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...state of Rio Grande do Sul, where German secret societies were driven underground in 1937. In the state of São Paulo a mob lynched a Japanese who ran amuck upon learning Japanese bank funds were frozen. Other Japs, heavily armed, revolted, were put down by a cavalry regiment and state troops...
Arthur MacArthur died in style. Attending the 50th annual reunion of his Civil War regiment at Milwaukee, he rose to deliver what he said would be his last speech. It was a fiery oration, reverberating with echoes of dead drums and battle cries. As he finished the speech, he faltered, dropped dead. His old adjutant rose, tottered over to drape the body with the flag, then fell dead himself across the body of his commander...
...Regiment stiffened slightly; the flutter of programs stopped. Midshipman Isaac Campbell Kidd Jr. marched quietly up the ramp, saluted smartly, grasped his commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox...
...Academy student body, known as "the Regiment," is all housed under one roof, huge Bancroft Hall, recently enlarged by two new wings to take care of the present record enrollment of 3,009. A midshipman is roused from bed at 6:20, thereafter kept busy with classes, drills, athletics and a required study period (8 to 9:50 p.m.) until he turns in at 10:05 (except Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, which are free). About 55% of his studies are engineering and mathematics, 25% professional (seamanship, navigation, gunnery, naval history), 20% cultural (English, history and government, U.S. foreign policy, foreign...
Already many Negro troops have been given World War II assignments. One regiment is busy guarding New York City; another contingent is patrolling railroad property in Connecticut; and Negro Coast Artillery men are watching over Philadelphia...