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Last week, into Manhattan's Commodore Hotel, where Mr. Scalise slept, swooped agents of District Attorney Dewey, who carried him off to jail. The charge: extortion and conspiracy. Victims of his alleged extortions had been office-building cleaning companies, exterminators, hotel owners. On the threat of calling organization drives or strikes, said the charges, Scalise and confederates had gouged them for "protection" ranging from $100 to $9,000, had collected at least $97,150 in all. Through his counsel, Mr. Scalise pleaded not guilty...
...line, and they are equipped with Degaussing girdles (insulation from magnetic mines). Elated that a direct bomb hit on the 6¼-in. deck armor of the Rodney produced only a dent, Admiralty circles pronounced the new ships "almost unsinkable" and Britain's answer to the Nazi air threat...
Sweden's Sphere. One obvious purpose of Herr Ribbentrop's speech was to serve notice on neutrals that any suspicious traffic with Great Britain will subject them to the threat of extinction. In passing, Power Politician Ribbentrop gave Sweden a nice pat on the head. "The Swedish Government," he said, "interpreted their declaration of neutrality very seriously indeed, and at no time did anything . . . which might not have been in accord with...
...Tiger crew, riding high after its unexpected win over Navy two Saturdays ago, has turned into a real threat this season and will undoubtedly give the more experienced Crimson eight a tough battle all the way with a good chance of scoring an upset victory...
...long had one of the best drilled and worst dressed bands in the East. Johnny and the boys are beginning to feel that they're not getting a square deal. But financial arrangements for next season must be made soon, and the band hesitates to speak up. A threat of a hold-out next year would stir up the turgid H.A.A. And some good, long, sour notes would shift the band's expenses from Johhny's term bill to where they belong--among the rest of the H.A.A. disbursements...