Harvard Honors Honorary Degrees Amid Talks With Lord Reading
Harvard held its annual literary exercises in Saunders Theatre with degree distributions. In Lever quadrangle a former Harvard scholar urged a firm Anglo American alliance and pledged loyalty to democracy and truth, urging continued unity among English speaking peoples.
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Harvard Honors Honorary Degrees Kept By Reputed Subjects
Honorary degrees conferred by Harvard include Outram Bangs a naturalist with a lifelong zeal and a vast bird and mammal collection for the museum Hennen Jennings a San Francisco London based consulting engineer Barrett Wendell a devoted teacher and writer John Masefield a poet and dramatist Edwin Francis Gay a Doctor of Laws economist and educator Rufus Daniel Isaacs Earl Reading England Chief Justice and UK envoy to the United States.
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Harvard Commencement Honors and War Service Report
Lord Reading and Edwin Gay receive honorary degrees as Harvard marks wartime service. The event notes 4189 Harvard men in U S army, 945 in navy, 130 in allied forces with 78 dead. Gifts total 1,035,613.57 dollars, led by James Byrne’s endowment for administrative law.
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German Ex-Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg Grievously Ill
Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg former imperial German chancellor is gravely ill after a paralysis stroke, reports Cologne Volks Zeitung from Amsterdam June 2. The illness follows a recent stroke and raises concerns about his recovery and health.
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Grafters Exposed in DOJ Raid on Contract Brokers
Department of Justice uncovering shows war orders inflated prices manipulated bids and double crossing clients as correspondence from rival contractors was seized in office raids.
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Complicit bidding exposed in agency schemes
A Justice Department review details brokers and contract agents profiting from bid rigging. Agents allegedly shared confidential bid data, boosted prices, and steered manufacturers to cut out direct competition while promising favors to favored clients. Letters urged direct manufacturer bidding and condemned middlemen.
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