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Symbol of the grief was an unperturbed lad of 19 with an English name, Thomas Williams, who had lived in mediocrity and who died (by the rope) in glory, saying he died for Ireland. By the murder of a Belfast policeman last Easter Sunday morning, Thomas and five friends, said to be members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, commemorated Eire's Easter Rebellion...
...Astaire ("That'll be easy, like peeling a turtle"), makes sage love to the heroine (Marjorie Reynolds), ad libs at will, takes time out to kid one of his own recordings ("Sing it, sing it pretty!"). Two of the picture's best new songs (Berlin threw in Easter Parade and Lazy for good measure) are his: Abraham, a solid swing spiritual for Lincoln's birthday, and Let's Start the New Year Right, which does...
...Nazis have just produced a "Na-tional Church Hymnal" which deletes all references to Jerusalem, Zion and anything else that might be considered "Jewish." It cuts the number of hymns from 500 to 284, omits entirely such favorites as Martin Luther's Communion and Easter hymns, adds many new hymns glorifying Nazi blood & soil doctrines. A new baptismal hymn, Tender Child of German Blood, runs: "We baptise thee that thou may be consecrated to the service of our people in loyalty...
...Since Easter, department-store sales (in dollars) have been showing smaller & smaller dollar increases over last year. Last fortnight the increase was only 8%, which represents a substantial drop in actual values, since retail prices were up almost...
After the fight came into the open on Easter Sunday, when all but 60 of the 1,100 ministers in 97%-Lutheran Norway's State Church quit their posts rather than cooperate with the puppet regime, Vidkun Quisling lost round after round...