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Dates: during 1940-1949
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No Speeches. On his 20th anniversary there would be no elaborate festivities for tall (6 ft. 2 in.), trim, greying Bob Hutchins. "If there is one thing I hate worse than a long introductory speech," he snorted when his trustees offered to give him a dinner, "it is a lot...
By 1945 it had reached the climax of Hiroshima. Dr. Bush thumbs through the catalogue of miraculous instruments of World War II: radar, the eye which helped save Britain during the Nazis' all-out bombing campaign; sonar, the underwater ear which helped break the Nazis' almost-decisive U...
As much to be feared as any weapon in the arsenal, says Dr. Bush, is the submarine, now able to stay submerged for long periods "with only a small end of a pipe [the schnorkel] sticking out like a swimmer breathing through a straw," able to outrun pursuers and overtake...
After a weekend at Las Vegas, Nev., Songwriters Johnny Lange, Walter Henry ("Hy") Heath and Fred Glickman were driving back to Hollywood, and getting what enjoyment they could from the desert scenery. On their way through Death Valley they spotted an occasional prospector trudging along beside his burro. "Nobody said...
Last week Kenny Wolf got what he wanted. In Chicago's Kimball Hall an audience of 475 heard him work his way confidently and competently through a stiff program of Bach, Schubert, Brahms and Chopin, applauded him roundly when he finished a complicated, explosive Toccata and a pleasant Andante...