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Many an observer saw another reason for NRA's eclipse: Because of NRA's comparative failure to attain the two main results at which it was aimed the Administration has been glad to let it be forgotten, to shift public attention on other programs that may possibly achieve better results...
...this effective if unconventional admiral became a member of the Navy's General Board, its authority on Naval air strategy. A year ago he was made commander of the Battle Force. Last week in the annual shift of Navy posts, he was slated for the post of Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet-the Navy's No. 1 officer afloat. Thus for the first time will a trained master of air as well as water tactics become the supreme commander of U. S. sea forces after...
...recent shift of Al Dillingham to No. 2 position, while Tommy Davis, the Harvard captain, took over at back proved to be a successful move on the part of Lieutenant Charles D. Palmer the Crimson coach, in view of the victory over a hard-hitting, off-fouling older team...
...diminish greatly the emphasis placed on grades obtained in courses. In this same direction the Report reveals that it might be a wise step forward to abolish the rank list itself for the upper classes. Modification such as this would of course be more in line with the shift of emphasis away from course grades and towards the development of the general examination and tutorial system the President feels...
...heard there was money to be made in Burley tobacco. He died before he made much, leaving a farm to his three daughters, $2,000 each to his two sons. The sons applied their inheritance to paying off the mortgage on the sisters' farm, set off to shift for themselves. Aged 20, a brawny big youngster, Jesse found himself in Dallas, Tex. He had no money but he did have a well-connected uncle. The uncle ran the M. T. Jones Lumber Co., gave Jesse a job in one of its yards. In a year Jesse was yard manager...