Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sake of the families of Wasp men reported missing, please allow me to say no wounded were left. Captain Sherman was the last man to leave the flight deck and shortly thereafter he came to the fantail of the ship where some of us remained. We were then evacuating the last of the wounded from the hangar deck areas. None of us will ever forget the courageous and unselfish conduct of our shipmates in caring for the wounded, both on the ship and in the water. The quotation is misleading. When the last of us left the ship, the wounded...
...Hitler did not tell his people what it will cost the Nazi cause to allow the Allies to gain undisputed possession of Vichy Africa. If that object is achieved -and its achievement may be far from easy-the good points of the Allied strategy...
That great symbol of American speed, the crack passenger train, will soon be slowed for the duration. Last week Eastern railroad executives began working out slower passenger and freight schedules that will: 1) save wear & tear; 2) enable heavier loadings; 3) allow for interruptions due to heavy war traffic. But most passengers will find the difference academic, for few high-speed trains have been able to live up to their timetables since the congestion began. Said one railway officer: "In some cases it will merely mean that the trains will now be on time...
...opposition tot he extension for the draft beyond one year, in its unwillingness to allow any draftees to be sent overseas, even in its reluctance over the original draft bill, Congress has consistently set political opportunism against military necessity. While claiming to speak for its constituents, it has actually been left at the post again and again by an awakened public opinion. It only remains for that public opinion to make itself audible--even to Congressmen...
Five hundred presidents and deans met at Philadelphia last week to discuss the fate of educational institutions if the draft age is lowered and all able bodies students of college age are taken by the armed forces. The corps would allow--the military to supervise wartime education and would fully mobilize college facilities, according toe the report of the committee headed by Edmund E. Day, president of Cornell University...