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...Many a U.S. citizen fears the influence of British aristocracy, of British stuffiness in U.S. life, as many a Briton hates to think of U.S. movies, U.S. ways, U.S. "vulgarity" influencing British culture. Of the two, the American is the touchier. If some excitable Colonel Blimp had thrown a turnip at Ambassador Winant, the U.S. would have hit the international ceiling. Last week Britons were politely, politicly...
...Deaf Smith is dark, sandy loam; underneath is a bed of caliche, which is rich in calcium carbonate. Locally grown wheat has an unusually high protein content, and six times more phosphorus than standard flour. Deaf Smith milk has 30% more phosphorus than the accepted standards for milk; carrots, turnip greens, beans, lettuce and cabbage are also rich in the mineral. All these elements are essential for building bone and muscle...
Nothing But the Truth (Paramount) is an old turnip that was squeezed dry long ago. Darling of the little theaters and the high-school drama societies, the farce (written by James Montgomery from Frederic S. Isham's novel) moved in on Broadway in 1916 and stayed for 332 hilarious performances. Last of its many mutations (including two movies) was nine years ago as a feeble musical called Tell Her the Truth...
...Navy's Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. two white-faced ensigns with new golden wings sparkling on the breasts of their uniforms were tried by court-martial. On a bright March morning Ensign Paul C. Brown, 22, had dived a training plane low over farm workers in a turnip field near Robertsdale, Ala., because it was fun to scare them. Ensign Joseph C. Thompson, 23, riding with him, had done nothing to make him stop. On the dive on the frightened workers, Pilot Brown flew too low, scraped the ground. His wing sliced the head off a woman worker...
...problem then passed to Congress, to the great horny hands of Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, House Ways and Means Committee chief. Mr. Doughton, hoary expert at turnip-bleeding, said curtly that he thought the turnips could take it. To Mr. Doughton this week, from Henry Morgenthau, came the Treasury's recommendations. They included a hike in the basic income-tax rate of 2.2 to 6.6 per cent, lower exemptions, surtaxes on all incomes over...