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...they want access to Alaska over Canadian soil there should be no hesitation in settling the matter. In fact nothing short of the impairment of our status as a sovereign nation would be too much for Canada to offer as a sacrifice on the altar of liberty and freedom. . . . The success of the Allied cause may be very doubtful unless at an early date the active participation of the United States is made effective." Even ever burbling and often indiscreet Premier Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn of Ontario was vexed at this latest burble of old Mr. Conant, explained that he believed...
...Williams before 'he left Moscow that she now seems to be accepted by everyone around the Dictator as his wife. That J. Stalin ever went through a marriage ceremony with even his acknowledged first or second wife is as doubtful as whether A. Hitler has been to the altar with Miss Evi Braun (TIME, Dec. 18). One Stalin son and relatives of Wife No. 1, said Mr. Williams, had been jugged by the Soviet Secret Police several years ago, later freed...
...throng of erring children hastened to make their submissions. Last Sunday, many a parishioner worshiped before a gaudy statue in his home. Said Nick Gambatese, as his daughters prayed to the Holy Mother: "I stay home until I find out more about it." Nicola Scricca fixed up a big altar, told reporters: "Every day we pray here-my wife and four children. Today it was our 'Mass.' I read and they are the congregation. It is the best we can do. . . . We will make things right as quick as we can. . . . You watch, it will be okay...
...VICTIM-John Stephen Strange - Crime Club ($2). News photographers don't actually get paid enough to indulge in such plushy deductions as Barney Gantt's. He does a grand job at a surprise Long Island wedding where the gun went off on the way to the altar and left the chorus girl waiting...
...Faculty plays. Along the Charles the windows light up quickly as darkness comes, and hands reach up to pull the shades, then fall back to turning the pages. Blue books are every day laid in neat little piles, A--M and N--Z, as if on a sacrificial altar. Alarm clocks jangle so early that they scare the mice back into their holes. Extra chairs are brought into the libraries, and the book return service does a rushing business. It is a picture that might interest a Pareto or a Spengler, the spectacle of a society under stress...