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...Jehovah's Witnesses. The Witnesses believe that Biblical prophecies literally govern every earthly event, that the U. S. flag, financiers, politicians-and all religions but their own-are agents of Lucifer, who is at large in the world and now grooming himself for a terrific last-ditch fight with Jehovah. Witnesses have recently been mobbed from Maine to Cali fornia (TIME, June 24). Last week they suffered: 1) at Columbus, Ohio, where Governor Bricker refused to reinstate a canceled contract that would have permit ted them to hold their national convention at the State Fair Grounds; 2) at Clarks...
...rising German tide, pounded by its heaviest artillery and air bombs were Allied garrisons in forts at Liége, Namur, Sedan, Montmédy, who pounded back desperately at the lava flow of German supply and reinforcement. After the break-through at Sedan, Generalissimo Gamelin issued his last-ditch order...
...Your German is, of all foul and dirty fighters, the foulest and dirtiest. We must . . . give them hell in every sort of way." As rebellious criticism mounted, political dopesters even mentioned David Lloyd George the "Welsh Wizard" who won the last war for Great Britain, as a possible last-ditch Cabinet appointee. And from France came censored dispatches predicting soon the formation of a "sacred union," Government of all parties...
...hordes came on, and at week's end even the Finns had to admit the Russians had several footholds on the coastal front. Obvious aim was to penetrate inland and cut the vital lines of communication from Helsinki to Viipuri, then sweep around behind the Finns' last-ditch defenses in the Mannerheim Line. Many a Finn was constrained to admit that a moderately honorable peace would be preferable to gradual strangulation by Joseph Stalin's Molasseskrieg...
Passing is left to Fred Burr and Ted Harrison, two talented tossers. It is quite possible that Harvard will see more flying footballs than ever before this year, but they won't be too dangerous if the Elis have to resort to passing as a last-ditch measure. The Harlow aerial shelters have not received a real test since the Penn game and their strength is difficult to estimate. Cautious Yale did not fill the air with passes against Princeton, but these may be their only dangerous offensive gestures Saturday...