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...membership of the club consists of students from Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, and Peru; while forty per cent of the group are citizens of the United States...
Leading the club are President Vincento Rodriquez '41 of Puerto Rico and Vice-president Arthur L. Jaros '41 of New York. Gustavo Arajon is head of the Culture Committee, Richard Carroll of the Finance Committee, Jaros of the House Committee, and Carles Calderon of the Social Committee...
...heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa steamed out of Norfolk under sealed orders. It carried special equipment for the President's use. Off Culebra Island, between the Virgins and Puerto Rico, naval maneuvers were scheduled for early December-and there the Tuscaloosa had been originally assigned. In Washington, in a week of rumors and counter-rumors, President Roosevelt told his press conference that he was leaving for a long defense inspection trip, and though it might take him more than twelve hours from Washington by rail, he would fly back if an emergency called him to the White House. Early this week...
...friend of Marshal Pétain, declined because of his health, on the advice of U. S. Army physicians. Then the President chose another ex-officer as Ambassador to the old Marshal: one of his ablest public servants, cool, steady Admiral William Daniel Leahy, Governor of Puerto Rico. Paunchless, wind-seared Admiral Leahy, whose 65 years look like 50, accepted. His administration of Puerto Rico, which is fast becoming the U. S.'s No. 1 Caribbean naval & air base, had been effective. He was fully aware of U. S. defense problems, could be counted on to buck...
From two widely separated spots in the Atlantic-425 miles west of Eire and 500 miles northeast of Puerto Rico-two British freighters last week each reported sighting "a suspicious vessel." The Port Hobart, in the south, later reported she was being shelled, then fell silent. The Trehata, in the north, was not heard from again. The British Navy, busy searching for the killer who sank the gallant Jervis Bay on Nov. 5, could only conclude that not one but two German raiders were on the loose...