Word: 82nd
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Birthdays. William II, onetime German Emperor, his 82nd, in excellent health but still planted at Doom, Holland. Said he: "Old trees cannot be transplanted." Frank Orren Lowden, onetime (1917-21) Governor of Illinois and G. O. Patriarch, his 80th, in Oregon, Ill. Said he: "I think we are becoming altogether too pessimistic. I look forward with faith and hope...
Celebrating his 82nd birthday, Dr. Henry Horace Williams, professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, said: "Regardless of where our sympathies lie, Germany will probably win the war and organize a United States of Europe. Hitler is trying to do the same sort of thing George Washington did when he organized the 13 American colonies. Both men met plenty of opposition. But I wouldn't compare the character of Hitler and Washington, for Washington was a greater character...