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...from San Antonio in three columns to bivouac grounds 150 miles farther North. Two successive night marches, made in complete darkness except for the lights of cars leading columns, enabled it to catch the slow-moving Red army at Mineral Wells. P. I. D. roundly defeated it in a sham engagement of which one result was the capture of real horses and mules for which P. I. D. had no earthly use. Next day, its task accomplished, the "streamlined division" turned back to San Antonio. Texas traffic laws do not limit the length of moving rows of cars...
Unlike the political sham-battle now raging on Beacon Hill, where hardly a single candidate can be found who combines honesty with great ability, the current mayoralty campaign in New York City sees for the first time in a generation the forces of corruption arrayed in a clean-cut warfare with those who are in favor of honest municipal government. The incumbers mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, backed by the Republican, Fusion, and American Labor parties in the city, has managed the affairs of the nation's greatest city with such honesty and vision in the last four years that, although...
Yelling "Foul!" before a glove had been laid on him, Trade-Publisher Martin Quigley (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily) loudly proclaimed that anyone who took cinema seriously was simply being sham & vexatious. "It is the industry's judgment and mine," sparred Publisher Quigley, "that the entertainment film belongs in the province of entertainment and nowhere else. If there are others who wish to use this medium for a message which they imagine the world is yearning to hear, the obvious course for them is to get a camera and go to work." Bouncing out of the opposite corner...
...Lyme, Conn., the National Guard had to stop its war games when neighbors complained the sham battles made too much noise...
...heard of it, the couple were invited home. The complications which result from the "little lark" are only heightened by the appearance of Mr. Ratcliffe who has himself played a part similar to Mitty's. He has deserted Anne, Nick's sister, and he is able to detect the sham...