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Changing Aspects. In Europe, there were several men of stature whose aspect changed in the shifting light of events. One of these was somber, iron-willed Charles de Gaulle. For four years he had been the symbol and touchstone of French resistance to the Nazi conqueror, but he had lived in the half-light of exile. In 1944 he returned in triumph to his free but prostrate country. In the liberated countries, he was the only exile who went back to a people solidly ranked behind him, and the only man who seemed able to control the revolutionary ferments which...
Clark, Chapple, Keene, Johnson and Co. may be playing informal ball but there is nothing "informal" about the schedule which faces team. In addition to Brown, they still have to tangle with Holy Cross, conqueror of Indiana co-champions De Pauw, Cushing Naval Hospital, winner of 12 straight, and numerous service teams, most of which are studded with former collegiate hoop stars...
...commander of their troops in the Philippines was the surest indication of the Philippines' importance in the plans of Tokyo's High Command. General Tomoyuki Yamashita's arrival in Manila was announced with a flurry by Tokyo Radio. Fat-faced. Nazi-loving Yamashita. brutal, able conqueror of Malaya and Singapore. Bataan and Corregidor, was quoted as saying: "The only words I spoke to the British commander during the negotiations for the surrender of Singapore were: 'All I want to hear from you is "yes or no." ' I expect to put the same question...
...flag of its conqueror. Before the conquering Japs came in 1895, Formosa flew the triangular Imperial flag of China's Ching Dynasty - a blue dragon on a yellow background...
...every hour. Underground news papers which had hidden in cellars and garrets came out in the sun. Some pre-conquest papers, including Figaro and Ce Soir, were revived. Many great names of the prewar French press were gone, the papers that had either sold out or submitted to the conqueror: Le Matin, Paris Soir, Le Temps, L'Oeuvre, Le Petit Parisien, forcibly taken over by the Germans, may be revived. But by last week's end Paris had no less than 12 flourishing dailies...