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...only people in Indonesia who were really contented were the soldiers of the Dutch army, who had been conscripted for unpopular service in a steaming, tropical land. Last week the sides of Dutch army trucks, filled with tall blond soldiers, bore chalked signs like: Tabeh, we gaan de rommel verlaten (Goodbye, we're pulling out of this mess) and Doe het self maar verder. Gaan naar moeder (Do it yourself. We're going home to mother...
...London the family had been sedulously boning up on South African history, politics, economics and the Afrikaans language (they could all now say a cheery "How do you do?"-Hoe gaan dit?-to their hosts) while Britain's leading designers, Hartnell, Molyneux and Thaarup, labored feverishly on trousseaux. Fashion reporters were invited to see the new clothes but editors had to sign a solemn promise that the clothes would not be described until the royal ladies had appeared in them. Meanwhile, hints kept Britain's newspaper readers in more or less breathless anticipation...
...defeated J. C. Howe, Jr. '31, 16-15, 15-8, 10-15, 16-14; C. H. Kawakami '30 defeated L. D. Fiske '32, 15-9, 15-8, 15-4; P. G. Livermore '32 defeated C. W. Eiseman '30, 15-12, 15-13, 7-15, 15-7; E. P. Gaan '30 defeated W. H. Chesebrough...
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