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Eight miles away the freighter Tsinan turned about and guided by the pillar of fire ascending to the sky made for the scene. The British destroyer Wishart, warned by wireless, arrived under forced draft at 8 p. m. Cautiously maneuvering through the murk her commander, with magnificent seamanship, brought the bow of his ship against the bow of the fiery Fulton, held her there while the remainder of those aboard the Fulton leaped to safety. A Filipino cook boy broke a leg, an electrician hurt his spine. Six others had lesser injuries but before morning all the Fulton...
...years of happiness. ... I think, Mr. President, you will agree with me when I say that 14 years of exile is a far greater punishment than five years in a military prison." The President received this plea last week from the namesake of another famed Democratic President, Draft-Dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, now living in Germany. The President sent it to Attorney General Cummings...
Exchange regulation. The President wanted passed a bill "against well-recognized evils of the Exchange.'' Senator Robinson at first intimated that its passage at this session was not guaranteed. But when the White House consented to accept amendments to ease the drastic provisions of the first draft. Senator Robinson changed his mind and swung his followers into line...
...Stock Exchange control bill before House and Senate Committees. By last week they had a warm feeling that they had made good headway toward modification when Ferdinand Pecora retired with his squad of bright young legalites to round off the measure's harshest features. A new draft will be submitted this week. Probable revisions include...
Christmas, 1933, President Roosevelt issued an amnesty restoring civil rights to 1,500 pacifist agitators and draft dodgers jailed during...