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The trek to the Artillery range at the foot of Mount Mansfield is no problem in this day of motorization. By noon July 12th camp was re-organized and preparations made to follow out the ideal life of the Artilleryman: "March and shoot." Tactical problems (Roops), Artillery Firing of all...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALES OF MIL. SCI., NAVAL R.O.T.C. CAMPS | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

The last week of camp was marked by the over-night maneuver in which the Unit was organized as a battalion of four firing batteries. The preliminary march was but an inkling of the rough work scheduled for the night. By midnight all batteries were in position "on the base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALES OF MIL. SCI., NAVAL R.O.T.C. CAMPS | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

Most spectacular maneuver of jai alai is the rebate (pronounced re-bó-tay): recovering the ball off the back wall in a wide sweeping arc that usually topples the player to the ground (see cut).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Merry Festival | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

Not content with just one big stadium for outdoor shows and one big hall for indoor shows, the Nazis will have no less than five stadia and four halls-a place for everything-when they get through building in 1943. Not yet completed are the Exhibition Hall, the Kultur Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Centre Of The World! | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

In the first phase of the maneuver, the military judges decided that "The Blues" -who could only have been Italian invaders coming from the tongue of territory sticking out at France near Modane -were not able to take the Galibier Pass, which "proved impregnable."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Maneuvers | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

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