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"While England carefully went over a story before it was sent," he said, "the Germans allowed us to send anything we wished, and then accused us of military or political espionage if there was any serious objection."
Died. Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt III, 68, head of the Vanderbilt clan, great-grandson of Founder "Commodore" Cornelius; of a cerebral hemorrhage; aboard the yacht Ambassadress; in the City Basin at Miami. Reserved, plodding, famed for his Vandyke beard and his yachts,* he was an inventor (30 devices for improving...
> Biggest problem before the convention was "acceleration" of high-school students. The U.S. Office of Education's Wartime Commission recommended that high schools cut their course from four to three years by means of summer sessions, a six-day week or a longer school day. Object: to graduate students...
The Good Neighbor policy (rubber division) got another boost last week when President Roosevelt vetoed a bill which would have encouraged the growing of guayule and other rubber-bearing plants. His objection: the bill's encouragement was confined to the U.S.; he wanted Mexican and Brazilian rubber promoted too...
When it comes to giving its reasons for this ruling, the Administration asserts that it hasn't the time or the money to investigate the calibre of the curriculum of other summer schools. But such an objection poses hurdles that are less trouble to climb over than officials seem to...