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Andy McNaughton, named National Defense Minister when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King needed a national figure to pull him through the great conscription crisis (TIME, Nov. 13), now needed a seat in Parliament. Without it, he could not be a Cabinet member. But last week the prospect that he would win his seat looked neither safe nor sure...
...Late. Within three hours, the ships were unloaded and beginning to pull out. Then the Jap air force struck, with substantial numbers but in small groups. Overhead now were Army Lightnings, and they had fighting to do. Only after nine hours were the Japs finally driven off. But they had done some damage. One flaming Jap plane flew five miles before it crashed into a U.S. destroyer. Another destroyer was torpedoed and sunk; an APD (World War I destroyer converted to serve as a fast transport) also was sunk. The crews were rescued...
...inside plexiglass blisters sight the target through a small square of glass, track it to get speed, range and angle. A computer of complex and secret design sets electronic and mechanical elements in motion. The computer also makes corrections for such errors as might be caused by wind, the pull of gravity, parallax (i.e., the distance between the gunner's sighting position and the turret he is operating), and the speed of both target and firing planes. All-electric, from sight to firing pin, the guns respond to the most delicate adjustment. All a gunner...
...west of Bhamo, British forces chased the enemy back toward Mandalay in a retreat whose scale suggested that the Japs may have decided to pull out of northwest Burma entirely. But the enemy troops facing General Sultan's men were fighting stubborn delaying actions...
...emphasize Mr. Dewey's extreme good sportsmanship upon losing in comparison with the G.O.P. nominee of '40, who although a fine man in every respect, did not pull out of defeat with the cheerful acceptance of the inevitable as has Mr. Dewey...