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Last night, Mrs. Alva Myrdal called for missionaries to teach our way of life to the people of the earth who are in the ascendancy. Speaking in the New Lecture Hall, Mrs. Myrdal, former member of the Swedish Population Commission, pointed out that "the era of our expansion comes to a close with the impending decline in our population...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Parent Program Proposed by Edwards | 7/10/1942 | See Source »

Human Resources in Democracy's New Order--Forum Lecture. Mrs. Alva Myrdal, New Lecture Hall, 8 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer School Calendar | 7/8/1942 | See Source »

...Died. Alva Blanchard Adams, 66, Senator from Colorado; of a heart attack; in Washington. Plugger for Government economy, he was the son of one thrift-minded Governor of Colorado in the '80s (Alva Adams), nephew of another Colorado Governor (William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 8, 1941 | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...including cold and hot zakuska (hors d'oeuvres), bowls of caviar, flagons of cognac and vodka, which many of the Russians chose to lace with red pepper. Thirty-one bottoms-up toasts were drunk (some guests hazily estimated 37); Dictator Stalin preferred cognac. Among those toasted were Major Alva Harvey and Lieut. Lou Reichers of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who had flown the U.S. delegates to Moscow. They received the Dictator's handshake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Nice Old Gentleman | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

...speed, more speed, the saga of Consolidated craft grows & grows. It was a PBY that found the Bismarck, called up the warships for her destruction. A B-24 crossed the Atlantic from Newfoundland in the record time of seven hours, 30 minutes. This week the Air Forces' Major Alva Harvey is back in the U.S. after a routine flight around the world in a B24. From the shores of the British Isles (and probably in the Mediterranean), patrols of 24 hours and more by Consolidated boats have become commonplaces, as they have long been in the U.S. Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Builder of Big Ships | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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