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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great race to rearm is a vicious circle of panic and increasing expense. It benefits no one, leads to war, and, most serious of all, creates an atmosphere in which the peaceful adjustment of fundamental problems is increasingly difficult. There is no need for the United States to add to this chaos. War is not inevitable. Our influence must continue to be a force for sanity and reason and not for panic, for law and order and not for aggression,-for peace...
...praising Wood, who received his football training at Pittsburgh, like Odell, Dick Harlow said, "Johnny has had one full season with us and I believe he will step into Odell's shoos perfectly. I consider it fortunate for us that he was available. Otherwise, replacing Howdy might have been difficult...
...furnace, such metals as vanadium, titanium, columbium, zirconium, and the platinum group, which have been difficult to study because of their very high melting points, can be melted into very pure alloys. Then, through X-ray photographs, significant students can be made of the individual peculiarities of molecular structure and other physical characteristics...
...promoted to be Minister of State and Financial Coordinator. He neatly defined his new job: "It has been said that in a neighboring country [Germany] it became necessary to choose between butter and cannon. Cannon were chosen. Here in France we want both butter and cannon. It is a difficult task...
...task of raising funds fell largely to his frail widow. Tirelessly, in spite of a spinal ailment that made exertion difficult, she has since toured the U. S., giving concerts (she is a good pianist), talking, gleaning contributions to keep the MacDowell Colony going. During the past 30 years she has succeeded in personally raising some $100,000. The Colony has grown, occupies today some 500 acres sprinkled with isolated cottages, with room for 50 artists each summer. A list of those who have benefited by its hospitality at one time or another, reads like...