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...appropriations bill. Senator McKellar neatly yielded to Senator Taft. Senator Taft fielded the yield, tossed the ball swiftly to Senator Thomas of Utah. Then the Senate Sergeant at Arms, ex-Senator Wall Doxey of Mississippi, and Assistant Sergeant at Arms William Moseley Miller of the House stepped forward to inform President Barclay that the House was awaiting him. The President and his entourage left the chamber. An audible sigh followed them. Henry Wallace, red-faced but relieved, relaxed...
...last week, in large cities and small towns, many a Roman Catholic priest mailed or took similar tidings to anxious families of men missing in action. Sample message: "The Apostolic Delegate of the Holy See has been requested by radiogram from the Cardinal Secretary of State, to inform the John A. Doe family that Corporal John B. Doe is a prisoner of war in Camp...
Careful reading of the statement, however, will inform the student what minimum standards will be, and what kind of grades (on the average) will mean "successful completion of the first four months course." It gives no plain indication of how those grades are comprised, because the emphasis placed on the various factors will vary with the instructor. Generally, it can be concluded that most emphasis will be placed on work in the second half of the term...
...Heaviness in the Air. On the other hand Graebner noted that the "[Soviet] Government is not entirely for the people." Hundreds stand in food queues, regardless of whether or not there is food at the end of the line for them, simply because the Government does not bother to inform them. "Too efficient, too ruthless, too heartless," in most respects, "Government instead of being for the people is for Russia as a State and for1 the bureaucracy which controls it." Along with the high popular courage and "simple, kindhearted, fun-loving" behavior, Graebner was conscious of "an unmistakable heaviness...
Punctilio. In Denver, L. Ward Bannister wrote the War Department to learn if he could cable his son, Lieut. Wayne A. Bannister, ultimately got a reply from Africa: "Dear Sir: I regret to inform you that the only circumstances under which you may send a cable to your son are in the event of family emergency. In such case a cable may be forwarded to him by the American Red Cross. Wayne A. Bannister...