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Show 1 T rhl.Phillipr If DEFINITIONS, THEN AND NOW Ultimatum (1910) A cop telling a horseless carriage driver that the next time he speeds at 15 miles per v,,, thmnoh a street filled with horses he'll be arrested. Ultimatum (1940) A dictator ordering or-dering a half dozen nations to surrender sur-render or else . . . Raid (1910) Usually i means of proving a saloon guilty of Sunday selling. Raid (1940) Another attempt to destroy a city or Intimidate a nation. na-tion. Treaty (1910) A solemn and binding bind-ing covenant. Treaty (1940) Flypaper without the mucilage. Fifth Column (1910) A column hetween the fourth and sixth col- umns. Fifth Column (1940) A national na-tional menace. Storm Troops (1910) Soldiers caught in the rain. storm Troops (1940) Something very different. Neutral (1910) Anybody who took neither side in any argument. Neutral (1940) An extinct nation. Parachutist (1910) A performer at a county fair. Parachutist (1940) An instrument of frightfulness employed to stab a fne in the hnrlc Tank (1910) A heavy drinker; a feature at the Hippodrome. Tank (1940) One of the most devilish mecha-I mecha-I nisms ever de- vised by man. Gas Mask (1910) Something used by coal miners. Gas Mask (1940) Compulsory equipment for children at play. Blackout (1910) The finish to a Follies sketch. Blackout (1940) A city in complete com-plete darkness to avoid indiscriminate indiscrimi-nate slaughter of men, women and cnudren. Mechanized Warfare (1910) A scout on a bicycle. Mechanized Warfare (1940) An army operating in death-dealing motorized mo-torized units. Long-range Gun (1910) A weapon capable of sending a shell about three miles. Long-range Gun (1940) A gun capable ca-pable of projecting a shell 75 miles. Axis (1910) Something on which the earth turns. Axis (1940) Any powerful group of megalomaniacs on a binge. Sabotage (1910) Cutting the stirrups stir-rups on a cavalry officer's saddle. Sabotage (1940) Stopping at nothing noth-ing in the destruction of all implements imple-ments and materials of war. Bomber (1910) A nickname for a prize fighter. Bomber (1940) A fortress in the skies. Spitfires (1910) High-tempered young women. Spitfires (1940) Airplanes ot the R. A. F. Blitzkrieg (1910) A German waiter wait-er throwing somebody out of a rathskeller. raths-keller. Blitzkrieg (1940) Hell on earth. Scuttle (1910) A container for coal. Scuttle (1940) German naval policy. pol-icy. Peace (1910) The whole world living without military disturbances Peace (1940)-Any situation in which not more than 30 countries are at war. ... COMMUNIQUES According to communiques, The fight was fierce the last few days. They state the losses and the gains; It seems they downed a lot of planes! The Nazis state they lost eleven. But Britain says 'twas fifty-seven! The Germans claim just sixty-nine Of Britain's craft-a sharp incline From their admitted twenty-five. How many men were left alive? These facts the propaganda press Is somehow very loath to stress-And stress-And they omit the damage don'e-From don'e-From all reports, both sides have won. Mori Fremon. . "The French Empire remains In-tact."-Marshal Petain. WANNA BET? Bing Crosby 'has gone into compel-"ve compel-"ve golf in a serious way .nde can almost imagine him, sizing up a difficu t shot and saying, .ddPle" driverr-'8 "" - Wendell Willkie,Vcording ,0 H-,r ry James, is a candidate who ouch," notto mind peopie gettint WILLKIE IS TRYING Tn ROOSEVELT BEHmS thk 1 BATE BALL. Dh' j |