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...world there was no happier man last week than Manhattan Banker William Woodward. Sitting in his box at ancient Churchill Downs, the 63-year-old millionaire watched his big bay colt, Johnstown, parade from the paddock with seven other top-notch U. S. three-year-olds-all that were ready to start of the 115 nominated last February-for the 65th running of the Kentucky Derby...
...worries, in a more modest way, is the industry's No. 4 unit-Jones & Laughlin, also frozen up in Pittsburgh, also led in the Detroit flat-steel market by National Steel and others. Owing preferred stockholders $36.75 a share of back dividends, J. & L. is certainly no happier than Big Steel...
...Marshal Petain's experience much happier once he was received. Taking a leaf from the book of Adolf Hitler, Dictator Franco began making more demands. He wanted France immediately to turn over to Spain 410 interned armed trawlers and merchant ships of the now defunct Spanish Republic. He demanded $13,000,000 worth of war material that had been shipped from Soviet Russia and was held up in transit in France. He asked for about 100 airplanes and motors, still in crates, that were also in France. Not less interesting to the Generalissimo was $39,000,000 in gold...
...Regrets." From Mr. Chamberlain came handsome apologies. His "noble friend's" words, the Prime Minister conceded, were "not very happily chosen." The fleet is always ready for emergencies, particularly in times of tension. In a mood reminiscent of Stanley Baldwin, who was never happier than when confessing to errors, Mr. Chamberlain himself took full blame for sending out the "D" order, admitted it was a mistake caused by a desire to "spare the public unnecessary agitation...
...this is not to imply that there are too many, or that any one of them does not have a useful function. The more the happier. Today's collegian is an amazingly introspective creature who will talk at dull length in Bedroom sessions about sex and himself. But when it comes to considering or taking a stand on those political issues which are hid very life hi is namby-pamby and lackadaisical. Europe is trotting merrily to hell, but there is hardly a student in Harvard who does nit read the headlines with merely idle curiosity or regard the eventuality...