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Show HEADLINERS MAURICE GUSTAVE GAMELIX This French general first came to prominence during the Munich crisis, though he , has been chiei of the army general S..?-iV' staff since 1931. Now 66, he en- tercd the World war as a captain t and emerged as a . V major general. ; 3 His latest honor: V 's of the combined French land, sea w..r.- -i and air forces, an unprecedented move to unify the government's defense. The move had been expected, ex-pected, however, since General Gamelin was in 193S named chief of tiie general sta:T of national defense. de-fense. d:ectly under Edouard Daladier, premier and minister of national defense and war. The new task is one cf co-ordinating all French forces. Retaining generalship gen-eralship cf French land forces, the new commander will have as air chief Gen. J. Yuillemm. Commander-in-chief of the navy will be Admiral Jean Darlin. ad-i ad-i vanced from vice-admiral. Both are under Garrtelin's supervision. |