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...another old rebel, who some 40 years ago swore that he would never again set foot on U.S. soil, disregarded MacArthur's still-flying flag by setting foot in the Philippines. Old General Artemio Ricarte y Vibora drove proudly about Manila in a sleek limousine, with a spluttering escort of Jap motorcycle guards...
Another favorite Doenitz variation on this theme: the wolf-pack leader singles out one ship in a convoy, draws the escort's attention to the single encounter while the rest of the pack, often operating on the surface in the dark, move in on the unprotected merchant units...
...British Navy bungling escape notice. It was revealed last week that the warship which took Winston Churchill to the U.S. was supposed to pick up a British destroyer escort near the Azores. The destroyers did not show up. Lest enemy agents inform Axis submarines of the warship's presence near the islands, the ship proceeded unescorted...
Chile, major stockholder in South America's 5,093-mile Pacific coast line, readied a cruiser, an escort of submarines and a submarine mother ship for patrol of the coast and the Strait of Magellan...
Both affairs will be held in the Union. Freshmen can escort their girls for supper before the record dance. The price of the dance is 40 cents "stag or drag." Although the committee has planned some activities for the week before the Christmas dinner, they were not disclosed. Whether Charles Townoend Copeland '32 will give his annual reading is not known...