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...Chinese side, Generalissimo Chiang streamlined the command of his field forces, began to clean up the worst abuses of a chain-gang system of local conscription. Now the Generalissimo works out basic strategy with Wedemeyer, transmits his orders directly to his field commanders. Wedemeyer informs McClure and McClure's network supervises the execution. But in action, Chinese officers are solely responsible. The result is that U.S. officers train and fight alongside Chinese infantrymen and artillerists. The Americans have set up veterinary, signal corps, transport and general staff schools to teach U.S. techniques. These institutions were conceived by General Stilwell...
Uninformed, certainly. Lacrosse is a contact game and those unfamiliar with the rules have little right to publish their ignorance, representing fight and spirit as sadistic brawling by a gang of "sore losers." Discouraging to all Harvard men who are proud of their teams, who want to see hard-fought, yes, clean games...
Franz von Epp, one of Hitler's original beer hall gang and later a leading Bavarian Nazi, was found in Austria...
Lieut. Rorimer had opened only a few of the several thousand cases. But he had an inventory, "a complete history of all the art here, looted, indexed and photographed by this gang." He also had proof that the Nazis had planned to comb the Continent with German thoroughness, lift every art treasure valuable enough for them to want. Sample evidence, from a letter written by Göring: "I consider bringing examples of French culture to Germany of the greatest importance, and you may count on the Luftwaffe to help...
...latest in a half century of annual struggles between the Harvard Lampoon and Harvard CRIMSON and promises to result as these epics always have. With the CRIMSON on the winning end in 23 years out of every 25, usually by a score of 23 to 2, this year's gang from the Plympton Street Gashouse is expected in the words of John Drebinger, ace New York Times sports reporter, "to drub the squad coached by Robert A. Lampoon, of 23 to 2 fame, by a fairly high score: probably somewhere in the vicinity...