Word: 304th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Plan-It. In this setup, Ferd Eberstadt, 52, will inevitably become Donald Nelson's second in command. He is used to taking charge. In World War I he interrupted his Columbia University law course to serve in France in the 304th Field Artillery, was wounded and rose to captain, was noted for commanding the best-drilled, best-disciplined battery in the 304th. Afterward he went to Wall Street as a corporation lawyer, soon was a partner in the investment-banking firm of Dillon, Read. In 1928 he sold his partnership (for a reputed $2,000,000). He started...
...Pretend is blonde, broad-beamed Nila Mack, who used to be an actress, now lives with a Persian cat in Manhattan. Last week Storyteller Mack celebrated her tenth anniversary in radio by directing The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins for the Columbia Workshop. It was the 1,304th show that she had had a hand in. First, in 1930, was Sinbad the Sailor, with a cast of grownups and children. Dissatisfied with the adults in Sinbad, Miss Mack decided to round up a group of untrained small fry, to teach by her own methods. Among others, she has taught...