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...Rummiest War." In the United King dom authorities made frantic efforts to keep evacuated children from returning to town for Christmas, and literary bigwigs wrote persuasively in the press. "This Christmas, coming as it does in the rummiest war the world has ever known, will be a test of our common sense," wrote Novelist J. B. Priestly. "We are fighting bewildered, angry, hysterical men, who at any moment may bark out orders to rain death and destruction on this country. . . . Therefore, let the children stay [in the country]. . . . It is better to spend one Christmas Eve longing for them than...
PROHIBITION AGENT No. 1-Izzy Einstein- Stokes ($2). One of the rummiest blossoms of Prohibition was a fat little Austrian Jew with a knowing, good-humored face, who still rejoices in the name of Izzy Einstein. No figment of newshawks' fancy (though some people thought he was). Izzy was a most determined and efficient Prohibition sleuth. In this book, dedicated "to the 4,932 persons I arrested, hoping they bear me no grudge for having done my duty." Izzy chucklingly describes his dizzy career. Stanley Walker, the New York Herald Tribune's able city editor, enthusiastically introduces...
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