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...powers of political commissars. The Finnish war, after Marshal Tukachevsky and 213 other officers had been liquidated, showed that they were right. Commissars were dismissed and the Soviet Army organ, Red Star, declared: "War does not tolerate dilettantism. . . . The great Stalin urges us to face reality and not lock ourselves in shells of ossified dogma. . . . The discipline of the Red Army must be stronger, sterner, and more exacting." Marshal Timoshenko told his officers: "Teach your troops only what is necessary for war and only in the way it is done...
...were going. They chafed to do something about it. But what? They learned of an old army trainer. It had been left in a stable outside Antwerp. One night they went to the stable and were overjoyed to find the plane still there. They made keys to the stable lock...
...five weeks the purple-faced German command could stand the Cock Sparrow's impudence no longer. He carted him off to Germany, kept him under lock & key for four years...
Effective this week, Canadian service-station operators will sell gas and oil-for cash-only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. weekdays. On Sundays they will lock up their pumps and go walking. (Company credit cards are out, except for American tourists.) Gas prices were upped 1? per Imperial gallon. Conservation controls were slapped on wells in Alberta's lush new Turner Valley field, which supplies about 15% of Canada's consumption...
...airlines have griped about suspending a few schedules. But over two points they are bitter: 1) While they cut services, rival Trans-Canada Air Lines (Canadian Government-owned) booms ahead. With 22 new American-built Lock-heeds, it has upped transcontinental runs since January, even inaugurated three daily Toronto-New York round trips in the last three months. 2) Many of the 16 ships given to Britain two months ago are still waiting at U.S. airports for pilots to fly them away...