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...ration-ridden British can take almost any kind of shortage in stride. One that they are at least beginning to lick is a serious shortage of clergymen. Two world wars have left the Church of England with a 4,000-minister deficit (not counting chaplains still in uniform...
...curses) out of the side of his mouth, though his vocabulary of profanity is limited; his favorite epithet, which he shares with Ike Eisenhower, is "ybsob" (code for yellow-bellied s.o.b.). Clark is no intellectual, knows little and cares less about art and literature; friends estimate that his yearly ration of books amounts to two at the most...
Ever since the middle of the war, the Viennese have felt hunger. Today, Vienna's once brimming Naschmarkt is closed down except for an occasional cabbage or flower counter, and Viennese eat about as much in one day as an American eats for breakfast. The weekly ration (except for heavy workers) consists of one loaf of bread, two ounces of dried meat, three ounces of fat, a cup and a half of flour, a cup and a half of dried peas and five ounces of sugar. Many Viennese know that they would not be eating at all this month...
...Commander General Joseph T. McNarney told his press conference that "discipline has tightened up considerably," the streams of unsavory stories from U.S.-occupied Europe remained at flood. Births in the U.S. zone were 30% illegitimate. Rowdy G.I. drunkenness forced German families to stay home after dark whenever a liquor ration was issued. Green troops, hell-bent for pleasure and to hell with the brass, found that no orders applied after retreat. Some of their officers were as bad, or worse. Items...
...Stars & Stripes B-Bag column, a callous G.I. summed it up: "I've lost my Fräulein. The other day I gave her my week's candy ration, and when I went back to see her, she did not want anything to do with me. Could it possibly be that she did not like the licorice sticks, the peanut bar and the tropical chocolate? I admit I don't like them, but then I'm not starving." He signed it: "Wondering...