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...Navy was gradually getting the better of U-boats in the Atlantic. At the same time the first chill of autumn, bringing intermittent fogs, marked the opening of better weather for submarines. But possibly neither of these things was so important last week as the launching of a vessel which, when completed, will be the only United Nations battleship afloat able, without giving odds, to take on the powerful Nazi Tirpitz, sister of the sunken Bismarck...
...churches, which own some of the choicest blocks of tax-free real estate in the country, feel a cold chill coursing along the pocketbook nerve. The Louisville City Council plans to place all church-owned real estate used for business purposes on the tax rolls. Several million dollars' worth of property, owned mostly by Baptists and Roman Catholics, will be affected. The owners will have to go to court if they wish to protest the assessments...
...took charge of Berlin on Hindenburg's order to see that order was kept. His reward was command of Army Group I, with headquarters in Berlin. He was still in command in 1935 when the hollow-cheeked, ascetic Leeb took over Group II (based on Kassel) and the chill-eyed, death-glorifying Bock became commander of Group III (Dresden...
Pepe's Chill. Pepe, like his two older brothers, learned bull fighting on the huge rancho granted his family 300 years ago by the King of Spain. He dispatched his first bull in Quito's Plaza Belmonte (named for the famed Spanish matador, Juan Belmonte) when he was 13. From his father and brothers he learned a deep love for Ecuador, the U.S. and liberty. As provocative as his verónicas are his attempts to get Ecuador to become the first South American nation to declare war on the Axis. As fierce as a toro...
After Molotov's return from America, a crowded House of Commons heard Eden's announcement of the treaty. Mrs. Churchill, Mme. Maisky and Mrs. Eden, in light spring coats against the chill, windy sunshine outside, sat together in the Ladies' Gallery, while across on the right Maisky was joined by Ambassador Winant in the Distinguished Strangers' Gallery. Observers believed that if Churchill had made the statement he would have aroused the House to more enthusiasm than the rather pedantic, high-voiced reading of the impeccable Eden. Said one political correspondent: "If it had been an Admiralty...