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...Thank God and the Tennessee hills for Cordell Hull; for his patience and breadth of vision. And some day may Free Trade be complete in this part of the world, so we can set an example against avarice and economic inequality for the rest of the world to follow...
...World War I, 60-80% of U.S. soldiers' wounds were caused by shell splinters and spent bullets; many a soldier could thank his tin hat for stopping such missiles. Probably many more could have been kept off casualty lists if the U.S. helmet protected the neck and sides of the head, as the German tin hat did. Yet soldiers in the U.S.'s present Army are still outfitted with the same old headgear. Last week they had hopes of better. After 23 years of brooding over the simple problem, the Army's leisurely Ordnance Department announced that...
...have already mailed my subscription to your new airmail edition for Latin America, and wish both to thank you for and congratulate you on your splendid, and I fear, altruistic, initiative...
...with the Belgrade Government of intrigue. We shall only lay down arms when this band of ruffians has been definitely and most emphatically eliminated, and when the last Briton has left this part of the European Continent, and when these misled people realize that they must thank Britain for this situation, they must thank England, the greatest warmonger of all time...
Last week U.S. department stores entered the No. 2 selling season of the year (Easter week) with the best prospects in ten years. Partly they could thank defense spending and the public's fear of higher prices. Partly they could thank their own recent merchandising aggressiveness, stimulated by the chains and mail-order houses to whom they had been losing ground. With March volume 10-15% ahead of 1940, and April even better, department stores may this year equal their 1930 levels, if not the 1929 peak...