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...Brave Old World. Carl Becker (professor emeritus of history at Cornell) goes along with Joseph Jones insofar as his long-term hopes are concerned. But he cautions his readers to remember that things move slowly, that the world will not change radically with the defeat of Hitler and Japan. The new world will continue to be "nationalistic, for it is nationalist sentiment that is even now inspiring the British, the Chinese and the Russians. There will be a "balance of power," for "balance" is the antithesis of the monopoly of power which the Axis hoped to put over...
With deep feeling, the Negro congregation sings Onward, Christian Soldiers. In 46 minutes there has taken place on the screen (despite the bitter facts left out) a brave, important and hopeful event in the history of U.S. race relations...
According to the best available records, he is the only member of his service ever to brave the hallowed corridors of Beaver Hall. We thought perhaps that the USMC had decided to send a one man gang to Boston to take over NSCS, but such is not the case. Lt. Lenhart was unfortunate enough to choose one of the few branches--aviation supply--of the Marine Corps that works under the Navy supply system, so it was his penalty to undergo the SC course...
...confusions over Anzio. Correspondents had conscientiously written what they had seen and what they had been told of the battle. They reminded the General: 1) that a BBC broadcast, day after the Jan. 22 landings, had been responsible for too much cheer by reporting that "Alexander's brave troops are pushing towards Rome . . . should reach it within 48 hours"; 2) that the subsequent gloom, when the German counterattack was conscientiously reported, had not been helped by official statements at home. Up spoke the Chicago Daily News'?, belligerent William Stoneman: "The biggest scare of all was given...
Passage to Marseille (Warner). It is just before the fall of France. A freighter, bound from New Caledonia for Marseille, is captained by a brave and gentle Frenchman (Victor Francen). One of his passengers (Sydney Greenstreet) is a professional soldier and a Fascist. An air corps officer (Claude Rains) is blithely unconcerned when he realizes that five derelicts (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Philip Dorn, Helmut Dantine, George Tobias) whom the ship picks up are fugitives from Devil's Island. They have escaped in order to fight for France...