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...colony on Chirote, a jungle isle 20 miles off the coast of Panama. ¶ In Manhattan, the nation's cage-bird breeders held their fourth national show with 2,021 entries, mostly canaries, including such varieties as curly feathered frills, big Norrich plain-heads. An Indian hill myna, who will outtalk a parrot any day, welcomed visitors with: "Hello, Joe! You can go to hell, too." ¶ Twenty men wearing American Legion caps burst into the La Crescenta, Calif, home of retired Fruit Grower Hugh Hardyman, who was holding a meeting of the local Democratic Club. The invaders addressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 24, 1947 | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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