Word: carl
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Colorado's Democrats last week put forth their idea of what the well-dressed 1944 candidate will wear. Their choice was a bemedaled uniform occupied by a wounded young Air Force Major, Carl Eugen ("Kayo") Wuertele, 30. Major Wuertele (pronounced Wurtell) was at Pearl Harbor when the Japs came over. In 205 combat missions since, he collected five wounds and seven decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Flying Fortress, Hel-en-Wings (for his wife, Helen) fought over Midway and Bougainville. In the Solomons, he shot down four Jap planes, had his own left foot nearly shot...
...tons elsewhere in Europe (mainly in the Balkans). R.A.F. commentators made it clear that the two European air theaters are becoming one; before long all strategic bombing of Europe may be brought under a single command (U.S. Strategic Air Forces are already under one commander, Lieut. General Carl Spaatz...
When Norway's Government in Exile declared straight out last year that it would resign the minute Norway was free, and let the people choose new leaders, it set a stiff standard of conduct for homeless governments. Last week a distinguished Norwegian in Exile, Carl J. Hambro, president of Norway's Parliament, added another page to his country's wartime record of realism. Said Hambro...
...Died. Carl August de Gersdorff, 78, senior member of the famed Manhattan law firm of Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood; after long illness; in Manhattan. Born in Salem, Mass., the son of a doctor, he went to Harvard ('87), became associated with a predecessor of the present firm in 1891, after four years was made a partner, was best known for his work in railroad reorganizations (Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, Kansas & Texas, Western Pacific, and Frisco) and his active longtime directorships of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Missouri Pacific. His death leaves Robert Taylor Swaine, 57, the only...
...Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, will speak at a Ford Hall Forum Sunday at 8 o'clock on the topic, "Palestine and Peace: Problems of Foreign Policy." He will discuss the role of Palestine in attempts to create world order, the relative success of the American foreign policy there, and the chances of establishing a lasting peace...