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Under "Shipping" in TIME (April 9), giving a summary of an article by Lewis W. Douglas entitled "What Shall We Do with the Ships?", we note Mr. Douglas refers to a postwar American merchant fleet of 20,000,000 tons and leaves the impression that a fleet of that size would cost the country from $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 a year in subsidies for its operation...
...Managers. In the first week's scramble the managers took the worst beating. Cleveland's Lou Boudreau opened on a low note by getting picked off third base with the ancient hidden-ball trick. Joe Cronin of the Red Sox broke his ankle sliding into second. Leo Durocher of Brooklyn, who had loudly threatened to play second base for the first 15 games, gave up with sore shins after a game and a half (he was still juggling his batting order right & left-five times in five days...
...London. Sentry-boxed Downing Street lay quiet save for the tramp of guards. Inside No. 10 a taut secretary hurried to the Prime Minister's door, knocked impatiently, turned the glass knob. Winston Churchill stood beside his desk, reading a sheaf of reports. The secretary handed him a note. "Sir," he quavered, "President Roosevelt died a short time ago." The Prime Minister's face paled. He sat down, motionless for five full minutes. Then he lifted his head, with the heaviness of a man who is suddenly very lonely. He whispered: "Get me the Palace." He informed...
...unusual duty came when King George and Queen Elizabeth sent the church a morocco-bound copy of the King James Version of the Bible as a memento of their 1939 visit. Senior Warden Roosevelt and Vestryman Gerald Morgan were appointed a committee of two to draft a suitable note of thanks...
Amid this enthusiastic bustle last week was a sober note. Said WPB Chief of Operations Hiland G. Batcheller: the switch to a one-front war should involve little loss in employment or income. But after V-J day business will be on its own, and this is when the real test will come...