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Died. John Ford, 79, ferret of literary obscenity, longtime (1906-1932) New York Supreme Court Justice; in Manhattan. He founded the Clean Books League...
Oslo's two biggest buildings, the Oddfellow Building* and the Corn Monopoly Building, last week were getting new tenants, busy German bureaucrats and the men of the Gestapo. On hand for the move was ferret-faced Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler himself, on a flying inspection trip from Germany. Thus, after a year, ended an ignoble experiment-the fumble-footed attempt of Major Vidkun Quisling to govern the country he betrayed...
Moved to investigate his new-found property and ferret out the union leaders who hanged him, dyspeptic J. P. disguises himself as a clerk in his shoe department. He finds out a lot he never knew about people who have to work for a living. A pompous section manager (Edmund Gwenn) rules him with acidulous tyranny. A comely young clerk, Mary Jones (Jean Arthur), tries to teach him the tricks of the trade, lends him 50? when she interprets his remark about never eating lunch to mean that he is broke...
Most common parental excuse for hooky-playing was the need to secure shelter space. By 9 every morning swarms of ferret-eyed, wax-skinned youngsters lined up with piles of bedding outside the tube shelters, waiting to go underground to hold the family "pitch" till nightfall. Inside they played on the long platforms of the subway stations, kept an eye open for the chance to steal a better sleeping space. Said one experienced moppet: "School? I got to get the seats ain't I? ... Ma goes home to do her work and sends me back to keep her place...
...have to junk some tenets of promotion by seniority. Stock Army retort to suggestions of promotion for merit has long been that such a system would encourage political toadying; but low-bracket officers must be found, even if dull-witted veterans are passed over to commission brainy tenderfeet. To ferret out officer material, all rookies are being interviewed in Big-Businesslike detail as to their education, past occupations, talent for furnishing public entertainment, favorite sports. Queries are couched in folksy phrases. Occupational aptitude quiz: "Just what...