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...Elmsford, N. Y. were Frederick Rupt, 75, and John Doyle, 70. From their tiny allowances they saved money for a spree, one night last week walked into an Elmsford tavern, split a dozen cans of beer. Near 1 a.m. they were rolling homeward, Frederick Rupt favoring his wooden right leg. They fell afighting and when Frederick Rupt clumped away, John Doyle was lying by the road. Somebody's fist, said a doctor, had fractured his skull, killed him. Frederick Rupt was jailed for manslaughter...
Clouds over Europe (Columbia) is no international storm warning, but the most enjoyable leg-pulling in a coon's age on such favorite cinema standbys as spies, secret war gadgets and Scotland Yard. Made in England with Hollywood money to satisfy the Buy-British quota laws, Clouds over Europe 1) elbow-digs at British stuffocracy sufficiently to get a nod from most Anglophobes; 2) contains the sort of British acting calculated to warm an Anglophile's heart; and 3) has enough thrill, pace and lovestuff to stay on the top side of any U. S. double bill...
...union vice president was shot in the leg. Two union men had been stabbed. Another was beaten, later hounded into a cellar whence police rescued him. Carloads of union men drove up to a union picketline, attacked the picketers with baseball bats. Other union rovers toured the city, on the lookout for rival union...
...Long Beach, L. I., John Perillo stepped into an open elevator shaft, dropped 15 feet. He broke only his leg because he fell on the body of Charles Altman, who night before had fallen to his death...
...chosen to lead the 1940 linksmen. Cordingley came to Harvard from Exeter and won Freshman numerals in football, basketball, and golf. In the 1937-38 athletic year he competed in Jayvee football, Jayvee basketball, and varsity golf, winning a minor H in each sport. Last fall he broke his leg in football scrimmage and was not able to participate in any sports until this spring...