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...enemies of freedom will make war on us when and if they beat England. England at present is our one and only big stick for defending our liberty. Without her fight, our democratic life would already be at an end. While the unappeasable Hitler is rapidly blowing up the remnant of democracy in Europe, the Crimson worries over the possibility of our involvement in the battle, when, by the very nature of our way of life, we have been involved from the outset...
...port. Nazi parachute troops appeared at Mo, more than halfway up the coast highway from Namsos to Bodo, beyond which 47 miles of road end in trackless mountains stretching another 87 crow-line miles to Narvik. They were hurried ahead to cut off a Norse contingent and some 300 remnant British who, retreating north from Namsos, delayed the Nazi column's progress by blasting and barricading the narrow highway...
This week the parachutists captured the remnant British...
...House for their spring dance next Thursday night. Just for the record: Pastor used to sing with Artie Shaw, but his band is a completely new one and doesn't have any famous swing men, nor does it pretend to play in the Shaw manner (cheers). The one Shavian remnant is the old Shaw library of some hundreds of original and standard tunes. So if you insist on hearing "Back Bay Shuffle" or "Begin the Beguine," you can get it. While the band doesn't play great swing, from its records and the reports I have been able...
...back of the German submarine campaign in 1918. Written by M.G.M. publicity man Ralph Wheelwright, who served on a sub chaser in World War I, with the collaboration of retired Navy Commander Harvey S. Haislip, produced with the approval and assistance of the Navy Department, which placed the remnant of the Navy's 500 World War chasers at the studio's disposal, Thunder Afloat is an able and reasonably authentic document. As entertainment it stands out from the ruck of service pictures by virtue of its material: as exciting as a periscope rising off starboard, as dramatic...