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Finland has one of World War II's most difficult diplomatic positions to maintain. Internally her fighting strength is being bled white by two wars in three years. Her economy is disrupted by blockade, her people dissatisfied. Letters from1 soldiers complain of German pressure at home, bad food and living conditions. Some are bitter over wives and sweethearts consorting with German soldiers...
...contemplate any reduction in the number of hours of required physical exercise. In fact, we regard it as a duty to students and to the country to maintain as effective a program as possible. Although various official statements express some difference of opinion concerning the part which the colleges should play in the training of students in war time, all the information which has arrived from the Army and Navy and from other bodies in Washington agree in emphasizing the importance of the physical conditioning of students. Those who are responsible for the administration of the program at Harvard feel...
Both reserve Corps state that failure to maintain satisfactory standing will result in immediate induction to active duty. Although the Navy has definitely said that probation will not be a cause for active duty, the Army has not yet handed down a definite ruling on this subject...
British officials in Cairo, who have learned to speak warily of any Allied victory in the desert, declined to confirm Willkie's figure. Their own "confirmed" figure: 42. But in England Churchill crowed to the House of Commons: "The House . . . may be confident in our ability to maintain a successful defense of Egypt-not for days or weeks but for several months ahead...
Both the Navy V-1 and the Enlisted Reserve Corps state that failure to maintain satisfactory standing will result in a man's being taken for immediate active duty. The Navy has stated definitely that being put on probation will not be cause for active duty under the V-1 regulations. Men must have their connection with the college severed before being taken by the Navy under this provision...