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...headquarters was in a commandeered apartment house in Washington. Last September, Mrs. Roosevelt, who had been faintly critical, moved in as assistant director. Young (21), dimpled Jane Seaver, dew-fresh out of Mt. Holyoke, was appointed to the task of organizing youth. Other lady colleagues moved in. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau Jr., perched next to Mrs. Roosevelt, mysteriously shuffled papers, kept mum. The Little Flower flapped his wings, screeched orders, left behind many a moist hanky clenched in an angry fist...
Melvin H. Kaplan '42, Myron S. Kaufman '43, George Kennerly '44, Donald DeW. King '42, Melvin I. Kohan...
Directly after the invasion of France last June Keyes DeW. Metcalf, head of Harvard's libraries, began looking for a spot which would be isolated and inconspicuous enough for the storing of the greater part of Harvard's precious treasure volumes. However, it was a "complicated business," according to the chief librarian, and many problems presented themselves before complete plans could be drawn...
...stripling of 21, and his fellow members (a joiner, a surveyor, a glazier, an Oxford scholar, a "young gentleman of some fortune") were not much older. Proceedings were secret and no minutes were kept, But Franklin revealed some of the study topics. Samples: "Whence comes the dew that stands on the outside of a tankard? . . . What unhappy effects of intemperance have you lately observed? ... Is self-interest the rudder that steers mankind?" For excessively dogmatic answers, members had to pay fines...
...route from Syracuse to New York City, he declared a public holiday. New York City's hedgehopping Mayor flew over the field, circled several times, winged off. ∙ ∙ In Portland, Ore., an empty car rolled away from the curb, rammed a car driven by former Senator Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia...