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...feel as naked as a jay bird." Somebody stole a mink coat while its owner, the wife of a South American diplomat, was not looking. It was said that Lily Pons had lost an emerald. An air-raid warden, in a tuxedo, white arm band and white steel helmet, wandered around the lobby announcing a blackout. "The most individual and interesting performer," averred New York Times Critic Olin Downes, ". . . was the horse...
...extra large type of helmet has also been developed by the Advocate high command. This invention was reported to have been stolen by the 'Poon forces in a desperate counter-attack. The Literary brigade, the Advocate army's elite guard, may attack at any moment with a new and super-deadly poison sprayed at the enemy in an alcoholic medium. See your local liquor store for further details...
...hour watches for amateur air spotters. The Office of Civilian Defense had been without a boss since James M. Landis went off to boss U.S. economics in the Middle East (TIME Aug. 16). Many an air-raid warden was beginning to lose that first fine passion for his helmet and whistle. But OCD, with a $4 million budget and 850 employes, urged every man to keep on his toes. There might still be need, said OCD, for all the equipment it had delivered or requisitioned: 4,419,450 arm bands, 2,700,000 helmets, 5,000,000 gas masks...
...Immediate Job. It was a busy and critical week for Mark Clark and the Fifth. He called his sallies to the front "ringside" visits. His men, getting used to the lanky figure in paratrooper boots, gold-braided overseas cap or three-starred helmet, called him "the front-line general...
...football helmet with radio receiver, presumably to facilitate communications from the coach...