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Changchun is held by the First Army, perhaps the best of all the Chinese Government armies. It was trained, clothed and equipped in Burma by General Stilwell. . . . But behind their gallant appearance there is little of the strength they had under American command. They have only American equipment. They have been using it ever since they fought beside our men in Burma. It is worn out. . . . Their rifles have been used so much that they will no longer shoot straight. . . . They have excellent American artillery but are so short of ammunition that they cannot fire a single practice shot. Their...
...glided majestically past the coast of England, the Queen was not only steaming for New York but out of an all but vanished age-an age of which she had once been a sumptuous symbol, and whose splendor (and profits sorely needed by Britons) she was making a gallant attempt to recapture...
NAVARRO'S IDEA UNIVERSE INSIDE EARTH [TIME, JULY 14] HARDLY NOVEL. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, FOLLOWERS OF [KORESHANITY'S CYRUS TEED], BELIEVED THIS EVER SINCE 1870. KORESHAN COLONY AT ESTERO, FLORIDA, NOW A MERE PITIFUL REMNANT, HARDLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GALLANT EARLY EFFORTS OF HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS WHO COULD HARDLY BE CLASSED AS IGNORANT OR SUPERSTITIOUS...
...Italian civilians, Kesselring did not deny his responsibility (TIME, May 19). "If there is any guilt," he said stoutly, "it is mine and mine alone." To his defense came distinguished British soldiers. Said Lieut. General Sir Oliver Leese, who commanded the British forces opposite Kesselring : "He was a gallant soldier who fought well and squarely. If things had gone the other way, the man sentenced to death might have been...
...stretch. Just to be safe, for six-year-old Stymie was beginning to move up, Arcaro stung Assault's hide once with the whip. Then, looking over his shoulder, Arcaro saw that there was nothing to worry about and eased up to win, three lengths ahead of gallant old Stymie. The victory, worth $38,100, boosted Assault's total...