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...Algeria, a thorough shake-up of the Government appears necessary. The real feelings of the people must be represented in the Government in some way, and the political persecution that is a disgrace to the Allied nations must be ended. Above all, an economic plan must be drawn up to save Morocco from the depression that will follow the departure of U.S. troops. . . . There are numerous trained men and skilled administrators available. . . . Many of them have been sidetracked because they are pro-Allied and anti-German. . . . 'Unless General Nogues and his associates are removed there will be trouble...
...Yugoslav Government-in-Exile was hastily formed in the summer of 1941 by men who symbolized most of the political errors of the past two decades. Last week the sexagenarian exiles gave themselves an overdue shake-up and ousted bent, deaf, secretive, forgetful Foreign Minister Momchilo Ninchich...
...only shake-up in the lineup, aside from those caused by injuries, saw George Hibbard taking over again at left tackle, pushing Stan Durwood down to the second team...
...sooner had the stadium season reached this amphibious end than General Manager Arthur Judson announced a shake-up among the Philharmonic's most important and highest-paid wind players. Trumpeter Harry Glantz, U.S. champion in his class, was promptly snapped up by the rival NBC Orchestra. Massive Flutist John Amans, famed for his ability to make his tootling instrument boom like a church organ, was retired, replaced by the NBC Orchestra's Pennsylvania-born John Wummer. World's champion French Horn Player Bruno Jaenicke, suffering from a heart ailment, prepared to spend the rest of his career...
Peace With the Army? WPB'S shake-up looked as if it might end the long-standing fight between Donald Nelson and the Army (TIME, Aug. 3) by the simple process of merger...