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...scored a telling point against the New Deal by making Secretary Wallace admit that several big sugar producers had collected around $1,000,000 each in bounties. Accordingly, the President now took the opportunity to write Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, sponsor of a stop-gap sugar control bill to succeed the late...
Promising to repeat its victory of last year, Lowell House now leads it nearest rival for the House All-Round Championship Trophy by 55 points. Although Winthrop as runner-up can lessen the gap with victories in their three remaining contests by about 21 points, there is no hope of dislodging the Bellboys from their top position...
...mirror above the windshield. Now all Chevrolet owners know what that meant. It was just like waving a red flag before a bull. The driver's hot sporting blood surged up his spine; he awakened from his spell of dull lethargy and gave the accelerator a little push. "The gap between them widened slightly and then filled up again. The Ford again showed signs of passing him, but the game Chevrolet driver depressed his accelerator a bit more and drew away. And so the informal race continued, the Chevrolet playing with the Ford in much the same way that...
...touchy feelings, he did not refill Howe's official post as Secretary to the President. Now he has no man of Howe's political acumen with whom to fill it. To many an observer, the course of political events in the last year already shows the gap left by the loss of Howe...
...early in the second period their star forward, Francis Johnson, was taken out of the game for fouling. Universals, playing inspired basketball, led by Forward Carl Knowles, built up their lead to 44-to-38, with five minutes left to play. Oilers rallied desperately. They narrowed the gap to four points, then three, then one. The whistle blew, with the score 44-to-43 for Universals...