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...princes-the polo-playing Nawab of Bhopal (19 guns) and the tiger-hunting Maharaja of Nawanagar (15 guns)-had more pressing business. The day before the audience they drove up resolutely to the Viceroy's house. To affable Lord Wavell they handed the resignation of the nine princes who constitute the Chamber's Standing Committee. The signatures were impressive: the Nawab of Bhopal, the Nawab of Rampur, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, the Maharaja of Indore, the Maharaja of Dungarpur, the Maharaja of Patiala, the Maharaja of Jaipur, the Maharaja of Bikaner, the Raja of Bilaspur. This...
...Tiger Returns. But to the Japanese the new commander of their troops in the Philippines was the surest indication of the Philippines' importance in the plans of Tokyo's High Command. General Tomoyuki Yamashita's arrival in Manila was announced with a flurry by Tokyo Radio. Fat-faced. Nazi-loving Yamashita. brutal, able conqueror of Malaya and Singapore. Bataan and Corregidor, was quoted as saying: "The only words I spoke to the British commander during the negotiations for the surrender of Singapore were: 'All I want to hear from...
With Nelson Potter (19-to-7) heading a rejuvenated pitching staff, the Browns had won eleven of their last twelve games. They might well prove to be tougher than the Tigers as World Series opponents of the perennial champion St. Louis Cardinals. For offsetting Detroit's Hal New-houser and his fabulous 20-to-9 pitching record was the decline of Dizzy Trout (27-14), who had lost twice in the crucial last week and seemed to be overworked. Even the Tiger slugging combination of Rudy York and Dick Wakefield might have been less effective than Luke Sewell...
...Dedham, Mass., eight relatives and an ex-employe of the late millionaire attorney, Woodbury Rand, prepared to contest his will. They were indignant at discovering that he had canceled $20,000 in bequests because of their "contemptuous attitude" towards his male tiger cat, Buster (TIME, Aug. 21). Rand left Buster $40,000, and added in his will: "Any personal property of mine which would add to his comfort, such as my radio, sweaters, three electric fans . . . shall be at his disposal...
...Animals. In Antwerp, joyous burghers rounded up remaining Germans and collaborationists, stuck them in empty cages at the zoo-officers in the lion house, Belgian Fascists in the tiger pens, wailing women in the wildcat cages. The day before, a troop of flustered "Mice"-grey-clad German women auxiliaries-had piled their belongings on a truck, which then drove off. The truck was driven by members of Belgium's underground "White Brigade," would never reach the Reich...