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...manpower ratio was approximately constant: Douglas MacArthur's 20,000 men against the Jap's 150,000-200,000. The technique was approximately the same: a lull, then a fierce, full-strength Japanese attack against some point on one of the smallest fronts of World War II. The outcome was hearteningly familiar: after three days of intensive attack last week, the Jap retired to catch his breath, to count his heavy casualties, to scheme up an-(continued on p. 26) other go at Bataan Peninsula's defenders...
...tottering through past British complacency and unpreparedness (see p. 21), is to Australia what Hawaii is to the U.S. Japanese occupation of Singapore would open Australia to the danger of invasion. With most, and the best of Australia's equipped Army fighting Britain's desert battles, the smallest continent is in no comfortable position to withstand a Japanese onslaught...
...With the exception of last year, Illinois incorporations are the smallest in six years...
Died. James J. Hoey, 63, Collector of Internal Revenue for the U.S.'s smallest collection area, richest revenue producer; in Baltimore. His area, the 2nd New York District-23rd Street to the Battery in Manhattan, will turn over at least $650,000,000 in taxes this year...
...ships a few at a time, the Navy expects to have over 1,000 armed within four or five months. Armament will depend on the size of the ship: the largest will mount 5-in. guns fore & aft, two 20-mm. guns amidships, 1.1s topside wherever possible; the smallest will mount a 3-incher and pompoms. All will carry depth charges...