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June 25-During the night moved the patients to the vicinity of Tara Hoke. It is regrettable but we had to abandon some supplies...
...miles from the nearest Russians. What was left to the Germans for the defense of Berlin, of Leipzig and Munich was a beaten, confused, retreating mass that could turn to fight only in knots of resistance. The last hope of the Nazi command seemed to be only this : abandon the north-south defense of Germany as speedily as possible and pivot to hold the southern bastion of the Bavarian Alps for a final, suicidal defense...
Soon afterward, 400 more bombs were found in an apartment near the Presidential palace. Panicky plotters began to abandon their explosives in the streets. A bomb-filled suitcase was picked up outside the office of the National Comptroller. The bombs were all alike. Each consisted of a quarter-pound of dynamite and buckshot, tightly wrapped in cloth, with a detonator ingeniously arranged so that it would explode on impact...
...height of its production, Canol expensively puts out no more oil and gasoline in a year (1,000,000 bbls.) than ten tankers could lug to Alaska. This week Congressional leaders learned that General Somervell was going to abandon the field, charge the whole business off to the "waste of war." Next step: Canada will have a chance to bid in the plant at a knockdown price. If Canada refuses it, Canol will be put on the block...
...story : the impoverished and wolfish Duke of Bristol (Clive Brook), his impoverished and meek friend Richard (Ro land Culver), a statuesque American pickle heiress (Googie Withers) enamored of the Duke, and a heartless, sporty widow named Mrs. Wislack (Beatrice Lillie) abandon London's high life for the widow's island shooting lodge in Scotland. Mrs. Wislack's shocking intention is to take cringing Richard for a month "on approval" before she decides whether to make an honest and rich...