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...Paris, the underground had risen prematurely. But in Paris the U.S. and French forces had arrived in the nick of time to save the patriots. In Warsaw, no rescue had come to the underground forces of General Bors, which for a month had stood off the German Army. RAF flyers in Italy had made the 1,750-mile round trip to drop supplies and a few weapons (TIME, Aug. 28). So far the Russians, some ten miles away, had dropped nothing...
...time of war. Its beautiful costuming and fancy scenery must have caused an outlay of cash sufficient to make up a day's losses over Berlin. The manpower involved in its production might well have turned the tide at the Cassino hotel, and the celluloid expended enabled the RAF to take better pictures at the invasion coast...
Sirs: Your recent discussion of R.A.F. expressions (TIME, March 22) was read here with much interest, especially by our friends in that organization. Americans regret, however, that you omitted reference to one RAF-ism that we take an extremely dim view of: "U.S." as an abbreviation for "unserviceable." We are browned off by it, and hope it will...
...name "Rural Justice" and is printed in a small Alabama city by a Reverend Terminiello. Its leading interest seems to be devoted to exposing cases of wickedness and fraud in the British and the United States governments. A front page story in this month's issue attacks the RAF for strafing civilian trains in its raids on Italy. Other space is filled with advertisements and testimonials from readers who praise it for taking up "Social Justice's" tradition of "interest in truth and justice...
...Ventura was lost in the raid, which was made in daylight last evening. It followed attacks on enemy shipping off the Dutch coast, in which RAF Typhoons set afire one armed trawler without loss. Three, German planes were destroyed over British last night...