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Local elections in 1934 swept Democrats into control of the House, left Republicans with a two-vote margin in the Senate. On New Year's Day 1935 the Democratic Lieutenant Governor, Robert Emmett Quinn, took matters in his own hands. As the Senate's presiding officer, he declared the election of two Republicans null & void, installed two Democrats in their places. To form a quorum he had State troopers force three other Republicans to remain in the chamber. Thus equipped with a Democratic majority, in 14½ minutes he whipped through a series of astounding reforms intended...
Purdue won most of its games by a wide margin, thanks largely to its tall, dark, ugly forward, Bob Kessler, whose left-handed circus shots were most spectacular in the last moments of the Iowa game which Purdue...
Last week Climax Molybdenum's contented stockholders received an annual report showing that their 2,520,000 shares are currently selling at 30 times per-share earnings for 1935. On sales of $6,346,000, Climax last year made $3,227,000-a profit margin of over 50%. Year before its profits were $1,790,000. During 1935 the company paid off its $1,000,000 funded debt, boosted dividends four successive times. "Plans are under way for increasing production facilities to keep pace with the increasing demand for the company's product," wrote President Max Schott. Calling...
This alarming discovery is indicated by the fact that the "Internationale" tops the list of request numbers by a wide margin in the poll which has been going on in the Union for several days. On the other hand, yearling conservatives were reassured by the fact that such patriotic suggestions as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Stars and Stripes Forever" were also substantially backed though far below the "Internationale...
...Haven ice against the traditional Yale opponents today, the Crimson's chances for a better than even split on the outcome looks bright. Last year as three Blue teams met three Crimson sextets on Boston ice it was the Jayvee and Freshman teams, winning by one-point margins, that partly retrieved the laurals which the Varsity lost by a similar margin; this year the Varsity is looked to as a tower of strength, well capable of offsetting any bad results that fickle fortune may throw to the less experienced teams...