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Near Bardia, a handful of fugitive Italians disappeared into a coastal cave. A British sergeant called a colonel from his swim, and while the colonel, clad only in his slippers, stood guard with revolver at the entrance, the sergeant wriggled into the cave, shooting. Out crawled the Italians, among them Francesco Argentina, erstwhile commander of Sidi Barrani, eleventh Italian general to be captured in the British attack on Libya. For three days the general went on a hunger strike, then ate, wailed: "For all I care about this desert, you can have it! I myself am a poet...
...Powers annexed the 220 by a country mile in addition to the clean-cut victory over favored Bob Schaper of Brown in the 100. The only fly in the ointment as far as Power's performance was concerned was that George "Diesel" Gibbons was sick and unable to swim. It was Gibbons who nipped Powers in an exciting 440 two years ago to give the Bruins their only tank win over Harvard, and last year the same Mr. Gibbons decisioned Powers in another close quarter mile race...
...Hague the Commissioner ordered a bookseller to remove a picture of Queen Wilhelmina from his window. The bookseller complied, replaced the picture with a full-length photograph of Hitler. Around the Fuhrer's photograph he arranged a display of copies of a book by the famed Dutch swimming coach, Frau Braun. Title: How Do I Learn to Swim...
...English Channel is the subject of many jokes in The Netherlands. Last September Commissioner Seyss-Inquart had to forbid the singing of Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland (We Are Sailing Against England) because small boys followed the singing German troops and on the three drumbeats between verse and chorus yelled: "Swim! Swim! Swim...
...Brother Jack Warner, whom he calls "Mr. Warner Brothers," finally hired him to shoot screen tests, Tony discovered the cold shoulder came from a whispering campaign that his eyesight was failing-the kiss of death for any cameraman. The rumor finally dispelled, Tony is now well back in the swim, crucifying the King's English, doing his important share of the business of getting America's Best Entertainment into the cans. The Letter was No. 1,012 (including shorts...