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From then on it was just a matter of steady advance in the face of stubborn and well-coordinated rear-guard actions. The British-Greek line, which held together well, fell back to shield Larissa and Yanina in the Pindus Mountains, then back to the narrowing of the peninsula between Lamia and Arta. Early this week the Germans had reached Thermopylae, 100 miles from Athens, and were still going strong; and the British and Greeks had not much left to be glad for except that they had killed a lot of Germans and some time...
What the Nazis planned for the stubborn Serbs they did not disclose. But whether there would be a puppet state or a new province of the Reich, it was certain that Germany's hand would be heavy upon them because: 1) the Germans blame the Serbs for Yugoslav resistance; 2) Germany needs Serbia's copper and foodstuffs. They would probably not get much food from Serbia this year, thanks to war damage and the dislocation of agriculture which the German push has caused in all Balkan countries...
Still undefeated and unscored upon, the Crimson ruggers quelled a stubborn Yale fifteen by a 9-0 margin in the cold and wind on Soldiers Field Saturday...
...first day, the Germans claimed they had advanced 18 to 25 miles in northern Yugoslavia. In the Struma Valley they admitted stubborn resistance. To the Greeks, that was gross understatement. They claimed that they were piling the valley high with German dead...
...doctors believe that the hormone will work most effectively on stubborn fractures, is not necessary to aid normal healing of broken bones. Although they have not yet tried their treatment on men, they are sure that small doses of female sex hormone will do them no harm...