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...Burmese delegates came aboard from a motor launch. With the exception of one Burman, who wore formal morning dress, the delegates wore gay silk lungyis and scarlet headdresses. At the head of the green baize wardroom table sat Burma's governor, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, whom the Japanese had chased out of Burma. Now he was back. Back too was Premier Sir Paw Tun, whom the Japanese had also chased out. Near him sat bland, ambitious, influential U Than Tun, general secretary of the Communist-dominated Anti-Fascist Organization. Sayadaw Aletawaya, 90, head of the Buddhist church, sent...
Political Switch. The Burman National Army was organized and trained by the Japanese to fight against the British. Two months ago, noting the change in the tide of war, the B.N.A. changed sides. In a Rangoon broadcast, the B.N.A.'s chief of staff, Colonel Ne Win, admitted frankly: "We believed ... we could not successfully struggle against the British and achieve independence." But Japanese promises of independence turned out to be merely "a declaration...
Goalie, Thompson; fullback, Harbisin; fullback, Killam; halfback, Slingerland; halfback, Clarke; halfback, Butcher; outside forward, Calhoun; inside forward, Drake; center forward, Murphy; inside forward, Gifford; outside forward, Burman...
...period the Crimson could not be denied. Jack Calhoun rammed one home after two minutes of the period had gone by and Jim Apthorp tallied on a pass from Jack Dixon two minutes later. The faltering Tufts defense was pierced once more late in the third quarter when Eli Burman counted on a pass from Apthorp...
...helped the enemy into their country; 2) that evacuating British forces had left Burmese earth unscorched. Said Old Harrovian Sir Reginald: "The Burmese with any stake in the country played the game by Great Britain. When the invasion began, the Japanese did not succeed in winning over a single Burman of any weight...