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...yesterday to help the regular coaching staff were Nick Mellen, last year's Freshman line coach, now in the Navy, "Club" Peabody, Tom Gardiner, and Dick Pfister. From last year's all-house team, George Waters, Howie Gleason, Stan Durwood, and Bob Hurley reported...
When the War Production Board sets civilian-production quotas, it isn't fooling. So discovered the Hurley Machine division of Chicago's Electric Household Utilities Corp. Ordered to make only 44,000 washing and ironing machines last fall, said WPB, Hurley made 76,000 instead. The penalty, imposed by WPB last week: complete shutdown of production for six months. Suggested name for quota chiselers: chislings...
...rank to exchange for Deputy Prime Minister Walter ("Wai") Nash of New Zealand. To his surprise, he couldn't find one. So he dipped down into the Republican grab bag and came up with Herbert Hoover's old Secretary of War, angular but still handsome Patrick Jay Hurley...
...Zealand (pop: 3,122,000-less than Chicago) has suddenly become important to the U.S. And Pat Hurley, angular but still handsome, is an important figure of a man. He joined the A.E.F. as a cavalry officer in World War I, was cited for gallantry, promoted to lieutenant colonel. He lately helped negotiate a ticklish oil agreement between the U.S. and Mexico (TIME, Dec. 9, 1940). Raised to the rank of brigadier general (reserve) last month, Pat Hurley stepped off into the Pacific before anybody knew where he was going. He went under sealed orders, left beauteous Mrs. Hurley behind...
...Secretary of War Patrick Jay Hurley jumped from Reserve colonel to brigadier general by nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt. His assignment was not immediately revealed, but the White House said he would not be a line officer...