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...Berlin. He was ordered to cooperate with the German charge d'affaires. He did not. When the U.S. seized 39 Danish ships, he did not protest, arranged their transfer to the U.S. A firm anti-Nazi, married to the daughter of a U.S. admiral, he had one trump card to play when the Germans brought pressure on the Danes to force his recall: the U.S. would not recognize any other Danish envoy...
Biology D is a very good elementary course under the able leadership of Professor Hisaw. Hisaw's trump is his wonderful sense of humor which overcomes any delinquencies in his organization. Darrah in the first half year is not so well liked but is considered helpful. This is an excellent course for non-concentrators...
...WBAL continuity writer named Vera Johnson. Feature of Quiz the Scientist is its formidable permanent board, which includes such lights as Dr. Robert Williams Wood, famed prankster physicist of Johns Hopkins University (TIME, June 20, 1938), Dr. Louise Kelley, Professor of Chemistry at Goucher College, Dr. Reginald Van Trump Truitt, Professor of Zoology at University of Maryland, and Dr. Page. Last week WBAL was hopeful that inquiries from NBC would result in a network spot for the quiz...
...suicidal. Attempted cession of the fleet to Germany would as likely as not result in its scuttling by its own officers. German occupation of the rest of France would mean that French colonies, deprived of a homeland, would drop like plums into British hands; France's one powerful trump card is negative-when German conditions press too hard, she can always threaten to throw up the sponge...
...tough, profane, horny-handed labor boss is James Caesar ("Mussolini") Petrillo, head of the Chicago local of the American Federation of Musicians. The only instrument he ever played was the trumpet. But poorly as he played it, Petrillo's trump has sounded like Gabriel's to many an employer of musicians. No one has fought more fiercely than Petrillo against canned music in theatres, dance halls, on the radio. By forbidding men of his local to make records which might be broadcast, he led a successful nationwide fight to get more musicians employed by broadcasters. Grateful...