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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Montana's Senator Burton K. Wheeler seemed most exquisitely befuddled. He told reporters that President Roosevelt could bring about a "just peace" in Europe if he were willing, that the President could force Hitler into peace by threatening to enter the war on the British side if the peace terms weren't "reasonable." Senators Tydings of Maryland, Vandenberg of Michigan, McCarran of Nevada, Holt of West Virginia, Johnson of Colorado all chorused this sentiment, with bass and tenor variations. Next morning the New York Times demanded to know what they meant by "a just peace": just to whom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Exquisite Befuddlement | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

ELIZABETH BURTON London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 30, 1940 | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

HARVARD 1944 ST. PAUL'S Acker, l.w. r.w., Blake Beebe, c. c., Ordway Burton, r.w. l.w., Carnegie Reeves, l.d. r.d., Harman Cowen, r.d. l.d., Mechem O'Neill, g. g., Coleman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ST. PAUL'S MEETS UNBEATEN '44 SIX | 12/19/1940 | See Source »

...came up with an 11 to 0 conquest with Hal Tighhnan leading the attack with three tallies. Kirkland was defeated by Dudley 4 to 1 in a thrilling match. In the final feature of the program Eliot eked out a 4 to 3 win from Lowell. Lindley Burton chalked up all the Belboy markers, while for Eliot, Gordon Lyle passed the goalie twice and Fred Herter's score in the final minutes of play spelled victory for Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dormitory, Winthrop, Dudley, Eliot Win In House Hockey | 12/17/1940 | See Source »

...James William Good, seven Governors, a bevy of Congressmen, some foreign delegates and Sousa's Band turned up in Minneapolis for the dedication of the Foshay Tower-a 32-story skyscraper modeled after the Washington Monument. That was the biggest day in the life of Wilbur Burton Foshay, utilitycoon. Within two months his whole inflated superstructure of utility, finance and real-estate companies collapsed with a $20,000,000 thud. W. B. Foshay went looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLICITY: Foshay of Salida | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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