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...first public information on how it was done. Through censorship from Africa the United Press was allowed to say that Jimmie Doolittle's Mitchell bombers had been carrier-based. But the War Department, which had promised to celebrate the anniversary by telling all, changed its mind, kept mum about Shangrila...
Last week Clarence Gauss, called home by the State Department, returned to Washington, conferred briefly with the President, was mum to reporters. Then he left for a vacation in California. Even Mr. Gauss would be surprised if he went to Chungking as Ambassador again...
...Farley, who can talk out on occasion, was mum about his trip. But along the way he had dropped some significant remarks. To the Texas Legislature: "I sincerely hope and trust by the time another Presidential election rolls around we'll have this war behind us so we will be able to decide the Presidency on domestic issues. . . ." To newsmen in Dallas: "I hope the voters pick the Democrats in 1944-but if they don't, it's all right with...
...obscure railway siding at Adana, Churchill and his party camouflaged themselves as tourists (shorts and shotguns) to meet Turkey's Premier Sükrü Saracoglu. The Turks were pleased by Churchill's visit, stayed eloquently mum about the prospects of their joining the Allies...
Paunchy, sharp-chinned Frank Buchman, ailing in a Saratoga Springs hotel, was mum...