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...Mole were in that fix, he would have no trouble digging his way out," the communique continued. "We're expecting him to dig his way out of prison any afternoon...
Lois Hall turns in a delightful performance as the slightly insane wife whose blunders all but send her husband off to prison. Owen Davis, Jr., (his father wrote the play and deserves great credit for the lively dialogue), is very pleasant as the husband even though he finds it difficult to remain in character. On the whole "Mr. and Mrs. North" is very good light entertainment especially for reading period. But if you have seen "Arsenic and Old Lace" you may find that homicide is hilarious only once...
...Army relaxed its rule on men paroled from prison, agreed to accept them if they are not "morally unfit." But the War Department ordered corps commanders to pay strict attention to a law of 1877 which forbids the Army to accept any man who has been convicted of a felony...
...Greenville, N.C. prison camp, ten convicts volunteered for "suicide-squad duty." Said they: "Up to the present we have done no good deeds for our country. Thus we have an indebtedness to the United States which must be removed...
Society Note: Sir Oswald Mosley, Britain's No. 1 Fascist, will join his wife, Lady Diana, in new, enlarged jail quarters this week. Lady Diana has done the decorating job, laying carpets and fluffing pillows, and has hired two women prisoners as servants. The nest: an innovation at Holloway Prison-"flatlets" of two adjoining cells for husbands and wives...