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...wool in the coffin bands and the coffin bands themselves were brought from the North. They buried him in a New York coat and a Boston pair of shoes and a pair of breeches from Chicago and a shirt from Cincinnati. The South didn't furnish a thing on earth for that funeral but the corpse and the hole in the ground...
Britain last week took the opportunity to declare itself opposed, more firmly than ever, to including its troops in the European army. (Like the U.S., Britain is willing to furnish troops to serve alongside the continentals.) Winston Churchill's stand was a reversal of the position he took as a private citizen a year ago, but no real surprise to the continental nations. They nonetheless used it as a fresh pretense for dallying...
Among Christians, he said, "there is widespread lack of accord in their characterizations of the man Jesus and in their interpretations and applications of his teachings." Furthermore, in "an organized society of human beings founded upon the principle of separation of church and state," the courts cannot furnish a clarifying definition of Christian fundamentals themselves. Judge Charlton ordered the trustees of William Small's estate to hand over the assets to eight nieces and nephews...
Though Mr. Wizard has a sponsor (the Cereal Institute), NBC thinks enough of it as a public service program to furnish the time free of charge and none of the 54 TV stations carrying the 30-minute show gets any money for it. Chicago's Federated Advertising Club was so impressed it created an award especially for Mr. Wizard. But the most surprising tribute came from the Voice of America; it entered a standing order for recorded transcripts of each show...
...failed with it on radio before he talked KNBH into giving the show a cautious try on TV. As writer and producer as well as The Continental's only actor, 39 year-old Cesana insists he plays his part with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness, hopes only "to furnish the ladies with the illusion of an escapade while they remain in the sanctity and safety of their own homes." j Of the ladies' husbands, he says handsomely: "American men have such a wonderful sense of humor...