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Jubilation in Germany last week was the greater because Scapa Flow is the harbor in which the German High Seas Fleet, surrendered to the Allies on Nov. 22, 1918 in the Firth of Forth, was interned until June 21, 1919. That day its British guardians put to sea for maneuvers and Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter issued the order: "Paragraph 11, acknowledge" (i. e., open all seacocks, scuttle the Fleet). Fifty of the 74 German vessels, led by their flagship, Friedrich der Grosse, gurgled to the bottom before the British could intervene. Last week old Admiral Reuter (retired) telegraphed Hero...
...three long years fleet Bob MacLeod was the heart and soul of the Dartmouth offense. His dreaded climax running ability was something that no team could stop worrying about until the final gun had sounded. One slight defensive lapse and this spectacular Indian might be off to the races...
Complete rest has been decreed by medical authorities as the sole cure for the fleet captain's injured leg. The injured member was not aggravated in the Penn game, but his activity in the contest retarded all normal improvement. It is hoped that the layoff will get him in shape for the invasion of Princeton...
Prior to this catastrophe, Bert Wheeler bet his watch with a guy that Lee Dixon, premier lover of the U. S. fleet, could garner a garter from Miss Martin, premiere iceberg of the Republic of Panama. In the meantime, Miss Martin has fallen for her hero, and he for her, but when she learns of the wager, she calls the affair off until the final curtain...
With London's West End all taped up, most of England's best talent is on tour. No important actor has yet gone to the Front, though many important ones are subject to call. Noel Coward, who last year visited the Mediterranean Fleet, "investigating the film tastes of seamen," now works for the Admiralty...