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Lady Astor, the House of Commons' uppity, downright, Virginia-born viscountess, vowed that not even V-E day would wean her from teetotalism: "Sometimes I am tempted, but I do not fall...
...weary from their long annual pilgrimage to Ome Tochtli (Two Rabbit, God of Drunkenness) in Tepoxtlaá, staggered into Mexico City last week to find themselves bedeviled by cops, shrill women and crackdowns, tempted with low-taxed beer. The Mexican Government was full swing in its campaign to wean peons away from their vile national drink, pulque (pronounced pool-kay), educate them up to beer...
...with three arms - military, economic and political. Political pressure he has exerted through puppets. The shadow regime of Henry Pu Yi set Manchurian Chinese apart from their southern countrymen. Similarly the regime of suave Wang Ching-wei, Japan's No. 1 puppet since March 1940, was designed to wean Chinese from allegiance to Chiang Kaishek. For three years the Mikado's generals stupidly sought to give Traitor Wang "face" without a pretense of authority. Chinese derided the puppet premier as "the prisoner of Nanking." Now the Jap has turned to a policy of blandishment. On paper...
High scorer for the contest was Guard Wean who accumulated the sum of seven points for Platoon Eight. He was closely followed by Center Turley with five tallies to his credit. Defensively, Duchene starred for the winners while Center Taylor looked god on the losers' side...
...money ($1,500,000), Rubberman O'Neil got a going concern which has made a respectable profit for the last 20 years. Founded in 1922 by sharp, balding John Shepard III, the network owns four stations outright (Boston's WNAC, Providence's WEAN, Worcester's WAAB, Bridgeport's WICC), has contracts with 17 others. It is, in turn, affiliated with the Mutual network...