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This is an expose. This what PM calls an eye-witness story, a scoop on the Truth About Opera written by One Who Knows...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Harvard Spearmen Win Met Fame As Supers in Aida Boiler Room Exodus | 4/9/1942 | See Source »

Harvard's very informal Jayvee team gave an extremely good account of itself against its organized rivals. Jock Elliott put the visitors ahead in the first period with a beautifully executed backhand scoop, but things looked Blue when Yale run up six straight goals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '45 Skaters Tie Yale 4-4 to Earn Undefeated Title | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

After removing a dead officer from one of the midget submarines destroyed at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy found the other half of its two-man crew still tightly wedged in the ship's bowels. Unable to scoop it out conveniently, the Navy sliced a 15-foot after-section from the core of the sub and, with full Naval honors, laid the makeshift coffin to rest in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Do Not Disturb | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...merits the Sun will now really have to scratch. Its character still fuzzy, dutiful rather than inspired in editorials, it has done nothing since its scoop of Pearl Harbor to attract attention. Chicago newsmen particularly shake their heads over the Sun's news sense. Example: it passed up a U.P. story on Wake Island to run its own H. R. Knickerbocker's story a day late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sun Down | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Although the new draft will scoop up a huge number of draftees, the Army is signing up volunteers as fast as they come. The rush of enlistments that started with Pearl Harbor is still going strong this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy And Civilian Defense - MANPOWER: On to Six Million | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

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