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In 15 years of journalism, 100 days awaiting execution in a Franco prison, six years of watching prewar Leftism crumble under the shock of totalitarian war, Hungarian-born Author Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon) has learned to lift himself above the battle. Last week in the New York Times, he...
Third Front. To the front he called third Churchill gave nearly a half of his speech. He rigorously defended the planning and execution of the Italian landings, said that Salerno was a gamble which came off: "The possibility of a large-scale disaster could not be excluded . . . [but] results show...
Then one morning in late November 1940, while Kitty was away, the Gestapo knocked at the door, carried Mrs. Shiber off to jail. Later the Nazis bagged Kitty and the priest. Mrs. Shiber was sentenced to three years at hard labor. Kitty and the priest were sentenced to death. But...
"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. . . ."
When the U.S. felt strong enough to move into the Aleutians, Major General Eugene M. Landrum was picked to do the moving. In difficult terrain and weather and within easy bombing range of Kiska, he built strong bases in the Andreanof Islands. For this Gene Landrum won the Army'...