, butcher, about a chicken he had sold her, he hit her over the head ten times with a side of beef...
...competently handled. Under General Marshall, he knows it is; and this is why the U.S. soldier, in action, has proved utterly dependable and determined-the ultimate test of morale. Before & after the battle the U.S. soldier will proudly remain the world's champion grouser-he will beef handsomely even at the Victory Parade...
...sandhogs, Cinemactor MacMurray strikes Cinemactress Colbert as so photogenic that she instantly sets her tripod for him. But Mr. MacMurray will have no truck with Miss Colbert's arty shallowness. Says he: "If you want to buy some muscles, go out and get yourself a cheap cut of beef...