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Newman's committee expressed the hope that the efficiency and scope of the Bureau could be improved by the adoption of their suggestions, emphasizing that the latter was suffering from a certain lack of prestige due to criticisms and unfavorable publicity last spring. After the Bureau's enlargement, however, the criticisms dwindled considerably...
Instead the German picked his spot for a preliminary attack; limited in scope if not in fury-possibly to get a jumping-off place for a big attack to be launched when weather permits from Leningrad to the Black Sea. The spot the Nazi chose was the Crimea, where his troops had held on through the winter with Russians in front of him and behind him (at Sevas-topol...
Casting about for a name for the current war, at the suggestion of President Roosevelt, I hit upon one which covers both the worldwide scope, and the "four freedoms" espoused by Mr. Roosevelt...
...before and their quality is . . . considerably better than that of the Germans. The Soviet Air Force has increased in numbers and strength and our command continues to hold the initiative firmly. The deep snow that hindered our advance is melting and conditions for an increase in the scope of our attacks are becoming more favorable." Proudly the Russians announced last week that in a little less than a month they had shot down 891 German planes, lost only 239 themselves. They claimed definite and permanent air superiority...
...aside from a startling short story by Mark Schorer, which, incidentally, gives full scope to the unchallenged talent of the Advocate's new illustrator, Arthur de la Guardia, the balance of this over-long issue is little more than a tribute to the editor who single-handled amassed this list of famous names, but who apparently could not reject the cast-offs to those authors who print their best elsewhere. The contributions of William Carlos Williams, Djuna Barnes, and Horace Gregory are less than shamefully insignificant. Marya Zaturenska's "Organ, Harp, and Violin," a palpable parroting of Dryden's "song...