Word: lighten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under Army legal procedure the court's findings must be reviewed by higher military authorities, who can reverse the convictions or lighten the sentence, but cannot increase it. This week Lieut. Colonel Charles G. White, Colonel Colman's former executive officer at Selfridge, was on trial charged with drunkenness and illegal transfer of men, before an entirely new court. The Detroit Times wondered acidly whether this was "a devious apology...
...this reminds you of "The Pied Piper", only no Monty Wooley to lighten refugee burdens, don't say you weren't warned. Laraine Day and Robert Young can't seem to do much about it, and "Margaret" is only wistfully effective. For married men and sugared sentimentalists only. P.S. The journey is across Europe, of course...
Rumania. Back from Hitler's field headquarters last week came Premier Ion Antonescu after a one-day session with Adolf and several of his top-flight generals. According to reports from Bern, Hitler refused to lighten his demands for Rumanian troops, otherwise help Antonescu preserve his tottering regime. Instead, Hitler reportedly demanded more Rumanian petroleum and troops, less noise. In Geneva last week was pro-British Grigore Gafencu, onetime Rumanian Foreign Minister, the logical man to extend any peace overtures to Allied representatives...
...normal years scholarships have been decided upon long before the Committee on Admissions meets in July, so that when the admissions were sent out, men would know whether they could count on the money to lighten their college expenses...
Floyd Stahl realized he needed both games to lighten his League-race worries, and the division of the spoils will now make it necessary to do better than the predicted split with Dartmouth on Wednesday. Chief strain will be on the pitching staff, since after the double-header with the Indians the Varsity will play host to Princeton on Saturday...