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...house ... a $2,000 Alaska seal fur coat, a ... piano, an ... automobile? . . . Listen to the details of the New York City Cancer Committee's amazing radio jackpot contest! All you have to do is to complete in 25 words or less the statement 'I give to conquer cancer because . . .' and send it in with a contribution of at least 25?." Chief designer of the new technique in cancer fund-raising is Campaign Chairman Elmer H. Bobst, a suavely youthful 63, who is also vice chairman of the American Cancer Society's board of directors. This...
Crimson yachtsmen became the second varsity squad to conquer the Eli this year when they sailed to a 86 to 76 Charles River victory on Sunday. Pete "Commodore" Putnam took three firsts out of six races as Class A entry, racking up a 36 point high for the Crimson...
...strategic points of their own choosing, henceforth fight a war of "big-eat-little." The immediate objective was a limited one: "I guarantee within six months to annihilate all Communists below the Yellow River." Had he written off Manchuria? He had not ("in 60 years the Reds will not conquer China"), but the way back would be long...
...deliberately fomenting war. You are imperialists and you want war. . . . You will attack the U.S.S.R. but it will conquer you through the power of its idea. . . . With or without war, there will be no civilization at all in the United States ten years from...
...recognition of Russia-"a regime which refuses to acknowledge the sanctity of international obligations." When Russia walked into Poland in 1939, Garner took an I-told-you-so attitude. He said to the President: "You haven't much choice, Cap'n. Either Hitler or Stalin would conquer the world. Hitler by force, and Stalin by chicanery, corruption, treachery and undermining...