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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London heard rumors that Turkey had declared war on: 1) Germany, 2) Bulgaria. All that happened was that the Turko-Bulgarian frontier was closed and the Turkish press suddenly began to denounce Bulgaria. The Turks suspect that Boris was trying to squirm out of his alliance with Hitler and butter up the Allies; the Bulgars fear that the Turks are preparing to grab off Thrace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: State of Mind | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...food is almost universally good. You get plenty of meat, butter, and milk, with no worries about ration books and 16 points a week. During my five-day so-journ in North Carolina I had a fried chicken meal that was literally on a par with anything the Ritz-Carlton or Locke Ober's can offer...

Author: By Pvt. DANA Reed, | Title: 'Army Life Soft,' Graduate Declares For Benefit of Prospective Soldiers | 5/19/1943 | See Source »

Flashed from Hollywood were two newsy items: 1) before entering Naval flying school, Robert Taylor will shave off his mustache; 2) Martha Scott likes to cook scrambled eggs with peanut butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 17, 1943 | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...with the new-gained knowledge, as the tears vanish. But when Brown, Estabrook, and Saroyan use their same technique on the philosophies of death and immortality, the effect is not the same. Saroyan's message, as simple as the child Ulysses, can't be spread on with a thick butter knife; the film emerges a combination of a House sandwich and a snack in Hamburg Heaven. It's worth seeing, if only for the better scenes...

Author: By I. M. H., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

...year earlier there was a recommendation that the students be required to furnish their own sugar, butter, coffee, tea, and chocolate. Excellent way to do away with collecting ration books...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener Display Pictures Hardships Of Collegeman in Revolutionary War | 4/28/1943 | See Source »

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