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MacArthur's Command. To his new command, MacArthur brought a dowry of Filipino loyalty. Relations between Filipinos and the U.S. Army in the Philippines had hitherto been only cordial. But Mac-Arthur, who had created the Philippine Army, trusted it and could command it as he wished. "I know a fighting army when I see one," he had said, "and these men are a fighting army...
...Congress," admitted the hitherto recalcitrant Nehru, "is a political body and its attitude to the war is political, and not merely moral or ethical." He intimated the possible "self-effacement" of Mahatma Gandhi, whom, of course, no one thinks of asking to divorce his ethics from his politics. "India," Pandit Nehru went on, "is prepared to go for an all-in aid in the war, if her political aspirations are satisfied...
...Germany, with [the Finns'] help, should win the war, Germany would be as dominant in Scandinavia as in the rest of Europe, and there would be an end to the democratic peasant republic which has hitherto enjoyed the world's respect and sympathy...
...Bangkok, Thailand, July 29, 1941 (U.P.)-Premier Luang Pitul Songgram was named Supreme Commander of Thailand's armed forces today with the ranks of Field Marshal. Admiral of the Fleet and Air Marshal. Hitherto those posts were held only by sovereigns...
...hitherto unannounced game, the forces of the Crimson and the Blue will meet to determine the Ivy- League Newspaper Football championship at 11 o'clock this morning. Led by Rapid Robbie Robbins, the CRIMSON will put its undefeated eleven on Soldiers Field to oppose Flashy Ford's forces from New Haven. The NEW's record to date in 2 wins and 23 defeats. Before the game, the Yale men will attend a tea in their honor at the CRIMSON building. Hu Flung Huey predicted a 23 to 2 victory for Harvard...