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First on the beach was Lieut. Wilfred S. Le-François of Watertown, N.Y., with his assault detachment. He and his men had 20 quiet minutes on the island, while rain beat their faces and they edged through the tall palms. Then the Japs discovered them and let loose with a machine gun. Five bullets bore into Lieut. Le-François' left shoulder. He and his men returned the fire and went...
...high-powered binoculars on everything that reached the auction block. At Gimbels 84-year-old Spanish Millionaire José Lazaro Galdeano, his loud necktie half hidden by a grey spade beard, bought right & left, walked off with one of the season's most expensive buys ($26,742): François Boucher's L'Amour, reputedly posed by Mme. de Pompadour...
...France, which he claimed would "improve bad heredity, amplify good heredity," were mostly being used for the improvement of Nazis. There was little left for him to live for when, last week, death came to old Léon Daudet, 74, longtime editor of Paris' L' Action Française...
...folks would either ride trains or stay home. The Civil Aeronautics Board is reshuffling all airline schedules, hopes to have a fresh set ready soon. Some details have leaked out: daily flights on the important New York-Washington beat may be slashed from 52 to 16; on the San Fran-cisco-Los Angeles run from 13 to eight; on many small "feeder" lines to none at all. Air mail also will get clipped; the Army this week was ominously silent when asked about rumors that much air mail will be grounded. The Cost. All this will cost the airlines...
...claim that diplomatic stress & strain between Vichy and the U.S. would soon be over was made this week by Vichy's wily little Vice Premier, Admiral Jean François Darlan. He said that "full agreement" was near. He implied that Vichy would guarantee the neutrality of the French Fleet and all of France's African colonies, including Madagascar, Axis-coveted strategic stronghold in the Indian Ocean. Admiral Darlan also said that the U.S. would resume food shipments to French North Africa, cut off last November when Vichy recalled her North African commander, Maxime Weygand...