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...Spent a morning at the Navy's skyscraper hospital at Bethesda, Md., for a physical checkup...
...drew near, crushing responsibility settled back upon the handful of top commanders. For the Germans, it fell most heavily on two field marshals, able hoodlum Erwin Rommel and able Junker Gerd von Rundstedt. They were hard at work on their checkup of garrisons, driving their staffs to perfect the plans for the 50-odd divisions they will have in the West on Dday...
When your report affirms that I "lashed out strongly against clerical fascism . . ." it departs from the truth at right angles. My notes which I closely followed show no such expression, and a checkup among some of my auditors reveals that there was none...
...date, no West Coast plants have been shut. And WPB took pains to explain that the ODT survey was only part of a nationwide checkup. But WPB also ominously predicted that, by the end of the year, one-quarter of U.S. aluminum-making facilities will be shut down. Against the possibility that further cutbacks may hit the Coast, Western Congressmen are whittling a political club, aimed at aluminum imports from Canada...
...believed that, regardless of his Party's corruption, Mussolini had the best interests of his people at heart. One story indicated the Italian's cynicism: The Duce was not satisfied with the reports he was getting on his last speech and decided to make a personal checkup. He put on a beard and wandered in the streets until he met a likely looking citizen. "Buon giorno," said the Duce, "and how did you like the Duce's last speech?" The citizen was terrified. His worried eyes shot up & down the street to make sure...