Word: conducted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Truman's one concession to the Navy was to let it keep the Marine Corps big enough to "conduct such limited land operations as are essential to . . . a naval campaign...
...Jersey: Republicans decisively picked conservative Alfred E. Driscoll, organization gubernatorial candidate, over pudgy, flamboyant Harold G. Hoffman. Hoffman, in uniform during both World Wars, hammered at his opponent's lack of a war record. Driscoll hammered more tellingly at Hoffman's erratic conduct as governor during the Hauptmann trial and his connections with Democratic Boss Frank Hague of Jersey City...
...Eagle on His Perch. Next day, Winston Churchill rose not to reply but to agree. He warmly praised Bevin's conduct of foreign affairs (to Ernie's gruff embarrassment). Churchill scored Soviet propaganda, according to which "all oppression from the left is progression, all resistance from the right is reactionary. . . ." Grimly he warned: "The idea of keeping scores of millions of people hanging about in subhuman state between earth and hell until they are worn down to slave conditions and accept Communism or die off will only breed moral pestilence and probably...
Reconstruction Minister Clarence D. Howe introduced a bill in the House calling for Government development and control of atomic energy. The bill would 1) set up a five-man civilian board to conduct atomic research on an annual budget of $3,500,000 and 2) supervise operations of Canada's three uranium plants at Eldorado Mine, N.W.T., Port Hope, Ont., Chalk River, Ont. Minister Howe neatly got around the question whether civilians or the military should control atomic research. He made plain that Canada's research will be only for civilian uses. Military research presumably would be left...
This week Iturbi is auditioning musicians, 40 at a time, for his new 96-piece Iturbi Symphony Orchestra which he will take on tour this summer. He will conduct from the keyboard while playing Liszt and Beethoven concertos. The Iturbi orchestra will fill six Pullman cars, a baggage car and a private car. Said Iturbi: "Details are carried out by my managers. I'm just interested in the idea . . . I'm not interested in the difficulties...