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...tenants heretofore, and to improve buildings and equipment. This would give the South a new standard of farm income, a shift from cotton and tobacco to food crops, a permanently increased purchasing power. The South also is getting a chance now to train workers; even when the shell plants fold up, the new supply of trained men will be an invitation to new industries...
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...stare, remained to mutter. A neighboring department store broke out a huge U. S. flag. Several young men climbed the fire escape to the floor above the German Consulate. A U. S. sailor wriggled down to the staff, slashed at the flag with a knife. Another sailor grabbed a fold, pulled. Nazi clerks leaned out to haul the flag to safety. The boys held on; the flag ripped across the swastika. The boys climbed down. Two riot calls brought carloads of police. The crowd cheered. The sailors were pinched. The building canceled the consulate's lease...
...coffeehouses of Istanbul last week Turks sipped their thick coffee with two-fold satisfaction. Word had got around that in Italy, where all the caffè espresso machines have long been cold, Italians were singing under their breath a mournful song. The song...
...Cigaret paper is hard to make. It must be thinner than a human hair, strong enough to fold without tearing, tasteless. It must not stick to the lips nor burn faster or slower than tobacco. Before the war the U. S. bought its yearly supply (some $4,000,000 worth) from France, which made the paper from old linen gathered by the ragpickers of Poland, Russia and the Balkans...