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...which was none of its business. Said he: the second front, at best, would be a "tremendous gamble." Why rush into something rash? And why settle for anything but a strictly 50-50 partnership? The British were not yet ready for a cross-Channel assault, anyway. The U.S., said Burt Wheeler, once took orders from Britain, but now seemed to be "following the demands of Mr. Stalin. . . . We ought to be extremely cautious before calling on American boys to make these tremendous sacrifices...
Strange Interlude. Senator Burt Wheeler, tirelessly anti-Roosevelt, concurred with Pearson, though for different reasons. Mr. Roosevelt will not be a candidate in 1944, predicted the Montana Democrat, because "a definite Republican trend has set in and the President will be able to sense this far more quickly than any of his advisers." The Senator then threw a left hook; he doubted that any Democrat could be elected President in 1944, "unless Wendell Willkie is the Republican nominee...
There is soft-spoken Burt Klakring, the man who watched a horse race on the Japanese seacoast through his periscope. He is also known in the Navy as an expert pianist, was described in the Lucky Bag the year he was graduated from Annapolis as "super-sentimental." On a single patrol, mild-mannered, sentimental Commander Klakring sank 70,000 tons...
...Neill, Welfare and Recreation officer, is the War Bond officer for the school. He is being assisted by staff members acting as personnel company officer, including: Co. A. Lt. (j.g.) Charles Whitham; Co. C, Lt. (j.g.) Burt Hagg; C. D, Lt. (j.g.) A. X. O'Connor; and Co. E. Lt. (j.g.) H. M. Hansen. Lt. O'Neill serves in this capacity...
Attended by loyal friends, Marjorie Burt and Bob Yingst of the eighth platoon were married Octobar 15. This was the first of a rash which has broken out in our company. The following week Betty McNaron wed elderly Ensign Kessler, whom everyone had believed to be a confirmed bachelor...