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...Government officials here hint they would like to know what the Brazilian government promised in return for Mr. Stimson's benediction. The British have had long experience in such transactions, and take it for granted that the State Department is not entirely altruistic this time." Prisoner Proof. In the actual theatre of Brazil's Civil War-an area as large as the U. S. states east of the Mississippi River-towns and cities were frequently "captured" by both Federals and Rebels simultaneously last week-if their official announcements were to be believed. ' The main fighting line, insofar...
...matter of fact nothing could be farther from the truth. And the proof of this statement will be entirely unnecessary to any one who once tries to diagram the plays of the opposing teams; or to any one who after the game tries to tell you how each man on the field played, whether he was carrying out his assignments, whether he was getting the best of the man opposite him, how he was blocking, and if his tackling was crisp or just so so. Of course not even the coaches can be expected to see all these things...
...steam plate warmers, salad and plate coolers, four gas ovens, automatic egg boilers, and a potato peeler. This saves time and also wastes only 1-10 of the potato, while hand peeling wastes 1-3. There are soup vats large enough to boil a good-sized man, a fool-proof food chopper and a special vegetable cooker...
...would like to warn my fellow students who park their cars in the vicinity of the University to be sure that they leave no valuables in them. Last Thursday between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M. the shatter-proof glass on my car was broken and an attempt was made to steal the car. Although the thief was unable to move the machine he did succeed in stealing a brand new topcoat that I had locked up in my sedan before going to my first class of the morning. I am sending this letter...
...Gilhooley. This play stands as proof that a novel can be successfully translated into the dramatic form. Frank B. Elser, longtime New York city-editor of the Associated Press, author of one worthy book called The Keen Desire, onetime (1904) co-editor with George Jean Nathan of the Cornell Widow, has made a play from Liam O'Flaherty's novel that has a beginning, a middle, an end. It is the story of how Mr. Gilhooley (Arthur Sinclair), a hearty, middle-aged Dubliner, came to live with a girl who was hopelessly in love with...