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President James B. Conant received a war message from the borough of Southwark, London, the home of John Harvard, yesterday, welcoming the United States as an ally and declaring that the "fight for freedom and liberty will soon be victorious...
When President Conant visited England last year on a special scientific mission, he was received by the Mayor and Council of Southwark, and invested with the Freedom of the Borough. The Mayor and Town Clerk of the Borough attended the Tercentenary celebration here...
...last monthly meeting of the Southwark Borough Council, the Mayor, in referring to the entry of your country into the War, reminded the members of the Council of the speech which you made when you recently visited the borough to receive the Freedom of the Borough. The Council unanimously felt the occasion now appropriate to send a message to the peoples of the United States through you, its youngest Freeman...
...block wardens met at 8 p.m. in the Borough Hall. It was like a town meeting. The atmosphere was serious, solemn, a little ponderous. They were practical men, met to discuss practical steps to be taken. Nobody suggested the extreme improbability of the Luftwafte bombing this little country town; all the discussion, all the questions centered about the practical details of what to do when the Luftwaffe came...
...York City's Park Commissioner Robert Moses said Queens Borough President George Harvey: "He's an appointed public official who couldn't be elected dog catcher." Said Robert Moses to George Harvey, through the mail: "I have no thought of running against you for dog catcher. The job is right up your alley...