Word: threats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nobody relished the idea of a special session of Congress. But last week the U.S. had the word of Secretary of State Marshall that Congress alone could give Western Europe the stopgap help it needs "to meet the immediate threat of intolerable hunger and cold." The situation, said George Marshall, requires "urgent consideration." This was taken to mean: a special session some time in November, at the latest...
...thing, there are many familiar faces on Soldiers Field from three Successful Crimson teams of last year. A Varsity which won seven of nine games has returned 20 lettermen, including the outstanding halfback threat Thomas (Chip) Gannon, who runs best to port and hurls passes lefthanded. There is six-foot-three 200-pound plunging fullback Captain Vince Moraveo who averaged six yards a line buck in one contest last fall when a three-yard plunge for a touchdown brought his average down, and whose virtual loss from the Yale game with an Injury was a mortal blow to the team...
There are several other sources of talent. From last year's Freshman team, seatback Hal Moffle and potential passing threat Jim Kenary have already become important cogs in the new backfield. "Fleet Gibby Warren, who showed well in the B. C. scrimmage, comes from the Jayvees, while halfback Chuck Roche, star of the 1945 informal team, returns to action. From Tufts as a transfer student comes 210-pound fullbacks Sam Adams...
...French steel production of 12 million tons would be quite a comfort to Frenchmen, even if western Germany were turning out 10.7 million by that time. The real basis of Germany's prewar threat to France was the fact that Germany could make three times as much armament as France could. As long as the French stayed ahead, it was safe to let German industry rise. Europe would never be rebuilt if keeping the absolute level of German industry down was made the first consideration of European planning...
...lost none of its fervor but some of its bounce. It brought action against the National Association of Real Estate Boards and its local Washington chapter, charged them with fixing brokerage fees and thereby contributing to the high cost of houses. But the charge did not carry any threat of jail sentences...