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Meanwhile, the House Armed Services Committee agreed yesterday on a draft age of 181/2, and extension of the service period from 21 to 26 months. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) however, decided the committee could not get its bill in shape for House debate before the March 22 recess. This will delay consideration until April 2, when the members return...
...gossiping women. In Chicago, policemen complain that Loop traffic is all but halted between 9:45 and 10 by swarming office workers out for the morning cup. In Washington, Ohio's Representative George Bender grumbled: "The Government buildings at coffee hour turn into skeletons. They look like recess time at school. The boys & girls dash off for coffee as if rehearsing for fire drill...
...obscure daughter of a freshman Senator from Missouri. In those days Margaret's classmates sometimes twitted her about the "silent Senator" who never opened his mouth on Capitol Hill. Margaret herself, a competent scholar and an indifferent athlete, got scant attention from her contemporaries-until, one day at recess, they discovered that she could hit a higher note and hold it longer than anyone present...
Yawns to Shock. Late last month the doubts erupted dramatically in public. Before a party provincial congress, Magnani made a routine report. As delegates yawned and prepared to recess, Magnani said: "Now I want to talk to you as comrade to comrade...
Parliament reconvened in somber mood last week after a five-week recess. A dark, lowering sky turned afternoon into night, and a damp mist crept into the House of Commons. M.P.s had plenty to worry about-a coal shortage, a meat shortage, the shock of rearmament on Britain's bareboned economy. But one urgent question overshadowed the others...