Word: martially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...romance is a by-product of the cinemilitary career of talented Gene Kelly, who before the Army gets him is a temperamental trapeze star. Private Kelly's yearning to get back in the air (in a plane) and an approaching court-martial for breach of discipline cause him to toy with Kathryn Grayson's affections in hopes that her father, his Colonel (John Boles), will transfer him to the Air Forces. The Colonel wants a less insubordinate son-in-law. Aware that trapeze work involves a certain amount of disciplined cooperation, he asks the young artist...
...Justice, in his new job, will 1) review court-martial cases referred to the President, 2) decide on draft deferments for Federal employes, 3) continue to touch up the President's speeches. As for his lowered income: "Naturally, I am glad to do this for the Boss...
...Forces court-martial of Colonel William T. Colman (TIME, Sept. 13), onetime commander of Selfridge Field, Mich., handed down its verdict. Charged with shooting a Negro private at the field, the defendant was found guilty of "careless use of firearms." Charged with four instances of drunkenness on duty, he was convicted of "conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline." The court's sentence: reduction to the rank of captain, with promotion barred for three years...
...bare frame office building at Selfridge Field, Mich., this week a trial board of ten Air Force colonels convened a general court-martial to hear charges against Colonel William T. Colman, former commander of the field (TIME...
Give Out! is the work of one Eric Posselt, who thought there ought to be a book of songs sung by servicemen, not at them. He ruled out Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood tunes (except for parodies masculine or martial), tracked down the favorites of the corps and the camps. The collection includes the solemn, the irreverent, the rowdy. There is a long-faced hymn of high resolve by Robert E. Sherwood (Tune: The Battle Hymn of the Republic). Another contributor is Beatrice Ayer Patton (wife of General "Blood & Guts"), whose March of the Armored Corps is appropriately scored...