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...step toward destiny, but only the first step. The world waited for the next step. Ike Eisenhower's forces, massed under the belly of Europe, might strike with sudden full force at Sardinia and Corsica; into southern France; at the western Balkans, long softened by guerrillas.* But the most logical next blow would be at the real body of southern Italy, which the Eighth only nicked at its lowest extremity in Calabria...
...sudden vast interest in maps, in geography, in the home states of all one's friends, especially California (one realizes the all-pervasive influence of said state's Chamber of Commerce when 94 out of 103 asked for it as a first choice . . . the high susceptibility to each crumb of Scuttlebutt, treasured cherished, passed tenderly from hand to hand . . . "I heard Mr. Ashler say, with may own ears" . . . "I know, but Mr. Hill told...
From Washington last week leaked out a significant bit of good tidings for U.S. civilians. WPB's Office of Civilian Requirements has quietly made a deal with the Army to borrow from its vast supplies to ease any sudden civilian goods shortage...
Five years ago, in 1938, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Swedon, on a visit to the United States received the LL.D. in the briefest and least publicized ceremony on record. The brevity and sudden action of this award presaged the "flying" degree presented today to Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of England...
Nonetheless Consolidated bought itself a notable bargain. Despite its name, the V-loan is especially designed to persuade a war manufacturer to go all-out now without worrying about the pains of sudden victory. In V-loan contracts, interest automatically stops if & when an order is canceled. Further, the maturity date can be postponed. Thus, when war ends, a V-borrower can unload most financial obligations for canceled war orders on the U.S. Government, where they belong. Meanwhile it can conserve its own cash for conversion to peace. Within the past few weeks, four other aircraft companies have taken...