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...than 1,000 men on the fortified British coastal base of Sollum, 75 miles east of Tobruch. The British broke up this effort with a flanking attack, and the survivors took refuge in the deserted adobe Fort Capuzzo. There they still were after a thirsty week, sucking stones to eke out their water supply, which the British cut off by removing many sections of the pipeline down from Bardia. British artillery, pounding their defenses, drove them into trenches. British shells and a detachment of light tanks broke up an Italian column of 20 trucks sent to relieve the beleaguered expedition...
Saturday afternoon's encounter with Pennsylvania will supply Coach Barnaby with considerably more worries. Last year's top singles match, which saw Burt eke out an extra set triumph over Isadore Bellis at the Divinity Courts, kept the stands on edge. Bellis, one of the outstanding younger players in the East, will be after blood this year when he meets Burt on his home courts...
...first game, the team was beaten by the Navy plebes by a score of 2 to 1, although it was just an informal, five-inning tilt. Augusta, Military Academy fell before the vengeance of the Freshmen, 11 to 4, but Staunton was able to eke out a 3 to 2 win in 11 innings. The Yardlings overpowered Massanutten Military Academy, 25 to 8, but were even more badly beaten themselves on Saturday by Mercersburg...
Speaking of Helena, what do you mean "where natives eke out a meagre existence"? That's new to us. It is still one of the richest, per capita, cities in these United States. (Time was, when it was rated the richest.) Today, as formerly, it is referred to by our visiting Easterners, of whom we have many, as the "City of beautiful homes and well-dressed inhabitants." If you don't believe it, come out and see us sometime and we shall be glad to show...
...Well-favored Helenans, whose civic vigor TIME salutes, misconstrued the intended meaning of "eke out." Its irony, TIME supposed, was as plain as Helena's backyard Mt. Ascension and Mt. Helena. Whether second richest U. S. city or not is something for Helena to fight out with such claimants as Winston-Salem, N. C., Pasadena, Calif., Greenwich, Conn., Dallas, Texas, Washington...