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...Successor to West Point-trained Lieut. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who returned to the U. S. last September to organize the first all-Negro fighter group (three squadrons...
After the Rabbit. Pale, soft, charming-and accurate- watercolors graced the pages of this story. Beatrix Potter had long been an accomplished amateur artist when her book appeared. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was followed by 21 other children's books-tales of Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tittlemouse, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Potterites of all ages had their favorites, but connoisseurs would probably agree that the masterpiece was The Tailor of Gloucester...
...force that stands still. Last week a physicist claimed to have proved that magnetism moves. Professor Felix Ehrenhaft, formerly of Vienna, told the American Physical Society meeting in Manhattan that magnetism flows as electricity flows. If he is right, his discovery is at least as revealing as Benjamin Franklin's kite, and technology has a new horse to harness...
...Five wives of former Presidents are still living: Mrs. Thomas Jex Preston (the former Mrs. Grover Cleveland), 79, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, 85, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 82, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (his second wife), 71, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge...
...general consensus obtained among leaders in the Social Sciences departments was that the measure would not be passed. Professor Benjamin F. Wright, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Government, favored all of the President's program, but doubted that the National Service Act would be passed by an antagonistic Congress except in considerably modified form. It would be an unfair solution, he said, to pass part and not all of the program, as the balance the President is aiming at would thereby be destroyed...