Word: davision
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Romance continues to bloom among us. Cpl. John Heuman, a student in the foreign language group, formerly with the 217th Military Police at Fort Devens, has just become engaged to Miss Jean Davis of Maynard Mass.
Those who have had business abroad (Herbert Lehman's OFRR, Nelson Rockefeller's OCIAA, Elmer Davis' OWI) have slowly, painfully learned that all foreign business must funnel through the State Department. The hard-to-handle exception was Henry Wallace's Board of Economic Warfare. When BEW...
"The Snark Was A Boojum," a comedy by Owen Davis from the novel of the same name by Richard Shattuck, opens August 16 at the Shubert. Alex Yokel, producer of "Three Men On A Horse," is presenting this comedy in association with Jay Faggon. The play concerns the race for...
Most men are satisfied with one career. Judah Benjamin had five. Before he died at the age of 72 he had been 1) a great U.S. lawyer; 2) a railroad promoter; 3) a U.S. Senator; 4) Confederate Cabinet officer and Jefferson Davis' right-hand man through the Civil War...
Bon Vivant. Benjamin was the first Jew ever offered an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. He turned it down to become a U.S. Senator (from Louisiana). In an age of eloquence, Benjamin was eloquent too. Many of his speeches were as fancy as a beaded bag. But he could...