Word: alberts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scene was London's solemnly hideous Albert Hall. For the observance of U.S. Thanksgiving Day, its dark Victorian interior was blanketed with American flags, and the flags of all 48 states. A portrait of Lincoln hung from the proscenium; a spotlight played on an American eagle...
Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer, one of General Marshall's "bright young men," worked hard at his job. As new U.S. military chief in China, 48-year-old General Wedemeyer had promptly presented his defense plan ("simple and I hope sound") to Chiang Kaishek. Five days later, without revealing its details, he was able to announce that it had been accepted by the harried Generalissimo. Chinese forces were now moving into place to meet the Japanese westward drive, would soon prove whether "Al" Wedemeyer's plan was sound as well as simple...
Fingers Crossed. U.S. Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer, in Chungking only a few weeks as "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's successor, sized up the situation as serious but not irreparable. Said Wedemeyer: the Japanese are using a well-trained, well-equipped army in China led by "a very able commander" with the intention of fighting the war in Asia rather than on Japan's home soil. Nevertheless, he predicted that the Japanese could be defeated within a year after victory over Germany. The U.S., said he, would concentrate on supply for Chinese troops, continue air support for the Chinese...
...Albert Gallatin (1801-1813) and Andrew Mellon...
...gain the Crimson's third straight victory when they engage Tufts in a home-and-home debate tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. Defending the negative case in the question "Resolved, That Germany be split into separate political entities after the war" will be Frank Woidich, NROTC, and Albert Marks '47. This debate will take place in the Lowell House Junior Common Room...