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...western Europeans have come through the war in fairly good condition. The French death rate actually dropped during German occupation (to 16.9 per 1,000 in 1943 compared with a U.S. rate of 10.9) even though individual rations were 500 calories a day less than the average 2,500-a-day requirement...
...French longed for the old Count too, but not quite in the same spirit. The French would like to lay hands on Volpi as a Fascist war criminal. Better the discomforts of a $75-a-day suite in a Swiss hotel than that! Lausanne might seem somewhat provincial after Rome. But better last in a little Helvetian city than priority rating on a list of war criminals in Rome or Paris...
...Governor, his wife and two sons swam in the Atlantic surf and sunned on the deck beside the Casino swimming pool. When it was time for a change, they put on sports clothes and ate dinner in the big, patio-styled Cloister. They retired early to their $40-a-day suite, to be ready in the morning for traditional Southern breakfasts-ham & eggs, grits, hot biscuits-and another day's relaxation. While the Governor golfed, his wife usually went for walks; son John, 8, learned to ride a bicycle on the alabaster-white beach, harassed by his brother...
...Pastrana, and U.S. casualties there were heavy. But the Japs, after losing the Leyte Valley and its excellent airfield terrain, streaked for the west coast, began embarking for Cebu in barges and other small craft, under fire from U.S. PT boats. Meanwhile the 21st Infantry, which had landed on A-day at Leyte's southern end, overran the southern third of the island with help from guerrillas. This week Douglas MacArthur announced that two-thirds of Leyte, including 212 miles of north and east coastline, had been liberated...
Meanwhile, the combined naval attack forces, under suave, bushy-browed Vice Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, were on their way. For a while it was a toss-up whether A-day would have to be postponed; a minor typhoon was whirling through the gulf. It died out and gave no trouble...