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To an American private in the Canadian Army who had sent him a rhymed tribute, one-eyed General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, commander of the British forces in India, sent back a rhymed reply, in the course of it confided:
On the literary front, in a reflective piece for the newspapers, General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, British Commander in Chief in India, chose as the six greatest generals of all time: Marlborough, Belisarius, Wellington, Frederick, Lee, Napoleon, in order. He picked no "greatest" war, but made plain a little of...
TINSLEY'S BONES - Percival Wilde -Random House ($2). The incineration of an eremitical pulpwriter in his rural Connecticut retreat causes the convocation of an amazing coroner's jury. The testimony presented, the diary of one juror with an unfortunate flair for amateur detection, and the sly sleuthing of...
Doniel F. Martipi, Shamokin, Pa.; Allen W. Mathis, Jr., Park Ridge, Ill.; Thoman J. MeEilligoti, Watertown; Malcolm P. McNair, Jr., Cambridge; John S. McNayr, Newtonville; Robert K. Monney, Waterford, Conn; Lester J. Murphy, Dorchester; William O'Keefe, Staten Istand, New York; Thomas J. O'Toole, Newton; Frank A. Pemberton, Jr...
His commission will probably be in the field artillery unit of the Marine Corps Percival revealed, although no official confirmation has as yet been received from Washington.