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Cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo, a jovial, bigdomed man who explodes into mock-temper tantrums, makes more than $250,000 a year by illustrating his simple theory that things always happen at the worst possible moment. Last week Hatlo, whose syndicated cartoon "They'll Do It Every
After being starved and tortured for five days the group was brought before a judge for the first time and told that if they said anything about their torture the police would secretly execute them. The mock trial which followed sentenced them to a jail term and at the same time granted all temporary paroles--but with a 24-hour police guard...
...conference itself, Aneurin Bevan, the errant mate in Labor's house, started the fur flying with a pyrotechnic display of wit, venom, vituperation and mock humility. "The U.S.," he told the conferees, is "hagridden by fears: fear of war and unemployment, and fear of peace." He accused Churchill and the U.S. of tying Britain's "economy to a perpetual war machine. This is rake's progress." However, the pink-cheeked Welshman twinkled cheerfully as he castigated his private enemies and Britain's friends alike, "I know I must be careful, lest I make a controversial speech...
Last week La Sibylle, commanded by 32-year-old Lieut. Gustave Curot, was assigned the duty of fighting a mock landing on the Riviera. La Sibylle submerged, and surface ships of the French Mediterranean Squadron followed her course on Asdic detectors for an hour. Then they lost...
...Commerce) Lawrence Lockley, a six-man team of professors worked out the curriculum. They avoided specialized courses in business practices, concentrated on broad social problems. Students attended classes from 8:30 to 4 each day in subjects ranging from child labor to civil rights to Communism. They held mock business conferences, practiced public speaking...