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Seminole (Universal-International) takes place in early 19th century Florida territory, where a martinet of a U.S. Army major (Richard Carlson) seems determined to wipe out the friendly Seminole Indians. Championing the cause of the redskins is a dashing lieutenant (Rock Hudson), a boyhood friend of the Seminole chief (Anthony Quinn) with whom he is competing for the same girl (Barbara Hale). After a lot of war-whooping, Indian raids and military attacks-during which the chief gets killed, the major gets his comeuppance and the lieutenant gets the girl-a peaceful settlement of the Seminole problem appears imminent...
...Wipe & Wax. Racine's (Wis.) Johnson's Wax Co. put on the market Jubilee, a combination wax and cleaner for kitchen stoves, refrigerators, walls and woodwork. It removes greasy cooking films, stains and smudges, leaves a hard, protective wax coating. Price of one pint, enough to clean...
...destructive power, capable of creating explosions of a new order of magnitude, dwarfing the mushroom clouds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . . . The war of the future would be one in which man could extinguish millions of lives at one blow, demolish the great cities of the world, wipe out the cultural achievements of the past-and destroy the very structure of civilization . . . Such a war is not a possible policy for rational men. We know this, but we dare not assume that others would not yield to the temptation science is now placing in their hands." Then Truman moved carefully...
This display of armed might was Britain's answer to the Mau Mau (rhymes with bow-wow), the African secret society that threatens to wipe out Kenya's 30,000 whites (TIME, Oct. 27). Part land hunger, part savage revolution against the domineering white man and the bewildering 20th century, the Mau Mau's blind fury could, if left unchecked, turn the Crown Colony of Kenya into another Malaya. Once pooh-poohed as mere "press exaggeration," the Mau Mau have already mutilated scores of whites and "loyal" blacks, with their favorite weapon, the panga-a long, machete...
...Interstate Commerce Commission plan to reorganize the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Robert R. Young has lost every battle. Last week it looked as if he might yet win the war. Young has objected to the plan because it would give control of the 10,000-mile MoPac to the bondholders, wipe out the common stockholders, including Young. His Alleghany Corp. holds 49% of MoPac stock and, if stockholders got a voice, might control the road. Last spring, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case, it looked as if Young was finished...