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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First, he had a three-day visit from Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, rumored to be the President's choice for chairman of the conference. What the President and the Prime Minister discussed was not disclosed in detail, but it was certain that the conference got more discussion than Neighbor King's home political affairs, about which Franklin Roosevelt had a few kind words to say (see CANADA...
...ITALIAN TRAGEDY - Nicola Cu-ringa - Liveright ($2.50). The grim realities of a humble and emotional people engulf Peasant Giacomo as he returns from America to the poverty of his home in Italy during World War I. Clumsily told but rich in detail...
...Americans were cautioned by an Army detail not to pocket any souvenir towels or spoons because Russia is short in many items and the hosts might receive an 'unfortunate impression...
Prisoners can listen to a radio (but not short wave). They like American jazz. It is not unusual to see a K.P. detail sitting around a potato pile singing The Trolley Song with heavy Teutonic accent while they peel. In one compound, Don't Fence Me In is a favorite...
Beyond Iwo, the Japanese cannot hope to outguess the attackers. Chichi Jima might eventually be taken as a platform for launching robot bombs against Tokyo (615 miles away). The only thing the Japs can be sure of is that their home islands, soon to be mapped in detail by U.S. photo-interpreters, are the eventual objective. They cannot be sure whether the assault troops will come direct, or by way of the Kurils, Ryukyus, China or Korea. They cannot be strong at every point of possible attack. They can either spread their forces thin or concentrate them at the likeliest...