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...rate of 14,174,000 tons, was higher than in any previous November on record. A Nottinghamshire shawl-making firm using century-old handlooms had increased its export production by 150%. "We just decided to work longer hours to make more shawls," explained 76-year-old ex-Miner Johnny Lester. And thanks to the efforts of others like Johnny, national production of cotton and rayon yarns has risen higher (17,940,000 pounds in one week) than at any time since...
...high cost of living put the Federal Government's H.C.L. expert out of business. Lester S. Kellogg, who was making $8,500 a year as chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' prices-cost-of-living branch, resigned, accepted an executive job with a farm-machinery manufacturer...
Counter-Revolution. In Chicago, Lester Elvin Brown explained to cops that he was "trying to revolutionize criminal methods" when he handed a cafe cashier a note reading: "Madam, this is a holdup. On your shoulders rests the responsibility for the aversion of a tragedy...
...said he had three alleged Communists still on his payroll. He named .them as Stewart, Trumbo and Lester Cole...
...Lester E. Eliott '23, a Negro who was forced to join his dark-skinned compatriots in the temporary end zone stands...