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...armored detachments now in the Mediterranean." Every one had known about the air assistance, but the presence of German armored units in the area was news. These units could not very well have been transferred across the Mediterranean, which is Britain's lake, to Libya. They were doubtless in the Mediterranean area to operate against Greece. If so, the Greeks' two remaining hopes were that German tanks would prove no more efficient in hilly country than Italian tanks, and that, to the extent that Dictator Hitler had come to succor Dictator Mussolini, George of Britain would help George...
...coming Yale match look pretty grim, especially since Yale has one of the best Freshman Squash squads of Bulldog history, the team being composed largely of players from Exeter which last year had the best prep school rating in the East. The Crimson team, for the Yale match, will doubtless have Grey and Bane for number one and two men, respectively, while McDonald, Stevens and Gorenstein will battle it out for the remaining three positions with Marshall Hughes and Nevill Cramer, two men who are coming up fast from the second team...
...dashes, Sophomore Doug Pirnie has played the stellar role. He won the 50-yard handicap in the Millrose meet in 5.5, and placed second in the Army meet. Charley Smith and Bill Trainor are both dangerous men, and will doubtless figure in the two meets...
Writer Masefield thought that as of last week the Nazis could spring no more than 6,800 planes from the fleets now facing Britain. But the Germans would doubtless concentrate other air fleets before launching invasion; the Masefield figures suggested only that invasion is not im mediately imminent, may be preceded by a campaign in the South, probably will not come before March at the earliest...
...Commissioner Stettinius harshly denounced Northrop for reporting "shortages which do not exist," declared that the company had already resumed a full working schedule. Mr. Stettinius was less explicit when he said: "[There are] no serious shortages in aluminum . . . now required for national defense. Certain temporary delays in delivery will doubtless occur. ..." That ALCOA could supply defense demands without curtailing its ordinary commercial business, Mr. Stettinius noticeably failed to promise. Guns already had priority over butter knives...