Word: regularization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Volkssturm members captured at Metz, some in regular army uniforms and others in civilian clothes, wore arm bands in scribed "Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht." They were pathetic specimens, unanimously glad to be out of the war. Their fellows in East Prussia made a dismal showing against the Reds, and Lieut. General Kurt Dittmar, Germany's top military commentator, publicly belittled them as fighting...
Unlike most veterans, Lt. Hackett is not discharged, but was awarded a regular Army retirement. Concentrating in architecture, he plans to continue the remainder of his education at Harvard...
From Army lecture platform to Standout Hall is a strange transition, but Lt. Hackett is taking it in stride, mixing with all, making numerous friends, and gradually fitting himself into the regular pattern of life. Commenting on this life he says seriously that he is "very well satisfied here at Harvard" and "more than pleased with the way in which I have been received...
...Navy expected to have such a whopping outfit that its 55,000 regular officers would not be nearly enough to go around. Part of the job of the 20-man board (13 of whom are reservists) was to convince the best of the reserve officers that the Navy offered them a good future ; that they would not be handicapped be cause they were not Annapolis graduates...
...radio performance of Beethoven's masterpiece, Fidelia, finally broke the spell. The first installment was broadcast last Sunday on the regular Toscanini-conducted NBC Symphony program, with a second installment to follow this week. For his Fidelia the maestro drew heavily on the Metropolitan's roster, allotted principal roles to Sopranos Rose Bampton and Eleanor Steber, Tenor Jan Peerce, Baritone Herbert Janssen, Bass Nicola Moscona. At the end of the broadcast, a distinguished audience-including half of Manhattan's top-rank musical celebrities, who had frantically begged their invitations-caught its breath, hoped fervently that the maestro...