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...terms of a 'part one,' to be followed by a quite different 'part two.' . . . The British expect a considerable change of pace after Germany is defeated. . . . England, which is now the advance base in the fight against Germany, sees herself dropping out of the combat zone and fighting a war remote from her home shores, as we are doing now. . . . For instance, the huge air-raid precaution services, the Home Guard, the anti-aircraft defenses and all other activities connected with the bombing of England and the danger of invasion would have no further purpose...
After the guns ceased firing, combat troops turned out to help the Ordnancemen sort and pile the spoils. Usable equipment was repaired and cleaned up in the Ordnance depots, which can fix anything from a field gun to a cookstove. But not all captured materiel was usable. Much of it was just plain junk...
During the month of May Douglas Aircraft Co. produced 13,096,000 lb. of combat and cargo planes-more than one-fifth (by weight) of the output of the entire industry. That figure was one and a half times the Douglas production rate a year...
...since religion still grips considerable sections of the population ... we cannot combat it by ridicule. Of course, if some young people find it amusing, that is not so terrible. But we must not allow it to develop into mockery...
...Marine Corps has qualified its first parachuting chaplain. Having made the required six qualifying jumps, Chaplain (Lieut. Commander) Joseph Patrick Mannion, U.S.N., 33-year-old priest of the Pittsburgh Roman Catholic diocese, finally won his silver wings, now waits at New River, N.C. for combat service...