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...active training, the handful of veteran tankers in the Army had done a stupendous job of schooling raw men, turning them into instructors for still greener recruits. Result: considering the equipment at hand, the commanders of the First and Second Divisions last week could say that they could "function in any emergency." But not for long: as with all the U.S. Army of 1941, an armored division is no sooner trained than it must be broken up to form and school fresh outfits...
...defense against such a bombardment is a function of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Last week, having completed its organization plan, the Air Corps began a careful process of informing the public what it was all about. The object was, without frightening anybody, to teach citizens that if raids should come they must stay where they are, each man going about his own duties while the Air Corps, with organized civilian aid, does its job of repelling attack...
...This function has never been filled by any body before the formation of the Committee. The Council was prompted to form such a board by the-need for some means of representing to the Administration the needs of the students, especially in the important question of tenure and the selection of teachers for permanent appointment...
Most members of I Am are female, middle-aged, and well-to-do, according to Miller. They travel around the country in large yellow Chryslers, which serve the double function of comfortable conveyances and religious observance. For believers in I Am are convinced that yellow and white are good colors, while purple is a wicked one. It seems that every person has an invisible white light hanging constantly over him, which is repelled by a purple ray generated by his evil and impure thoughts. Apparently the ownership of a yellow Chrysler helps you to live cleanly...
...Council discussed the question of policy with Bingham last night but declined to comment on any conclusions they may have reached since their function is purely advisory and, therefore, confidential...