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Although still better fed than Germans, Britons none the less felt last week a sharp, specific pinch. They had been expecting the meat situation to ease somewhat for Minister of Food Lord Woolton declared fortnight ago: "The meat shortage is only temporary." Instead last week Lord Woolton was obliged to admit: "For the first time in 17 months of war we failed last week to meet the meat ration...
Thaddeus F. B. Wasielewski of Milwaukee, Democrat, 35, 6 ft. 2, 204 lb., won over loudmouthed, rancorous, cankerous Representative John C. Schafer. (Even Republican colleagues used to whistle and hum while Schafer was making one of his splenetic speeches.) "I feel I ought to pinch myself," said young Wasielewski last week...
South of Mexico is "the most powerful military establishment in Central America" (excluding Mexico): Guatemala's Army of 5,967, plus a tiny, French-trained Air Force. President Jorge Ubico has said he could put 70,000 men in the field in a pinch. Below Guatemala is El Salvador with a volunteer professional Army of 1,855, an eight-plane Air Force. Honduras has an Army of about 2,000, an Air Force of 19 planes, with an aviation school under...
...rallied in time's nick, held the roaring Tigers to three hits, chalked up a 5 to 3 victory. It was the first World Series game a National League team had won since 1937. One masked hero of the game was rusty Jimmy Wilson, the Red coach, pinch-catching in place of crippled Ernie Lombardi...
Despite the Mayor's pleas, last spring Dr. Goldwater, hoping to get out of his commissioner's job, took another, as head of New York's Associated Hospital Service (3?-a-day plan). Until the Mayor could find someone to take his place, he continued to pinch-hit as hospital commissioner. Last week he was finally able to resign, for the Mayor had persuaded 48-year-old Willard Cole Rappleye, dean of Columbia's medical and dental schools, to fill in for the 15 months of the Mayor's unexpired term. Gentle, white-haired...