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...stevedores above the clatter of their tractors, hurried to get the planes back to the Princeton's stern for the next launching. Mechanics, refueling and armament men in scarlet worked the planes over for the next strike. In his chart room abaft the flag bridge, handsome, white-haired Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, commander of Task Force 77, listened to his pilots' reports on the results of their strike. One pilot's instruments had been damaged by enemy ground fire; another thought his plane had been hit too. A young ensign with peach-fuzz stubble...
After quietly poking around in 16 Army camps and indoctrination centers, the Senate Preparedness subcommittee this week concluded that the Armed Forces still have too many chairborne troops. Of 95,784 rear-echelon troops, the subcommittee reported that 40,093 (more than two divisions) are "engaged in purely housekeeping functions, most of which could be handled by limited-service personnel, women or civilians." Some of the remaining 55,691 men could also be fitted out with rifles and sent to line duty. The subcommittee's conclusion: "In other words, sitting at desks, working in kitchens, carrying messages, driving automobiles...
...tide of terror rolled on. Shanghai's Liberation Daily reported the execution of 208 "counter-revolutionaries," who were made to kneel in a suburban lot one afternoon while a firing squad finished them off from the rear. For the first time, as a new service to its readers, the Daily printed the names of the victims...
...almost everything that happens in China, from "bandit suppression" (i.e., fighting Nationalist guerrillas) to the price of rice. In the months ahead, Chou's organizational talents will be put to harder & harder tests. There are already signs of serious weakness in the structure he has helped to rear...
...began. Owner Murrell Belanger, a wealthy Crown Point, Ind. auto dealer (Chrysler-Plymouth) and ex-racer who dabbles in the sport for the fun of it, knew that the new "beefed up" (i.e., fatter) tires would produce more speed, particularly on the turns. Belanger also figured that a light, rear-drive car, though it gives a rougher ride, would require fewer fuel stops, that a simple, four-cylinder power plant would require fewer pit stops. As a result, Belanger's aluminum-shelled special turned out to be the lightest (1,530 Ibs.) in the race, but it packed plenty...