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World War II brought the Hales fresh cause for labor on behalf of France. They went to France in 1940, worked with French and other Allied relief officials until June, then returned to the U.S. and embarked on lecture tours to raise funds for war refugees. In April 1946 the Hales first heard how the Germans had treated the tiny Loire village of Maillé; because they suspected the villagers of hiding an English pilot, the Nazis had killed 124 men, women & children, then razed half of the dwellings. The Hales decided to "adopt" the village, spent more than...
This week in the House of Commons the Prime Minister brought his retrenchment program out in the open. Where the members had expected a mountain, it was only a mouse. The overall pruning of government expense, Attlee said, would amount to ?250 million ($700 million) of which ?140 million would be accounted for by a cutback in capital investment-schools, hospitals, highways, fuel and power facilities, etc. In addition, residential housing and other building would be cut back by ?70 million. The outlay for education would be trimmed by ?5,000,000, resulting in costlier school lunches...
...Deposit Library, a square windowless structure behind the soccer field, was constructed just before the war. It was largely the brainchild of Keyes D. Metcalf, University librarian, who brought the important libraries of the Boston area into the plan and got Harvard to put up $250,000 for the construction of the building...
Resuming the play that brought them their earlier tally, the Yardlings carried the ball down field with a series of short passes, and with six minutes left in the fourth period Berk Johnson scored the second Crimson goal. The Nichols defense stalled the freshman attack for the two five-minute overtime periods and the game ended with the ball deep in Nichols territory...
...borrower are gleaned from the library files, and a messenger is sent to the borrower's room to got the overdue book. The library officials are thus able to plan on complete shelves for the early morning readers. For every overdue book, whether or not it is brought back by the library messengers, there is a 75-cent charge placed on the term bill...