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From Wednesday, the 18th to the 31st, second semester classes will meet, interrupted on June 1 for commencement (it's really only the beginnin' folks), and 14 days' leave to the 14th, when classes will be resumed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 4/16/1943 | See Source »

...Preakness was Alsab's 31st race in 15 months, brought his total winnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Alsab Comes Back | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

...winter's land and sea disasters cast more dark shadows over the home front last week as Britons struggled gamely through their 31st month of war. In a series of belt-tightening moves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Siege Economy? | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

...Most colorful of the Bataan defenders is the all-American 31st Infantry, under leathery Colonel Charles L. Steel. Of all Colonel Steel's "Foreign Legion characters," the men reserved a top place for 2nd Lieutenant John Flynn, recently commissioned after 33 years of Army service. A sad-eyed Mr. Chips, Flynn delights his men by mixing tobacco juice and contempt for Jap marksmanship on scouting trips into the brush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Tales from Bataan | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

...Other particularly able scouts are American Indians in the 31st. One is Corporal Peter Flame, a 200-pound Yuma, Ariz, former football player and champion boxer, who bashfully hangs his head when reporting another sniper potted. Another is tall, lean Joe Longknife from a Montana reservation. On a recent raid he rose up out of tall grass, killed ten Japs with 16 shots, dispersed the rest with hand grenades. When he was a youngster Joe listened to tales of raiding parties told him by his father. Old Longknife, and his grandfather, Old Old Longknife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Tales from Bataan | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

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