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...Considered sponsoring a program of junking jalopies. Last month the automobile industry got together National Used Car Exchange Week. This got rid of some 60,000 used cars, but dealers' lots are still glutted. On Franklin Roosevelt's desk last week lay the results of a Federal survey of dealer opinions on the problem, most of them advocating some sort of scrapping program with Federal funds or sponsorship...
...Christian doctrine. In an attack upon Rumanian Jews, front-paged in his nation's press, he declared: "The duty of a Christian is to love himself first and to see that his needs are satisfied. Only then can he help his neighbor. . . . Why should we not get rid of these parasites [Jews] who suck Rumanian Christian blood? It is logical and holy to react against them...
...first day of March, Prisoner Al Capone was visited by his wife Mae. His brother Ralph stood around outside. Back on the mainland they were cornered by reporters. No, Al was not insane, they said. He was just broken in spirit. "Well, what do we do to get rid of you?" said Ralph. The reporters said they should pose for a picture. "Half my face,'' said Mae, wearily. Photographers then snapped the first picture (see cut) of Mae Capone since Al was sent to jail...
Lloyd George: "You have got rid of the one man in your Cabinet who would stand up to the Dictators...
There has been a movement in the University for some time in favor of the abolition of the elections, and the immediate cause of the present petition was the action of the Student Council last week in postponing the elections a month, thereby refusing the plan of getting rid of them entirely...