Word: inlanders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among the prominent alumni that will explain the business situation will be John Lord O'Brain '96, general counsel of the OPM, Frederick C. Crawford, '13 of Cleveland, President of Thompson Products, Inc., and Clarence B. Randall '12 of Chicago, vice-president of the Inland Steel Company...
...Army sites, inland from Port-of-Spain, contractors and thousands of Trinidad laborers were frantically at work last week. The defense project had reached a point where smoke clouded the hot sky over two great airfields to be-smoke from thousands of acres of timbered lands, where the jungle was being hacked and burned away. The War Department had clamped a rigid rule of secrecy upon its officers in all the bases outside the U.S., Trinidad included. But from the public, paved highways through the whole Army area, natives riding their stunted donkeys and any visiting motorist could...
Surrendering the city to avoid bombing, the small Greek garrison and most of the population moved inland to the hills to think things over. While the Italians were still trying to coax them out with ultimatums, the German occupation force of three arrived by motor launch, bowed politely out when they found the small end of the Axis in possession. Next day the Greeks capitulated finally and the Italians made sure of their prize with three infantry battalions...
According to Chinese estimates, about four divisions of Japanese regulars landed at various points along the coast of Chekiang and Fukien Provinces south of Shanghai, and were driving inland, practically unresisted. They would probably not drive far, for the landings had three restricted purposes-all of which might have some bearing on other theaters of the World...
...Phase One of the Battle of the Mediterranean ended last week, most eyes turned toward the east end of the inland sea for the next action (see p. 28). But the Battle of the Mediterranean involves its whole shore line, and last week's reports from France and the countries of the western Mediterranean thundered on the left...