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...Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that two naval air bases (on sites leased from Great Britain) will soon be commissioned: at Bermuda on July 1, at Newfoundland on July 15. The choices of officers to command these bases gave a hint of the kind of naval air forces likely to be stationed there. For Newfoundland, the Navy chose a long-range patrol officer, Commander Gail Morgan, who now commands a unit (Patrol Wing I) of big flying boats. Along with their flying watchmen, these planes can also carry bombs or torpedoes for attacking enemy ships. Assigned to Bermuda...
Moved one week forward from its traditional Friday after Commencement, the race is being run off earlier this year because several of the rowers have Navy Sci cruises coming up in the next two weeks. Further hint of war is seen in the government's announcement that passengers on the observation trains refrain from taking pictures of the Navy submarine base at New London...
...efficiency of women does not increase, may even decline. Girls of 18 were exhausted by the 600-yard run, although children of 6 took it in their stride. The physical efficiency of boys continues to rise after 13 but at a much slower rate than before. "An important biologic hint: during puberty, unnecessarily strenuous activities such as rigid drill . . . must be avoided...
...President's appeal to the French there was a hint that the U.S. might go considerably further. In that he said: "We have had assurances given by the head of the French State . . . that it did not intend to agree to any collaboration with Germany which went beyond the requirements of . . . [the] armistice agreement. This was the least that could be expected of a France which demanded respect for its integrity. ..." If the U.S. no longer felt called upon to respect the integrity of France, there were steps that could be taken. Interventionist Senator Pepper emerged from the White...
Throughout the Middle East, where other Moslems awaited a hint of Hitler's intentions as anxiously, rumor flew, conspiracy grew...