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...York-Cosmopolitan cricket has something of the quietly gala atmosphere of matches at Lord's in London. The teams (bearing such names as Grenada, Windsor, Trinidad) disport their flannels, blazers and visored beanies against a background of picture hats and parasols. The crowd's applause almost never rises above a musical murmur. Between innings, there is a tea interval...
...members of this new contingent hall from many sections of the country and many have a background of former business training. The majority are college graduates and all have gone through Midshipman's training. Chosen for their high standing hi Midshipmen's School, or for exceptional work in the field, the Ensigns and jaygees have a stiff three months' course ahead of them. However it is not as if they were entering a sunnery. For any interested parties they have free time from 1600 to 1745 every afternoon and those who make the WAVE equivalent of the Dean's list...
...strong Republican trend, acknowledged by most pollsters and political observers, crops up whenever the circumstances of war are left in the background. It appears most clearly in the answers to a Gallup question assuming that the war in Europe will be nearly over on Election Day, but mentioning neither the Pacific war nor the peace terms. Here Roosevelt wins by 51%-to-49%. But a breakdown by regions shows him leading Dewey only in the Solid South. In terms of an actual election this would mean a Dewey victory, since a Democrat with a useless surplus of Southern votes must...
...Passage to Marseille" spends too much time on the background material, the escape of a bunch of convicts from Devil's Island who want to fight on our team, and the plot is almost unwound before the film gets around to the actual passage to Marseille. We can't remember having heard the story before: it's about a French freighter carrying a valuable shipment of nickel, and also carrying fascists and democrats who struggle for control of the freight...
...first big-time diplomatic mission, felt that he was getting somewhere. So did correspondents who watched him in action. Cabled TIME Correspondent Charles Wertenbaker, examining the background of Stettinius' mission to London...