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...must be said for Mr. Field that the attack upon the Associated Press did not originate with him, but with the Department of Justice.... I was determined to resist what I considered coercion.... I was visited by FBI agents and threatened at a meeting probably such as the FBI-Gestapo never had before. . . ." At long last, the Colonel had hauled down his flag, hollered uncle, and surrendered, keeping his sidearms...
Lastly, Cousin Clem, like a good guest, said his thanks. In a jammed House of Commons chamber he told Canadians how much he appreciated what they had done for Britain during the war. With one eye on Canada's evident riches, he could not resist reciting England's shortages-food, coal, "sheets, blankets, curtains, pots & pans and crockery," clothing, shoes, furniture. But all was not dark in the Isles. He quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson: Britain "has a secret vigour and a pulse like a cannon." Canada, he said, is "the new shoot from the old stem...
...election time last week, the voters could not resist ousting the Democratic incumbent to make room for Mrs. Ashton's husband. (Term: six years; salary: $5.000 a year.) Nor could the Army keep him any longer. Judge-elect Ashton wall be home before Jan. I. Then Mrs. Ashton will probably retire from politics...
Electric Omelet. In Manhattan, Ashley Jackson started home with half a case of eggs, had a few drinks, saw an electric fan, couldn't resist, got 20 days...
...late autumn of 1945 there were still disturbing inconveniences and uncertainties. Coal was scarce and in the cities firewood was almost unobtainable. Strikes were spreading. Management, resentful of Government controls, was beginning to resist. What was more, before winter's end there would surely be other frightening reconversion humps for the Dominion to climb. Yet Canada, celebrating Thanksgiving Day* last week, found plenty to be thankful...