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...week's end the Vatican's Osservatore Romano took a sharper stand: it denied the Stoneman "rumor." Further, it openly berated the Russians for not aiding the Warsaw Underground (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS). Said the London Observer: "Recent Russian overtures for Vatican friendship have found favor with certain church princes who still dream about Catholic expansion in Russia. The Pope, however, seems for the time being to have decided against reconciliation with Russia, and the fate of Catholic Poland provided his overriding motives...
Words of concern appeared in the Vatican's Osservatore Romano: "[May the belligerents] reflect seriously upon the moral consequences of deliberate destruction of Pisan monuments...
...This time MEW said officially, flatly, that German oil production from all sources had fallen to half the essential needs of the German armed forces. Supporting evidence: bombs have destroyed at least half the Reich's synthetic oil plants, knocked out all Rumanian refineries (except possibly "Romano-Americana," formerly owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey). Rumanian crude must be carried to German refineries by vulnerable railroads or Danube barges, then sent back as gasoline to the eastern front. The Germans have exhausted their central reserves, must draw on and replenish local stores as best they...
Leading in points scored for the winners were Bill Lutz, Frank Romano, and George Bailey, who was lost to the V-12 team in the fourth period on personal fouls. The civilian squad was featured by Philips, with ten points, while Keene's eight helped considerably...
...benefits in two years. Probably the first entertainer to work with the armed forces, Hope has also been the most frequent. Using trains, cars, trucks, tanks, jeeps, Hope has played in virtually every U.S. camp, last fall hopped off with his USO team (Singer Frances Langford, Guitarist Tony Romano, Comic Jerry Colonna) to tour Alaska. When, at the last moment, it looked as if the tour would fall through, Hope wired Lieut. General Simon B. Buckner: WE SING, DANCE, TELL STORIES; HAVE TUXEDOS; WILL TRAVEL; CAN WE PLAY YOUR CIRCUIT? They played it straight through to tiny posts...