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Veteran Roy J. White of Coatesville, Pa. refused to abandon hope when the War Department told him that his son was killed at Pearl Harbor. He himself, in World War I, had been reported killed in France, had turned up safe eleven months later. Last week Roy White got a letter from his son, found his optimism justified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: History Repeated | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...communications system announced: 'Prepare to abandon ship. May God be with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Wales, Repulse: A Lesson | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

Despite recent rumors, the Ski Club probably will not abandon its schedule for winter ski events because...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winter Ski Meets | 12/19/1941 | See Source »

Vern Miller, who was scheduled to referee a charity wrestling match for British War Relief this evening in Mechanics Building in Boston, has decided to abandon the plan because he fears that his amateur standing might be endangered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vern Miller Turns Down Bid To Referee Boston Mat Bout | 12/16/1941 | See Source »

That she is not prepared, however, to abandon southward expansion, Lieut. Rianburo Ando, minister without port folio, revealed last night in predicting Japan will try to cut China's Burma Road and move into the Netherlands East Indies...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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