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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Republican army, they seized the key points in the city, set up a "People's Republic" and called for the immediate overthrow of President Soekarno's Republican government. "These arms," screamed the Communist radio from Madiun, "will not be silent until the whole of Indonesia is free!" President of the "People's Republic" turned out to be none other than the resurrected Muso...
...booked the troupe on the same basis as the touring Met or a Marian Anderson recital, has guaranteed minimum gross receipts all along the way. The show will cost the playgoer 60? to $3.60, depending on the local sponsor; in some cases, admission will be free, with a school fund footing the bill...
...associates made a gadget like a child's swing, put an egg in it, and swung it against a steel plate. When the egg was free to move (like a passenger with no safety belt) a very slight shock broke the shell. When held tightly, the egg survived harder shocks. When cushioned with rubber in front, it lasted even better. The hardiest eggs were snuggled against a cushioned block that slipped a little when the swing hit the steel, allowing the egg to come to a slow stop. It took a powerful shock to crack such a coddled...
...boys here would have been in a parochial school now if this one had not been built. A boy knows his own town and has his buddies there. Often he can look right down his block and see a first-rate high school-and he can go there free. We must offer the very best to meet that competition...
Born. To Lieut. Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine de Gaulle, 27, only son of General de Gaulle, wartime Free French naval air ace, and Henriette Marie Josephe Clemence de Montalembert de Gaulle, 20, daughter of one of France's first families: their first child, a son (the General's first grandchild); in Dijon. Name: Charles...