Ickes, WPB official argue aluminum plants’ future
Open difference between two high-ranking government men is first since last fall
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
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Large-scale black market rules France
But French economy is basically strong
By Henry J. Taylor, Scripps-Howard special writer
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Businessmen divided on sale of surpluses
One group favors orderly liquidation
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OWI changes tune (well, Davis does) on ‘news blackout’
Director reverses stand, but at same time assistant goes on defending clampdown
By Daniel M. Kidney, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Models are people, too –
Photo looks easy – but it isn’t
By Irene Delmar, special to the Pittsburgh Press
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Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
HOLLYWOOD – When our soldiers went abroad, the government gave them little dictionaries to help them get along in strange countries. Now that they’re beginning to come back, I think they should be issued a little book to help them understand things here. For instance:
“Don’t you know there’s a war on?” – stock phrase used by waiters, meaning “there isn’t any butter.” Also used by clerks too lazy to find what you ask for. Then there’s a sign which you soldiers will see frequently which says “sorry, no cigarettes.” Properly interpreted, this means “if we know you, you can have as pack from under the counter.”
Another sign, which may be very misleading to you boys who have been away, reads “butcher shop.” This simply identifies an establishment whose proprietor has been too busy to change the sign to “fish.”