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...Solomons battle, Captain Pease insisted on taking off with his squadron from a New Guinea field, though he had had only three hours' rest from his previous mission. Despite an attack by 30 Japanese Zeros, several of which he shot down, Captain Pease made his run over the target. En route home his plane caught fire and was last seen plummeting toward the Coral...
...into the dining halls to catch the latest news. "Did you hear we sunk an aircraft carrier of their's off the Panama Canal? Manila has been bombed several times? Most of our fleet was out of the harbor at the time, and the Nips only sunk an old target ship and a couple of destroyers, anyway. Well, this...
University Hall, peacetime home of undergraduate fears and records, has become a wartime target for poorly-aimed student distemper. Since the College geared itself to the war program, almost a year ago, the Deans and administrative staff have been the butts of many a confused barb, ranging from the usual Joe College stuff to sincere criticism of what the various offices have done to guide and advise the future soldier in his last months at Harvard...
...second feature, England's "Target for Tonight," is one of the most successful documentaries to develop from the Allied war effort. It's plot reaches the peak of realism, consisting entirely of an actual raid on an occupied port. The characters play their roles efficiently and quictly, as well they must, for their lives depend on it. The film is the best of all possible propaganda, actual truth...
Since the railroads (because of their large current business and excess-profits tax credits) are huge beneficiaries of the war-production boom, their shares were the outstanding target for bears. Bulls placing bets on a prompt peace caused an almost perpendicular rise in the long-neglected bonds of conquered Europe...