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...fact is, this was a big week for the athletes. Besides baseball, a tennis tournament was in process. Already, there has been one upset. Lt. Stamm, a former champion at the University of Pennsylvania, was defeated by a comparatively unknown Lt. Stark 6-4, 6-0, 6-0. This was quite a surprise. Said Stamm after the defeat, "I was beaten fairly and squarely. I have no alibis, but it was the rubber program that best me--those damned reclaimed tennis balls...
...Smith & the Washington Mess. Even allowing for a normal degree of exaggeration, these are astonishing statements about a man who is almost completely unknown to the U.S. public. Much of Harold Smith's obscurity is deliberate. The rest derives from the fact that most citizens know little more about his job than they do about...
...King was 47 last Dec. 14, but the official date, always in June on account of weather, varies with events and the occupation of the King's servants. This year's celebration was set for June 10, was advanced a week for reasons unknown. Said an official announcement: "The King's birthday will be celebrated in London and at all stations both at home and abroad on Thursday, June 10, 1943. In the case of the Customs and Excise Department and of officers and servants of dock companies in England and Northern Ireland, the appointed...
...British First and Eighth armies, the U.S. Fifth Army (which presumably includes the four divisions of the U.S. II Corps) and the underequipped French armies-a total of perhaps 750,000 men. The extent of recent addition to those forces and the actual number of combat effectives are unknown...
...Wrote Mrs. Luther Osborn, of Route 4, Rushville, Ind., to an unknown Russian woman : "Through the window the grass looks so green. . . . Indiana has had much rain in the past few weeks, but truly, I am thankful for it. ... It does look as though we would have a bumper strawberry crop. Our berries are the Premiers, fine for shortcakes, canning and preserves...