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Quislingite Bishop Einar Lothe of Trondheim, Norway has suffered a nervous breakdown and asked permission to retire. Reasons: for months Bishop Lothe has been treated with "icy disdain" by the townspeople; his congregation in Trondheim Cathedral, where he preaches in uniform, has dwindled to a mere handful; soon after he gets on a crowded streetcar he often finds himself the sole occupant...
...casualties in eleven months of World War II, as announced* last week: 47,463 killed, wounded, captured and missing. The breakdown...
...refrains tend to distract rather than to stimulate; 4) music during the last 20 minutes of the working day is likely to be taken as a signal to pack up and go home. Burris-Meyer did not even attempt to play Strip Polka, for fear of provoking a complete breakdown of production...
Holyoke bigwigs are planning to substitute salads, soups and various other concoctions in place of the more hefty fare. To prevent the complete breakdown of Holyoke's home front as well as rear, the Union has already offered its recipe for its own inimitable Cockee Leeckee...
...will make no accusations," asserted Robert J. L. Waugh '43, acting technical head for the Network, "but the coincidence of the announcement of the new station and the breakdown of Network facilities cannot escape our notice." Meanwhile all the far-flung organization of the Network was thrown, into the battle against time to put the evening's programs back...