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...book to teach G.I.s how to steal and plunder. "We cite some of the sentences which the American soldiers in Sweden will have to know," said the broadcaster. " 'Draw a map for me.' As the authors of the dictionary obviously can envisage the surprised face of the Swede they add: 'I am an American.' As they can take it for granted that in spite of this, the Swede refuses to comply, the following sentence is recommended: 'Hand over your papers'; and then the threat 'No nonsense'; and finally follows the most convincing...
Still her nobility awaits its greatest trial. Husband Corey, who is pretty noble himself, is beginning to make eyes at his new drafting assistant, a lush, dark-haired Swede (Viveca Lindfors). For a moment, when it seems that he will run off with Viveca, Margaret decides on suicide rather than giving up her secret. But her speeding car runs out of gas before it reaches the cliff. Then Corey turns up to assure her that he loves her more than Viveca, who is nobly leaving town. All that remains for doomed Margaret to do is to persuade the other woman...
Once again last week, as it had every year since 1911, Sweden's Taxeringskalender was proving a boon to the boastful, a murrain to the miserly and a surefire smash in the bookstalls. The book-a privately published almanac which meticulously lists the annual earnings of every Swede, except royalty, who makes more than 15,000 kronor (about $3,000)-sold 14,000 copies during the first few days after publication...
Stuttgart's "Swede" McCormick, who acts as guide to Arkansas Governor Sidney McMath, had a thought for the ducks. Said he: "These ducks live to be five years old at most. We hit them when they're between two and three years old, the governor and I figure, so they don't really miss much of life...
...Swede would be free to leave the Lutheran Church without joining any other Christian community (he is now required to join another Christian church). ¶All non-Lutheran pastors would be allowed to officiate at weddings (only Lutherans, Methodists, Jews and Roman Catholics may now do so). ¶Permission to establish Catholic convents and monasteries in Sweden, denied since 1595, would once again be granted. ¶Teachers of all Christian denominations would be allowed to teach in all school levels (non-Lutherans are now barred from teaching in elementary schools). ¶Non-Lutherans would have to pay only one-half...