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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pride & joy of Henry Wallace is the Board of Economic Warfare. Last week he found it in mortal danger from Jesse Jones, the Administration's Old Man of the Sea. Like a mother bear with a cub in trouble, Henry Wallace attacked in full fury...
Born. To British Army Captain Jan Christiaan Smuts II, 31, younger son of South Africa's Prime Minister, peace time mining engineer, and Daphne Webster Smuts, 29: a son, their first child, the Prime Minister's 13th grandchild, first to bear his name; in Johannesburg, South Africa...
Last month RFC lent $1,300,000 to Metals Reserve Corp. to drill the rest of a tunnel to connect up the Barstow mine (once owned by Harry Payne Whitney), the Black Bear (once Rockefeller's) and adjacent mines. All these properties are now owned by Idarado Corp. and have been leased to Metals Reserve on a royalty basis. In addition to lead and copper, the Government especially hopes to get 5,600 tons of zinc the first year. Long John's tunneling tempo was needed again...
...evening's program were "The Reverend's Advice," staged by the third platoon and featuring H. L. "Happy" Graves who literally took the shirt of of W. B. Brown's and Fred Hanle's backs; "A Sober Day at Harvard", a satire given by the second platoon; "They'll Bear Watching", offered by platoon eight; two skits, "Old and New Watch" and "Hitler's Speech on the Harvard Communications school", presented by platoon...
Canny, suave Eli Oberstein asks no embarrassing questions. His recordings bear such names as Johnny Jones, Willie Kelly. Oberstein's Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer and You'll Never Know, have rolled up sales of 200,000 discs. Irritated Boss Petrillo has been unable to find anything amiss. "It's very simple," remarks Eli Oberstein, "I pick up any tune I like, and the records just come...