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...George Blackwood to watch over them. The first cut of the Freshman squad will be made after the initial scrimmage on Friday. Barton Kelly and John Kennedy, brothers of the famous Shaun and Joe Kennedy respectively, Hoar, Duane, DeVine and McGruder appear to be most promising for the flank positions, while at tackle George Downing, Hallett, Healey and Phil Hallowell have displayed talent...
...Washington's Mount St. Alban. Last week a stanch Presbyterian displayed two stained glass windows, designed for the National Cathedral, and executed with the simple, wholehearted reverence of the Gothic 13th Century. Already the author of 13 National Cathedral windows, Lawrence Bradford Saint made his- latest pair to flank the stairway to the crypt in the North Transept, as a memorial to the late William T. Hildrup Jr., Pennsylvania steel products manufacturer...
...First division found itself in a tough frontline sector near Soissons. Between it and a troop of French Colonials on its left was a jutting mound and rock quarry from which a nest of German machine guns spat a relentless enfilade fire. Seeing that the U. S. flank would soon be shredded to bits, Lieutenant Parker ordered his platoon and a group of wandering, disorganized French Colonials to follow him up the hill. Few minutes later Lieutenant Parker and his men had effectively silenced the German guns, captured 40 prisoners. Next day, when a bad foot wound left him unable...
Scouting planes told him that Ethiopians were in force on the caravan route due north of Gabredarre. He tried a flank attack along the Giana Gobbo River to the left and hit a hornets' nest. Italians charged time & again up impossible gullies, always to fall back before a blistering fire...
...spread his support on surrounding peaks. Marshal Badoglio had assembled 200 bombing and pursuit planes. He had Alpini and Sabauda Divisions facing the Ethiopian Guard and was able, after an amazing forced march, to whip another division of leather-footed Eritrean native troops along Haile Selassie's right flank...