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Meanwhile, Great Britain, whose inept handling of Iran's demands for greater oil royalties had made nationalization a popular issue, ordered the 8,000-ton cruiser Gambia to the port of Abadan. Gleefully, Moscow papers reported the news...
...They do not sleep in their own coffins (as legend says Trappists once did), but the mattresses are hard as a slab in a city morgue. The 60 men are gradually learning the manual labor necessary to run a big estate. At the moment, most of them are hopelessly inept. "The supposition," laments Father Gabriel, "is that Trappists are great agriculturists. But that isn't the case here. They're all city kids." The community is fattening 200 steers, starting a large vegetable garden and 75 acres of corn. Next year it may begin making Oka cheese...
...pinpointed the main reason for the gouge: tin has been kept off the world market by an international cartel composed of Great Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and Bolivia. Fearing overproduction (and low prices), the cartel held tin output to 165,000 tons last year, 49% less than in 1941. Inept buying by the Munitions Board, which tried to fill up the U.S. stockpile all at once, gave speculators their big chance. Stormed Johnson: "The tin price gouging by some of our oldest international friends is entirely devoid of morality." He urged the Government to get out of the market, especially...
...Santa Anita Derby, the first of the important tests for Kentucky Derby prospects. By his handy victory (with Arcaro up), Rough 'n Tumble became a top Kentucky Derby favorite. ¶ In San Francisco, ex-Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,* a tenth-round technical knockout, over California's inept Champion Andy Walker. ¶In Manhattan, the Manhattan College track team over Seton Hall, 29 to 27 2/7, in the 45-college I.C.4-A meet. In the non-collegiate feature of the event, Don Gehrmann won his 39th consecutive mile, a whisker victory over FBI-man Fred Wilt. The time (for both...
Last week a wave of shock ads ("No one under 16 will be admitted") ushered the claptrap into Manhattan. New York critics brushed the picture off with amused disdain. Whether taken as an inept counterfeit of Hollywood gangster movies or a witless parody, No Orchids is so ludicrous that its thugs' thinly disguised British accents seem minor imperfections...