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...title created for "but never accepted by George Washington, conferred afterwards upon only four officers: Grant, Sherman, Sheridan (Civil War), Pershing. Although he retired in 1924, John J. Pershing is still on the active list as General of the Armies, has the words lettered over his sumptuous, seldom-used office in the State Department...
Heading the list of line prospects and appearing on paper as the outstanding lineman on the squad is Bob Fisher, a nineteen year old Andover graduate whose father coached Harvard from 1919 to 1925. Fisher is a tackle, tipping the scales at 193 pounds...
...following list does not include National Scholarship winners, whose names were previously published...
First act of Britain's ministry was to have King George sign a contraband list, which was not made public before the U. S. State Department had looked it over. Under "absolute" contraband were "all kinds of arms, ammunition, explosives, etc.," and articles for using or making them; "fuel of all kinds" and all "contrivances . . . articles . . . animals . . . ingredients" for using or making; all means of communication, tools, instruments, maps, machines; all "coin, bullion, currency, evidences of debt." Conditional contraband (i.e., to be sidetracked or commandeered by the British if they choose) were "all kinds of foods, foodstuffs, feed, forage...
...that he had abandoned Raffles so that Actor David Niven could rejoin the Highland Light Infantry, work on Raffles was hastily resumed when the British Consulate in Los Angeles thought that Actor Niven would not be needed for at least 30 days. Only other Britishers on the active reserve list (liable to immediate call) were John Loder, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and the Earl of Warwick, whose Hollywood name is Michael Brooke. Only volunteer to turn up at the Consulate was Actor Alan Mowbray, 43, who was put to work listing other British subjects in the movie colony...