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TIME'S staff is. TIME is a large and varied organization and we maintain a catalogue of subjects that its members know enough about to be counted an authoritative source of information. This catalogue of miscellaneous information is only a minor adjunct to TIME'S research organization, bureaus, correspondents, etc., but it is a useful spot check for TIME'S editors -especially on closing day when time for assembling and verifying information is short. Here, in addition to the subjects mentioned above, are some others that turned up in our recent revision of the catalogue...
Filmed in the arid bush country of Northern Austria, "The Overlanders" achieves its distinction through a scrupulous regard for simplicity and historical accuracy. The story of a thousand cattle being driven across 1200 miles of rugged terrain needs expert treatment to maintain a high level of interest without sporadic injections of high-octane melodrama. "The Overlanders" reaches the correct balance between fact and fiction, resulting in a refreshing absence of gun play or fiendish attacks by woolly-headed natives. By careful pruning, the producers have portrayed the grim struggle to save a herd from the Japanese with all its harsh...
Said the President: "Only if we maintain and increase our prosperity can we expect other countries to recognize the full merits of a free economy . . . the responsibility of preserving our free enterprise system will continue to rest upon the joint efforts of business, labor, the farmers and government...
...Third, we have got to give our missionaries better financial support. The soaring cost of living we found everywhere means simply that it now costs at least three times as much to maintain the Christian enterprise. To contribute a dollar here and a dollar there is not enough. Christians must set aside a definite portion of their incomes-otherwise we shall be far behind the battle line...
Other stores reported that they were unable to cut prices because they handle national brands, whose selling price may, by Federal law, be fixed by manufacturers. Local booksellers maintain an example of such price fixing is found, in the publishing field, where un-used books may not be sold at lower than the publisher's advertised price, and where increases in prices are already being announced...