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Wisely, the test of American Legion membership is honorable service. Few soldiers could choose the service they would perform. Had the choice been theirs, three million more would have found the front lines, and acquitted themselves well. As good and as brave soldiers never left American training camps as fought in France, and I take nothing from the American soldier, the greatest individual of any army...
Exactly 30 per cent of those taking all examinations passed; the best proportion was in the reading French test, which was also taken by the largest number. 178 of the 471 candidates, or 37.8 per cent, were successful. In elementary French, 3 out of 18, or 16.6 per cent, passed: in elementary German 9 out of 47, or 16.07 per cent, passed; in reading German, 13 out of 65, or 20 per cent, passed; in reading Latin, 10 out of 99, or 10.1 per cent, passed; and in reading Greek, the only candidate failed. These figures, giving the percentage...
...long as present economic conditions prevail, 3) that no reduction of stocks of copper on hand is included in the plan. In emphasizing the voluntary and temporary nature of the agreement, it was apparent that the coppermen fear the U. S. Government's attitude. The most recent test of anti-trust laws applied to such co-operation was last year when Attorney General Mitchell warned oilmen that enforced curtailment, even for the noble purpose of conserving oil, would be held illegal. But last week Col. William Joseph Donovan, in a speech to the American Petroleum Institute gave a more...
...bearish developments. This move was of course technically independent of last week's Manhattan meeting, but undoubtedly the coppermen talked informally of price. With tremendous stocks of copper on hand and little prospect of an immediate reduction in them, the new price has yet to meet a real test. But apparently depression and copper chaos have deprived the copper tycoons of none of their willingness to take big chances for big stakes...
...test his theory, Mr. Knapp tried raising ducks himself on Currituck Sound, N. C. He successfully hatched out 54% of his eggs. Many a game specialist has experimented along the same lines. Bobwhite quail have been bred for ten years by William B. Coleman, in Virginia. Eugene M. Simpson, superintendent of Oregon State Game Farm is now trying to rear grey partridges on a large scale. This week the commission meets in Manhattan to elect another president in Senator Hawes's place. Among founders of the More Game Birds in America foundation are Publisher Thomas Hambley Beck of Collier...