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...Atlantic, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Russia. Not many men yet realized that victory in the other great battles would never be as conclusive as a victory in the Battle of Food. But to those who did realize it, the fact was as sharp as a hunger pang. In the U.S. there was as yet no general awareness of the importance of food. But U.S. citizens were due for an awakening...
...artillery opened up. From Far back in France, big shells roared through the sky "making the sound of thunder which accompanies sheet lightning." Each shell took 68 seconds to reach its destination in Germany after a flight of some nine miles. "The angry 'pang, pang, pang' of French 755 joined in the chorus. Their shells followed a short trajectory and made a sharper, hissing sound above us." German shells came back over, bursting far in the rear, each making a wide glow in the night...
Some 75% of U. S. citizens, through poverty, fear or ignorance, have never felt the pang of a dentist's drill. In large cities, crowded WPA clinics work overtime, but contribute only a drop in the bucket. In spite of numerous free school clinics, over 95% of U. S. school children are seriously in need of dental care. With these facts in mind, 3,400 members of the Dental Society of the State of New York, largest dental group in the country, met with 4,500 other dentists in Manhattan last week for the prime purpose of discussing Senator...
...last week in the key executive job as manager was Edwin Palmer ("Ep") Hoyt, 41, onetime logger who has been the Oregonian's managing editor since 1933. Editor Paul Roelofson Kelty, "Ep" Hoyt's boss until four years ago, stayed at his post. Youthful Lester Arden ("Pang") Pangborn was upped from executive news editor to managing editor. Retained as nonresident consultant was Newspaper Doctor Guy T. Viskniskki, who was summoned in 1934 to modernize the ailing Oregonian (TIME, Jan. 7, 1935), did such a good job it is once more Portland's largest paper (108,350 daily...
...Stone plays his role as a corrupt judge of the old regime with great understanding, and Dennis O'Keefe as the tight-lipped federal deputy is also on the side of Virtue, but Mr. Beery's personality dominates the picture, and when he is finally and symbolically arrested, a pang of remorse sweeps over the audience...