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...came from the governors of 13 northeastern states. Lashing out at the uneven distribution which breeds black markets, they recommended that: 1) OPA's rationing system be overhauled, and separate points be issued for meat; 2) OPA concentrate on food controls "rather than enforcing ceilings on cocktails and fur coats...
...Hollywood itself, Comedian Fatty Arbuckle was being tried for the death of an actress following a pajamaed "orgy." There, too, a small group of men who knew less about show business than fur dealing (Marcus Loew), jewelry merchandizing (Lewis J. Selznick), glove selling (Samuel Goldwyn), cloth sponging (William Fox), railroad engineering (Sam Warner), were struggling among hundreds of others "from Saturday night to Saturday night" in an atmosphere of "ruthless conflict, chicane, daring, and genius...
...sudden silence came the sound of an honor guard presenting arms outside, then the loud voice of an announcer near the door: "The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force!" The crowd came to its feet with a roar. Down the aisle, behind slow-walking officials in fur-trimmed blue, came General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, his battle-dress pressed to Regular Army perfection, his face betraying his emotion. As he climbed to the dais, jammed with the great men of England, the applause went...
...police force was powerless. Wearing stolen fur coats and clutching pilfered dresses and shoes under their arms, drunken girls were convoyed by drunken sailors. Three sailors went through the broken window of a furniture store and climbed into bed. Typewriters were gaily smashed. One sailor kicked in a window, sheared off his toes. Another severed an artery while punching through the window of a brewery. Fires swept through a women's-wear shop, a drugstore, a jewelry shop. Firehose was uncoupled or cut as soon as it was laid...
Situation Abnormal. In Manhattan, after ten weeks of challenge, fortune still smiled on the newly founded Snafu Fur Specialties...