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Before McHale left, Crowther stamped the experiment a success by picking one of his men to send over in October to begin a writing hitch on TIME. We look forward to this chance to repay the Economist's hospitality...
Last week the 9,000-odd doctors and dentists who were trained at Government expense for service in World War II got notice that they might soon be called upon to repay their debt. All those who served fewer than 90 days in World War II and are now classified 1-A will be called up within the next six months, said the U.S. Defense Department. Those who served up to 21 months will follow. Meanwhile, all doctors and dentists under 50 throughout the nation who are not members of the Reserve forces were told to register for the draft...
Automobile dealers whose sales had been crimped by credit controls last week discovered a way to loosen the clamp. Under the six-year-old G.I. bill they found that veterans who use cars in their business can buy them with Government-guaranteed loans, with up to two years to repay. Dealers who hadn't known or cared about the law before began offering "eligible veterans" new cars for as little as $257 down and $45 a month, about two-thirds the payments required under credit-controlling Regulation...
...forthwith, and the investors were soon rewarded for their faith. Ford, they were told, had simply been testing them. To escape inheritance taxes, he had decided to divide his vast fortune among poor and worthy people-if they now wanted to invest further, he would issue certificates which would repay them...
...protégés repay him with respectful veneration. On his rounds last week, the count listened for a while to the singing of a young Swedish soprano. To show his approbation, he bowed low, kissed her hand and then bounded on to the next gallery. Said the young soprano: "He is the last of the truly civilized...