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...shake-up last week greatly stepped up the strength of the Crimson squad. Ray Stone and Dick Thomas, who were shifted to lower weights, both pinned their opponents, and Dick Davidson, also shifted to a lower group won a decision. Davidson is a little ragged still, but he has plenty of power and is learning fast. He has won his first two bouts without much trouble, and he will become increasingly valuable as time goes...
Grief of the Ally. Italians last week rode to cold homes in dark, jampacked busses. The grapevine added details to succinct communiques reporting the setbacks in Albania and the shake-up in the High Command (see p. 28). There were uncon firmed reports of rioting. In Rome there was grumbling over ever-increasing prices and the severe rationing of already frugal meals. Spaghetti, flour and rice were added to the list of rationed foods. Any farmer withholding his crops from compulsory storage was ordered imprisoned for a year...
Many another orator followed: teacherish Thomas Kennedy; earnest Philip Murray; tough-minded Van A. Bittner; Sidney Hillman. Had Hillman chosen to reply to Lewis with equal bitterness, the fat might have been in the fire. Instead he spoke earnestly and reasonably for unity. Only grudgingly did Lewis shake Hillman's proffered hand after that generous speech...
They did not enjoy it long. The Narrows bridge heaved like a hammock. Sometimes a car approaching would seem to drop clear out of sight with an undulation of the roadway. Yet the bridge was strong. Heavy winds failed to shake it; but when lighter, intermittent breezes swept in from the open Sound, it was agitated by a peculiar weaving, sinuous motion that its builder said looked like the movement of a snake under a rug. Some people got seasick at once when the bridge began to sway; some enjoyed the weird sensation, high above the water, with the wind...
Almost legendary among U. S. political mistakes is the famed 1916 boner pulled by Candidate Charles Evans Hughes: in California he forgot to shake the hand of Hiram Johnson, thus lost Johnson, California, and the election. Candidate Wendell Willkie took no chances on his California tour (TIME, Sept. 30). Overlooking Senator Johnson's entrenched conservatism. his utter isolationism, Candidate Willkie praised the Senator where he thought it would do the most good-in California...