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...Stanford Universities informed the people of Oregon that their Chancellor of Higher Education, William Jasper Kerr, was totally incapable of educational leadership, that his election was a "stupendous blunder" in the first place, that their State University would never have a "healthy and normal life" until they got rid of him. This blast, a monstrous piece of impertinence on its face, was delivered by the three professors as representatives of that extraordinary organization, the American Association of University Professors...
Kansans began importing greyhounds 65 years ago to rid their lands of jack rabbits. Now Kansas raises more greyhounds than any other state. In it dwell 67% of National Coursing Association members. The springy sod of Abilene's Coursing Park, best in the land, was selected after soil tests in 20 Kansas towns. Last autumn the park was planted with barley. Last fortnight it was mowed down to a bright green turf; a space 450 yd. long and 200 yd. wide was fenced by wire. Every day last week 1,000 to 5,000 spectators went to the park...
...think Section 7a has substantially failed of its original purpose. ... To abandon NRA now would be like burning down your houses to get rid of a few rats in the attic...
...tenacious, fighting Irishman, was barely home in San Francisco from the convention last year when he started to load his guns for a return battle in 1935. In June he broadcast a voluminous letter to all AP members inviting them to help him force the AP management to rid itself of Wirephoto. Alternatives: drop it entirely or turn it back to American Telephone & Telegraph Co. to be operated by the latter for all the U. S. Press, with losses guaranteed by the four existing big picture agencies (AP, International, Acme, Wide World). From responses to that letter, Lawyer Neylan plotted...
Before those two developments, he could see little further profit in remaining in Washington. He had even announced that he was going home to run for Governor next year. Then he changed his tune: He would run again for Senator because other Senators seemed too anxious to be rid of him; he might even run for President. Senator Long had suddenly found reason to take his sideline seriously...