Show t r a sT Its It's Like This Over There ThereBy t By BOB TROUT 3 CBS News Reporter A New York looks like a movie set after London Years of clothes rationing ra- ra have made British civilians Ja little shabby I thought Brit Brit- gains gain's women did a wonderful job of S keeping themselves attractive on Coupons but the bright colors of Miss and Mrs New Yorkers Yorker's clothes I made j me blink With one clothing 1 coupon in England a man can buy two handkerchiefs or one necktie or ora ora a one fourth of a bathing suit An austerity suit costs more than a aj aj allowance j j half years year's coupon 1 r J L Britain's blitz days are over but i London London still hears the siren somes sometimes some some- s as times two or three times a week iMIn la London its it's never practice The Ther r Germans haven't sent real bombing c planes over London for a long time Sonly only fighter bombers They are i ts speedy P enough to avoid the defendi defend defend- h Jing ing fighters a fair proportion of the time Their bombs cause pain and P misery but dont don't slow British war production Heavy RAF bombers 7 which frequently visit Germany carry carry car car- ry bombs that weigh pounds That is heavier than the German fighter bombers that attack Britain i a The first American soldiers to arrive arrive arrive ar ar- rive in the British Isles in this war C lan landed ed in Northern Ireland The secret was so well kept that most of ofA It A the Irishmen who saw the troops at first didn't know who they were Especially as they didn't look much t 1 like ike the Americans the Irish people have lave grown used to seeing at the latest film at the cinema Some of the Americans evened the score they didn't know where they were I The British have ha been very kind j to the American soldiers although rationing leaves them little with which to be kind But courtesy and 1 hospitality are not rationed Its It's a aI areal areal I real treat for an American correspondent correspondent corre corre- 3 in Britain to have lunch at ata atI atIs atI's I Is I's a a U. 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S Army camp Strange how howIN IN that Army food is improved by the I simple trick of eating it miles from home And eating it after some orne months of eating boiled brussels brussels brus- brus J sels sprouts boiled potatoes boiling 11 1 doesn't require precious grease And d sausages that are 37 37 per cent d no meat no more by law sij t Note on American influence inn in Britain n A British tabloid j er printed this advice in a column arof a recipes Some of you have been b growing corn maize and now you youcan I F can use it for a delicious dish which I Will make a real change for you Remove Remove the green leaves Put the corn corn into boiling salted water cover with a lid and boil gently until soft To o test when cooked squeeze a grain I with your fingers To serve should the corn be too long for your vegetable vegetable vegetable vege- vege table dish with a lid wrap it in a napkin put on a plate or dish and serve serve at once Spread a very little I U margarine along the cobs take both ends ends in your hands and gnaw the grains off It is good fun d Movies lovie and theaters are doing a abig av a big ig business and there always beseems to be a busker available to tob b entertain those who stand in line Awaiting waiting for the doors to open Theaters Thea- Thea start usually at 6 p. p m. m so that playgoers can get home early in incase there is a spot of bother reactions to certain scenes ln featured American pictures are i interesting For instance in Map Ma p jor and the Minor when Ginger Rogers broke an egg on Robert Benchley's forehead groans went up from Irom the British audience all over overT T the the house But in Sullivans vans van's Travels Travels Travels Trav- Trav els when Joel sniffs a frying g pan panl l 11 containing five beautiful eggs there were ere no groans The entire audience audi- audi ence instantly and simultaneously broke broke into a long loud sigh O o. o o o oh In one rural area U. 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S troops who ft had ad built themselves a small movie li t ill theater heater invited the local townsfolk IO or ord b d i to join on them in watching the pic- pic Vj f d tures lures in the long cold winter eve- eve tl flings ings Some of the tt e local people had oit ever seen a movie before One 68 old year old man much impressed by hl Ithe he elegance and luxury of the homemade home- home I made theater said Wh Why they've even got a fire in there WI I saw Watch on the Rhine in rG London ondon a couple of mon months hs ago AIlt All AIl it t kr he action takes place in In Washing Washing- tou rr on and I had meant to notice 9 IS e td nether hether the English cast spoke poke the ed Ines with a Potomac accent But tda i for forgot g of to notice because all I could br hink ink of was that the actors con- con left the door open spoiling he fie blackout In the summer with the clock oved loved two hours ahead Britain is ot of really dark until nearly mid- mid fight ight But in winter blackout beins beins beins be- be ins about five in the afternoon and the he blackout is still on when you get p in the morning Pedestrians are lowed to use flashlights if they O h ave been dimmed by tying a hand- hand chief over the lens and are point- point I Ld d straight down at the ground not ground not head But the blackout is kind to toI I ashful lovers and amateur astron astron- imers mers mers For the first time you can canIl ee the stars from the city Il l |