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Another event in London's theatrical week was the second birthday of Arsenic and Old Lace, which Producer Firth Shephard celebrated by repeating his first-night trick: at the final curtain, a slew of London's topnotch comedians (Jack Buchanan, Will Hay, et al.) file onstage to impersonate the "corpses" who had been elderberried in the cellar...
Forward, Engineers. We passed the haystacks, and were preparing to get really moving when forward scouts reported that the road and the fields ahead were lousy with mines. The mines had been laid hastily on top of the ground and crudely covered with hay from the stacks. A section of engineers was sent forward to clear a path, but on approaching the area they were shot at by self-propelled guns and Spandaus which covered the ground with cross fire. They had a close call and were pretty shaken when they got back to our foxholes after having crawled...
Kudzu not only stops erosion but so enriches the soil that when plowed under, it increases corn yields by two to sevenfold. As rich as alfalfa in protein and carotene, kudzu leaves can be used for grazing or cut as hay. Dehydrated, they also make a fine breakfast food, according to enthusiasts; some kudzu growers have gone so far as to concoct a recipe for Kudzup...
Eddie Bracken, a would-be Marine hero, has been discharged from service because of chronic hay-fever, and is working at a war plant near his home town. The home-coming at the railroad station--the mayor orating, crowds cheering, the "hero" trying to get away, bands playing, the poor master of ceremonies tearing his hair as everything goes awry, and everyone (but Eddie) having a wonderful time--is a masterly bit of parody...
...last week that women, deprived of popular-brand cigarets, were taking to pipes. Across the nation, cigaret shelves were bare and gagsters were demanding "a package of 'Stoopies'-the kind you stoop down behind the counter for." Manufacturers of unknown brands were making-and, some thought, selling-hay. A group of doctors learnedly gave a U.P. reporter nine rules for getting along happily without cigarets (least helpful: give yourself a pep talk; maybe you don't want a smoke, after...