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...know full well that the campaign against us in the press, encouraged and abetted by your 'warning,' has reached new heights of unprincipled slander. You know perfectly well that the charges that we intended to 'coerce,' 'mace' or 'shake down' the WPA workers are without an iota of justification in fact...
...asked its employes for 10% non-interest-bearing salary loans. The loans, however, were not enough to keep it afloat. Last week an attachment of its accounts by a $29,500 creditor forced the Transcript to go into U. S. District Court, petition for 77B reorganization-its second shake-up in two years...
Intermittent spells of heat and torrential rains failed to shake the steady progress of the work, as 85 laborers toiled constantly to keep the work on schedule. At one time, heavy rains and sub-surface water necessitated working in water until the foundation, sinking 22 feet below the surface, was laid. Since that time, no serious obstacles have arisen to impede the work, and the Center will be finished on time, according to construction managers, on or about December...
...boldest political maneuvers in French history was attempted this week by Premier Edouard Daladier. More than once before the hardheaded, middle-of-the-road Premier has tried unsuccessfully to trade in his coalition (The Popular Front) for a new coalition-to shake off his left-wing allies, the Communists and Socialists, and secure new right-wing al lies in their place. This time he acted swiftly and directly: he slapped his allies in the face. In a pugnacious nationwide broadcast, he announced flatly that the time had come for France to repeal the law which has been the keystone...
...five-hour tussle ensued, the marlin's sharp dorsal fin and sickle tail slicing the ocean swells as he fought on the surface, his great cobalt-&-silver length breaching into the air five or six times as he "walked on his tail" to shake the hook...