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Because he was loved for his humanitarian spirit by most newspapermen, be cause he was gracious and a subtle theorist, Heywood Broun's own personality had kept harmony in the Guild. But with Broun gone, there was more than a possibility that these subterranean dissensions might erupt into open revolt...
...London expected 100,000 air-bombing casualties per week. Some 250 big suburban busses were transformed into ambulances. Hospitals ringed the city, first-aid stations honeycombed it. But these preparations were only for a London that was to be relatively empty 48 hours after hell should erupt. Evacuation plans for all nonessential workers, for mothers & children, old people, invalids, were set and published. Beauty parlors were crammed with women seeking one last hairdo before fleeing to safety or reporting for emergency jobs...
...Department of Interior last week reported that Yellowstone Park's geysers have recently shown a remarkable increase of activity. Grand Geyser, which throws a column of steam and hot water 200 ft. high, used to erupt at intervals of 36 to 48 hours. Now it is running on a schedule of 30 hours. The Giantess (150-200 ft.), which erupts only at long intervals but once started keeps going for twelve to 36 hours, has been putting on its show once or twice a year; yet in the last nine months it has spouted at least three times, probably...
...deciduous or milk teeth erupt into the oral cavity shortly after birth," continued Bolye. "The eruption of teeth in a normal well nourished infant should be attended by little discomfort. The deciduous dentition is nature's way of supplying teeth adapted to the small jaws of the child...
...Spain proper by sending a fleet of bombers and the battleship Jaime Primero across the Straits of Gibraltar to shell and strafe Ceuta, important supply base in Spanish Morocco which, ever since the war began, has been Rightist. Snug in Gibraltar last week Britons saw dense clouds of smoke erupt from Ceuta, suggesting Leftist success in setting fire to Rightist docks and warehouses crammed with food and munitions...