Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Striking out at what many leaders of opinion have considered the most vital aspect of the entire situation--the psychological dangers of preparing for combat while laying the groundwork for lasting peace--the letter continues in a note of realistic idealism...
...return for shifting Czechoslovakia firmly into the Russian orbit, Dr. Benes had extracted a Soviet promise to respect the Republic's pre-Munich frontiers. But last week Russian Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov was reported to have sent a disturbing note to the Czech Government in London: the Soviet would respect its promise, but Ruthenia showed a strong tendency to join the Soviet Ukraine. Said the Kiev radio: most of Ruthenia's 800,000 citizens speak a Ukrainian dialect, have voted in a plebiscite (organized by the Ruthenian Communist Party) for incorporation in the Ukraine. Already Peoples' Committees...
Died. Major Arthur Corbett-Smith, 65, author and publicist; by his own hand (gun shot); in Margate, England. In a note to the police he explained: "I've had a very wonderful life, but I'm too old now. . . . I view with loathing the incidence and stigmata of old age. Age, with rare exceptions, is repulsive to look upon, and its so-called wisdoms are very problematical. Every man and woman at the age of 60 should show cause why he or she should continue to exist...
...Whistler (yes, old straighten up and Stan Wright) got a formal hands off note recently from an irate Boston mother. In spite of Stan's letter enclosing his distinction marks and quartile rating, it seems that her 14-year-old daughter is still too young for his attentions. But Stan never says die. He's currently working on that "schoolboy" approach...
...with the long "ow" a la Hanson) introduced the first human note we've heard in the cold pages of the accounting class last Saturday when he came out with a genuine concern for the future of widows and orphans amidst the cold, hard facts of a disbursements ledger. Now Neale is waiting to see if even such a warm heart can get one a High Pass in Accounting...