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...office in half a century of politicking, won again, over former Federal Judge Guy K. Bard. A onetime Democrat and son of a sheep-raiser, Martin turned when Grover Cleveland took the high tariff off imported wool. A wounded veteran of World War I, Martin commanded Pennsylvania's 28th Division (as a major general) prior to World...
Under White the Lackawanna, which is relatively small (28th in operating revenue), became one of the best-run U.S. railroads. Last week, 55-year-old Bill White got the chance to show what he can do with the huge New York Central Railroad, which picked him to succeed 66-year-old president Gustav Metzman, who is stepping upstairs to chairman. Said White of his promotion: "There are no great men; somebody quits, somebody dies, or you happen to be the right age....So much of it is luck...
...will leave shortly for Colorado to compete in the N.C.A.A. wrestling championships., which will be held on the 28th and 29th of March...
...last week had some welcome news for 170,000 of the reservists and National Guardsmen summoned to active duty after Korea. Though their 24-month tours of duty will not begin to expire until summer, the Army will start letting them out in March. Reason: Many units (e.g., the 28th, 40th, 43rd, 45th National Guard Divisions) were called up at the same time. The Army cannot send them all home at once, must stagger the discharges over a period of months as it trains draftees to take their place...
...replacements were desperately needed in Korea, a good many specialized officers and noncoms were taken from small, unassigned outfits and from the two divisions in strategic reserve (the 31st and 47th). But the other Guard divisions on active duty -the 40th and 45th (in Japan) and the 43rd and 28th (assigned to Europe) have been trained as units and left intact. Nearly all the troops taken from these four combat divisions were draftees, not Guardsmen...