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...Unie Mae and Versie Fae, in memory of his university. Unie is married. The Fraziers keep no servants. He drives a black Studebaker sedan. When some one else is using it, he takes a street car. He does not own dress clothes, has never been to a White House function. Social intercourse outside his family interests him not at all. He does not drink or smoke, but does not care if others do. He has a reputation of being tight with his money, but last spring he privately disbursed $500 in small gifts to needy folks back home. He takes...
...Centro in California's Imperial Valley the temperature last week rose to 122° F. Stepping out of doors was like walking into a blast furnace's draft. Snakes and lizards, whose muscles stiffen with rigor caloris at 104°, died. But insects, which can function at 147°, and animals, with a system of maintaining body temperatures at normal regardless of climate, pursued their ordinary activities, as did the men, women and children of El Centro. Women dressed in organdie; men went without coats. Everyone wore hats to prevent sunstroke. But of heat stroke there was no fear...
Following the law, FDIC organized the Depositors National Bank of East Peoria to assume the insured deposit liabilities of the closed bank, receive new deposits, function temporarily. It will try to raise capital to reorganize the bank, return it to private management. If capital is not subscribed within two years, or if no merger with a solvent institution can be arranged, FDIC is authorized to place the new bank in voluntary liquidation, wind up its affairs. East Peoria, whose Caterpillar Tractor Co. foundry was last week closed down to prevent warfare between workers and strike pickets, has not suffered unduly...
...professional fisticuffer when he ends his career as wrestler, Browning cuffed Londos on the nose. Londos whacked his opponent on the ear, adroitly tripped him, twisted his foot in a toe hold. Wrestling bouts continue un til one contestant or the other is too tired or too dazed to function normally. After an hour and ten minutes, Londos last week turned his back on his opponent, reached across his own shoulder to seize Brown ing's head, tossed him over his shoulder in a "flying mare." After three "flying mares," Champion Browning was too sore and puzzled...
...chief provisions were: 1) a sales agency to act as a clearing house for domestic sales; 2) monthly sales quotas of 20,500 tons of virgin copper, 9,500 tons of scrap. The Secretary of the Code Authority, Ralph R. Eckert, was appointed Sales Clearing Agent, whose prime function is to keep sales within the quota. Producers must file with him a copy of all sales and the price per pound. Price changes must be filed 24 hours in advance, thus preventing one company from stealing a march on its competitors. The code specifically forbids destructive price cutting, gives...