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Show BRIEFS: BLOOD MONEY: Two Czechs have divided a German reward of 10,000,000 Czech crowns ($500,000) for supplying information which led to the shooting of two men as the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, Reich hangman. A Berlin broadcast broad-cast stated that an additional half million crowns was paid to seven Germans and 52 Czechs. CRITICAL: Back in Ottawa after his Washington conference, Canadian Canadi-an Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King declared to his house of commons com-mons that this is one of the "most critical periods of the war" and estimated es-timated that the fighting might continue con-tinue three or four additional years. COMMAND: Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, commander of the American Volunteer Group in the Chinese air force, will remain in control of air operations against the Japanese in China after his "Flying Tigers" are inducted into the United States air force. |