Word: 14th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Today Duke has the 14th largest university library in the U.S., the second biggest university hospital in the South, a first-rate university school of forestry, and law and divinity schools that are rapidly moving into top rank...
...October 14th, an equally manpower-short Eliot squad takes on Leverett House; Eliot's coach is "discouraged by his small turnout," but figures that a bunch of sophomore newcomers may do much to pull his team through. Leverett's Bunnies have their entire 1948 backfield back, as does Adams House; the Gold Coasters'forward wall is one of the biggest in the league...
...C.I.O. President Phil Murray had other troubles on his mind. For months Murray had been threatening stern measures against rebellious unions like the Communist-wired United Electrical Workers. Last week U.E., the C.I.O.'s biggest left-wing union, beat the C.I.O. chief to the punch. At its stormy 14th annual convention in Cleveland, the U.E.'s leadership made all but the final motions of breaking off from C.I.O. and forming a third association of U.S. labor unions, which would be Communist-controlled...
When "A Touch of the Times" returns with sound accompaniment next week, it will be readied for an October 14th preview at the University Theater. Life magazine has a photo feature ready for release next week, Colliers may come through with its article at almost any time, and already numerous movie and stage celebrities have promised to attend the premiere...
...Path of Napoleon. De Lattre and his 14th Infantry Division were posted at Rethel, near Reims, when the Nazis struck in May 1940. His was one of the handful of French units that showed up well amid general disaster; he hurled the Germans back six times before the crumbling line on his left flank forced the French command to order his retreat. He retreated fighting. Yet he found time to analyze the causes of the French defeat and to apply the lessons in practice. By picking up stray trucks and equipment wherever he could, he managed to reorganize his units...