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...James Boyd...
...last week of February and the first [two weeks] of March [were] a peculiarly lethal time for American authors; five of them died. James Boyd, John Thomason, Joseph Lincoln, Irvin Cobb, Hendrik van Loon - that is the list. In the opinion of a good many competent critics, James Boyd was by far the most solidly important of them...
...company with a great many other readers of TIME, I was amazed and dismayed that there was not even a mention of the sudden and dramatic death of James Boyd in the service of his country...
...Fifty-five-year-old Author Boyd (Drums, Roll River, Bitter Creek, etc.) died last Feb. 25, of a heart attack, at Princeton, N.J., where he was pursuing his war work. The Free Company (TIME, Feb. 24, 1941), which he founded, strove to counter the enemy's propaganda...
General O'Connor's capture was a particularly bitter blow; he was field commander of the North African Army and General Wavell's right-hand man. When next heard of, Air Marshal Boyd was commanding the camp carpentry shop, Generals O'Connor and Neame the chicken yard. In the wild confusion of Italy's debacle they escaped, vanished into the Italian countryside. This week London announced that they had reached the Allied lines. They were together through the long trek; their route was secret...