Word: twins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eden & Twin. London correspondents have been hearing for weeks that Mr. Churchill's Foreign Secretary and House of Commons Leader, Anthony Eden, has too much to do. Last week some of the correspondents reported that Eden may give up one job or the other...
...Twin Falls, Idaho, last August the great American issue of States' rights jumped out of the history books and came alive for Farmer William C. Hulbert...
Beset by the scarcity of farm labor and machinery, Farmer Hulbert needed a tractor. When Twin Falls County auctioned off a secondhand 1940 International (list price: $1,200), which had been used for weed control, he gladly made the winning bid of $1,050. As he was about to collect his prize the OPA tapped him on the shoulder, and said: if you pay a penny more than the OPA ceiling price of $723.56 for this model you will be guilty of violating the Price Control Act of 1942. Alarmed, Farmer Hulbert forthwith ceased and desisted. Promptly Twin Falls County...
...Twin Falls County prepared an appeal to Idaho's Supreme Court. Farmer Hulbert went serenely about his spring chores. Having deposited $1,050 with the district court, he has been using the tractor all through the legal fight...
...Buenos Aires also had a set of quadruplets last week, but all of them died. * The heaviest twin ever recorded arrived recently in Birmingham, England. He weighed 10 lb. 14 oz. His nonidentical brother weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. * For news of Papa Dionne, see page...