Word: smith
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Strong Heave. The Allies had only begun the one strong heave which Churchill had predicted would end the struggle quickly. In their expanding sectors east of the Rhine, the Americans were speedily turning to fluid movement. After a surprise crossing, Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr.'s Third Army was on the loose (see below). Lieut. General William Hood Simpson's Ninth Army had slashed a quick opening, 'after its crossings downriver from Duisburg, and cut a bypassing path north of the Ruhr Valley's complex of industrial cities. Lieut. General Courtney Hicks Hodges' First...
...broker of all these deals is a man named Smith Davis. A complete record of his tradings is not available, for a basic Davis credo is "my business is mystery." His trick is to bring together publishers who usually don't speak to each other on their editorial pages. He has sold conservative papers to liberals and liberal papers to conservatives, with a cheerful irreverence for editorial principles-except when they can be calculated as part of a paper's balance sheet...
Bond-Selling Halfback. Smith Davis (the kind of man who becomes "Smitty" after five minutes' acquaintance) makes it his business to get along with such unalike rich men's sons as Marshall Field and William Randolph Hearst. Now 43, Smitty is one answer to what became of the bond salesman of the fast & loose '203. A husky near-six-footer with a broad face and a bent nose, he looks like the halfback he once was (Western Reserve University). He gave up college because classes cost him money: they kept him from selling bonds...
George H. Perkins '26, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning, has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Regional Planning. His appointment went into effect on the first of this month, as did that of Dan T. Smith, associate professor of Finance and Taxation, who was promoted to professor of Finance...
Advice to prospective husbands will be given free by Ensigns Stein, Murray, Selzer, and M. C. Smith. They're all still wearing good conduct bars, too. Hmmm. (This was brought to our attention by Long John Smith of the Miss. hills...