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Amidst a wave of war hysteria and general suspicion Harvard has here succeeded in keeping its head. Far outweighing the doubtful benefit of conditioning a few pacifists would have been the considerable loss of freedom that such a move of necessity entails. If we hope to avoid ruthless, indiscriminatory suppression, we must be as liberal toward harmless minorities as we are stern in our opposition to dangerous ones...
Determined to avoid retail ceilings because of enforcement problems, Henderson had to proclaim the first one when Pearl Harbor started a buyer's panic for flashlights. Since then curtailment of civilian goods has forced more & more ceilings: on autos, tires, refrigerators, radios, 44 household electrical appliances banned by the War Production Board last week...
...smoke from Balikpapan's fires lay low and heavy on the water and the night was moonless. After midnight four Jap destroyers burst out of the gloom across the course of Desdiv 59. Talbot swung to starboard to avoid them, hoped they would not see him. They disappeared in the night and Desdiv 59 dashed into the middle of the convoy...
...squawk. U.S. troops in Australia griped at the title. They have already had fist fights with Aussies who insist on calling them Yanks. Most of those who got into scraps were Southerners, but other U.S. troops down under don't like the gritty name any better. To avoid unnecessary bloodshed, some Australian commanders have ordered their troops to lay off "Yank...
...Commodore for the first time, in a little band including some of his own musicians, calling itself Mel Powell's Big City Seven. all the soloists were in form, but the real delight was to hear the Good Man, appearing under the name of Shoeless John Jackson to avoid contract difficulties with Columbia, playing better than I've heard him in years. the two best sides, "World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and the slow "Mood at Twilight," will probably be issued on the same record, and on each Goodman plays with all that old feeling. Al Morgan, the bass...