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...brother veterans: "How can I get along with civilians?" A few decided to break themselves in gradually to civilian churchgoers' standards by returning to the seminary for a "refresher course." Said one chaplain with a battle record in the Marines: "I'm here at school as a cushion between my wartime experience and the little old ladies over the teacups I'll have to minister to when I get back to a parish...
Later, the Army changed its mind and asked for the prototype of a new jet fighter, to be built in 180 days. Lockheed turned out the prototype of the 550-m.p.h. Shooting Star in 143 days. When V-J day came, this was a nice reconversion cushion. The Army kept it in production; it was the only jet fighter being made...
...minutes after Masquerade begins, idealistic cabaret Sarongstress Dorothy Lamour finds herself in Mexico City, knee-deep in a diamond theft, and falling in love with Patric Knowles. As a sort of cushion-shot to win his venomous wife (Ann Dvorak) back from her bullfighting Mexican lover (Arturo de Cordova), Knowles helps Dorothy masquerade as a Countess and gives her plenty of opportunity for song and romance with the bullfighter on the flower-strewn waters of Lake Xochimilco...
...businessmen, the 1946 tax cuts will provide $3,136,000,000 of relief by eliminating all excess-profits taxes, by reducing corporation income-tax rates by 2 to 4%. This will give industry a cushion against the rising pressure between price ceilings and labor's wage demands, and should help stimulate reconversion and re-employment. But out of every dollar of profit over $50,000, business concerns will still pay the Government...
...Soft Cushion. The Army plans as they shaped up last week were to spend $800,000,000 for planes and parts up to June 1947, plus another $500,000,000 for experimental work. In all, the Army wants only 2,128 planes, including everything from helicopters to jet fighters. As OWMR John W. Snyder has already approved the Army program, it has a good chance of getting past Congress...