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...makes compulsory the use of a plainly visible signal by means of the hand and arm to indicate the desire ot stop or turn in either direction. The method of making these hand signals is very explicitly described in the Law. For example: "An intention to turn to he left shall be indicated by extending the arm horizontally to the left of and beyond the side of the vehicle and by moving the index finger to the left...
...District of Columbia bar admitted 350 new lawyers, including Frederick Moore Vinson, 26, son of the Supreme Court Chief Justice. The fledgling lawyers ot a welcome from District Court Judge Dickinson Letts, who had a note of cynicism for those who aspired to the bench. In these days of high taxes, he said, "it takes a peculiar damn fool to be a judge. The pay is like the old gray mare-t ain't what it used...
Other speakers at the symposia will include Charles Malik, Lebanese representative ot the United Nations, Karl T. Compton, chairman of the National Research and Development Board during the war and M. I. T. president, and General Lucius D. Clay, now with the Office of Defense Mobilization...
...been poised, even closer to Japan: the island of Sakhalin (600 miles long, 75 miles wide), separated by only 26 miles of sea from the northernmost main Japanese island, Hokkaido. The lower half of Sakhalin once belonged to Japan; it was turned over to the Russians by one ot Yalta's secret deals...
Such a tone may have sounded over-optimistic for an army facing an enemy three times its size, with huge reserves ot trained manpower behind him. But in fact, it sensibly understated the Eighth Army's present capability. In the last two weeks battle Ridgway's men had inflicted an estimated 30,000 casualties on Chinese and North Korean Communists, at small to themselves...