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...Curwen, faces even less experienced oarsmen. They should win without too much difficulty, although the Engineers have one of the best first-year outfits ever. The B.U. Freshman boat is filled with good material, but still needs many more miles of rowing before it will be a threat...
Then there is the threat from Japan, the traditional bugaboo of the American navy. There are rumors that the Japanese are taking time off from the China incident to build four, eight or even twelve super-battleships, and suggestions that we should do the same and keep up with the Joneses. But the Navy admits it has "no definite information" about Japan's building program, and our fleet still has a marked superiority over Nippon's. So long as we maintain that edge, and so long as we hang on to our iron-clad island defense line in the Pacific...
Tech Boat a Threat...
Denmark. The day Hitler's troops move into the Danish larder, rolling comfortably over the undefended frontier, disembarking at ease on the quays of a capital that has just surrendered to the mere threat of annihilation from the air, a hearty welcome will be extended to them...
Against this threat Premier Hansson talked surprisingly tough. He ordered all Swedish ships to run for neutral or Allied ports, announced that Sweden would defend her independence, whatever the cost, and added: "It is not compatible with Swedish neutrality to let any belligerent power use Swedish territory for its operations. No such demands have been made on us. If they are, they must be rejected...