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...Vichy, which had fought Frenchmen and Britons in Syria but refused to fight Japanese in Indo-China, had run out. Officially, the U.S. made it clear that it considered Vichyfrance a partner in, not a victim of, Japan's aggression. Unofficially, restaurants began calling Vichyssoise "De Gaulle soup." There was no question of U.S. "recognition" of Free France, since Free France is not a government, but General de Gaulle's chief civilian aide, tall, gaunt René Pleven, was urging aid under the Lend-Lease Act in order to convince Frenchmen in France that the U.S. is behind...
...Mellon, volunteered for Army service to beat draft deferment because of his age, asked assignment to the cavalry. ∙∙ Ex-Ambassador Joe Kennedy's son, Joe Jr., 25, reported for Navy training as a flying cadet at Squantum, Mass, ∙∙ John T. Dorrance Jr., Campbell Soup heir, who has been getting a $20,000-a-month allowance, began getting another $21 as an Army private...
Whatever the merits of Alex Taub's quest, the Sabre, already flying in the formidable Hawker Typhoon fighter, was a fair symbol of the horsepower race. Well knowing that there is no substitute for "soup," British designers had gone all out after horsepower. The Sabre turns up nearly twice the horsepower of the old British pursuit engine, the 1,200 horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin (which Packard is still tooling up to make for Britain and the U.S., under a $187,500,000 order). But the U.S. is hot after horsepower too: it already...
...planes that will fly faster, higher and farther than anything anyone else can make. In the bomber field, the U.S. is already there. Among the fighters, its P47 may be there, or nearly. At the great horsepower training table, in short, U.S. plane designers are getting plenty of soup, whatever the flavor...
Gluck: Ballet Suite No. 1 (arranged by Felix Mottl) (Boston "Pops" Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler; Victor; 4 sides; $2.50). Stately dances by periwigged Composer Gluck, in a recording as cool and sparkling as jellied soup...