Word: washing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Noms de Guerre. In Fort Lewis, Wash., one Arthur Admiral signed up for service in the Navy. In Pensacola, Fla., Chester O. Ensign Jr. was commissioned a Naval ensign. At Camp Beale, Calif., a new arrival was Private Kemp Beale. Fighting side by side with the Third Army, a 2nd Lieut. Patton outranked, in his platoon, a Private Eisenhower. Missing in action in Luxembourg was Chief Warrant Officer Ralph States, son of Mr. & Mrs. United States of Ridgway...
...Mexican labor leader, having in recent years extended his organization into other Latin American countries, was able as the representative of some 4,000,000 workers to make his strength felt. An open split was averted by the arrival of C.I.O.'s Rolland Thomas, who, having had "a wash and a Scotch" at his hotel, made a fervent appeal for compromise. The compromise: ex-enemy delegates, if they present satisfactory union references, could be seated; otherwise they could only observe. ¶Britain's Citrine demanded that congress decisions be merely advisory, not binding on the constituent organizations, since...
Reassuring to the rest of the world were the attitudes Franklin Roosevelt urged on Congress and the U.S. people: the U.S. should not turn away and wash its hands in disgust if Europe's problems continued for a time to plague the world. "We delude ourselves if we believe that the surrender of the armies of our enemies will make the peace we long for. . . . Unconditional surrender ... is the first and necessary step-but the first step only...
...Wash. In Washington, the War Production Board, revealing that 1944's output of diaper cloth was up 93% from 1939> provisoed that because 31% more babies were born last year the individual yardage had expanded only...
...listen. If he announces, "Cucamonga, 31°, 5 a.m.," Cucamonga's farmers set their alarms accordingly, light their smudge pots and save their trees. Broadcaster Young has also acquired a large following among women: if his news is bad and smudges are indicated, they bring in the wash...