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...Playfair then carefully washed the Prince's hand with ammonia to get rid of any grease that might...
...this meeting and several which followed the Janizaries decided, with Franklin Roosevelt's full knowledge and approval, that the Democratic ranks in Congress must be rid of unfaithfuls. that is, men like Chairman John J. O'Connor of the House Rules Committee, which was just then holding up the Wages-&-Hours Bill a second time. Putting over a reform program in Congress without a thoroughly obedient majority was tedious if not impossible. The Florida and Oregon primaries were coming up. The Janizaries would teach Democrats unfaithful to the New Deal to watch their step. The Janiz ary James...
...least one section of world Jewry took the Government's list calmly. In Palestine, young, race-conscious refugee Jews have been prompt to rid themselves of such German names as Hans, Fritz, Gretchen. Popular today among Palestinian youths are, for males, Uri, Shmuel, Micha; for females, Brocha, Ayala, Ruth. So, in Manhattan last week, reported Mrs. David B. Greenberg, national chairman of "Youth Aliyah," an immigration service sponsored in the U. S. by Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization. Mrs. Greenberg was pleased to see Hadassah- Biblical name of Esther, Jewish queen and nemesis of the Persian plotter Haman...
California produces about 80% of the nation's canning peaches and every year has a surplus problem. Growers first tried destroying trees, then pegging prices, once got rid of their crop only through the aid of nationwide promotion by chain stores (TIME, Jan. 31). Last year, at the industry's request, State Director of Agriculture A. A. Brock appointed a Canning Industry Board which was partially successful in pegging prices, but left a carryover of 5,000,000 cases. Last week the industry failed to accept Director Brock's plan for limiting the pack of this year...
...have been appointed for fixed periods. Dr. Morgan was first to raise the question of White House control over the appointed officers of such corporations as TVA. Although Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson has opined that the President has ample power to get rid of Dr. Morgan, that persistently righteous man holds one ace: a section in the TVA act which says a director may be removed by concurrent House and Senate resolution, says nothing about Presidential power to fire...