Word: major
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Correspondent Edward Angly of the blue-blooded New York Herald Tribune reported the happiest experience. Everyone knew that Edward Windsor, once King but now only a Duke turned major general, was somewhere in France. Not everyone knew that his younger brother, Prince Henry, 39, Duke of Gloucester, is chief liaison officer of the B. E. F., with a major general's rank. Correspondent Angly was standing on a corner with his officer guide when up whirled an official car driven by an officer, with the chauffeur on the back seat. To Mr. Angly's glad amazement, the driver...
...affidavit filed last week with the U. S. State Department by a U. S. survivor of the Athenia, momentarily revived World War II's first major incident as a sulfurous fount of propaganda. Encouraged by three U. S. Representatives-South Dakota's Case, Louisiana's Brooks, Oregon's Pierce-one Gustav A. Anderson, travel bureau operator of Evanston, Ill., came forward to swear that Chief Officer Copeland of the Athenia told him that the ship carried "plenty" of guns for Canada's coast defenses and for fitting herself out as a raider on her return...
...deteriorates. For lack of freedom of utterance he loses the services of the best men. ... In my report on the events of 1938 I drew your Lordship's special attention to the far and unfortunate results of the Blomberg marriage.* I am more than ever convinced of the major disaster which that-in itself-minor incident involved, owing to the consequent elimination from Herr Hitler's entourage of the more moderate and independent of his advisers. . . . After February of last year Herr Hitler became more and more shut off from external influences and a law unto himself...
...International News Service and found the Litticks had signed for that too. Said I. N. S.: "We prefer to deal with well-established papers." They had given the Litticks an exclusive contract, and since the Littick papers already held an Associated Press franchise, the News was left without any major wire service...
Last year only four major football teams wound up their regular seasons undefeated, untied. Three of them were Southern: Texas Christian, Duke, Tennessee. All three were invited to participate in post-season Bowl games. Two of them beat their opponents and the third (Duke) had Southern California licked until 18 seconds before the Rose Bowl's final whistle...