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Rhetoric, if not freedom, was still alive in France last week. In Vichy, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain made a radio speech calculated to jack morale, the climax of which was a passionate complaint against the Germans for not allowing the French Government to return to Paris. "Paris," his old voice said, "Paris, the heart and brains of the nation, the crucible in which, at all times, the destinies of the country have been elaborated, remains in the eyes of all Frenchmen the natural seat of governmental authority." The Germans had prevented the Government's return "for reasons...
...Those who believe that TIME gave a distorted impression of the Democratic Convention at Chicago, should have been there. Only complaint TIME received from a person who claimed to have been at the convention follows...
Divorced. Colonel Gonzalo Gomez, 50, urbane slick-haired son of the late dic tator; by fledgling Cinemactress-Showgirl Joyce Mathews, 20; in Chicago; after a twelve-week marriage. Her complaint: Gomez slapped her "slightly" on two occasions...
...Does Anybody Want a Kewpie?, had brought suit for plagiarism against Al Sherman and Abner Silver, whose It Happened on the Beach at Bali Bali was a hit five years ago. Darrell showed that the same eight-note theme recurs in each song. But the Circuit Court dismissed his complaint. Said its three learned judges: although there are plenty of combinations of notes, there are only a few which meet "the infantile demands of the popular ear. . . . Recurrence is not, therefore, an inevitable badge of plagiarism...
...Steel operations in two months soared in a straight line from 60% of capacity to 87.7% (this week's figure: 86.4%). As recently as three weeks ago, steel peddlers were solemnly warning customers to buy ahead for 1941, but last week inventory trouble was a salesman's complaint...