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This time Germany had no surface fleet to warrant a show like last war's scuttling at Scapa Flow. Her two largest combat vessels still afloat were cruisers, the Prinz Eugen and the Nürnberg. They signed off by shelling Copenhagen, then gave up to the British in Copenhagen harbor-along with scores of smaller warships and 160,000 tons of merchant shipping. Several destroyers surrendered in Norway...
...present," President Conant has explained, "there are not enough men of high enough calibre in civilian life to warrant awarding the scholarships. But as soon as conditions return to normal, we shall take up the plan again, with all possible funds available. These awards have produced top-flight students and have had great influence outside of Harvard...
...plea for mercy came from Premier Suzuki. Shaking his vanishing mane, the ancient mariner broadcast to his countrymen: "Developments do not warrant optimism ... in the present momentous crisis. . . . But I am ready to die in leading the nation in carrying on the war and crushing the enemy...
...Minnesota's Harold Knutson, ranking Republican of the Ways & Means Committee, suggested that there would be no glad surprises for those who hope for freer world trade. Said he, in an echo of the palmy days of isolationism: "This [tariff reduction] would be tantamount to signing a death warrant for hundreds of businesses and throwing tens of thousands of workers out of employment. Republicans in the House will fight it to the last ditch...
...honorary membership in the division. Johnny is especially pleased about the G.I. reaction: "I used to be afraid the real soldiers wouldn't like me," he says, "but they don't seem to mind me being a swooner." The band's publicity-minded program director, Warrant Officer Paul Dudley, says with boding triumph: "Sinatra is apt to push; The Creamer just bides his time...