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Capture. In Troy, N.Y., a few hours after somebody stole Dr. Vincent L. Boldt's car, a stranger gave him a lift. Presently the doctor recognized the car he was riding in, directed the driver to the police station...
From the heart of a country once called godless came a plea for Christians in the U.S. and Great Britain to pray for Russia's victory. If the plea was strange, the source was stranger: it came from 4,000,000 Russian Baptists. The U.S. knew about its own Baptists, but the U.S. had never heard of the Russian Baptist Church, which claimed some two-thirds as many members as the Northern and Southern Baptists combined. Gasped the Roman Catholic Brooklyn Tablet: "This mass production of baptists . . . verges on the incredible...
...Benton's-music as tangy and close to the soil as Tom Benton's paintings. Father and son blow their way with true amateur zest (and professional assistance from strings and voices) through three homely folk tunes: Cindy, Old Joe Clark and the fine, mournful Wayfaring Stranger. On three more sides they romp through two simple, diverting pieces (Gay Head Dance, Chilmark Suite) written for them by Edward Robinson, who accompanies on the harpsichord...
Although the theme behind the book is serious, informality is the keyword in its expression. An informal innovation is the series of double-page spreads describing Freshman dormitories and the stranger events of their year's history...
...extra seven gallons, if there is ever a question raised, can be explained away as a sale to a second customer holding an X-card. There is no means of checking the story, for the station owner is careful not to sell more over the limit to a stranger who might be an OPA investigator. Cheating of this type has been common ever since rationing went into effect...