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...Boston vicinity will end Boston's observance of the WAVES' first anniversary as they pass in review before Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald this Friday at 4:30 o'clock. Following the parade there will be a night program at Symphony Hall, where the Navy Recruiting Office will swear in new WAVES...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAVES MARK FOUNDING DAY | 7/27/1943 | See Source »

...United Press fell for the story that the U.S. Government was in possession of information concerning a "secret document": an alleged, Fascist-sounding oath by which De Gaullists swear eternal allegiance to their chief. The enlistment oath, printed in London last April, contained no such clause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: There is No France | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

Thus began a promising career in the professional game. And thus (last December) it ended when Red held up his hand and said "I solemnly swear." He found his niche in the M. P.'s and served with the 756th at Springfield until the Army decided it needed his brain even more than it needed his brawn. This also meant his elevation to the rank of Private First Class, a distinction which might be regarded lightly in some circles, but for Leo it means he can now pull his rank on his erstwhile boss, "Lex" Thompson, who recently made Private...

Author: By Bruse H. Westley, | Title: Specialists' Corner | 7/6/1943 | See Source »

After trumpet fanfares and strewing of flowers, the couple seat themselves and the four attendants recite poetry dealing mainly with fire ("We swear to be flames for the holy German Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nazi Marriage Service | 7/5/1943 | See Source »

Some can also swear as well. Henpecked Harry Wilson, dean of girl-softball umpires, maintains that the female Lippy Durochers, with their special brand of umpire-baiting, draw larger crowds than Softball's Di Maggios. No one knows how many casual customers became confirmed the day Umpire Wilson was thus bawled out by an exasperated lady catcher: "Listen, big boy, if you'd take your lamps off the batter's knees long enough to look around, maybe you'd see more of these pitches coming over as strikes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ladies of the Little Diamond | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

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