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...Tactical Air Force: "[The Luftwaffe] has been knocked out of the skies so far as we are concerned." How completely the Allies dominated the seas was shown last week when a British task force steamed up to the Gulf of Naples, shelled naval installations there and returned without a scratch...
That brought up the problem of what informal football meant. Did it just mean that the schedule was wiped out and the H. A. A. started from scratch, arranging games with teams within a reasonable radius, or did it mean that anything out of the ten-cent range was verboten? Are informal games played in the Stadium? Do Informal teams have uniforms...
...Nazis did not build up German aviation from scratch. When Hitler took over, there was a well-balanced civil aviation system, 65 national and international lines, training facilities better than those of any other country, eight German engine works, and an industry which in 1933 could turn out 600 planes a year...
Baruch always operated alone, always held high his reputation for personal integrity. Twice unfriendly Congressional committees tried to spear him; each time he emerged without a scratch...
...nearby ships went a victory message: "Scratch one hearse! Scratch one hearse!" (In Navyese, a U-boat is a hearse.) As an afterthought, the message added: "Pallbearers in the water...