MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, May 31, 1948

¶ U.S. non-fiction readers, the New York Times reported, now prefer Sexual Behavior in the Human Male to Peace of Mind.

¶After the longest run a musical ever had on Broadway (2,202 performances), Oklahoma! will close this week.

¶The Raleigh County (W.Va.) board of education upheld the right of a school principal to whip pupils who came to class smelling of ramp (wild onion).

¶ For the first time in its 103-year history, the U.S. Naval Academy selected a war widow to be color girl for June Week ceremonies. The girl: Mrs. Katherine Wainwright Austin, 26, a registered nurse of...

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