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...McGraw, 70 years old, was taking a less active part in the company, and Strike was president. For his wartime job of building close to $175 million in war plants and bases, Engineer Strike became so well known that the War Depart ment sent him to Europe to supervise the rebuilding of German industry and the housing of some 4,000,000 homeless Germans. He did a bang-up job, and the Government sent him to Japan on a similar task. Later he became president of Overseas Consultants Inc., an eleven-firm, nonprofit combine which mapped out a $650 million...
Following the lead of Eliot House Grille, a late grille has been built into second floor of the new Harkness Commons building for benefit of center-dwellers don't care to hike to Square. As an added ment, the grille serves varieties of sandwich, including the biggest hamburger town, for 30 cents...
Meanwhile, Hsia Tou-yin, warlord of Wu's native Hupeh province, had given Wu a job as tax collector. Wu went to work in Hankow, "the Chicago of China," and within six months had balanced Hankow's municipal budget. This achieve ment attracted Chiang Kai-shek's interested attention. In 1932 Chiang appointed the 28-year-old Wu mayor of Hankow...
...Well," said the tired gentleman, "One of you folks done broke the law by not filing your census blank with the guv'ment...
...Ghent, such matters are crucial. Ever since 1830, when Belgium achieved its independence, Ghent Flemings have been sturdily defending themselves against the cultural influence of the French-speaking Walloons of south Belgium. In 1930 Ghent won a major victory: the Belgian govern" ment ruled that Flemish should be the official language of the university. Last week, with "I'affaire Van de Velde," the old dispute flared up again...