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Lady on a Train (Universal) sets out to elicit chills and chuckles, but never quite reaches its modest destination...
...presence of these theatrical new-comers in the audience, although welcomed by actors, sometimes produces a feeling of uncertainty among them since they cannot be sure of the reactions which particular lines will elicit from spectators whose ears are more a tuned to the traditional cliches of the movies," she added...
...Long Haul. The price was not exorbitant: without bearings, the mechanized German war machine eventually would be helpless. But the cost was high enough to elicit a spate of explanation. Said the chief of the Eighth Air Force Bomber Command, Brigadier General Frederick L. Anderson: "The entire works are now inactive. ... It may be possible for the Germans eventually to restore 25% of normal productive capacity." President Roosevelt implied that the raid was worth while. The chief of the Army Air Forces, General Henry H. Arnold, said: "The Schweinfurt attack will have a definite effect on the German war economy...
...Although American youth today have anything but an amused and facetious attitude toward their country and its role in world affairs, the New York Times has nevertheless managed in its recent inquiry to elicit some rather good humor. That the Times does not, however, fully appreciate the funny side of the results of its 'research' is indicated, for example, by its statement that references to 'William Lewis' and 'John L. Green' and to Samuel Gompers as "Samuel Goebbels' and 'Sam Grumpers' show a hazy or sloppy idea of correct spelling...
...Japanese have held three fundamentalist Presbyterian missionaries incommunicado in Manchukuo since Oct. 22. Protests by the U.S. State Department have failed even to elicit the charge against the missionaries. Four days after the arrest at Harbin, the Japanese hustled the trio-Dr. and Mrs. Roy M. Byram, the Rev. Bruce Hunt-500 miles south to Antung, on the Korean border. Probable reason: to make them testify at the trial of the Korean Christians arrested for refusing to take part in State Shinto rites. Secondary reason: to frighten remaining U.S. missionaries out of Manchukuo...