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...sort of havoc that might well have been created by a first-class shower of Nazi bombs of the type Poland had last September. Actually, it was caused by a Blitzkrieg of the elements. What gave it additional martial atmosphere was that nowadays British weather is a military secret. The censor-fearing London newspapers carried no weather news at all in a spell of such weather as had not been seen in the Isles for 46 years. Hush-hushed was the fact that the British capital was covered with snow, that snowdrifts twelve feet high were piled...
...Prosperous Britons were pelting the Treasury last week with a patriotic shower of valuables to help win the war. Voluntarily they sent silver heirlooms, wedding and engagement rings, gold coins and even historic strings of family pearls. This mood of sacrifice was die-hard Britain at her best, but Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon, while giving thanks, was obliged to announce that Britain can meet the mounting cost of World War II only if the whole population submits to "the most fearful sacrifices, some of which we have hardly begun to dream...
Closing the door, he stepped into the locker room. He was early, the first one there, and all he could hear was the drip of a shower around the corner. Then he spied Johnny sticking adhesive strips on the locker doors...
...forwarding the story with a protracted conspiracy to get Father baptized, Life with Father bowls pleasantly along. The first two acts are rather upsy-downsy, with some of the humor forced and thin, but the last act turns hilarious, with Father finally departing for the font in a shower of laughter...
Meantime a tiny city is abuilding on Canton Island, only overnight stop not yet ready for guests. Last week a freighter steamed south with equipment for a 24-room transients' hotel, including an air-conditioning system, bar, shower baths...