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...will soon swell to 500,000. Adolf Hitler, "Apotheosis of the Little Man," never rose above corporal's rank during the War and today lavishes unheard-of comforts on happy German soldiers. Crews of carpenters were busy last week replacing great, grim Prussian barrack rooms with small, snug squad rooms equipped with easy chairs, tables, cheerful curtains, hardwood floors and such lavish tiled lavatories as no other European army can boast...
...Snug-buttoned in thick greatcoats against the night cold the Generals paced up and down in the darkness puffing glowing cigarets until the sky paled and they could see. With the morning light it looked as if the plains below were on fire. Long streamers of smoke led out in parallel columns from the Italian camp to the river, then across to the mountains beyond. Dust clouds from the feet of marching...
...days before all Italy was aroused last week by the screech of Fascist sirens and the clang of Catholic church bells rung by special permission of the Pope, quiet Professor Felice Guarneri had matters of vital moment to discuss in his snug Roman office at the Ministry of Finance. One day last June the Professor was abruptly summoned by the Dictator, given absolute control over Italy's exports & imports. Since then no Italian has been able to get foreign exchange with which to buy anything abroad without Guarneri's O. K. No other man alive knows so much...
...Wops, Hunkies, Polocks,' Jews. Rich men's sons, poor men's sons, working side by side, digging, planting, grubbing. Fat boys, thin boys, tall boys, short boys, handsome boys with curly hair, ugly lads with straight and greasy locks. Boys with spectacles, men dressed in warm, snug clothes. Men dressed in torn and ragged sweaters and trousers. Ex-clerks, ex-newsboys, ex-factory workers, ex-jobbers. I quote from this C. O.'s speech. "Men . . . you are now making history. . . . You are part of a great army, an army of peace and labor. You are going...
...help North Americans, and especially Albertans, embrace Social Credit, Canterbury's tall Dean will make a seven-week whirlwind U. S.-Canadian speaking tour, then whisk home to snug England...