Word: denning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There was no other way. ... If we had fought on, not only our Army would have been destroyed but all civilians, women and children. . . . Today Rotterdam had her terrible share of what bombing means, and Utrecht, Den Helder and other centres were threatened likewise. . . . Our Air Force was too weak. . . . We were left to ourselves and so I had to make a grave decision which was a very difficult one for me to lay down our arms. ... All I can say is, trust in the future, behold your traditions. Long live Her Majesty the Queen! Long live the Fatherland...
...national air defense program such as that envisioned by President Roosevelt must include provision for rapid and thorough training of huge numbers of pilots as well as tremendous expansion of production capacity, according to a joint interview granted yesterday by Jacob P. Den Hartog, associate professor of Applied Mechanics, and William Bollay, instructor in Applied Mechanics...
...fundamental reason behind Germany's air preponderance over the Allies, and the United States as well, according to Den Hartog and Bollay, is not the quality of the pilot training but the quantity. Unless America expands rapidly both pilot training and aircraft production, "in 15 years we shall be in the same fix England is now," they asserted...
...Allies were short-sighted in not stopping Nazi militarism at the very first," Den Hartog remarked. "Now, because of their delay they are in a very bad position. For our own best interests, we should have backed the Allies strongly from the start." Believing that the Allies stand little chance now, he thinks that hope for the U. S. lies in "taking a strong stand in the Pacific and South America, to prevent seizures or penetration by Germany or Japan...
...well-tried masterpiece was a re-enactment of Daniel in the lion's den. The Rev. Mr. Thompson whirled like a dervish, shadowboxed, raced with miniature fury up & down the platform, dropped to his knees to carry on in a high-pitched chant. Down front, the sinners whooped & hollered. On the stage sat five guest preachers. Pretending they were lions, Preacher Thompson poked them in the ribs. "Dan'l used a lion for a pillow," cried he, hurled himself on to their laps...