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...TIME, May 11, 1942), an individualist, the offspring of Ohio pioneers, and an ardent disliker of much in contemporary U.S. life. In his autobiographical Men in Motion these qualities are abundantly manifest. An uneven, unprofessional book, packed with good stories (though his fellow correspondents dispute their novelty) and with vehement personal opinions, it is well worth reading for its picture of the mood of the people from whom Taylor and many another American springs...
Nobody needs to get alarmed about the bilious blasts of those gyrating Governors who sounded off at Tallahassee (TIME, April 5). The two who were most vociferous and vehement about breaking the Solid South were elected Governors of their respective states largely because the good people of Georgia and Louisiana were disgusted with two intolerable buffoons, in the guise of Governor, who were ruining the good names of these great states...
Nevertheless, said Mr. Churchill, the war at sea constitutes a "repulsive and somber panorama." Shipping losses must be reduced by the production of more escort vessels, even if production of merchantmen has to be decreased. Said the Prime Minister: "The more sinkings are reduced, the more vehement our Anglo-American war efforts can be. ... The greater the weight we can take off Russia and how quickly the war will end all depend upon the margin of new building and forging ahead over losses which are, although improving, still lamentable and . . . grievous...
General Montgomery, that "vehement, formidable, austere, severe, accomplished Cromwellian figure," is now 1,500 miles beyond his starting point in Egypt. British and U.S. forces in central and northern Tunisia are many long sea-miles from home. The Germans must operate across the Mediterranean, and they are losing one-fourth to one-third of everything they try to transport. But they have nearly a quarter of a million Axis troops (the highest estimate yet) established on strong lines only 30 to 40 miles from their immediate bases...
...Presidential election is not scheduled until next May, but Liberians like to spend a vehement year talking politics to make sure they pick the right man for the next eight years. There are already six aspirants for the job but the two candidates most talked about are Secretary of State Clarence L. Simpson and the Supreme Court's Associate Justice William V. S. Tubman. Political wiseacres consider Candidate Tubman the election's dark horse...