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...chief subject in the discussions between Churchill and [Field Marshal Sir Alan] Brooke and De Gaulle and Juin this week. If the concerted reaction of the French press, and also President Roosevelt's speech, are indications, France will be given the materials to build war industries to equip her own soldiers. This means that we are planning for a much longer war than anybody at home-or here either -thought possible last September...
General Chen was making a spectacular start as War Minister. He announced his determination to abolish thousands of the 20,394 sub-organizations of the National Military Council. He laid plans to train 30 to 40 divisions in 1945, to equip each of them with U.S. artillery. Whereas each Chinese army now comprised three understrength divisions, Chen planned armies built of four full-strength, "square" divisions of four regiments each...
...ratio of 1-to-13. Since 1937 Jap losses in dead are estimated at 850,000. More than a quarter of a million are now "isolated in island pockets," bypassed by the U.S. drive to the west. But there are still plenty of reserves. Japan can train and equip 2,000,000 more soldiers without hurting war production...
...magic touch lies with the irons. He regulates his swing in clocklike fashion, using the same amount of punch each time, getting different distance by lengthening or shortening his backswing. Once he knows the range, he can drop ball after ball dead on the pin. (He could equip a caddy with a baseball glove and pitch iron shots to him on the first bounce.) His one weakness is with the putter. He is inclined to stroke a short putt too hard, and is more likely to sink a 20-footer than a three-footer. He knows and bemoans this frailty...
...yearly fellowships are bestowed on working newspapermen under the terms of the will of Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the late publisher of the Milwaukee Journal. The only newspaper men eligible this year were those unavailable for military service, whose intention for study is to equip themselves to deal with post-war problems...