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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . the week's news BATH KNIGHTS: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur were appointed honorary knights of the Grand Cross Order of the Bath by King George of England. FLOOD AID: Expenditure of $55,000,000 for rehabilitation work in the flood-stricken areas of the Middle Mid-dle West was proposed by Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois. LANDING CRAFT: President Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing author-izing the construction of one million tons of landing craft and special boats at a cost of $1,700,000. TOLERANCE: The Junior Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce of Odessa, Texas, asked the city council to adopt a resolution eliminating the first syllable syl-lable from the word "damyankee." |