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Convoy (British production; R. K. O. release). The fog is everywhere. The hull of a ship slides out of it: before the stern is visible, the fog hides the hull. A whistle tears the softness with a shriek: the grey blanket settles down more softly than before. Scene: the North Sea, whose oily green waters, even in summer, look cold. Time: World War II. Action: the hushed, relentless pursuit and escape of Nazi and British ships, alternately each other's victims...
They are caused by high speed planes flying at 15,000 feet. Moisture forms from the plane's exhaust and also from the friction with the air. A fleet of planes would make a blanket of clouds of considerable substance, while individual planes form wisps which grow in size as they drift...
Last week the U. S. moved off dead centre. In London the Ministry of Economic Warfare announced that it would grant a blanket navicert to the American Red Cross for a shipment of food and medical supplies to France and Spain. In Washington, Red Cross Chairman Norman Davis quickly supplied details. This month the old Hog Islander S.S. Cold Harbor will sail from Baltimore, U. S. flags and Red Cross emblems (brilliantly lighted at night) unmistakably painted on her. To Spain will go 4,500 tons of whole-wheat flour, 250 tons of powdered whole milk, 250 tons of evaporated...
...deadline passed. A deep blanket of snow made communications by rail and wire uncertain and made a war by mechanized forces almost impossible. As Italy found in Greece, it does not pay to fight Balkan troops under conditions which give an advantage to old-fashioned armies on foot. Moreover, the Danube was frozen-not heavily enough to bear mechanized forces, too heavily to tolerate pontoon bridges. And there are only three permanent bridges over the Danube. Unless the British appeared in Greece in force, there was no need for haste. But the main reason why such a push could well...
Last week after ASCAP refused to sign a consent decree calling for the elimination of the self-perpetuating power of its board of directors, its blanket agreement by which it sells all its properties in block, its practice of pooling and dividing its income, the Department of Justice suddenly cut loose, decided to start criminal anti-trust proceedings not only against ASCAP, but against B. M. I., NBC, and CBS as well. Said Trust-Buster Thurman Arnold: "The Department is interested in seeing that neither ASCAP nor B. M. I. can get into a position that puts the public...