Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...charged in Manhattan's Yorkville Court with swiping 300 red ration points from her ex-cook, Mrs. Barbara Neill. Cook Neill, who worked only one month for Mme. Alda, claimed that she had handed over her ration books to her employer when she started, got back the books minus 300 points (a normal six-months' supply) when she was dismissed. Mme. Alda's attorney called the charges "fantastic," declared: "Even if Mme. Alda could settle this case for $50, she would spend thousands ... to prove its falsity." Said Cook Neill: "I want my stamps. . . . Mrs. Alda...
...Minus one ingredient, "To Have and Have Not" would be another and a tiresome "Casablanca"--replete with an opiate air of international intrigue, whispering French restaurant proprietors, and dusky piano--but spicy Lauren Bacall provides the condiment to make the film a tasty, if not tasteful, Bogartian dish...
Private William H. Edwards of the 4th Infantry Division was back in the U.S. last week minus one foot, and the hero of one of the grimmest incidents...
...Minus its surrealistic Rollins cover design, the wartime substitute for the venerable Advocate will be twice the size of previous Wakes, and will include, in addition to faculty contributions, the usual stories and poems...
...show is an outgrowth of an OWI radio program begun in 1942 with her husband, ex-Radioman Mort Werner. As "Jack and Jill" they served up a mixture of jazz and banter called Hi, Neighbor. A.F.R.S. took over the program in the spring of 1943. Soon Jill (minus Jack) was doing a solo act called G.I. Jive (now AEF Jukebox...