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...suffering if they entered the war. But the Government was prepared. President Ríos last week signed the External Security Bill, which gave him full powers to break relations with the Axis. Almost the equivalent of a state of siege, the law, if invoked, would permit him to clamp down on all Axis nationals...
CAIRO--The British Eighth Army was believed setting up tonight a big pincers movement on El Agheila, designed to clamp down on German Marshal Erwin Rommels shattered forces from both west and east when and if they attempt a stand in the narrow corridor there...
...clamp down on the dirty dives; let's crack down harder on drunken drivers; let's ration our remaining supply of drinkables. And let's quit arguing over prohibition till the war is won and the boys are home to discuss...
...Pessimists. Only holdout is the Detroit Baseball Club. Says General Manager Jack Zeller: "As things are right at this minute, we could carry on major-league baseball next year. However, the Government may decide to clamp down . . . to such an extent that baseball would...
...simplest device of all consists only of a beer can filled with absorbent material and a clothespin to clamp on the nose. It is approved by no one except its inventor, Chemist Vernon Bowers of Baltimore, Ohio...