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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days last week there were two strikes of more than 450 planes each, one of 600 (on which not a B-29 was lost). By their own admission, the B-29 flyers were running out of industrial targets. Next on the priority list: railroads, hydroelectric plants and port installations. One prime target remains out of even B-29 range: the Jap air force. Since fighter opposition lately has been almost nil, the Japs presumably have withdrawn their remaining planes to the far north, saving them for the invasion...
...Newcomb and Leutze had been damaged. The sixth was the Liberty ship Josiah Smiling. All were hit by Kamikaze (Divine Wind) suicide planes except the Twiggs, which may have been struck by an aerial torpedo. Three British carriers and one destroyer (total casualties: 104) were also added to the list of Kamikaze victims last week...
...voters' list was compiled from identity cards. In the spring of 1943, when these cards were called in for the issue of ration books, Churchill was abroad attending a conference. He was given a new ration book, but someone slipped up on sending his name to the election registrar...
News of these administrative opportunities last week set members of London's Free Germany organizations clamoring to return to Germany. To Britain's Foreign Office, the Free Germany organizations submitted a list of almost 600 German political refugees who now desire repatriation...
Baseball is the only Varsity sport that has already had its summer schedule drawn up, but several other activities are now under way and may list intercollegiate contests soon, while others may start later in the summer...