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...Admirals who have made war on the modern seas, none was ever in the fix of Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel, by title Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet; by specific function: Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
...next week Catholics will be asked to take their annual pledge "to abstain from witnessing indecent motion pictures and promise to do everything possible to strengthen public opinion against the showing of immoral films." Right now a rousing condemnation of a sure-to-be-talked-about Garbo film will fix that much more attention on the Legion of Decency pledge...
...Since one out of five Army selectees is turned down for bad teeth (he needs only six uppers and six lowers which meet), Lieut. Commander Charles Raymond Wells, chief dental officer of Selective Service, told dentists they would soon be called on to help fix up men for the Army. In a short while, he said, the Federal Government will earmark funds for paying the bills of men who cannot afford them...
...Government lawyers fared no better in the second week of the decision than in the first. Their claims that Alcoa was party (through Aluminium Ltd.) to an international cartel, had conspired to fix prices, divide markets, keep competitors from entering the field, and restrict imports were all rejected (although certain to be aired again before the Supreme Court). "Not only has the Government failed to establish the charge," said Judge Caffey, "but the evidence is convincing the other way." Because of uncertainties about materials available, automakers last week put a brand-new phrase in their ads: "Specifications subject to change...
...Eneas Lamberton was sworn in as the city's new Mayor. Mr. Lamberton, a Republican but a nice one (gardening in Germantown, cards at the crusted Union League Club), did what he could. He replaced worn-out motorized equipment, enlarged the police force, got WPA to promise to fix the lights. Last summer he was getting around to the water system when he suddenly died...