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Moscow's guns, with no great single victory to salute, boomed for a collective one: on the Red Army's 27th anniversary Marshal Stalin announced that in the first 40 days of the winter offensive 800,000 Germans had been killed, 350,000 taken prisoner. Proclaimed Stalin: "Full victory . . . is near...
...Canadians of the Eighth Army fought from grapevine to grapevine toward Ravenna (pop. 78,000), Byron's favorite Italian town, once an early Christian metropolis and a naval base in the days of Augustus Caesar. Finally the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards drove in from the northwest while the 27th Lancers pushed in from the south. The Germans backed out so quickly there was no time for house-to-house fighting. Residents turned out for the kind of flag-waving reception the toiling troops in Italy had almost forgotten...
...27th anniversary of the Russian Revolution the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs pioneered a new revolution-in style. Henceforth the well-dressed Soviet diplomat will wear a dramatic new uniform. But simplicity is the keynote. A simple, double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...
...days later British police swooped down on 250 Jewish terrorist suspects, whisked them out of Palestine by plane to an undisclosed destination. As the 27th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration* came & went last week, the air was thick with rumors and recriminations. It looked as if trouble-shooting Lord Gort would soon have plenty of trouble on his hands...
...date of the election, is also the 27th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. One of the leading candidates in this election has attracted the cheers, the other the jeers of the Communists. It is for the voters to decide which is better qualified to carry out foreign and domestic policies inspired by purely American considerations, without benefit of foreign political influences and ideologies...