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...three days unrelated events became related. The German hammering at Moscow and the overturn of the Japanese Cabinet foreshadowed a Japanese attack on Siberia. The attack on the destroyer Kearny and the threat of a Japanese-Russian war both raised anew the question of how the U.S. is to get aid to the enemies of Hitler-a question that involves the failure of the U.S. Neutrality...
...Troops have been shunted from the Far Eastern to the European front. Some reports said as many as 17 divisions-one-third of the entire Far Eastern force -have been moved west. In the face of the Japanese threat (see p. 30) this bespoke a determination to do everything possible in the west...
...Second threat in the maritime backfield is Sam "Albie" Boothe, a left-handed passer and a left-handed punter. With less speed than Busik but equally as powerful, Boothe sparked Navy in their win over Cornell last week, scoring on a naked reverse from the 15 yard line...
...after the fall of France situations in the Atlantic and Pacific began to arise, situations which had never been anticipated at the time of the passing of the Neutrality Act. "Even isolationists were forced to recognize the existence of a threat to American safety." Through acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and legal opinions, hitherto forbidden shipping areas were whittled away and aid to Britain became a reality instead of a dream...
...ship sinkings do serve a purpose, it should be to show the nation the handicaps of sending out American ships unarmed and defenceless, at the mercy of any grim and realistic, if not "merciless" raider. A five inch gun on board a merchant ship is powerful as a defensive threat, forcing the submarines under the seas in their attacks. It gives the ship more of an even break. The sooner our ships get guns, the more chance we will have of decreasing the ghastly acceleration of lives lost...