Word: ethane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...encyclopedist. Unlike the big "name" columnists, he approaches his job as some leisurely, penetrating small-town editors do, with no particular regard for column continuity. In seven columns last week, for example, he discussed the teaching of American history, John Hancock, nationalism, the value of keeping a diary, Ethan Allen, U.S. foreign policy, the liberation of France, colored book bindings, Jay Gould, feuding in Washington agencies, soap operas, the absence of advertising in French newspapers, George Washington, Russ Columbo's mother, pronunciations, Nazi fanatics, the League of Nations, the 1920s and the "We Won the War" legend...
...rightfully calls herself the No. 1 Arsenal in the Arsenal of Democracy. Small, bellicose Vermont was the first state to declare war on the Axis-nine weeks before Pearl Harbor, Vermont began paying soldier bonuses because the U.S. was "already in a shooting war." In the green hills where Ethan Allen's Green Mountain boys trod, lean, lank Vermonters turn out landing craft and gun-mounts in Burlington, aircraft ignition parts in Vergennes. The Massachusetts shoreline is one long row of shipyards and shipways, with convoys loading up. Its yards and plants produce everything from the $60 million aircraft...
...changes, Capt. Magruder is being relieved of his duties to go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma as an aerial observer. Lt. Montsream, from Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, is relieving First Lieut. Nelson T. Hoadley of his extra duties as company commander of Company C. Lieut Phelps, also from Fort Ethan Allen, is now commander of Company...
...with the War Manpower Commission, the Army training units here have grown to eight in number and over 2600 men are now under Wood's command. Born in Bristol, Virginia, and a graduate of V. M. I., prior to his present assignment he was commanding officer of Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont. He is a colonel in the Field Artillery...
...executive of the Army Training Schools at Harvard is Captain Bernard A. Merriam, Harvard '09. Captain Merriam arrived here last week from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., where he served in various capacities. At Harvard, Captain Merriam rejoins Col. Wood with whom he served for a year at Ethan Allen and will serve as Col. Wood's executive officer...