Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Richard Steere Aldrich, 57, retired Republican Congressman from Rhode Island (1923-33), brother of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Manhattan Banker Winthrop Aldrich, son of Rhode Island's late Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (Payne-Aldrich tariff); in Providence...
...Thumb Phillips ("all brains and no body") was 64 inches short-smaller even than the mighty little Nelson. At 53 he was one of the youngest Admirals in the British Navy, one of the youngest commanders in chief. The way he died proved he had Lord Nelson's eagerness for action, without Nelson's mysterious acuteness as to what enemy forces he might encounter...
...also to the Japanese predilection for the torpedo as an attacking weapon. He considers the gun an ancillary weapon to be used mainly to create opportunities for decisive torpedo attack. The Japanese service torpedo is larger and more powerful than most (only equals: those fired by Britain's Nelson and Rodney), and Japan boasts an unusual number of small torpedo-bearing craft...
...Office of Price Administration's J. Kenneth Galbraith got the idea at 4:35 one afternoon, worked out details in 40 minutes, had an order signed by Priorities Chief Donald Nelson...
...Harvard Freshman Rifle team defeated the Naval ROTC shooters last night by a score of $30 to $26 at the Memorial Hall Range, Nelson and Petite for the Yardlings and Captain Rowe of the Naval Sci Varsity led the marks men with 168 out of 200 each...