Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"In a Good Spot." How did the spy ring operate? Elizabeth Bentley detailed her furtive meetings with a young bureaucrat named William W. Remington. In 1942, she said, Remington was "in a good spot" with the War Production Board, where "he was dealing with aircraft production figures." (Until six weeks...
To approach the question, the Archbishop of Canterbury 32 months ago appointed a 13-member commission, headed by the Rt. Rev. John W. C. Wand, Lord Bishop of London, and including two lawyers and six doctors. Last week their conclusions were in: artificial insemination was permissible when the husband was...
As all the proposed new ships would include "defense features" (e.g., extra fuel tanks, space for guns), the Maritime Commission was sure that the Defense department would put up enough extra cash so they could be built. Said Vice Admiral W. W. Smith, the commission's chairman: "It looks...
The Red Queen. If so, it would be another radical departure, as no U.S. superliners have ever made money over any length of time. A case in point is the 26,314-ton America, present queen of the U.S. commercial fleet. Built for U.S. Lines eight years ago at a...
"Secret Service boys" pried into the presidential steaks and fillets; members of the Fine Arts Commission studied the least new drape with a beady eye; maintenance officers checked the smallest bill. Breakfast began at 6 a.m., ended at noon, when lunch began. It was hard to tell how much silver...