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...King's trove and Snow was jubilant. Beaming at his find, he planned to get a radar set, go hunting storied New England hulks (among them the British Privateer Mary Ann, sunk off Chatham with $1,000,000 in bullion) which have hitherto evaded unscientific treasure seekers...
...hitherto suppressed portion of the Army Pearl Harbor Board report, Regular Army officer Wyman and his great & good friend Hans Wilhelm Rohl, a German-alien contractor, were accused of ". . . a scale of riotous living, drunkenness and both private and public misconduct . . . together." Rohl, on whose yacht Wyman frequently made what he called "inspection trips," was awarded many Army contracts in Hawaii in 1940-41, even though he was not always the lowest bidder...
...enlisted men (with a few exceptions among needed special technicians) could get out if they had 80 points (WACs, 41 points) as of Sept. 2, 1945; if they were 38 years or over; if they were 35-37 and had a minimum of two years of honorable service. Officers, hitherto excluded from the general point system of release, will get out only if they have the following score: warrant officer, flight officer-80 points; second lieutenant to captain-85; major to colonel-100. Generals can get out if they are no longer needed...
Unfolding Hand. The swift advance of Russia's armies in Inner. Mongolia, Manchuria and Korea brought another political force to the fore. The Yenan-sponsored "Korean Independence League" (hitherto less prominent than other Korean exile groups in Chungking and Washington) suddenly emerged. It proclaimed...
...Agriculture and Forestry Minister it appointed Ku Cheng-kang, fortyish, hitherto Minister of Social Affairs. Minister Ku replaced General Sheng Shih-tsai, the sad-eyed epicure (he likes sea slugs, champagne, Russian chocolates) who last year lost the Government of Sinkiang for openly opposing Russian influence. At the recent meeting of the People's Political Council, General Sheng was violently denounced as a grafter and as one who took "lives lightly as grass...