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...Washington Irving's History of New York he vividly describes the battle between the forces of Peter Stuyvesant and those of General Jan Risingh who was in command of the Swedes. Irving goes on to describe how the battle for possession of the Swedish fort waxed so warm that the two generals met face to face in deadly combat. He states that the Swede struck the Dutchman over the head with his sword and that, "the good Peter reeled with the blow . . . and missing his footing, by reason of his wooden leg, down he came on his seat...
...Uruguayan Government this week completed plans for the biggest naval air base south of the Panama Canal. To be built on Laguna Negra, a lake close to the Atlantic Coast, 160 miles northeast of Montevideo, it will command the broad mouth of the Rio de la Plata, a wide sweep of the South Atlantic. It will be constructed with U.S. funds lent and given to Uruguay for national defense. Like other Uruguayan ports, Laguna Negra Base will be open to U.S.. forces in case of war with the Axis...
...prize honor of the year, much to the joy of the Crimson, was pulled by a Yale man. Early in the training period the battalion was subjected to gas mask drill. Each man was issued a mask and taught how to put it on in drill formation. The command was: By the numbers, gas, 1, 2, 3. Each command was the signal for some action--taking the mask out of its case, putting it over the face, and finally putting...
...right, and he heard people around him yelling, "Gas, gas," but, unfortunately for him, there was no officer to shout, "By the numbers, gas 1, 2, 3". The Eli was imbued with a strong sense of discipline, and he couldn't see putting on his mask without a formal command. So with a whispered prayer to God, to country, and to Yale he continued to stick it out, like the proverbial lad who stood on the burning dack whence all but he had fled...
...Summer session, under the command of Commander E. A. Eddiegorde, S.C., U. S. N., saw the students quite active in pursuits outside the ordinary curriculum. Several editions of a newspaper, devoted to School news and edited by several of the men, were published and the last one covering the graduation exercises in Memorial Hall is near completion. Also at the end of the term there appeared a "Year Book" with the pictures, names and addresses of each of the men and instructors and informal snapshots taken during the Summer...