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...history of this sad tale is, briefly: The men of Company 1, having purchased only one pair of pants with their uniform, put on that one pair to go on liberty the week-end before they heard they had been selected to come to Harvard. The turned in their undress bell- bottoms the first of that following week and remained clad in their sole pair of dress trousers. The still...
...deal with the blazeblitz. The secret is to douse each bomb within a minute or two. The entire male civilian population between 16 and 60 has been conscripted for fire fighting. When the incendiaries fall, crackling into blue and rose-colored flares, crowds of householders in all stages of undress pop from doorways and pounce on the bombs. In some neighborhoods as many as 400 bombs per square mile have landed...
...caught one four hours later. A few miles down the line the train halted while customs officers examined his credentials. Cried one, noting Timesman Philip's strange uniform, his blue eyes and sandy hair: "You're a dirty German parachutist!" A crowd collected, screaming imprecations. Ordered to undress, Percy Philip stripped to his under wear while soldiers inspected the soles of his boots, felt the lining of his tunic. Then a space was cleared beside the train. While a messenger went to look for gendarmes, two soldiers with cocked rifles, an old peasant with a shotgun made ready...
...White Way is funnier, sexier, quieter (loudspeakers are muted this year). Admission to many places is 25?; others are as low as a nickel, as high as $1 (top for Streets of Paris with Gypsy Rose Lee in aloof undress). Billy Rose's Aquacade (40?-99?) is back with Eleanor Holm Rose and Buster Crabbe (in Johnny Weissmuller's place...
...appalling conditions in Berlin between 1918 and 1930, the present trend of affairs in London is terrifying. . . . Girls do not WANT to dance nude. They want to become stars as singers, dancers, or actresses. ... All are told that stardom is within their reach. The first condition is-to undress. So it was in Berlin in that appalling time, and so it is here...