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Died. Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes ("Slim") Somerville, 66, British naval hero brought out of retirement by Winston Churchill for service in World War II; of coronary thrombosis; in Wells, England. Torpedo Expert Somerville was deputy commander of British naval units in the historic evacuation of Dunkirk, led the British fleet into action at Oran, was skipper of famed Force H which helped keep the Mediterranean open for shipping...
...uniting with its oxygen, giving off heat and a large volume of hydrogen gas. The combustion chamber is shaped so as to make the expanding water-and-gas mixture shoot out the rear opening as a high-speed jet. The reaction from this drives the engine (and the torpedo) forward...
...make riding and steering easier. Also, for better riding, the rear seat has been moved ahead of the axle; for better visibility, the defroster keeps the entire windshield clear. Seats are wider, 60 inches in front and 58⅜ inches in the rear. Both the Fleetline (with the torpedo back) and the Styleline (with the square "bustle back") have Chevvy's 90 h.p. valve-in-head engine. The inevitable question: Is Chevrolet as handsome as the Ford? Some shoppers would think that Ford's front end is more clean-cut. Whether or not Chevrolet's rounded overall...
PONTIAC has lowered its hood and roof, widened the seats and gained a suave look reminiscent of that car of distinction, Ford's old Lincoln Continental. A styling touch: the instrument-panel clock is in the center of a concentric-ringed radio speaker. Pontiac has dropped its Torpedo line in favor of the Chieftain. Both it and the Streamliner come as 90-h.p. sixes or 103-h.p. eights. Optional Hydra-Matic transmission ($185 extra) has proved so popular it will be built into 75% of all Pontiacs...
About an hour after midnight the U-47 was within 3,200 yards of two battleships at anchor. The submarine was only 650 feet offshore; it was "disgustingly light." The torpedoes were fired, the submarine swung about and a torpedo fired from the stern tubes. After three minutes there was a loud explosion, followed by thundering columns of water and then by columns of fire. The harbor sprang into life. The destroyers in the anchorage were lit up. Cars sped along the highway. Directly opposite the submarine, a car stopped, turned around, and raced back toward town. Thinking the driver...