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...General MacArthur's four-year tour of duty as No. 1 Soldier of the U. S. was due to expire. No successor was named. Instead, an unprecedented order from the White House continued him in office another 30 days. Secretary of War Dern sorely needed General MacArthur to push military legislation in the coming Congress, to continue his army modernization plans. Despite a law which specifies four years of service for the General Staff Corps, Secretary Dern wanted the President to reappoint General MacArthur for another four years. Seldom bound by legal convention, and apparently without a substitute...
...seemed to one local paper that the officials were unbounded in their enthusiasm to get at Curley's project. "Boston Takes Lead In Curley 100 Million Dollar Job Plan." "Mayors of State Eager To Push Public Works," were headlines for the columns of the Boston "Advertiser" front page. The Boston "Globe," with gentlemanly discretion, intimated that the convention had not been highly in favor of the Curley scheme thus: "Mayors Shy On Big Work Loans." "84 Communities Would Consider If U. S. Pays Half." Courageous and forthright was the Boston "Sunday Herald." "Mayors Reject Curley's $100,000,000 Housing...
...commencement breakfast given by the mining students in Caetani's honor, the Royal Italian Ambassador, speaking to the students, said: "If any of you boys are working in the mines in the summertime, and you want somebody to help you push the car, you just send for Caetani-that is the way I got my start...
Everything, down at Soldiers Field, is being pointed toward building up a well rounded squad that will be strong in all departments. Hitherto there has been a feeble push where the offense should have been and a hole-filled wall where the defense should have held the fort. The defense has certainly proved the stronger of the two in the games so far, but plenty of criticism could be applied to the number of Dartmouth, Princeton, and Army men who have been getting into the Crimson backfield at the snap of the ball...
Results: 1) The delegates signed a protocol confirming their countries' "determination to maintain the present gold parities of their respective currencies, and recognizing that their common policy implies a development of international exchanges" (i. e. stimulation of trade and consequent payments between nations of the Gold Bloc). To push this program the Conference set up: 2) a permanent Gold Standard Secretariat at Brussels; and 3) subcommittees of the Conference charged with the duty of drafting concrete plans for action in accelerating trade and tourist travel within the Bloc...