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...Burned areas should have new skin as soon as possible, but not pinch grafts (obtained by lifting bits of skin on a pin point and cutting them free with a scalpel), which seldom look well and often allow the surface to contract - the very faults grafting is supposed to remedy...
...Accused New York's loudmouthed Congressman Ham Fish of permitting "subversive" use of his Congressional frank by convicted Nazi Agent George Sylvester Viereck and others. When the Chicago Tribune-minded Illinois delegation sought to eliminate Ham's name from the resolution, cries came from the floor: "No," "Pin it on him," "Call him by name." Replied Legionnaire Ham Fish: "Manufactured lies...
...Pin-Ups for Morale...
...Berlin and other German targets in the preceding fortnight, on Munich and Mannheim-Ludwigshafen last week. So was a strong daylight raid by U.S. Fortresses on Stuttgart. The immediate purpose of these raids was local destruction, but they also furthered the campaign to whittle away German fighter forces and pin them down far from the coasts...
Mayor Riley is probably typical enough. He used to sell tires, found politics more fun, was elected mayor in 1940. He wears sailor straws ("boaters" in Britain), flashy double-breasted suits, a red-rosebud and an American Legion pin in his lapel. He likes clambakes, gag pictures and calling people by their first names. As mayor he is noisy, hard-working and efficient, should be a gaudy contrast to the traditional English mayor who should be efficient, hard-working but definitely not noisy...