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...Clark sued for half of the $592,719. Commenting on his suit, Lawyer Clark explained that he took a "fatherly interest" in young Lester Barlow years ago. One result, said Mr. Clark, was a half interest in the Barlow bomb. He averred that he had a copy of a contract to this effect, explained that the original had been lost or destroyed. Inventor Barlow replied that Mr. Clark "never put one red cent into the work," nevertheless received $12,000 in 1924. Another of Mr. Barlow's woes was a divorce suit, which his wife filed last month. Congress...
...Calif., to turn out armor plate for ships. Then the Navy did approximately what would have to be done with any conscripted plant. Delegated to run the Navy plant was Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s subsidiary Union Iron Works, which was already making destroyers and cruisers on a voluntary contract...
...Francisco high schools, one of the most popular extracurricular activities is contract bridge. Last year parents of students at Marina Junior High School got up a petition and persuaded School Superintendent Joseph P. Nourse, against his better judgment, to give bridge official standing: as an "experiment," Marina pupils were permitted to form a bridge club, spend one school period a week in practical study of their subject. The bridge club shortly became the biggest in the school...
Last week Superintendent Nourse, decreeing that "the common playing card" was not an educational material, unceremoniously ended the experiment. His decree threw San Francisco's school system into a furor. Indignant parents formed a committee, circulated petitions, marched to Mr. Nourse's office and demanded that contract bridge be made a part of the curriculum. Besides teaching youngsters 1) citizenship, 2) mathematics, 3) how to think, they declared that contract bridge was necessary to their children's vocational training. Explained Mrs. D. R. Minton: "I feel contract bridge is a social asset for my daughter...
...before he had a chance to compete, the 1938 depression hit him. Meanwhile he won the good will of tough steel labor (which had been a long time forgetting tough Tom Girdler's regime at J. & L.) by following U. S. Steel into a C. I. O. contract...