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...last year became a U.S. citizen, wrote an article for the liberal monthly, Free World, also prophesied a black future for Germans in general, for German writers in particular: "To be a German author -what will that be? Back of every sentence ... in our language stands a broken . . . burnt-out people, bewildered about itself and its history . . . the fearful accumulation of hatred round about will not permit it to emerge from its boundaries-a people that can never show its face again...
Correspondent Lael Tucker got up in a 400-franc Lancaster Hotel room, washed in cold water, breakfasted on three slices of bread and butter supplemented with honey brought from the south of France and cafe national (burnt barley)- cost of breakfast, 100 francs. Her car broke down half way to an appointment, so the final three-quarter -mile trip in a Velo taxi cost 300 francs. She took a member of the Consultative Assembly to a moderate-priced restaurant for lunch - 700 francs. Bought a plain white handkerchief to blow her nose in - 90 francs. Bought a weekly supply...
Fuel oil was so near exhaustion in Manhattan that the Navy released 400,000 barrels to help tide civilians over. The Army chipped in with 5,000 tons of coal. Nightclubs, theaters got ready to close their doors. One theater, its coal burnt, was kept warm with loads of cordwood. But even wood was scarce...
...still keep the old snuffbox right up there where it's been for more than 80 years, with a fresh supply of snuff, though nobody ever dips into it. And there's a little silver box on each desk. What do you think is in that? Burnt sand that we're supposed to use when we sign our names in ink. Well, our legislative system is about as anachronistic...
...Syndicate," or the "Outfit"-presumably the remnants of the old Capone gang-was being muscled out. Black-market traffic in liquor* and even in cheese was involved; so was the overlordship of gambling, bawdyhouses and numerous other rackets. Then, to top it off, to give the stories the real burnt-powder smell of the turbulent '20s, the name of another Capone flashed into the news. He was Al's younger brother Matt, the pampered one of the family, the one Al had sent to Villanova College to get culture, the one who liked to listen to Puccini...