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Against this seasoned politicking, Manuel Roxas was staking his reputation as a young, determined public servant (he was the prewar Secretary of Finance). Last week he got a big boost when Mrs. Aurora Quezon, widow of the late President, gave him her support...
...week they came as usual to the paper-windowed bungalow in Tokyo's Harajuku district, but no one answered their knocking. They peeked inside. There, in a blood-soaked pile of quilts and blankets, lay Nizaemon, his wife, his baby, an old housemaid, and an 11-year-old servant girl. Tossed into Nizaemon's garden was an ax, sticky with gore...
Tokyo's police began diligently searching for a suspect. Conspicuously missing with 600 yen of Nizaemon's postal savings was the servant girl's brother, a pale, stringy youth named Iida who served as the actor's make...
Gopal's family was rich and powerful, but Sub-Inspector Ghulam realized that, having lost his bribe, he must not lose his case. So he kidnapped a member of Gopal's household and brutally third-degreed him until the servant talked. But Ghulam did not hand over this information to his superiors ("It is an axiom in Indian courts that the police are never to be believed"). He sent it to the dead woman's family, who were as rich and powerful as Gopal...
...bright side of this mid-century picture, however, was the expense list of the average student. Instruction, Library, and room fees totaled a mere $90, while board for 72 weeks was $73.50. Minor expenses such as wood for rooms in the winter and "a servant to make fires and polish boots" were likewise small...