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Marshall M. Massey, Tulsa, Okla., Culvor Military Academy, Culver, Ind.; John B. Rankin, Newark, Del., Peddie School, Hightstown, N. J.; Leslie G. Ritner, Waterloo, Iowa, The Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H.; Charles G. Sellers Jr., Charlotte, N. C., Central High School, Charlotte; Douglas R. Spencer, Eugene, Ore., University High School, Eugene; Hugo G. W. Stockbridge, Forest, Va., Virginia Episcopal School, Lyncliburg; Bernardo H. Tovar, Chicago, III., Portsmouth Priory School, Portsmouth, R. I.; and Charles C. Works Jr., Denver, Colo., Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, Colo...
...Power, off for Dunkirk, asks of a returning fighter pilot: "What's it really like over there?" Drawls the laconic airman: "Cloudy." The cinema's first reconstruction of the retreat from Dunkirk-which seems destined to become as useful in drama and story as the Battle of Waterloo-has a camera angle that is certainly non-Axis. Isolationist Senators might well call Yank pro-British propaganda. Even more obviously it is pro-box-office propaganda...
...smoke of Waterloo was writing Napoleon's finish, a British officer, sighting the French leader, rushed up to Wellington, told him that Napoleon and his staff were standing yonder, asked that the artillery take a shot at him. Said the Duke of Wellington: "It is not the business of commanders to be firing upon each other...
...leader of the London County Council he tore down "undoubtedly beautiful" but shaky Waterloo Bridge amid loud outcries, built a bridge that could be crossed. He also tore down slums, ran up housing projects, created a Green Belt around London. Morrison, says Author Strauss, would "cheerfully die at the barricades to defend the sewage system of London." Mrs. Strauss admits that Herbert's "dictatorial methods" are justified by results, but she cannot forgive him the remarks he made during the Popular Front fight...
...anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, last week, Emperor Joe Louis met the 17th challenger for his world's heavyweight crown: 23-year-old Billy Conn of Pittsburgh...