Word: w
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Force's Secretary W. Stuart Symington backed up Vandenberg, and deplored the whole public airing of the country's military doctrines. "Lightning Joe" Collins denied any Army plot to swallow up the Navy's Marine Corps as had been charged in the Navy's case...
...fight against cancer, doctors may be putting too much emphasis on cures and too little emphasis on prevention, warned Dr. W. C. Hueper of the National Cancer Institute, speaking this week to the Washington Cancer Society...
Reaching into the public till and job making came to a head in 1941 when the then District Attorney, Richard F. Bradford, charged the incumbent mayor of Cambridge, John W. Lyons, with accepting a one-third rebate on architect's fees for a city building project...
...drop in ticket demand was explained by Athletic Association director W. Henry Johnson, who said, "The Harvard-Holy Cross game, more than any other game on our schedule, depends on the previous records of the teams for audience appeal." Johnson's statement has been borne out by the lack of student and general public enthusiasm...
...lost art of film high comedy has been revived recently with increasing frequency at local theatres, notably in re-releases of Chaplin favorites and a fine, frenzied W. C. Fields double bill. The latest example of the days when Screenland was funny is now on view at the Mayflower and Pilgrim, unobtrusively inserted between showings of a feature film on Africa, called "Savage Splendor." This is neither savage nor splendid, though a good-enough documentary...