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...bill making it a crime to publish secret State documents deemed prejudicial to the safety or interest of the U. S.; sent it to the Senate. The measure, carrying a penalty of ten years in prison and $10,000 fine, was mysteriously rushed through at the request of the Administration, presumably to prevent publication by a onetime Government cryptographer of secret Wartime information. ¶ Passed (153-to-59) a Senate bill removing limitations on physicians' prescriptions for whiskey; sent it to the President...
Accused. It was Lawyer Chamlee who supplied Defendant Patterson with the horseshoe, at his request. The other defendants-Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Olin Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Robertson, Ozie Powell-thought rabbits' feet would "make them sleep easier." The two minors, Roy Wright (Andy's brother) and Eugene Williams, held in prison for two years as material witnesses, got rabbits' feet...
...Comptroller of the Currency, as well as counsel for the New York Clearing House, requested the Department of Justice, at the time the facts were transmitted to me, to withhold action until the bank's affairs could, if possible, be straightened out. This request was acceded to by the Department of Justice. I acted within 24 hours after the restriction upon my proceedings was removed...
...stands. St. Peter's head is in St. John Lateran. His body is supposed to be in the crypt of St. Peter's, which was sacked by the Saracens in 846. The crypt has never since been reopened. Archeologists begged for a look in 1900; their request still stands. To exhume the remains of his predecessor, with appropriate ceremony, would be for Pius XI one more sure means of centering the eyes of the world on Rome this year...
...Note--The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions, at the request of the writer, will names be withheld...