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...orange ball went bounding over the treetops, to land 50 kilometers away. "Vive la Suisse!" cried the crowd. Then France's first entry, ample, blonde Mlle. Paulette Weber, sailed off alone, equipped only with ham sandwiches and a bottle of rum "to keep warm, in case we should soar to the cold upper air." The band blared La Marseillaise...
...Hands for the Looms. Every year Dionne has trouble with his hands when summer comes. They quit and go back to the farm, that costs him money, for looms stop clanking, and production costs soar. Considering this problem, Dionne recently had an idea. Why not bring in D.P.s from Europe? He persuaded the Government at Ottawa to declare that "there is a shortage of textile workers in Canada" and to waive immigration rules. Then he headed for Europe...
Bison's beastliness proves too much for hypersensitive little Frank. At 21 he no longer walks in the forest, where the baton of the "invisible choirmaster" conducts music that used to make Frank's heart soar "on wings of agonized joy." When the spring earth becomes "an orb of gold afloat in rainbows," Frank just counts the orbs of gold that he has in the bank. He turns literary prostitute, and starts writing "poisoned pap" that sells well. He even, like Author Caldwell, writes a novel ("with Sex aplenty") about "international bankers" who "cunningly and sedulously plotted wars...
...effect, would probably stay put or even decline. ¶ General Motors was the first to raise prices. It boosted car and truck prices an even $100 all around. Ford said he would hold the line. Chrysler Corp., which has started to make money, said nothing. ¶ Housing costs would soar over ceiling prices all down the line. But black markets and many bottlenecks would be ended and prices of some items-i.e., nails-would drop under black market prices. ¶ Electrical appliances, such as small motors, would go up slightly, though General Electric's President Charles E. Wilson...
...death of OPA had started it. Canada had upped the value of its currency because it feared that i) prices in the U.S. would soar much faster than they had (see Prices), 2) the U.S. dollar would be worth much less. Last week, Sweden hastily followed Canada's lead. It also raised the value of its currency, boosting the krona from 23.82 U.S. cents to 27.77 cents, a 14% increase. Both nations were guessing that the U.S. would have 10 to 14% more inflation than it now has. There were reports that Argentina, and several other nations, would soon...