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Flood. Two days later the flood broke. First came word that the remaining provinces of humid, swampy Equatorial Africa (498,054 sq.mi.; 4,400 whites; 1,986,060 Arabs, Okande, Fiot, Fang, Bateke, Banda, Zandeh, Hausa, Fula and Pigmy tribesmen) had renounced Vichy. This revolt was engineered by General Rene Marie Edgard de Larminat, former Chief of Staff in the Syrian Army, who had escaped to Africa after being imprisoned for attempting to lead the staff to Britain following the French surrender. General de Larminat moved into French territory from his refuge in the Belgian Congo after his agents...
...pilot. Built for sleek streamlining, the twelve-cylinder Allison (made by General Motors) drives the three-bladed prop through a shaft. Best thing about this is that it makes Airacobra's air-splitting nose thin and wartless, still leaves room up front for Airacobra's most deadly fang: a 37-millimeter (1½ |inch) cannon which fires through the propeller hub. Alongside its cannon, biggest carried by any single-engined pursuit ship, are two .30-calibre and two .50-calibre (½inch) machine guns...
...Fire, Fire! Catastrophe!" The clang of a muffled bell fang out through the night. Vag, wandering down Holyoke Street, stopped short in his tracks. Screams of women and shouts of men could be heard coming from the innermost recesses of the Big Tree Swimming Pool. A man of action, Vag sprang to the rescue, dashed down a side alley, and burst through a small door at the rear of the Big Tree. Acrid smoke filled his nostrils. But undaunted, he staggered on through a dark corridor shouting, "Everybody keep calm. Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit...
...Saskatchewan Prairie Chicken Trials and Dominion Championship. Sam showed his mettle at Grand Junction last year. During an exercise run for the benefit of MARCH OF TIME cameramen, he collided with a pack of darky dogs in pursuit of a rabbit, was ganged, had a collie's fang sunk clear through his left flank. Few days later he ran a strong three-hour race in the National...
Butchered by his soldiers at Sian last week was memorable General Wang Ichi. In 1931 he was one of the very few Manchurian generals to offer brave resistance to the battling and bribing Japanese. Butchered too last week were Colonels Chiang Pin, Hsu Fang and Sung Hsueh-li while others of the Young Marshal's officers escaped or were held "in custody" at Sian...