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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Featherbedding. In Trenton, N.J., the appellate division of the state Superior Court ruled that Nightwatchman Felix Remisiewski may be eligible (subject to a lower-court check) for overtime pay, even while asleep...
...much money; 2) that no firm of experts was available in the area; 3) that machinery for examination already existed in the form of House Food Committees and Visiting Committees; and finally 4) that an investigation would imply official inefficiency, would give the Dining Halls administration bad publicity, and lower the morale among the staff...
...Impressed by the success of cut-rate coach fares, Northwest Airlines said it would ask CAB approval for a coach fare of $96.80 from New York to Seattle (regular fare: $157.85), slightly lower than even nonscheduled lines fare...
...with the glut. Congressmen considered several bills providing for the Government to take over-or build-more storage space. Secretary Brannan mulled the possibility of listing wheat officially as surplus. That would force EGA, which recently approved the purchase of 140 million bushels of Canadian wheat for Britain at lower than U.S. prices, to buy all its grains at home. EGA could ship more grain to Europe, since it could now buy more with the funds allotted. The Department of Agriculture lifted all restrictions on exports of edible fats and oils, hoping export demand would steady prices...
...this twist on an old theme, Producer Sydney Box (The Seventh Veil) and Director Arthur Crabtree have built a wryly humorous study of lower-middle-class life in a London suburb. The camera moves with a sharp, knowing eye from the vulgar pretensions of tea in the Sunbury parlor to Herbert's wonderful kite straining and swooping in a fine summer breeze. Though Herbert and his wife are happily reconciled (over a kite string on the commons), the movie never compromises with the silver cord. As Herbert's mom, Hermione Baddeley gives a viciously distinguished performance...