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...sentence on page 33 of B. J. M., our only consolation is in the prospect that future weekends may prove sufficiently interesting to make up for it . . . Glad to hear that Crawford has again joined the ranks as "one of the boys," time having convinced him that SOP aboard the Portland Rose is not, after all, an overly responsible position . . . With the arrival of 180 Apprentice Seamen Monday morning, we can expect a little new energy and a more clear explanation for the room mix-ups of the past two weeks. Coming directly from nearly 100 V-12 schools...
Recognition of the two men who ran the Marshalls show was also a sop to admirals at sea who would be more than likely to resent the promotions of three landbound rear admirals to three stars. The three, all capable bureau chiefs: bull-necked Ben Moreell (Yards and Docks); Ross T. Mclntire (Medicine); Randall Jacobs (Personnel...
...BOWLING BUYS A NEWSPAPER-Donald Henderson-Random House ($2). Mr. William Bowling is a slightly down-at-heel English "gentleman" who kills and kills and kills and never quite gets caught. Vivid, bizarre, well written and, except for a final sop to the angels, an engrossing exercise in amorality...
U.S.S. Eliot, Nov. 12 (SOP)--"Well, to Stott with," the Sage exclaimed as he washed down his bread and Buttner with another glass of Sherry, "it's going to be a Tufts time for Jawn to beat the Jumbos, but I know he will make it plenty Warren for them...
Transport of war matériel will cease Aug. 15; traffic of furloughed men to & from Norway and the "horseshoe traffic" from Trondheim to Narvik via Swedish territory will be discontinued Aug. 20. Only sop to the Nazis was the phraseology of the announcement, which called Sweden's decision an "agreement." No one was fooled; Sweden gave no compensating concessions. The Swedish Army (500,000 wellarmed, well-trained men) was holding full-scale maneuvers in south Sweden at the moment of the announcement. The action, affecting the transport of an esti mated 250,000 men per year, will force...