Word: elie
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Musicraft, an outfit which hitherto specialized in high-brow discs, got into the chain-store trade by merest chance. Last summer Eli Oberstein's U. S. Record Corp. (TIME, Feb. 19) petitioned for reorganization. Its record-pressing plant, in Scranton, Pa., was owned by Scranton industrialists, who extricated it from the U. S. corporate setup. Musicraft saw its chance, contracted with the Scranton group to press the anonymous Masterpiece recordings...
Five Michigan Wolverines, two linemen, and three backs, landed paces on the all-opponents team which was selected by a poll of Varsity lettermen during the last few days. Two Dartmouth, two Eli line stars, one Princeton back, and a Penn center complete the mythical eleven...
...Butter Stinketh," an original script, is scheduled for broadcast tonight as the first presentation of the year by the Radio Workshop. Written by Eli Goldston '42, it presents the story of the food riots during President Kirkland's administration, and includes the famed blowing up of the pump and the threatened blowing up of a privy, complete with sound effects...
...insult to injury, his father is a Yale graduate, a member of the class of 1905. This makes Frannie the first son of an Eli to lead a Harvard football eleven. He has three brothers, two of whom went to Notre Dame and starred in cross country...
Since the communication of the challenges a few weeks ago, when it was announced that all squad members were included in the invitation, the enthusiasm for House football noticeably increased, particularly in the weaker squads. The Houses are already planning to reciprocate by inviting their Eli rivals up here next year, so it looks as if the incentive of Yale conflict is here for good...