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...other night we were present at the delight/til dinner that Mrs. Lionel Atwill gave for Major General Robert Richardson. . . . What impressed this writer was the amazing display of lovely "service wives": Mrs. Delos Emmons, wife of Lieutenant General Emmons, commander of the Hawaiian area; brunette Mrs. Richard Sutherland, whose husband is the chief of staff of General Douglas Mac Arthur. . . . French-born Mrs. John Towers, wife of the head of the Navy air force...
Victory at Midway intoxicated Hawaii. Last week the hangover set in. A morning-after jolt came from Lieut. General Delos C. Emmons, Commander of the Hawaiian Department, who warned islanders against the "false sense of security" prevalent since the Japanese Fleet was repulsed. "To assume the enemy will not return in force," said he, "is the most dangerous kind of wishful thinking." To strip the motley-populated isles for action, he urged all non-war-occupied women, children, elders and invalids to take advantage of the Army Transport Service and leave at once. A few days later, U.S. bombers struck...
Shades with patriotic names are shown: Russian, Australian and Pacific greens; British rose; Iceland, Gallant, Commando, Salute, Alaska, Independence and Overseas blues; American wine; Valor and Freedom reds; Atlantic sand; Gunpowder, Air, Bomber and Pursuit greys; Hawaiian lime; Canadian violet, Panama aqua, Chinese earth, India copper, Pan-American red and Coral...
Heading the group of stories is Cecil Schneer's "Two Episodes," a pair of sharply drawn sketches of individuals in crisis. The first, dealing with the bombing of an Hawaiian volcano, has a more unique interest than its commoner companion piece, but both display mature style and original talent of which the reader may hope to see more. Norman Mailer's "Maybe Next Year" is in the nature of an experiment in objective subjectivity. Told through the mouth of a small child, this tale of a split home remains brutally objective and its technique is never really in keeping with...
Fifteen cadets were commissioned as Second Licutenants in the Quartermaster Reserve: Richard T. Bentley, of Lancaster, Pa.; Robert F. Duttle, of Berkeley, Calif.; James F. Greig, of Aiea, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands; Robert S. Gunderson, of St. Paul, Minn.; Walter R. Gurthie, of Washington, D. C.; Louis Levy, of Halls, Tenn.; Clark E. McDonald, of Memphis, Tenn.; David G. Reed, of Middleboro, Mass.; Lot J. Seacat, of Ramsey, Ind.; Howard E. Sommer, of Chicago, III.; Herbert F. Stewart, of New York City; Harry M. Strong, of North Seattle, Wash.; Earl W. Tyler, Jr., of Richmond, Va.; Robert S. Weil, of Montgomery...