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From East Prussia strong German forces drove north into Lithuania. The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) afforded a particularly tempting target. Russia seized them in June 1940-as the Germans did after the Red revolt in 1917. The people remain disaffected, and Adolf Hitler made the most of their feelings...
...Greek named Vasil Laci Mihailoff fired four wild pistol shots at the King's car. On Mihailoff's person the police later found "futuristic poems" dealing with "love and hatred among farm animals." The Italians promptly dubbed Mihailoff a "poetic maniac" and further claimed that his target had been not the King, but Premier Verlaci...
...just about enough to investigate radio, observers guessed. And radio's in-&-out friend, Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, announced he would begin hearings May 31 on a bill for a radio investigation. Radio men wondered: would FCC or the industry be the target of the inquisition...
After the unit passes in review the different batteries will split up and demonstrate the functions of the Field Artillery. Some men will string telephone wires, others will fire guns, and still others will show how a target is identified and fired upon. At four fifteen Retreat will be blown, and when the flag comes down the staff, Military Science will close up shop for the year...
...many more will soon go home-partly because of the Japanese Government's action, partly because the U.S. State Department is trying to get Americans out of Japan. The Presbyterians have stood firm and made no substantial withdrawals. The Episcopalians, whose non-Japanese bishops were the first target of the Japanese rules, have summoned home all but 16 of their foreign workers. The Methodists have recalled all theirs. But Japanese Christians are anxious to have U.S. churchmen return to Japan whenever they can, have offered to help support those who are now staying...