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...area and another of 20 acres in the heart of Genoa, which lies in an amphitheater facing the sea. The main railway stations have been smashed, the great Genoa harbor knocked out as an effective supply port. Fascists claimed the bombers invariably hit only ancient shrines and churches, including Santo Stefano where Christopher Columbus was baptized. A mass evacuation of civilians wildly fighting for train passage indicated houses, military targets and morale had all been struck...
...employees who resigned their jobs for the duration to do special work for the OFF, COI, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and other government bureaus and agencies. Nor does it include correspondents Carl and Shelley Mydans, who were taken prisoner by the Japs and interned at Santo Tomas University in the Philippines (we have just received the cheering news that they were recently transferred to Shanghai, where the first thing Shelley did was to hunt up a hairdresser...
...flyers-Marines and Naval aviators from Guadalcanal and Army heavy bombers from Espiritu Santo-struck at the enemy. They damaged one heavy and one light cruiser. Next day the carrier task forces met. A U.S. carrier was severely damaged, a destroyer sunk. U.S. flyers damaged two Japanese carriers...
Forest Lawn also boasts a huge, earthquake-proof mausoleum inspired by Campo Santo in Genoa. Its Wee Kirk o' the Heather exactly reproduces the church where Annie Laurie worshipped. Its Little Church of the Flowers reproduces Stoke Poges, where Gray wrote his Elegy. At Forest Lawn, says the prospectus, "undertaking is combined with all forms of interment in one sacred place, under one friendly management, with one convenient credit arrangement for everything...
...captives suffered such treatment. Some of the internment camps were humanely run; at Manila's Santo Tomas University, 3,200 prisoners governed themselves, ran a small semiweekly newspaper, took college courses, enjoyed sports, music, a Rotary Club and a Junior League. British usually were treated worse than Americans; twelve Britons were driven to suicide. Of all prisoners, the Japanese seemed to hate newsmen the worst...