REFUGEES: H. M. Snappy Subjects

Few British parents sent children to the U.S. for wartime safekeeping without serious qualms—many a troubled family wondered if their pink-cheeked tot could readjust to life in Milwaukee, Wis. or Kennebunk, Me. Last week, as 69 young British war refugees started home again, some of their U.S. foster parents wondered how England would readjust to them. It seemed obvious that some changes would be made when the Empire's small fry got back.

All were excited at the prospect of seeing their fathers and mothers again. But five years of chewing U.S. gum, watching U.S. ball games and listening to Frank...

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