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one of the striking examples of getting rid of people is that recently the Leviathan was ordered off with a full complement of superfluous officers -- some being ordered to report with bedding rolls -- to go steerage and every other old way of getting 'em over. Not as good as coming over! 

At Orly we're slowly closing out. I count about 3 or 4 weeks at the most of ferry work or special trips.
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Paris is blooming.
The peace celebration was but a continuation o the merrymaking and street parading. Flags and