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...since he would probably resign himself to return to private practice. In his new capacity Bob Jackson will be so busy defending the Government that he will have little time to attack monopolies and less to build himself up as a Democratic candidate for Governor of New York State. Consensus was that Bob Jackson got the short end of the stick...
...Manager Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox and Manager Mickey Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers had worked a trade: Pitcher Vernon Kennedy, Infielder Tony Piet and Outfielder Dixie Walker of the White Sox for Outfielder Gerald Walker, Third Baseman Marvin Owen and Catcher Mike Tresh of the Tigers. Consensus was that Jimmy Dykes had slipped one over on his old teammate in the biggest deal of the year...
Rumors that the C. I. O. will attempt to organize the rest of Harvard's employees, following the A. F. of L's success with the dining hall staff, appear to be groundless. The consensus of opinion among the janitors and sweepers is that a union would not be of much use in the University...
...seven years ago. Last week another comprehensive, more up-to-date traveling show on its first stop in Chicago gave Midwestern art followers an idea of where Mexican artists are going. New work by Orozco was not included because that powerful artist is busy on a mural in Guadalajara. Consensus among the discerning was that without him the flame of revolutionary art below the Rio Grande looked somewhat pale...
...closeted with Duquesne's president, Monsignor Jeremiah J. Callahan. Soon President Callahan announced: "The resignation of the Rev. Thomas R. Jones from the faculty . . . has been accepted. He feels ... he has inadvertently placed Duquesne University in an unfavorable light and that his resignation may clarify the situation." Campus consensus was that ardent football fan Father Jones had been punted out. His students staged a strike but it quickly collapsed and Father Jones packed himself off to brood on the discovery that not all football mishaps occur on the gridiron...