Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-09-24

little shabby. 1 thought Brit
aims women did wonderful job of
keeping themselves attractive on
coupons, but the bright colors of
Miss and Mrs. New Workers. clothes
made me blink. With one clothing
coupon in England, a man can buy
two handkerchiefs or one necktie or
a one-fourth of a bathing suit. An
"austerity" suit costs more than a
half years coupon allowance.
London still hears the siren, some
times two or three times week.
In London, it's never practice. The
Germans haven't sent real bombing
planes over London for a long time,
only fighter bombers. They are
speedy enough to avoid the defend
ing fighters fair proportion of the
time. Their bombs cause pain and
misery but don't slow British war
production. Heavy Raj bombers
which frequently visit Germany car
ry bombs that weigh 5000 pounds.
That is heavier than the German
fighter-bombers that attack Britain.
The first American soldiers to ar
rive in the British Isles in this war
landed in Northern Ireland. The
secret was so well kept that most of
the Irishmen who saw the troops
didn't know who they were at first.
Especially as they didn't look much
like the Americans the Irish people
have grown used to seeing at 1.-THE
latest film at the cinema" Some of
the Americans evened the score;
they didn't know where they were.
The British have been very kind
to the American soldiers, although
rationing leaves them little with
which to be kind. But courtesy and
hospitality are not rationed. It's
real treat for an American CORE
spondent in Britain to have lunch at
a U. S. Army camp. Strange how
that Army food is improved by the
simple trick of eating it 5000 miles
from home. And eating it after
some months of eating boiled brus-
sells sprouts, boiled potatoes (boiling
doesn't require precious grease).
And sausages that are 37h per cent
meat-no more, by law.
Note on American influence in
Britain: A British tabloid newspa-
per printed this advice in a column
of recipes: "Some of you have been
growing corn (maize), and now you
can use it for delicious dish which
will make a real change for you.
Remove the green leaves. Put the
corn into boiling sailed water, cover
with a lid, and boil gently until soft.
To test when cooked: squeeze grain
with your fingers. To serve: should
the corn be too long for your vege-
table dish with a lid, wrap it in
napkin, put on a plate or dish, and
serve at once. Spread very little
margarine along the cobs, take both
ends in your hands and gnaw the
grains off. 1t is good fun"
Movies and theaters are doing a
big business, and there always
seems to be a "busker" available to
entertain those who stand in line
waiting for the doors to open. Thea
tiers start usually at 6 p. m. so that
playgoers can get home early, in
case there is a "spot of bother.
British reactions to certain scenes
in featured American pictures are
interesting. For instance, in MA
jor and the Minor" when Ginger
Rogers broke an egg on Robert
Benchley's forehead, groans went up
from the British audience all over
the house. But in "Sullivan's Trav-
els" when Joel shifts a frying pan
containing five beautiful eggs, there
were no groans. The entire audi
ence, instantly and simultaneously,
broke into long loud sigh: 1000
o-o-oh.'
In one rural area, U. S. troops who
had built themselves a small movie
theater invited the local townsfolk
to join them in watching the pic
lures in the long cold winter eve
nings. Some of the local people had
never seen a movie before. One So
year-old man, much impressed by
the elegance and luxury of the home
made "theater," said: "Why,
they've even got fire in there"
saw watch on the Rhine" in
London a couple of months ago. All
the action takes place in Washing
ton, and l had meant to notice
whether the English cast spoke the
lines with a Potomac accent. But
I forgot to notice because all I could
think of was that the actors con-
stantly left the door open, spelling
the blackout.
In the summer, with the clock
moved two hours ahead, Britain is
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