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...concentration on actual war work. In addition to its training program, its facilities are being used to a great extent in research. While the exact nature of this cannot be revealed, it has been disclosed that the School has tackled the medical problems involved in high flying under combat conditions...
...issues settled by Will Hays. True, the great moviegoing public, through fan mail and fan clubs, can build up its favorites and by staying away from the box-office can write a quick finis to a star's career. If sufficiently organized the public might even be able to combat the double feature menace. But as long as the moviegoers remain unorganized and subservient, their effect on the industry will be slight...
This week General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, made offense the nation's official military policy. The Army would not be diverted by submarine attacks on the coasts, could ill spare combat troops for guard duty. "The time has now come," said General Marshall, "when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy...
...director of the duel, Army Fencing Master Colonel Aniceto Rodrigues, punctiliously following the Code Duello, in vited the two principals to a reconciliation. Both refused. The director stepped back from the line of combat, clapped his hands...
Robinson was the man who decided to freeze the designs of combat ships in each category, thus stopping endless delays for changes. Robinson was the man who surveyed and lined up the nation's shipbuilding facilities, so that when Congress provided the cash for the 70% expansion of the Fleet in September 1940 almost all contracts were awarded within an hour after Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill...