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...London in his stead goes youthful (39), fair-haired Fedor Gusev, former head of British Empire matters in the Foreign Commissariat and lately first Russian Minister to Canada. A graduate of Leningrad University, he entered the Foreign Office in 1937, now speaks fluent English...
...high-collared radio men are not so sure. Ad-libbed shows give them the aerial willies. So far, the quickness of mistress of ceremonies Arlene Francis, radio & stage actress (The Doughgirls), has stood them in good stead. One losing serviceman, who won an unanticipated $15 consolation prize, gleefully grabbed the microphone and advised his favorite bartender: "Hello, Clyde, set 'em up down there!" Miss Francis recovered with: "He means Maxwell House Coffee, of course...
...stead, the Department of Agriculture urges farmers to practice "subsurface tillage"-a method using new machinery that cuts off weeds below the surface, leaves the soil with a fertile beard...
Toughness May Be Needed. The Prime Minister's easygoing affability has stood him in good stead with the Allies so far, but toughness may be needed in the future. Turkey had trumps to play in her neutrality. She had chrome to offer Germany (enough to make up Germany's deficit) when pressure was put on from Berlin. She had chrome to offer the U.S. and Britain when they put the heat on (the U.S. is now receiving all the chrome that Germany is not). She could insist, and rightly, that her neutrality was protecting Britain's flank...
HOLLISTER SMITH did go out and get himself married and we had a little guzzling party on him at the OXFORD before the nuptials. CHESTER TRAVEL STEAD proposed several toasts to the happy couple and the guzzling began. . . . I never ate so many pretzels in one hour before. . . . NO, Dear, I only had one (Lord fo-give me) . . . CHARLEY RITT is going to do it this coming week so I'll have to eat some more pretzels. . . Are they fattening...