Word: civilians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...National Student Association has urged Congress to enact legislation which would provide for about 300,000 federally financed scholarships for college students in a civilian "G.I. Bill...
...Berlin, Brigadier General Frank Howley, commandant of the American zone, had to be patched up for minor cuts about the face. An unidentified civilian tried to crash the party given by some correspondents to celebrate Howley's promotion from colonel. Before he was given the bum's rush, the crasher threw his drink, glass & all, into Howley's face...
...bright spot. The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts for $20 million worth of woolen cloth. To get the business, mills had slashed their bids close to cost, in some cases below it. The catch was that the prices, as much as $1.25 a yard lower than those on civilian goods, were sure to increase the demand of retailers for cheaper goods...
...Edmund M. Morgan, Royall Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, was awarded the National Military Establishment certificate last week by the office of the Secretary of Defense for "exceptional and meritorious civilian service...
...always hurts him most-in a matter involving his friendships. The President had nominated his poker-pal, Mon C. Wallgren, ex-governor of Washington, as head of the National Security Resources Board. An amiable mediocrity, Wallgren had no visible qualifications for the job of planning the military, industrial and civilian mobilization of the U.S. On the Senate Armed Services Committee, Virginia's Harry Byrd, one of the leaders of the rebellious Southern Democrats, joined six Republicans to turn Wallgren down...