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...range, they constitute a first-line of defense against enemy war-boats far at sea off either coast from bases far inland. Yet the same go-easy policy prevails as when the "flying fortress" squadron (2nd Bombardment Group) which circled South America last year was ordered to erase its motto, Mors et Destructio ("Death and Destruction"), from its coat-of-arms. The bomber boys wonder if the higher-ups would like them to adopt the motto "Love and Kisses...
...attacked France from the south, Generalissimo Gamelin would undoubtedly arm his 250,000 Loyalist guests and turn them loose on their former enemies. Like most of his countrymen, Maurice Gamelin hopes this may never be necessary. But the terse little (5 ft. 4 in.) general has a terse little motto: "Optimism is a luxury...
...prohibition went into effect Bombay's whites arose in their hangovers to find 500,000 natives milling in the streets. Egged on by Parsis, bone-dry Moslems paraded, denouncing, not prohibition, but the tax increase, stoned Hindu bystanders. Police and Prohibition Guards (see cut), whose motto is "harder than a diamond, yet softer than a flower," went into action. At the end of it more than 40 had been injured by bullets, blows or bludgeons, a 10 p. m. curfew was clapped on Bombay for 14 days, and assemblies of more than five forbidden. To popularize prohibition, authorities...
...keep it and how to use it; some things you should know if war should come). They are crammed with common sense and pat slogans like: "Take Care of Your Gas Mask and Your Gas Mask Will Take Care of You." When enemy planes are overhead, "the motto for safety will be Keep it Dark." Britons are warned to memorize the types of raid signals. The man who confuses hand rattles ("gas") with hand bells ("all clear") will be sorry that he did not do his homework...
...Commander King-Hall's fourth letter to his "dear German readers" reached Germany, Britishers received in their morning mail copies of a mimeographed pamphlet entitled News From Germany. Published by Dr. Goebbels' good friend H. R. Hoffmann of Starnberg, News From Germany bears beneath its masthead the motto...