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William S. Hart, steely-eyed hero of Hollywood's primordial westerns, was in danger-"likely to be deceived and imposed upon by artful and designing persons," declared an old friend, Francis Gudger. Gudger asked a Los Angeles court to appoint himself and another friend as the lantern-jawed, two-gunman's lawful guardians. William S. Hart Jr. begged to differ; he (and a bank) should get the guardian assignment. While the legalistic bullets whined and sang, the old hero, who admits to 70-odd and is worth about $1,000,000, lay beyond the battle, gravely...
...MacArthur, who said "consistently anti-Japanese . . . during . . . Bataan and Corregidor. . . . One of my most trusted and devoted officers." Then U.S. Navy Commander Charles ("Chick") Parsons gave conclusive evidence of Roxas' loyalty. He told of submarine trips he had made to contact Roxas during the Japanese occupation and to appoint him ringleader of U.S. espionage...
...confident that this committee will organize a successful jubilee and put out a fine Redbook," commented Arthur C. McGill '48, student council adviser to the committee. He pointed out that the committee will elect its own chairman and will appoint additional members from winter entrants of the Class of 1949 in the near future...
...Prepared to attend a luncheon of the tired people who worked out the steel wage-price formula. Menu feature: a Missouri ham. Said one alarmed wag: "I hope he doesn't appoint it to something...
...months. It ended the private army system, forbade the meddling of military area commanders in civilian affairs, promised the Communists, ten divisions in the new setup. Neutral U.S. professional soldiers would help both Communists and Government troops in the reorganization. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was given the power to appoint and relieve all officers, but if he felt obliged to break a Communist commander he was pledged to replace him with a candidate nominated by the senior Communist member of the Government...