Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...national policy devoted to building up a desire for cooperation between the United States and Russia, leading Boston newspapers have recently shown the dangerous inclination to promote anti-Russian feeling; dangerous because it is insidiously developed in news stories and not straightforwardly in editorials. Last Sunday night a Patriot's Day banquet was held in Boston. The Governor of Massachusetts, a Right Reverend Monseigneur of the Catholic Church, a Harvard professor, and a chaplain from the Harvard Army Chaplain School gave speeches. The Chaplain's address, no more outstanding than the rest, was a stern outcry against slackening of civilian...
With a long Patriot's Day weekend last week, Cadet Major Jack Corrigan's Battery Z postponed its schedule RSOP and enjoyed itself for the time being. Battery Z took the field on April 21, for its first practice, and more extra drills are expected to follow...
Owing to the Patriot's Day vacation Monday, only three exercise credits will be necessary this week. Two of these, however, must be major credits, Clarence B. Van Wyok, secretary to the Department of Physical Education, announced last night. Squash or sculling still count as minor credit...
Even the supporting cast does an unusually creditable job. Paul Henreid of "Now Voyager" fame does a sympathetic job on a Czech patriot, and handles his anti-fascist speeches with meritable tact. Claude Rains is a superb Vichy superintendent of police, while Conrad Veidt does an excellent job on a stock Hollywood character--the Gestapo chief...
...become the martyred lover. Miss Bergman, possessor of the kind of sensitive, intelligent charm that makes most of Hollywood's leading ladies look like female cigar store Indians in contrast, contributes a refreshingly different crotic appeal and some acting, to boot. Paul Henreid is a very credible Czech patriot, with just the right amount of anti-fascist fervor...