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...Norway, liberation was liberation, and the reaction was prompt. King Haakon and Prime Minister Johan Ny-gaardsvold in London broadcast an order to their people to cooperate with their Soviet allies, recalled that Norway and Russia had signed an occupation agreement five months ago (Norwegians will take over in their territory "as soon as the military situation permits"). To Moscow they radioed "warmest greetings...
...world's most recidivist nation should stimulate audiences to ask themselves the same question. It should also, by the revelation of a startling statistic which shows Germany's manpower potentially far exceeding any of its neighbors' by 1970, make them realize the importance of a prompt and effective answer. With a graphic explanation of Sumner Welles's partition plan, and a passing nod to the views of Walter Winchell, Lord Vansittart and John Foster Dulles, M.O.T.'s own implicit answer is: "Be stern...
...thirds of the island, Ontario troops led the way from Antwerp to the isthmus. They captured part of the town of Woensdrecht; for a time they held the road leading to South Beveland, and they brought the railway under artillery fire. But the Germans, still the masters of the prompt counterattack, struck swiftly with reinforcements from Bergen op Zoom...
...human bite is sometimes sharper than a serpent's tooth. A bite that is hard enough to break the skin, even with prompt treatment, may result in an amputation. If treatment is delayed twelve hours, the chances of amputation are increased threefold. In fact, said Dr. Otho C. Hudson of Hempstead, L.I., in last fortnight's New York State Journal of Medicine, human bites anywhere on the body are much more dangerous than animal bites (except, of course, those of rabid dogs). Reason: human mouths contain very destructive bacteria...
Under the new bill, whose prompt passage by the House was assured, only volunteers may be sent overseas. This worried the Navy Department not at all-many more WAVES want to go than can possibly be sent...