Word: cleanness
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...years Chicago has had six new police commissioners. Each change has heralded a fresh campaign to "clean up the city," but Chicago today is as crime-ridden as ever. Last week's news was that Alphonse ("Snorkey") Capone had organized the city's saloons into such a perfect chain that he was selling them not only their liquor supplies but everything down to ginger ale and table linen. So Chicagoans were not excited last week when Mayor Anton J. Cermak abruptly ousted Commissioner John Alcock and appointed in his place Captain James P. ("Iron Man" ) Allman. Mayor Cermak...
...shattered yesterday when N. M. Goodhue '35 led a field of 32 entrants to finish first against the Holy Cross Freshmen as the Crimson first year men triumphed 23 to 46. At the same time the University team, led by Captain N. P. Hallowell, Jr. '32, made a clean sweep of the first six places to win from the Crusaders...
...liquidations. But in return for their arduous public service they will be well-paid in goodwill. Manufacturers, wishing to expand, will be in a position to take for its own such of the defunct flock as it wishes. A reason that Manufacturers is in a position to clean up so much scattered wreckage is that it has 52 widely scattered branches. As the wreckage is cleared, as the broken banks' depositors happily get back much of their $42,000,000, Manufacturers' branch managers will be in fine position to persuade them to deposit again, safely this time, instead...
...Jeffers, 33, Baptist evangelist, had arrived in Jonesboro for a series of meetings. Short, bespectacled, he was a rousing, tingling exhorter. It was known that he had been shot at twice last spring when he was lambasting St. Louis in a campaign to clean up gambling. Jones- boro was glad to have him back, especially when he went at once to shout defiance at his rival, Rev. Dow H. Heard, 35. Redhaired, rangy, lantern-jawed, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Evangelist Jeffers, Jonesboro believed, was trying to oust Mr. Heard from his pastorate. He had accused Mr. Heard...
...England a million men short, and Georgie was not attractive enough to win out in the manhunt. She tried to be in love with Purfleet, an intellectual light-weight who was cautiously attracted by her massive virginity, but as soon as marriage was in the wind Purfleet showed a clean pair of heels. Georgie's big chance came when Geoffrey, a stupid but eligible young planter, spent his leave with her family. Georgie was the first white girl Geoffrey had seen in some time, and that nearly turned the trick, but unfortunately for her he began to look around...