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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Woodrow Wilson, became his devoted follower. When Wilson moved into the White House, Josephus Daniels became Secretary of the Navy. An ardent Dry, he prohibited liquor on board Navy ships. He outraged officers by shaking hands with seamen. He tried to make sailors wear pajamas. In his black string tie and his flat-brimmed, North Carolina planter's hat, he was a walking affront to the ramrod dignity of the admirals...
When Werner Janssen formed his symphony last year, critics praised its smooth string playing (its motto: "Every man a Heifetz"), the variety of its music. But when the Janssen Symphony wangled eight dates on California's Standard Symphony Hour, the Los Angeles Philharmonic began to jitter. The Philharmonic, founded in 1919 by Copperman William Andrews Clark Jr., and nurtured until his death in 1934 by about $3,000,000 of his money, now depends on the public for support (deficit: $100,000 or more a year). The Philharmonic was afraid that Los Angeles could not support two symphonies...
...paper the odds are in favor of Bus Curwen's or Carl Seligman's bunch of huskies, with Johnny Abbot and Frank Cunningham leading the field in the lightweight division. Last year's Varsity stroke, Curwen has behind him a string of four men who rowed on their Freshman eight, while Seligman, who paced the second Yardling boat two years ago, also has four ex-Freshmen sweep-swingers...
With all depleted on account of hour exams, Lowell extended its string of wins to six yesterday afternoon, defeating Claverly on a pass from Bill Murphy to "Cush" Eels in the second quarter, while Kirkland once again hit the victory trail in setting back the second Freshmen 6 to 0 as Willy Cleveland swept around right end for the only score of the contest...
...fight Britain and the U.S., Hitler must build a fleet. While he builds it, he will have to yield the initiative which has made the long string of German victories possible so far. While the Nazis are hard at work in Europe, Britain and the U.S. can seize the initiative, use it to fight World War III on their own terms. If a war with Japan is inevitable, they can fight Japan now, while Hitler is busy...