Word: conductive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worst "fooling" accident yet was at Palm Springs, Calif., last October, when nine passengers and the crew of three died in the crash of an American airliner clipped in flight by an Army Lockheed B34. CAB investigated the crash, reported that the "probable" cause was the "reckless and irresponsible conduct of Lieut. William N. Wilson in deliberately maneuvering a bomber in dangerous proximity to the airliner in an unjustifiable attempt to attract the attention of the first officer [copilot] of the latter plane." The Army promptly court-martialed Lieut. Wilson, just as promptly acquitted...
Nicholas Vakar will conduct a course in "Understanding Soviet Russia" with Michael Karpovich, associate professor of History, as guest speaker. Erwin Raisz of the Geographical Institute will lecture on "World Geographical Exploration. Other courses will include different aspects of music, dancing, and public speaking...
...Colonel William T. Colman (TIME, Sept. 13), onetime commander of Selfridge Field, Mich., handed down its verdict. Charged with shooting a Negro private at the field, the defendant was found guilty of "careless use of firearms." Charged with four instances of drunkenness on duty, he was convicted of "conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline." The court's sentence: reduction to the rank of captain, with promotion barred for three years...
Crime? The court had rejected the stiffer formula of "conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman" which would have cashiered Colonel Colman. It acquitted him altogether of 23 violations of the Articles of War, involving various charges of illegally transferring soldiers, accepting gifts from favor-seeking civilians, making away with government property...
Clarence W. Helsing, S.P.W., a 1940 graduate of the New England Conservatory and for three years the music director at the First Lutheran Church in Providence, is to conduct the group. Lieutenant Carl Knudsen, Chaplain USNR, is responsible for the organization of the chorus...