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Those of the Harvard Unit who are sent to Jacksonville, Florida, for advanced training will come under the supervision of Lieutenant Commander Roger W. Cutler '11, wh odestroyed a German submarine by dropping a bomb from his patrol plane on it in July, 1918. At Jacksonville they will also be kept der Gene Tunney and Lieutenant Comphysically fit by Lieutenant Commanmander Edward W. Mahan '16, who was fullback on the Crimson varsity...
Hastening to explain the raids in view of Winston Churchill's statement about Germany's "serious shortage" in the air (see p. 25), the Air Ministry assured correspondents that only 30 to 40 planes had come over to bomb. At least three bombers were downed, a theoretical 10% of the striking force, which would make the raids unprofitable. Whether the Luftwaffe was satisfied with this test of strength, or whether it had merely switched four or five bomber squadrons from the Eastern Front to make the attacks, the raids were not repeated...
...crackle of the million popping firecrackers, the news flashed through Chungking: Changsha was still in Chinese hands, the Japanese drive was smashed. Into Chungking's twisting streets poured thousands of cheering citizens. The red glow of their torches cast dancing shadows on the ruins of their bomb-blasted homes. This was victory. For the first time in two years Chinese had inflicted a major defeat on the Japanese Army...
...Times has dropped its prewar Neville Chamberlain attitude it does not completely approve of that disturbing man Churchill. Suavely the Times scolds Churchill for hogging work, instead of sharing it, for failing to pick a successor in the event that "some accident of bus or bomb should suddenly remove him from the scene." After one such editorial Editor Geoffrey Dawson was warned that it would bring down a host of complaints. "That's all right," said he. "We don't mind a few complaints...
...green emergency squad wagon from the Police Department drove up when a bomb made a direct hit on a one-story brick house, setting it on fire. Up drove a "catastrophe" ambulance from Bellevue with interns and nurses; up drove a red Consolidated Edison truck to fix broken gas mains and cables; a station wagon with "Mobile Blood Plasma Unit No. i" on the side...