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...scroll, but his voice held firm as he read: "History will show the evils from which I saved France.... Each day, with a dagger at my throat, I had to battle the demands of the enemy. ... I surrendered nothing essential. . . . My actions sustained France. I assured France of la vie et le pain (life and bread). ... I prepared the road to liberation...
VOYAGE OF THE GOLDEN HIND-Edmund Gilllgan-Scribner ($2.50). Two rival captains on the same ship vie for fish and the girl they love amid well depicted seascapes. Better than average adventure-romance...
...successes in a radio log which lists all network song performances of the night before. After dinner, they catnap in a newsreel theater until the nightspots open. The pluggers spend an hour or so in each of the most popular spots, strategically seated at tables where they can vie with a dozen competitors for the eye and ear of influential bandleaders...
Today Standish meets Company B, and Lowell has to defend its title against a dangerous Company C quintet. Tomorrow afternoon the Bellboys run up against Adams in what may be the decisive game of the year, and Companies A and B vie. The two NROTC squads face each other, and Company C will take on Company D Thursday...
Petree's program has helped the lusty Los Angeles furniture business vie with that of Grand Rapids. But Petree, bubbling with such ideas as mass sales of prefabricated homes, thinks it is just the beginning. Said he: "We can hardly wait for the war to be over...