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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tide of the war in China, Bullitt said, requires American direction and control, exercised by "a fighting general of the highest qualities, with an adequate staff of able officers." He thought that General Douglas MacArthur could do the job quickest. But he also mentioned as prospects, General Mark W. Clark, and Lieut. Generals Albert C. Wedemeyer and J. Lawton Collins. He called for the revival of the volunteer "Flying Tigers," and urged Congress to appropriate $800,000,000 for China, chiefly in military...
Mermaid & Dragon. Runners-up to these leaders are Pixie Playtime, on Manhattan's WPIX, featuring Peter W. Pixie, assisted by a Mae West-like mermaid and a witch who tortures victims by telling them old radio jokes; Little Bordy, a puppet disc jockey; the Suzari Marionettes on ABC's The Singing Lady; Du Mont's woodenheaded Oky-Doky; and Mr. Do-Good and Judy Splinters, a pair of West Coast contenders. Du Mont's popular Small Fry Club, which has previously depended on animated cartoons, movies and interminable commercials, is next week adding to its cast...
...first New School group, consisting mainly of instructors, will leave July 5; the second, open to college juniors and seniors, July 6; and the third, limited to graduate students, July 15. Applications can be obtained from the New School, 66 W 12 st., New York City...
...Paul W. Knaplund of Kirkland House and Madison, Wis.: Varsity Crew Captain; Kirkland House Committee; Francis H. Burr Scholarship...
...officers are: Melvin L. Zurier '50, president; Arthur W. Purcelle '50, vice president; K. Bruce Friedman '50, home secretary; Charles B. Flood '51, treasurer; and A. Werner Pleus, '51, publicity chairman. Jerome B. Spunt '50 was reelected corresponding secretary...