Word: herberts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rogues' Gallery. "It was eight of us the names is Earl Parks, who was known as Smiley because he would kill you with a smile on his face. The others: Herbert Liggins, known as" Hopalong because he was crippled; Charles Jones, known as Pretty Boy because he was a nice looking guy. Charles Hill was known as Colorado Kid. William Lee was known as Wild Bill. Clyde Bradford was known as Blue because he was so dark. Percy Bellmar was known as the Wheeler because he was a good driver. He really was my number one wheeler...
...HERBERT NELSON Minneapolis
Elder Statesman Herbert Hoover, the only living ex-President of the United States, mulled over the cause & effect of World War II in the American magazine last week: "We never would have been attacked by the Japanese if we had not given them provocation. ... If we had kept out of the immediate conflict, we could have put our sword down on the table, with our economic resources intact, and made a decent peace when the time for peacemaking came. I never believed Britain was in danger of defeat. When Germany attacked Russia, it made a British victory possible...
Died. Mary Emma Woolley, 84, women's-rights pioneer, longtime fighter for peace through disarmament, longtime (1900-'37) president of Mount Holyoke College; after long illness; in Westport, N.Y. Herbert Hoover rewarded her crusading by making her the only woman delegate to the 1932 Geneva Disarmament Conference. Massive, energetic Miss Woolley strode into the job with confidence ("Women rush in where diplomats fear to tread," said she), came back just as discouraged as the male delegates. When a man succeeded her at Mount Holyoke, shocked Miss Woolley never set foot on the campus again...
...Herbert Hoover, lately turned 73, encountered the press as he passed through Chicago, cleared up something that had been on at least one reporter's mind. "No man at my age," said the only living ex-President, "should take the nomination...