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Sid Shldon Shgldon Sh ? ldon reports that al alcom a a/cornpany a cornpany / ! com corn comP cornpony P pony DY Of boys from the Army Signal SignalCorps SignalCorps SignalCorps Corps were sent to the induction sta statlon stabon station tlon bon for overseas physicals One of ofthem ofthem ofthem them ( in the armythree armyttbree years ) wan wandered wandered wandered dered into the wrong line and wound woundup woundup up being bemg examined exammed with selectees selecteesThe selecteesThe The final doctor told him he was 4 FBut F FBut But ' protested the soldier I m malready malready m.already malready . already in the Army Armyl ArmylNonsense ArmylNonsense ! Nonsense snapped the medico medicoget medicoget medicoget get dressed and go home I ! * ' The poor soldier got back into mto urn urnform urnform uniform form returned to camp and said saidnothtng saidnothing saidnothing nothtng nothing How do you explain explam to 9 a 9Top aTop Top Sarge Serge that you re 4 F F7 F7Congress ? Congress refused to put another anotherheavy anotherheavy anotherheavy heavy tax on horse racing racmg It 1m im 1mposed imposed 1mposed posed SO 30 per cent tax on night Dlght clubs clubswhere clubswhere clubswhere where servicemen get real recrea recreation recreation recreation tion Racing Racmg has a powerful lobby lobbyIn lobbyin lobbyIn In Washington Washmgton and the night club clubowners clubowners clubowners owners ( with a 600 million dollar doUar m in mdustry industry industry dustry ) had a very weak lobbySome lobbySome lobby lobbySome Some Chicago cafe people how however however however ever sent the members of the Ways Waysand Waysand Waysand and Means Committee ( and the Sen Senate Senate Senate ate Finance Fmance Comm ) large posters posterswhIch posterswhich posterswhich whIch burned the legislators to acrisp a acrisp acrisp crisp because they know they are aretrue aretrue aretrue true The posters show thousands thousandsof of people throwing tbrowmg away their money moneyat moneyat moneyat at race tracks The caption No Notax Notax Notax tax here herel ! 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" Orider Orzder der of Merit plus $1 1 $ 000 cash prIZe from prizefrom the Nat 1 Institute of Arts and Letters andLetters Stanley Richards new newplay newplay newplay play script scnpt ( a cartoon in three acts actsis ) IS titled Marriage Is for Smgle Single SinglePeople SmglePeople People When Billy BIIIy Rose hears hearsabout hearsabout hearsabout about some heel or no good he hemarks hemarks hemarks marks the name down dOWll on his very long verylong Drop Dead ListAfter List ListAfter After a 8 recent raid in Italyac Italy ( ac accordmg according according cordmg cording to Irv Hoffman ) an Army surgeon Armysurgeon told the chapia chapla n thatone that one poor onepoor teUow fellow was beyond hope The Thechaplam Thechaplain Thechaplain chaplam chaplain leanedover leaned over the wounded man woundedman and said My dear fellow are TOUar youare . badly hurt Have you you anythmeto anythmgto anythingto anythmg anything to sayar say or any word tor for ) lour dour our family ? 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