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...soldiers in the North Carolina maneuvers went the first of 38 carloads of Baltimore ice cream last week. Railroads had to pack this precious freight in dry ice and kapok blankets instead of the usual wet salt and ice. So important was the shipment considered that it was granted right of way in transportation over tanks, trucks and guns...
Tobacco and smoking establishments note a certain drop in the volume of business. "Where a follow used to smoke a pack a day, he cuts down to half, or only pays for a $2.50 pipe when he used to get $5 ones," was the comment in a Mass, avenue emporium...
This weekend I'm going back up into the Coffin in the Sky and pretend I'm an assistant cheerleader for the Harvards. It takes more than a pack of super-indifferent, super-blase sports staffs to subdue the Future Old Grad...
...national hero that Des Moines outburst now makes him a national "dud" and probably the most unpopular national figure in America. I should think he would retire from the public limelight just as quickly as it takes to pack up and go home...
Both in London and Washington the rumor ran that Britain's Ambassador had returned to pack his bags, wait for his successor to be announced. If Lord Halifax had heard the rumor, he did not let on. He called at the White House, spent 50 minutes talking with the President. Said he: "We exchanged impressions. . . ." Asked about a report that Russia may be considering a separate peace with Germany, he answered flatly: "There is absolutely no sign of that...