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Carr clearly saw the social revolution coming and believes that World War II is part of it. But his quiet, lucid revolutionary outlook upon the world of today is not hooked up with Communism. Indeed, British pinks sniff at Carr of the Times as a "self-appointed critic of Marxism...
Only trouble with this scheme is that many a scrap owner may sniff higher prices, hold out for still fancier prices. Meanwhile WPB had its Industrial Salvage Committees going hot & heavy in 400 U.S. cities. Chief argument: patriotism. Thus Manhattan milliners surprised everybody, chipped in 150 tons of scrap (partly from eight huge hat-making presses); Maryland State officials collected a batch of square-cornered World War I tanks, started them on their last mile into a roaring steel furnace...
From their seats in Washington, offensive-minded officers of the Army detect on Europe's battlefield something more than the chance to help Russia. Ever so faintly they sniff the smell of victory, perhaps in 1942, more likely...
...Sniff. In Manhattan, for war relief, an imported Roquefort cheese was made available to gourmets for sniffing purposes, at 50? a sniff...
...Angeles' most distinguished dogs have hitherto been cinemactors. Many of them are in the Army now. To guard Los Angeles Harbor defenses, 25 dogs are being trained to walk post with sentries, sniff out spies and saboteurs. More than 1,000 dog owners, including the owner of Rin Tin Tin III, have offered the services of their pets. Dogs of war must be. 1) big; 2) intelligent. Best types: German shepherds, Doberman pinschers...