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...Into effect went the Sparkman Act (after Alabama's Congressman John J. Sparkman), which tries to guarantee that no soldier shall return to find his home foreclosed, his insurance policies lapsed and his family out in the street. The new law bolsters earlier attempts to protect the serviceman, plugs the loopholes, sets up as solid a protective fence as any soldier could ask for. Outstanding provisions...
...Home mortgages cannot be foreclosed without the court's permission. Nor can personal property bought on the installment plan, unless it is something like automobiles, that might be worn out in the meantime. (Even then, the courts will see that the serviceman gets a fair deal...
...giver who takes the poll to heart will send any serviceman a cribbage board unless he specifically requests it, nor burden an infantryman with a portable phonograph. He will steer clear of diaries, shun warm bathrobes, spurn a waterproof money belt for any but sailors...
...would read them and summarize them." His paraphrasing technique was simple: "What the [Chicago] Tribune generally reports in a dignified way, the X-Ray 'slams 'em out' in old plant, barn lot, hill billy or whatever you want to call it lan guage." An ex-serviceman, he deeply re sented the Government's slur on his patriotism. ''Give me an airplane loaded with bombs." he challenged, "and I'll fly over Tokyo and set that Sun that is trying to rise tomorrow." (Editor Asher admits that he cannot fly a plane.) Government...
...Navy band in 1919 and has held a card for more than 15 years in A.F. of L. Musicians' Local No. 5 in Detroit. Last week, few days after he signed a historic armistice in Ford's fight with C.I.O. United Automobile Workers (TIME, April 21), Serviceman Bennett was visited by officers of the local, presented with a gold engraved card of life membership for his "untiring efforts in aiding scores of unemployed musicians by placing them on various jobs throughout the plant...