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A Record? USA is champion stake holder of refugee gold from war-torn Europe -- some esteemable gentlemen over there may lose their top-knot over the roaming gold, the golden calf -- a final haircut. Last winter some of Erie RR switchmen prayed for a "let-up" on the the below zero weather: Their prayer was answered the other day and they had 104 in the shade (Hornell). Uptown, where the pray- ers are less sincere, they had only 94 and 96 so you see the switchmen's prayers were 8 to 10 degrees hotter. But one of them opined as he wipe the sweat with a blue bandana shawl, "I'm afraid we over-prayed last winter." It's hard to judge the proper horsepower of a prayer and US Weather Bureau should do something about this... I pretend to see jokers in the party platforms Just to mention one: Democrats promise farmer [a square deal and easier credits.] [underlined] If they get a square deal, what's the sense of cre- dits? Delay in the "answer" is reasonable, witness the plea for time put up by our manufacturers when we demanded shot and shell that would blow the enemy into billion smithereens -- yes, eight to twenty-four months they wanted, so they can sink the dies and overhaul the machinery. We'll pick the enemy later. [Passage from "Delay" to "enemy later" circled and arrow drawn to "this..."]