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...editorial which was refuted, accused America of "leaving the meaning of self-government in the ditch," and that the "real issue" was whether a policy leading the country into war should be continued. Hence the responsibilities of self-government have been surrendered, the editor deduced...
...last ditch of defense, the one on which London relied most heavily by night, was anti-aircraft fire. The organizer of London's anti-aircraft defenses is Lieut. General Sir Frederick Alfred ("Tim") Pile, a short, dapper, witty, sporty Irishman who can speak Persian and Hindustani. He won the D. S. O. in 1918 for outstanding artillery work near Arras, a decade later helped devise Britain's first practical light tank. His personnel is an entirely civilian group from territorial regiments...
...only touch of civilization in the school was a plea for tidiness. "Don't leave dead Germans lying in a mess in the middle of a road," advised an instructor. "Give them a decent burial in a ditch and cover up the blood so the next man will not get suspicious...
Scotch Presbyterian to the core, Will Blue does not run his road on Sunday unless "the ox is in the ditch." He was the first Southern railroader to get cotton rates reduced, first North Carolinian to offer door-to-door delivery with trucks. He was also the first railroader to get an RFC loan. Said Jesse Jones: "Will, I'm afraid of short lines, but I'm not afraid of one owned and operated by a bunch of Scottish Presbyterians." Five years later the loan was repaid. Blessed with a non-absentee ownership (the Blues and their...
...Jehovah's Witnesses. The Witnesses believe that Biblical prophecies literally govern every earthly event, that the U. S. flag, financiers, politicians-and all religions but their own-are agents of Lucifer, who is at large in the world and now grooming himself for a terrific last-ditch fight with Jehovah. Witnesses have recently been mobbed from Maine to Cali fornia (TIME, June 24). Last week they suffered: 1) at Columbus, Ohio, where Governor Bricker refused to reinstate a canceled contract that would have permit ted them to hold their national convention at the State Fair Grounds; 2) at Clarks...