Word: manton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wound up his tour in the American zone, saw U.S. tankmen, using subcaliber ammunition, trying to shoot on a miniature range, measured in yards, not miles. Lieut. General Manton S. Eddy, U.S. commander in Germany, complained that the training area was too small for regular fire from his big guns; the Germans, however, did not want any more of their farms and villages taken over for training...
...orders from Washington, Lieut. General Manton S. Eddy, U.S. Army commander in Europe, last week reactivated the Seventh Army with himself as commanding general and headquarters in Stuttgart. This marked the end of the U.S. troops' role in Germany as an occupation force and the beginning of a fighting force to stand against Communist aggression. Eddy's command will consist at first of the 1st Infantry Division and an armored constabulary division, and will soon absorb most of the 87,000 U.S. troops in Germany. Purposes of the move were 1) to show French and Germans that...
...request of ex-Law Partner Louis S. Levy, Hahn arranged a $250,000 loan for Levy from Adman Albert D. Lasker, president of Lord & Thomas, which had American's account. When it came out, in 1939, that the loan had found its way to Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, who had decided a stockholder's suit in Hill's favor, Manton was convicted of bribery and Levy was disbarred. The court exonerated Hahn, saying he had been guilty only of "poor judgment" (TIME...