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Warrior. In Dedham, Mass., John R. Marsolini, soon to be inducted, asked court permission to shorten his surname to Mars...
...market in Provincetown-first in, highest prices. "They left their fishing grounds with a 'keep 'er full and drive 'er.' They kept on canvas until the water came around the helmsman's neck. They tied their halyards aloft so they couldn't shorten sail. A coastwise steamer came to anchor in Provincetown Harbor, reporting, 'Had a fishing boat pass me sailing under water...
...Jinx" Falkenburg, who was a leader in the 1941 publicity race for the Manhattan glamor stakes and then returned to Hollywood, asked a Los Angeles judge to shorten her name to plain Jinx. She said she figured that having the new name in electric lights instead of the old one would save the nation enough power to produce 26,000 lb. of aluminum. The judge reserved his decision...
This pamphlet deals principally with the two most important changes made in the educational program: the adoption of the year-round schedule and the modification of the admission rules. Both of these moves have been put into effect in order to shorten the period of time necessary for receiving an A.B. degree...
...British made a decision which was dictated by necessity; to yield almost all Malaya, saving the Australians for a compact shield of men just north of Singapore. This would stretch Japanese communications through hundreds of miles of Commando-infested jungle, shorten British communications and coastline to the defensible limits of the troops in hand...