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...Britain, during the blitz, special airraid shelters were created for pregnant women and invalids. One night, an airraid warden called down into the depths of the Piccadilly Circus tube station: "I say, are there any pregnant women there?" Instantly came back your answer: "Gorblimey, guv'nor, give us a chawnce-we've only been here seven minutes...
Situation Hopeless-But Not Serious. It is Germany, 1944. Allied bombs are splintering a village, and out of the smoke and rubble steps a helmeted, hesitant air-raid warden named Frick...
Names Make Money. Europe's public relations men have adopted basic U.S. techniques, but have translated them into their own national idioms, frequently adding style and flair in the process. To convince Englishmen of the merits of regular dry cleaning, the P.R. division of the Smith-Warden advertising agency put two of its executives in white suits, had them tramp to work through dirty London streets for a month, showing vividly how much dirt a suit can collect in normal wear. Reaching ahead to generations of new passengers, the public relations staff of Germany's Lufthansa Airlines helps...
...people at TIME will have fun taking two mallards along the Central and Mississippi fly ways [Oct. 1], at least until a warden tells you that one a day is the limit. Happy hunting...
Tears welled up in the eyes of Australia's Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, 71. Said he: "I will do my best to uphold the finest traditions of this post." Named by Queen Elizabeth II to succeed the late Sir Winston Churchill as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the ancient association of maritime towns on the southeast coast of England, Sir Robert may now receive 19-gun salutes at sea, as well as claim any wrecks and "fishes royal"-whales and the like-found around his new bailiwick. He may also sport the gold-encrusted admiral...