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...small, oak-paneled room of London's Old Bailey, the chief criminal court in England, Joyce strode to the dock, bowed jerkily to the red-robed presiding justice, Sir Frederick Tucker, and sat down in a straight-backed chair. The charge against him was treason: that he had "adhered to the King's enemies" by broadcasting propaganda from Germany. A clerk asked him how he pleaded. The prisoner's reply rang out: "Not guilty...
JOHN L. BALDERSTON JR. Oak Ridge, Tenn...
General Henry H. Arnold is younger (59) but wartime strain has aged him perceptibly. Last week forthright "Hap" Arnold said wearily at a press conference (perhaps his last) that he would retire soon. "I intend to go out and sit under an oak tree and I'll shoot down the first fellow that flies over in an airplane," said the man who built up an air force of 64,591 planes and 2,282,259 airmen...
...experimental work of the electromagnetic method was done at the University of California under blond, boyish Dr. E. O. Lawrence; on diffusion, at Columbia under Dr. H. C. Urey. By 1943, before the experiments were completed, vast plants to carry out both processes were being constructed at Oak Ridge, a sparsely inhabited region near Knoxville, Tenn...
Lieut. Jackie Coogan, 30, Hollywood's onetime "Kid" who grew up to marry Betty Grable (and be divorced by her) was released from the Army after four years' service, mostly with glider troops. Acquired in that time: the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Presidential Unit Citation. Lost: more hair...