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...discussion in Books III and IV of the American and British episodes of depreciation which include a discussion of the New Deal are a vindication of the monetary policies of the Roosevelt and Mac-Donald-Baldwin regimes. That the American officials frequently chose weapons that were not too effective and the use of which they did not understand does not matter so much as the fact that they moved in the right direction...
Died. Philip Joseph ("Mac") Magrath, 59, Manhattan's famed fistfighting priest who for 24 years (1907-31) crusaded against waterfront gangs (Hudson Dusters, Tin Can Athletic Club, Pig Alley Sports, Vinegar Hill Gang) with prayer-book and an 8-in. rubber hose vhich, he said, "drops 'em just as quick but doesn't crack the skull"; of heart disease; in Manhattan. In his Catholic Seamen's Mission hung a bold sign: "If you want to know who's boss START SOMETHING...
...California against the prevailing Trade Winds. MacFarlane set out in his 48-ft. schooner La Paloma to prove that this was no great problem. Arriving safely at San Francisco on April 19, 1906, he was irked because there was no reception committee. Finally he spied a friend. "Hello, Mac," said the San Franciscan, "Isn't this terrible...
...Lynn, Mass., newshawks spied War Veteran Michael Collins, his dog, Madame Queen, and his duck, Mac, hiking along the road to Maine. Explaining he wanted treatment at the Togus, Me., soldiers' home, Veteran Collins said he, Madame Queen and Mac had hiked all the way from Phoenix, Ariz, in a year...
...January 1933 Philip Morris English Blends were put in the hands of U.S. dealers. The understanding was that Philip Morris was Rube's and Mac's "baby" and, if dealers loved Rube and Mac, they would not cut prices. They did not cut, then or later. But Rube Ellis never lived to see his cigaret burn bright. Few months after it was launched, he dropped dead, and Philip Morris was left to Mac McKitterick...