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...material issued by OWI, the phrase World War I is not to be used unless referring to the War of the Grand Alliance, nor the phrase World War II unless referring to the War of the Spanish Succession...
Only danger was that some literal-minded OWI newcomer might some day refer to the defeat of the French armies at Blenheim by Austria's Prince Eugene, might label it a World War II* development, might thus thoroughly mystify the U.S. public...
...OWI Director Elmer Davis, whom the U.S. trusts, last week spoke up for the Navy in answer to Congressman Melvin Maas's criticisms of Army-Navy command and cooperation (TIME, Nov. 23). Elmer Davis' best point (which he failed to emphasize): however right Colonel (Marine Corps Reserve) Melvin Maas was about conditions as he saw them in September, matters have improved since he was in the Pacific battle area...
...last week three budget-worried Kansas City housewives-whose husbands earn $125 to $250 a month-tested a week's menus they got from OWI. The plan called for 2½ lb. of meat for each adult, somewhat less for children: lamb roast and pie, pork chops, Swiss steak, bacon, fish...
When he was a boy in Kansas, Ike picked his future. Five other brothers (there were no sisters) became: the vice president of a trust company, a lawyer, a druggist, an electrical engineer, a journalist (Milton, now Elmer Davis' chief assistant in OWI). But out of this peaceful Midwestern family, Ike emerged as a soldier...