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Britain. Like the U. S., Britain puts her military trust in a small professional army that keeps out of sight, lives apart from the nation as a whole. Tommy Atkins still does great work for Britain in the colonies, but Tommy Atkins is seldom seen on the streets of London, Birmingham or Manchester. Heretofore Britain has always reckoned on her seapower to give the nation time to muster, drill and equip a force for Marlborough-Wellington offensive fighting on the Continent after war has been declared. The recent passage of a half-hearted conscription law points to a possible reorientation...
...college baseball, undefeated seasons are rare because teams seldom have more than one good pitcher on their rosters...
...Public Health Service recently surveyed the health needs of 22,-000,000 rural dwellers in 1,340 scattered counties, it found that 55% of the counties, with a total population of 8,000,000, had no hospitals. Most of the hospitals in the remaining 45% were small, ill-equipped, seldom used. Greatest hospital need is in rural areas of the 14 Southern States, which have an average of one general hospital bed for every 1,000 citizens. (General U. S. average: 3.3 beds...
...country doctor covering a wide territory may collect $5,000 in one-and two-dollar fees. But, said vigorous Dr. Lloyd C. Warren of Franklin, N. Y., 40% of this gross income must be spent for transportation and medical supplies. So the doctor's average net income is seldom more than $3,000. "Obstetrical cases," said Dr. Warren, "are about 50% loss. Automobile accidents . . . are about 100% charity . . . and the boys with venereal disease never come back...
...Nazis early realized that direct control over writers was troublesome and unwise, preferred to make non-Nazi editors and publishers responsible for what they print. Seldom is an attempt made to tell writers what to write or not to write. But worried publishers are quick to submit any doubtful work to the local party official. This gives the Nazis all the control they need. Book News (published in Berlin) now prints a green flimsy supplement headed "Expert Opinion." In one section are listed books to push, and in the other books to soft-pedal...