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...rnell took a poor view of Sweden's ability to defend herself for any length of time. But with the Swedish navy of light cruisers, destroyers and 50-knot-an-hour motor torpedo boats to harass the enemy, Thörnell could risk a war-provided there was likelihood of Allied success in Norway spilling over quickly to his assistance. Gallup polls have shown repeatedly that the majority of Swedes believe they can avoid war. But they have completely organized against air raids and incendiary bombs. Their Lotta Corps, copied from Finland's modern women's auxiliary...
...these attacks, the one in the center seemed last week to have the greatest likelihood of early success. The Germans in their mountain positions elsewhere were set for siege. They had dug in for months. But in the center, the First was edging on to the plain of Tunis. If the hills beside it could be cleared-and some of them were cleared last week-then the Allies could eventually sweep to Tunis, divide or further compress the defenders, and drive the remnants into...
Both men now in College and those who have left because of the war have been included in the nominations by the Committee, since the positions are mainly honorary and the likelihood of a Class Day for '45, at which the elected men would have specific duties, is not very strong. But in the event that some sort of Commencement is held for the Class in the future the election of the Class Day Committee will be postponed until after the war. The Secretary and Permanent Class Committee will be nominated and chosen later this month...
...also a very witty thing if, for instance, a President says: 'We want that in the future everybody shall have the right to suffer no further want,' or something similar. One can only say to that that it would have been much easier, in all likelihood, if that President, instead of having jumped into war, had used the entire labor energy of his country in caring for his own people and in order to build up useful production of his nation, which, in spite of the fact that only ten persons live there per square kilometer, suffers want...
Rates will run up to half as high as fire insurance, about one-twelfth as high as war-damage insurance in much-bombed England. Presumably, therefore, Jesse thinks the likelihood of bombing in this country is about one-twelfth as strong as the likelihood of bombing in Britain. Either that or the Government is about to make a cleanup in insurance...